Chapter 2!

Still going with the fast pace for this, and probably the next, chapter but I was pretty happy with how it came out.

User/Reviewer Guestoid: Glad people have taken to the start. I was a bit worried about the fast pace for these starting chapters so I'm glad it worked out. I wanted to change up the Stain encounter a bit, also just cause I have plans for having it go that way, so I figured it'd be interesting to have him get away without a fight.

User/Reviewer hydraking434: I'm pretty interested in writing this Izumi at the moment and I'll do my best to keep going along cause I quite like the premise for this fic.

User/Reviewer arispuffer: Glad you're enjoying it so far. I'm excited it get the ball rolling once I get all the setup points I need.

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Enjoy, more notes at the end!

Chapter 2: Fade to White

*Shouto POV*

Perhaps it was a strange word to describe someone but there was no other one that Shouto found fit her more.

Midoriya was colorless.

It wasn't as if she was always like that but there was a sort of dullness to the girl that somehow brought his mother to mind. Shouto couldn't feel anything from the black haired girl and the only time he could notice any sort of emotion from her was when she was with Hagakure. It was almost as if the invisible girl's presence is what gave Midoriya emotions, even if they were small, and at no other point did the green eyed girl seem invested in anything.

The other thing that came to Shouto's notice was how the girl fit into the class. She had faded right into the background, quiet as ever, as if she never existed at all. There were a few outlying connections, her relationship with Hagakure being the obvious one, but those interactions brought questions on there own. After the internships, Iida stayed away from the black haired girl, his eyes sometimes landing on her before moving away with a bitter frustration, and then there was Tokoyami. More specifically, Tokoyami's quirk Dark Shadow had cited that it was afraid of the new girl but the bird boy had hushed the being for its rude remark. Midoriya hadn't been around to hear the words but Hagakure assured that she wouldn't have been offended.

That fact only disturbed Shouto more in all honesty.

Midoriya never seemed offended but you couldn't tell at all if that was true. She only remained silent under her unbreakable mask but who was to say if the black haired girl was as unbreakable beneath it? Normally the white and red haired boy wouldn't have fixated on this so much but the glimpses of memories he had of his mother would overlap with the green eyed girl at times. It made Shouto worry more than he'd cared to admit and her blank and disinterested face wormed its way into his mind, casting a shadow over his thoughts as it blanketed them all at once.

There were days in which Midoriya wandered off on her own, Hagakure not seeming worried, and Shouto just barely caught the green eyed girl slipping out without a sound as lunch came around. He tried not to focus on her dull eyes but the fire and ice user couldn't help but fixate on them. Like their other classmates, Shouto exited the classroom and went to eat while quietly flipping through his own troubled mind. Finishing his meal early, he paced about listlessly and a flash of black hair came into his vision as it turned a corner. With his curiosity and restlessness getting the better of him, the white and red haired boy followed and caught sight of the girl who had occupied his mind.

The girl who was going for one of the roof accesses.

His body shot off by itself.

He'd panicked, there was no other way around it, and the dual quirked boy scrambled up the stairs before bursting through the door to the roof with audible breaths. Shouto's eyes darted around frantically and he caught sight of the girl he'd chased and his hammering heart eased a little. Midoriya was sitting in the middle of the roof with her side to him, seemingly not having heard his arrival, and she blankly stared off as if she was lost in her thoughts. Shouto was still in the doorway of the roof access and he froze up when the black haired girl dragged her green eyes to him. His sudden appearance didn't seem to surprise her and Midoriya gave a slight nod of her head before staring at him as if asking what he needed.

How did he explain himself? Did he say that he had been worried about just what she might do on the roof? He knew nothing of the girl and all these worries had only stemmed from his own rambling thoughts. Shouto remained transfixed in place but surprisingly it was Midoriya who spoke up.

"Do you want to sit?" she wondered, her voice low and lacking, and the boy tried to calm himself before answering.

"May I?" he asked back to make sure it was okay and again Midoriya gave him a small nod.

