Our New Roommate

by 3PeopleInACoat

U.A. plans to change up the dorm system to boarding houses for their students, but an altercation with two older students destroys Izuku Midoriya's room, leaving him to room with the girls of Class 1B for the next few weeks until his room is repaired. During that time, the girls realize that Izuku is a bit underappreciated ...

27. One Last Week

"..."

"Midoriya."

"..."

"Midoriya ..."

"..."

"Midoriya!"

At the sound of Aizawa's sharp voice, Izuku jumped slightly, blinking as he was yanked out of his brief little bout of shock and looked back to his teacher. Aizawa had a slightly annoyed expression on his face, crossing his arms while looking at his student, while Eri bounced slightly at the end of the driveway waiting for him to be ready to go.

"I've been calling your name for a minute there, problem child. Don't space out on me now."

"O-oh! S-sorry, sensei." Izuku shook his head, trying to refocus on what Aizawa was saying, and feeling a bit startled by his heart beating rapidly in his chest when he pressed a hand to it. "I'm - I'm sorry, can - can you say that again?"

Aizawa raised an eyebrow, but shrugged, letting out a tired sigh. "I said, your room is scheduled to be finished on Thursday, around lunch. When they're finished, the robots will come around here around noon to grab all of your stuff to move over, so I expect you to be packed and ready to leave by Wednesday night. We'll have you settled back in by Thursday night, and by Friday you'll be moved back in. We'll have you give back the key to their house, so you don't have to worry about losing it and someone finding it."

"I ..."

"So you understand that? They'll come pick your stuff up on Thursday at lunch, and move your stuff over to the other side of the forest. If you have anything you need to do in the 1B house, I suggest you do it before then. If you need to get anything to help you move, just let me know."

With that, Aizawa turned on his heel, and strolled down the driveway towards Eri, leaving Izuku behind him. His teacher took Eri's hand while also taking her pink backpack to carry, and listened and nodded as she excitedly told him all about her sleepover with the girls as they walked down the sidewalk away from the house. Behind them, Izuku stared blankly ahead at nothing, slowly blinking as the conversation that he just had with his teacher, that didn't even last a full minute, swirled around in his head, unable to make much sense of it.

He was ... leaving. He was ... moving out? Of the girls' house? This ... this Thursday? That was - it was only Monday now, so - only four more days? Not even that, if he was supposed to be moving back into the 1A house by lunchtime. So four more days ... of being in the girls' company. Before he would have to move out, go over to the 1A side, and ... and not be able to come back. Not ... not at all.

How - how far away was the 1A house anyway? Five minutes? Ten? He hadn't even been over there at all during his stay with the girls, he had no idea how far away it was from here.

Izuku let out a shuddered breath, holding onto his arm when he felt it shaking uncontrollably, and without thinking, started walking down the sidewalk, moving past the 1B girls dorm, and started heading to the other side of the forest, towards his own classes' houses. The way it had been angled for the heroes course, the A side for all three years was on one side of the forest, and the side for the B students of all three years was on the other. It went in a half circle, with a collection of trees in between both sides. So ... so how far away was 1A from here? How long would he have to walk to get from there to here?

Izuku shook his head as he continued down the path, not noticing Itsuka poking her head out the door to see if he was still out there, and blinking in confusion when she saw him moving away. Nor did he notice Monoma out front of his own house on the porch, giving Izuku a wide grin as he moved slowly past.

He just ... felt numb, Izuku shook his head slightly as he continued walking down the sidewalk. He ... he had no idea even why, not sure why Aizawa's words kept swirling around in his head. He shouldn't even be that surprised - he had been told by both Aizawa and Vlad King from the very beginning that staying with the 1B girls was a temporary solution, not a permanent one. Just until his room was fixed, and then he was expected to move back into where he belonged without any complaints.

It was just ... in between everything that had happened since he moved in there ... he had completely forgotten. Just from ... he'd been there for more than a month now, but ... it seemed like so much had happened between Itsuka unlocking the door for him and Reiko and Setsuna helping him put his stuff in, and now, after they went to all that trouble to celebrate his birthday for him and make it the best one he'd ever had.

Moving in, and then getting seduced by Yui, and then Setsuna, and then being approached by Pony, Kinoko and Reiko. The meltdown that had happened, the fight with Itsuka in the rain. The long talk, and how they would have to be better. Everyone sincerely trying their best to be a better friend to him, while he tried hard not to see them in a romantic light. Setsuna having her own breakdown, and then comforting her. Their argument about Bakugou, and then Yui picking her own fight with him. The beach, and everyone having loads of fun with him, Itsuka laughing as she threw everyone into the ocean with him as a competition. The onsen, and him making offers to everyone. That night with Ibara, with how warm and sweet he made her feel and how special she made him feel. Coming home and having a date with Kinoko, sitting in a field and hearing her beautiful singing voice. Her and Reiko getting back together, and then telling him that they would be romancing him together. The sleep right after, and how both Reiko and Kinoko holding him and kissing him made him feel so safe. The night when he talked with Itsuka, and how one kiss to his stomach almost unwound several weeks worth of tension between them. The shopping trip, and how fun it was to dress up in stupid clothing while the girls cheered him on. Yesterday, and how special he had felt on his birthday with everyone, getting hugs and kisses from the girls. Itsuka taking him out for a ride, and opening up to him about her stupid ex-boyfriend ... and then him telling her that he was in love with her.

All those memories ... the good and the bad ... and how much he'd grown to care and love all seven of his roommates ...

... and it would all be coming to an end.

He wouldn't be able to wake up early and go outside to help Ibara with her garden, chatting about how they slept and anything else Ibara thought about.

He wouldn't be able to get teased by Setsuna anymore, or rib her back in turn.

He wouldn't be able to walk home with Itsuka and Ibara from school, or any other girl now that their detentions were done. They might be able to walk back most of the way together, sure - but Izuku would have to split from them once they reached where they lived, going down one road while they headed down the other.

He wouldn't be able to watch anymore anime with Pony, laugh and cry about whatever they were watching.

He wouldn't be able to make dinner with Ibara anymore.

He wouldn't be able to spar with Itsuka.

He wouldn't be able to stay up late at night, see Reiko sitting by herself, and talking to her.

He wouldn't be able to help Kinoko experiment with her quirk.

He wouldn't be able to cuddle with Yui, or be held by her.

He wouldn't ...

He wouldn't be able to do any of that anymore.

And he still ... he had so much left to do, and not enough time. He still had to forgive Reiko, Kinoko, Pony, Yui and Setsuna. He still had to address the feelings of all the girls. He still had to go over Present Mic's paper that he had been practicing for weeks now and talk to Pony. He had to address Kinoko and Reiko wanting to romance him together. He told Itsuka that he loved her, but he hadn't heard her answer yet.

And ... and he only had four days to do it? Not even that long?

How was he ...

"Well, well, well."

Izuku felt himself slow to a stop when he heard a snide voice behind him, wincing slightly to himself, turned slowly around, feeling a headache already starting to come on. Having followed him from Izuku's walk, Monoma was giving him a wide smirk, his hands on his hips and a look of utter glee on his face.

"I couldn't help but overhear," He laughed, "that you're finally getting out of our hair."

Izuku let out a small noise, and turned to continue walking to the 1A side - or just continuing to walk aimlessly. He wasn't in the mood to entertain anything Monoma might have to say right now - he knew that it would just be smug insults and petty taunting, and while most days he would be able to take it with stride, after what Aizawa told him he didn't want to hear it. Unfortunately, the blonde boy was in a great mood, hearing that Izuku was finally moving out, as he followed him while continuing to chide him.

"I have to say, it's about time," he sniggered, "I was beginning to think you were going to be stinking around our houses forever. I mean, you were only supposed to be here temporarily, right? But maybe the other side didn't really want you either, so they persuaded you to stay as long as you could to annoy the hell out of the girls."

Izuku felt his eyebrow twitch.

"But that's over and done with now! Now they don't have to see you every day, strutting around like you own the place. Waking up early to annoy Shiozaki and bug everyone about your problems. Always walking home with her and Kendou like they're your property, when in reality they're only pitying you."

He felt his fist clench.

"Still, and forgive my foul language, I'm glad that you decided to stop sticking your penis inside them at every opportunity you get! Goodness, I have to say, I kept it to myself, but I know that the guys in my house wouldn't take as kindly as they do to you now if they knew that you were using our classmates for your own sick kicks. You were doing nothing but insulting them, you know - using them as your own little sex toys. I know they said it was 'their fault', but I saw right through that little fib. Kendou was only trying to help you save face."

He began shaking, his teeth gritting together.

"But I honestly don't see why, out of anyone in Class 1A, they would even think about having sex with you. It's not like you're attractive - I believe one of the girls I talked to before said that many girls think you just look plain, and that's not a compliment, believe me! As for my classmates, I imagine that they felt a little sorry for you, seeing how pathetic you were after that Uraraka girl probably rejected you for the much prettier senpai. So they decided to just let you do your own thing while waiting for you to finally move out. That's the only explanation why they would continue to keep a man whore like you -"

He wasn't quite sure where he had broken in those last few sentences. Maybe it was Monoma insulting him too much when he was feeling so numb, maybe it was the implication that he was using them for his own pleasure, maybe it was the suggestion that Itsuka had nothing but pity for him and no other feelings, or maybe it was when Monoma just flat out called him a man whore. It didn't really matter, Izuku supposed later, as he had heard enough of whatever bullshit Monoma was spewing at him, obviously gleeful that Izuku would be leaving the girls' house -

- so he wheeled around, balling his fist, and punched Monoma as hard as he could straight in the face.

