The New Roommate, Part 2

"Please forgive us, Ochaco. I actually forgot to tell my son about your arrival today." Inko said apologetically as she and Izuku bow down to Ochaco who is now sitting on the couch. Izuku is also now dressed in a simple black t-shirt and blue shorts, looking back at Ochaco with shame and regret as he and his mother stood up.

"And I'm sorry for what happened just now." Izuku added.

"It's okay." Ochaco nodded. "I'm actually more surprised that your son is actually a student in my school."

"Really?" Inko's eyes widened as she and her son turn to each other. "She studies in Nerima Academia as well?"

"Y-yeah." Izuku replied sheepishly. "She's my um, student council president."

"I thought it was a coincidence that you share the same last name as the one who accepts my parents' request to live here, but I didn't expect you are literally related to her!" Ochaco laughed at Izuku.

"Speaking of, why are you here, Uraraka-senpai? And did you say that you are living here?" Izuku asked Ochaco in bewilderment.

"Well, her parents did tell me that they are leaving the country for a while." Inko said to her son.

"Yes, and it's time I tell you both the full explanation why I'm staying here." Ochaco said. Izuku and Inko stare wordlessly at her as she takes a deep breath and explains to them, "While we were celebrating the third day of the New Year, my parents suddenly receive a call from their company that they want them to go to Boston as soon as possible because their American branch suddenly got into trouble with mismanagement. Since my parents are some of the top-ranking employees within their company, they decided to send them there to control things. Depending on how bad the situation is, it can take months, even a whole year for them to help the American branch settle down and return back to normal. So I'm being left here in Japan. Because we have no servants at home, we need to think of an alternative on how I'm going to get by while my parents are away. That is until they suggested why don't they move me to the apartment which they agree to buy from Miss Midoriya? So they call her up, your mother accepts their request to take care of me, and that's how I ended up here while my parents are halfway around the world right now."

Izuku and Inko continue staring at her for a moment before the former finally responded, "Okay."

"Anyways, now that you're here, you can have dinner with us and take the opportunity to get to know us better." Inko said to her.

'Know us better?' Izuku thought as his cheeks blushed.

"I look forward to it!" Ochaco nodded to Inko with a wide smile. "I know I'm only here for less than an hour, but I already feel like I'm a part of this household."


Later that night, Ochaco, Izuku and Inko sat together at the dining table as they eat their dinner. The mother took a seat across Ochaco and Izuku who both sat beside each other. Both Ochaco and Inko chat with each other by sharing stories of their lives to one another. Izuku on the other hand remains silent and idly listens to them as he eats his food.

They eventually finish eating their food and everyone get up from their seats. As Inko collects the dishes, she asked her son, "Izuku, why don't you show Ochaco your room?"

"My room?" Izuku asked his mother nervously.

"I'd love to see your room, Izuku! Besides, you were awfully quiet throughout dinner. We can take this opportunity to get to know more about each other, right?" Ochaco asked smiling.

"Y-y-yeah. But can you give me a minute?" Izuku asked.

"Um okay." Ochaco replied in confusion. With that, Izuku whirled about and runs his way into his room. Upon entering, he quickly closes the door behind him and locks it. He presses his back against the door and trembled apprehensively as he looks around his room.

"I have to clear all this stuff right now! If she sees me how much of a geek I am, she will have an extremely low opinion of me!" Izuku said anxiously to himself. He quickly runs over to his bed, kneels down and takes out a few empty cardboard boxes from underneath. He grabs one of them and removes the lid, leaving the other boxes aside as he rushes over to one of the bookshelves. Suddenly, there is a knock on the door.

"Izuku, what's going on in there?" He could hear Ochaco calling out to him from outside.

"Oh, give me another minute! Just arranging some things to make your stay more comfortable!" Izuku replied as he removes the comic books and action figures of All Might from one of the shelves and places them neatly into the cardboard box before placing the lid on top of it. Izuku turns back to the bookshelf and sees that he had only cleared a quarter of it and the rest is still filled with comic books and toys he had bought over the years.

"I gotta make this quick. I don't want to keep her waiting." Izuku babbled, knowing that he still has a lot more work to do. After pushing the box aside, he stood up and grabs hold of more action figures of All Might from another shelf.

But just as Izuku turns around, he widens his eyes and drops his jaw, surprised to see Ochaco standing at the doorway to his room, holding a key in one hand while the other is placed on the handle of her luggage.

"U-U-Uraraka-senpai!" Izuku cried apprehensively.

