Minerva was thankfully shut down after Izuku gave her something to eat, her mother apparently teaching her proper table manners at least. The other 3 enjoying their own meals with idle chatter as Izuku continued to cook
"Deku?" he looked to the side catching Uraraka's eye "you are cooking? But we didn't even set up the chores yet?"
"Felt like doing it, plus it helps me clear my mind" he hummed "you liked your's medium right?"
"My steak?- Deku I-" she looked around rousing a curious glance from the small assembly downstairs "I never had that before" she mumbled in a soft tone.
He looked surprised, but didn't really change the look in his eyes "Oh- guess I'll be your first then"
Minerva choked on her meal- so did Kyoka. Tsuyu just croaked a bit. Tomoyo looked at them weirdly "was it something he said?" without a pervy tone to hint her the implications were lost on her.
It wasn't lost to Izuku however, causing him to blush hard enough for him to look nigh neon "I- I didn't mean it that way" Ochako was sporting a similar blush.
"Mean it what way?" Tomoyo asked, lost and confused.
Minerva coughed more, slamming on the table to steady herself.
"I- I know" Ochako mumbled trying to calm down.
Izuku nodded in acknowledgment and went back to cooking, trying his best to calm himself.
She joined the small group of meal-havers
The group and grown to encompass all the class soon after, except Bakugou who had come back down to leave her plate and went back up immediately.
Shoko was kinda vocal about preferring Soba but had come into terms with the meal after Momo insisted on eating a balanced diet, which was echoed by Tomoyo
"Sorry for just having steak girls, it was the fastest to prepare," Izuku said, taking his apron off and sitting down between Momo and Ochako after passing the last steak to Eiko; who was the last to arrive due to her setting up something in her room.
"Thank you for the meal" they replied in unison, Momo Assuring him that it was fine on his side. Ochako still blushing about the earlier implications.
"don't worry about it Midori" Ashido said, digging into her meal "It tastes amazing"
He looked down rubbing his head in embarrassment.
Is he trying to woo them all? Aizawa thought, looking at the screen. Nozomi had stepped out to get some tea.
"….wait a minute" the interrogation before this went through her head, like she had heard something interesting.
"would have noticed it if it was important" she rationalized, turning on her sleeping bag and trying to get some more shut-eye.
After finishing his own meal, he bid his classmates a quick goodbye and headed out to talk with her
She needed an explanation.
"I like him" said Tsuyu moments after he left earshot, causing most to look at her with confusion
"Asui again with this?" Jirou asked
"what are you guys talking about?" asked Mai Shoji's hand-mouth, the girls were gonna have trouble adjusting to that.
"she wants to 'hop' him," Minerva said, casually
"-why are you so thirsty?" asked Doi Kaminari, being one of the crasser of the group
"Mating season" Tsuyu simply said eliciting 'ah's from the rest of the class
"wait- does that affect you too Tokoyami?" Doi asked
Fumiko's plumage ruffled in embarrassment. "Just because I have an aves' head doesn't mean I have the instincts of one," she huffed. Dark Shadow rose up from within her to say something, only to be silenced by Fumiko grasping the shadow beast's beak before any embarrassing stuff could be said.
"Aves?" asked Mina, trying the decipher the newly-resident bird-headed girl.
"The scientific name for a bird," Tomoyo said,
"It's their taxonomic class," Momo said at the same time.
Their eyes met. They nodded once at each other, exchanging approving looks.
The rest looked at the interaction with raised eyebrows, starting to get lost in it all.
Is this what smart people talk like?
"Will you please open the door?" He said waiting outside Katsumi's door
"No fuck off"
"I just want to talk"
"What Is there to talk about?"
"…"
"Just leave me alone Deku"
His head sagged, and he huffed. What could I even say to her anyway? Its been too long since we had an actual conversation…
Giving up, for now, he headed back to his own room. He needed more sleep.
He didn't have the mental clarity to question why.
He woke up refreshed.
He really wasn't sure why- but he did. Whatever was causing his need for extra sleep seemed to have subsided.
He checked his clock. 6 am.
Well, it's not anything physical- not that I can see or feel the change.
He walked into his bathroom to check just to be sure, yep no growth spurts
He stared back to his reflection
"what are you doing?" he mumbled absentmindedly
Dressing up he left his room, hungry for breakfast
He found Minerva taped to the ceiling right above his door
"…Alright then" he mumbled softly, trying not to wake up the cocooned pervert. More questions for later.
He waited patiently for the elevator, his nose catching the scent of something with vanilla and sugar?
Was someone making something?
When the elevator doors opened, he was greeted by a small group of early risers. Tomoyo, who was gonna train if her tracksuit was something to go by, Momo who was drinking tea and lightly nibbling on a piece of pancake, and- Rieko Sato, was it?
