Izuku had always known that being a Pro meant that he was going to be busy, and nearly live his entire life by his costume and Hero name. Deku was a rising star in the Hero scene, reaching an incredibly high rank of twenty-four in just four years of Professional duty. Sheer dedication to the work that he took part in, as well as brazen skill that went with his powerful Quirk had him soaring through the ranks. Many compared him favourably to All Might, and considering that they shared a Quirk, it wasn't an unjust comparison.

There might be similarities between the two of them, but he was now unquestioningly a Hero in his own right. With his own style, own take on One For All, and his own skillset.

Finding work hadn't even been a slight challenge for him. His first year at Yuuei alone had seen him run through Hell itself and back, and his second and third years only severed to quadruple that. Taking advantage of the reputation that he'd developed over his time at Yuuei, it hadn't even been a single month since he'd graduated that he was out on the streets, patrolling for Villains. Not as a sidekick or an intern.

As a Pro Hero, like he'd always dreamed.

Now, he'd been a Pro for four years. He was now twenty-two years old.

And very tired.

He had been run through the wire today, kept busy around the clock for the entirety of last week. An ongoing investigation had been eating up most of his time throughout the week, in the search of a Villain who possessed some kind of Lightning-based Teleportation Quirk. It had come to a head today, when they had finally apprehended the subject. Luckily, there hadn't been much of a fight. This Villains Quirk wasn't the most well suited to extended combat with multiple Heroes, so apprehending them wasn't too much of a problem. There hadn't even been that major a fight.

It was a little underwhelming of an end to such a long and intense investigation, if Izuku were being honest. He had kind of expected a much bigger brawl to capture such an illusive Villain. Not that he was complaining about an easy apprehension.

Now with the illusive Villain now behind bars, he could enjoy a bit of time off.

Some time he could spend with Mina.

With his wife.

Before he'd headed home, he had decided to pick up a takeout order from the nearest place to the Heights Alliance Hero Agency, as his own small way of celebrating, of course purchasing something for Mina as well. They could either eat it tonight, tomorrow for breakfast or lunch, or whenever they felt like it. It didn't really matter when. By the time he managed to get home, it was already late. About ten at night, which was at least earlier than the normal 1AM that he'd been working with throughout the entire rest of the week. He was fully aware that the chances were that he was the only one awake in the apartment, so he didn't exactly expect a warm welcome like he might have gotten if he'd returned home at a more reasonable time.

He wasn't upset though. He knew that as Pro herself, Mina had been working on separate issues and work that was better suited to her Quirk. Patrolling, mostly, according to her, though that was often just as tiring. Energetic as she had always been, Izuku guessed that she had probably already gone to bed, to catch up on some of the sleep she'd no doubt missed over the last seven days.

Turned out he was half right. Mina had in fact fallen asleep.

Only she was laid out on the couch. She was on her back, snoring lightly in intervals of about six seconds each. Her left arm hung over the side of the couch, while her right leg was sprawled upwards, resting on top of the cushions that one would normally rest their back against. Her over hand was resting on top of her chest, rising slightly every time she inhaled. On the table next to the couch, a laptop, still running down a playlist of online videos. Gaming in content. Next to that, a piece of paper, with game names and prices. A list of things that she would want them to play in their spare time.

A smile made its way onto the green-eyed Heroes lips as he hung up his Alien-Queen themed coat up, and locked the door behind him. Twenty-two years old, and his wife was just as much of a mess as she was when they had gotten together back in Yuuei. Especially during exam seasons. It almost made him laugh how little that she had really changed since then. She was a Pro, and a very popular one at that, but behind closed door, she was still more or less the same adorable girl he'd fallen in love with years ago.

Once he'd dropped off the food in the fridge, he returned to Mina, and just watched her sleep for a couple of seconds. This girl – Well, woman now – had been his wife for just under a year now, though they had been dating for a lot longer. Ever since Yuuei. Something had just clicked further down the line, and here they were. Izuku and Mina Ashido-Midoriya.

It was an odd name, especially in Japan. Often, people who didn't know them assumed that it was a foreign name. it had been an odd cultural decision by the two of them, but considering their careers, it was a sensible choice. It would help to reduce confusion when they could still use their birth names, and it would be easier for their old colleagues to get their heads around. In addition, there was something about having a joint name that Mina in particular had liked and had persuaded Izuku into it.

Izuku Ashido-Midoriya, and Mina Ashido-Midorya. The names had a nice sound to them.

He smiled, gently knelt, and shook her shoulder. "Mina. Mina, c'mon."

The pink girl murmured, groaned, tossed onto her other shoulder once, and then turned back before she half-opened her left eye. It took her a couple of seconds to actually register that her husband was right in front of her, as she regained her sight and focus. "Mmm… Oh… Hey, Izu. You're home early…"

"The investigation finished. We caught LightninGate. I brought some food home. You hungry?"

She shook her head sluggishly on the spot. "Nnn… Tired, mostly… Here, sit down…" As she spoke, she slowly lifted herself up on the spot, creating a space for Izuku to sit down, where her head had just been.

