Chapter Twenty-Nine: Righteous Minds
"Wait, so your dad is THE Hisashi Midoriya!? The famous music producer? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!? I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIS AUTOGRAPH WHEN WE FIRST MET!" Kyouka shouted, staring at the greenette in utter shock. Izuku sat confused, shrugging as if he had no idea that he should have told her.
"W-Well, you never asked! Midoriya isn't exactly a common last name, p-plus you saw us side-by-side, why didn't you make the connection?" He questioned, now blocking her attempts at attacking him with her jacks. Seriously, what was the big deal?
"That's not an excuse! I didn't recognize him when we met, but he's a big name in the music production industry! He was the engineer for Deep Dope a year ago! Your father is a legend!" Kyouka urged, grabbing the greenette and shaking him by the arms.
"H-He really isn't all that. He's just my dad, I-I don't really get what you're so excited about." Izuku countered, grabbing her arms so that she couldn't shake him. "P-Plus he's not coming back for another few months. You'll have time to meet him again then."
"Of course you only see him as your dad, you're his son!" Kyouka continued before her eyes widened in realization, "Holy crap, I'm dating his son. Oh my god! I'm dating Hisashi Midoriya's son! Izuku, you-"
"AND WE'RE MOVING ON!" Izuku shouted as he stepped through the entrance gates of UA. Izuku didn't really like talking about his father to begin with, nor did he want people to know that his father was somewhat of a celebrity apparently. "Seriously, we have to focus on the exam today anyways, you can ask all the questions you want later."
"Fine, fine." Kyouka said, releasing the greenettes hand as they entered the school campus. "God, I still can't believe that we've been hiding this for a month…"
"It does seem a bit crazy, doesn't it?" Izuku pondered, cupping his chin as he thought back on their time together. "Why do you say that? Are you feeling like telling people?"
"Well… Maybe? There's just something I'd have to tell you before any of that though." She explained, booping the greenette on the nose with her jacks before they entered the building. "You think you can wait a bit longer before we tell anyone?"
"For you, I can wait as long as you need me to. I like the quietness of it anyways." Izuku stated, taking a quick look around the empty staircase before giving the girl a swift kiss on her lips. "Now you go on ahead, I've got a few class president things to do."
"Geez, you're just gonna take that opportunity and leave right after? At least say hi to Yaomomo for me, okay? I'll see you in class." She joked, placing a hand to her lips as a light blush dusted her cheeks. Izuku nodded and the two separated for their separate locations.
Izuku had promised to help Yaomomo with a few handouts that they'd need for their classes early today, so he had to split off with Kyouka for today. As he entered the room he noticed Yaoyorozu standing by the window, peering out at the students walking into the building.
"Yaoyorozu-san?" Izuku called, startling the poor ponytailed girl. She quickly swiveled around with a red face as the greenette cocked a brow at her unusual… Jumpiness. "Sorry, did I startle you? A-Are you alright?"
"A-Ah, n-no, it's fine, M-Midoriya-kun! I was j-just looking outside at the other students, no one in particular!" She shouted, her face growing increasingly red as the greenette joined her by the window, peering outside to see the only student around was…
"Kacchan? Yaoyorozu-san, were you looking at Kacchan?" Izuku questioned, turning to face her. Once again, she kept her mouth shut with her face as red as a tomato, and turned away from the greenette. Did… Did she have a thing for Bakugou? "Do… Do you have a crush on Kacchan?"
Yaoyorozu hid her face in her hands and nodded, shocking the greenette to his very core. Someone actively likes that fucker!? "I know what you're probably thinking, but just… Hear me out, please."
"...A-Alright, though you should know about my relationship with him. We're not exactly on good terms, so this is definitely a shock." Izuku said, awkwardly rubbing the back of his head. It was no secret that Izuku and him had issues, and the fact that one of his friends would like that prick of all people was definitely concerning.
"W-Well, you may know that I'm not exactly like the rest of you in class. I got in through recommendations because of both my quirk, and, well… 'Status'." She explained, essentially just gesturing to herself. Izuku could understand, she usually would carry herself with such a proper, and high and mighty attitude despite how gullible she really was.
"Right, I assume you mean to say that you're from a rich family?" Izuku questioned, earning a nod from the brunette. Her Onyx eyes shifted to the now filled campus as students from each class had begun to pool in for classes.
