U.A was closed due to the USJ Attack. Repairs were scheduled and students were allowed to go home to their families to reassure them they're fine.

"GOD I'M SO BORED!"

All except one Izuku Midoriya left the U.A dorms. It wasn't that he didn't want to go home, it was just bad luck that his house got invaded by a hoard of termites. His mother and uncle were staying with their close friends for a few days. But they called asking how badly did he beat the villains, a sentiment he very much appreciated. "Okay... not a problem. I got the entire dorm to myself for three days. Just gotta figure out what to do with my three days."

He sat up on the couch cross legged and started to brainstorm. "Hmm... I could make another Mistake, nah that's only fun if you have someone to eat them with. Man I miss Yanagi and her deadpan face. Okay... how about I use those training facilities U.A has. Yeah, I could do that-"

"Or, you and me can have a talk." Midoriya tensed up and saw that the scruffy teacher from 1-A is in the front door, and he does not look happy. Wait, he's never happy.

"Mr. Aizawa, heeey. Whats up-"

"How long did you now the attack was going to happen?" Aizawa asked, skipping straight to the point.

"Okay no small talk got it. I figured it out... right after lunch. Took a bit of Sherlocking, but I figured it out."

"And you didn't let Vlad and I know because?"

"Because I wanted to get the jump on the enemy. Had I told you and Vlad King, then odds are you would have brought the whole attack force. Seeing the massive opposition in front of them they would have retreated and attacked some other time. I didn't want them to attack at a time I wasn't expecting, stress is bad for the brain you know." Midoriya explained, "So I figured it'd be best to tell Principal Nezu to send reinforcements in 40 minutes, while I told Fat to come in 20 to 30 minutes when I called. Which as luck would have it we arrived at precisely 2:20."

"So that was why you were on the phone at the entrance."

"Yup, it was to signal Fat Gum to come to the USJ. And with impeccable timing, Principal Nezu brought the main force to the USJ for clean up. Though I noticed All Might wasn't there."

"... He had a day off."

'More like he was heroing on his morning commute and burned his time like an idiot. But he doesn't need to know I know that info.' Midoriya thought before sighing, "Well it's not like he was necessary. Anyway, that was my reason for not telling you. But the main villains escaped so that reason was pointless in the end."

"No it wasn't." Aizawa said, "While it was stupid, and that Heat Crash attack of yours would have been extremely dangerous in literally every other circumstance outside of that one. I won't say it was pointless."

"Why's that?"

"Because you sent a message to the League of Villains." Aizawa said, "You showed their ring leader that you can take out their ultimate weapon meant to kill All Might. And if you, a first year, is their opposition, along with All Might. Then they'll be scared, or will at least second guess themselves in their next attack."

"... I guess." Midoriya said, before a smile graced his face, "So... that means I'm not in trouble. Right?"

Silence.

"Right... Mr. Aizawa?"

"No, not at all."

...

*Beep*

"Seems going home was a large waste of time." Momo Yaoyorozu muttered to herself, scanning her I.D on the scanner before walking towards the 1-A dorm. "Mother and Father are at a business trip, but called to ask if I was okay. So, I suppose that was fine... but still, they could have left early to see me."

Opening the door she threw herself onto the couch, disheartened by the lack of noise. 'No loud music, no curses, no declarations that 1-A is the superior class. Just... silence.' She thought before laying on her back on the couch, 'But... it's oddly clean? Why-'

"Oi, I just ironed that couch." Yaoyorozu shot upwards and saw Midoriya... in a maid outfit that's 3 sizes too small.

...

...

"Do you have something to say? Or am I too sexy for words?"

"T-That's not what I was doing!" She yelled, turned forward to ignore Midoriya, "W-Why, khmm, Why are you here? And why are you dressed like that?"

"I'm here cleaning up the 1-A and 1-B dorms because Mr. Aizawa got mad about the USJ. The reason I'm dressed in this is because a certain woman by the name of Ms. Midnight thought this was appropriate attire for this. Turns out this was hers from when she was a first year... and let me tell you she must have hit a growth spurt waaay past the time she was due for one, because this thing is tiny!" Midoriya yelled, tugging the uniform down gently as to not rip the very small amount of cover he had left, "The one time I'm glad she's big in certain areas, I'd literally cry if she wasn't. But anyway, I just about finished cleaning both dorms and stealing the 75,000 yen from Monoma I was owed."

"... It was 50,000."

"The interest rate skyrocketed. Such is life." Midoriya stated before sitting right next to her, she turned away to avoid any further embarrassment. "But my question is... why are YOU here?"

"M-Me?"

