Vacation, Part 4
Throughout the rest of the afternoon, Izuku, Ochaco and their friends spend their time visiting several landmarks in Izu Oshima. The first they visit is Mount Mihara, a tall volcano located at the centre of the island.
After getting off the bus and leaving the bus stop, Izuku, Ochaco and their friends could see the volcano in the distance. Having visited the volcano many times before with her parents, Momo escorts everyone on a lone pathway that goes through a large field of tall grass and lush greenery. As they walk through the field with their friends, Izuku and Ochaco took many pictures of the volcano and the nature around them with their phones. They would also spend their time together conversing and enjoying each other's company.
It took about 45 minutes for everyone to reach the base of Mount Mihara. Everyone clings onto the railing beside them as they carefully ascend the volcano together. As they make their way up to the summit, Tsuyu shares with everyone various facts about the volcano, which she learnt from the books she read, like a tour guide. Everybody enjoys listening to her. Even Momo, despite making many visits to Mount Mihara before, is intrigued to learn some new information about the volcano that she had never heard before.
When they arrive at the top of the mountain, everybody gazes at the gigantic crater in the middle of the peak of Mount Mihara in awe as they stood behind the railing. Usually, Denki would feel bored during sightseeing trips due to his obsessions with shopping and video games. But after putting away those thoughts after being scolded by Izuku yesterday, Denki is finally able to embrace the beauty of the outside world. Shouto also admires the view before him. He has rarely left the city throughout his life due to his serious upbringing, so being able to see what nature has to offer greatly astonishes him.
Everyone started taking pictures of themselves with the crater in the background. The children hand their phones to Eliot and Melissa who both help take pictures of them.
Eliot first takes a picture of Denki, Jirou and Momo together with a clear view of the crater behind them. After that, Melissa takes a picture of Ochaco and Tsuyu holding hands and standing beside each other as friends and fellow student council members. Next, Melissa takes a picture of Eliot, Shouto and Izuku. Bakugo looks peeved seeing the three standing together, so as soon as they are done, he hands Melissa his phone and demands Eliot and Shouto to leave, allowing him to stand beside Izuku alone.
After Melissa took a picture of them, Ochaco walks over to Bakugo and Izuku and places herself in the centre. She gives a huge grin to the camera as she wraps her arms around them. Izuku and Bakugo smile as well as Melissa snaps a shot of them. Afterwards, Bakugo asks Melissa to return his phone to him so that he can take a picture of Izuku and Ochaco by themselves, much to their surprise, but also to their delight. Izuku and Ochaco cling onto each other's hands as they smile for the camera. Bakugo takes a picture of them and sends the photo to Izuku and Ochaco's phones.
Finally, everyone huddles together and look up as Eliot holds up his phone and takes a group picture of all of them to end their trip to Mount Mihara.
It took an hour for them to climb down the volcano and return to the bus stop. They hop on a bus again and make their way to their next destination, the Oshima Park Zoo.
When they enter the zoo, Tsuyu had eyes likes saucers as she sees the huge map at the entrance which shows every animal that the facility houses. They are all animals that she had seen and learn about in books but only able to get up close and personal with them until now. Everyone head over to the nearest animal enclosure to the entrance which is a round area that has a few trees and a rocky mountain located in the centre. The Barbary sheep are walking along the base of the mountain, which is filled with many ring-tailed lemurs.
Tsuyu tells various facts about lemurs and Barbary sheep to her friends as they stood behind the barrier and watch the zookeepers feed the animals inside the enclosure. They laugh when they spot a group of lemurs hugging each other before they face them and spread out their arms.
Next, they visit an enclosure filled with capybaras, white-fronted wallabies and blue peafowls. Everyone happily watches the animals eat the food that the zookeepers laid on the ground earlier. One capybara walks over to the barrier and looks up at Izuku and Ochaco who are standing beside each other. Izuku and Ochaco both kneel to the capybara's level and look back at it through the gates. They both chuckle in amusement as the capybara sniffs them with its snout.
Later, they visit the tortoise enclosure which resembles a summer beach filled with a few small palm trees, some rocks and lots of sand. As they stand behind the barrier and watch the tortoises slowly move around within their enclosure, Eliot comments how much he loves them due to how relaxed and laid-back they are. Jirou and Bakugo suddenly yawn after hearing what he said.
