Todoroki went to get the girls, the spot they set the umbrellas and towels down for was surprisingly large enough for most of them to have sitting room. He felt the sun on his back due to him only wearing light blue swimming trunks and brown sandals. The heat felt refreshing with the slight breeze carrying the coolness from the waves and their salt. But what felt more refreshing was the smells of the foods the venders were selling. He wet his lips in anticipation.
Todoroki came to the changing station where the girls were at. Most of the girls were already changed and were waiting outside with their bags, everyone but Jiro. Yaoyorozu was trying to console her into coming out. "Please Jiro," Yaoyorozu said softly, "you look amazing. There's nothing to be afraid of. It's also very dirty in there, if anything else you should leave so you don't get sick."
"Fine then, tell Ashido to give me back my regular clothes so I can change into them."
"No can do," Ashido said playfully. "You'll have to come out here and get them."
"UGH, fine." Jiro came out moments later red-faced and fists clenched. "Okay, give me my clothes back." She held out her hand for the bag.
"I never said it was me, a certain blond might just wanna see how much you dolled yourself up for him. Ashido clutched the bag even tighter. "Todoroki where is it?" She yelled with urgency as Jiro was about to pounce to get back her belongings. Todoroki pointed the direction of thei spot and Ashido gave thanks as she raced to get to the site with her blackmail in hand. Jiro and the other girls besides Yaoyorozu left to catch up to her.
"They can be such a handful at times," Yaoyorozu smiled fondly at the other girls and gave a sigh of relief.
Todoroki finally got a chance to notice Yaoyorozu's attire; the simple form fitting red bikini suited her he decided. "You aren't going with them?" His inquiry gave her pause and she blushed. "I'm headed to grab something to eat if you would like to join me." His innocent invitation sent a pulse into her.
"Uh, yes of course, the trip was a long one and it would be best to eat before it gets dark and the shops close." Todoroki did not know whether the trip was a long one or not, to him the trip seemed very average. He decided to not press it.
The smells of the various foods filled Todoroki's nostrils and gave him a voracious appetite and he knew exactly what to look for. He found the shop selling his favorite dish in minutes. Tempura soba looked to be the shop's specialty. "Two orders of cold tempura soba please," he told the clerk.
"One hot," Yaoyorozu said behind him. Todoroki noted he should have asked her first. He made a mental note. The clerk took the order and told them the total for their meals. "Give me a second to find my wallet and I'll pay for mine," searching through her bag she saw Todoroki had already paid. Yaoyorozu pouted at him for doing such without talking to her. The clerk sent the order back and soon the two aspiring heroes had their meals. Not wanting to eat at the stand they found seats under umbrellas at a small dining area in the open air.
The sat under the umbrellas at the coolness from their shade enveloped their bodies. "You know you didn't have to pay for me, right Todoroki?"
"I did, I already had my wallet out so I decided to pay. I also invited you to come along it makes sense I'd pay," Todoroki stated matter of factly.
"How very traditional of you, very well then." That sat eating their food. Both happily munched away at it and remarked how it was as good as Lunch-Rush's. "It could be the setting," she mused looking out at the beach into the horizon.
"Mmm, it is nice. With everything going on in our lives something like going on a small vacation like this is a rarity. I fear we'll only have fleeting moments left." Todoroki finished off his soba with an extra piece of tempura left. Yaoyorozu looked at him. He didn't know what he said that was wrong, maybe the way he said it. "Sorry to upset you, Momo."
Yaoyorozu looked at him, his eyes down toward the table trying to think. "I guess neither of us is very good with people." She gave a reassuring smile.
A slight smile came from him as well. "I hope to get better. This past year we've done so much. Changed so much. It's been… fun. I feel like I'm falling in love with being a true hero."
Meow.
"Guaw!" Both were startled by the noise, Yaoyorozu nearly jumped from her seat as she heard it.
Todoroki saw an old brown cat trying to climb up his leg meowing while doing it. "Oh hello, Mr. Cat." Todoroki spoke fondly to it as if it was an old friend. It kept with its mewling as if it wanted something. He smiled "I see, this is what you wanted." Todoroki gave the cat the final piece of tempura. The cat took the food and devoured it greedily.
"I see you're fond of animals." Yaoyorozu got up from her seat and went around to Todoroki to inspect the cat.
"Not especially, just cats." As the cat finished Todoroki noticed the collar on it. He nabbed the cat and while it tried to claw its way out of his arms he took a look. "Says here he's Satoshi from half the country away."
"You think someone brought him here?" Yaoyorozu inquired, "This isn't a beach that allows animals."
"I'd have to assume so." He kept ahold of the cat cradling it and said, "We'd better find his owner before the day is up." She agreed and after dropping odd their dishes began to search.
They started by checking with the staffs of some of the establishments, mindful to keep the cat out of most of the dealings. They happened upon a shop selling grilled fish and saw Mineta of all people fanning them on the grill yelling about the prices. They approached "Mineta what are you doing, why aren't you with everyone?"
"Huh," Mineta looked at them forgetting what he was doing. "Eh, I got roped into this by some lecherous old man! He won't let me leave until the weekend is out!"
Yaoyorozu's face went white. "If even you say he's bad…" She got noticeably sick to her stomach.
"Mineta, have you seen someone searching for a cat?" Todoroki held onto the cat as if it were special to him.
"Eh, maybe, maybe I need to get rid of some grilled squid for some info." Mineta haggled as if was second nature it him.
"Fine then you little, I'll get two." Yaoyorozu produced the money and put it on the side counter next to the open grilling station. "Dang fishmongers," she whispered to herself.
"Much obliged, yeah a little black haired girl has been looking for one. Said she was gonna go look by the changing stations." He put the money into a lock box after counting it then put it into a lock box then proceeded to yell about his wears.
The two went back to the changing stations, "Back to square one it seems," Todoroki said. They started yelling about the cat while eating the grilled squid, surprisingly it was tasty. Todoroki fed some to Satoshi the cat. A little girl sprinted up to them soon with tears running down her face; she looked to be in primary school.
"You found my Satoshi!" The cat leaped out of Todoroki's arms to be with the little girl. She bent down to hold the cat which started to purr.
"Hi there," Yaoyorozu bent down to talk with the girl. "You know little Satoshi isn't supposed to be here, it's not a safe place for him."
"I know, but I didn't want him to be lonely." The little girl's lip quivered but then Todoroki patted her head.
"It's very nice to look out for your friends, but it's not nice to get you both in trouble." Todoroki spoke softly to the child, Yaoyorozu was impressed. "I'm sure your parents are looking for you and Satoshi, how about we go see them." The girl stopped crying and nodded her head. Todoroki reached out for her hand which she gave him. Yaoyorozu scooped up the cat and followed behind watch the two ahead of her. Maybe she was falling in as well.
