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 ...

49. The Ultimate Sign of Trust

"I'm sorry," Aizawa's eye twitched in annoyance at the unexpected headache that he was about to suffer through, "Shiozaki and Tsunotori said what?"

"Yeah!" Eri nodded happily and enthusiastically while Izuku paled even more behind her as he realized how much trouble he was about to be in. "They said that I could live with everyone after they graduate!"

It was a little bit after breakfast on Saturday morning, their first weekend since coming back to school, and Izuku had been the one to volunteer to stand next to Eri as they waited for Aizawa to arrive outside their driveway. Other than the nice warm weather, it had been a very pleasant morning for everyone in the house - Izuku had woken up early after going to bed last night with Kinoko and Reiko, the two girls having wanted to cuddle him to sleep while Kinoko laid half on top of him and Reiko putting his hand between her legs (for what reason, he had no idea), after being sure to flash him with their bodies and tease him like they'd been doing all week with their provocative photos, all of which having done their job of making his face go blood red and feel something uncomfortable in his pants -

- okay, maybe he had his hand between Reiko's legs last night for less than innocent reasons. She certainly wasn't complaining.

After he woke up to Kinoko sucking on his nipple in her sleep and Reiko humping his hand, he had managed to escape to go upstairs, get dressed, and head outside to garden with Ibara, hearing her groaning a little bit in soreness (although he had the decency not to inquire), and then went back inside to eat breakfast with everyone once they had woken up, and then went out with Eri to wait for his teacher to pick her up.

Partly because he wanted to spend some more time with the little girl before she had to leave, having seen her hug all the girls bye, and partly because he knew that he was going to have to take off to go looking for someone right after Eri left.

It didn't take long for Aizawa to arrive with a sleepy greeting after having patrolled all night, and the first thing out of Eri's mouth was the promise Ibara and Pony made to her last night without anyone's knowledge, which woke Aizawa right up.

"Doesn't it sound awesome, Ai-san?!" Eri bounced up and down in excitement at the very thought, seemingly unaware of Aizawa boring a hole into his student's head with his glare (or maybe wondering what had happened to his face, seeing as Izuku was still wearing small traces of the makeup Eri put on him last night), and Izuku grew utterly fascinated by some of the weeds growing out near the edge of the sidewalk that required his entire attention, "It's going to be great! I'll get to wake up every morning with my mamas, they can walk to me to school like you said I'd eventually be able to go to, and then we can -"

"Eri," Aizawa raised a hand to force her pause, letting out a tired groan as he shook his head, "it's - unfortunately, it's not that simple."

"H-huh?" Eri stopped in her tracks, as did Izuku as the boy blinked and looked up at the sudden drop in the little girl's voice. "Wha - what do you mean?"

"I mean -" Letting out another sigh, he raised his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose, knowing that this wasn't going to end very well, "- it's not as simple as you're making it sound. We can't just let you go off with them at once. There would be a lot of paperwork to sign, and responsibilities for the girls and Midoriya to have, even when they're busy being pro heroes. I'm afraid that it wouldn't be very practical to have you ..."

The reason he suddenly faltered, of course, was because he looked up tiredly and saw two very different reactions coming from the two children in front of him.

One was Eri immediately tearing up, realizing that Aizawa was saying that she couldn't live with her mamas and looking like she was desperately trying not to cry.

The other was Izuku, who took one look at Eri's sad face, felt his own eyes widen in shock, and then whipped up to shoot a glare at Aizawa, looking absolutely furious that he had made her upset.

And Aizawa felt his headache increase.

"... we'll talk about it later," He grumbled, turning on his heel, "right now I really need to have a nap. C'mon, Eri, let's get back to the teacher's dorm."

"Okay!" Eri immediately brightened up when she heard the magic 'talk about it later', and then turned to hug Izuku tightly, making him grunt slightly in surprise. "Bye, Papa!"

"I -" Izuku gulped, going a bit red while Aizawa groaned lowly to himself - and then smiled down at her and put his hand on her head. "Bye, Eri. I'll see you later."

The little girl giggled adorably, and then let him go to run over and grab Aizawa's hand so he could lead her back to her room, not noticing Aizawa's shoulders sinking at the thought of how much paperwork he'd have to do about this.

As they walked away, however, Izuku suddenly straightened up, remembering what he had to do today despite feeling nervous about it, and called out to his teacher.

"O-oh, Aizawa-sensei! Do you know where All Might would be right now?"

"All Might?" Aizawa blinked, thinking for a moment before turning back to his student. "He usually goes for a morning run on the weekends - if I had to say, he's probably somewhere near the sports festival stadium right about now, that's generally on his path."

"Great! Thank you!"

With one more wave to Eri and bowing to Aizawa, Izuku turned on his heel to jog back up to the house, running over what he and Nana had discussed last night before he had ran downstairs to hang out with his girlfriends for the evening, and took a deep breath. As nervous as he was about this, he knew that he couldn't just ignore what Nana said. She had been right, the longer he sat on One for All's secret, the worse it would be when he did eventually tell his girlfriends about it.

Shaking his head briefly, realizing that he was getting ahead of himself, he opened the front door to poke his head in and call out to his girlfriends.

"Hey, guys!" He said from his spot, seeing Itsuka and Setsuna cleaning the dishes from breakfast this morning, Reiko, Yui, Pony and Kinoko cleaning the living room after their sleepover last night, and Ibara returning from brushing her teeth, "I'm just going to run out for a bit, but I'll be back in about half an hour!"

"Sounds good!"

"Okay!"

"See you then."

"Later!"

Izuku gave them a smile at their answers, blushing a bit when Reiko blew him a kiss, but then closed the door behind him to get on with what he knew he needed to do. Letting out a small breath, Izuku activated Full Cowling and hopped off the porch, taking off in a sprint across the campus - UA was huge, and even though he knew where his mentor's general direction was, All Might could be anywhere.

As he ran down the path leading from the houses towards the main building, knowing the path he would need to take to move towards the UA sports stadium, he reflected on last night's events with a small smile. After the girls got out of the shower and he hopped in and out (they knew that now that they were all together they could probably shower together now, but that was a weird step that they were hesitant to take), they had settled down to watch a few movies with Eri, the little girl bouncing in Itsuka's lap as they leaned back and relaxed. After a brief break where Eri got to put makeup on Izuku and do his nails, which still made him smile no matter how embarrassed he had felt and how much the girls had giggled, Izuku had a great time cuddling with Setsuna, ignoring how casually she stroked his inner thigh to tease him (no matter how much he twitched), and then had a fun time with Eri as she got to play a few of Pony's video games before it was finally time for bed, being whisked off by Itsuka, Setsuna and Yui to share a bed with the little girl no matter how cramped it might've been, and Izuku got dragged off by Kinoko and Reiko - leaving Ibara and Pony to go to bed together.

Thinking of those last two girls, Izuku couldn't help the small smile on his face - he assumed good things happened last night while they had gone to the park, judging by how closely they were cuddling last night and how quickly they ran up the stairs to bed. It did bring a soft smile to his face - he hadn't liked the awkwardness that had formed between the two best friends, so seeing them cuddling and laughing together was a very welcomed sight, one that made all the girls in the house happy.

Just ... it was unsaid, but no one really knew what actually happened last night when they left them alone. On the one hand, Kinoko had supposed while the three of them were cuddling in bed, Ibara did really only need to be pleased once and wasn't someone to last very long, so it wasn't out of the realm of possibility that they might've done something sexual. But on the other hand, as Reiko had put it while letting Izuku put his hand between her legs, the two girls hadn't acted like they'd just gotten down after a romp - Ibara would have been ten times as embarrassed and Pony would have resembled a tomato. So as things were, no one had anything idea if something sexual had happened between Ibara and Pony.

But that didn't matter, Izuku shook his head a bit as he ran through the campus looking for his mentor, as long as they were comfortable with each other again, they could do whatever they wanted.

But he couldn't concentrate on that now - no, now he had to find All Might to get his opinion on One for All.

Once he had promised Nana that he would tell his girlfriends the truth about his quirk, she had told him to find All Might himself. He had completely forgotten to text his mentor like he had said, but that didn't matter when he had Full Cowling at his leisure, and could reach one end of the campus to the other in a few minutes. He needed to find All Might, and get his opinion on One for All. Just so he wasn't locked out of the loop, and … because he needed advice.

The truth was … Izuku felt his small smile slip from his face, frowning. The truth was that, as much of a brave face he was putting on right now - his heart was hammering in his chest, and he was shaking at the very thought of telling the girls the truth of his quirk. This wasn't … well, he had been honest with them about his past before, and even though it had led to Yui headbutting Bakugou in the nose, it had worked out. But this … this was far different than that. One for All … it was scary, it was a huge responsibility, and …

… and it might push them away if he wasn't careful. So he needed to talk to All Might just to know that this was okay.

