Daydreams Going By

by Ulquiorra9000

Chapter 21: Businessman

"What a waste," Izuku commented as he and Ochaco walked past someone's cluttered front yard on the walk to school. "Look at that desk, and that table... someone could use them."

"Oh, today's heavy trash pickup day," Ochaco realized. She nodded. "Heck, my desk at home is more beat-up than that."

"In fact..." Izuku realized that the heavy trash pickup truck wouldn't get here until later today, so he hatched a plan.

After school, Izuku arranged for Ochaco's parents to bring a rented pickup truck, and they loaded those old pieces of furniture and sent them to a friend of Ochaco's dad. This guy, Ochaco said, could fix nearly anything in his woodworking shop.

And sure enough...

"Whoa!" Izuku could hardly believe his eyes when, a few days later, the Urarakas showed him the repaired furniture, good as new.

"We're gonna find some needy families to give these to," Mr. Uraraka said, slapping a hand on the refinished desk. "This was a great idea, kiddo."

"Th-thank you!" Izuku flushed as he did a hasty bow.

But they didn't stop there. Izuku and Ochaco kept hunting down old wooden furniture that could be fixed up, and Ochaco's dad's friend worked his magic to restore them. The Urarakas started getting fond thank-you notes for their hard work, and Ochaco swelled with pride.

"This is wonderful," she said. "Izuku, we could make this a real business! We could make in the news!"

"Shucks, I'm not so good on camera..."

"Then I'll do the talking, silly." Ochaco smiled and stuck out her tongue.

Two weeks later, things were going great, and Izuku was there when the Urarakas offered a fine desk to a low-income family who asked to come see it.

"This baby is rock solid," Mr. Uraraka said, slapping his hand on the wooden surface like usual. But this time, he didn't see the problem emerging from the woodwork.

"Please, take it!" Mrs. Uraraka said brightly.

But just in time -

"SMASH!" Izuku fired up One For All and blasted that desk high into the sky.

"Izuku!" Ochaco's hair was ruffled from the sudden strong wind, and her brown eyes were wide with shock. "What on earth are you doing?!"

Then she noticed all the airborne termites that were blasted free from the desk! She covered her face in horror.

Izuku panted. "I think that table... was already spoken for."