"W-Well, as such I have plenty of… Suitors, that my family wants me to wed regardless of my own choices. But that's where Bakugou-kun comes in." She explains, smiling softly with her blush lessening as she thought about the boy. "He's everything those suitors aren't. They're prim and proper, the real stuck up type, and he… Well, he's crass and rude. He's aggressive and rather rough around the edges, but I guess that's what has made me begin to like him despite our lack of interactions…"
Izuku nodded in understanding, the way that she described the blonde was rather accurate, but he knew there was more to the blonde that she was missing out on. "Right, though I feel like you miss out on his drive. That's what makes him so crass, so rough, so… Egotistical. But no matter what, it's his drive that remains immaculate."
"Oh, I know! He's just so… Ugh! I don't know why, but I'm so infatuated with him! Is there any way I could get closer to him? Knowing him for as long as you have, you must have some idea, right?" She questioned, urging the greenette to give her some kind of idea to get together with the blonde. All she really wanted was a starting point so that she could get closer with him, even if it wouldn't be romantic.
"W-Well, i-if you really want my help I can try with what I do know, um…" Izuku said, looking back on a few mental notes that he had on the blonde about his personality and his interests. "A-As far as I'm aware you definitely fit his type, but if you really want to get to know him you should know that he's into all things destructive in nature, and he loves spicy food. H-He played the drums at one point, but the most important thing is… I-If you want to get close to him, you have to show that you believe in him. Say wishing him good luck, or giving him that small signal that your eyes are on him. He loves the attention."
Yaoyorozu blinked, unable to believe that Izuku was able to provide all of that evidence in such a short amount of time. His talking speed was seriously something for the world record books, he definitely was a quick thinker, and an almost lethal analyst.
"So you're saying I should feed his ego a tad?" Momo questioned, tapping a finger to her chin. Izuku nodded, turning back to the stack of papers that they had to bring to the classroom.
"Right, because if your attention is on him…" He started, lifting up the papers with ease before turning his head to face her once more.
"Then his attention will be on you."
Izuku and Yaomomo would then quickly finish up their duties as student body government officers, however due to their prolonged conversation the two of them had found themselves a tad bit late to class, and received a thorough chewing out from Aizawa.
The day would go on as normal until eventually the lunch bell would ring, signalling the students that they'd have their break of the day, as well as a chance to get some good food from Lunch Rush.
"Geez, sitting during those lectures sure is a pain..!" Kyouka exclaimed while stretching in her chair, Izuku chuckled and tapped her desk with his finger, signalling that the two might want to head off somewhere alone today for lunch. He was feeling rather needy all of a sudden, especially after that odd conversation with Yaomomo.
"Yeah, it really doesn't get any easier does it?" The greenette questioned rhetorically, chuckling slightly as Kyouka eyed him with a playful pout on her face. "Wanna get out of here? I got Yaoyorozu-san to take care of the others."
"What? How'd you even get her to do that?" Kyouka questioned, passing the greenette a look of suspicion. How could he have gotten her to agree to that?
"She owed me a favor, you won't believe how I got it though." Izuku revealed, looking back on his conversation with the girl earlier that morning. Kyouka frowned; it wasn't always that Yaoyorozu owed someone a favor, and Izuku had gotten it through some strange means? That was definitely suspicious.
"How exactly did you get owed a favor? And by Yaoyorozu of all people." She questioned, her jacks being raised in the air just in case she didn't like the greenettes answer.
"Well-"
"Oi, Deku." Bakugou called, interrupting the two's conversation. He pointed a finger at the greenette as he scowled. "Seems like you're starting to get better with that bullshit quirk of yours. Either way, that fancy footwork you've been pulling off isn't going to make you better than me! You may have won the Sports Festival, but when it comes to this exam I am going to make sure I blow you to bits, y'hear me!? I'll make the gap between us so great you'll never be able to catch up."
Bakugou then turned to the dual haired boy behind him as Kyouka eyed the blonde with a deep scowl on her face. Truthfully, it took everything in her body not to snap at the blonde and try to assault him. "That goes for you too, Half n Half. I'll crush the both of you so hard you'll never be able to keep up! I'll be at the top!"
"Fat chance, shithead! Izuku will always be better than your dumbass, now get lost!" Kyouka shouted, stepping towards the blonde. Bakugou matched her glare and the two stared each other down with a deep animosity. It was only when Izuku stood behind her with an intense expression on his face that Bakugou decided to back down. Taking on one of them would've been fine, but against both of them? He knew better.