"Yeah, you and the others should be visiting their families. You know after the whole villain fiasco I'd figured your family would want to know-"

"They're at a business trip. Seems the conglomerate is more important than me."

'Well... that took a turn.' Midoriya thought, before sighing, "So you're neglected? Figured as much."

"And what's that supposed to mean?"

"While we never interacted much asides from Battle Training, that one battle told me all I needed to know about you." Midoriya started, "You're neglected by your family. So much so that they value their corporate empire over you. And you, don't like that."

"N-No."

"That's why when Bakugou and I were about to fight, and I told you to leave or you'll get in the way, you were frustrated. You wanted to fight not to protect, but to prove your worth. And if what Pony said was true... which it is she never lies. She and Shiozaki pretty much cleared the Mountain Zone themselves... with help from Kaminari and Jirou of course, but the one outlier was you... you didn't amount to much did you?"

"S-Shut up!"

"Was it because you didn't do as much as you expected yourself to do? Or rather... what you wanted yourself to appear capable to do?"

"And what do you know?!" She snapped, tears forming in her eyes, but she wiped them away, "I'm a Yaoyorozu, I'm destined to usurp the conglomerate! To be successful, to be perfect! As such I had to be the very best! My grades, my abilities! I was trained by the most renowned trainers across the country! And you, you're just someone who suddenly shows up and do all the things I can't! You're nobody important, no famous family heritage, no nothing! And yet you've been blessed with a second Quirk! So how?! How can someone like you have things I don't?!" She yelled before pointing at Midoriya aggressively, "How can a normal person be more special than me?!"

...

...

"As I figured... you just don't get it."

"What? What don't I get?!"

"That the way you're going about this is dead wrong! You're shooting for perfection, but being absolutely perfect is impossible! And all you're doing is hurting yourself physically and mentally."

"But I have to! It's my destiny to be-"

"Is it YOUR destiny?! Or was it a destiny your piece of shit parents decided for you?!"

"Stop this!" She yelled covering her ears, "Stop it now!"

"Yaoyorozu, for the love of God, think for yourself! Stop being a spoiled ass brat and decide your destiny for yoursel-"

"SHUT UP!"

*WHACK*

She slapped him. Yaoyorozu gasped when her actions registered into her mind, she got out of the couch and ran upstairs.

...

...

Aizawa having watched that entire interaction from a far distance, walked over and sat on the couch. "Why did you go so far?"

Midoriya placed a hand on his left cheek and sighed. "It pissed me off how alike we are."

...

*9 Years ago*

*FWOOSH* *FWOooosh*

"Nggh... it hurts."

*Slam*

"Izuku? What are you doing up? It's late." Hisashi asked, as he saw steam erupting from his arms. "... Training again?"

"... Yes." Midoriya replied, "I need to be stronger."

"... Why?"

"Huh? What do you mean why? So I can beat dad that's why."

"Okay." Hisashi said, before sitting on the steps. "Come here, sit down beside me."

Confused, Midoriya did as told and sat beside his uncle, who let out a deep sigh, "You know... your dad wasn't bad. In fact he was pretty nice and competitive in a good way." He explained, "Of course, you don't know your Grandma, but she's a fiery woman. No really, her hair was literal lava. But she's competitive and brash, while your Grandpa was a kind and gentle soul... and a massive nerd. So of course, he was the one who actually did the care taking, Mom was terrible at it. Hahaha!" Hisashi bellowed, before sighing, "But then... bad stuff happened." He said, which made Midoriya look up at him, "See, Dad was a very successful business man. But... and I didn't know this at the time, but one of his fiercest competitors wanted him gone. So he hired a hit man... and the rest is history. He died when your father was 6 and I was 4."

"... Oh."

"Mom remarried, when I was 14 and my brother was 16. I was indifferent to it, but your father wasn't happy. He knew he couldn't fill the void that Dad had in his heart... no one can. I remember the day the new husband called him 'Son'. He lashed out and punched him, saying he's not his son, and he'll never be his son. After that he walked out and never looked back. I of course followed him so he wouldn't do something stupid and I... didn't do a good job." Hisashi explained before standing up, "Though I wouldn't say that exactly… I mean had he not done said stupid thing then you wouldn't exist."

Midoriya didn't know how to respond to that, luckily Hisashi did, "I'm not saying you should forgive him now that you know this. Because frankly... I haven't forgiven him either. But before you start hating someone, make sure you have all the facts. Then you can think for yourself."

...

...

"Anyway, it's late. You start Day-Care tomorrow. Come on."

"... Okay."

...