He ignored the stinging in his hand as his fist met Monoma's nose, hearing a crunching noise as it broke from the force of the blow. Monoma let out a sudden grunt as his head was sent straight back, staring blankly at nothing for a moment with his mouth hanging open, before he felt his legs give out, and collapsed hard onto the ground, raising a hand automatically to cup his broken and bleeding nose. As soon as his back met the pavement, the anger at him and the girls being insulted vanished within Izuku, and he suddenly realized exactly what he did. He briefly froze, feeling horror and remorse immediately over what he just did in a moment of uncontrolled anger. Letting out a small gasp, he immediately moved to Monoma's side, offering a hand.

"M-Monoma, I'm - I'm sorry, I shouldn't have -"

"Get away from me!"

With the same sudden violence Izuku just used when he punched him, Monoma slapped away Izuku's hand with his free one, whipping his angy stare to the boy as he stood frozen overtop him. Monoma let out a grunt as he rolled onto his side, climbing awkwardly to his feet while still cupping his nose, seeing blood start to seep through his fingers, and returned his glare to Izuku, rage in his eyes as he clenched his free fist.

"I knew it," he growled, "all you 1A idiots are just waiting for the chance to just take out your violent egos on us. So I suppose this is your breaking point, isn't it, Midoriya?!"

"I ..."

"Well, I'll have you know -!"

"Hey!"

Both Izuku and Monoma jumped at the unexpected voice, and turned around to see who was running towards them. Izuku, who had briefly forgotten what had been troubling him after hitting Monoma, felt those troubles return in full force as he saw Itsuka jogging down the path, looking alarmed about what just happened. Obviously she had seen him hit Monoma, as she had approached the blonde boy and lifted his hand away to check his nose, wincing, while Izuku stood frozen on the sidewalk, staring at her as horror began coursing through him.

Oh god. Oh, god, one of the girls was here. And - and she would ask why he had walked away from the house. She'd know that something was bothering him. He'd - he'd have to tell Itsuka that he was - oh, god, that he was -

Oh, god, please, Izuku groaned quietly to himself, why her? Why out of all of them, it's the one I told literally just yesterday I loved?

"Yeah, that's definitely broken." Itsuka shook her head, letting Monoma cup his nose again. "You should go to Recovery Girl to get that fixed up."

"Perhaps I shall! And I'll bring Vlad King back with me to properly punish this idiot!" Monoma threw a glare at Izuku, who was still standing in frozen shock. "Kendou, he punched me! Completely and utterly unprovoked! I'll bring Vlad King back so he can be -"

"I sincerely doubt that he punched you out of nowhere," Itsuka shook her head, already cutting through his bullshit. "Just go to Recovery Girl, Monoma."

"No, not this time, Kendou! I am putting my foot down! You can't defend him this time, he -"

"Monoma, I saw you follow him when I looked out my window. And I know Izuku. He isn't going to punch you out of nowhere, you'll have had to have really pissed him off." Itsuka shook her head, and glanced at her crush. She felt her brow furrow in concern when she saw his pale, almost sickened face, and turned so she could walk over to him and ask if he was okay. What did he and Aizawa talk about that would've made him like this?

"... 'Izuku'."

Itsuka blinked, and looked back around at Monoma, glaring at her with rage in his eyes as he slowly went over what she said.

"You said that with such familiarity, as well. Izuku. Like ... almost as though you've said it many times. I had thought that I misheard that back at the resort, when you kicked me off the bus to go with 1A, but ..."

"Uh ... yeah?" Itsuka raised her eyebrow. "I call him by his first name. And he calls me by mine. Just like I call all the girls by their first names. Why -"

"This is exactly what I was afraid of," Monoma shook his head, feeling anger overcoming him as he turned his glare to Izuku, seeing him still pale and withdrawn, "after he - he somehow got the other girls in our class to sympathize with him and give him pity sex - he'd try going after you, too. God, he's probably already gotten Shiozaki too, corrupted her as well."

"Monoma -" Itsuka's eyes narrowed, not liking where this was going, but Monoma went on.

"And now I learn that you're - you're calling him by his first name! It's obvious that he now has his claws in you! This is exactly what I was afraid of - if you hadn't made me leave when I brought Vlad King to finally punish him, and then got it turned around on me, I could've convinced you all that you were making a huge mistake!"

"Monoma ..."

"But now look! Now you're probably feeling sorry for him too! God, he's probably got you sucking his -"

"Monoma," Itsuka's eyes were now narrowed into slits, her fists clenched at her sides as she took a long, deep breath to steady herself, "if I were you, I would consider my next words very carefully."

"No! Not this time, Kendou!" Monoma shouted, wheeling on her and clenching his fists tightly. "He's utterly pathetic, even for Class 1A, and you're here just falling all over him?! Because, what, he cried once and you felt bad for him?! You're supposed to be our class representative, a role model for us all, but here you are, pretty much sucking up to him like you're some common whore!"

Now, in retrospect, she knew that the only reason Monoma had called her that word was due to some heat of the moment thing, like he didn't actually mean to call her that, but in that moment, it didn't matter. The moment that word left his lips, having heard absolutely enough from him, and not wanting to bother giving him a chop to the neck this time, Itsuka threw her hand back and punched him square in the face, avoiding his broken nose and instead aiming straight for his cheek. For the second time in two minutes, Monoma flopped down onto the grass like a wet blanket, staring blankly ahead for a brief moment before raising his other hand to cup his swelling cheek, and turned, flabbergasted, back to Itsuka as she glowered down at him with a look of complete and utter rage in her eyes, while Izuku had jumped back in surprise from her sudden showing of violence.

"Now, you're going to shut up and listen to me, Monoma." Itsuka's voice was colder than either of the boys had ever heard it, especially contrasting her eyes full of anger. "You're my friend. As much as a pain in the ass you've been lately, especially after Izuku moved into our house, I still consider you one of my friends. But this obsession with 1A - I'm not going to have it anymore. I am tired of you going utterly ballistic if someone from 1A even so much as breathes weirdly. And once Izuku moved in, you've gotten even worse - what happened to the Monoma that encouraged us even if we lost to 1A? Every day you've been glaring at us, or have been an utter prick to everyone if someone from our class says hello to Izuku in the hall. And now, you're not just slut shaming me, you're slut shaming all the girls. That's what you were implying, right, with the pity sex thing? That, what, it would only take someone feeling sad for us to spread our legs? Is that what you're saying, Monoma?"

"I -"

"Oh, no. I wasn't really asking, Monoma, because I already know the answer to that question. I refuse to listen to any of your stupid excuses. This is me telling you now Monoma - neither me or any of the girls back in the house are going to deal with your bullshit anymore."

"Kendou -"

"I'm going to be giving you a choice. Drop this obsession with 1A - or we're done."

"Kendou, you can't -!"

"Oh, I'm pretty sure I can." Itsuka crossed her arms across her chest, continuing to glare at the blonde boy on the ground. "You called me a whore, Monoma. What, you think I'll just go, 'oh, that Monoma!' and drop it just like that? Not a fucking chance in hell. And even if we ignore that, you just went up to Izuku and antagonized him into punching you, and then you had the audacity to be surprised. Izuku is my friend, and if you think you just do that and tattle on him to Vlad King, you're even stupider than I thought. So know this, Monoma - I'm going to be telling the girls what you called me - and how you insulted not just him, but them as well. Now, go to Recovery Girl to get that nose checked out, and get your act together, Monoma. Or we're finished."

For a few moments, Monoma could only stare up at Itsuka in a mixture of surprise and outrage, looking angrier than Izuku had ever seen him, while Itsuka continued to stare coldly down at him as though he were utter trash. Finally, Monoma grunted as he climbed awkwardly to his feet, his nose still bleeding and his cheek swelling with a purple bruise, and shot Izuku one more glare before he turned on his heel and stormed off, blood leaking down his chin as he stalked off. Itsuka continued to glare after him until he vanished from their sight, before she let out a small sigh and waved her hand, wincing slightly at the bruise as she turned to Izuku, seeing him look off to the side.

"I'm, uh ... sorry about that," she apologized, "he kinda - well, you saw."

"I - yeah."

"Hey," she said softly, feeling the cold anger she had felt towards the blonde boy fade away when she saw Izuku's look of sadness, walking up to him and putting a hand on his shoulder. "What happened? I saw you walk off earlier, and decided to come after you. Did something Aizawa-sensei say upset you?"

Obviously that was it, of course, as Izuku suddenly closed his eyes, a look of pain on his face. Itsuka felt herself worry a little bit, but still lowered her hands to take his own hand in hers, and gently guided him over to a bench, sitting him down and letting him stay a bit quiet. She turned his hand over in hers, pursing her lips slightly at his bruised knuckles from hitting Monoma, and softly ran her thumb over them, hoping to give him a little comfort as she looked up into his face.

"Izuku ... I'm not really sure what's going on right now," she confessed, trying to sound at least a little encouraging, "but if there's anything you want to talk about, I'm here to listen.

Oddly enough, Izuku stayed silent at that, staring off into space while she gently massaged his hand, and Itsuka pursed her lips worriedly.

"If you - if you don't want to, that's okay. We can just go back to the house and -"

"I'm moving out."

Itsuka felt whatever she was about to say trail off, blinking at what he said in confusion. He had said it so quietly at first she thought she had misheard him - but then she realized exactly what he just said. She felt her eyes widen a little bit, her comforting hands on his stiffening a fraction, and she quickly turned to look back at Izuku, still seeing him turning his gaze away from her as though he wasn't even able to look at her.

"H-huh? What - what are you talking about?"

"Aizawa-sensei ..." Izuku took a deep breath, still with his eyes closed, "... he told me that ... that my room back in the 1A house ... it's going to be done on Thursday. He expects me to move out of your house by lunchtime then, and by Friday ... I'll be back in their house. I'm - I'm going to have to - to leave."

