Chapter 8- Feel the music
It was Saturday and that meant Izuku had a day off from school so he decided to do something he hasn't done in a while: visiting the shelter for depressed quirkless kids.
He was the one that opened with the money he got from his government projects but the facility was managed by a friend of his, Doctor Yamada, still he spent a lot of time there interacting with the children. He believed that if he was gonna change society for the better it'd be better to start with younger generation, unfortunately because of his busy schedule these last months he couldn't visit them as frequently as he wanted to, so today was a very special day.
He arrived in the shelter and someone was there waiting for him. It was a pretty woman in her early thirties with brown hair, dressed in loose pants and shirt.
"Well, well, well. Fancy seeing you here boss."
"Yamada, for the last time I am not your boss. I just helped construct the building."
"Hey, if you pay my salary you are my boss."
"The government is the one that pays you."
"And you are the one who told them to do it, soooo…"
"Okay, okay, enough of this. How are the kids?"
"Why don't you ask them yourself?"
As soon as she said that the doors opened to revealed a bunch of exited kids with smiles on their faces.
"Izuku-niichan!"
And all of them pounded at Izuku at once, making him fall to the ground with them on top of him. He didn't mind though, he felt happy thet they all missed him this much.
"Where have you been all this time?!"
"It was boring here without you!"
"I got a A on my history test!"
"Do you have any new cool inventions?"
They started bombarding him with phrases like that, not even giving him the time to answer them. Seeing the situation getting out of control Yamada stepped in.
"Okay kids, that's enough. Give the man some room to breath."
The kids reluctantly obeyed the order stepped back, giving Izuku time to finally breath.
"Alright. I am sorry that I haven't been able to come here as much. So to make up for it I will spend the entire day here to play with you. How does that sound?"
"YEAH!"
They were literally jumping in joy.
Admist the celebration Izuku picked a little blond girl with a pony-tail and lift her up in the air.
"Ah! Don't think I forgot about you Mio. I know someone's birthday is coming up next week."
"Yeah! Yeah! It's Mio's birthday! And since she still mad because Izuku-niichan took so long to come you will have to give her whatever she wants!"(If anyone is confused the kid talks in the third person.)
"Fair enough. What do you want?"
"Mio wants Izuku-niichan to sing her a song!"
"A-A song?"
He was a little worried, but he got over his stage fright a bit on karaoke night so he figured that if he could do it once he could do it again.
"Okay, no problem. What song do you want?"
"A original song! One Izuku-niichan made just for Mio!"
"W-What!"
Izuku could be a lot of things but he was not a composer. To be fair he never tried before but he was sure he couldn't come up with a song by next week!
But when he was in front of those huge beautiful blue eyes that seemed to represent a child's innocence there's no way he could say no!
"Consider it done."
"Yeah!"
He spent the rest of the day and afternoon playing and talking to the kids with a smile and calm expression on his face but on the inside he was practically screaming in terror.
'I AM DOOMED!"
…
It was Monday now and Izuku still couldn't come up with a single letter of music he promised Mio, he didn't bother to pretend to pay attention to class as all of him was concentrated in that damn song.
The bell rang and Uraraka and Ida made their way to Izuku's table since they noticed that he had been acting since morning.
"Is something wrong Izuku?"
"What do you mean Ochaco?"
"YOU HAVE COMPLETELY IGNORED ALL THE LESSONS OF TODAY MIDORYA! IT'S NOT ONLY DISREPECTFUL TO THE TEACHERS BUT ENCOURAGES OUR FELLOW CLASSMATE TO IMITATE THIS BEHAVIOR!"
"O-Okay, sorry Ida. It's just that I got this problem that I can't seem to solve no matter how much effort I put in it."
"Oh, that's gotta suck. Can we help?"
"Thanks Uraraka but I don't think-"
Midway his sentence he noticed a certain purple-haired student and felt like hitting himself for being such a fool, the answer was in his classroom all along. With that realization he got up from his seat and practically ran to where Jiro was.
"Jiro I can we talk in particular for a second!?"
"S-Sure."
She was a bit flustered because they haven't talked much since the karaoke night but she thought he was a nice guy and didn't see the harm in accepting his request.
"Great, let's go to the hallway."
"Okay."
As they left the entire class was shocked speechless, especially Ochaco with a little bit of anger underneath.
…
Izuku explained the situation to her in the hallway.
"Okay, so you need my help making this song?"
"Exactly! Since you grew up surrounded by music and your parents being musicians themselves, you were the obvious choice."
"Wait, how do you know my parents are musicians?"
"I am a good detective. So, are you gonna help me?"
"I don't know man I am pretty busy with school stuff and besides it's kinda your fault since you couldn't say no."
"Okay, I didn't want have to do this but you gave me no choice."
He pulled out his phone and showed her a picture of Mio, with a smile and cuteness that could melt anyone's heart.
"Oh, C'mon! That's cheating! URHG, okay I will help you."
"Thanks."
"But we will have to meet somewhere. It can't in either of our dorms because words travels fast around here and the last thing I need is gossip."
"What about the rooftop after school hours? No one goes there."
"Great, see you then."
…
(The rooftop later that day)
They were both sitting with Jiro holding a guitar and Izuku taking notes.
"Okay, so the first thing you want to do when creating a song is thinking about the message you want to send to the people you are singing to. Be it heartbreak, inspiration or a love message if you don't have a idea of what you want to send you won't be going nowhere, so let's start with this."