As he sprinted around the main building towards Ground Beta, Izuku took some time to look around at everyone moving about their day, hanging out in the warm Saturday morning. He saw Ochako and Nejire returning from the main gate, remembering that his best friend had said something about going to Nejire's apartment for the night yesterday afternoon. He also saw Bakugou shouting at Kirishima over something trivial while Tsuyu shook her head while standing at the side, he saw Vlad King and Midnight doing a patrol, he saw Tetsutetsu crossing his arms and speaking lowly to Monoma while the blonde boy glowered, he saw Awase and Rin doing a patrol, he saw -

- oh! There he was! He could see the back of his mentor as he jogged into the forest, seeing him wearing the jogging suit modelled after his hero costume as he moved down the path. Taking a deep breath, Izuku jogged a bit faster and yelled out to All Might.

"ALL MIGHT I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!"

"Young Midoriya!" All Might jumped and whirled around to see Izuku skidding to a stop a bit before him, panting as he reached down to put his hands on his knees and pant a bit, although his mentor had a smile on his face at the sight of his pupil. "I'm surprised! Usually you text me if you wanted to talk to me in the morning."

"Er - well, I meant to, but - uh - I had a busy night so I kind of forgot," Izuku admitted, going a bit red while All Might chuckled. "S-sorry. But - can I talk to you?"

"Of course, Young Midoriya - I suppose I already know why you forgot to text me, if your roommates were keeping you busy," The former pro hero said cheekily, chuckling when he saw that he had made Izuku go red for reasons other than being out of breath, "Now then, why don't we continue my jog? We can talk about it while we move."

"Y-yes, sir!"

With that, the former Symbol of Peace took off again on his run, this time accompanied by Izuku as they kept a good pace and jogged alongside each other.

"So," All Might grinned down at his pupil with a small smile, "you've had an interesting start to your week, I hear."

"Er … yeah." Izuku nodded, feeling a bit more comfortable starting with small talk.

"Well … Aizawa says that he thought you handled yourself well, so I'd take pride in that," All Might turned to look ahead with a small scowl, "and Meinu Sasayaki was expelled the same day she was caught. I'm sure that Nezu will shake your and the girls' hands when he next sees them."

"I … assume that you guys didn't like her?"

"I tend not to badmouth any of the students," All Might shook his head, "but Sasayaki was a special case. Us teachers suspected she was bullying and slandering several students, but we never could quite prove it. And when those rumours about you and the girls came up, we suspected but couldn't quite pin it on her. You engineered that little public confession well, Young Midoriya - and I am proud of you for how you handled yourself. I'm not going to lie when I say that if I was in your position, I'd have hit her."

"Er … thanks, All Might, but Ibara had that covered."

His mentor laughed at that, although his tone suddenly turned teasing. "Yes … Young Shiozaki. I've also heard that your social life's been very busy as well."

"Er -" Izuku gulped, glancing away, "like - uh -"

"Like you have seven girlfriends, now," All Might chuckled, while Izuku squeaked and put his arms around his head even as they turned the corner and continued jogging down the path. "Well, you won't hear any complaints from me, Young Midoriya - I know that you're a great student and a good enough hero to not let a relationship distract you from your studies, let alone seven. And while several of the teachers did raise their eyebrows, I don't see any problem with you going out with several people at once. I know you don't really need it, but you have my approval."

"R-really?"

"Of course! It's not like me disapproving of this would change your mind anyway, right?"

"Uh - well, I'd care for your input, of course, but - honestly, no."

"I thought not," All Might laughed again, while Izuku brought his arms down from around his head and breathed a quiet sigh of relief - he had been admittedly a little anxious to hear what All Might thought of his exciting love life, so he was relieved that he was okay with it, at least.

But still ...

"Er ... actually, All Might, the girls were - uh - they were the reason I wanted to talk to you today," Izuku admitted, clearing his throat and glancing away as All Might looked around in interest, staring down at his pupil as Izuku tried to figure out how to say this gently.

"Oh? What is it, Young Midoriya? Just to remind you, I'm not too good with giving tips for -"

"I wanna tell them about One for All."

BAM

Izuku yelped and quickly looked around, eyes widening. As it turned out, the moment Izuku spoke those last three words, having decided to just say screw it and be blunt, All Might tripped on his own two feet and face faulted hard against the ground, slamming into the dirt road with his arms and legs still up in the air.

"A-All Might! Are you okay?!"

"Y-yes, I'm - I'm fine, Young Midoriya," All Might coughed, putting his hands on the ground and lifting himself up, spitting out a leaf. "I just - what did you say?"

"I - I want to tell them -"

"So I didn't imagine that?!" All Might's jaw dropped, and a look of apprehension crossed his face as he managed to sit up on his knees to stare at his wilting pupil. "Young Midoriya, I - I understand that you are close to the girls, as you should be, and of course I still approve of your relationships with them, but this is an entirely different thing! One for All is a well-guarded secret, one that few people even know! You and I have gone over the importance of keeping the secret of your quirk many times!"

"I - I know."

"And - I know that bringing in Young Bakugou wasn't exactly what we had in mind, but we both understand that the circumstances surrounding him were different! And now, you'd like to bring seven people into the fold? I understand that you are in a relationship with all of them, Young Midoriya, but -!"

"The predecessors told me to do it," Izuku said quickly, glancing down at the ground and waiting for his mentor's response. He had said it hurriedly so as not to let All Might get himself worked up into a ruckus, and judging from how suddenly dead quiet the former hero went, it worked. After a moment of silence, Izuku glanced at All Might again, seeing him blinking for a moment before sighing and managing to get to his feet.

"Master - Nana told you to tell them?"

"Y-yes. She - she's actually the one who brought it up. And - and she's the one really pushing me to do it."

"..."

"..."

"... perhaps we should sit, Young Midoriya," All Might pointed to a bench nearby, sighing as he raised a hand to rub the bridge of his nose, "I - I need an explanation here before we proceed."

Nodding quickly, Izuku was quick to join All Might in walking over to the bench, looking around to make sure that no one was eavesdropping in or around to overhear anything, and sat down. With the go ahead, Izuku took a deep breath, trying to hype himself up and push down the uncomfortable feeling in his stomach, and explained, leaving out as many NSFAM (Not Safe for All Might) details as he could - his meeting with the vestiges Saturday morning after confirming that he would be joining a polymerous relationship with the girls, and what they encouraged him to do as well as their reasons why.

Thankfully, All Might calmed down during the explanation, slowly nodding along as he sat forward, staring off into the distance as Izuku fumbled into silence, and then let out a small sigh.

"So ..." He closed his eyes briefly, taking a deep breath, "... Master and the other vestiges are in agreement that you should tell them?"

"Y-yeah," Izuku nodded, looking down to his knees, "it was - pretty unanimous, actually. That was new, usually they all have different opinions."

"Even the second and third users agreed to this?"

"Er … I mean, they didn't really say anything, just stared at their wall, but - but they didn't say anything to suggest otherwise, or - or object. So - so I'm guessing that yes, they're on board."

"Hm ..." All Might raised his hand to his chin, obviously thinking as he fell into a silence. Izuku gulped a bit, and then looked back down to the ground as a silence fell.

Honestly, Izuku was still an anxious ball of nerves, both for one larger feeling that had been plaguing him since last night even as he enjoyed the sleepover with the girls, and the other that he felt a little nervous as All Might thought things through. He knew that it was pretty much eight users to one user right now on the subject of whether or not he should tell the girls the truth of One for All, but he knew that if All Might didn't want him to tell the girls, he'd have to take that into account. He respected his mentor too much to simply ignore his input.

Thankfully though, All Might let out another little sigh, and sat up a bit, a small smile on his face.

"Then I suppose ..." He hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head and laughed. "I suppose that if Nana is yelling at you to tell them, then we have no choice but to appease her."

"Are - are you sure, All Might?" Izuku asked, feeling worried as he glanced away. "I don't want - I don't want you to think you're being outvoted here, I wanna take what you think into account."

"Even though I technically am being outvoted?" All Might grinned cheekily, making Izuku gulp a bit as he shook his head. "Seriously though, Young Midoriya - I'm not being outvoted, because - well, I agree with you."

"H-huh?"

"I ... believe that if the other vestiges are telling you to reveal One for All to your girlfriends, then you should do it," All Might leaned back, smiling a bit at the sky. "I was being serious when I said that One for All is a closely kept secret, one that shouldn't be casually revealed unless we have no alternative - but if Master believes that the girls from Class 1B should be brought in on the secret, I can't just dismiss that, can I?"

"Er - no."

"No, I can't. And ... perhaps she is right, Young Midoriya." All Might continued to stare into the sky, as though seeing his mother figure floating above him smiling down at him. "If you're going to be spending the rest of your life with these girls - and I believe that you will, young man, make no mistake about that - it wouldn't be wise to begin a relationship with that big a secret. It'll ... well, it'll be a large, awkward talk, but perhaps if I came with you to help explain, it would make things better."

"Wait - really?" Izuku blinked, looking around at him, "You - you'd do that?"