Once Izuku had explained that, the two of them fell into a silence, Itsuka staring at him in shock while he closed his eyes. At first, Izuku said nothing only due to his waiting for Itsuka's reaction, and being admittedly a bit afraid of it. Would she be ... would she be sad? Angry? Disconcerted? Hell, would she even have a reaction? From her silence, Izuku couldn't help but feel a bit anxious about how exactly she was going to take this sudden revelation - and would it be better or worse than his own? What exactly ... what was the reaction going to be?

Feeling his heart start to hammer in his chest, he slowly opened his eyes, and turned to finally look at her - and felt his breath hitch.

Itsuka ... she wasn't looking at him anymore, but only at her knees. Her lips were drawn into a thin line, and her hair shadowed her eyes - but from what Izuku saw, they were filled with pain. She looked as though she were suddenly on the verge of crying and was doing her best to hold them back, her hands starting to shake even as they held his own bruised one. In fact, her whole body was subtly shaking, as though she were about to explode with ... something. Sadness, anger, whichever. But all that mattered to him was that her eyes were looking strangely wet, and moisture began gathering there.

He let out a shuddering breath, and immediately realized that he had messed up - he thought it would be best to just be blunt, but that bluntness was going to make her cry! He needed to fix this, he needed to make her feel better - god, he told her yesterday that he loved her, and today he was telling her that he would be leaving?! Are you stupid, Izuku?! Fix this at once!

"I ... I don't think it'll be that bad," He tried to say as positively as he could, giving her an unconfident smile while she continued to study her knees. "I - I know that I - I'll live ten minutes away, but - but we can still walk back from school together, right? We'll - we'll just have to - to split up once we actually reach the forest."

"..."

"And - and I think you - you guys wouldn't mind if I - if I came over sometimes too, right? Just to hang out for a few hours?"

"..."

"We can - we can still spar, if you want. I don't mind if we -"

"Izuku."

Izuku found his words dying in his throat when she finally spoke up, her voice barely above a whisper but loud enough to silence him. He watched a bit cautiously as Itsuka let out a long sigh, raising a hand to rub her face. It was when she finally looked up, however, that Izuku felt a pang in his heart.

She was still on the verge of crying, of course, tears continuing to build in her eyes - but she gave him such a fake smile, it made him immediately regret telling her in the first place. She was obviously trying to put on a strong front for him, but it only hurt him even more to see her obviously not taking this very well - it looked like she was about three seconds away from just breaking down.

"You're - you're right," she muttered, glancing away while her voice wobbled, with that horridly fake smile on her lips. "We - we knew that this was only temporary, I - I knew you were going to move out eventually. I'm - I'm honestly surprised it - it took so long, I thought I'd only be two weeks, not - what, a month now? God, does time fly by, huh?"

"Itsuka ...?"

"And it's not like - you're right, it's not like you're not welcomed in our house after you - you move out. If - if you ever want to come over to hang out, just - just shoot us a text. Anytime. We'd love to - to have you visit us."

"I'm ..."

"It's fine!" She hopped to her feet, still with that fake smile on her face as she brushed a hand quickly through her hair, turning away so that he could no longer look at her face, only hearing her shaking and obvious wobbling voice. "It's not like - heh, it's not like we're saying goodbye. We'll - we'll see each other at school, and - and we can still have lunch together, if you ever want to - but you might want to - to have lunch with Iida and Uraraka. But - but that's okay. If - if you want, we can even - we can even come over to visit you in your house, it's not like -"

"I'm sorry."

Now, it was Itsuka's turn to stop speaking, staring blankly ahead while Izuku slowly got to his feet, his own gaze fixed on the ground.

"I'm ... I'm so sorry, Itsuka. I - I just -" Izuku took another shuddering breath, feeling his own tears begin to prickle in his eyes, "I'm so sorry."

After a few seconds of silence, however, she let out a shuddered breath, and turned around, making Izuku's breath catch in his throat as she finally let the fake smile fall, seeing her look so ... sad.

"No," she mumbled, "no, you have nothing to be sorry for. This isn't anyone's fault - it was just - I -" she let out another shuddered breath, and felt a tear finally escape her eye and go down her cheek, making Izuku's own tears start to fall as well, "- I forgot - I forgot you weren't supposed to be with us forever."

"I ..."

"Come on," she turned around, and started walking back to the house, "you ... you should probably let the others know what's going to happen."

As she started moving away, however, Izuku reached out, and grabbed her hand. He didn't even do it on purpose - he saw her beginning to walk away, and acted on instinct. The moment his hand took hers, Itsuka stopped moving, staring ahead while Izuku took another deep breath.

"... Itsuka?"

"Y-yeah?"

"... I don't want to leave you guys either."

There was a moment of silence between them, as Itsuka slowly digested what he said and Izuku had a hard time even looking at her, turning away and letting his tears start to fall down his face. And then, she slowly turned around, showing her teary eyed face to him again and making the tears on his own face fall even faster. Before he could say anything else, though, Itsuka wrapped both of her hands around his, and slowly raised it to her face. Looking at the bruise forming, Itsuka took another shuddering breath, and gave his knuckle a gentle kiss, holding it there for a few seconds before disconnecting.

"... come on," she muttered, "let's go back now."

It was with that that she finally began walking back to their house, her hand still in his. And Izuku, knowing that he didn't really have any choice now, followed her.

---

"Do you see them back yet?" Setsuna asked from the couch, laying back and watching TV while yawning.

"Nope," Pony shook her head, turning back from the window and going back to her seat, "not yet."

It had been a few minutes since Itsuka had left, having looked out the window and saw Izuku moving away slumped over. She had been concerned, and told the girls that she would be right back as she slipped on her sandals and headed out the door. Now they were just waiting for them to come back, not really sure what they were going to do today, but also being comfortable with not doing anything, finding the option of just sitting down and relaxing after the long day they had yesterday very appealing, and just waited for their last two roommates to come back so they could decide if they had some activity going on that they forgot about. Although they weren't sure about that - all Setsuna knew was that her date with Izuku to the museum was tomorrow, and she was pretty much bouncing up and down in excitement about it.

As they waited for Itsuka to come back with Izuku, Ibara sat down on the loveseat to read her book, Yui and Setsuna watched TV on the couch with Setsuna laying down with her head in Yui's lap, letting her play with her hair, and Kinoko and Reiko sat at the table, reading over some magazine and admiring the dresses while Pony flopped back down on the chair, clopping her hooves together as she turned her attention back to the TV show they were watching. Still, the girls couldn't help but glance at the door, feeling a bit worried but not sure why.

"What do you think's going on?" Ibara wondered out loud, stealing a small glance at the window. "I'm not really sure - do you think Aizawa-sensei did something or said something that upset him?"

"I mean, even if he did, it's still weird," Setsuna shrugged, unable to stop herself from giggling a bit as Yui played more with her long green hair, "I mean, Parsley was in a really good mood this morning - hell, we all are. What could Aizawa say to bring him down?"

"Maybe he flunked a test," Reiko suggested, but Yui shook her head.

"We'll just have to see," she told the room, "and wait for Itsuka to bring him back. If it's something that upset him, we'll just have to listen, and if he needs us to help him out, we'll help him."

The other girls glanced amongst each other, before letting out little sighs and nodding, laying back in their seats. Obviously they were a bit nervous about what would happen if Izuku returned here in a sad mood - because that's usually a sign that everyone was going to be in sad moods too - but Yui was right; they would just have to wait until he returned, hear what was bothering him, and comfort him as best they could.

While they lapsed off into silence, Setsuna glanced around the room, seeing everyone turning back to do their own thing while they waited, and, realizing that this was the best time to voice her suspicions, cleared her throat.

"Er - so - just to confirm if I'm the only one who noticed something."

"Hm?" Reiko looked back over at her. "What's up?"

"Do you guys think something happened between Prez and Parsley yesterday?"

The other girls blinked, turning to look at Setsuna with surprise and curiosity while she shrugged in defense of herself.

"What do you mean?" Reiko asked, turning in her seat.

"Like - I don't know - didn't something seem - different, about them? I just - noticed. Or maybe it's just my imagination, I don't know."

The girls shared glances between each other, before they let out slight sighs as they turned their attention on Setsuna, admittedly curious about what she was saying.

"Well ..." Ibara put her bookmark in place and shut her book, pursing her lips slightly. "I'm not sure if they - well, I don't think they did, at least, but I did notice that when she got back, Itsuka was ... well, oddly happy. Very happy."

"I noticed that too!" Kinoko nodded, looking around from the table. "Like - she wouldn't stop smiling."

"Yeah, that's what I noticed - Prez had a big, stupid smile all day, and even this morning too. See, the reason I brought it up was - well - do you guys think that ... well ..." Setsuna sat up, giving everyone a smirk while Yui pouted, not able to play with her seaweed hair anymore, "... do you think they ..."

"They what?" Yui raised an eyebrow. "Come on, spit it out."

"You know ..." Setsuna let out a small laugh, and then, "bow-chika-bow-wowed."

That, at least, dissipated some of the mood that came in while they were waiting for Izuku and Itsuka's return, and everyone let out laughter at Setsuna's choice of wording for that. Even Ibara couldn't help but smile as she shook her head, putting her book to the side.

" I mean ... maybe?" Pony giggled.

"I could see it."

"They didn't have grass stains though! I mean, I know love motels exist, but if they stayed on campus I would've assumed that Itsuka would've taken him to some field and -"

"Oh, please don't finish that sentence," Ibara shuddered, "I'm still scandalized about what she did in the onsen, I don't need to hear about her dragging Izuku to some field right in the middle of campus and ... ugh."