"Sorry, your mother was wondering why I haven't entered your room yet. She was pretty annoyed that you locked the door so she lends me the key to your room." Ochaco said apologetically.

"Y-y-yeah…b-b-but…i-i-it's j-just-" Izuku tried to speak, trembling in fear as he is about to expect the worst from the student council president.

"Is that All Might?" Ochaco asked as she perks up upon seeing the action figures of All Might in Izuku's hands.

Izuku momentarily looks down at his toys before nervously lifting his head up and staring back at Ochaco. "Y-Yes." He stuttered.

Ochaco squealed in response. "I remember watching All Might: The Animated Series on television when I was little!" She said jovially.

"Eh?" Izuku said in bewilderment as he stares blankly at her. A huge smile appears on Ochaco's face as she takes a moment to look around Izuku's room. At the left side of his room are two bookshelves. The right bookshelf contains normal books in the upper shelves while the bottom half is filled with light novels, video games and Blu-Ray disc cases. The left bookshelf which Izuku is standing in front of is entirely filled with manga, comic books and action figures, mostly of All Might, being posed for display. Hung on the wall beside the bookshelves on the left is a flat-screen television, and underneath it are a video game console and a Blu-ray player placed on a small wooden drawer.

At the center of the room is a small study desk with a black lamp and a laptop placed on it, and a black office chair with blue cushions underneath it. Also on the desk are a pencil holder of All Might's head, an All Might bobble head figure and a few smaller figurines of him. In front of the desk are the room's windows, with curtains decorated in red and white vertical stripes and a wider blue stripe with white stars which fits the motif of the character of All Might.

Finally on the right side of the room are the wardrobe and Izuku's bed, its pillow, blanket and mattress covered with blue sheets. Hang beside the bed and on the wall are several posters of All Might in various shots and action poses.

"This is amazing! It's like I'm in an otaku's sanctuary!" Ochaco remarked with her eyes wide in amazement.

Izuku chuckled sheepishly as his cheeks reddened. "I r-really look up to h-him after all…I'm so embarrassed."

"Aw come on. Don't be shy. Everybody has what they like." Ochaco said to him gently as she drags her luggage into the room and closes the door behind her. When she turns around, she looks down and sees the box which Izuku had filled up earlier. "What's that?"

"Oh um…more of my stuff." Izuku replied lamely.

"Can I see?" Ochaco asked.

Izuku remain silent for a moment before he turns around and places the figures back on the shelf. After doing so, he turns back to the box, kneels down and removes the lid. Ochaco gasps in awe as she kneels down and sees the contents stored inside it.

"Yeah, I have a lot of this stuff." Izuku said as he takes out one of his action figures and shows it to Ochaco. As Ochaco takes the figure and starts playing around with it, Izuku questioned her, "So anyways, Uraraka-senpai, where will you be sleeping?"

Ochaco looks up at Izuku and said, "Actually, I don't know yet. There doesn't seem to be a spare room in this apartment."

"You're right, and it would be disrespectful if we let you sleep on the couch." Izuku said, causing Ochaco to chuckle. "So it looks like you'll have to share the room with-"


"HUH?! Why can't she sleep in your room?!" Izuku asked his mother incredulously as he stood inside her room.

"Because the floor space in my room isn't big enough to place the futon on it." Inko said to him, combing her hair as she sat at the dressing table placed at the left corner of her room.

"B-b-but I can't share my room with someone of an opposite gender! I-I-It's crazy!" Izuku cried anxiously with his cheeks blushing.

"At least the both of you are sleeping on different beds, right?" Inko asked as she puts down her comb.

"Y-Y-Yeah, but…even still…it's so…" Izuku trails off as he lowers his head. When her son fell silent, Inko gets up from her chair and walks over to him.

"Izuku, I know you are having a hard time lately in coping with others. But why not take this opportunity to get to know someone better?" Inko asked gently before placing her hand on Izuku's shoulder. "Do it for me…and him."

Izuku turns to the king size bed placed in the middle of Inko's room. He wordlessly gazes at the right side of the bed for a few moments before turning back to his mother and giving her a nod.


Izuku later returned to his room while carrying a futon he had taken from his mother's room. Ochaco idly stood nearby and watched Izuku places the futon onto the floor, right next to his bookshelves and about six feet away from his bed.

"Sorry for the inconveniences, Izuku. But thank you for setting up my bed." Ochaco said as Izuku now neatly places the pillow and blanket onto the futon.