"Of course," All Might nodded, smiling despite himself, "I'm assuming that Young Kendou would have some words with me anyway - I've noticed that she's gotten rather protective of you, even after you two beat each other up in the joint-training lesson a few weeks ago. If I don't go, she'll probably hunt me down to wring my neck anyway."

Izuku at least chuckled at that, glancing away again - but then All Might laid his hand on his shoulder, startling him and making him look around at his teacher.

"And yet," All Might raised his eyebrow knowingly with an understanding look on his face, "I can tell that you're … well, you may be having second thoughts as well."

"H-huh?"

"I've known you long enough to tell when you're nervous, Young Midoriya," All Might leaned forward, giving him a knowing smile, "and you've been sweating bullets ever since you started your explanation. It's not because of me, because I gave my approval - which means it's something else. Now, what's bothering you?"

Izuku gulped at that, raising his hand to his face and going a bit redder when he noticed how sweaty his forehead was - a clear indicator of his nerves, damn his sweat glands - but then he let out a small sigh and leaned forward, feeling his nervous look fade away as he frowned.

"I just ..." He hesitated for a moment, and then closed his eyes. "... I don't know, I … I'm scared of how they'll react."

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"I just … I know that we've been a lot, but this isn't like me telling them that I was quirkless," He shook his head, slumping his shoulders, "I - I told them that, and - and yeah, they had their reactions to that, but this - this is different. I can't just sit them down, say 'hey I got my quirk from All Might, and it has multiple quirks inside it', and expect them to just laugh and go on with their days no problem. This is - this is huge, All Might."

"That it is, Young Midoriya."

"It's - what if this scares them? This is unlike anything any of them have ever experienced before. Or - or what if this pushes them away, or drives a wedge between us? This isn't - it's not what they signed up for. I - I want this to work, All Might," He turned to his teacher, feeling himself tear up a bit, "I care for them so much, I - I don't want to push them away because of this."

All Might studied his student carefully for a moment, slowly nodding at what Izuku said, and then let out a sigh as he sat forward as well, staring off into the distance.

"Young Midoriya," he said seriously, "I won't pretend that this will be a - well, I hate to be the one to say this, but you are right. This … may go sideways. We can't expect the girls to simply nod and accept what they'd consider impossible. This … may go sideways."

"Then -"

"But do you think it will?"

Izuku blinked at that, and quickly looked around at his mentor, who was now smiling down at him. "H-huh?"

"Do you think the girls will push you away? It's a simple yes or no question. Should you tell them about One for All, do you think that they'll reject you?"

"I ..." Izuku hesitated, and All Might patted his shoulder to assure him.

"I know that you're frightened of their reactions," He said patiently, "but forget, for a moment, Young Midoriya, that you're going to tell them about One for All. Do you think anything you would say, any shocking secret you have, would push those girls away from you?"

"I - I don't know."

"Do you love them?"

"Y-yes." From how he said that immediately, All Might believed him.

"Then I believe," All Might smiled kindly, "that you just being open and honest with them - it will yield the best result in this situation. As long as you tell them everything, and make sure that they know that you're laying everything on the table, it should go well. I may be inexperienced when it comes to love, young man, but you forget that I was there when you were convincing Nezu to let you stay."

"..."

"I've known you for a long time now. I know that you usually defer to what your teachers tell you, as you should. So the fact you were willing to go up to bat with the principal of your school and your homeroom teacher that holds practicality above everything else, just to make sure that you stayed with the girls no matter what, tells me that you care for them - more than anything. And I know that they feel the same way for you - I may have been keeping my distance for a while, but I see you and them whenever you're in the halls or at lunch. You love them, and they love you. I don't have to be an idiot to see that."

Izuku glanced away again, while All Might patted his shoulder.

"So I say that we go to the house now, explain everything together, and then all eight of you can figure out how to go forward from there. And I know that even if they need some time to think about it, they'll come around even if they have their hesitations."

Izuku paused at that, staring ahead as All Might leaned back and gave him a little time to think things over. All Might knew that this should've been funny, Izuku needing to convince him to let the girls in on the secret turning around to him trying to convince Izuku to go through with it, but he knew how serious this was. Izuku wanted to put all of his secrets on the table as the ultimate sign of trust, and that was scary to do in case things backfired on him.

Finally, Izuku took a shuddered breath, and raised his hand to wipe sudden tears from his eyes.

"Ah, come on kid!" All Might laughed, slapping his shoulder in an attempt to lighten the mood. "I keep telling you, you gotta fix those leaky eyes of yours."

"S-sorry, All Might," Izuku chuckled despite himself, "the girls are kinda a bad influence on me - they prefer if I just let it out, they always tell me not to bottle it in."

"Hm ... that's pretty good advice," All Might chuckled, standing up. "Now come on - it's a twenty minute walk from here, and we'd better hurry if I'm going to have to get my ass kicked by those girls."

"..."

"... Young Midoriya, this is when you're supposed to assure me that they won't kick my ass."

"I ... honestly can't make that promise, All Might."

"... oh, boy."

---

YOU

good morning, sensei

VLAD KING

Good morning, Kendou

Is everything alright?

YOU

Yeah, everything's fine! I just had something to ask

VLAD KING

What's up?

YOU

The eight of us are thinking of going out tonight, and we might not be back until late

I was wondering if we could get your permission to stay out late?

VLAD KING

...

Kinda late to be asking this, huh?

Usually we ask for at least 48 hours in advance before you guys go out and do something

YOU

I mean

I can always resort to blackmail :D

VLAD KING

Ha! I suppose you always could

Or

I could mention that Eri has her own nicknames for you and Midoriya during the next teacher's meeting

Your blackmail is useless now Kendou

YOU

oh, you mean how she's calling me and the girls 'mama'?

VLAD KING

...

YOU

It's all good sensei, we don't mind. Honestly we think it's kinda cute

Oh, and btw, I also got a new video of you kissing your dog

It's so cute, he's such a good boy

VLAD KING

Literally

How

YOU

Oh, i asked Midnight for blackmail info and she sent it to me immediately

VLAD KING

SO IT'S MIDNIGHT

I'M GOING TO HIDE HER WHIPS FOR THIS

YOU

anyhoo

so

about tonight?

VLAD KING

Yeah, yeah

You guys got my approval, just be back before midnight

And text me to make sure you get there okay

YOU

Thanks, Vlad King! You're the best! ❤️? ﾟﾘﾊ

VLAD KING

Yeah, I know

"Alright," Itsuka pumped her fist in victory, lowering her phone to smile at the girls, "we got permission."

"And I've booked us a table at the restaurant," Yui nodded as well, having disconnected from the other end as she lowered her own phone, "so our reservation's been booked."

"And Yaomomo's good to get us the dresses?" Reiko asked hopefully.

"Yep! I just gotta run over at some point to pick them up when they're ready, and then we can get to work on makeup. Gotta actually look pretty tonight."

"Awesome. So if that's all taken care of," Setsuna leaned over, glancing at the two girls she was observing with a large smirk, "it's time for you two to spill. Yet again."

Ibara and Pony gulped, glancing between each other. As soon as Izuku had closed his door to run on whatever errand he needed to do, and Itsuka and Setsuna finished up the dishes, the girls of the house gathered around, smirking a little bit as they surrounded Pony and Ibara on the couch, leaving them nowhere to run. Itsuka had distracted herself with texting Momo to ask to make some dresses with her quirk, which the creation quirk user had been happy to assist, and then text Vlad King to get his permission (*cough blackmail cough*), while Yui called the restaurant to book a large table for eight.

And once once everything was cleaned up after the sleepover with Eri and everything else for tonight taken care of, the girls surrounded Ibara and Pony, Setsuna and Itsuka sitting down on the coffee table across from the two offending girls, Kinoko and Reiko sitting beside them while Kinoko played with her laptop on her lap, and Yui hanging over the back of the couch, to get the interrogation started.

All the girls looked at the two girls at the end of the couch, seeing them going slightly red at the attention.

"So," Yui raised her eyebrow, "we were gone for about … little over an hour last night."

"Um ..."

"Giving you two plenty of time to sit down and figure out what's going on between you."

"Er -"

"And don't think we don't see you two holding hands there," Itsuka smirked, happy to not be the teasing material for once, and giggled when both Ibara and Pony squeaked and glanced down at their entwined hands as though they had betrayed them.

"So you two did resolve something last night," Setsuna leaned in, smirking wider, "we just wanna know how much you resolved."

"Er - what do you mean?" Ibara gulped, glancing away as though it would be enough to hide her from the green-haired girl, "I'm afraid that I don't -"

"Did you fuck last night?" Yui said bluntly, making Reiko roll her eyes at her forwardness but doing the job well, as it made both Ibara and Pony squeak again and go even redder. The girls raised their eyebrows and leaned in, feeling their own smirks widen as Ibara went redder and redder.

"Er - well - we don't - I -"

"On the one hand," Reiko rubbed her chin as she gave Ibara the benefit of the doubt, "while we were gone for a while, it wasn't a lot of time for yourselves to do something like that. I don't know if any of you have noticed, but from what I've gathered, we all have a lot of stamina. At least, enough stamina to keep up with Izuku for hours on end. To that end, I'm not sure if you two would have had enough time to fully satisfy each other in that small amount of time."