"I mean," Setsuna laughed, relaxing her legs over the side of the couch, "I love the boy, but if we're actually talking here, there's no way he's into public sex. It'd be interesting if he was, but I think our boy prefers his privacy."

"You know, I haven't really called you out on it, but you seem to enjoy using the phrase 'I love the boy' a lot," Yui noted, smirking slightly when Setsuna sputtered a bit and the other girls looked around knowingly at her, smirking as well while the dinosaur girl flipped them off with her own grin, "but I agree with you. I don't think they had sex - I feel like if they did, it would've been a lot more obvious. Like - they would've been a lot more disheveled, and they would probably be blushing when they got back. They came in relatively calm. Plus, I feel like some of the tension between them would've been more obviously resolved - Itsuka kept glancing at him throughout the whole party."

"Oh, girl," Setsuna laughed, "everyone here knows that those two are pretty much just waiting for a good reason at this point to go down with each other. I'm kinda wondering what it'll take - do you think if we make Parsley go up to her room while she's changing, he'll just say screw it and pin her to the bed?"

"You're not ... actually considering setting them up, are you?" Ibara raised an eyebrow, looking worriedly at her fellow green-haired friend, but Setsuna quickly shook her head, her smirk falling somewhat.

"No, no. I'm not doing that anymore - we all know what happened last time I set up girls with Parsley, I'm not repeating that. Still, those two do have a lot of tension - it's pretty obvious that any day now, they're both going to say that enough is enough and just ... you know. Bow-chika-bow-wow."

The girls giggled at that again while Ibara sighed.

"Well," she shook her head, "I do hope it's sooner rather than later. Itsuka seems to have a habit of ... well ... pleasing herself late at night. And I'm not sure if it's healthy to go at it for hours on end."

"Hours, huh?" Yui tried hard not to seem interested in that little tidbit, going a bit red at the implication. "She must have a lot of stamina. Why don't you knock on the wall and tell her to knock it off?"

"Eh? Er - well -" Ibara cleared her throat, blushing. "It's just ... I have a - well, whenever she really gets - well, started with that, I have found myself also ... um, taking the opportunity to ... well ..."

"... er ..." Pony glanced at her best friend as Ibara squirmed in her seat, while the other girls shared glances. "What're you doing, Ibara?"

"... practicing." She muttered.

"Practicing ..." Kinoko repeated, her brow wrinkled - until Setsuna's eyes blew open, and she let out an excited gasp as she pointed a finger at Ibara, who froze where she sat as though the dinosaur-loving girl had immobilized her.

"Wait! Ibara, have you been flicking the bean to Prez?!"

"Do not put it in that vulgar -!"

Before the girls could laugh about that, or Ibara could hastily defend herself with a face burning bright red, the doorknob suddenly turned, and the front door opened. The girls, almost forgetting that Izuku and Itsuka left in the first place, jumped a little bit, and turned to look as they entered the house.

"Hey!" Setsuna giggled, still a bit amused that Ibara of all people had started masturbating, and the implication that she was doing it to Itsuka's own private times, "You guys won't -"

She was about to tell them what they had discovered, with Ibara about three seconds from wrapping her up into a green mummy, but the moment she saw both of their faces, she felt herself falter to a stop. The other girls also glanced over at the two arriving roommates, and felt the smiles on their faces slide right off. Neither Izuku or Itsuka were grinning or in good spirits either - the exact opposite, in fact. Itsuka looked like she was trying hard not to show any emotion on her face, the normally kind and soft look on her face long gone, but her eyes held a sort of sadness that made the other girls blink at. Izuku himself was a bit less composed, frowning and looking down, and one of his hands was clenched tightly. He looked ... tense about something.

"Midoriya?" Ibara sat up, feeling her indignity from earlier vanish as she glanced between the two. "What's going on?"

"I, uh ..." Izuku cleared his throat, glancing throughout the room. By now, the happy moods of all the girls had faded away compeltely. Kinoko and Reiko put down the magazine they were reading, and Yui took the remote and put the TV on mute. Pony also sat up, glancing worriedly between the both of them. Itsuka, on the other hand, let out a small, defeated sigh, and passed by the other girls, making Yui and Setsuna turn and watch in concern as she headed up the stairs. Now they were starting to seriously worry, Yui turning back to Izuku with an unsure look in her eyes.

"I - um -" Izuku shook his head, trying hard to get what he wanted out while the other girls slowly sat up, feeling worried but not sure why. "I ... was talking to Aizawa-sensei, and ..."

"Yes ...?" Ibara folded her hands together, while the other girls glanced between each other.

"... my ... my room back in the 1A house is going to be done on Thursday. He told me ... that ... that I'm going to be moved out Thursday afternoon."

With that, the entire house went completely silent while Izuku studied the floor, fearing their reactions. Pony blinked hard, looking as though she hadn't quite understood what he just said and was slowly trying to register it. Reiko's face fell, feeling herself mouth 'oh'. Kinoko's also looked like she was taken off guard, staring at Izuku in shock. Setsuna felt her small smirk from earlier get wiped completely off her face, her hanging open slightly as she realized exactly what he was saying. Yui didn't physically react, but her eyes suddenly drained of any emotion she might have been feeling at that moment.

As for Ibara ... "A-ah. I see."

"I ..." Izuku cleared his throat again, glancing up, "... are you guys ..."

"W-well," Ibara stood up suddenly, surprising everyone from how quickly she stood. "I - I must say, I didn't quite expect - well, that, of all things. But I - I suppose I understand. It - it must have been quite the shock to hear, wasn't it?"

"Ibara?" Yui turned to her, seeing Ibara turn away from all of them and aim her gaze to the floor.

"We - we kind of forgot about you only being here for a short amount of time. How long was it supposed to be again? Only two weeks? I was - I was actually starting to wonder what was going on there."

"S-Shiozaki?" Izuku stared at her in concern as she started walking past him, heading for the doormat.

"I - I suppose you're only here for - for four more days?" Ibara felt herself smile, but it was one that held absolutely no joy. "Today, Tuesday, Wednesday, and then a little bit Thursday? That's - well, that's not much time, but - but what can we do? Nothing, really. There's - there's nothing we can do."

"Ibara ...?" Kinoko asked softly as Ibara slipped on her sandals, not even caring that she was still in her pajamas, and did not look back at anyone at all.

"I - well, I'm suddenly - feeling quite energetic. I'm going to go for a walk." She pointed stiffly to the door, still with that strange painted on smile, "I'll - I'll be back later."

With that, Ibara opened the door, and moved quickly outside, shutting the door a bit harder than she had intended, startling Izuku as it slammed shut behind him. Pony stared after her best friend in worry, feeling her frown deepen, and quickly hopped to her feet, jogging over to the door to put on her own shoes. The horse girl only stopped for a second to place a hand against Izuku's bicep, squeezing a little in comfort, and then quickly followed Ibara out the front door, shutting it much more gently behind her.

Yui gave Izuku a small glance, and then looked around to where Itsuka had vanished to upstairs, and also got up. She felt a bit of concern for how her best friend must be feeling with this development, and after stealing one more worried glance at Izuku, moved to go up the stairs Itsuka's room, wanting to make sure that she was alright.

"I'm, uh ... wow, I - I guess I'm also going to go to my room for a bit," Setsuna chuckled weakly, standing up on shaking feet and moving to follow Yui. "Gotta do - forgot to do something. I'll - I'll talk to you later, Parsley."

"Guys ..." Izuku felt himself tear up again, taking a step into the house and raising a hand to stop them, but without looking back, both Yui and Setsuna vanished up the stairs, Setsuna much quicker than the stoic girl. He stared after them, and then glanced behind him at the door, feeling sadness and loathing overcoming him for coming back and ruining everyone's day with this awful news - but then he heard the sound of chairs scrapping against the ground, and turned around to see Kinoko and Reiko get up, looking concerned at him as they approached him.

"It's okay, Midori ..." Kinoko reached out and gently took his shoulder in her soft grip, staring sadly up at him as he moved a hand to wipe at his eyes, letting out a shuddering sigh.

"It's alright, Midoriya," Reiko nodded, raising her own hand to rest on his shoulder, rubbing it in a soothing manner. "None of us are angry at you, not at all. It's just ... we're all shocked, I suppose."

"I am too," Izuku muttered, glancing at the ground. "It's just ... god, I'm sorry, guys. I came in and ruined everyone's day with this, didn't I?"

"Well ... no, not exactly, but ..." Reiko sighed, glancing away while pursing her lips, and Kinoko looked to the floor. "I ... I do apologize, Midoriya. I think the girls just need a few moments to just ... come to terms with it, and then they'll calm down. We'll wait for Ibara and Pony to come back, and then we'll all talk."

"I ... okay."

"Indeed. Although ..." Reiko shared a glance with her girlfriend, seeing Kinoko glancing down sadly, and let out a tired sigh, "I suppose, with the fact that you'll be leaving soon, I ... I believe that this means that you would - you would prefer that we not romance you."

"I - w-wait, h-huh?" Izuku blinked, quickly turning his gaze to between the two of them while Kinoko nodded in defeat. "What - what do you guys mean? What are you - what are you talking about?"

"You ... probably don't want us annoying you about it," Kinoko muttered, while Reiko nodded along, "you're moving out now, so - so the only way we could - we could try is if we bugged you at lunch, or at your other - your other house. So ... we should probably just -"

"N-no!" Izuku quickly shook his head, feeling momentarily panicked, and quickly reached his hands up to grab both of their shoulders, startling both girls. "You - you don't have to give up! Seriously!"