Shouto cautiously walked over, somehow afraid that he'd scare the girl off, and as he drew beside her he sat down while she stared at him. Once he was seated, Midoriya's eyes trailed away and gazed straight ahead into the distance and the white and red haired boy's attention followed. There was only sky before them, the clouds slowly but gently drifting by, and Shouto was unsure what made the view so captivating to a girl that was so disinterested in everything else. Looking from the side of his eye, he studied Midoriya's gaze and instead found that her green eyes were staring through the sight before them. The girl's mind was far away and she again showed that dullness that had unsettled his heart.

Midoriya was colorless...

and that worried Shouto.

-break-

*Tooru POV*

Tooru couldn't blame her classmates for being curious about Izumi.

It was fine though, she loved talking about her girlfriend, and she knew that it would spare Izumi the fuss since she preferred her alone time and didn't connect easily with others. Her girlfriend had slipped off during lunch, likely to spend some time alone to think, and Tooru figured she was either under the stair well or on the roof. It didn't bother her when Izumi wandered away at school but since she currently wasn't present that left the others to ask Tooru about her. Naturally they wondered about Izumi since it was a bit tough to get to know her and the invisible girl was happy to oblige.

"When did you two meet?" Ochako asked first as most of the 1-A students headed off for lunch and Tooru hummed in thought.

"We went to the same junior high but we didn't talk until around the start of 2nd year when we got shuffled into the same class," the invisible girl explained cheerily, thinking of when she'd first seen Izumi, and Mina popped in.

"I guess you must have hit it off since you're together now," she poked with a playful grin and Tooru shook her head, not that they could tell, before elaborating more.

"Not right away," the invisible girl revealed with a small laugh. "She was actually a bit shy back in junior high," Tooru noted as she tried remembering some of Izumi's habits from back then, "now she's just more on the to herself side."

"I can kinda see it," Kyoka chimed in with a nod while Tooru recalled a particular habit of her girlfriend's from then.

"Izumi used to not make eye contact with people and often stared more at the ground instead," the invisible girl pointed out, thinking of how Izumi's eyes had often been downcast back then, "it's why she kind of stares at people now cause she's forcing herself to not look down."

"I was wondering what that was about," Mina piped up, get a rumble of agreements from the others, while Tooru just kept searching her memories.

"Some people would make fun of her but it never really seemed to bother her," the invisible girl said thoughtfully but a secret smile pulled on her face at a particular memory. "I think it was a full year before she asked if we could be friends."

*Flashback*

Tooru didn't really know what to think of the quiet girl.

She'd heard other people talk about Midoriya here and there, never anything good, but the invisible girl didn't think she was a bad person at all. Sure Midoriya seemed to be on the shy side, she often looked more towards the ground and if she spoke it was somewhat quietly, but she hadn't done anything to warrant any of the comments she was often on the receiving end of. That said, the black haired girl didn't appear bothered by the words. If anything she was indifferent to the whispers but Tooru still thought she might be a bit lonely. Midoriya often disappeared during breaks, moving as silent as a shadow, but one day the invisible girl noticed her heading for the roof access.

The invisible girl's curiosity won out and she'd followed some ways behind the green eyed girl and found Midoriya crouched down at the side of the roof entrance. The black haired girl hadn't noticed her arrival but rather than it being due to Tooru's invisible status it seemed to be because her usually dull eyes were carefully focused on the ground in front of her. The invisible girl squinted to try and see just what had her attention and she noticed that it was a trail of ants that had the black haired girl's focus.

Tooru wasn't sure what about them demanded such rapt attention but Midoriya suddenly took a plastic bottle and placed it a little ways away from them, but not in their path, and her eyes almost held a hint of curiosity in them. The ants didn't seem to react so after a moment Midoriya moved the bottle and rotated it so the light dancing through it was sprinkled around the creatures. A few of the bugs trailed out of their formation for a moment though they eventually fell back in line but the path had very subtly been altered. Tooru didn't really get it but Midoriya seemed somehow fascinated and she took out more items and placed or rearranged them before observing how the ants would respond each time.