After visiting the remaining parts of the zoo and looking at the other animals the facility has, everyone visits the ranch as the last stop of their trip. As they sat together on wooden benches outside the animal centre, everyone holds out the white towel in their hands and the zoo staff members hand each of them a rabbit or a guinea pig. Bakugo frowns as he gazes at his rabbit on his towel. Denki laughs cheerfully as he stares at his guinea pig and holds it up in the air. Tsuyu and Jirou rub the backs of their guinea pigs while Izuku, Ochaco, Eliot and Melissa talk to each other as they stroke the heads of their rabbits. Shouto smiles blissfully as he holds up the rabbit to his face and gazes at it. He places the rabbit on his lap when Momo, who sat beside him, asked him if they could exchange animals. Shouto agrees and he proceeds to pet the guinea pig on her lap while Momo strokes the back of his rabbit.
It is 4:30 pm by the time they leave the park and return to the bus stop. Everyone boards into a bus again and travel their way to the town of Oshima. When they arrived at a bus stop near the Town Hall, Momo tells everyone to grab their bags and step out of the bus. After alighting from the bus, Momo escorts everyone through the streets until they arrive at a lone road that is near the ocean. It is the same road where everyone took a bus upon leaving the ferry terminal yesterday. But now, the entire stretch of road from one end of the street to the other is closed to allow all visitors of the festival to roam around freely. Along the pavement at the right side of the road are many wooden stalls, and the vendors are preparing their food, setting up their game booths or displaying their merchandise before the festival officially begins in an hour.
"Alright everyone. We still have an hour before the festival begins. Let's go to the store I mentioned earlier today where we can put on our yukatas." Momo instructed her friends.
Everyone follows Momo over to a large gift store located between a motel and a restaurant. The store is filled with many traditional Japanese gifts including yukatas, fans, banners, tapestries, and wooden dolls. Momo asks the stall owner to allow them to leave their bags here and use the changing rooms to dress into their yukatas, which she agrees. As Momo asks Denki and Bakugo to follow her to the yukata section, Izuku, Ochaco, Shouto, Jirou, Tsuyu, Melissa and Eliot grab their own yukatas from their bags and head to the changing rooms to put them on. There are only two changing rooms in the store so Izuku, Ochaco and the others take turns to change their clothes.
Izuku and Eliot head inside the rooms first. After spending five minutes changing into their yukatas, they remove the curtains to reveal to Ochaco and the others what they are now wearing. They receive a smile from Shouto, a whistle from Jirou and gasps of awe from Ochaco, Tsuyu and Melissa. Izuku is now dressed in a black and seafoam green chequered yukata with a white sash while Eliot wore a light blue one with a purple sash.
"You look amazing, Izuku!" Ochaco commented.
"Yup. You totally look like a different person." Jirou said to Izuku with a smirk.
"You too, Eliot. You look surprisingly good in a yukata." Shouto said to Eliot. Izuku and Eliot chuckle sheepishly and rub the back of their heads as they hear the admiring comments from their friends.
Next, it is Ochaco and Melissa's turn. When they finished changing, they remove the curtains to reveal that Ochaco is now wearing a black yukata with a light purple sash, decorated with pink and yellow flower patterns, and Melissa is dressed in a pink yukata with white flower patterns and a yellow sash. Izuku, Shouto, Eliot, Jirou and Tsuyu widen their eyes at them in awe.
"You are so beautiful, Ochaco." Tsuyu said as she gazes at her friend.
"Yeah." Jirou added as she slowly nods her head.
"Arigatou." Ochaco said to Tsuyu and Jirou as she walks up to Izuku.
"You look good." Izuku whispered to her with a small smile.
"Arigatou." Ochaco replied softly, smiling back at him. Melissa walks up to Eliot as she strokes her hair.
"What do you think?" Melissa asked Eliot. Eliot took a gulp and gave a wide smile to her.
"You look gorgeous." Eliot responded. Melissa chuckled as she grabs his hand, causing his cheeks to blush.
As Tsuyu and Jirou step into the changing rooms and close the curtains behind them, Momo, Denki and Bakugo walk over and regroup with their friends after the two boys have picked their own yukatas. A few minutes later, Tsuyu and Jirou remove the curtains to show everyone that they are now dressed in light green yukata with a pink sash, and a light purple yukata with a white sash respectively.
Afterwards, it is Shouto and Momo's turn. The two spend a few minutes changing into their yukatas before they remove the curtains. Shouto's yukata is mainly navy blue with a red sash while Momo's yukata is red with yellow flower patterns with a black sash. The two turn their heads to each other.