"Kacchan, you should focus more on your own improvements. I've already surpassed you in the ways that I wanted, and I won't let you dictate my life." Izuku stated, placing a hand onto his girlfriends shoulder to hold her back. "Now I suggest you listen to Kyouka, and get lost. Your competition is with me, not her."
Todoroki eyed the three of them before running off to join the rest of the self-proclaimed "DekuSquad". 'There it is again… She's his trigger.'
"Tch." The blonde uttered before turning away and slamming the class door open, exiting promptly before he lost his cool and things got ugly. The few remaining students in the class grew tense, watching as Izuku's tensed expression relaxed and he let out a breath.
"Seriously, what's with that asshole acting all high and mighty. I'm so sick of it!" The girl ranted, her frustration building from the years and years that she had seen the blonde absolutely torture Izuku. Kyouka quickly gathered her things and rushed Izuku along out of the classroom; she needed to get away and be alone with the greenette. After all, it was the best way for her to calm down. "Seriously, who could stand being around that, that… Fucker!"
"Oh trust me you'd be surprised…" Izuku mumbled, being dragged along by Kyouka until they found their way up to the rooftop of the school.
"What's that supposed to mean? You saying that you like him?" Kyouka questioned, snapping her head towards the greenette as they plopped down onto the floor of the roof.
"God no, it's Yaoyorozu who does. Th-That's actually how I got my favor. She wanted me to help her get his eyes on her seeing as I-I've known him the longest… Unfortunately." Izuku revealed, surprising Kyouka with his statement. Yaomomo of all people had an interest in that discount pomeranian? Seriously?
"You're joking. There's no way."
"Oh, how I wish I was." Izuku continued, sighing as he leaned his back against the wall of the small entrance to the roof. "She's apparently into him because he's not anything like her suitors, which if you think about it, actually makes a lot of sense. He's quite the crass guy."
"Well, I guess she has a point there, but… It's Bakugou." Kyouka said, sighing through that last bit. "I'm honestly really disappointed in her decision in people to like."
"Well, you're dating me, and most people wouldn't think you'd be into guys like me. Isn't that the same sort of principle?" Izuku questioned, watching as Kyouka rested her head onto his shoulder.
"I don't really think we're a good comparison. But it's still unexpected as all hell." Kyouka countered sighing before an interesting idea came to mind. The girl smirked devilishly as she quickly sat in the boy's lap and was now face to face with the boy, her arms wrapped around his neck.
Izuku's face immediately began to heat up. "Wh-What are you doing, Kyouka? We're i-in school…"
"I'm aware."
"Th-then..-"
"Then what? Kiss me." She interrupted taking over the role of the initiator for them getting rather intimate like this. However, something that Izuku made sure of most of the time was that when he did initiate things there would be a very slim chance of them getting caught. Unlike Kyouka during this bold act of deviance.
"Wh-What!? I-I can't just kiss you, w-we have to at least barricade-" Izuku started, before being cut off by a swift kiss to his lips. Kyouka had gotten impatient and simply captured the greenettes lips before he could even protest. They were alone, the least they could do was enjoy the small amount of alone time that they had together.
Izuku's eyes narrowed. It seemed that he wasn't going to win against his girlfriend today, so despite his better judgement, he relented himself into the kiss, quickly wrapping his arms around the girl and pulling her closer into his body, giving her the free reign to do as she pleased. At least until lunch was over.
Kyouka sighed blissfully as she felt the greenette's grip around her waist, continuing to feverishly kiss the boy as if there was nothing more that she wanted to do in the world. Izuku was no better, however, as he had began to lose himself into the temptation.
One of his hands would unconsciously move a tad lower than normal, though neither made a move to stop despite their current location. It was only when they separated for air that the two had realized just what exactly was happening.
"W-Wait, wh-what are we doing?" Izuku questioned, his face flushing deeper than before as he swiftly removed his hand from her posterior, though it seemed that Kyouka hadn't really realized just what the greenette had done.
"What..?" Kyouka questioned in a daze as she locked eyes with the greenette, her eyes hazy as if the trance she was in had left her viewing everything as unintelligible. Her breathing was jagged, but her vision was only fixated on the flushed face of the greenette before her. His face looked like he was filled with so much raw emotion that he was having trouble controlling, and it intrigued her. It was almost like during the Sports Festival when he kissed her while they were alone.
