"I see, well," It was taking everything he had to not freak out with how close Ochaco's voice was to his ear. Cellphones were amazing! "I'm just glad you and Iida are both okay! When I got just the address, I got really nervous."
He took a breath, trying to keep things calm. This was fine, it was just talking to a girl over the phone, there was nothing weird about it. It certainly wasn't anywhere as weird as talking to a girl from the future. "Sorry, Ochaco, There was a lot going on, so I couldn't contact you."
The Nomu attack, their fight with Stain, and the near-death experience they all had. So much of it he wasn't going to be able to tell her. Or anybody else for that matter.
She walked in front of him, hand clasped behind her back. She was older than last time but younger than the first time, her long silver hair blew in a wind that did not exist, and her red eyes were fixed on him as her face cracked into a smile as though for the first time. She was wearing that same red sweater that was both tight and loose, but her aura was different, it didn't have the same maturity as the first time, nor the innocence of last time.
"I know you went through a lot." He heard from the other side of the phone, but he couldn't take his eyes off of her.
The silver-haired woman leaned against a gap in the windows, humming a wordless song that made him feel relaxed and waved at him. Her smile turned wry as she looked at his phone. "Who you talking to Izuku?"
"Oh, umm, Ochaco," He mumbled, pushing his head away from the phone so she didn't hear him. He heard her talking to someone else on her end so maybe it was alright?
She rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue out while making a disgusted sound. "Well hurry up, I need to see your phone when you're done." She smiled again, pushing her hair behind her. "Besides, I want to talk to you for a bit, and don't worry, I'm not here to steal your first kiss or anything like that?"
The wink she finished with wasn't the sexy kind that Midnight would have given, this wink was far too awkward to not be forced and it looked more like she had something in her eye. It was her red face and the way she looked away from him - lips in a soft pout - to hide her failure that struck gold with him. It was too cute!
"I gotta go! See you at school!" He looked down at his phone and saw that his call with Ochaco had ended. What if she thought he was rude now? He'll just explain it to her later!
"Why do you need my phone?" He asked, still looking at the end call screen.
"Because," She extended that word as though the force of it was needed to peel herself off the wall. Her hand extended out towards him, awaiting his phone, the other resting on her hip. She was taller than him, not by much maybe an inch or two. "Despite the fact that I have a pretty good idea of your timeline, I still have a hard time finding you when I need to, so I'm going to put an app on your phone that will do stuff and allow my future phone to talk to it."
"Oh," He blinked and handed it to her, her hand was soft, "What if I want to find you?" He flopped his free arm, before running it through his hand. It was hard not to stare at her, the red eyes mixed with her silver hair to enhance her already outstanding natural beauty into something that would almost be exotic. "Or even talk to you."
She produced a phone of her own, it looked similar enough to his but was a lot thinner and larger, and connected it to his phone with a short cord. Her head perked up, eyes scanning the room before she nodded towards a nearby place to sit. "Mei made the app so that you can text me, but I won't get it until I'm in your time again, so who knows how long that would be for me." Her smile was bright as they sat down together, her black leggings brushing aginst his hospital gown. "And I might have a good memory but don't expect me to remember a conversation from like two years ago."
"Does that mean I'm going to learn your name?"
She stuck her tongue out fingers tapping on his phone screen while hers had a loading bar. "If you don't know my name, I'm not going to tell you. Probably. I might change my name later, but you won't have to wait much longer." Her smile died as she put his phone down, the same loading bar was now on his. "And I'm not sure if I'll even talk to you between then and now."
There was a sadness that he hadn't seen in her before, It was distant, one that he needed to rescue her from.
"Can I ask why you're traveling in the past so much?" He asked, his free hand grasping at air. It wasn't the first time he had felt so helpless, it was common in his life, but now with her, it felt a thousand times worse. Why?
A sigh escaped her and she let her shoulders fall, her eyes faded from his view by a veil of hair that slipped from her horn. "I don't want to risk telling you."