"Midoriya -"

"Guys, please, I -" Izuku took a deep breath, feeling a fresh set of tears start to build in his eyes. "I ... I don't want you to give up. You can - you can keep romancing me, please. I-if you gave up, it would ... it would feel like ... like it was ..."

He faltered off, not really sure what to say to convince them not to stop trying to pursue him romantically - only feeling the horrid panic in his heart, hearing two of the girls wanting to give him up as a romantic partner - but Reiko seemed to have read his thoughts, raising a hand gently to cup his cheek.

"... like it was all for nothing?" she guessed, and Izuku grimaced, nodding slightly with tears still gathering in his eyes.

Reiko studied his face, and felt her own set of tears in her eyes, letting out a shuddering breath as she raised her hand to wipe at her own tears, while Kinoko sniffled.

"I ... we're sorry, Midori," Kinoko whispered, glancing back up in his tearful face, "We don't want you to - no, it's not for nothing. Please don't believe that. We - we still want you to join our relationship. We ... we love you."

"I ..." Izuku took one last gulping breath, feeling raising his own hands to wipe his tears away, "... I love you guys too."

Both Reiko and Kinoko glanced at each other, and then back to Izuku, feeling their hearts breaking. With a small sigh, Reiko took Izuku's hand in hers, and then Kinoko's in her other, pulling them both towards the couch.

"Come here, both of you," she muttered, "we should cuddle."

"I ..." Izuku shook his head, trying to get his thoughts cleared. "Are you ..."

"We're sure," Reiko nodded, sitting down and pulling Izuku to sit in the middle, Kinoko sitting on the other side. "It looks like you need a hug - and quite honestly, so do I."

Izuku glanced between both girls, seeing them both willing to spend a bit of their time with him (and there wasn't a lot of that left now), and let out a small, shaking sigh as he nodded, sitting back. With that, both Reiko and Kinoko wrapped their arms around him and embraced him, holding him carefully as they laid their heads on his shoulders. Both girls closed their eyes as they felt Izuku hug them back tightly, obviously needing some physical comfort.

Neither of them could open their eyes to look at him. If they had, they might've broken down. Reiko could only press a small kiss to his neck and hug him tighter, and Kinoko pressed one to his cheek while she tried to control her own tears.

It only took about half an hour, Izuku sitting back on the couch while Reiko and Kinoko held him in their tight but strangely relaxing grip, but soon, the door opened again. Izuku felt his head snap up quickly, opening his eyes at once, to see Ibara and Pony entering the house again, glancing down at the ground. Pony, to the surprise of utterly no one, was wiping away her own tears, sniffling slightly but trying to power through, while Ibara was wiping her face with the back of her hand. At the sight of both of them, Izuku sat up, while Reiko and Kinoko looked over as well.

"Shiozaki ... are you ..."

"I'm fine, Midoriya," Ibara sighed, sounding a bit clogged up but still giving him a smile. "I ... do apologize for walking out like that. I - I do not know what came over me."

"Y-yeah," Pony hiccuped, but still tried to smile brightly, "sorry about that. I - I would've stayed, but - but I thought Ibara needed me."

Izuku nodded slightly, completely understanding why they had left, and let out a small grunt as he stood up from the couch, Reiko and Kinoko unwrapping themselves from around him so he could approach the vine girl. Ibara immediately glanced away as he approached her, but still did nothing to stop him as he wrapped his own arms around her and hugged her tightly, putting his head down on her shoulder. After a moment's hesitation, Ibara sighed, and wrapped her own arms around him.

"I'm sorry," he muttered, "I made you upset."

"No, no, it's not your fault," she sighed, "it's just ..."

"I know."

After another few seconds, Izuku finally stood back a little to give her space, holding his hands on her shoulder and frowning when he saw the tears in her eyes. Without really thinking about it, he raised both his hands to cup her cheeks, using his thumbs to wipe away her tears, while Ibara couldn't help but let out a small sigh of comfort and lean her face into his hands. He also glanced at Pony, who only gave him a tiny smile, and raised her hand to wipe at his face. Izuku let her gently caress him, letting out a shuddering sigh, before he removed his hands from Ibara to bring Pony in for her own hug, the horse girl taking the invitation immediately and embracing him.

As they hugged, Izuku glanced back at Reiko, seeing her stand up while holding Kinoko's hand.

"Um ..." he cleared his throat, trying to get some of the emotion out of it so it didn't sound like he was choking on his own tears, "can you text Setsuna, Yui and Itsuka? I think we all need to talk."

"Yes," she nodded, pulling out her phone to text them, while Izuku turned back to Pony, seeing the horse girl move her had from his shoulder to look up at him while her arms were still wrapped around him.

"Are you okay, Pony?"

"I'm fine," she quickly nodded, glancing at her feet. "Just ... you know."

He nodded, and brought her back in for more hugs, feeling the horse girl hold him back just as gently. Ibara let out another sigh, wiping her face, and moved to go sit at the kitchen table, sitting down and rubbing a hand against her eyes as Kinoko and Reiko joined her. Both girls placed their hands overtop hers, squeezing and giving her some comfort. It was odd to see Ibara break down like this, but they overcame their little shock to comfort her as best they could.

It didn't take long for Itsuka and Yui to come down either, the orange-haired girl rubbing her knuckles gently and Yui having utterly no expression in her eyes, and they only had to wait another minute before Setsuna came back down too, her hands in her pajama pockets and glancing away. Soon, all eight roommates were sitting at the kitchen table, Izuku at one end and Ibara at the other.

For a bit, no one spoke at all. Izuku glanced along the table, seeing everyone's dour and sad expressions, and let out his own shaky breath. He also glanced at Itsuka's knuckles, seeing them bruising slightly - a clear indication that she went up to her room and punched her punching bag without gloves. He then turned his gaze to Setsuna, seeing her staring at the table with a strange look in her eye that Izuku couldn't comprehend, and then over at Reiko and Kinoko, who were sharing glances with each other. Ibara played with a bit of her vined hair, Pony had her hands folded together, and Yui showed even less emotion than usual.

All in all? They were not taking Izuku's leaving very well. And frankly, neither was he.

Izuku let out a small sigh as he leaned forward in his seat, staring sadly at the hardwood table.

"... I'm sorry, guys," he apologized again, not meeting anyone's gaze, "I came in and ruined everyone's day, didn't I?"

"No, you didn't," Itsuka shook her head, sitting back and folding her arms while still staring at the table. "I - I think we can all agree, we're being pretty dramatic about this."

The girls stopped at that, considering it, and then were unable to stop a few giggles. Even Ibara couldn't help but let out a small hiccup of laughter. Izuku also couldn't help but chuckle a little bit too.

"It's just ... it sucks, you know?" Itsuka sighed, once the small bout of laughter died down. "After all this time, I ... I kinda forgot that you weren't supposed to be here on a permanent basis."

The other girls nodded, Yui biting her lip gently, while Izuku rubbed a hand through his hair.

"I know. I, uh ... I kinda forgot myself," he admitted, chuckling a little bit. "I just ... um ..."

He tried to find some words to say here, anything comforting that he could use to soothe the girls' bad moods - but then he felt himself slunk forward. "Sorry," he muttered, "I'm ... not really sure what to say here."

The other girls chuckled at that at least, shaking their heads.

"I'm ... not sure if there's much to say here," Itsuka chuckled. "You're moving out - and honestly - I - heh, I don't know what to say either."

"... well," Reiko finally spoke up, folding her hands together, "I imagine that we're all in agreement, that if - if you are moving out, you can - you can come over at any time. Whenever you want."

All the girls immediately nodded at that, looking up to meet Izuku's gaze so that he knew that he was free to come over whenever he wanted. Itsuka, sitting beside him, even reached out to take his hand gently, squeezing it.

"And ..." Ibara let out her own shaky breath, "... and if you want ... you can still come over and garden with me. I imagine it will be quite difficult, after all, now that I'm used to someone helping me out. I would be loathe to have to garden everything by myself now."

"And we can still spar," Itsuka nodded, "and work on the bike. Whenever you want."

"We can still have lunch."

"We can talk about swords, whenever you want."

" And watch anime !"

"You guys ..." Izuku glanced around, seeing everyone at least looking absolutely sure that they were not going to be dropping out of his life even though he was moving out, and felt another tear start to build in his eye, although he quickly wiped this one away, and tried to smile at them as confidently as he could. "Thank you. Seriously."

The other girls nodded, giving him their own smiles. They were comfortable to sit there for another few seconds in silence, everyone taking some napkins to wipe against their faces, before Itsuka let out a small sigh as she sat forward in her seat.

"Okay," she sighed, "so - we only have four more days. Or - or three and a half, since you're leaving Thursday at lunch. In that case, before you ... before you go ... we need to do stuff together."

"H-huh?" Izuku blinked, turning to look at his orange-haired roommate as she nodded to herself.

"I mean - we only got three days with you as our roommate, right? And we actually have the entire week off. Why not make this week memorable, right? I say, every day, we do something fun. Let's keep the ball from yesterday rolling. Your birthday was probably the most fun this house has ever had, so why not have an entire week of that?"

"U-um," Izuku gulped, glancing down at the table, "you guys - are you also ...?"

"... why the hell not?" Setsuna finally said, shaking her head and trying her best to get her trademark smirk back on her face. "Why should we just sit around and be pouty that you're leaving? Let's send you off with a bang!"

The other girls glanced amongst themselves, and, after a moment to think about it, they all nodded as well, trying their best to smile, or at least in Yui's case be a bit more enthusiastic than usual.

"Yeah ... one more week of fun."

"Let's do it!"

"It'll be great!"

"I ..." Izuku shook his head, laughing a little bit and nodding. "Yeah. Yeah, let's - let's have some fun!"