"Actually, this futon is mine to sleep on." Izuku said as he turns around and sits down on the futon with his legs folded. Ochaco stares at him in confusion as he gestures her to his bed. "You can sleep on my bed."

"Really?" Ochaco asked with her eyes widened.

"Yeah, because…well…you are both our guest and my student council president…so it would be disrespectful if I let you sleep on the floor." Izuku explained.

A huge smile immediately takes form on Ochaco's face. "Arigatou!" She said cheerfully as she bows down to Izuku. With a small smile, Izuku watches Ochaco goes over to his bed, sits down and slides her hands across the sheets.

"You know, I've always been helping others in school." Ochaco said as she turns to Izuku. "So it's nice to be the one who is being helped for once."

Izuku's cheeks blush as he turns his head away for a moment. "Anyways, my mother said that since we are staying in the same room together, we should get to know each other more." He said as he looks back at her.

"That's right." Ochaco said. "So tell me more about yourself, Izuku."

"Well, as you can see, I'm a huge fan of All Might." Izuku chuckled. "And I…um…" He paused for a minute, struggling to think of what to say next.

"Are you good at sports?" Ochaco asked. "I saw a younger version of yourself holding up a medal in a picture frame with your mother."

"Oh that. That was a long time ago, but I won a gold medal for track-and-field when I was in elementary school." Izuku replied.

"That's nice." Ochaco commented. "Did you continue running ever since?"

"Well, I did continue doing so during junior high. But then I stop after I've graduated. And I…currently don't do any sort of curriculum activity in Nerima Academia." Izuku said as he scratches his head.

"That's a shame. I think you could have contributed something great for our school." Ochaco said. Izuku sighed inwardly. "Anything else about yourself?"

"Well I…" Izuku said, stopping short again as he struggles to think of something to say to his roommate. Ochaco gave a wan smile as she wordlessly stares at him. It is obvious that Izuku is really lacking in social skills, so she immediately thought of a solution to resolve the issue.

"Well, since you are a fan of All Might, how about showing me some of your stuff?" Ochaco asked as she places her hands together.

"Huh? Oh okay." Izuku looked around until he spots his schoolbag placed on the floor and beside the bed which is now owned by Ochaco. He crawls over to it and unzips his bag, taking out the latest issue of The Amazing All Might he had bought from Eliot's store earlier today. "How about this?" He asked Ochaco as he shows her the comic.

"Sure!" Ochaco responds with a nod. Izuku gets up and sat beside Ochaco on the bed. He hands her the comic and Ochaco places it on her lap before turning the page. Izuku noticed that she looks confused as she stares at the pictures and dialogue on the right page.

"You're supposed to read it from left to right." Izuku pointed out.

"Oooohhh, I see." Ochaco said. "I'm too used to reading our traditional way." Both of them laughed before the two began reading the comic together.

For the next thirty minutes, Izuku and Ochaco read the comic together. Izuku would explain to Ochaco about All Might, his powers and abilities and the supporting characters and villains that appear in the issue. Ochaco is amused that Izuku has so much knowledge of a character that she is a casual fan of.

When they finished reading the last panel, Ochaco closes the comic book and Izuku lets out a heavy sigh with his eyes wide. "That…was amazing. Just…wow. What a great conclusion! Even though Stain has escaped to fight another day, at least both All Might and Gran Torino are still able to deliver an ultimate beat down on that villain!" He said ecstatically with a satisfied grin. When he looks back at Ochaco, he sees her lips curved into a wide smile. "What is it?"

"You actually know how to talk a lot, Izuku!" Ochaco said in amusement.

"Y-yeah, I do!" Izuku chuckled as he rubs the back of his neck. "I guess I only do when I'm able to share my interests with others."

"Then surely you have friends who share the same interests as you, right?" Ochaco asked.

"Well, I do have one friend in school who shares the same love for comic books as me, named Shouto Todoroki." Izuku said. Ochaco nodded in response. "And…I also have a friend outside school who runs the local comic book store named Eliot Smith. He's an American, hence the name." Ochaco nodded again. Izuku's eyes softened as he continued, "And…I guess that's it. I actually do have plenty of friends back in junior high…but let's just say some things happened…and we ended our relationship before we graduate. And since then, not counting Eliot, I was only able to make one friend in high school…and nobody else."

Ochaco nods her head once more before saying gently to Izuku, "I'm glad you tell me all of that, Izuku. And I know how you feel. How uneasy it is to make new friends after some terrible events, especially when they affect your social skills. But you can't go on like this."

