The New Roommate, Part 3
Izuku and Jirou hang out together at the shopping mall for the next three hours. When they first arrive there, they head straight to the cinema to buy a pair of tickets to watch Gang Orca. During the screening, Izuku and Jirou watched the film with their eyes wide and huge smiles plastered across their faces.
When the film is over, Izuku and Jirou leave the cinema and head to a fast food restaurant to have dinner. The two enjoy discussing about the film as they eat their food together. Afterwards, they visit a clothing store where Izuku silently follow Jirou around the place as she examines the various jackets and jeans that are on sale. That was his intention at least. Instead, he finds himself being dragged around by Jirou as she asked him which clothes would suit her perfectly, as well as picking and recommending some shirts that would look good on Izuku. In the end, Jirou got herself a new jacket while Izuku also bought a new shirt for himself.
After they finish their shopping, Izuku and Jirou visit the arcade to play some games. Izuku watched Jirou plays a music machine in awe as she taps the buttons at rapid speed and precise timing. And later, the two laugh and hoot enthusiastically as they play a shooting game machine together.
By the time they finished playing, they realized that it's almost nine o' clock at night. Izuku and Jirou grab their bags, leave the shopping mall and make their way home.
As they walk together, Jirou sighs blissfully and turns to Izuku, "Thanks Midoriya for accompanying me tonight."
"No problem. It's really a pleasure to hang out with you." Izuku said.
Jirou smiled warmly at her classmate as her eyes softened. "You know…I never had so much fun hanging out with just a single person ever since…" She paused as she turns her head away and her lips curved into a frown. "Yaoyorozu and I got separated."
"Yaoyorozu?" Izuku said in confusion. "Who is she?"
"She was my friend during my first year of high school." Jirou explained. "Even though she is the smart one while I'm the wild gal, Yaoyorozu and I got along together just fine. Whenever I'm down or had trouble with my studies, she was always there for me. And for a while, I actually thought our friendship would last forever. But on the last month of our first year of high school, the day after we got the results for our second final exams, we were supposed to hang out together after school. But do you know what Yaoyorozu said to me, right into my face? She said that we shouldn't be friends anymore because her parents think that I'm a bad influence. She also quit the music club after that and blocked me on social media, and I felt really hurt what happened between us."
"Jirou…I'm so sorry." Izuku said softly with a sympathetic frown.
"It's okay. At least I'm slowly starting to get over it, because two days ago, I saw Yaoyorozu hanging out with another group of people. Clearly, she is moving on and forgetting all the times we had together. And if that is the case, I should be glad that we are no longer in the same class together!" Jirou bawled as she furiously kicks an empty can that was laying on the pavement into the air.
Izuku flinched for a moment before frowning at his classmate again. Jirou lets out a sigh as she strokes back her hair. She turns to Izuku and said, "Sorry for the ruckus, but I just need to let out my frustration."
"It's okay." Izuku replied.
The two continue walking down the pavement for the next twenty minutes before they finally arrived at Izuku's apartment. After walking up the small stairway and standing at the entrance, Izuku turns around and waves goodbye to Jirou who stood at the pavement.
"Goodbye, Jirou!" Izuku said to her.
"Bye! See you tomorrow, Izuku!" Jirou waves her hand back at him. Izuku quietly watched Jirou walks her way down the pavement before he turned and placed his security card on the panel. The door opens and Izuku makes his way up to his household.
After taking a shower and changing into a set of casual clothes, Izuku returns to his room to find Ochaco sitting on her bed reading a literature textbook. She turns to Izuku and closes her book.
"Hey there, how was your after-school hangout today?" Ochaco inquired.
"It was great. I enjoyed it." Izuku replied as he closes the door behind him. "Jirou admitted she never had so much fun hanging out with a single friend for a while." Izuku sighed inwardly with a wan smile. "So do I."
"How was she like? And do you know any information about her?" Ochaco asked.
