And I'm back from the depths of hell known as college! I'm really getting into the grove of all this... ENJOY!

Anju


BI CHAPTER 7


Izuku stared at the ceiling of her bedroom, wondering what to do that Saturday morning, her feelings shattered across empty space.

She ran her fingers over the metal barrette in her hair, cooling to the touch. She wondered why her of all people.

Why did All Might want her? Why was he so fixated on her being his successor?

Izuku groaned as she drag herself off of bed and headed for the closet. She quickly took out some clothes to go out in, consisting of an all black outfit with the only color being a red tie. She looked over the skirt, stockings and sweatshirt to make sure they didn't have any stains, rips or holes. Wouldn't want to leave the house looking like a slob.

After checking her clothes, she went to shower and got out after a good long hour. She quickly locked her bedroom door and began to get dressed. Another hour later, she was done.

Walking to her full length mirror next to her door, Izuku looked at her hair and then at the barrette that All Might gave her. She honestly didn't know how to wear it besides pulling her hair to the side and using the barrette to hold it back. So in the end, that's what she did.

She looked at herself one last time before she made her way downstairs to make herself some breakfast. Today both of her parents were out working, meaning Katsuki and her were the only ones at home.

"About time you woke up." Katsuki said, his focus on the kitchen stove. He watched as the outline of the egg he was making turned to a slight brown color, prompting him to flip it with a spatula. The sizzling of the egg filled the room.

"I was tired from yesterday, what did you expect?" Izuku said, taking out a glass cup from the cabinet and placing it on the table. Walking to the fridge, she searched for the orange juice before closing it. "Did you finish the juice again?"

"Huh?"

"Did you finish the orange juice?" Izuku said, pouring a glass of milk for herself since orange juice didn't seem like an option.

"Probably the old hag finished it. She'll never admit to it tho." Katsuki said, taking out the fluffy egg from the pan, placing it on a plate. He then started to prep another egg for Izuku. "Fluffy?"

"I want it to explode." Izuku said, chugging down the glass of milk.

"What's with you and egg yolk?" Katsuki said, glancing towards Izuku before looking at the egg at hand.

"What's wrong with egg yolk? It tastes amazing with rice!" Izuku defended, pouring herself another glass of milk.

"Weirdo." Katsuki said, flipping the egg and then turning off the stove. After a few minutes, he transferred the egg onto another plate and took it to the table. Along the way, he had grabbed premade toast. He handed Izuku her egg and went to get his.

"Thanks for the meal." Izuku said when she placed her hands together. She then started to eat her egg, poking at the center, bright yellow goo seeping from it, being soaked by the bread piece she put beneath it.

"So where are you going?" Katsuki said, sitting down and ate his egg with a piece of toast.

"Somewhere." Izuku said, still not knowing where exactly she wanted to go. Walking around aimlessly was a no, especially with the three incidents that has happened so far.

"By the way," Katsuki pointed at the barrette on her hair, "where did you get that?"

"Get what?" Izuku said, feigning ignorance. She poked at her piece of bread, a piece tearing itself from the whole.

"The hair thing. Even though we don't go shopping often, I know for a fact you didn't buy that."

"Okay, and your point is?" Izuku said, taking a bite of the slightly soggy bread.

"Who gave it to you?" Katsuki said, looking at her directly even though her gaze was onto her food. Izuku shoved bread into her mouth and chugged another glass of milk. She quickly got up, placed her things into the sink and walked out the kitchen. "I asked you something!"

"I don't have to answer everything! I need my privacy as well!" Izuku said, Katsuki hearing a large slam. He sighed, running a hand through his hair. He pushed his food away as he slumped into his chair. He leaned his head back, staring at the ceiling that had streaks of sunlight.

"That idiot is going to regret wearing all black in this weather."


"I'll like a container of chicken strips and a Milk Bowl please." Izuku said, figuring she should try the milkshake this time round.

She honestly didn't know why she came back her of all places. Maybe it was because Katsuki didn't know of this place. Or maybe because she liked the atmosphere that was here. No, it was because of the cats. Definitely the cats.

"You know, I waited for you to call me after I bumped into you yesterday Bakugou." A voice Izuku had gotten familiar even though she only met the guy yesterday.

"Well, in my defense, I was busy recovering from my injuries." Izuku said, saying thank you to the lady who gave her the order she had placed a few minutes ago. Izuku turned to face Shinsou, noticing he was wearing a striped black and white shirt and everything else was black. Almost matching...almost.

"Injuries? Wait," Shinsou pinched the bridge of his nose and then pointed his hand towards her. "You went back just to get involved into that sludge incident?" Shinsou said, making Izuku puff her cheek.

"Got a problem with that?" Izuku said, making her way towards her spot from yesterday. Shinsou sighed, walking up to the counter to order his usual thing by simply showing her a black card with the letters VICP in -Very Important Cat Person. A card that granted the person a secluded package at the cafe only told about to the most avid of customers. Shinsou was one of these avid customer.

The lady at the counter simply looked at his card and nodded, walking to the back and coming back out with a box. She handed Shinsou the box who took it with eager. Shinsou made his way back to his usual spot, Izuku already finished with her milkshake and was scratching behind Pot's ear.

Pot let Izuku continue to scratch him, glancing at Shinsou before nudging his head into Izuku's hand.