"You look nice in it." Shouto said to her.
"Arigatou. You look good too." Momo replied to him.
The two of them move aside to allow Denki and Bakugo go inside the changing rooms. A few minutes later, Denki removes the curtains to show everyone that he is now dressed in a black and yellow striped yukata with a white sash.
"Not bad, Denki." Jirou said to Denki as she and the others smile at him.
"That's a nice yukata you choose to wear." Izuku commented while Ochaco nodded in agreement.
"Arigatou!" Denki replied to them with a huge grin. He steps out of the changing room and turns to the other room where Bakugo is still inside. "Yo, Bakugo, are you done?"
"Not yet! Don't rush me, you moron!" Bakugo yelled angrily from inside the room.
"Is everything okay in there?" Izuku asked his friend concernedly.
"I'M FINE! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Bakugo shouted back in response. Everyone fell silent for a few seconds. But eventually, Bakugo pokes his head through the curtain and asked sheepishly, "Um, can somebody please show me how to tie a sash around a yukata?"
Izuku sighs before he walks over to Bakugo. "Let me help you." He said as he enters the changing room and closes the curtain behind him. As they stood in front of each other, Izuku grabs both sides of Bakugo's orange sash. Bakugo hold up his arms to allow Izuku to wrap the sash around his hip and black yukata with orange outlines.
"You have to wrap the sash around your hip three times. Then, tie it into a knot the same way you tie your shoelaces." Izuku explained as he wraps the sash around his friend's body three times.
"I see." Bakugo said as he watches his friend attentively. "Izuku?"
"What is it?" Izuku asked, not looking back at him as he ties a knot in front of his hip.
"I really had a lot of fun here on this island." Bakugo admitted. "Rarely am I able to be a part of a group of people and go out with them on a trip."
When he is done, Izuku looks up and smiles at Bakugo. "So do I." He replied.
Izuku stood up and straightens the collar of Bakugo's yukata before they turn and remove the curtain. Ochaco and the others marvel at Bakugo, causing him to grin at them in satisfaction as he places his hands at the sides of his hip.
Everyone waited inside the store until dusk arrives. That is when the festival officially begins. When they step outside, everyone looks around the festival area in awe. Although the event had just started, the road is already crowded with lots of people, most of them dressed in yukatas. Many red and white lanterns are hung across the street to help illuminate the area with beautiful yellow lights that shine through the night.
"We can all go our separate ways for now. The fireworks display is scheduled at 9 o'clock." Momo said to everyone. "So let's just have fun for the next few hours!"
"Alright!" Denki whooped excitedly as he throws his fist into the air.
"Let's walk together, Jirou." Momo said to Jirou as she grabs her hand. Jirou nods her head to her before they walk off to their right to visit the stalls along the left side of the street.
"Come on, Eliot." Melissa said to Eliot as she holds out her arm. "I remember we passed by a shaved ice stall before we got here. I want to try some!"
"Sure! Whatever you say!" Eliot replied happily as he wraps his arm around hers. He allows Melissa to drag him along with her to the right side of the street.
As he watches Eliot and Melissa leave together, Izuku spots another couple holding hands as they walk along the festival area. He glances at Ochaco before he looks down at her free hand. As his cheeks blush, Izuku slowly reaches out for it. But to his surprise, Ochaco instantly grabs his hand. As the two look up at each other, Ochaco smiles back at Izuku.
"Come on Izuku. I'm craving for some candy apples. Do you?" Ochaco asked. Izuku smiled as well as he nods his head.
"Yeah." Izuku simply said.
"Well, you guys have fun." Tsuyu said to them with a wide smile. "The others and I are going to play some games."
"Oh! Sure!" Izuku said to Tsuyu in surprise.
Ochaco giggled and said cheerfully to Tsuyu, Bakugo, Shouto and Denki, "Enjoy yourselves!"
"See you later." Shouto said as he, Tsuyu, Denki and Bakugo go off to the left side of the street. Denki is already discussing what type of games should they play as they walk together. Izuku and Ochaco look back at each other for a moment before they walk towards the opposite direction.
When they arrive at the food section of the festival area, Izuku and Ochaco noticed Eliot and Melissa standing in the distance and in front of the shaved ice stall. The vendor just handed Melissa a cup of shaved ice covered with strawberry liquid. They watch them take a bite of their ice with their plastic spoons, and suddenly Eliot yelps as he grabs the side of his head. Melissa laughed and said to him, "Cold, isn't it?"