"Oh, she is a comic book fan just like me! Why else would she be so excited to watch Gang Orca at the cinema tonight?" Izuku said, causing him and Ochaco to chuckle. "And she is a music enthusiast too! She loves to play the guitar and is a member of the school's music club along with Kaminari!"
"That's nice to hear. What else?" Ochaco asked.
"Oh, and she revealed to me why she has been feeling down since the last month of the previous school year." Izuku said as his sense of enthusiasm dies down. "She used to be friends with someone whose last name is Yaoyorozu. But when her parents said that Jirou was a bad influence to her, she cut all ties with her and they haven't spoken to each other since. Jirou is clearly upset over what happened between them."
"I see." Ochaco said.
"I feel really bad for what happened between her and Yaoyorozu." Izuku said sadly. "And even though she said that she is slowly starting to get over with, I don't believe that she will move on entirely."
Ochaco remained silent for a moment before a small smile takes form on her face. "Why don't we help her out?" She asked.
"Huh? Seriously?" Izuku said incredulously. Ochaco nodded.
"Like I said, Izuku. It is my duty to make sure every student in my school is happy." Ochaco said. "So let's help Jirou and Yaoyorozu get back together!"
"Let's? Are you saying that you want me to assist you?" Izuku asked incredulously.
"Yup! I could use some assistance in getting two former friends to reconcile their relationship." Ochaco said.
"But why me of all people? Can't you get another member of the student council to help you? Someone who actually works along with you in school?" Izuku asked.
"If it's someone who isn't a member of the student council, they would be less suspicious of us." Ochaco replied.
"I guess so…but…am I really up for the task?" Izuku said nervously. Ochaco turns her head to Izuku's bookshelf for a moment before looking back at him with a smirk.
"Tell me, Izuku. What would All Might do when he sees someone in need of help?" Ochaco asked.
"Huh?" Izuku responded in surprise. He looks up at the ceiling as he answers her question, "Well…All Might will never back down and turn his back on someone who needs help. He will do whatever it takes to help innocent people out no matter how dangerous, and no matter the cost."
"Exactly." Ochaco said. "Surely All Might's courage and determination has left an impact within you over the years, right?"
Izuku frowns as he lowers his head. He can't deny that what Ochaco said is right. Since young, Izuku always held an emotional attachment to All Might. There is no other superhero that Izuku looks up to the most than him. He has always been an inspirational figure and the very embodiment of goodness and justice. And whenever there is trouble, he always has the will and courage to do the right thing. So if his idol is always willing to do whatever it takes to aid anyone in distress, why can't he do the same as well?
Izuku looks back at Ochaco and replied, "Very well then. I'll do what I can."
"Arigatou, Izuku!" Ochaco said gratefully. "Now then, we'll just have to find out which class Yaoyorozu studies in."
"But we still don't know her first name. How do we know who exactly Jirou is talking about?" Izuku asked.
"Don't worry. I'm the student council president, remember?" Ochaco winks an eye at him as she draws out her smartphone. She makes a call on her phone before placing it against her ear. "Hello, Tenya? I hope I'm not disturbing you in any way but, can you do me a favor?"
The next day at the beginning of recess, Izuku leaves his classroom and walks down the hallway to visit the next class besides his. Last night, thanks to the help of Tenya, he scoured through last year's list of names of every first year student in Nerima Academia to discover that there is only one student whose last name is Yaoyorozu. Momo Yaoyorozu, who shared the exact same class as Jirou Kyouka last year. Afterwards, Tenya searched for Momo again in this year's name list to discover that she is now a student of class 2-A. Ochaco thanked Tenya afterwards and pass the information to Izuku, telling him to see if he can learn anything about Momo.
When Izuku arrived near the doorway to class 2-A, he turns and looked through the window. He spotted a black-haired girl sitting in the middle row and at the far left side of the classroom, currently talking to two girls, one with blonde bowl cut hair and wears glasses, and another with short dark blue hair and light green eyes.
