Izuku steadily made his way over to the training hall from the classroom, he had gotten permission to use the training hall to perfect the new technique he developed during his internship with Gran Torino. When he stepped into the training hall he quickly discovered he wasn't the only one there, he noticed class B's representative Itsuka Kendo doing what seemed like some intense training.
She heard the door slam shut and momentarily stopped her training to look over her shoulder at who entered. When she noticed Midoriya she shrunk her hands back to normal size and gave him a small wave.
"You here for training as well?" She asked, flipping her ponytail back over her shoulder.
"Yea, I have to perfect what I learned at my internship." He responded, smiling at her. He and Kendo were on friendly terms but one could hardly call the two of them friends. They sometimes had some small conversations but other than that they stuck to just politely greeting one another in the halls.
"Ah, did you learn anything new?"
Midoriya broke out into an even bigger smile. "Yes my internship was amazing, I learned a lot from Gran Torino."
"What about your run in with the famous hero killer?" Kendo asked, concern present in her voice.
Midoriya's face turned grim. "Do want an honest or an heroic answer?"
Kendo immediately responded. "Honest, I want to know what's it like coming eye to eye with an actual villain."
"It was probably the scariest thing I've ever experienced, both adrenaline, Todoroki and the desire to save Iida made me stand my ground." Midoriya explained, clenching his fists as he talked about his fight with the hero killer.
"Sounds like you had a rough time, are you sure you're okay?" She asked, concern yet again present in her voice.
"I have to be okay. I need to become someone that saves everyone with a smile on his face." Midoriya said, eyes determined.
"I didn't ask if you had to be okay, I asked if you are okay."
Midoriya's eyes widened. "Honestly, I was scared out of my mind. How can I be someone that saves everyone with a smile on his face if I get scared fighting a single villain?!" He exclaimed.
"So you really think a pro hero is never scared?" Kendo asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well if you put it like that…" Midoriya quickly shook his head. "Ugh I need some time to think this over."
"If you need someone to talk to you can always come to me, although I imagine you have friends you would rather talk to about your concerns than me." She said, tapping her chin.
The smile slowly reappeared on Midoriya's face. "I really appreciate the offer, thank you Kendo. How was your internship?"
Kendo let out a humourless chuckle. "I'd say it was pretty useless. I appeared in a lot of commercials and I'm sure my popularity went up because of it but I did close to no actual hero work. That's why I asked for permission to train here."
"What are you training yourself in?"
"I'm trying to increase my speed and accuracy but it's kind of hard without something fast to practice on." She explained.
Midoriya tapped his chin in thought. "You could try to capture me."
"Are you sure? Won't you hurt yourself like during the sports festival?" She asked.
Midoriya simply smiled at her as he activated full cowling and quickly bounced along the walls of the training hall. After a full trip through the training hall he skidded to a halt in front of her. "I think I'll be fine now."
Kendo burst out laughing. "In that case, I'll accept your challenge. Let's both do our best to improve."
They trained together for half an hour and Kendo only managed to catch Midoriya once before he called for a quick break. She shrunk her hands down to normal size and flopped down next to him on the floor. "I'm just not fast enough yet, it's no use."
"What about trying to predict my movement?" Midoriya suggested. "It might be better to focus on predicting your enemies movements rather than just increasing your own speed."
"You know what? That might actually work. I'll try it right now." Kendo said, bouncing back to her feet and extending her hand to help Midoriya up.
They trained for another hour and Kendo quickly caught on to Midoriya's movement patterns allowing her to capture him 11 times in total. When they were done they both sat down on the ground to catch their breath.
"Midoriya?"
Midoriya opted for a questioning noise instead of a response while he caught his breath.
"Do you think we could train together more often? I think this was really useful for me." She asked, glancing over at him.
"Yes let's train together more often, It will allow me to practice moving less predictably." He responded, getting to his feet. "Ready to leave? We can walk together until we have to split up."