"L-Let's just sit like this for now. We r-really shouldn't be doing this here." He continued, clutching onto the girls form, bringing her head into his chest as the two listened to each other's heartbeats. They had just done something rather intense, and they needed to calm down before they try and do something that they would regret.
The teens were unsure if what had just happened was an explosion of their own hormones, or if that was just their love for one another manifesting. Though both answers were likely, they really hadn't even discussed the subject of love at all, let alone with each other. Perhaps it was just a mixture of both.
The two would reside on the roof like that until the end of lunch neared and the students would make their way back to the classroom in a rather awkward silence, and yet… They only felt that they needn't say anything to one another. They couldn't really say what had happened was bad, but it wasn't necessarily good either. Scratch that, it was amazing, but that's what scared them. They could have done something really bad, but it felt good.
The two would only stare at each other from a distance, the small rift beginning to make them grow increasingly concerned about whether or not to spill the beans about their true feelings, but they had no time to be concerned about anything of that nature as school would consume most of their time, and now especially…
It was time for their exam.
"Well, I fully expected you kids to go ask around about what to expect, so you guys might think you have a good idea on how this exam will go, however-" Aizawa started, essentially predicting what the majority of the students had been up to since hearing about the Final Exam, aside from Kyouka and Izuku who had missed out on the entirety of their class trying to gather information of the exam.
"Various circumstances have demanded a revision to the exam! You students will now be pinned up against us, the pros!" Principle Nezu exclaimed, popping out the gruff man's bandage scarf. "From now on, we'll focus on battles against flesh-and-blood opponents. It is critical that our teaching simulates practical experience as closely as possible!"
"Against the teachers..?" Izuku mumbles, silently eyeing Aizawa with fear. If he were to be pinned up against that man, he knew for a fact that he wouldn't be able to compete in the slightest. Izuku knew he relied too heavily on his quirk, and fighting that man would surely dig him into some deep shit.
"You don't think I'll have to fight snipe, do you?" Kyouka quietly questioned from beside Izuku. The greenette blushed, the vision from lunch replaying in his mid, and shook his head.
"If they're going to pin us against the teachers it'd probably be the ones we'd be weak against which means…" Izuku explained, scanning over the teachers before pointing towards two teachers. "Thirteen, or Present Mic."
"First up, Todoroki and Yaoyorozu." Aizawa called, gathering the students' attention to those two. "You two are up against me."
Izuku quietly released a sigh of relief, though he was truly worried about his friends. Being up against someone who could take away the power that you've used for the entirety of your life in the blink of an eye was definitely a challenge. Especially up against those who depend on their quirk too much, like Todoroki and Yaomomo.
"Don't think you're off the hook, Midoriya. You're with Bakugou and you'll be up against-" Aizawa explained, both boys eyes widening in both shock and frustration that they'd be forced to work together in order to gain a passing grade.
"Me." All Might exclaimed, appearing before the boys in his muscle form. Aizawa looked rather peeved that he was getting cut off again, especially since it was who had done so this time. "You'll have to work together to beat me, so give me all you've got noobies."
Izuku and Bakugou shared an expression of, "What the fuck are we going to do!?" before they turned their attention back to the teachers. Surely the teachers knew what they were doing, teaming these two up against the literal number one hero. Y'know, the guy who can CHANGE THE FUCKING WEATHER WITH A SINGLE PUNCH!?
They were royally screwed. There was no way to win against that behemoth of a man, no villain had ever successfully beaten the man, and they expected a couple of highschool students to win!?
"Next up… Jirou, you're with Uraraka. You're up against Thirteen." The man continued, reading down the list, however Kyouka and Izuku had already began to tune everything out. They were officially paired with the worst amount of people that they could have been paired with, and the two of them thought the same thing in that moment.
'The universe hates me, doesn't it?'
And that's chapter 29! I know, this was going to be chapter 30, but rewrites have caused this to become chapter 29.
In this chapter we get a good look on what's to come for the final exam, as well as some interesting developments between a few characters.
I'm really happy to include more ships, as well as the furthering of Izuku and Kyouka's intimacy, though it's not exactly going to go anywhere beyond this point quite yet.
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed, and I'll see you in the next chapter!
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