"On the other hand," Kinoko looked up from her laptop with a teasing grin, "you two were looking awfully chummy last night."

Pony gulped a bit, but then let out a small giggle as she hid her face with both hands, the embarrassment making her feel sheepish, while Ibara looked anywhere but her roommates.

"We may have - um -" Ibara stumbled, glancing at Pony for a second in worry - before her shoulders sagged, looking glumly at the ground, and muttered, trying to sound as quiet as she could, "I did perform cunninglingus on her."

There were five collective squeals at that, making Pony blush deeper but laugh sheepishly as everyone gave looks of amazement to the vine-haired girl, Setsuna's the most of all.

"You went down on her?!" She gasped, clapping her hands together in obvious delight. "Honey, no offense, but I didn't think you had that in you!"

"I - well -" Ibara stuttered, and then sighed and rubbed her eyes as she blushed deeper, and allowed a small smile to grace her face. "- we both knew that I was a one and done, so I - I practiced on her, and then - then we may have - er - grinded on each other. It was - well - very brief, but I have to say that it was - it was very satisfying."

"Was it now?" Setsuna smirked, leaning in slightly and making Ibara freeze up when she noticed how close she was, making the other girls roll their eyes at what she was doing. "Enough that you wanna get some ... extra practice in?"

"H-huh? I - um -"

"Oh, yeah," Setsuna smirked, leaning close enough to be nose to nose as Ibara blushed even deeper, looking like she was about to faint from all the blood going to her head while Pony blinked and quirked an eyebrow. "An hour was okay, but it wasn't enough. I'm thinking you and I are gonna need to -"

"Okay, cool your jets, horny-saurus rex" Itsuka smirked, wrapping her arms around Setsuna's waist and lifting her up. It was comical, seeing the class representative lifting Setsuna up easily as the green-haired girl pathetically flailed her arms and legs in the air with a goofy look on her face before Itsuka sat down, putting Setsuna in her lap. "I know that you're all excited to get up in Ibara's grill, but these two started dating literally just last night. Let's give them some time to get comfortable with each other before you go all carnivore on her."

"Party pooper," Setsuna pouted, while Yui patted her hair.

"Don't worry, Set, you and I still need to go on a date - I wouldn't mind getting to know each other more properly."

"But I made a promise! Ibara's my next prey." Setsuna complained, while Yui snapped her fingers in frustration and flopped against the back of the couch in obvious disappointment.

"Oh, dear," Ibara shook her head, raising a hand to her cheek and glancing at Pony with her cheeks rosy, "is she not going to give this up?"

"Er -" Pony thought for a moment, and then shook her head. "Y-yeah, no. You're kinda screwed - she's persistent."

"Very well," Ibara sighed, raising a hand to rub her eyes, and then glanced up at Setsuna still flailing about while Itsuka held her up like an oversized doll. "In - in that case, Setsuna, I will sit beside you during dinner tonight under the - well, I know we're all going on a date together tonight, but I will give you a little extra attention. Nothing funky under the table, however."

"Deal!" Setsuna happily agreed, stopping her flailing to give her a thumbs up. "I'm cool with going slow. As long as I get a little taste of what you can do. And you get a little taste of me."

Ibara blushed even deeper at that flirt, but still gave the green-haired girl a shaky smile and nod, Pony feeling her hand shake and smiling as she leaned forward to kiss her girlfriend's cheek. Satisfied with her finally calming down, Itsuka put Setsuna back down on the table, kissing her forehead and making Setsuna purr.

"It's getting kind of hard to tell who's the horniest here, you or Yui," Itsuka giggled as she sat back down, crossing her legs. "Either it's you trying to get up in Pony and Ibara's business, or Yui trying to grab everyone's butts now that she's got the go-ahead."

"Let's not leave you out of it, Prez," Setsuna teased with a smirk, "I seem to recall you had sex with Parsley three nights in a row last week. And one of them had Yui right in the middle. You're as horny as I am."

"As Tuesday demonstrated," Kinoko giggled, making both girls stick their tongues out at her.

"Look, I'm not gonna deny that I'm sexy and everyone wants a slice," Setsuna put a hand proudly to her chest while Yui nodded in approval, what she was looking at completely obvious. "Prez couldn't even resist me when I put the moves on her."

"Excuse you," Itsuka shook her head, "I'm pretty sure that you were the one who couldn't resist me."

"You know, I've noticed that we have two contradicting stories here," Reiko noted, smirking as she leaned against Kinoko. "Set says that she dominated you, Itsuka, but you imply it was the other way around. There can only be one, so - who dominated who?"

"I did," Itsuka and Setsuna said at the same time, and then turned to each other in challenge, albeit with teasing grins on their faces.

"Girl, I had you screaming my name," Setsuna shook her head, leaning back slightly on the coffee table and purposefully pushing her chest out, "you weren't exactly in a position to be in charge back there."

"I seem to recall having you over my knee at some point," Itsuka countered with a faint blush, while Yui slowly clapped her hands in intrigue, "you weren't exactly 'mistress' that evening when I was spanking you."

"The girls are fightingggg," Reiko whispered teasingly, making Kinoko snort.

"Oh my god, I can't handle the sexual tension, why don't you two just go back upstairs and hump your brains out."

"Or a catfight," Yui said hopefully. "Please. Roll around and tear each other's clothes off. I'll record it for scientific purposes."

"I take back what I said,'' Itsuka rolled her eyes, "it's Yui. Yui's the horninest one here. Sorry, Set, I should've known better."

"No prob, Prez, I know I'm a close second," Setsuna sniggered, turning back around to Kinoko as she typed. "Anyway - what are you working on over there? I thought we didn't have any homework."

"Hm? Oh, I'm just rendering the porn video!" Kinoko cheerfully explained, trying hard not to chortle when the attention of the entire house suddenly whipped around to her as though she had announced that she was giving out free candy, "I finished editing it up Thursday night, but I couldn't get it all wrapped up because of our sleepover last night. But right now I'm just about -"

"Send to me," Yui immediately demanded, flipping over the couch with surprising agility and straight into Reiko's lap as she looked up at the brown-haired girl as she laid her legs across Ibara and Pony's laps, "I need this more than I need air. I love sex but I need to watch this, please send it to me."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll send a copy to everyone, no worries."

"Oh god," Setsuna giggled as she leaned against Itsuka, purring again when the class representative kissed her ear, "Yui's got her afternoon planned ahead - I thought we were supposed to get ready for our date."

"Indeed I do. Date is important, but this takes precedence. This is porn unlike any I've ever seen - two very sexy people I know fucking. I need this -"

Before Yui could go on about her desires, as much as it would make her girlfriends roll their eyes, they suddenly heard the sound of the doorknob turning behind them. Blinking and distracted, they turned around to see Izuku poking his head in the door, catching sight of his girlfriends and gulping a bit.

"H-hey," He greeted them shakingly, opening the door a bit wider so he could step inside.

"Hey, you," Itsuka smiled, turning a bit in her spot on the coffee table to look at him. "Where have you beeeeeen ...?"

The other girls blinked when they heard her falter, and looked around Izuku to see what was up - and blinked in surprise again when they caught sight of All Might following Izuku into their home. While the hero gave them all a smile in greeting, the girls looked more than a little confused at their teacher's sudden appearance, glancing back around at their boyfriend as he let out a small sigh.

"H-hey guys," He tried his best to smile as well, although they could see that it was pretty stiff - and that was cause for concern. "I was, uh - sorry about running out earlier, I had to - I had to do something.

"Uh … it's cool, Parsley," Setsuna adjusted herself slightly so she was no longer leaning against Itsuka, glancing between her boyfriend and her teacher, "but … what's up? Is everything okay?"

"Y-yes, everything's fine!" How he said that, very high pitched and slightly wobbly, didn't inspire much confidence, making the girls feel even more concerned when they saw him starting to sweat again - curse his sweat glands yet again. "It's just - uh -"

"Young Midoriya and I," All Might took over for him when he realized Izuku was going to be stuttering through an explanation, patting his shoulder to comfort him, " had a bit of a discussion this morning, and we both came to the decision that we needed to sit down and - well, have a talk with you girls about something very important. Nothing's wrong, of course, nothing at all! It's just ... a conversation that we all need to have as soon as we can."

All Might's assurances also didn't inspire much confidence, but still, the girls nodded in confirmation, glancing between each other in worry, as they moved to make some room for everyone to sit down. Rather than take up one of their spots, All Might instead took one of the kitchen chairs from the table and settled it in front of the couch, chair and loveseat, taking a seat with a small sigh as he looked around again. Ibara, Pony, Reiko and Kinoko settled on the couch, squeezing together slightly as Kinoko closed her laptop and put it down near her feet, while Setsuna took the comfy chair for herself and Itsuka and Yui sat together on the love seat, and looked to their boyfriend as Izuku took a seat on the coffee table, gulping a bit but still nodding slowly to himself.