This was the closest thing to expressing emotions that Tooru had seen from Midoriya and she took a subconscious step but it somehow snapped the black haired girl's previous concentration. Midoriya whipped her head to the side and ended up stumbling backwards and falling on her rear as she stared towards Tooru. The invisible girl hadn't been expecting such a reaction, especially from Midoriya, and the girl tensed up with a look of embarrassment on her face as her mouth wordlessly moved to try and explain herself. Somehow the black haired girl appeared a little confused too in Tooru's opinion, not at the invisible girl's sudden appearance but instead as if her own reaction was what startled her, and Midoriya couldn't seem to calm herself down.

"Sorry, sorry!" Tooru apologized immediately, trying to help soothe the other girl. "I didn't mean to spook you like that," she assured and Midoriya's face reddened slightly from her words. "I saw you heading up here and I thought you might be lonely so I wanted to see if you'd like to chat," she attempted, hoping the other girl didn't dislike her, and Midoriya seemed to settle down a touch.

"I'm okay," she replied in a low voice as her usual demeanor slowly washed back over. "I'm not lonely, that is," she clarified with an awkward roll of her neck.

"Then is it still okay if we talk a little?" Tooru asked eagerly and the black haired girl nodded.

"That's fine," Midoriya replied evenly and Tooru crouched down beside her.

"I saw you moving stuff around but I didn't really get what you were up to," the invisible girl admitted, trying to strike up the conversation, and Midoriya's green eyes wandered back to the ground.

"I was just curious," she uttered quietly, fiddling with some of the objects she'd placed, "about how little indirect things would change stuff."

"That sounds kinda interesting," Tooru nodded, understanding the curiosity behind the idea. "Did you find anything out?" she wondered and the other student's lips remained a firm line as she concentrated.

"I don't know," Midoriya replied with a tiny shrug. "Do these little things even have any effect and if so how much? Can they influence anything or is it always unpredictable?" the black haired girl questioned, almost to herself, while Tooru hummed in thought.

"I don't really get it," the invisible girl confessed with a brief chuckle and, it may have been her imagination, but Midoriya's eyes seemed to soften.

"I guess it was just a bit interesting to me," the green eyed girl mumbled out.

"That's cool then," Tooru reassured, "we all have stuff like that."

"Sorry I freaked out," Midoriya abruptly brought up, rubbing the back of her neck with a somewhat awkward quirk of her lips, but Tooru shook her invisible arms.

"No, no, that was totally my fault!" she frantically apologized again. "Though I guess I didn't expect you to react like that," Tooru giggled as she recalled Midoriya's expression at the time, "it was kinda cute honestly."

"Was it?" the green eyed girl wondered, drifting back into her normal gloom, as Tooru nodded excitedly.

"I mean, sometimes when someone does something opposite of how you'd expect then it can be charming," she explained happily with an invisible smile, "it's gap cute," she proclaimed.

"I can't say I really get it," Midoriya replied dryly but it just made Tooru laugh.

"Well trust me when I say it was cute!" she assured and the other girl just nodded.

"Alright."

-break-

Tooru continued to find Midoriya on the roof, making sure to give the girl a tiny startle here and there to see her cute reactions, and soon enough days turned into weeks, and then months, and then a full school year before the black haired girl said something that surprised her back.

"Could we be friends?" Midoriya asked, a flicker of emotion in her eyes, and Tooru couldn't help but laugh before she suddenly hugged the girl.

"We already are!"

Tooru beamed when she saw a small smile on Midoriya's face.

*Flashback End*

"I was even more surprised when she asked me out a few months later but that's just part of what makes her cute," the invisible girl hummed happily and her mind drifted over to when Izumi had confessed.

It had been sudden but Tooru didn't mind.

Because she knew that Izumi really, really, liked her.

-break-

*Mina POV*

It was fun to just relax with her friends.