He was never properly introduced to the hulking female, whose muscles challenged Vlad's by their sheer volume, less refined than someone like Eiko, but that only exaggerated her strong-woman like qualities. She turned to face him as he got closer to the kitchen, as did the rest of the girls- huh, she has large lips
"Good morning Midoriya," Tomoyo said "good to see you are ready for the day"
He nodded in acknowledgment
"You got enough rest?" Momo asked, worry in her voice intended or not
"Yeah- I think my body adjusted to the dorms- or whatever it was having trouble dealing with," he said, walking behind the counter, only to be stopped by Rikku
"and where do you think you are going?"
"uh- to help you with cooking?"
"nuh-uh, you already made dinner last night, breakfast is on me."
He looked down at her, she was as tall as Momo- yet that was still shorter than him by 5 centimeters.
She looked like she was having fun cooking.
"I'll be here if you need help," he said finally, smiling slightly and sitting next to Momo.
"want some Tea?" she asked as he settled down, and passed him a cup after his nod.
"did you make this?" he asked after taking a sip, It tasted divine.
She blushed a bit at his awestruck expression "I- I can't cook but I was taught how to make tea" she mumbled looking away.
"A gap in home keeping skills is not fit for a hero, Yaoyorozu," Tomoyo said earnestly.
"I know…" She huffed looking down.
"I can teach you how to cook" Izuku offered, not liking the expression that Momo had gotten.
"I- I would like that" she mumbled looking back at him, her forlorn expression melting away.
The moment was broken when Rikku passed a plate full of pancakes to him.
He looked down on the portion size "how did you-"
"Know you eat that much?" Rikku smirked "bakers secret"
….I can get used to this
"ZUKU" he almost choked on his last pancake as the voice echoed through the common room, it was just him, Momo and Rikku.
"Hatsume?" He turned, the excitable ball of inventing slamming against him before he realized what was going on.
And considering he was on a stool, he couldn't brace for impact.
So he tripped backwards, onto Momo, Mei on his chest.
While the three of them fell, something triggered in him.
Before he knew it, he twisted with an arm around Mei, grabbed a hold of Momo and continued his spin in the air, landing on his back; letting his body take the brunt of the fall instead of the girls.
"that's new" he mumbled still dazed Maybe that was what was off with me so far? My brain 'installing' new reflexes?
Momo started blushing madly, Mei didn't even look fazed.
"You got in! I told you; you would!" he looked down at Mei, his eyes drifted towards Momo and he started panicking.
"S- sorry Yaoyorozu" he muttered. He was used to this with Mei, but- this was new.
"th-thank you for catching me" She mumbled back, and just dashed off.
"what's her problem?" Mei asked.
"what's with you tackling me constantly?" Izuku asked, hoping He hadn't touched anywhere sensitive on Momo during his maneuver to alter their fall.
"affection?" Mei just stated.
Rikkulooked down at the two "you two know each other?"
"Yeah he is my slave"
He froze.
Rikku nodded, then did a double take.
"didn't know you were that kinky Midoriya"
"I am not- she is just a friend"
Mei pouted inwardly.
She didn't know why but she did.
Momo slid down her door after closing it shut behind her.
"his hands were so gentle…"
Mei got off him, looked around and took a seat on the couch, patting it for him to follow. Rolling to his side and sighing he did so.
"Wanna hear how I got in?" she asked vibrating almost- he couldn't say no to that.
"sure"
"So yesterday they held the support class interviews, right?"
He nodded along.
"and there was this one, robot looking woman"
"Power Loader?" He asked, trying to get her to clarify.
"I am bad with names-" Of course you are.
"uh, yellow helmet, looks like an excavator's scoop? Orange hair?"
"YEA THAT'S THE ONE-" she exclaimed and went on with her story "so she just asked me to get in the room and I did right?"
He nodded again.
"and then she asked me, 'What can you build?'" His brow started sweating- she didn't did she?
"and I went, 'Let my baby show you'" she giggled "and then our baby broke down the ceiling carrying my hover boots"
"Your WHAT, now?" somebody snarled
Both turned to see the source of the voice.
Katsumi.
"Kacch-" he was cut off by an explosion against his face, the shockwave sending him backwards onto the ground.
Mei, for the first time in her life;
panicked.
"Don't you Kacchan me" She seethed. Unrivaled rage building up inside her.
He got up slowly. So this is what a concussion feels like. His emerald eyes met her crimson ones.
He had thought he had seen Katsumi angry before, he was wrong.
"This explains everything- you probably slept with some of the teachers to get in didn't you Deku?" explosions were sparking off in her hands. This was the first time he felt like he was in genuine peril by her hands.
"He wouldn't- Im sorry I was talking about the robot we built together" Mei mumbled.
The explosions stopped.
His wobbly eyes landed on Mei. She looked scared- for him?
The explosions started again.
"What the hell are you talking about you whor-" She didn't get to finish that.
"Katsumi." His voice was unsteady due to the concussion, but that only added more weight to it.
Katsumi flinched.
"why would any of this concern you?"