"Something happens doesn't it?" He pressed, leaning forward ever so slightly if he wasn't so injured he'd be able to comfort her more. But, was that what she wanted? Could he even do that to someone so, so what? Beautiful? Mysterious? Someone that knew so much about him but he knew nothing about.
She nodded allowing more of her hair to fall, he could barely see her bite her lip. "Yea, but that's why I'm here, I'm trying to fix that."
"Is there anything I can do to help?"
Her laughter was sweet like honey and she flung her head back, pushing out a single tear that had formed. When it ended there was nearly no sign that she had been moments away from crying. "That's one of the things I love about you Izuku, even now to someone you barely know you're still trying to be a hero." Her voice was bubbly like she was fit to laugh at a moments notice, with a sigh, she pushed her hair back in place and picked up his phone once more. "But don't worry Izuku you will, even when you're not aware that you're helping me you will be."
"What does that mean?"
She snorted shaking her head. "It's really weird being the older one you know, but I'll get used to it, normally I'm the one asking all the questions. But don't worry you'll understand later. Or maybe not." She disconnected their phones, texting away at his and navigating it with the kind of speed and agility that would make Mina's head spin.
"So, can I ask another question about you?" He asked, then shook his head. "Besides that one."
"Dork," she snorted. "I'm not a genie, I don't have a three question limit, I'm just a girl from the future. Well, technically, I mean I'm from this time too, just you know younger. But yea, ask away."
"Why would you try to kiss me?"
Her smile turned wry and despite the blush on her face, she kept her eyes on him. It was too much and he had to look away from her. "Well," she drew the word out leaning forward. "If I had to guess It might be because I realized that I could be about the same age as one of my biggest heroes and one that I developed a massive crush on and started a relationship with him."
"A crush?" He was her hero? But wait! A crush? Someone had a crush on him? Or will have a crush on him? "On me?"
"Yep! Well, kind of, future you anyways, when you're taller than me and more adult-like, and have bigger muscles." She turned back to his phone, messing with it a bit more, before flipping it towards him. "There you're all set, now I should be able to get a hold of you when I need to so I don't spend a whole night trying to find you."
She stood pocketing her own phone and spinning in front of him, her pure white hair trailing after her like a comet's tail. Her hand fell onto his hand. "Now then, the real reason why I'm here. I'm going to heal your arm. But I need you to promise me something."
"What?" His mind was still trying to process the whole crush thing. The last time someone had a crush on him it turned out to be a fake rumor, it also only lasted for a day while Kacchan was out sick. "Why?"
"I need to make sure that you listen to Recovery Girl, I need you to treat it like this injury did happen so that you don't try to hurt yourself, I know for a fact that it's no fun to heal you, even when it's easy." She kneeled down in front of him, hand on his cast he waited for something to happen, but it didn't feel like anything. "As for the why, well, call it an investment so I don't have to fix you even more in the future."
A blue light engulfed his arm, and he felt something change, in a matter of seconds, it felt fully healed. "Wow, thanks, so you can revert things to their original state too?"
"More or less, anyways, I gotta get going Izuku, feel free to text me. You'll know which contact I am." In a flash of blue, she was gone leaving the lingering scent of ozone.
He checked his phone and found her as 'My future time traveling girlfriend'. It was enough to make his face hot and his heart pound again even without her being there. What if someone saw this? What if he let someone use his phone and they tried to talk to her?
"Wait," He scrolled through his phone, It wasn't there anymore. "Why did she delete Ochaco's number?"
AN: I stayed up way to late writing this chapter. But I wanted to finish it before I had to do my finals project tomorrow. Anyways! Hope you all enjoy! I admit to struggling as to when I wanted to chapter to take place, but after the Stain fight felt pretty good. Also hey look! A bit of the background plot that you'll probably never see! Please review! it makes me happy!