"Then what am I supposed to do, senpai?" Izuku asked. He watches Ochaco stand up from the bed and turns back to Izuku with a determined smile as she places her hands at the sides of her hip.

"Don't worry, Izuku. Starting from tomorrow, I'm going to help you open up to others again!" Ochaco proclaimed. "For as the student council president of Nerima Academia, it is my duty to make sure every student in my school is happy!"


When morning came, Izuku and Ochaco dress into their school uniforms and ate their breakfast. Inko also gave Ochaco a card to their apartment so that she can freely enter and leave her new home any time. When they finish eating their food, they grab their school bags, bid farewell to Inko and step out of their home. They take an elevator down and make their way out of the apartment. Upon leaving the boundaries of the apartment and stepping onto the pavement, Izuku turns to Ochaco and said nervously, "Uraraka-senpai."

"What is it?" Ochaco asked.

"No offense but…I think it's best if we arrive at school at later times from each other. I'll reach there earlier while you arrive there by a few minutes later." Izuku explained.

"Why's that?" Ochaco asked.

"Well…it's just…" Izuku tried to answer, but he couldn't bring himself to. He is completely unsure if his answer will satisfy or hurt Ochaco. Eventually, when he fails to bring himself to do it, Izuku whirled about and runs down the pavement, making his way to school. "Gotta go!"

"Wait!" Ochaco cried as she reaches her hand out to him. But Izuku is already several meters away and still distancing himself away from her. She lets out a sigh as she lowers her arm.

"Ochaco!" Inko cried as she steps out through the door of the apartment and spots Ochaco standing nearby.

"Inko?" Ochaco turns and stares at the mother in confusion.

"Ochaco! Have you seen Izuku?! He forgot his lunchbox!" Inko asked as she holds up a plastic bag which contains a box of food.

Ochaco gasped before narrowing her eyes at her. "Don't worry, I'm on it!"


Izuku arrived at the open gateway to Nerima Academia. He smiles in relief when he sees Shouto stepping out of a car and closing the door behind him.

"Don't come home later than usual, understand?" Izuku could see a man with spiky crimson hair and moustache speaking to Shouto from the driver's seat of his car.

"Understood, father." Shouto replied before his father closes the window of his car and drives off. Shouto turns and sees Izuku standing nearby. "Izuku."

"Shouto!" Izuku greeted as he rushes over to him.

"I came early this time. Come on, let's get inside." Shouto said, gesturing his friend to walk with him into the school.

Izuku took a moment to look around. After making sure Ochaco is nowhere in sight, he turns back to Shouto and replied, "Yeah, let's go."

"What was that about?" Shouto chuckled as the two friends pass through the gates and walk their way into the main building. As they stood in front of their shoe lockers, Izuku and Shouto proceed to remove their sneakers and replace them with the proper white shoes that are mandatory for all students to wear while entering the school's premises. After doing so, they close their lockers and casually walk their way down the hallway with several students chatting among themselves as they stood at the sides.

"So Izuku, how was the latest issue of The Amazing All Might?" Shouto asked his friend.

"Oh it was great!" Izuku perks up and he began explaining to him excitedly. "The issue continues where the story left off. Stain was about to deliver what seem like the final blow on All Might, when suddenly Gran Torino shows up and shout-"

"Izuku!"

Izuku, Shouto and every student around them whirl about and see Ochaco standing behind them at the other side of the hallway while holding up the plastic bag which contains her roommate's lunch box.

"You forgot your lunch!" Ochaco calls out to him. Izuku's jaw plummeted and his eyes grew as wide as saucers upon seeing her. The outburst had also cause Shouto and the other students to watch in confusion as Ochaco rushes over to Izuku and holds the bag in front of him. "Here you go." Izuku cringes and quickly takes the bag from her hands. Suddenly, Ochaco leans forward to take a closer look at his tie. "Izuku! Your tie isn't straightened and the knot is tied improperly!"

Much to the shock of Izuku, Shouto and the other students, Ochaco proceeds to grab his school tie and adjusts it, causing her roommate to freeze in horror and the students to murmur among themselves.

"I remember him now! He was the guy who was attacked by Tomura yesterday!"

"Oh right! And the president saved him!"

"Wait, does this mean the two are now in a relationship after what happened?!"

"Wow, I'm so jealous of him!"

"No, this can't be right! He looks too generic for her!"

"He's making her be his maid? How shameful!"

"He should be more respectful to her!"