"…" she didn't have an answer to give to that, but her rage just grew. Then it broke.
Grumbling loudly, She walked past him, shoulder slamming him again, towards the training grounds.
She needed to blow up something.
Several things.
Izuku's shoulders slumped as she left.
"Hatsume are you Alright?" his voice was back to normal, the concussion had passed. Healing neural damage was apparently part of Total commands arsenal.
She didn't respond.
"Hatsume?"
"I'm sorry" she mumbled and ran out of the dorm.
"Hey! wait"
Izuku caught up to her just outside the dorms, grabbing her shoulder.
"why are you apologizing?" he asked, voice strained.
"y-you got hurt cause I didn't- cause how I-"
He looked at her dumbfounded.
"you built a robot to beat me up before how's this any-"
"Cause I was scared- I wasn't in control" she admitted looking down "you know how much I love the things I create, how much I trust them- they would never hurt you- not like she could have. And it was all because of me-"
Her shoulders were shaking.
"Me and my stupid mouth- I should just build and never spe-"
"Mei"
She stopped.
He had never used her first name before.
"Do you know what you are?"
"an inventor?" she sniffled voice small and frail.
"no, you are my best friend, who is the best inventor" His other hand landed on her shoulder.
She looked up to him, his heart sank at seeing her watery eyes. These tears were nothing like those she shed when he had gifted her the goggles he built, which were still on her head.
He pulled her into a hug. The first one he had ever initiated with her.
Her hands wrapped around his back softly, none of the usual hyper-ness in her.
Feeling his warmth encompass her calmed her down.
"thank you Izuku" she mumbled.
"stupid bitch" Katsumi huffed exploding a training dummy.
"getting close with him- Bet they-" She stopped herself "no he doesn't have the balls to do that"
The image was getting in her head now, that pink haired bimbo pulling him to a corner and-
She clenched her teeth, hands sparked, and she released a massive explosion to the heavens.
Why.
She let out another explosion.
Why is this bothering me so much?
Another.
I already knew this would have happened sooner or later.
She sniffled.
Remembering his voice and eyes when he stood up to her, protecting that woman.
Why did his eyes look like that again?
Her arms fell to her sides.
"well that was something" Rikku mumbled looking at the now empty common room.
"hope this isn't the norm here"
It was gonna get much worse from here.
It was midday by the time She got back, Izuku and the frog girl were making lunch.
"we are making curry, making yours a separate batch with ghost peppers added in," he said simply, the usual friendliness in his voice gone.
She huffed and walked up to her room.
Tsuyu turned to the man next to her "did something happen between you and Bakugou?"
He turned to her "….nothing I am willing to talk about- sorry"
She nodded "I am here if you need someone to vent to"
"Thanks, Tsuyu- but this is something personal"
"did she poke holes in the condom or something?" Minerva asked making him jump how the fuck did she sneak up on me?
More importantly
"Mineta- what are you talking about?"
"Did she like sabotage the contraceptives? You sound plenty mad" Minerva continued.
"Excuse me but what?" he asked, knife stilling "are you implying that we-"
"yes oh my god, the sexual tension is almost visible- that lucky slu-"
The knife in his hand slamming down on the cutting board with enough force to crack the wood stopped her.
"Mineta. One more thing like this?" His voice was strained, he was overcome with; not embarrassment.
But Rage.
Tsuyu shrunk in fear, she was too close to the immense killing aura flooding Izuku; Minerva who was the focus of it all almost emptied her bladder.
"and I will make sure no one finds the body"
"w-what b-body?"
"yours"
She ran off after that.
"M-midoriya?" Tsuyu asked, honestly scared from him currently "sorry about yesterday"
"what are you talking about Tsuyu?" he asked, his voice was back to normal.
"I was very forward-"
"Its fine. I'm used to that" he said simply- and it was true with Nemuri he had grown to get used to it all.
"But-"
"look its fine ok?"
She croaked
"…"
"…I'm … I guess frustrated?" He mumbled her stoic face making him open up. Something about her large eyes and how worried they looked.
"Kacch- Bakugou and I always had a rocky relationship- and today just." He looked to the side "today was one of the worse days- don't even know what's wrong with her- she got more violent after hearing Hatsume chat with me" he mumbled, voice low just enough for her to hear.
"…and who is Hatsume?"
"my best friend- she is in the support department"
"maybe Bakugou was just jealous?"
"…" he looked at her dumbstruck "Are you serious?"
"w-what- I mean you have nicknames for each other- I thought"
"those are our childhood nicknames- Useless Deku, me; and Kacchan for her, cause I couldn't pronounce her name at the time" he explained.
"oh"
"seriously you thought- no, she would never like me. Not after..." he trailed off
"you don't have to tell"
"thanks"
"but why were you so mad at Mineta for her suggestion then- you sound like you might harbor-" her voice died in her throat why do I keep saying everything that comes to my head?
"I might have." He said simply "I don't think I can anymore"
At least not until she apologizes to Mei