Arc 5, Chapter 4 Dance

Izuku POV:

"Can I have Jiro to the stage, so we can start the dance," Nezu would announce, as I just continue to stare at the small statue of All Might sitting in front of me on the table.

"You are amazing Deku, you have done so well," Uraraka whispers into my ear, causing my face to heat up.

"I couldn't have done it if you hadn't saved me from falling onto my face," I whisper back, which causes two bright red spots to appear on her face.

"How about you go get us some drinks, and we can go dance in a little bit," she suggests, to which as a gentleman agree. So, I wander over to the drinks table. I look around and see multiple different coloured drinks ranging from transparent to rainbow.

"Midoryia I have someone I want you to meet," a voice I didn't expect to hear calls out. As I turn around to the source of the voice, I am greeted by my blonde hair, blue-eyed upperclassman Mirio. "This is Etan Fikshim," Mirio says before I can greet him properly. As he moves out the way I am greeted by a very buff and muscly brown-haired man, his face is covered in small scars.

"Hello Etan, it's a pleasure to meet you," I nervously mumble out as I shake his very firm grip.

"Pleasure is all mine, I am a big fan of yours, your exploits as a first-year are amazing, and I would love to train against you sometime," Etan says letting going of my hand. "I am a third-year graduating with this goof and the rest of the third years," Etan says while nudging Mirio. "Anyway I wanted to say hi since I won't be around much even as a pro, I was offered a spot at Tartarus prison, in particular, the maximum security section, so I just wanted to say hi," Etan continues, as he does I notices a flash of white in his eyes. Then they turn back to dark brown as if nothing happened.

"What is your quirk?" I ask, curiously looking at the buff third year in front of me.

"It's called god rage, and since I know you're a quirk nerd I will let you figure it out on your own," he says waving goodbye to me and the two drinks in my hand. "One hint, Mirio could kick my ass in a fight, just so you know,"

"Enjoy the dance Midoryia I will see you later," Mirio calls out as he follows his friend wandering away from me. As they do, I notice that he is just as tall as Mirio. I just stand there as I watch the two figures mingle back into the crowds of adults and third-year students which seemed to have turned up for our first-year dance.

Jiro's singing stops snapping me out of my own little world.

Right, I have the drinks—time to get back to Uraraka.

I start to duck and weave through the crowd trying to make it back to my girlfriend and our table. Everyone is having a good time and laughing or dancing together, some even congratulate me, but their voice just mixes in with the music and singing going on so I can't determine who said what.

Finally ducking around the massive arms of Shoji, I finally make it back to my table, as I do the music shifts. Jiro stops singing and turns into a soft hum, and the beat turns to a waltz.

Thank you All Might for making me do some dance lessons. Now I know a great deal about dancing I did not know before.

I remember that conversation with All Might quite clearly.

"Young Midoryia, you have to learn to dance, dance and combat are far more related than you think, you should ask Young Ojiro, martial arts have routines and timings just like dancing. Even in combat if you figure out a person's rhythm and beat they are much easier to beat, I regret not studying this part more vigorously, it also trains similar muscles you want to develop in your legs, I insist you go do some,"

Or the squeal of joy when I asked Mina to help,

"Of course Midoryia I will make a dancer out of you, better than anyone has ever seen, but you have to workout with Kirishima more, he goes on and on about how he loves working out with you,"

That squeal when I initially asked still makes my ears want to bleed in pain, I swear only a kettle could be that loud, or Mineta when he is in that shock chair of Mina's.

The thought of that chair makes me shiver and breaks me out of my train of thought. Just in time to see the two chocolate orbs turn towards me and make my heart skip a beat, then beat as fast as Iida's engines in his legs.

"There you are," she says, giving me a smile that would rival Eri's whose smile is already brighter than the sun.

"Sorry Miro introduced me to one of his classmates," I say remembering that man, he just gave off power like All Might back in the day. But he was so relatable and normal except for those eyes.

"Well, don't try and figure out his quirk," she quickly says teasingly, which makes me raise my eyebrows.

"How did you know I was trying to figure out his quirk,"

"Well other than that sparkle in your eyes I see right now, and when you see a new quirk, I am your girlfriend, and I know you better than you think,"

I place the drinks on the table and stare at my girlfriend.

How did I ever get so lucky? But I have an idea, this song will not last forever. Might as well use it.

"Uraraka, our drinks can wait, but this song won't last forever, care to dance with me?" I ask as I feel my body go cold, and a few drops of sweat sliver down my arms and drenching my hand as I hold out my hand to dance.

"I thought you would never ask," she says taking my hand and in that second all the cold, all the sweat just disappears and is replaced by warmth and what I can only describe as happiness.

Hand in hand, without a care in the world, we stroll onto the dance floor. As we do I watch as some of my friends are dancing around us, Mina and Kirishima are swaying slowly from side to side no one taking the lead just enjoying each other's company. My eyes dance over to Todoroki and Momo, Momo was clearly taken the lead. At the same time, Todoroki seems to be sweating a few oceans worth of sweat. Ojiro and Toru are swirling around the dance floor in their own little world, his tail wrapped around her protectively as her sky blue and rose red streak dances around showing publicly what she looks like for the first time since preschool.

Finally, my eyes drift to Kaminari whose eyes are staring at the girl on stage, all the while smiling and swaying side to side.

I hope they get a chance to dance.

Then he moves off backstage, still casting a few glances back to the stage.

"They should get together, he may be an idiot, but he is a lovable idiot that Jiro has totally fallen for," Uraraka says as I take her hands ready to just sway with the music.

"He is a good person," I say as I watch my yellow-haired classmate disappear into backstage.

"Just hold me please, just sway with the music," Uraraka says, placing her arms around my neck and my hands-on instinct take her hips. I feel my face heat up at the proximity, but I am not alone, Uraraka's face turns the shade of rose as we just start to sway in time with the music.

"This just feels right," I think to myself,

"It does," she responds, which causes me to blush, I did not mean to say that out loud. We sway and stay in each other's arms just enjoying the peace between us, the start of something new.

"Izuku, I want to tell you," Uraraka, mumbles as she pulls herself into my chest so I can barely make out what she is saying, "I want to be with you, for the rest of my life, one day I would like to be," she stops, just as the music stops. The lights go dark, and everyone freezes.

[Sorry about the delay guys, University has been problematic as well as a few people I know got sick, so I didn't feel like writing anything. They seemed to have recovered. My thoughts go out to everyone who is suffering because of COVID, stay safe if you know anyone currently with COVID give them a call, being isolated is very hard of them as well as trying to recover from COVID.

See you guys next chapter! And remember to always GO BEYOND PLUS ULTRA!]