Izuku looks around in terror with his mouth agape as he overheard the overwhelming amount of gossip and negativity towards him from the eyewitnesses. He couldn't believe this is happening to him right now.

"Izuku," Shouto tried to ask his friend. "What exactly is going-"

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Izuku screamed as he throws his head back and pulls his hair. And to the surprise of Ochaco and Shouto, Izuku suddenly whirl about and runs off to the other side of the school, causing the students in the hallway to laugh gleefully.

"Izuku!" Ochaco cried out to him. "Where are you going?! Your classroom isn't that way!"

"What a way to start the day." Shouto commented with an arched eyebrow.


"Izuku!" Ochaco calls out as she runs out of the main building and enters the schoolyard, trying to search for her roommate. She enters the field which consists of a large rectangular-shaped patch of grass in the center of it, surrounded by four red oval-shaped running tracks. "Izuku, where are you?!"

She turns to her left and runs her way to the outdoor basketball courts which is separated from the field by metal fences. After passing through the fences, Ochaco found Izuku sitting at one of the wooden benches placed at the side of the courts, shaking uncontrollably as he bends forward and places his hands on top of his head.

"There you are." Ochaco said in relief as she rushes over to him. "Why do you have to run off like that?"

"U-U-Uraraka-senpai, w-why must you do that in front of e-everybody?" Izuku said as he trembled.

"Why shouldn't I? We are supposed to help each other, right?" Ochaco asked.

"But not in front of so many people!" Izuku cried as he momentarily looks up at her. He whimpered as he lowers his head and places his hands on top of it again. "If we keep appearing together, everyone in school will continue to make rumors about us! TheywillsayI'mtheschoolpresident'spetandeveryonewilleitherbejealousofmeormakefunofme, myimageinschoolwillberuinedandIwillneversurvivetherestofmytimeinhigh-OW!" Izuku's babblings came to a complete halt when Ochaco gave a gentle hit on Izuku's head with a school textbook.

"Come on Izuku, rumors that are never confirmed are just thin air and will be quickly forgotten." Ochaco said reassuringly as she holds her textbook behind her back.

"You sure?" Izuku asked worriedly as he sits straight up and looks back at her.

"Hai." Ochaco nodded. "But I do respect your opinion, so I'll try not to make any more incidents like that next time." Ochaco proceeds to bow down to Izuku. "So sorry about that!"

"There you are, Izuku." Shouto said as he walks through the courts and goes over to Izuku and Ochaco.

"Shouto!" Izuku cried as he sees his friend approaching them.

"Oh, I forgot to greet you back there. Good morning, Uraraka-senpai." Shouto greeted Ochaco as they bow their heads to each other.

"Good morning. I assume you must be Shouto Todoroki, right?" Ochaco inquired.

"You know my name?" Shouto asked in surprise.

"Yes, Izuku told me about you." Ochaco replied.

"Is that so? When did you two become so close to each other?" Shouto asked his friend.

Izuku flinched. "Well, you see…"

"I moved into Midoriya's apartment as his new roommate." Ochaco explained.

"Senpai!" Izuku cried at her in shock.

"Is that true?" Shouto asked Izuku.

"No!" Izuku cried to Shouto. "I mean yes! Well, it's just-"

"Don't be shy, Izuku!" Ochaco said to Izuku as she places her hand on his shoulder. "Just tell him. Didn't you say you and Shouto are close to each other?"

Izuku lets out a heavy sigh before he turns to Shouto and gave a full explanation to him, about how Ochaco recently moved into his apartment because of the absence of her parents, as well as telling him to remain secretive about this. Shouto nods his head after hearing all of this.

"I see. Don't worry, I won't tell the others." Shouto vowed as he holds up his hand to Izuku.

"Arigatou, Shouto." Izuku said softly. Shouto smiled as he curls his hand into a fist and holds it in front of Izuku. Izuku gets up from the bench and raises his own fist. The two friends bump them against each other right before the bell rings.

"Now then, you guys should get to class right now! See you later!" Ochaco said, smiling at the two boys.

"See you later, Uraraka-senpai." Shouto said as he and Izuku wave their hands at her while making their way to their classroom.

"Yeah, see ya." Izuku said softly. Ochaco winks an eye at Izuku as she waves her hand back at him. Izuku chuckled nervously before he turns and walks out of the courts with Shouto.