The other girls let out small cheers, or in Yui's case a stoic "woo". Which sitll made them laugh, feeling some of the angst and sadness from earlier fade away. They all had a moment to smile at each other, at least determined to make sure this week didn't end in tears, and they had as much fun as they could have.

"So, um ..." Kinoko glanced around, "... now that we're thinking of it ... what are we gonna do today?"

At that, the girls paused - oh, crap, what were they going to do? They all leaned forward, letting out small hums as they thought of activities they could all do together as a group, or at least something they could do to hang out. After a few moments of contemplation, it was Itsuka who blinked, suddenly reminded of something Momo had told her yesterday during their bike ride, and her eyes lit up.

"Actually," she felt a genuine smile grace her face for the first time in an hour, "I think I know what we can do."

---

"Little bit more ... and ... there! You can release it now, Uraraka."

Ochako pressed her fingers together, while Izuku and Itsuka supported the item to make sure it didn't topple over when it landed, and with a small thud, the jacuzzi that Momo had created two days ago was now in their backyard. The other girls let out small 'ooh's as they admired the large hot tub, glancing into it and seeing the water slosh around a bit from the landing, but none of it splashed over the side and onto their feet, much to everyone's relief.

It had been Itsuka's idea, remembering Momo talking to her yesterday briefly about it - since Momo had said that she was thinking of giving it away, she decided to text her fellow class rep from the other side of the forest, and request that they borrow her hot tub to relax in for the afternoon. Momo had agreed immediately, actually offering to let them keep it, and the girls all nodded happily and trooped out to go get it, using Ochako's quirk to help move it to their house. The thought of just sitting back and relaxing in a hot tub was very appealing to the girls of 1B, especially after finding out the guy they all mutually liked wasn't going to be around much anymore - so they wanted this chance to just get in their swimming suits, sit in a small tub filled with hot water, and relax the afternoon away.

Setsuna was probably the one most surprised when they took the hot tub to the backyard, yelling out "Wait, since when did we have a backyard?!". No one could really fault her for not knowing that though - they rarely used their backyard, really only using it for Izuku and Itsuka's spars and for keeping Ibara's gardening tools and a lawn mower in case the grass got too long. It was a single little area of grass with trees surrounding it, with plenty of shade blocking the sun, so it was perfect for putting down the jacuzzi and relaxing all afternoon long.

"So you're sure we can keep this?" Ibara asked worriedly to Momo, seeing her wipe some sweat from her brow from the hot day. "We can always bring it back when we're done."

"No, no, it's no problem at all!" Momo smiled at her. "I'm more than happy to let you have it - thinking about it now, Midoriya, Kyouka and I feared that a CD with her singing, while a nice gift, was not enough for you, so I'm more than happy to let you have this to keep."

"But ... the CD was nice ..." Izuku muttered, a bit disheartened to hear that Momo and Kyouka didn't think it was enough, while Ochako patted his back in sympathy while smiling.

"Besides, if all else fails, I can simply create another one - I made this one because Mina wanted to relax a little bit and asked me, so I decided to challenge myself in creating all the parts necessary to create a jacuzzi. It's actually great fun! I wouldn't mind building another."

"Well, in any case, thank you so much!"

"You're very welcome! Well, if that's all," Momo turned on her heel, while the other girls noticed that she suddenly had a bit of a big dumb smile on her face, not dissimilar to Itsuka's smile yesterday when she got back from hers and Izuku's bike ride, "Uraraka and I should start heading back. Kyouka and Todoroki are waiting for me, after all."

"Todoroki, huh?"

"Er - yes, Todoroki," Momo coughed once, blushing a bit while Ochako and Izuku shared a glance, raising their eyebrows while the Class 1B girls smirked at her. "He's - well, hanging out with Kyouka and I. I shouldn't keep them waiting."

"Yeah, you shouldn't," Setsuna sniggered, in a way Momo didn't like. "Who knows, they might start - 'hanging out' - without you."

Momo only had one moment to pout at her fellow recommended student, knowing exactly what she was implying, before Ochako pulled her away, waving to the other girls and Izuku. Once they had left, Itsuka stretched out the cord to the plug on the wall, and the girls let out appreciative hums when the water started bubbling, waiting a bit until Pony stuck her hand in and nodded in confirmation that it was good and ready to go. With that confirmation, they retreated briefly inside so that they could get changed into their swimsuits, and reunited outside, Izuku blushing a bit when they came back out in their suits from the beach.

"Aw, what is it, Parsley? We too beautiful for you again?" Setsuna teased, trying to push down her troubled thoughts from before by making a provocative pose, sticking out her hip and running a hand against her stomach while Izuku stuttered.

"Come on, leave the teasing until we're actually in the hot tub," Itsuka reprimanded her lightly, moving her foot in and letting out a small moan as her leg went inside - and unknowingly giving Izuku quite the show of her long, muscular leg entering the jacuzzi and making him blush up a storm, immediately whipping his gaze away while Setsuna and Kinoko giggled. Itsuka reprimanded them about teasing him, but it was clear that it was her little show right there that was allowing the small All Might action figure in Izuku's pants to make a surprise return.

One by one, the girls got into the large hot tub, trying hard not to moan too much so that it didn't give Izuku the wrong ideas (although Pony's loud sigh of relief made him squeak). Of course, Izuku couldn't stop his own groan of appreciation as he sat down in the warm water, which only made the girls freeze up for a second and then glance away with their own blushes. Once they were all settled in, all eight roommates let out sighs of relief as they leaned back, letting the bubbles relax them.

"Okay, I was going to suggest, like, a run or something," Kinoko's voice vibrated as one of the streams of pressure hit her directly in the back, smiling in joy, "but this was so much better, Itsuka."

"Oh, one hundred percent," Setsuna agreed, throwing her arms around Yui and Ibara as she grinned up at the sky, "I am definitely getting some use out of this baby. Plus, I'm not gonna lie, Kinoko, if you said we should go for a run, I probably would've killed you."

That cause the other girls to laugh, while Reiko hooked her arm around Kinoko. Izuku himself chuckled, leaning back beside Itsuka as he enjoyed the pleasing sensation - pretending not to notice the girl steal a glance at him, her lips momentarily thinning into a line, before she shook her head and tried to smile again.

"So," she leaned back against the hot tub and stretched her arms above her head, trying not to notice Izuku blush and look away as she wrapped her own arms around him and Pony, "anyone got any games we can play?"

"Isn't it enough to just lay back and relax?" Yui shrugged, very happy to be submerged in warm bubbling water and surrounded by boobs, leaning forward and turning her gaze over to see -

"Girl, you're not subtle. Stop looking at Ibara's tits."

"We are literally in a hot tub. This is like telling Izuku not to freak out when he sees new All Might merchandise."

The other girls giggled a bit, seeing Yui shoot Ibara a teasing look as the vine girl crossed her arms across her cleavage (and Izuku chuckled weakly, trying to pretend he wasn't also staring). As the girls laughed and talked amongst themselves, Itsuka let out another small sigh as she glanced up at the sky, but not before stealing a small glance at him and seeing him talking to Kinoko, wincing slightly when she grew a mushroom on his nose. Itsuka shook her head and mentally lambasted herself -she should stop worrying and just enjoy the moment, sitting in a hot tub with her friends and the guy she liked. But try as she might, there was ... so much going through her head right now. Enough that it wouldn't go away, and just made her mood be dragged further and further down, despite her attempts to stay happy.

Izuku ... was moving out. As in, moving out of their house, going ten minutes down the road, and staying with his classmates, in his actual house. Like a lot of the girls were saying, they shouldn't really be surprised, as they knew that he was going to be leaving eventually - but still, the very thought of Izuku leaving his room upstairs just ... upset her. The thought of going downstairs for breakfast and him not being there, or after school making dinner with Ibara while she hung out in the kitchen, it made her heart hurt. The guy who told her yesterday that he loved her, and he was going to be gone. They'd still see each other at school - but that would be it. It would be down to Izuku coming over to hang out or waving at him in school. That was what she was dreading - that him finally moving out, and the distance, would make whatever this relationship was between them break apart.

She ... honestly, the moment that Izuku told her Aizawa said he was moving out, there was a brief moment of insanity where she was tempted to finally just bite the bullet and ask him out. Itsuka was a bit ashamed of her initial reaction - she had slunk into silence, waited for Izuku to stop speaking, and tried to deflect whatever hurt was tearing at her heart, trying her best to laugh it off and tell him they would hang out whenever. Of course, him telling her that he would ... miss living with them ... it had hurt her immensely, like Izuku had stabbed her in the heart. And then, after the silent walk back, and then going to her room to wail on her punching bag before Yui came in to sit on her couch and quietly keep her company, she was fighting down the temptation to just grab Izuku by the hand, drag him out of this hot tub, take him to some corner and ask him to be her boyfriend.

But ... but the image of the other girls' hurt faces if she had asked out Izuku, pretty much stole him away from the rest of them - it made her frown. But Izuku was leaving in a few days. And - and she hadn't even addressed her feelings for him. He told her literally just yesterday that he loved her, and she - she hadn't even kissed him yet. Not really, anyway.

She wanted to ...

"Er - Itsuka?"

The orange-haired girl jumped, surprised, and looked around to see Ibara and Yui looking at her, wrinkling their brows. She realized immediately that she had been off in her own little world not paying any attention to what was going on. She could hear Izuku beside her talking with Pony, Kinoko and Reiko about something, while Setsuna had dunked her head underwater, and emerged coughing and laughing.

"Er - sorry, I just ... I wasn't paying attention," Itsuka confessed, trying to smile for them. "What's up?"

Yui stole a small glance at Itsuka, and then flickered her gaze from her to Izuku, and sighed. "It's ... nothing important right now. We can talk about it later."