Izuku nodded, knowing what Mina wanted. He sat down, and allowed her to rest her head on his lap, using him as a pillow. Her right arm wrapped around his waist, snuggling up into him. When she was tired, she would always end up using him as a pillow in some way. According to her, he was soft. And cuddly. And warm. And other cutesy words that she would mutter when half asleep.

"Nn… This is nice." She murmured sleepily, closing her eyes. "We've barely been able to see each other all week…"

There was a certain amount of guilt that Izuku did feel for that. His work was important, as was Mina's. Heroes had a duty to help people, to protect them and make sure that society functioned. People needed Heroes to save them, to protect them, to weed out the evil and corruption that existed not only in the world, but in their own system. Izuku had learned so much in his time at Yuuei, and even more so in his four years as a professional.

He knew just how vital Heroes were in society now. Before, he'd always known that Heroes were important, but it wasn't until he had become one, and seen the world through the eyes of a Pro, that he knew how important they were.

…That didn't mean that he liked it. That he liked understanding how precarious the world would be without Heroes. Without people like him, who were willing to put their personal lives aside.

And he missed that.

Throughout this entire week, he'd missed Mina. He'd missed his wife. His best friend.

He'd missed her dearly.

"Sorry…" He said, his fingers running through her curly hair. With similar hair to her himself, he knew when to be gentle, when to tug a bit harder. When to strike over, and when to run his fingers between the curls.

Mina suddenly let out a long, loud yawn, to which she didn't bother to try to cover up with her hand. "S'not your fault… I've been busy too…"

"Still… It just doesn't feel right to me."

"We're Heroes… We… We have to work hard, even if we don't get to be around each other all the time. You wanted to be a Hero… This is what Heroes have to do…"

More than most, Izuku understood what she was saying. And if it wasn't for her, he probably wouldn't be feeling like this. It didn't feel right, working as hard as he did. Mina had the same amount of mandatory work that he did, but he always took on the additional work, because he could never turn it down. He couldn't walk away, leave the issues to other people.

He could have done. He worked with an agency the size of at least forty Heroes. There was no reason that he had to be the one to take on the work. But he just didn't have it in him to turn down the work. It was the same personality quirk that All Might had said would make him a great Hero.

But he felt guilty all the same. For putting Heroism before Mina. For leaving Mina on her own at night. Even though she said she understood. Even though he knew she understood… He felt bad.

And lonely. "…I miss you though."

While he loved being a Hero, and loved the work that he did, and loved the many, many things about his life, he wouldn't deny the fact that he missed Mina this week. Barely getting to see her, aside from when she was asleep, and he had only returned to catch some winks himself, it had affected him.

It made him miss her. This entire week, he didn't even remember the last time that he'd gotten to talk to her so much over the past seven days.

"Well, you've got some days off now, right?..." The sleepy girl murmured. Her words were quiet, and mostly slurred. "We'll… Just have to… Make up… For the lost time…. Zzz…"

And just like that, she was asleep.

And Izuku smiled.

Izuku was more aware of Mina's faults than most people who were more vocal about them were. She could be loud, and hyperactive, and far too easy to excite. Even in her twenties, Mina was the sort of person to jump before she looked, and she could be slightly clingy at times, the current situation included. He'd heard all of these criticisms of his wife from people around her. Those who spoke about her when they had encountered her while she was on duty. In his personal life. Wherever.

Mina herself admitted that she could be overzealous at times, but that was just part of her nature. It was just the kind of person that she was. Even her husband had to admit, sometimes she could be somewhat overbearing with just how she was. He could become overwhelmed by it at times, to the point of exhaustion and exasperation.

But Izuku knew her. He actually knew her, far better than anyone else could claim to. He knew what Mina was like. And for all her flaws?

She was understanding. She was kind. She was sweet and kind and supportive, and she always understood why he did what he did.

She never got angry at him for putting his Hero work first. She understood just how much it all meant to him, and knew that it was never because he didn't care about her. She wasn't insecure enough to think something like that.

She was caring, and Izuku didn't have any doubts that this girl loved him. She'd made that very clear a great number of times.

For all the faults someone could list about his wife, Mina was a good, kind, and caring person that put other people before herself. She wanted to help people. She was someone who could put all her faith into another person and would work with them the entire time. She wouldn't ever be selfish and hog everything to herself.

Mina was just a good person. A kind person.

That was why he loved her.

Closing his own eyes while his hand absently ran over her hair, Izuku felt the lull of sleep take him. His body leaned back against the cushions, and he felt comfortable darkness envelop him.

At the end of everything, Mina was just a good person. And that was more than enough for Izuku.

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It's short, but I hope it's a good way for us to starts Izumina week! I'm going to be trying to get out a short oneshot every day for the week, and I hope that this was a nice, fluffy welcome to this week surrounding these two fluffy dorks.

Tomorrow – Childhood Friends AU.

I hope you enjoyed, and I'll see you tomorrow!