With the exams behind them and a lodge trip to look forward to, a number of the 1-A students got together to do some shopping for their summer trip. Although, Mina did wonder if the resident couple of the class would have preferred to go off on their own instead. While she could sort of mingle with the girls, Midoriya still wasn't exactly close with anyone save Tooru and it sort of surprised the pinkette when the new girl readily joined their shopping trip.

Sure Midoriya stuck around her girlfriend but once or twice people would realize that the green eyed girl would disappear on her own without so much as a word. So given that Tooru said that the black haired girl wasn't the most fond of crowds then Mina had thought that she wouldn't want to come to a mall. Plus, it wasn't as if she was alone with Tooru, as the invisible girl was also chatting and running along with their other classmates, so Midoriya was sometimes left to follow along quietly. Mina glanced over to the silent girl a few times but it was especially hard to try and read her since she was also wearing a black face mask today. Mina was about to just refocus on shopping but her ears caught Midoriya's voice suddenly.

"I saw something that way," the green eyed girl spoke softly, addressing her girlfriend, "I'll catch up in a bit Tooru."

"Okay," the invisible girl called back without hesitation. "Don't get lost," she told the black clad girl with a point of her sleeve, "or freeze up cause of the crowds," she added on, "or wander too far," she continued, "if you do then stay there and call me."

"I will," Midoriya seemed to say in amusement, "you worry for me too much."

The words got a laugh out of the invisible girl and Mina watched as Midoriya split off from them and vanished into the crowd as if she was never there. She wasn't sure what caught the disinterested girl's attention but Tooru wasn't bothered by it so she wasn't either. Mina instead went back to the fun that was playing around with everyone and time flew by before they reconvened at their designated meeting spot. The students were chattering with one another but Tooru perked up.

"Izumi!" the invisible called, getting a few of the students' attention, "there you are," she cheered as she hopped up and went for the returning girl.

"Did you find what you're looking for?" Midoriya asked, letting Tooru slip an invisible arm around hers, and Tooru latched onto her.

"Yup," she chirped happily before starting to drag her girlfriend off as the others watched, "but let's look at some clothes for you."

"Uh, Tooru?" Midoriya began but the invisible girl rocked on her heels and Mina stifled a laugh as she studied the green eyed girl's stiff body language.

"I at least want to see you try on something cute," Tooru told the black haired girl. "You don't have to buy it," she assured and Midoriya seemed to give in.

"Alright," she agreed, maybe with a hint of shy embarrassment, and the invisible girl waved towards Mina and the others before walking off with her girlfriend.

Midoriya turned her head slightly to talk to the invisible girl and Mina watched the very soft sort of sweetness in her eyes. She only had these moments with Tooru and only then could you feel some semblance of warmth in the black haired girl.

The two certainly made for a cute and interesting couple.

-break-

*Tomura POV*

The young man stalked back to the bar as he glared down.

The events of Hosu had made the headline the following day but it was eventually behind them before almost completely fading out as if it no longer mattered. It had frustrated him and the League hadn't gone anywhere either while there were still articles popping up here and there about the Hero Killer.

It was like nothing had changed at all, only a blip in the course before it got back on track, and Tomura despised it. Nothing had even come to him when he'd walked amongst all those smiling idiots and if anything he didn't feel as if he'd gotten closer to what he wanted to at all. His head only felt more muddled as time went on and the questions posed to him in his thoughts only served to frustrate him further. Just what was it going to take to break this status quo?

Goddammit, nothing was going his way.

Notes and Stuff

I still have Izumi's quirk hidden but I can confidently say that we'll get it next chapter, as I already have 1/4 of the next chapter done, so look forward to that.

The Shouto part kind of came to me sporadically but I enjoyed writing it quite a bit. Of course I also liked writing the Tooru bit and as we go forward I'll be able to start adding in Izumi POVs as well. Let's see what everyone can dig up on Izumi so far though with this chapter.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and look forward to more updates from me!