It turned out they didn't need to split up for a while, they slowly walked next to each other talking about their internships and general school life. Midoriya felt like talking to Kendo was easy, like the two of them had been the best of friends for years instead of going from friendly acquaintances to training partners just a few minutes ago.
"Hey fucking Deku!" A rowdy voice called out to Midoriya while he was in the middle of a conversation with Kendo.
He looked over his shoulder to see Bakugo running up to him. "What the hell was that display today nerd?! Those were my moves!" He paused for a second and took notice of Kendo and his eyes narrowed. "I didn't know you had a girlfriend nerd."
"I'm not his girlfriend but if I was that would be none of your business. Would it kill you to be a little less rude to Midoriya? He just came face to face with the hero killer." Kendo said, looking Bakugo straight in the eyes.
"Yes it would kill me to be nicer! I wish I could have fought the hero killer, instead I was stuck at some useless internship where they tried to change my behaviour! While fucking Deku developed himself yet again I was once again left behind!" Bakugo shouted, clenching his fists.
Kendo was about to respond but Midoriya stopped her. "It's fine Kendo, he's right after all. I did gain a lot of experience in my internship. If there is something I can help you with just ask me Kacchan."
"Like hell I'll ask for your help on anything dumbass. I'll leave you alone with your girlfriend." He shouted before walking off.
Midoriya turned to Kendo with an apologetic look on his face. "Sorry about that. Kacchan can get a little intense at times."
"Why do you let him treat you like that?" Kendo asked.
Midoriya answered without hesitation. "Because I care about him."
The blunt answer surprised Kendo and she decided to drop the matter for now as they approached the point in the road where they would have to split up.
"We're almost going to have to split up, if you give me your phone number I'll text you to decide when we'll have our next training alright?" She said, pulling out her phone.
They exchanged contact information and went on their way. When Midoriya got home he quickly ate some of the leftovers of last night's dinner and sat down in front of the television to watch the limited edition dvd about Crimson Riot he borrowed from Kirishima. When he finished it he decided to let Kirishima know what he thought of it. He mindlessly tapped the spot on his phone where Kirishima's contact normally stood and started writing a whole paragraph about how awesome Crimson Riot was without paying attention to the name on top of his screen. It was only after he hit the send button that he realized he just sent his full paragraph of fanboying to Kendo. He silently cursed, Kirishima's contact must have moved one spot down when he added Kendo to his contact list. He quickly reopened the chat and started typing an apology.
Kendo was just reading a book in her room when her phone buzzed. She picked it up and noticed a text message from Midoriya. She opened the chat and read the whole message, it seemed like a review about some sort of movie or documentary and she immediately realized it wasn't meant to be sent to her after the first sentence, however the way Midoriya wrote about the hero in the documentary kept her interested through the whole message.
He really has a way with words She thought to herself, she noticed he was typing and waited for his message.
Midoriya: I'm sorry if you read that boring paragraph, it was meant for someone else.
Kendo: I realized it wasn't for me after the first sentence but it's really well written. You seem like a real fan of this hero.
Midoriya: You think it was well written? Well that's good. I'm honestly a fan of almost every hero there is. I have a notebook with information about every single hero I've ever seen.
Kendo: Really? Does that include everyone at school?
Midoriya: Yes, I have a page for every single teacher as well as every student.
Kendo: What's on my page?
Midoriya: To be honest, there is not that much on your page yet.
Kendo: I'll help you fill it if you want. Oh and before I forget.
Midoriya: Yes?
Kendo: Can I watch that documentary, you got me interested.
Midoriya: We can watch it together if you want, I'm sure Kirishima would let me borrow it a little longer.
Kendo: Alright sounds good, I'm going to go offline for now. I need my sleep.
Midoriya: Yeah same here, goodnight.
Kendo got into bed and quickly fell asleep with a smile on her face.
In his room, Midoriya did almost exactly the same.