"It's nice seeing them getting along with each other." Ochaco commented.
"Yeah." Izuku replied half-heartedly. While he is happy that Eliot will still have Melissa in his life when he leaves Tokyo by the end of the year, Izuku couldn't help but feel sad at the same time.
"Oh! There's the candy apple stall right there!" Ochaco said enthusiastically, pointing her finger at the stall on the left beside the one that sells Takoyaki balls. Izuku manages to crack a smile again as the two make their way over. The stall has multiple apples with sticks displayed at front, each with a different topping and coating. The stall vendor is busy dipping a few apples into a container filled with sugar candy coating. Izuku and Ochaco discussed what type of apples they want to eat before the former calls out to the vendor.
"Sir, one candy apple with chocolate coating, and another one with rainbow sprinkles." Izuku said.
"Coming right up!" The vendor responded cheerfully. As he turns around, Izuku and Ochaco gasped when they have a clear view of the vendor's face.
"Togata-senpai?!" Izuku said aloud.
"Huh? How do you know my name?" The vendor said in confusion. Suddenly, he widens his eyes when he realized who the girl standing beside Izuku is. "Hey! Are you the student council president of Nerima Academia?"
"Yeah!" Ochaco replied laughing. "You're Mirio Togata, the captain of the school's volleyball team, right?"
"Yes, I am!" Mirio said happily. "Nice to see you here, senpai. And who is the lucky guy standing next to you?" Izuku chuckled nervously as he turns his head away for a moment.
"Oh, this is Izuku Midoriya, a fellow student in our school." Ochaco said, introducing Izuku to Mirio.
"Nice to meetcha, Midoriya." Mirio said, bowing his head to Izuku.
"Nice to meet you too." Izuku bows back to Mirio. "I know you because I saw you on stage during Presentation Day. What are you doing here, senpai?"
"My grandparents live here on Izu Oshima as retirees. My parents and I pay them a visit once every month, and now I'm currently working as a volunteer for the island's summer festival." Mirio explained.
"That's nice." Ochaco said.
"Sooooo, why are you two together?" Mirio asked with a playful smirk.
"Huh?!" Izuku widens his eyes, completely taken off guard by his question. "I-I-I was visiting here for the holiday b-b-but I happen to bump into her-"
Mirio interrupted Izuku with cheerful laughter. "I'm just pulling your leg." He said. "Anyways, I have to get back to work now."
Izuku and Ochaco watch Mirio places one of the candy apples into a tray of chocolate sauce on the desk in front of him and rolls it around. When he is done covering the apple up with chocolate, he hands it to Izuku and said, "Here you go! One candy apple with chocolate coating."
"Arigatou." Izuku responded, taking it from the vendor. Mirio now picks up some rainbow sprinkles from a small plastic box with a gloved hand and rains it all over the candy apple in his other hand. He leans forward and hands it to Ochaco.
"And one rainbow sprinkled candy apple for the president." Mirio said to Ochaco.
"Arigatou, Togata-san." Ochaco replied as she takes her candy apple from him. Izuku takes a few notes from his wallet and hands it to Mirio.
"Arigatou!" Mirio said as he takes the money from Izuku. "Enjoy the rest of the day."
"You too, senpai." Izuku said as he and Ochaco smile back at him. Mirio winks an eye at them.
"Nights like this are worth cherishing, don't you agree?" Mirio asked. While Ochaco giggled in response, Izuku stares back at his senior dumbfounded.
"Sure is, Togata-san." Ochaco said, clinging onto Izuku's hand. "Let's go, Izuku."
Izuku manages to flash a quick smile at Mirio before the two turn to their left and walk away. 'He is pulling my leg again, is he?'
Izuku and Ochaco eat their apples and continue walking along the street until they arrive at the middle section of the festival area where the stalls are selling all sorts of Japanese gifts and toys.
"Oh right, I should buy something from here as a gift for my mom." Izuku said in realization.
"Then let's check out what they have." Ochaco said, dragging Izuku over to the nearest stall beside them. When they are in front of the stall, they look down and see all sorts of items displayed on the desk such as pouches, wooden dolls, daruma dolls and fortune cats. One item though immediately caught Izuku's eyes and he gasps.
"Is that All Might?" Izuku gushed, staring at a rectangular-shaped plastic keychain with a vertical bust-up picture of All Might in it.
"Yup, it is." Ochaco said, smiling sheepishly. Izuku is about to reach his hand out to grab the keychain, but he suddenly slaps himself across the face.