"According to the vice president, she is a girl with black hair, tied to a spiky ponytail. That has to be Momo." Izuku murmured to himself. Although he couldn't hear what Momo is discussing with the two girls from where he is standing, he could see a tired frown on her face. The two girls chat with Momo for another minute before they place five exercise books on her desk.
When Izuku sees the two girls turn and about to make their departure, he cringes and quickly ducks down below the windows. He stealthily crawls under the windows and makes his way over to the doorway of his own classroom. After reaching near the doorway to class 2-B, Izuku stands up, draws out his smartphone and stares at the screen, pretending to mind his own business as the two girls leave their classroom and walk down the hallway.
"Aaahh, it feels good to have Momo do all the work for us." The blonde haired girl said blissfully to the other as she stretches her arms.
"She may be a top student, but she still has the mind of a slave." The dark blue haired girl added with her hands stuffed in her pockets.
"The things you find in Tokyo." The blonde haired girl said before they both chortled. After the girls walk past him and class 2-B, Izuku lifts his head up and silently watched them walk down the staircase. He places his phone back into his pocket and walks back to the window of class 2-A, where he sees Momo taking out her lunchbox and places it on her desk before she picks up her pencil and begin working on one of the exercise books she had been given. Izuku frowned at Momo for a moment before he turns around and walks down the hallway. He gets out his phone and types a message to Ochaco, informing her on what he had learned about Momo.
When the final school bell rang later that day, all the students leave their respective classrooms and begin their journey home. After changing back into her normal shoes, Momo locks her shoe locker and makes her out of the school. But upon walking past the school gates, she didn't expect to see the student council president step out of the corner to confront her.
"Momo Yaoyorozu?" Ochaco asked. Momo immediately came to a halt and looked dumbfounded as she finds herself standing in front of her.
"President Uraraka?" Momo said incredulously.
"Would it be okay if I can have a chat with you?" Ochaco asked with a gentle smile. Momo responded with a slow nod and the two girls walk alongside together down the pavement.
Ochaco's lips curved into a solemn frown as she asked Momo flatly, "I've been informed that your classmates have been making use of you to do their assignments for them. Is that true?"
Momo widens her eyes worriedly. 'How does she know?'
"N-n-no! Of course not." Momo chuckled nervously. "Why would Saiko Intelli, the most intelligent student in school, ever ask someone to do her assignments?"
"So that's the name of one of your classmates?" Ochaco arches an eyebrow as she folds her arms.
Momo gasped in horror as she realized her error. 'Oh no! What have I done?! If the student council president of all people finds out…'
"Is there something wrong?" Ochaco asked as she noticed the horrified look on Momo's face.
"N-no! There's nothing wrong!" Momo replied worriedly as she frantically shakes her head. "Everything is fine! I just want to go ho-"
"Momo, please. Calm down. I won't tell anyone." Ochaco said soothingly as she holds up her hands. "Just tell me honestly. Is Saiko Intell-"
"No!" Momo cried out, causing some nearby students to stare at her and Ochaco in bewilderment. "There's nothing wrong with me and this has nothing to do with my classmates! Now I'm going home! Goodbye!" Momo gave a bow to Ochaco before she hastily walks past her and makes her way home.
Later at the Midoriya household, after finishing their dinner, Izuku and Ochaco return back to their room where the president makes a call to Tenya and asked him to search through the student name list again, this time for Saiko Intelli. A few minutes later, Ochaco thanked Tenya and hangs up her phone.
"Well? What did he find?" Izuku asked.
"Momo said that Saiko Intelli is her classmate. But Tenya discovered that Saiko is actually currently studying in class 2-D, although she was in the same class as Momo and Jirou last year." Ochaco replied as she cups her chin.
"That's odd." Izuku frowned as he places his hands on the sides of his hip.