After a small silence in which everyone got comfortable, Izuku sighed and scratched his cheek.

"Okay ... okay," He muttered, glancing up at his girlfriends once before returning his gaze to the floor. "So, uh ... there's something I need to talk to you guys about."

"Er - right," Ibara nodded, feeling nervous for some reason as she glanced between her boyfriend and All Might. "So ... what is it?"

"I - uh - okay," Izuku shook his head, trying to start over and gulping quietly. "Just ... okay. So, um ... I - wow, I have no idea how to even begin."

"Take your time, Young Midoriya," All Might assured him, having already made his peace with what they were about to do while they were walking over and knowing that Izuku would need the encouragement, "there's no rush, just take your time to think about how you want to say this."

Izuku nodded slowly at that, glancing down at his knees as he thought about how to phrase this, or how to even start - and then he let out a small sigh.

"... okay," He breathed out, glancing up at his girlfriends again as they glanced worriedly at him, already sensing that something was off. "So ... okay. So I - I think you guys know how - I - I'm honest with you guys, right?"

"Uh ... yeah," Kinoko shifted in her seat, confused.

"You are," Reiko also nodded, blinking slowly, "you're very honest with us, Izuku - we all are honest with each other."

"Y-yeah. I … I'm not going to lie, when I first came to UA," Izuku continued to explain vaguely, feeling himself sweat even more, "I - I had to hide a lot about myself. My - my past with Kacchan, my - my quirklessness, my feelings. Everything - everything about that. And - and since I've moved in here, I've shared all of that with you guys. Everything."

"Yeah ...?" Itsuka nodded slowly.

"So - so with that said - there was one more secret I've been keeping," Izuku shook a bit, knowing that he had just intrigued them by how they sat up. "One - one secret that I've kept from even my mom. Almost - almost no one knows about it. And … and I'd like to share it with you guys. Right now. So that way - I have nothing left to hide.

The girls glanced between each other again, their minds already trying to think of the possibilities of what this secret could be, but before anyone could ask, All Might cleared his throat, attracting everyone's attention.

"And just to be sure," He said in a very serious voice, making them gulp as his piercing blue eyes made contact with all of theirs, "what Young Midoriya is about to share with you does not leave this room. Absolutely no one else can know about this - as of right now, only six other people do, and we will be adding you all to that list. Before he continues, I'd like to hear you all say that you will not tell anyone outside this house about this - and I, and Principal Nezu, will be keeping you to that word."

"I - yeah, of course," Itsuka nodded.

"We won't tell anyone," Ibara shook her head.

"Yeah, All Might," Setsuna gulped a bit, uncharacteristically nervous.

"Mm." Yui nodded.

"I won't tell anyone," Reiko confirmed.

"Me neither," Kinoko agreed.

"No way," Pony glanced back at Izuku unsurely.

All Might looked from girl to girl, as though trying to figure out if they were lying just by boring a hole into their heads - but he saw the honesty and truthfulness on their faces. Nodding slowly to himself, All Might sighed, running a hand through his wild hair, and leaned back in his chair, looking to Izuku as the boy gulped again as everyone's attention returned to him.

"Okay ..." Izuku sighed, rubbing his eyes, "... okay. With that out of the way ... just ... alright, I'm going to start right at the beginning, so just … bear with me on this."

Now the girls were starting to feel more than a little worried about whatever was going on, exchanging small glances between each other while All Might sat back and watched them gravely. There was a strange feeling of nervousness in the air - from how worried Izuku looked, to how serious All Might looked, they felt like they were about to be told some dark and terrible secret, like Izuku was about to be sent to the trenches of some foreign beach and couldn't come back.

Finally, Izuku let out a small sigh, finally removing his hand from his eyes, and took a deep breath.

"Right ... so ... you guys ... you all remember when I told you about how I was quirkless?" He asked, glancing around at his girlfriends, "Like - like how I was quirkless for most of my life, and I was a - a late bloomer?"

"Yeah ...?" Setsuna glanced around again, biting her lip slightly as Itsuka leaned forward in her own seat, Yui sitting back and listening carefully.

"That ... well ... it was technically true ... but ... but honestly, it's a lot more complicated than that."

The girls glanced between each other again, unsure about what that was supposed to mean, and then glanced back to Izuku as he nodded slowly to himself, obviously trying to hype himself up.

"The truth is ... when I was in my final year of junior high ..." He took another deep breath, screwing his eyes shut and knowing that he couldn't back out of this once he said it, "... I met All Might."

The girls glanced at their teacher, who nodded in confirmation and took over the story telling.

"I met Young Midoriya when I was chasing down a villain - the villain had captured him and attempted to use his body to escape." He explained, "I detained the villain, and - and then Young Midoriya asked me a question. A question of - well, a question of if someone could become a hero without a quirk or not."

"You guys ... you know that Kacchan - he bullied me," Izuku reminded them, wincing at the cross looks on his girlfriends when they were reminded of that - they didn't talk much about it, but he knew that it was a sore subject. "That day … it was especially rough. I - I needed some kind of encouragement, and - and All Might was there. My hero. I figured … I figured if I asked if I could be a hero even without a quirk, he'd be able to answer me. I ... so in that moment, I asked if it was possible. And -" He gulped, knowing that this wasn't going to go well, "- and he told me no."

A silence fell in the household, with Izuku staring at the floor, but he didn't need to look up to know what his girlfriends thought about that. He could tell that Itsuka had frozen up briefly, and now she was looking at their teacher, and he could tell that it wasn't a happy look. Glancing up, however, he blinked when he saw it wasn't only Itsuka glaring daggers at a sweating and nervous All Might, but Ibara, Pony and Reiko were as well, looking like they were about to give their teacher a piece of their minds, while Setsuna looked stricken and Reiko blinking slowly, while Kinoko was giving Izuku a look of worry and sympathy. However, before Izuku could defend his mentor (or jump in the way in case Ibara stretched out her vines and shook the former Symbol of Peace), All Might sighed and leaned forward again.

"It's true," He nodded, "that I told Young Midoriya that day that one couldn't become a hero without power. I knew that it wasn't the answer he wanted to hear, and I know that I was a hypocrite for telling him so - but I believed that, from my own experiences growing up, telling him that he couldn't be a hero without a quirk would prevent him from getting hurt. It was foolish of me to say that to him, but at that time, I had been honest with him."

The girls studied him quietly, looking like they were debating ganging up on the pro hero, until Itsuka let out a shaky sigh and glanced away.

"... okay," She nodded while the other girls looked at her, "that's - okay, I guess I can accept that. I don't like it, but I can accept it If it was you discouraging him from getting hurt. I just - I'm sorry, Izuku, where exactly is this going?"

"I'm - I'm getting there," Izuku nodded quickly at the sign he should continue, feeling himself continue to shake and gulping. "After - after that - he and I both ran into the same villain from before. I - I did something to knock the villain loose from how All Might had detained him, and - and he escaped. He captured Kacchan and started causing trouble, and - and when no one stepped in to stop him, no hero or anything -" Izuku sighed, rubbing his forehead and knowing that he might get scolded for this, "- I stepped in, and tried to save Kacchan without a quirk."

"Wha - you what?!" Ibara leaned forward, eyes widening in shock and disapproval. "Izuku, that sounds dangerous! Why would you do that?"

"Because - well, my feet moved without thinking," Izuku chuckled, "I ... know that's a weak excuse."

"It's an awful excuse," Setsuna giggled despite herself while the other girls shook their heads, "but it's also a very 'you' thing to do. So I guess we'll let it slide as long as you know we're going to scold you about it later."

"Y-yeah."

"Well ... in any case, I took care of the villain," All Might continued the story, "but I realized then that Young Midoriya had proved me wrong. While I had been frozen and unable to do anything due to my weakness, he stepped in, and inspired me to act. After I handed over the villain to the authorities, I chased him down, and took back what I said - I told him that he could be a hero. And then ..."

At this, however, All Might paused, glancing at his pupil out of the corner of his eye. Izuku had glanced at him, looking very nervous and anxious for a moment - but then he took a deep breath and nodded, looking as though he were bracing himself as All Might ran a hand through his hair again and looked to the girls as they looked curious.

"... and then I offered him my quirk."

There were many ways All Might could have said that, either gently or seriously, but he had wanted to go with the most dramatic and vague - to really hammer in that he was talking with the girls about something serious and ethereal. And glancing at them, he knew that he got the reaction he had expected.

As in, absolutely no reaction at first.

For one they all looked … suddenly very blank. Itsuka blinked once, glancing between Izuku and All Might with her eyebrow raising. Setsuna herself only blinked once, slowly sitting forward in her chair. Ibara, Pony and Kinoko glanced between each other, wrinkling their brows, while Reiko and Yui's stoic expressions didn't change - but their eyes showed the older hero how confused they were at his statement.

All in all? They were all blinking and looking lost.

So again - about the reaction he expected.