"No! Izuku Midoriya, you are supposed to spend your money wisely. A gift for your mother is more important right now." He murmured to himself.
"That's right." Ochaco said as she turns to Izuku. "So, what will you buy for your mom?"
"Hmm…" Izuku cups his chin. "The daruma dolls do look nice…but what will my mom and I do with it after we have fulfilled whatever wish we had? Fortune cats? I worry it will break inside my bag during our trip home. Wooden dolls? Not really sure if mom is a fan of them."
"How about omamoris?" Ochaco suggested as she looks at the amulets placed in front of the dolls and fortune cats. She picks up a red omamori with gold Japanese characters and flower patterns by its white string and holds it up in front of Izuku. "Omamoris are lucky charms that provide fortune and protection for you no matter where you go. I know how much hardships you and your mother experience over the years. So why not have one for her and yourself?"
"She's right." The vendor said as she stood in front of them and behind the desk. "My mother and I recently have two of these for ourselves when we visited a shrine last month, especially since I'll be flying off to America in January next year. When I leave Japan, I'll use my omamori as a memento of my mother. To remind me that even though I'm halfway round the world, a piece of my home and family will always be with me."
Izuku gazes at the vendor for a few moments before he turns his head to Ochaco and asked, "Which of these designs do you think looks nice?"
"Oh?" Ochaco said in confusion. She looks back at the omamoris on the desk and takes a moment to look through the various designs that are on display. Eventually, she places her finger on top of an omamori which is black and sown with yellow Japanese characters and pink and white flower patterns. "I like this one."
Izuku looks back at the vendor and said, "I'll take two of this black omamori, and two of the red one that my friend picked up." Ochaco looks back at Izuku in surprise.
"Excellent choice!" The vendor smiles and nods her head before she kneels and grabs the omamoris that Izuku had chosen from one of the plastic boxes placed underneath the desk.
"Izuku…" Ochaco said as Izuku turns to her.
"Ochaco…" Izuku said with soft eyes. "Consider it as a gift…to thank you for everything you have done for me."
Ochaco stares wordlessly at Izuku as she is overwhelmed with gratefulness towards him. She didn't realize that she had tears in her eyes until she felt one escapes from her right eye and rolls down her cheek.
"Oh." Ochaco said as she hastily wipes away her tears. With an uncharacteristic laugh, her lips form into a wide smile and Ochaco bows her head in response. "You're welcome, Izuku."
Izuku smiles back at Ochaco as he could feel fresh tears starting to form in his own eyes as well. For the next few moments, they both continue to stare at each other silently. But eventually, they finally snap out of their thoughts when they heard a gunshot coming from a shooting range stall in the distance. Izuku and Ochaco yelp and turn their heads to see Tsuyu whooping triumphantly as she manages to shoot down a frog plush toy from the shelves with a cork rifle.
"I did it!" Tsuyu squealed.
"Well done, Tsuyu." Shouto said nonchalantly, clapping his hands as he, Denki and Bakugo stood beside her.
"Great shot!" Denki added, giving Tsuyu a thumbs-up as he winks an eye. The vendor picks up the frog plush toy from the floor and hands it to Tsuyu.
"Here you go. Congratulations." The vendor said to her. Tsuyu takes the toy from him and smiles blissfully as she stares at it.
"Good job, Tsuyu. You killed that frog like a boss!" Bakugo cackled, causing the smile on Tsuyu's face to vanish instantly.
"I-I-I-I…k-killed it?" Tsuyu whimpered.
Izuku and Ochaco look back at each other and chuckle before they turn to the vendor who had been standing behind the desk of her stall the whole time.
"Here you go." The vendor said to Izuku as she holds out a small paper bag containing the four omamoris he had chosen to him.
"Arigatou." Izuku said to her before he temporarily hands his candy apple to Ochaco. He gets out his wallet and hands a few notes to the vendor.
"Arigatou!" The vendor said to him cheerfully as she takes the money. Izuku puts away his wallet and grabs the bag of omamoris. He takes his candy apple back from Ochaco and holds out the paper bag to her.
"Take one of the black ones." Izuku said. Ochaco inserts her hand into the paper bag and takes out a black omamori.
"I'll keep this one as my memento of you." Ochaco said as she holds it up to him. Izuku smiles briefly at her before she said to him, "Izuku, why don't you join Shouto and the others for a moment? Try playing some games with them."