"Indeed." Ochaco said, nodding her head in agreement.
The next day in school, Momo puts away her now emptied lunchbox after the bell rang, signaling the end of recess. After zipping her schoolbag, she looks up and places her arms on her desk. But when she heard giggling, she turns to the doorway and sees two of her classmates gazing at her in amusement as they enter the class. Momo looked confused for a moment but she turns her head back to her front as she shrugs it off.
However, when she heard more noises, Momo turns to the doorway again and sees more of her classmates laughing and chattering to each other as they look at her. Momo began to panic.
'W-what is going on?' She thought worriedly.
Her question was answered when a classmate rushes up to Momo's side and asked her directly, "Momo, is it true that father actually committed fraud?"
As if those words had stabbed through heart, Momo's jaw dropped as her eyes widened in mortified horror. 'No! This can't be happening!'
"Yes, it's true." Another student said as she rushes up to Momo and the classmate. "Apparently, her father had made some very questionable things within his company to gain extra money from his clients. His clients were obviously furious about it so they call the police and sued him and his company for fraud."
"That's horrible." The classmate responded.
"Makes you wonder if she and her family are rich in the first place because of her father's corruption?" Momo turns her head as she overheard another student saying to his friend as they stood in front of the chalkboard.
"That's so scary." His friend replied to him in fear.
BAM!
Everybody in the class fell silent and stare at Momo after she slammed her hands on her desk and jolt up from her chair. With an ugly scowl on her face, Momo hastily strides out of her classroom and down the hallway.
Momo stops in the middle of the hallway when she sees Saiko and her friends walking towards her. She grimaced and yells out to their leader, "Saiko-san!"
"Hmm?" Saiko responded in annoyance as she and her friends stare at her.
Momo strides over to Saiko and asked flatly, "You told my classmates about my father, didn't you?"
Saiko stares at her for a few seconds before a giggle manages to escape from her throat. A satisfied smirk now appears on her face as Saiko strokes back her hair and replied, "So what if I did?"
"Why?!" Momo bawled unhappily. "Why did you do it?!"
"Because we got into trouble this morning when our math teacher found out the handwriting and solutions in our exercise books look extremely similar to each other, which made her realize that we had someone doing our homework!" A girl with long light brown hair who stood behind Saiko replied.
"I thought my friends told you to differentiate your handwriting with each exercise book, but you didn't!" Saiko chided.
"Unless you purposely sabotaged us!" The blonde haired girl yelled as she jabs a finger accusingly at Momo.
"That's not true!" Momo yelled in protest as she stomps her foot. "I would nev-"
Saiko scoffed as she holds up her hand, cutting off Momo. "It doesn't matter what you're trying to say. At least now your whole class knows that your father is a criminal, and soon it will probably spread to the rest of the school too!"
"You hurt us, and you pay the price." A girl with long white hair said.
"Now don't ever bother me again or I'll also tell everyone that you have been doing our homework for us. Wouldn't want to bring more shame upon yourself now, would you?" Saiko asked as her lips form into a malicious smirk.
Momo growls angrily as she used every ounce of her strength she had to suppress the tears that are trying to escape from her eyes. She whirled about and runs down the hallway in frustration while Saiko and her friends laugh cruelly.
Momo sobbed uncontrollably as she sat at the corner of the school's auditorium. Her sobs echoed throughout the completely empty room. She couldn't believe what Saiko did to her. Despite her loyalty to her, Saiko still exposed her family's secret to the entire school over a simple mistake. And now, she can't imagine what her life in school will be like. Now that some people are starting to turn against her, how is she going to spend the rest of her life in high school now? Who can she possibly turn to for help? Her classmates? Teachers? Does she have anyone she can actually communicate with now? No. Momo buries her face into her knees and continues to weep. She has no friends left, and she probably won't have any again.
"Yaoyorozu?"