"I - sorry, I beg your pardon?" Ibara finally managed to get out, looking between her boyfriend and All Might. "Offered him ... your quirk? What - what exactly does that mean?"

"It means exactly what it sounds like, Young Shiozaki," All Might nodded slowly as he swelled in his seat, looking suddenly very awe-inspiring. "I offered Young Midoriya the chance to take my quirk for himself, seeing as he had proved he had the heart to yield its power, and he accepted it."

There was another pause.

"Bullshit," Setsuna bluntly stated, and then quickly threw a hand to her mouth while her eyes widened, realizing that she just swore at her teacher. Of course, that only got All Might to laugh, laughing loudly and coughing up blood while the other girls yelped at the sight, Izuku himself gulping nervously as All Might reached into his pocket to grab a handkerchief to wipe his mouth.

"I assure you, it's not bullshit, Young Tokage! I can assure you that."

"I - wait, what?" Itsuka shook her head as though trying to get a fly to stop bothering her, looking back to Izuku completely flabbergasted. "I - no? Quirks can't be - they can't be passed from person to person, that's - that's not how it works at all. You're saying Superpower - what -?"

"This one can," Izuku sighed, still staring at the ground. "All Might's quirk ... and - and mine - it's real name is One for All. What he said about me was right - I couldn't become a hero without a quirk, it was too dangerous for someone without powers to defend himself. So ... he offered me his. One for All ... it's - it's special. It's a quirk that ... it can be passed down from person to person, making the quirk stronger as each user adds their strength to it. After he - he trained me to be strong enough to yield it, since it would've - it would've destroyed my body if I wasn't prepared enough - he passed it on to me, and we registered it as a different quirk in the registry, passing me off as a late bloomer. And I got into UA, and I've been training myself to use it properly ever since."

"W-wait," Pony shook her head, her already huge eyes widening even more as she sat forward. "You're - you're saying that the reason you kept breaking your bones at the start of the year -"

"- it was because you were using All Might's power?" Reiko's eyebrows raised, also leaning back and looking completely lost.

"Y-yeah." Izuku nodded, glancing at All Might again. "So - so I spent the majority of first year training to use it in short percentages. That's why - you know - Full Cowling is at such a low percentage, only 5%. It's literally all my body could have taken before it broke. So I - I did my best to train myself to get ready for using it at full power. I developed Full Cowling, then Shoot Style, then Air Force, and slowly but surely, I made my way up to using it at 20%. I thought that everything was fine ..." He let out another small sigh, leaning forward, "and then came our first joint-training."

He could feel his girlfriends' undivided attention on him while he explained the truth - that did fill him with slight confidence, knowing that all of them were paying him a lot of attention and hanging on every word.

"When it was the final round, and I was facing Monoma - Black Whip blasted right out of me." Izuku could tell Yui and Reiko's attention was firmly fixed on him now, since they were the ones on the battlefield that day. "And - and once Shinsou put me in a trance - I was brought into the quirk itself. I met with one of the previous users of One for All - I'm not sure how, but the quirk evolved enough that it managed to create vestiges of my predecessors, and I could communicate with them."

"Bull shit!" Setsuna proclaimed loudly, wincing when Pony kicked her in the shin for interrupting.

"Er - I don't blame you for thinking that," Izuku chuckled weakly, still sweating nervously, "but - but it's true. The users communicated with me in that dream state, and told me that - that I would be - not only would I be developing One for All, I'd be developing their quirks as well. Black Whip - that belonged to the fifth user of One for All, Daigoro Banjo. I have Black Whip, and - and the quirk of All Might's master, Nana Shimura. Float."

"I - okay, hold on -" Itsuka leaned back, holding a hand over her eyes. Izuku didn't blame her for needing a time out - it was a lot that he was dumping in their lap. "Just - okay, let me see if I got this straight. All Might passed his quirk on to you."

"Y-yeah."

"One that you couldn't control until last year."

"Yes."

"And you can now use the - the previous users' quirks in addition to that."

"Er - kinda. Only two for now, more to develop later."

"I ..." Ibara shook her head, looking absolutely taken aback and mind blown, but then she shook her head and leaned forward, putting her hands over her mouth as she obviously thought.

For a while, the house was silent, Izuku and All Might letting the girls absorb the large amount of knowledge they dumped on them. Reiko and Kinoko were glancing between each other and Izuku, Pony stared at the ground, Setsuna pinced the bridge of her nose, Ibara's vines curled a bit while she thought, Yui stared blankly at him, and Itsuka covered her eyes.

Finally, the orange-haired girl spoke up.

"... you're not lying to us about this, are you?" She asked quietly. "You're telling us the truth."

"I - yeah."

"I ... okay," Itsuka sighed, lowering her hand, "so - I'm guessing other people know about this too? That's what you said, All Might - six other people know."

"Yes," All Might spoke for the first time in a few minutes, nodding slowly. "Principal Nezu and Recovery Girl know as well. And my friend from the police, Tsukauchi. Then Gran Torino, one of my old teachers, and Bakugou."

"Bakugou? Why does he know?"

"He, uh - he guessed," Izuku chuckled weakly despite himself, "it's - complicated. But - but that's it, seriously. That's my last secret I've - I've kept from everyone. I'm - I have nothing left to hide from you guys."

Once again, silence fell in the house.

Izuku let out a small sigh, having had enough of staring at his feet while feeling anxious, and looked to each of his girlfriends to gauge their reactions - but all of them were looking at the floor for a change, their expressions unknown. This, of course, didn't do much to alleviate Izuku's stress, having no idea what they were even thinking or feeling about this, and felt himself begin to shake again.

They weren't looking at him at all.

They weren't … they didn't even spare him a glance.

They all looked stressed, and - and worried.

Were … were they …? Izuku felt himself shake more, feeling slight tears gather in his eyes, Did that mean …?

Before any of them could say anything, however, All Might let out a small sigh as he got up from his chair, picking it up to put back at the table.

"Young Midoriya, I believe we should let them think things over," He said in a soft tone, already seeing Izuku's distress and wanting to distract him, "it's a lot of information to just drop on their heads, let's give them a little time. Let's go to the forest to train for a bit, young man."

"I -" Izuku hesitated, glancing back at his girlfriends, before his shoulders sank and he glanced away again. "- yeah. Okay, All Might. I'll - I'll see you guys later."

With that, Izuku got up and moved around the coffee table to join All Might at the door, the older hero giving Izuku a pat on the shoulder to comfort him, as he led them out. As they walked through the door, All Might glanced back at the girls and let out a soft sigh. He had seen the conflict on their faces, and knew that they needed some time to themselves to think things over. It had been a lot to just drop on them on a Saturday morning, they needed some time to digest what they had told them, and it might be better for Izuku to take his own mind off his stress by training - he'd take the young man out to the forest to practice for a bit before he had to go back.

Once the door gently closed, the seven girls stared blankly at nothing for a moment, mulling over what they were told - and then promptly felt themselves sag over, sliding slightly off their seats and sighing, or in Pony's case flopping onto the floor and staring blankly at the ceiling.

"I'm not going to lie to you guys," Setsuna held a hand over her eyes as she leaned over, "of all the things I thought Parsley was gonna hit us with, it wasn't - that."

"Honestly? Same," Kinoko slowly shook her head, "I thought he was gonna drop a 'hey, Aizawa changed his mind, I'm actually moving out again' - honestly, I hate that I prefer this to that."

"It's ... I'm sorry, it can't be possible, can it?" Ibara groaned, also holding her hand over her eyes as she slumped forward, "Quirks that can - that can be passed on and - and allow you to speak with the previous users and use their quirks - that's so out of the realm of possibility -"

Despite her own shock, Pony couldn't help but let out a little giggle at that, causing the other girls to look at her.

"Sorry, just -" She snorted, "- of anyone who could have doubted this, I didn't expect you, cutie. Considering your religion."

Ibara opened her mouth to refute that, and then stopped, blinking.

"I … guess so," She giggled despite herself.

"Yeah," Itsuka snorted, leaning back, "and I hate to admit it, but thinking about it … it kinda makes sense. Like - when he puts it like he did, I think it kinda explains a lot."

"It explains too much," Reiko closed her eyes, and then tilted her head "and I won't deny that it's kinda freaking awesome."

"I was about to say," Setsuna snorted, "kinda wild to think about, but also pretty freaking cool."

"So …" Yui glanced around, "we all believe him?"

"Of course," Itsuka said at once, folding her hands together, "if he says that it's the truth, I believe him."

"Yeah," Setsuna nodded, "I think we've been through so much together, we can usually tell if he's bullshitting. And - y'know, I said that a lot - but I believe him. It's just … really out there, you know?"

"I … don't disagree," Ibara sighed, standing up from the couch to head into the kitchen to grab something to drink. As she moved around the furniture, Itsuka also got up, shaking her head and stretching slightly as she moved towards the window.

"Okay," She breathed out quietly, "... okay. So … One for All."

"This is the most anime shit I've ever seen," Pony rolled back onto the couch, laying on her back and blinking slowly at the ceiling, "We're all dating the chosen one."