*Present Time*

'Just because he lost Grandpa... doesn't mean he can be a horrible father.' Midoriya thought, before shaking his head, "She'll get over it... hopefully. Anyway, I finished cleaning the dorms. I'm going back to change out of this thing before other people see."

"... Right." Aizawa said as Midoriya exited the 1-A dorm.

"Hey Mi- Woah."

And not even 2 seconds later, Tetsutetsu, Kendou, Shiozaki, and Tsunotori were there walking towards the 1-B dorm.

"Why me..." Midoriya muttered to himself with a sigh, "I can explain."

"You can explain why you're in a tiny maid costume." Kendou asked, as Shiozaki covered Tsunotori's eyes.

"Protect the pure and innocent." She muttered averting her eyes as well.

"Believe it or not... yes." Midoriya muttered, "But first... I need to change so go ahead of me, and Shiozaki make a vine wall behind me."

"Understood." She replied, creating a wall of vines behind Midoriya and rushed towards the 1-B Dorm.

"... Why do I always end up in this weird incidents?"

...

*Click* *Creak*

"... I figured you'd be here."

"Hmm? Oh hey Yanagi." Midoriya greeted, laying on the roof of the dorm to look at the dark void of a night sky. "How did you visit back home go?"

"They were concerned... but figured I would have been fine." Yanagi replied, laying next to him. "How was your stay here?"

"Well that depends. What's a word that's a mix between painful and boring? Bainful? Sure we'll roll with that."

"... Do I even wish to know what happened while I was gone?"

"No but I'm going to tell you anyway." Midoriya replied, "First off, Aizawa was proud yet mad about the USJ, so he made me clean the 1-A and 1-B dorms."

"I was wondering why my room was suddenly spotless."

"You're welcome, but that's not even the worst part. See, Midnight decided it would be better for me to wear a maid outfit she had when she was here at U.A, and let me tell you, the 5 foot bajillion woman we know must have had a growth spurt, because it was small as heck!"

...

...

"Pfft!"

"Don't you laugh at me!"

"H-How can I not?" Yanagi asked, struggling to keep her laughter down, "It's quite a hilarious tale."

"I mean yeah in retrospect, but it was hard to wear." Midoriya added before sighing, "But moving on. Yaoyorozu came to the 1-A Dorm as I finished cleaning it, we talked, which then turned into an argument, which then ended with a slap to the face."

"What?"

"It was my fault for pressing. But... it made me mad just how alike we are."

The air went from jovial to tense... and Midoriya hated it. "Knock knock."

"... Huh?"

"Knock knock."

"Repeating it won't help me understand."

"... Wait wait wait. You're telling me... you don't know about knock knock jokes?"

"... No?"

"How the hell is your hobby 'Surfing the Internet' and not know about knock knock jokes?! Those are like... the most basic form of comedy!"

"Because I prefer riddles over jokes."

"Oh, well that's understandable." Midoriya said, before thinking, "Okay, I got one. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but come alive with wind. What am I?"

"Easy, an echo. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?"

"... A map?"

"Right."

The duo wasted the night away asking each other riddles they knew at the top of their minds. Having a competition to see who would stump the other first... until they ran out of riddles, called it a tie, and just stared at the void once again.

"Oh hey, a star."

"... There is a star. That's unexpected."

"I'll say, with the air pollution I was content with staring at the starless sky, but low and behold."

...

...

"Hey Yanagi."

"Yes?"

'... Go for it Izuku.' "Say, hypothetically, someone were to ask you out, right now. Well... not right now because it's the middle of the night and it's just the two of us, but you understand what I mean. What would you do?"

"What brought this on? Do you have someone you have your eyes on?"

"... Sure, we'll roll with that." Midoriya replied... which made Yanagi's heart falter for a second.

"Well, hypothetically, I would decline."

"Why?"

"Because I have my eyes on someone too." She said, making Midoriya's heart falter this time.

"Okay, what if your someone asked you out right now. Would you?"

"Right this second? I would accept in a heartbeat." She admitted.

"Even though we're training to be heroes?"

"Especially so." She replied, "Considering our lives will be on the line on all times once we graduate, we should enjoy the time we do have... don't you agree?"

"... You right. Honestly, if my crush asked me out right now, I would kiss them immediately."

After that declaration, the duo blushed and turned away.

'Just say it... do it!'

'Muster up the courage...'

"Yanagi-"

"Midoriya-"

*SLAM*

"You two, off of the roof. It's lights-out." Vlad King ordered as the pair jumped up to their feet.

"R-Right sir!" The duo rushed to their rooms to avoid potential punishment. But Midoriya couldn't help but feel frustrated.

'... Haah, guess now wasn't the time.'

...

"BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"It's not funny Aiba."