"That's the problem. I don't what message I should be sending."
"Sometimes it helps if you think about the person you are singing to. This Mio kid, what's she like, what's her story?"
"Well, she's a very cute girl, as you have realized, she is very sweet and happy but she suffered from severe depression due to the fact that her parents abandoned her for being quirkless."
"That is horrible."
"It happens more often than you think. Anyway, when she came to the shelter she cried almost every day thinking she was all alone in a world that hated her."
"What happened then?"
"Well I told that even if the entire world turned its back on her I never would, it'd be me and her against the world."
"That's it."
"What?"
"Me and you against the world, that is the perfect message."
"Really?"
"Yeah! Okay, we have the foundation now we just have to build around it."
"And you think it will be ready in time?"
"Don't know, but hey we have to try."
Over the next days they spent their free time working on the song and really getting to know each other and Jiro realized Izuku was very pleasant to be around in. In the first days she thought he gave the vibe of a all business tough guy, yet here he was cracking his brain to give a little girl the gift he promised. He was attracted to his selflessness, and the fact that he could be dumb about the most obvious things in social interaction despite being so smart, and it didn't hurt that he was easy on the eyes. She didn't know exactly what it was but she enjoyed being around him.
…
(Saturday, in the shelter)
It was the big day, the kids were playing in the backyard of the shelter celebrating Mio's birthday. Everyone seemed to be having fun, there were toys and even a pool but one girl seemed to be rather down and it was the birthday girl herself.
The party had started for some time now and there was still no sign of Izuku, and she was worried he wouldn't show up. Her parents didn't want to have anything to do with her because she was quirkless so Izuku was the closest thing to a father/big brother she ever had, and the thought of him not being there for her made her very sad.
Yamada noticed what was going on and approached her.
"Hey sweetie what's wrong, did you not like the party?"
"Auntie, where is Izuku-niichan."
"He will be coming here any second now."
"What if he doesn't? What if I made him mad when I asked him for that stupid song and he doesn't want anything to do with me anymore!? I am so stupid I shouldn't have asked for anything!"
"No, he would never do something like that."
"Then where is he!?"
And just then as if on cue a floating platform appeared above them with Izuku and a purple-haired girl with weird ears they didn't know, both wearing leather jackets. The platform was shooting up all kinds of lasers and lights, like it was some sort of show.
"Hey everyone sorry I am late, but you all know I love making a entrance."
"IZUKU-NIICHAN!"
All the kids burst out and approached the crazy machine, with Mio in the front of them all.
"Now without any delay I have a very special song to a very special girl. HIT JIRO!"
And they started the music.
(Me & You Against The World, Rags, a little modified)
"Put your heart in it.
You can go the distance.
Me And You Against The World.
Sky is the limit.
Push to the finish.
Me And You Against The World.
We did it for love.
We tried and we won.
We'll never give up.
It's Me And You Against The World.
What I know right now, this guy came so far to my heart.
He got a key. I was lost then you found me.
Through all the sadness.
That's the lies and the abandoment.
Honestly, all you saw was me.
You didn't care what they said.
You stood by me instead.
Together, we're a stronger team, oh.
Put your heart in it.
You can go the distance.
Me And You Against The World.
Sky is the limit.
Push to the finish.
Me And You Against The World.
We did it for love.
We tried and we won.
We'll never give up.
It's Me And You Against The World."
At that point of the song Izuku pushed to the platform so he could sing directly at her.
"I know from my dreams, they say I'm crazy.
No matter what, we go around.
It feels like we both are certain.
It's the real thing, nothing beats the feeling.
Only our hearts can know.
Who cares what they say?
They can't get in our way. We dreamers just dreaming alo-o-one.
Put your heart in it. You can go the distance.
Me And You Against The World.
Sky is the limit.
Push to the finish.
Me And You Against The World.
We did it for love.
We tried and we won.
We'll never give up.
It's Me And You Against The World.
We fight together.
We're down forever.
Me And You Against The World.
We stick together and it gets better.
Me And You Against The World.
Put your heart in it.
You can go the distance.
Me And You Against The World.
Sky is the limit.
Push to the finish.
Me And You Against The World.
We did it for love.
We tried and we won.
We'll never give up.
It's Me And You Against The World."
When they finished a tsunami of aplauses and cheering was hear even those that were just passing by stopped what they were doing to watch and record the show.
But all Izuku was paying attention to was the little girl in front of him.
"So Mio what did you think."
"Mio loved it, absolutely loved it! Thank you Izuku-niichan! Thank you pretty lady! Who is she by the way, your girlfriend?"
"WHAT!"
That statement left both of them shocked and uncomfortable.
"NO! She is just a friend who helped me with the song that is all!"
"You don't have to be so flustered Izuku-niichan, it is okay for you to date. That is if you save a spot for Mio when she gets older!"
"What the hell is this kid talking about now?!"
Jiro was both embarrassed and amused by the whole ordeal. And, although she herself didn't realized it, part of her was happy to hear Mio call her Izuku's girlfriend but that's is a topic for later.
(Hi guys. Sorry it took so long to post this new chapter. I was having kind of a writer block. And for those that were expecting the USG incident next sorry. But I decided I was gonna do the harem route and wanted to have Izuku and Jiro in some kind of relationship before that. Anyway thanks for your support and leave a review on ways I can do to better my work)