The rest of the day was uneventful for Izuku and Shouto, much to the former's relief. It seems that people in school are no longer talking about what happened between him and Ochaco this morning, so it is safe to assume that everything has gone back to normal. Izuku is glad that his roommate was right after all. The final school bell rang and everybody stood up from their seats.

"Arigatou, Aizawa-sensei." The students said in unison as they bow to their teacher.

"Arigatou. Remember to do your assignments and rest well at home." Mr. Aizawa said dully to them before the students began packing their bags. After Izuku finished packing his bag, he looks up when he overheard Denki apologizing to Jirou who sat at the left side of the second front row of the class.

"So sorry, Jirou!" Denki said apologetically as he bows his head and places his hands together to Jirou. "I promise my parents that I'll come home early tomorrow."

"It's alright, Denki. I understand. See you tomorrow." Jirou replied with a small smile. Denki stands up and gives a salute to his friend.

"Likewise, Jirou. See ya!" Denki said to her before he walks his way out of the classroom with his schoolbag. Jirou's lips flip downwards into a disappointed frown as she sat at her desk.

"Neito and Itsuka aren't free tomorrow either." Jirou said before she began packing her schoolbag. Izuku continues staring wordlessly at Jirou for a moment before he zips his schoolbag and leaves the classroom as well.


Ochaco holds onto two croquettes wrapped in paper as she waits patiently beside the entrance to a convenience store that is several miles away from the boundaries of Nerima Academia. She turns her head and smiles when she spots Izuku walking over to her.

"Izuku!" Ochaco greeted as she holds one of the croquettes to Izuku.

"Arigatou, Uraraka-senpai. Thanks for meeting me far away from the school." Izuku said as he takes the food from her.

"Had to respect your privacy, right?" Ochaco said, winking an eye at him. Izuku chuckled as the two walk down the pavement and make their way home.

After taking a bite of his croquette, Izuku turns to Ochaco and asked, "Uraraka-senpai?"

"What is it?" Ochaco asked Izuku.

"Well…I have a classmate who is feeling down. Her name is Jirou Kyouka and she doesn't have anyone to accompany her tomorrow after school." Izuku explained.

"I see." Ochaco replied.

"Come to think of it, she is always feeling down since the last month of our first year." Izuku said. "She has plans after school tomorrow but none of her friends are free. So…I was thinking-"

"You want to hang out with her?" Ochaco asked as her smile and eyes widen.

"Y-Y-Yes." Izuku replied nervously.

"That's great!" Ochaco said approvingly. "You're already taking the necessary steps to recover your social life. If you are willing to accompany your classmate tomorrow, then go right ahead. Have fun and try learning more about her as well."

"Okay." Izuku responded before he takes another bite of his food.


The next day, after the final school bell rings, the students pack their bags, leave their classrooms and make their way out of the school. Jirou kept her head down as she walks down the hallway while carrying her school and guitar bags behind her back. She sighed inwardly, knowing that she has no one to hang out with at the mall and cinema today. Even though she is looking forward to watching the latest movie, how can she enjoy herself when she has no one to share her joy and excitement with?

"Kyouka-san."

Jirou lifts her head up and came to a halt upon hearing a voice. She turns around and sees Izuku smiling sheepishly and holding up a hand at her.

"Midoriya? What's up?" Jirou asked in confusion.

"Um, now that school is over, do you have any plans today?" Izuku asked.

"Well, I'm going to the mall today to watch Gang Orca in the cinema, as well as maybe doing some shopping and playing at the arcade." Jirou replied.

"Aaaaand you're all by yourself?" Izuku asked.

"Yeah." Jirou said sadly as she nods her head. "Why are you asking? You seem interested in what I'm planning to do."

"Well, if you have no one to hang out with…" Izuku paused for a moment before he finally gathered enough courage to ask his classmate, "Can I join you?"

Jirou stares wordlessly at Izuku for a few moments, feeling rather surprised that the most silent student in the class would want to hang out with her. Izuku began to panic, thinking that he had made a mistake.

"K-K-Kyouka?" Izuku asked nervously. But to his surprise and relief, a smile takes form on Jirou's face as she nods her head to him.

"Sure, why not?" Jirou replied and gestures her classmate to follow her.

Izuku smiled as he felt his demeanor being lifted. As Jirou turns around and continues walking down the hallway, Izuku whirled about for a moment to see Ochaco standing far away at the stairway and behind the wall, giving him a grin and a thumbs-up. Izuku smiled back and gave a thumbs-up to her before he turns back to Jirou and follows her from behind.


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Chapter Revised on 27th June 2019