"Traitor." Shinsou mumbled, plopping himself into the bean bag besides Izuku. "So you really went back?"

"Yeah, I had to." Izuku said, picking up Pot and placing him on her lap. She giggled when Pot curled into her lap. Shinsou simply looked at her.

"What do you mean you had to?" Shinsou said, opening the box and taking out a small container of cooked salmon, eyeing Pot before giving it to another cat that decided to muster the confidence to approach Shinsou.

Pot simply stared at Shinsou give the other feline the food honestly not giving a shit about it. He found a new human!

"There was something I had to confirm about the fight." Izuku said with a sigh, the back of her head hitting the wall behind her. Shinsou looked at her, Izuku taking it to go on. "I needed to know if this person was caught in the incident."

"And was the person there?" Shinsou asked, noticing that the salmon was gone.

"Sure was. The idiot was caught in the crossfire I guess you can say." Izuku said, slumping into her bean bag.

"But there more isn't there?" Shinsou said, taking out another small container consisting of chicken strips.

"There is, but I'm not going to tell."

"And why not?"

"Don't you have other things to worry about?"

"Such as?"

"School?" Izuku said, Shinsou looking up from the mob of cats around him and looked at Izuku.

"Aren't you also worried about highschool entrance exams?" Shinsou asked, realizing he had no more food for the cats. He had already gone through 5 containers and the only things left in the box was food that wasn't for cats.

"Not really." Izuku took out her phone and carefully took a picture of the sleeping Pot on her lap. "I'm not going to a Hero oriented school." Now that caught Shinsou's attention.

"If you're not aiming to become a Hero, then why-"

"Like I said, I went to check that my guess was right. I didn't go back to play at Hero."

"But you being involved in it sure made it seem like it." Shinsou said, getting an immediate response from Izuku.

" Just because I was trying to do the right thing doesn't mean I was trying to be a Hero."

"But you went back to help the person out."

"Because no one was doing anything to help them."

"You should've waited for the professionals then."

"Then it would've been too late."

"That's why there's more people aiming to become Heroes. In case of emergencies, there-"

"Having more Heroes won't mean a single shit once someone's dead from their incompetence!" Izuku yelled, looking at Shinsou with unshed tears. "And the dead don't come back. Even the ones that only got a single scratch don't come back fully." Izuku downed down at her skirt, Pot still there but now staring at her with his large yellow eyes. Izuku rubbed her eyes, the blurry vision being an annoyance.

Shinsou looked at her with worried, not moving a muscle. He bit his tongue, wondering what to say. He didn't mean to pry into her matters, but old habits die hard.

"Listen, I didn't mean any of that." Shinsou finally said, scooting over towards Izuku. Izuku was still wiping away her tears, Pot nudging her arm.

"No, it was my fault. I barely know you and I lashed out like." Izuku said, wiping away the last of her tears. "Sorry." Izuku said, her voice tempting to crack. Shinsou wrapped his arms around her, making Izuku tense up.

"I should be the one apologizing." Shinsou said, making Izuku lift her head. She quickly pushed him away and got up, running towards the entrance of the cat cafe. Shinsou simply watched, knowing that he had went over their line. He sighed, getting up to head home when he noticed something lying on the bean bag. "Shit." Shinsou quickly picked it up and jogged towards the entrance, hoping to be able to find Izuku. She shouldn't have gone far, right?


Izuku turned a corner, looking at the dead end in front of her. She looked around at the grimed covered walls. There's no way she was wrong. She saw him go this way. There was no mistake.


"I should be the one apologizing." Shinsou said, before he wrapped her into a hug, something she didn't expect from him. He didn't seem like the hugging type. Maybe the one to pat your shoulder, but definitely not the hugging type.

She let him do it, she didn't mind it after all, but when she lifted her head to rest it on his shoulder, she saw him.

Shaggy black hair and a mask over his lower portion of his face. Slanted eyes that had a tint of brown for pupils.

He was finally in her range.

The man that seemed like he didn't have a nose, but definitely had one.

So she did the logical thing, run after him.

Pushing Shinsou aside, she ran to the entrance to put on her red shoes and ran to find the man.


She looked above of herself, a single ladder was there, hanging, egging her to hurry up and climb it.

"It shouldn't be down." Izuku mumbled to herself, jumping a bit to grab hold of the ladder, struggling to lift herself up. After a while, Izuku managed to lift herself up and start climbing the ladder, making her way to the top.

She looked above her, seeing a chain of stairwells, all linking to the top of the building's roof. Izuku sighed. This was going to be a long climb. But she was so close!

Taking a deep breathe, Izuku worked her way upwards, knowing that it was going to be worth it and it was.

After climbing over the building's tiny border of the roof, Izuku was faced with the person she wanted to see for a long time.

There he was, sitting on the floor, looking at Izuku with a stoic look on his face.

"To think that you would actually followed me." The man said. "You're one weird kid." Izuku smirked.

"That's no way to address your accomplice now is it?" Izuku said. The man sighed.

"I've always wondered why I couldn't get you out of my head. Now it's clear."

"You've been thinking of me? How sweet!"

"Don't flatter yourself." The man said. "The reason as to why you couldn't get out of my head was simple." The man gestured Izuku to sit, which she did. "You're not aiming to be a Hero, are you?"