"Oh. Okay then." Izuku replied before he walks past Ochaco and makes his way over to Shouto, Tsuyu, Denki and Bakugo. "That's a nice frog you have there, Tsuyu!"
After making sure Izuku is far away from her, Ochaco puts away her black omamori and turns back to the vendor. "I'll buy that keychain of All Might." She said as she points her finger at the All Might keychain.
"Oh, a secret gift for your friend, eh?" The vendor said, smiling playfully. "That's so adorable! And you're lucky too because that's the only one we have." The vendor picks the keychain from the desk and kneels for a moment to get a small empty envelope from underneath to put it inside.
"You said you're heading to America next year, right?" Ochaco asked the vendor.
"Yes, that's true." The vendor replied as she carefully places the keychain inside the envelope. She seals it before standing back up. "Even though I haven't graduated yet, my mother is already planning to help me apply for a few universities located in the American Midwest. She thinks it's best for me to leave Japan for a while, especially after what happen to us a few years ago." She paused for a moment. "But I'll stay strong. When I move to America, I'll going to work as hard as I can, so that I can see my mother smile again."
When the vendor hands her the envelope, Ochaco takes it from her hands and she introduces herself, "My name is Uraraka Ochaco. What's yours?"
The vendor pushes away a few strands of her orange-brown chestnut hair from her eyes before responding to Ochaco, "Yuuki. Yuuki Asuna."
Ochaco puts away the envelope and extends her hand out to her. "I wish you all the best in your future endeavours, Yuuki-san." She said to her with a smile.
"Arigatou." Asuna said, smiling back at her. She grabs her hand and they both shook. "I wish all the luck in the world for you and your friend too, Uraraka-san."
A few hours later, Izuku, Ochaco and the others regroup at the centre of the festival area where everyone is facing the direction of the ocean. They all chanted the countdown in unison.
"10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…"
Everyone in the festival area erupted with loud cheers as fireworks began bursting in the night sky. Izuku, Ochaco, Bakugo, Shouto, Tsuyu, Denki, Momo, Jirou, Eliot and Melissa widen their eyes in a mixture of awe and excitement as they watch the beautiful display.
"It's so nice." Melissa uttered as she wraps her arm around Eliot's waist.
"We should totally come back here again sometime." Eliot said, hugging Melissa back by wrapping his arm around her shoulders.
"I agree!" Denki said enthusiastically.
"This is truly a great way to end my last summer vacation here." Momo said.
"Hey, you may not be able to stay in that house anymore. But that doesn't mean you can't set foot on this island again." Jirou said to her friend. "Like Eliot said, we should come here again someday. And whatever happens in the future, I'll be there for you." She and Momo smile at each other before looking back at the night sky.
Shouto lets out a bittersweet sigh as he watches the fireworks. Although he had lots of fun in Izu Oshima today, he also couldn't believe that their trip is almost coming to an end at the same time, and that would mean he will soon return to his miserable life in Tokyo.
'Sometimes, I wish I have the power to turn back time.' Shouto thought sadly. He was soon interrupted when Bakugo gave a gentle nudge to his right arm.
"Hey! What's with the long face?" Bakugo asked, glaring at Shouto. "This festival ain't over yet, ya know? Enjoy yourself while we're still up!"
Shouto momentarily stares at Bakugo dumbfounded before he manages to form a wan smile on his face.
"Yeah, you're right." Shouto said before he and Bakugo continue watching the fireworks.
"I had so much fun today, Ochaco." Tsuyu said as she, Ochaco and Izuku kept their heads up.
"Me too, Tsuyu." Ochaco replied.
"So do I." Izuku added. As he and Ochaco kept watching the fireworks bursting in the sky, Izuku suddenly felt his hand inching over to hers, and he didn't stop himself from doing so.
Ochaco soon gave a soft gasp. She turns to her left and looks down to see Izuku grabbing onto her hand. But instead of saying anything to him, Ochaco's lips slowly curve up into a warm smile as she clings onto his hand. They both stare into each other's eyes as Izuku smiles back at her. And after a few moments of silence between the two, Izuku leans his head forward and whispers into her ear, "I…I like you, Ochaco."
Ochaco leans forward to Izuku's ear and softly replied, "I like you too, Izuku."
They both move away from each other before looking back up at the night sky. As Izuku continues watching the fireworks, his smile slowly distorts into a sad frown as his happiness fades.
'If I can make wishes come true, I wish I can be with her…Forever.'
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Can anyone spot the Demon Slayer reference in this chapter?