"Oh. Um, okay."

Itsuka let out a small sigh, shaking her head, and took that moment to pull a Setsuna and also dunk her head underwater. As the heat hit her face, she shook her head wildly, trying so hard to dislodge those insecure thoughts from her head. She was literally the one who said they should have fun this week - she needed to stop being so melodramatic and just focus on what was currently going on.

With a small gasp, she emerged from the water, shaking it from her face and using her hands to push her hair back, coughing a little bit. Her coughing, at least, drew Izuku's attention, and he glanced at her. As she wiped some of the water from her eyes, his gaze flickered to the bruises on her knuckles, and was suddenly reminded of something.

"Er - so, um - Itsuka," She lowered her hands to glance at him as he leaned forward slightly, speaking in a low mutter but still loud enough she could hear him over the bubbling water. "I, um ... I know it may be too soon, but ... are you, um ... are you sure what you're doing with Monoma is the right thing?"

"Huh?" Itsuka blinked, and then she remembered - honestly, Izuku moving out pretty much drove what happened with Monoma this morning straight out of her head. Now that she was reminded, however, she pursed her lips and nodded. "Oh, right. Yeah. No, Izuku, I'm pretty sure it's the right thing I'm doing."

"R-really?"

"Yeah. He's been so immature about everything that's happened, and I'm not going to be entertaining it anymore. A rivalry with our sister class is one thing, but he's taken it way too far. I'm not dealing with it anymore."

"I, um -"

"Hey," Itsuka turned to look at him, smiling softly. "I know that look."

"Huh?"

"It's the 'I'm blaming myself for this' look."

"W-what? I - I don't have that look."

"Yes, you do."

"N-no, I don't!"

"Hey, girls," Itsuka turned to the other girls in the hot tub, smirking slightly as Izuku winced, "he totally has a 'I blame myself for this' look, right? Whenever something goes wrong?"

"Oh, yeah, totally." Kinoko nodded.

"One hundred percent."

"It's -"

"Okay, okay," Izuku pouted, crossing his arms, and Itsuka couldn't help but giggle.

"Well, in any case," she leaned forward slightly, giving him a small flick, "don't, okay? This is Monoma's fault, and only his. Don't blame yourself for him being a dick."

"I ..." Izuku hesitated, but then sighed in defeat. "Fine."

"Huh?" Setsuna looked over, wrinkling her brow. "What did Monoma do now?"

"Oh, he did something to make Izuku punch him. And then he called me a whore."

"What?!"

"Seriously?!"

"Oh, my freaking god!"

Nodding, Itsuka turned around properly explained to the girls her little interaction with Monoma, and what he was implying they were while sleeping with Izuku. By the time she was done, the rest of the girls looked plenty angry themselves, insulted that Monoma thought so little of them, and agreed with Itsuka's plan to ignore him until he showed some actual change. Izuku had sat back for that one, still feeling slightly guilty that it had to come to this only after he broke the guy's nose. Still, Itsuka felt herself relax as the girls also confirmed that they would be giving Monoma the cold shoulder until he stopped acting like a prick, and laid back in the hot tub, trying to push her sad thoughts away while glancing at Izuku again.

"So, Mr. Midoriya," she lightly said, giggling a bit when Izuku looked surprised at how he had been addressed, "what's our plan tonight?"

"Huh? T-tonight?"

"Yeah! I mean, it's only ..." she faltered, feeling some of the insecurities come back, but shook her head and powered through, "... it's ... only a few more days ... but if you want, we could stay up a little bit later tonight, since we don't have any school tomorrow. We can do whatever you want."

The other girls glanced at Izuku, who himself had faltered when she mentioned how long he had left in their house. Still, he tried to shake those thoughts out of his head - Itsuka left what they were doing tonight completely up to him, so he had to take a moment to think about it.

"Well ..." he shrugged, studying the water while trying to think up something they could do. "We could ... maybe ... well ... maybe play video games?"

"Video games?" Ibara raised an eyebrow, seeing Izuku looking unsurely around, then nodded. "I don't see why not - our last video game night was quite fun."

"Yeah ... yeah!" Kinoko nodded happily. "A video game night! You weren't apart of our last one, so why not? Let's do it."

"Let's order pizza too!" Pony said excitedly, "No cooking tonight!"

"Aww, Bakugou will be so disappointed - I thought he was coming over to show you up, Ibara."

"His cooking is disappointing," Ibara immediately and snidely said, turning up her nose, while the other girls giggled.

"So video games and a movie! That sounds good, Izuku!"

"Yeah," Izuku nodded, feeling a smile grace his lips. "Pizza, some video games ... and then tomorrow, Setsuna and I can go to the dinosaur exhibit."

"Yeah, the - huh?" Setsuna started, taken aback a bit as she turned her gaze away from Ibara to Izuku in shock. "The - what?"

"Uh ... the exhibit?" Izuku glanced at her unsurely, seeing her look looked a bit surprised that he brought it up. "The - your favor? To go to the exhibit tomorrow?"

"O-oh! Oh, right, the - the exhibit. Right." She nodded again, glancing away while frowning. "We, uh - you know, we don't have to go to that."

"I mean, if you want to, I guess we - wait." Izuku blinked again, realizing what she said and turning to look at the girl in shock. "Wait, what?"

"I mean - we don't have to," Setsuna shrugged, trying to get her confident smile back on her face while the other girls looked surprised that she was turning down the chance to go look at dinosaurs, "it's - it's not that important. I know it's for my - you know, my favor, but ... but it's all good. You don't have to owe me anything, we're good."

"But -" Izuku looked shocked, leaning forward slightly in the hot tub, "- but - you were looking forward to that, right?"

"... yeah ..."

"Then - then shouldn't we -"

"Parsley," Setsuna interrupted, a stiff smile on her face as she stared at the water, now aware of the other girls glancing amongst each other and at her in concern, "it's not important. We don't have to go. I'll just tell Vlad King we changed our minds."

"But -"

"Parsley, it's fine!" Setsuna snapped, whipping her glare up to him - only to see him flinch, and immediately realized that she just shouted at him, regretting losing her temper with him immediately. The other girls also blinked in surprise, seeing how upset she briefly got over this, and watched as she let out a small sigh and rubbed her eyes briefly.

"I - sorry, Parsley, I ..." She shook her head, "... sorry."

"It's ... it's okay," Izuku managed to say, looking at her in concern as she glanced down at the bubbling water, and felt a bit ashamed for pushing this. Yui glanced between the two of them, and shuffled over so she could tap her shoulder against Setsuna's, getting her attention.

"What's up?" She asked softly, glancing around.

"I - nah, it's nothing."

"Obviously it's something," Itsuka noted, although there wasn't any accusations in her voice - she instead leaned forward, giving her a comforting smile. The other girls also gave her concerned looks, which only made Setsuna feel worse for snapping at Izuku like that.

"I just ..." Setsuna sighed, and pursed her lips, realizing that she didn't really have much choice but to just tell them what was bothering her. "I ... I don't want to take him away for the day."

"Huh?" Itsuka blinked.

"What does that mean?" Ibara inquired.

"Well - you guys know - he only has a few days left with us," She finally muttered, glancing up to see the girls' expressions fall at that, "and if I take him to an exhibit, it's just going to be me and him all day. I can't - I can't just take him away for a whole day just for myself. That's not fair to any of you."

"... so ... you don't want to ... take him away for the day?" Ibara questioned, furrowing her brow. "That's why you don't want to go to the museum anymore?"

"Er - yeah."

The other girls glanced amongst themselves again, while Izuku remained quiet, staring sadly at Setsuna as she leaned back against the hot tub's edge again, not looking at anyone as she looked away, obviously saddened now. Then Itsuka sighed.

"... in that case, I guess we're all going to the museum tomorrow."

Setsuna blinked, at first a bit confused about what she just said, and then it registered for her. With wide eyes, Setsuna quickly looked around at Itsuka as she also leaned back against the tub, giving her friend a smile.

"I mean ... if you're afraid of taking up all his time," she shrugged, "then why don't we all just go? We can all go see the dinosaur exhibit together - I know we were all planning to do something fun tomorrow, so I don't mind going to a museum all day."

"Wait ... really?" Setsuna glanced around, seeing the other girls smiling at each other. "You guys - you really wanna go?"

"Well ..." Ibara thought about it for a moment, then nodded, "... I would not mind a day out with everyone."

"Nope! Me neither!" Kinoko agreed, while Reiko nodded beside her. "A trip to the museum sounds fun!"

"Sure," Yui shrugged.

"Let's do it!" Pony nodded happily.

Setsuna glanced amongst everyone, looking almost shocked, and then glanced at Izuku. He was also looking briefly taken aback, but still, he managed a small smile, and glanced at the green-haired girl. "I ... guess that's that. It's going to be all eight of us."

She only had a moment to blink - before she let out a small laugh, throwing her head back, and beamed at everyone.

"Alright, then," she giggled, "I guess it's an eight-way date."

Izuku cringed slightly at that, going bright red. "... right. A date."

"Ah, look girls! Parsley's going red again. Someone, quick! Take off their top! Make his entire face go supernova!"

"Eek!"

"Guys, lay off him, he looks like he's going to pass out."

"Yes, let's - Yui! You put your bikini top back over your chest right now!"

---

" Die, you arachnid demon!"