Momo manages to bring her weeping to a halt when she heard a gentle voice calling out to her. She slowly lifts her head up to see a certain brown-haired girl kneeling down in front of her with a concerned frown.
"Uraraka-senpai?" Momo asked with tearstained eyes.
"Why are you crying?" Ochaco asked.
"Have you heard what people are starting to talk about me?" Momo asked hoarsely.
"I've heard some students are talking about a girl in class 2-A whose father committed a criminal offense." Ochaco said. "It wouldn't happen to be you, is it?"
Momo wipes away her tears and lowers her head. "It's true. My father did committed fraud last year, and it happened before the second finals last year. Somehow, Saiko knew about it, and she threatened me when my mother and I are at the lowest point of our lives. When we were in the same class last year, she held a grudge on me because I've always scored better grades than her. So by using this information about my father, she forced me to do things for her against my will. If I don't obey her, she will reveal it to everyone in school. It was manipulative and I hate her. But at the same time, I was scared that people will look down at me, including Jirou. That is why I cut ties with the closest person I had in my life. But now that everyone in school knows about it, they probably never want to go near me ever again. My life is ruined and I have no one to turn to."
As Momo buries her face again and lets out a few more sobs, Ochaco places her hand gently on her shoulder. Momo looks back up at her again and Ochaco said reassuringly, "That's not true. You haven't lost everything yet. I'm sure there is still one person in this school who might still help you."
When school is over, Momo met up with Ochaco at her classroom, and the student council president notice the sense of sorrow and hopelessness in her eyes. She proceeds to escort Momo out of the main building and into the schoolyard. To Momo's surprise, she sees two people standing at the center of the grassy field. One of them is Izuku, but the other is someone she instantly recognized and hadn't seen in a while.
"Jirou!" Momo cried. Jirou frowned at Momo before turning to Izuku.
"Go on. She really needs you right now." Izuku said softly to Jirou as he gestures her to go over to Momo. Jirou looks back at Momo and takes a deep breath before walking over to her. Momo steps forward as well and the two find themselves standing in front of each other.
"Jirou…" Momo tried to speak. "I-"
"I know. Not just about what happen to your father, but Uraraka-senpai and Izuku also told me why you stop talking to me, and what Saiko and her friends force you to do." Jirou said.
"Which means…" Momo turns to Izuku.
"Yes. I was the one who informed Uraraka-senpai that your friends have been making you do their homework." Izuku replied to her.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner about Saiko?" Jirou asked as Momo looks back at her.
"Because I was afraid that you will look down at me if you learn that my father was a criminal." Momo said sadly.
"Momo, why would I ever look down at you? You were my friend!" Jirou chided.
"I'm sorry Jirou!" Momo cried in guilt and despair. "I was afraid! I gave into my fear…and I ended up losing the closest person to me in my life. But my apology doesn't seem to matter now. Saiko had told everybody in school about it, and no one is ever going to be my friend again." When she finished, Momo lowers her head and stares at the ground in sorrow. Jirou stares at her wordlessly for a few moments before much to Momo's surprise; she wraps her arms around her and pulls her into a tight embrace.
"You're wrong. You still have me." Jirou said into her ear.
"I don't understand. How can you accept me again so easily?" Momo said while staring blankly into space.
"I may never forget what happen between us, but I can't bear to watch you suffer on your own. And right now…" Jirou's lips curved into a wan smile as she tightens her embrace. "I'm the only person whom you can rely on."
Momo grits her teeth and closes her eyelids, finally letting her tears flow freely down her cheeks as she hugs Jirou back.
"Arigatou, Jirou." Momo manages to choke out. "You really are my friend."
"Whatever happens, always know that I'm here for you." Jirou said reassuringly to her.
Izuku and Ochaco smile as they quietly watch the sight before them. They turn to each other for a moment and Izuku sees Ochaco winking an eye at him. Izuku gave her a nod before the two look back at Momo and Jirou as the two friends stayed into their warm embrace.