"God, when you put it like that ..."

"It's a lot … but yeah, I don't think he was lying, right?" Kinoko looked around, feeling a bit worried at her roommates. "He wouldn't make up something that outlandish, much less look so sure about it."

"No, of course not," Ibara shook her head, taking a long gulp of water before letting out a small gasp as she looked around again, "I know … he was telling us the truth. But ... it's just ..."

"It's a lot to wrap our heads around," Itsuka finished for her, biting her lip, "I think that at least."

Once again, silence fell in the household while they took a chance to think about what they had been told. Yui, quiet as always, only stared at the ground a bit while biting the inside of her lip, while Kinoko and Reiko glanced between each other. Ibara still looked conflicted, her belief in what was possible in conflict with her faith in her boyfriend, even putting aside what she believed in. Itsuka stared out the window briefly, looking a bit conflicted as well. Pony reached out to hold Ibara's hand, giving it a gentle squeeze while Setsuna leaned forward, looking at nothing.

The girls were quiet ... until Yui blinked.

"Wait a minute," She suddenly realized, sitting forward, "you don't think he's - he's scared we're rejecting him, right?"

"Huh?" Pony blinked, looking around, "What do you mean?"

"Like - I'm not sure if you noticed, but he just walked out of here with the 'I messed up' face on," Yui leaned forward, feeling worried as she slowly realized what they had all missed in their awe of what he and All Might had told them. "Like - he just trusted us with - all that, and we're all here looking weirded out and concerned - would he think that we're going to be pushing him away right now?"

"... shit." Itsuka's eyes widened in horror, whirling around. "Shit! That's probably a hundred percent what he's thinking right now!"

That was about the time for the other girls to begin panicking. Ibara gasped in horror and immediately moved in a circle, grabbing her hair in both hands as she cursed herself; Yui sunk back, slapping a hand to her forehead; Pony hopped up from where she was laying and ended up tangling herself in a blanket, tripping and face planting on the floor; Reiko and Kinoko looked like they were about to go off and chase Izuku, only to remember that he was probably long gone by now and with All Might, and Setsuna smacked both of her cheeks with her hands, groaning.

For a moment, the girls panicked, wondering how on earth they could fix what they had just messed up without realizing - until Itsuka blinked.

"Wait." She shook her head. "Wait a sec, guys, he's - he'll be with All Might, but - wait."

"Itsuka?" Setsuna looked around, looking frustrated with herself. "What's -?"

"Hold on a sec, just - give me a minute," She suddenly reached for her cellphone again, pulling it out of her pocket and dialing in a number. The girls watched as she raised the phone to her ear, waiting for a connection, and then she perked up.

"Hey, Yaomomo? Yeah, it's me. Yeah, I'm good! I'm just wondering - yeah. I was wondering if you had what I asked for last night ready? You do? Great! Do you mind if I swing by to grab them in a few minutes? We just - oh, okay! Great! Thanks, we'll see you soon."

Disconnecting the line, she put the phone back in her pocket and turned back to her girlfriends, smiling.

"Reiko, come with me over to the 1A girls' house," She asked, "and Setsuna, grab some of the make up from upstairs. We messed up, so we have to make it up to him. So we'll be giving him a surprise when he gets back."

---

"Deku."

"... yeah?"

"We've been standing out here for ten minutes. You need to go inside."

Izuku let out a small sigh as he sagged his shoulders, Ochako and Tenya giving him exasperated looks as they stood with him. Right now they were standing outside his house, with Izuku going a bit paler and a lot more downcast as he glanced down at the ground while his two best friends rolled their eyes.

After what he perceived as a complete and utter disaster that he had messed up ridiculously, and the distraction of All Might training him out in the woods for a bit not working at all, he had slunk to Ochako in a funk, meeting up with Tenya on the way, and gave them a watered down version of what had happened - that he had conferred in the girls one of his secrets that he was afraid just ruined their entire relationship. His two best friends had spent the day trying to convince Izuku to man up and go back to the house to talk to his girlfriends - to little or absolutely no success.

Right now the sun was setting in the distance, signifying the end of the day, and Izuku was desperately trying to find excuses not to go back inside and confront his problems.

"I, uh - we could go for a run, Iida -"

"We've gone on two runs today, Midoriya."

"- er, or we can go eat -"

"We already ate a few hours ago, Deku, and you have dinner to go to in an hour, Deku! You gotta go inside and get ready."

"I ..." Izuku stuttered, desperately trying to figure out if there was some villain he needed to go and fight for the rest of the night, and then sighed and sagged his shoulders in defeat when he realized no archfoe was available at the current moment, staring glumly at the ground while Ochako patted his shoulder sympathetically.

"I'm not sure what exactly is eating you right now, Deku," She said to him in a kind voice, "but we both know that the solution to this is just going inside and asking them to talk. It's worked every time before, and it'll work now. Won't it?"

"This ... I don't know, it just … feels different," Izuku admitted in a low voice, staring at his feet in sadness. "This was - I'm sorry I can't really go into it with you guys, but - it's huge, what I told them. And they just ... they looked so weirded out, and - and what if I alienated them? What if they -"

"Midoriya!" Tenya threw a hand out, chopping him on the shoulder and startling him out of his brief funk. "I know that whatever must have happened earlier today is leaving you hesitant to confront them - but I must say, standing outside your own home wondering if you should go in is not the way you should go about this."

"I -"

"Deku, they love you," Ochako patiently said, seeing Izuku falter again and moving to hug him briefly, "anyone with eyes can see that. You can worry that you messed something up all you want, but I know that they'd rather just pull you inside and talk to you about it than have you sulk outside. So just - sorry if I sound like a jerk, but pick yourself up, go inside and talk to them, okay?"

Izuku stared at the ground still, obviously unsure, but then he was aware of Ochako beginning to move away.

"I wanna make sure you go in," She said apologetically, clapping her hands together, "but it's getting pretty late. All the girls are out of the house for the evening, so it's going to be just me and Nejire tonight. I have to get ready for when her shift's done at Ryukyu's, I'm planning dinner and a movie."

"And I have my own date with Camie," Tenya gulped a bit nervously despite himself, but still seemed pretty positive, "we are going to an opera performance tonight, and while I'm not too sure how it will go as I have never been to the opera, I am at least excited to spend time with her! Now, if you'll excuse me, Midoriya."

"I'm sorry I have to go now - but Deku, man up and go inside!"

With that, Izuku's two best friends turned around and started to head back down the road, leaving him in front of his house. Izuku still felt nervous, but he didn't dare ask them to stay - he felt a little bad for apparently railroading their days they could've spent getting ready, so he let them go off to have their own nights -

- and to be honest, deep down he knew they were right. He was being a coward right now - he should just go in and ask to talk to them. It was just ...

Letting out a shaky sigh, Izuku glanced at the ground again, biting his lip slightly before hopping up and down to try and gather his bravery, and took one step forward onto the grass -

- and then the door suddenly burst open.

"For goodness sake, get in here!"

Izuku yelped as a series of vines wrapped around his arms and legs, lifting him up into the air without warning, before quickly zipping back inside, although not fast enough to give him whiplash or anything. Still, he was taken aback - usually he was used to her dragging him inside back first, coming in front first was new.

Soon enough he had been dragged into his home, the door shutting behind him, and he was put down on his two feet while wobbling. As he stared down at the floor, he heard Setsuna snort.

"You know girl, you could've just called him in, no need to be violent."

"I apologize, but he had been standing out there with Ochako and Iida for ten minutes. I had gotten impatient."

"I - uh -" Izuku stuttered, shaking his head slightly and trying to gather his bravery as he opened his eyes and looked up, "I'm sorry abbbbbbbout ... that ..."

Those last two words were due to the fact, of course, that Izuku had finally looked up and gotten a look at all seven of his girlfriends standing on the bottom floor of the house, looking around at him - and then felt his jaw hit the ground.

Holy shit.

Standing around him, all of them smiling a little teasingly at him, were his seven girlfriends in beautiful dresses, their hair done up or different that made him take a double take every single time. Itsuka, for one, had her hair piled up on her head in a bun, wearing a blue dress that fell to her knees, with an open front that showed her cleavage, and was wearing her leather jacket. Setsuna, meanwhile, had on a purple dress with an open back, exposing her muscular back and having her hair in a ponytail. Pony wore an orange dress with her own hair in a bun similar to Itsuka's, but a bit messier that left her looking even cuter than usual, which should have been completely and utterly impossible.

Kinoko had her own red dress on, but was a lot shorter than the other girls as it exposed her plump legs, and had her hair up in a ponytail as well. Yui's dress was a similar shade of red, but not as short, still exposing some cleavage with no straps, leaving her shoulders bare and letting Izuku know that she definitely wasn't wearing a bra underneath that. Reiko's own hair had been brushed from her face, exposing both eyes, while she wore her own teal dress. And finally, Ibara wore her own green dress with her vines done in a braid, and wore a shawl over her shoulders while blushing slightly.