Izuku couldn't help but chuckle a little weakly, taking another bite out of his slice of pizza. After spending an hour in the hot tub, chatting and laughing and trying to put the thought of him leaving behind them for the day, Izuku had a lot of fun just sitting in some hot water and talking to the girls about whatever topic they all swung to and from, from movies to video games to school work to pro heroes to shopping. It helped that they assisted in him not thinking much about leaving by teasing him whenever his eyes drifted lower, to the point that Setsuna just offered to take off her top and pulled it a bit down to show off more of her boobs (which almost made Izuku pass out from blood going to his face). Itsuka had a good laugh about that, although she had been quickly shut up when Yui teased her about showing off for Izuku again, which prompted the orange-haired girl to shove her best friend under the water.

After about an hour, they got out, all wrinkly but in better spirits than this morning, and they headed inside to get changed so that Itsuka could order their pizza and then head to the gate on her motorcycle to get it. Once they had their food, Pony had her game station hooked up, and everyone sat down with their pizza, more than happy to let Ibara take the controller and finish what she started a week ago. It had been truly entertaining, seeing the sweet and kind Ibara evolve into a yelling, rage filled mess as she slaughtered the various demons in the video game. Izuku kind of had to sweat when she somehow got through a tough encounter with several bosses without losing too much health, as though she would not entertain the very idea of being killed by the pixels on the screen. At some point, Bakugou had poked his head inside, about to order them not to cook so he could show Ibara up, only to see the vine girl screaming at the TV in utter rage, and slowly closed the door behind him, not wanting to get involved in whatever was going on there.

Of course, Izuku was also feeling pretty good with Pony cuddling into him, having won the rock-paper-scissors game earlier to determine who was going to be cuddling with him. While some of the girls had been disappointed, they were appeased by getting to cuddle amongst themselves - Setsuna got to hug Itsuka on the comfy chair, Reiko got Yui to lay with her on the loveseat, and Kinoko was satisfied by getting the Izuku plushie Ochako gave him yesterday for his birthday. So everyone was more than happy to just sit around in a mini-cuddle pile, watching as Ibara fought her way through the forces of hell, politely cussed out the main villain for being an utter idiot in her scheme to make deals with devils, and had a grand old time destroying the utter hell out of her and finishing the game, throwing the controller aside to stretch her hands above her head, smiling in victory.

"And that's only the first one!" Pony excitedly told Ibara as they all stood to grab more drinks and pizza. "The next one has you fighting them on Earth!"

"Hm," Ibara mused, "That does sound definitely intriguing, but I also heard, through the forums, that there were angels involved. Does the game require I kill them as well?"

"Um ..." Pony paused, not really sure how to address that problem. "... if it makes you feel any better, they're evil angels?"

"Hm," Ibara smiled some, lifting up her slice of pizza to chew on, "well, I have no problem with fictional depictions of Heaven being portrayed as evil - and I did have a lot of fun with this game. In which case, I'd be happy to play the sequel."

"Yay!" Pony pumped her fist in the air, "Rip and tear!"

Ibara shook her head, but still smiled along with her best friend, "Rip and tear."

With that, everyone laughed, and with a suggestion from Izuku, they decided to watch a movie to cap off the night, the sun having set a long time ago and casting them into darkness. Having Ibara pick, she selected Prince of Egypt, with her shooting a knowing smile at Izuku as he chuckled a bit (an inside joke that none of the girls really got), and everyone got to redo the rock-paper-scissors to see who would cuddle who. In the end, Itsuka and Setsuna got to cuddle up to Izuku, while Pony and Ibara took up the chair, and Yui was dragged into the Kinoko-Reiko pile, the Deku plushie left sitting on the floor by itself. With that, the girls and Izuku got to enjoy watching Ibara's favorite movie, with everyone staring at the screen with their eyes wide when they realized how dark this movie was going to get. It had been a nice, relaxing way to end the day ...

... with Izuku eventually starting to feel sleepy, feeling his eyes starting to get heavy during the end of the movie, and without really thinking about it, felt himself slowly lay down to rest his head down in Itsuka's lap, closing his eyes and falling asleep as the credits started rolling.

"Oh my god, girl," Setsuna laughed quietly while Itsuka froze up, staring down at Izuku while her face went bright red, "you're so lucky."

"I ... guess I am," she giggled reluctantly, and lowered a hand to run through his hair. "I'm not surprised though ... I was thinking that he was looking really tired."

The other girls turned to see Itsuka's situation, and a lot of them were surprised that no jealous feelings overcame them at the sight - almost as though it was a natural sight to see. Without much prompting, they ended gathering around the couch, watching Izuku's peacefully sleeping face as Itsuka gently played with his face ... although they could all feel their smiles start to fade the longer they looked at him.

"... stupid question," Itsuka muttered, continuing to stare down at him, "but if I went to Vlad King tomorrow and asked Izuku to stay with us, what do you think he would say?"

"A ... probably very polite but firm 'no'," Ibara sighed, studying Izuku's face and speaking quietly as not to wake him up, "Vlad-sensei is pretty accommodating, but I don't think that he would let Izuku stay here just because we would miss him."

The girls all nodded sadly, continuing to stare at the boy napping in Itsuka's lap, until Pony let out a small sniff.

"... I don't want him to move out."

Setsuna looked down at him, and let out her own defeated sigh, carefully lifting up his legs to rest on her own so he was wasn't laying awkwardly half off the couch.

"Honey, none of us want him to move out."

The other girls nodded, and Yui ended up joining Itsuka in running a hand through his hair, both of them careful not to touch the others' hand, moving gently so as not to wake him up.

"So ... am I the only one tempted to sneak into the 1A dorm and destroy his room?" Kinoko asked, and Itsuka let out a small huff of laughter.

"Trust me, the only reason I haven't yet is because it'd be too obvious."

Everyone shared a laugh at that, and Setsuna smiled softly down at him.

"Well ... it's like we said. The only thing that's going to change is that he won't be here anymore. I'm going to have that boy over at least once a week."

" Nah , twice. He needs to watch anime with me," Pony shook her head.

"Three times at least," Ibara agreed, "I will need to have at least one night that he comes to help me with supper."

"Four," Kinoko nodded, "I wanna practice with my mushrooms, and he's dumb enough to volunteer."

"Five. I want to talk about swords with him."

"Six. I just want to cuddle him."

Itsuka smiled softly at him. "Seven. Punching bags are nice, but he actually gives me a challenge."

They all couldn't help but shake their heads, laughing softly, and continued to stare at the sleeping Izuku, who had subconsciously reached out to hold onto Itsuka's knee, the girl feeling something squeezing in her heart. She glanced up at the smiling Setsuna, and let out a small sigh.

"... Set, are you sure that it's cool if we come along tomorrow? I ... I imagine that you wanted it to be just you and him."

"I mean, I was the one who wanted to cancel," Setsuna shrugged, rubbing his leg, "but you guys coming along means that I don't have to worry about keeping him all to myself. You guys coming with also means that I can have more people to talk dinosaur facts about, so I should be the one asking if you guys wanna put up with that."

"But even so ..."

"Hon," Setsuna sighed, "I love the boy, but I'm not going to be hogging him to myself for a full day. I was already pretty selfish when I tried hooking him up with all of you, I'm not going to be selfish like that again."

"... you said it again," Yui noted, and Setsuna blinked, looking around at her.

"Huh? Said what?"

"'I love the boy'."

Setsuna stared dumbly at her for a few seconds, with the other girls also looking around interestingly, before she let out a small chuckle.

"You know ... you're right, Yui. I do say that a lot." She laughed. "'I love the boy, but I can't read his writing when he goes into mutter mode, it gets wobbly'. 'I love the boy, but katsudon on all seven days of the week can't be healthy'. 'I love the boy, but he needs to put the damn seat down! This is the third time this week!'"

The other girls giggled at her, while Setsuna chuckled lightly. Still, she gave Izuku an affectionate look, smiling at his cute little snores.

"'I love the boy, but' ..." She felt a few tears prickle at her eyes, but she quickly wiped them away. "... I just ... love him."

Itsuka gave Setsuna a small smile, reaching with her free hand to pat Setsuna's head, which the green haired girl leaned into with a small coo. The other girls also nodded, turning their gazes back to him.

"You know Pony," Kinoko noted, turning to look at her friend. "I ... honestly think that you're handling this better than all of us. Like - no offence, but - you're the most emotional out of all of us. You only cried a little bit today."

"Oh, I'm one hundred percent faking this," Pony shrugged weakly. "Once I get to my room, I'm probably going to cry my eyes out."

"... perhaps you should stay with me again tonight," Ibara muttered weakly, wrapping some vines around her friend to comfort her.

"Yeah ... yeah, that sounds good."

Yui had stayed silent throughout their discussion, her gaze flickering between Itsuka and Izuku for a bit while playing with his hair. Something that did eventually get noticed by Itsuka, seeing Yui's glancing at her and then Izuku.

"Er - what's up, Yui?"

"Nothing ... just ..."

Itsuka adjusted herself in her seat, careful not to jolt Izuku as the other girls chatted quietly amongst themselves. "Come on, I see you glancing at me. What is it?"

Yui paused, still combing her hand through his hair ... and then let out a small sigh.

"... before he leaves, I think you need to sleep with him."

Itsuka raised an eyebrow, then let out a little laugh. "I mean, I was about to turn in - I don't think I can move him without waking him up. Just wondering if someone could pull out the couch before they go, and hand me the blanket -"

"You know that's not what I meant."

Itsuka stopped talking at that, and turned to look at her best friend, seeing a knowing look in her eye. And Itsuka felt some heat rising to her cheeks, an ominous feeling rising her her stomach.

"... Yui? What's - what's that mean?"

"I'm saying," Yui leaned forward, absolutely sure, "that I think you need to have sex with him at least once before he moves out."

"..."

"..."

"WHAT?!"

"Ah!"

THUMP

"Ah! Izuku!"

"Oh, crap, he landed on his face!"

"Dude, are you okay?!"