The next day at school, the students step out of their classrooms when the final bell rings, signaling the end of the day. Izuku and Jirou step out of class 2-B together to find Neito, Itsuka and Momo standing before them.
"Hello Jirou!" Momo smiled at her as she, Neito and Itsuka wave their hands at her.
"Hey Momo." Jirou replied with a smirk as she holds up her hand. She turns to Izuku and said to him, "Well I gotta head to music club with these guys now. See ya."
"See you on Monday, Jirou." Izuku replied. Jirou's eyes softened as she gives Izuku a warm smile.
"Arigatou." Jirou said softly as she bows her head to Izuku. Izuku blushes and smiles sheepishly at her as Jirou turns back to Momo, Neito and Itsuka and walks over to them. Denki walks past Izuku and heads over to the four as well.
"Hey guys!" Denki greeted them and gave a high-five to Neito and Itsuka before turning to Momo. "Hello Momo Yaoyorozu. Are you ready to start your first day in the music club?"
"I look forward to it!" Momo said enthusiastically to him. Jirou grins as she wraps an arm around Momo and the five walk down the hallway.
Izuku smiled as he watches the five friends leaving together. After Jirou and Momo reconciled their relationship yesterday, they thank him and Ochaco for their help and promise to keep their secret that they are associated with each other. Momo also requested Jirou to readmit her into the music club which she agreed. As for how Jirou plans to help Momo with the fact about her father now being spread throughout the school, she had come up with a solution to it, but they will have to wait until the end of school today to find out, and Izuku is curious to know what it is.
"Izuku, are you ready?" Shouto asked Izuku as he walks over to him from behind.
"Hai." Izuku nods his head and the two boys walk down the hallway together.
When they arrived near the exit of the school's main building, they see Saiko and her friends standing in front of their shoe lockers, watching Momo, Jirou, Denki, Neito and Itsuka walking past them and making their way to the other side of the school.
Saiko laughed and commented, "How predictable. Momo's image in this school is so damaged at this point that she resorts to having peasants as her friends. Poor girl. But I guess that's what happens to people who are related to a criminal, right?"
Saiko and her friends laughed gleefully while Momo, Jirou and their friends remain silent and avoid making contact with them as they continue walking their way to their clubroom.
After stroking her hair, Saiko turns back to her shoe locker and unlocks it. But to her complete shock and horror, huge amounts of red ink suddenly squirt out from her locker and splashes onto her chin, neck and the top section of her school uniform. Saiko widens her eyes and lets out a scream of sheer terror as she looks down at her stained uniform while her friends stare at her incredulously.
"My uniform!" Saiko cried out. "It's ruined!"
When they heard laughter and several clicking sounds, Saiko and her friends turn their heads to the side and the leader drops her jaw when she sees many students standing before her, chortling as they quickly take multiple photos of her moment of embarrassment which they will treasure for probably the rest of their lives.
"Wow! She looks like she vomited blood onto her chest!" One of the girls laughed.
"Ew, gross!" Another girl cried out in disgust.
"Sheesh, what did she eat today?" One of the boys added.
"Be careful! She might turn into a zombie!" Another boy yelled.
"This is so going into my desktop!" Another girl proclaimed.
"STOP IT!" Saiko screamed and frantically waves her hands at them in a vain attempt to cover herself up. Her friends tried to stand in front of her, but the witnesses approach them and try to take a closer shot at Saiko and her uniform with their phones. "GET AWAY! DON'T LOOK AT ME! NOOOOOOOOOO!"
Jirou, Momo, Denki, Neito and Itsuka laughed triumphantly as they overheard Saiko's cries of distress from a distance.
"Well, looks like everyone has already moved onto the next viral trend of this school." Jirou said to her friends.
"The headlines on everybody's posts online tonight will be 'Saiko's bloodbarf'." Itsuka announced as she slowly swipes her hand through the air. The five friends laughed again in glee.
