Hello, everyone. Your girl's back to update another chapter for you all. I've decided to put a certain brunette character in this chapter for Izuku's health. I've felt so terrible about making Izuku so miserable, so I've finally decided to let my baby girl have an actual friend for once. One that actually cares about her for one.
Izuku walks slowly behind Akira. The black-haired boy wanted to make sure that his cousin didn't try to escape again, so he always made sure that Izuku was always near him whenever they went out like today. Akira took her to the mall since his father had asked him to make Izuku happy since she has been gloomy all summer since her break up with Tenko Shimura.
Akira turns to look at Izuku who still looks miserable. The green-haired girl continued to walk slowly with her head down.
"Come on, Izuku, hurry up," Akira said, taking her wrist in his hand and made her walk faster.
"Sorry, Akira," Izuku said as she walks faster for her cousin.
"Whatever," He said as he turns his head around.
Izuku hasn't spoken about what happened at the ball to her. She didn't know what to say to her whole that Tenko came and did things to her that she has yet to completely understand. She felt that they wouldn't understand, and it'll just be another thing to prove to them that she's just a fragile little girl that needs all the protection in the world. Suddenly, Akira stops and looks at Izuku before saying.
"I'm going to the restroom. Set right there while I'm gone. And don't do anything stupid, Izuku," He said seriously while pointing to the setting area.
Izuku nodded and went over the area where Akira pointed at for her. Once again, she felt like a little doll who does what she was told to without any disobedience from her. A doll who was made out of porcelain that needed to be kept safe in a box.
Izuku look around and saw many people in different groups. Some were couples who were happy to be together while the others were friends who enjoyed hanging out with each other. Everyone looks happy, but her. She was the only one who didn't have anyone special in her life anymore. Yuzu is her only friend while her relationship with Katsuki has become rocky throughout the years. But Izuku's beloved maid couldn't do certain things since Yuzu is still just a maid of the Fukui household. And with Tenko no longer in her life, and with Hackucho hasn't been seen by the Pros or the police, Izuku finally realizes just how alone she really is.
"Since Dad hasn't called me in a while, I guess I'm truly alone again... Just like when Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa died. The only family I left now is the Fukuis. I don't mind, I guess. People have always treated me so differently ever since the day it was discovered that I'm doomed to be Quirkless forever," Izuku thought as she watches the people around having more of a great time at the mall better than her.
Hearing their laughter, Izuku covered her ears with her hands as if the sound was painful to hear. To her, it was.
Even though Akira told her not to do anything stupid, Izuku (with tears now getting ready to come out) ended up doing the exact thing. Getting up where she was setting, Izuku ran before her cousin could come out of the restroom.
While the poor girl ran, she accidentally bumped into a few people before apologizing to them and running again. The little girl wanted to leave and go home despite said home is the very place where she feels so scared and helpless. But where else can she go? The only place she can think of is the Bakugo household, but Izuku knows that it was useless for her to even go there since it would be the first place her family go and dangerous since the Bakugo family would be in trouble if they take her in.
However, Izuku didn't even notice that there was a brunette in front of her. The brunette girl looks about the same age as Izuku with rosy cheeks on her face and brown eyes. She also looks so beautiful as well.
The brunette girl was putting up posters for her father's company. Hoping that before she can become a Pro Hero, someone will take interest in the company before things become too bad for her family.
Izuku had no idea that she was going to run into someone or the other girl didn't notice that someone was running towards her by mistake. It was only when Izuku had bumped into the other girl that they both fall onto the floor. The fall had caused the brunette girl to have her posters all over around them. Izuku also ended up on top of the brunette girl by accident. Causing the green-haired girl to be very embarrassed.
"I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going!" Izuku said to the brunette girl as she got up and helping the other girl as well with a blush on her face.
"No, It's fine, actually. I should have been the one to pay more attention since I was lost in my thoughts," The brunette girl said.
The brunette girl tries to laugh it off like it was a joke, but when she saw the tears coming from the other girl's eyes, she knew it was the best time for jokes.
Picking her posters, the brunette girl had to get these posters up since there's a possibility that someone important will walk by and not see any of the posters that could help her parents out.
Izuku herself help the brunette girl with the posters that she caused to be on the floor. Even with her emotional and mental state, Izuku still wanted to help people. Even when she couldn't become a hero like All Might said.
After helping and giving the brunette girl her posters back, Izuku didn't know what else to do. She was kind of scared of facing Akira since she disobeyed him on staying where she was supposed to be setting at.
"Hey, are you okay?" The brunette girl asks Izuku with concernedness.