And not to mention - oh, god, they were wearing makeup. It'd been a while since they had worn makeup around him, having long gotten used to his presence in the house to not bother and knowing that he thought they were beautiful anyway, but now they were wearing mascara and lipstick and blush and - oh god he felt like he was melting.

All in all? They looked absolutely gorgeous, and were currently studying Izuku as he gawked at them like a goldfish.

"Izu? Are you good?"

"I - uh-uh-uh-uh -"

"Yeah no, we broke him," Setsuna snorted, moving forward on her heels and wrapping her arms around his shoulders, making him blink and refocus when she leaned in and kissed his cheek, leaving a green lipstick mark there and making the girls giggle.

"I - why -"

"Well, the restaurant we're going to is pretty expensive and fancy," Yui shrugged as she guessed what he was about to ask, "so we need to look the part. Your suit's on the couch - just run upstairs and get dressed, and we can get going, our reservation's in about an hour."

"I - but -" Izuku glanced side to side at his girlfriends, feeling some of his worry from before returning to him now that he was over his shock at how gorgeous they looked. "What - what about -"

"- what about what you told us this morning?" Itsuka guessed, nodding a bit when he winced at the reminder, and then sighed as the other girls glanced at each other. Slowly, they all nodded, and walked towards him to encircle him, still giving him some space but letting him look closer at their comforting faces.

"Izuku ... we're sorry about that," Itsuka apologized for everyone, "we - we realized that we didn't exactly - well, we didn't have the best reactions to what you told us, but it wasn't because we didn't like what you said. It was just … something we didn't expect to hear."

"I - I know that," Izuku shook a bit, glancing around. "But - but you guys -"

"It was ... a lot for us to take in," Setsuna nodded in acknowledgement, frowning slightly, "and - and obviously we need some time to go over it, and learn more about - you know, how exactly your quirk works. We knew you were interesting, Parsley, but this is a whole 'nother level."

"But," Itsuka was sure to fix him with a sure look as she saw the hesitation continuing to linger in his eyes, "we aren't pushing you away. We'll never push you away."

"I ..."

"Izuku," Itsuka said softly, moving up to put her hands on his chest while Setsuna and Kinoko hugged his arms, "I'm - well, we're not going to lie to you that this is honestly shocking, the - the entire concept of One for All. We never thought quirks could do something like what you described before today - we're used to our quirks being just another part of our bodies, not something that can be passed down and let you talk to the previous users."

"I know," He hung his head briefly, feeling a bit of shame well up in him. "I'm -"

"But if you think we're going to reject you because of that," Yui interrupted while leaning slightly forward, narrowing her eyes, "you got another thing coming."

"H-huh?"

"We - we admit that One for All - it's a concept that we've never thought possible," Ibara twirled some of her vines in her hair while glancing at the floor, "and ... well, it'll take some getting used to now that we know that it's - well, it's very strange, and nothing like we've ever seen before - but please, never think that this will hurt how we feel for you."

"No way," Reiko shook her head, "we still love you with all our hearts."

"Always will," Kinoko smiled up at him, "and no weird quirk stuff will change that."

"And I'm not gonna lie," Pony also gave him a shaky grin, "your quirk's kinda awesome now that we know it can do all that. I wanna know more about it!"

"You're stuck with us," Yui raised her eyebrow slightly, giving him a small smile, "no way I'll let that ass of yours get away from me."

Izuku at least chuckled at that, tearing up at the acceptance and feeling foolish for even doubting them (damn insecurities that never goes away), making the other girls smile and close in on him. Before he knew it, he was swallowed in a group hug, all the girls embracing him tightly while he sighed and put his head down on Reiko's head.

"We'll never push you away," Itsuka muttered, "like Yui said - you're stuck with us. All eight of us - we're going to be sticking together, for the rest of our stupid lives. And no super-powered quirk will push us away. We know that there's still a lot of things we need to talk about with One for All - there's no way that was everything - but they can wait until later, can't they? We kinda have a big date night to get through."

Izuku paused at that, blinking as he remembered they did have a date to get to - and then let out a shuddering breath, and felt small tears gather in his eyes as the girls hugged him tightly, smiling softly.

"So," Setsuna grinned up at him, "you're going to go get on your suit, we're going to that reservation Yui made for us, we're going out to a movie afterwards, then the arcade, and then when we get back here we're cuddling you to sleep. I'd ask for your opinion on that, but I have a feeling you won't mind being at the bottom of an 'us' pile."

"I ..." Izuku hesitated, and then smiled through his tears, "I - I love you guys. I love you guys so much."

There were seven 'I love yous' that rang around at that, making everyone giggle, and then they stepped back to give Izuku some space. He took a moment to wipe his tears on the back of his hand, and couldn't help but laugh again.

"I'm ... I know I'm being stupid," He chuckled at himself, "after all we've been through ... it seems kinda stupid to think this would ... push us away. It's just ... this was the big secret, the one I was really nervous about telling you. This was - honestly, that's kinda it. Now I have nothing left to hide from you guys."

"Wow," Setsuna giggled, "complete and total honestly from a guy. Not gonna lie, kinda hot."

The girls giggled at that.

"And we know that there's more to One for All for you to tell us about," Ibara shook her head slightly, still kind of taken aback by the quirk but putting it aside, "but they can wait until later. We should probably get going now, we don't wanna miss the train."

"Yeah," Itsuka smirked, "so go get on the suit so we can get going - we can talk on the train a bit more about One for All. We've got all the time in the world, babe."

"Just not that much time," Yui raised her eyebrow, "we still have a train to catch."

Izuku chuckled at that, shaking his head, but still smiled and moved out of the group hug to head to the couch, seeing the suit folded carefully there, and let out a small sigh as he reached over and grabbed it, holding it up and smiling at it.

"Okay," He said, nodding slightly, "I'll just ... go upstairs and put this on. And then when we go, I'll tell you guys more."

It only took a few more minutes for him to get ready, but soon enough Izuku had gone up the stairs to his room, got changed, and came back down. The girls getting ready with their purses over their shoulders looked around at the sound of shoes on the hardwood stairs, Itsuka having left them up there for him to put on, and let out small 'oohs' and fanning themselves when they saw him. They opted to give him a black suit with a white dress shirt, leaving out the tie (as much as they loved him they couldn't take him seriously when he did up his own tie, Itsuka had to resist doing it for him every morning), with a pair of black shoes, and a sheepish grin on his face as he blushed.

"Okay, just - one sec -" Itsuka strolled forward, undid his top button before undoing the suit jacket, and stood back, nodding slowly and licking his lips at the sight.

"There," Setsuna purred, "much better."

"Ooh, la la," Yui nodded in approval.

"Whew," Pony fanned herself, blushing while Izuku did the same, feeling his cheeks go red but sheepishly smiling.

"Okay, okay," He chuckled, glancing around at his girlfriends with a soft grin, "let's, uh ... shall we get going?"

"Yeah," Yui nodded, "we've blackmailed Vlad King this morning, he knows we'll be back late. Just forewarning you now, don't be surprised if I grab your crotch during some point tonight."

"Don't make me bring the spray bottle," Itsuka raised her eyebrow at her girlfriend's horniness, but still followed her out the door. Soon enough, everyone was on the front porch, letting Itsuka lock the door behind her, and together, they began moving out to head to the gate, with Itsuka wrapping her arm around Yui's shoulders, Pony and Ibara leaning against each other, Kinoko and Reiko holding hands, and Setsuna hooking her arm through Izuku's, the boy chuckling a bit nervously as they moved away from the house as the sun set in the distance.

"So," Setsuna smirked, "backing up a little bit. You said you can speak to the past users?"

"Y-yeah. Their vestiges, at least."

"Hm ... so, do they have any opinions on me?"

"H-huh?" Izuku blinked, looking down at his green-haired girlfriend, "What do you mean?"

"Like - do they think I'm hot?" She teasingly asked, raising a hand to her chin in curiosity.

"Uh - they're - they're seven adult men and - and one woman," Izuku frowned slightly at that, shaking his head, "I don't think they -"

"Tell them they're all pretty."

Izuku yelped, blinking in surprise at the unexpected voice. The sound of the woman's voice in his ear made him jump slightly, causing the group to blink in surprise as well and look around, looking at him curiously while Setsuna blinked.

"Izuku?" Itsuka asked, looking worried, "Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah, I -" Izuku paused at that, thinking about how to phrase this - and then muttered, going slightly red, "N-Nana - the seventh user - she says that she thinks you're all pretty."

The girls stared at him for a moment - and then Setsuna snorted.

"Okay," She hooked her arm around his again, "this requires an in-depth explanation. You need to tell us how exactly this quirk thing works."

Izuku chuckled at least, and nodded at that.

And thus, the first official date night of the seven girls of Class 1B and Izuku Midoriya began.

Few would know the good time they were going to have tonight, whether it be at the dinner, the movie, the arcade ...

... or when they got back, when it would be the second week in a row, after the slumber party where Izuku had pleased them all in one night, that none of them would go to sleep until four in the morning.

For very similar reasons.