"Thank you so much, Jirou." Momo said to Jirou, smiling with deep satisfaction over the fact that the students won't be discussing about her and her family again anytime soon.
"Don't just thank me. Thank Neito and Itsuka as well. They're the ones who infiltrated her locker to install Neito's device during recess." Jirou smirked, gesturing to Neito and Itsuka.
"Thanks. I'll tell you all about how my greatest invention works when we arrive at the clubroom." Neito said proudly with his hand placed on his chest. Izuku chuckled as he watched Momo, Jirou and the others continue making their way to the music club from a distance.
"Judging by your face, I assume you had something to do with this?" Shouto whispered to Izuku.
"We'll tell you all about it." Izuku replied softly.
"We?" Shouto said in confusion. Izuku nods his head. While most of the students are still occupied with trying to take pictures and videos of Saiko and her 'bloodstained' uniform, Izuku and Shouto nonchalantly head to their lockers and change back into their casual shoes.
After the two leave the school, they make their way to the convenience store where they are greeted by Ochaco who stood at the entrance.
"Hello!" Ochaco greeted as she waves her hand at them.
"Hey senpai. Shouto and I are heading to the comic book store today. Want to come along with us? I'll introduce you to Eliot." Izuku said to Ochaco.
"Sure thing!" Ochaco said cheerfully as she nods her head.
The three friends walk down the pavement together and Shouto said to Izuku and Ochaco, "So, what happened back there?"
"Oh, I just did my part in helping two fellow students with their problems. That's all." Ochaco replied. "And I couldn't have done it without Izuku's assistance."
Izuku chuckled sheepishly as he scratches the back of his head. "It was nothing."
"Of course it wasn't, Izuku. Think about it. If you hadn't agreed to help Jirou, she and Momo would still be living in misery and never reconcile with each other, and we would never go out of our way to get them back together." Ochaco explained.
"That sounds true." Shouto said in agreement.
Izuku contemplate what Ochaco had said for a moment before giving her and Shouto a wan smile. "I guess so." He said.
"And how does it feel being able to help someone in need, Izuku?" Ochaco asked.
"It was alright." Izuku replied.
"That's it? Just alright? Does All Might ever think that helping someone is just alright?" Ochaco asked.
Izuku began blushing in embarrassment while Shouto slightly widens his eyes in amusement. "Oh, you know about All Might too?" He asked Ochaco.
"Yup!" Ochaco nods her head. "And it's Izuku who taught me more about him. He really sounded like an otaku when he explain-"
"Okay! I think you don't need to bring that up!" Izuku cried, waving his hand at Ochaco.
"What's wrong with that? I was only telling the truth." Ochaco said.
"But it's so weird for someone like you to be saying such things." Izuku said nervously.
Ochaco sighs heavily in disappointment. "You're still so shy even after being able to help someone. Guess I still have a long way to go in helping you. At the meantime, you should really stop acting scared all the time and always think about what All Might would do when he is in a bad situation himself! Understand?" She chided.
"There she goes again." Izuku murmured as he turns his head away for a moment. Shouto chuckled in amusement.
Izuku looks back at Ochaco and sees that her stern look is now replaced with an encouraging smile. He takes a minute to contemplate what has happened over the last week. It's been only two weeks into the New Year, and yet some interesting things have already happened in his life. He had a new roommate who happens to be the most important student in his school, more people he is able to open up to besides his mother, Shouto and Eliot, and even helped two fellow students in their time of distress. And none of this would have ever happen if Ochaco hadn't moved into his apartment.
Afterwards, Izuku's lips finally curved up into a warm smile. Shouto and Ochaco smiled back at him before the three friends turn back to their front and continue walking their way to Eliot's comic book store.
'I guess for now…' Izuku thought to himself. 'I'm happy to have Uraraka-senpai as my roommate…and my friend.'
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