The little green-haired girl wanted to nod her head and say yes, but she didn't the ability to lie and say that. Instead, she shook her head without saying much. Izuku could already tell that the other girl was embarrassed by standing next to her since she was crying in a public place. She didn't blame the other girl if she wanted to get away from Izuku as far away as possible.
However, the brunette girl simply took Izuku's hand in hers and smile at her. The brunette girl then led them to a nearby bench and set down. Her hands were so much warmer than Izuku's
"My dad told me that I could hang out at the mall after I finish with these posters," The brunette girl said to the green-haired girl.
"But he also said that I don't have to put them all up since it might take all day," She said with a smile on her face.
Izuku felt some warmth in her that she hasn't felt in a long time. It was different when she was with Tenko. The brunette girl talks to her in a more friendly way than anyone at school did, even Tenko.
"I'm Ochaco Uraraka," The brunette girl, Ochaco, said.
"I'm Izuku Midoriya," Izuku said as well.
The two girls soon began to talk to each other. Ochaco told Izuku that she was putting up posters to help her parents with their construction business since it hasn't been doing so well in the last few years that she could remember.
"That's very sweet of you, Uraraka-san," Izuku said.
"Thanks, Midoriya-san. I always want to help out my parents since I was little. They're always doing nicely for me even when we don't have enough money, but they always make sure I'm happy," Ochaco said.
With her tears drying up, Izuku smile a little. It was such a long time since she actually smiles.
"I'm actually planning to go to U.A. High next year. I've been working on my Quirk for the entrance exam," Ochaco said to the green-haired girl.
Hearing Ochaco was planning on going to her dream school, Izuku didn't know what to feel. But she knows that she should be happy for Ochaco since the latter has a better chance at entering in U.A. than she did.
"IZUKU, WHERE THE HELL YOU'VE BEEN?!" Akira's voice shouted as he matches right up to Izuku and Ochaco.
Izuku froze in fear at the sight of her cousin. Talking to Ochaco had caused Izuku to completely forget about Akira. She had managed to enjoy herself with the brunette girl.
When Akira was close to Izuku, the little girl went closer to Ochaco despite not knowing her. This is like when she was with Kacchan when he's angry.
"I'm sorry, Akira," Izuku said to her half-cousin.
Hearing her apologize, Akira calms down a little. Although his parents told him to tell them if Izuku was misbehaving, there's no way he'll tell them what happened today.
"It's fine. Just don't go anywhere where I can't see you," He said.
Ochaco looks at Izuku who was now on the edge of breaking down in tears again. Looking at the black-haired boy, Ochaco wonders if they were dating since this guy was looking at Izuku almost in a romantic way like a boyfriend would.
"I'm Ochaco Uraraka. I was just trying to put up some posters when I accidentally Midoriya-san here. Sorry for making her late," Ochaco said to Akira.
"It's fine. I'm sorry if my cousin was bothering you. She often does sometimes. She likes to wander off to who knows where, and cause trouble for other people," Akira said, bowing to Ochaco.
"Well, she wasn't a bother to me. I just enjoy talking to her," The brunette girl said with a smile.
Izuku couldn't believe what she just heard, someone like Ochaco had actually enjoyed talking to her.
"Come on, Izuku. We need to head back home. Mom and Dad will have my head if we're not home," Akira said as he took Izuku's hand in his.
As Akira dragged her with him, Izuku turns to look at Ochaco who smiles a little and waved goodbye at her. However, Izuku didn't want this to be the only time that she saw Ochaco. Although she knows that this was a selfish thing to do, Izuku wanted to get to know more about the brunette girl like today.
Taking her hand out Akira's, Izuku quickly went back to Ochaco who was about to put up more posters.
"Uraraka-san, I was wondering if we could exchange phone numbers to keep in touch. That is, if you don't mind," Izuku said to the other girl.
Izuku hopes that this didn't come out as creepy since she didn't have much people to talk to. and her social skills being limited
"Sure, Midoriya-san. I don't mind. I'm actually glad that we're now going to see each other more," Ochaco said happily.
Once the two girls exchange their numbers to each other, Izuku went back to her cousin. Akira was kind of confused to see Izuku being a little happy for once. Looking back at the brunette girl who just left, the black-haired boy wonders if Izuku was trying something again or not.
Izuku, on the other hand, was happy to see that she actually managed to make a friend possibility. Ochaco seems like a nice girl. She only hopes that her family would like Ochaco as well.
Thanks for reading this chapter, everyone. Ochaco is now here. She and Izuku will be best friends in the story. What will the rest of the Fukuis think of Izuku's friendship with Ochaco when they meet her? Hisashi sure has been busy for not answering his daughter's calls for MONTHS already. Hopefully, he and Izuku can talk to each other soon.