"I-I'm sorry, that's fucked up, that's really fucked up! I-I can't type straight! You got cock blocked by your teacher! HAHAHAHAHA!" She cackled.

"T-This is serious!"

"O-Oh sure lover boy." She teased before shoving her laptop aside to give him his undivided attention, "So why do you trust me with love advice?"

"... Seriously? Your Quirk is literally called 'Love' you're probably the most qualified person here."

"And not Hadou or Haya?"

"Well those two are joined at the hip, one won't be without the other. And the last thing I wanted was to be probed by Hadou."

"... You know what fair enough." She replied, "Well... to be frank? Your teacher stopping you is honestly good. Because confessing right now, with The Sports Festival is right around the corner, the last thing she would want is a distraction... especially by you. Now I don't know much about U.A's schedule past that point, but that's about all the advice I can give ya at this point. But what I wanna know is how did you know you had a crush on Yanagi?"

"I mean it wasn't hard to figure out, I mean come on, only an idiot wouldn't know that they had a crush on someone."

"True, who would be that stupid?"

"But I'm scared that some other schmuck will ask her out. I mean who wouldn't. She's smart, unintentionally funny which is the best kind of funny, cute as a button-"

"Okay stop, you're going to give me diabetes." Aiba groaned, "Anyway, I don't think you have anything to worry about."

"But she said she would only date her crush. What if that's not me?"

'Oh honey...' She thought with a roll of her eyes, "Again, I don't think you have anything to worry about."

"How can you be so certain?"

"Hey, whose the love guru here?"

...

...

"I thought so." Aiba responded, satisfied with her victory. "So yeah, I don't know about after the Sports Festival, but you definitely shouldn't confess during the Sports Festival period."

"Yea- Wait a minute..."

"What?"

"I forgot... Midterms are coming up in two weeks."

"... Okay I've been out of school for like, a decade now. But I'm sure Midterms aren't until Mid-May."

"They are, but U.A and Hero School in general are different that normal schools. I mean, the first Provisional License Exam is in... the last week of June? And Summer Vacation for normal classes are end of July. It's weird."

"I'll say, but I'm not in charge of that." Aiba replied with a shrug, "But anyway, help me help you, and I need some help too."

"Go for it."

"I've been... thinking about getting back into dating."

"Hey, you're the 'Love Guru'."

"I'm not looking for dating advice, I just... is it okay? I mean... it's only been two months since Gentle was arrested, and I'd say I'm making great strides in moving on and doing good in his name. But... is it too soon? Should I wait a little longer?"

...

...

"I'm going to be 100% honest. I don't think it's too soon, mainly because I don't know what's too soon, what's too late, or what's the perfect time. So what you should be asking is... will you be happy dating someone else?"

"... I don't know."

"Then I guess until you figure that out. It is too soon." Midoriya glanced at the wall clock and stood up, "Anyway, unless I want to clean the entire school in a speedo... idea courtesy of Midnight, I should get going." He headed towards the door, before stopping, "You deserve happiness, you know that right?"

...

...

"Yeah..."

...

"So you said you needed what exactly?"

For the last day of the 3 day weekend, Midoriya and Yanagi were wandering around the mall. Their goal? Spend the 75,000 Yen they stol- I mean, collected from Monoma.

"A spare set of drum sticks, a new drum pedal, as well as a potted plant to freshen up my room."

"Go nuts, it's technically all on Monoma's tab." Midoriya said, waving the money around with a smug smirk on his face, "I for one, love going ham on someone else's mon-"

"E-Excuse me." A little girl with blue hair stuttered, "I-I'm lost, I don't know where my big bros are."

"Aww, well we can find them for you." Midoriya said.

"Why haven't you gone to mall security?"

"W-well ma said I shouldn't talk to strangers."

"Oh, good lesson... but we're strangers-"

"No you're not!" She exclaimed, "You're the green haired boy my brother always talks about."

'... Wait.' "Is your brother... about yay tall, wears glasses, flails his arms a lot, and has engines jutting out of his calves?"

"Yeah! That's my big bro!" She exclaimed with a smile, "He's so cool, I want to be just like him!"

'Maybe not, exactly, like him.' Midoriya thought, before shaking his head, 'No, be nice you dick.' "Well we know who we're looking for. And odds are he's running around the mall looking for you."

"But he said using your Quirk in public is illegal."

"... You know what? Fair enough." Midoriya said, "Well the best idea is to go to the main plaza... buuut, Yanagi and I have some things we need to buy."

"... Oh."

"So, we go to the plaza, THEN we see the stores. That way if we hear a loud scream, it'll probably be your brother."

"... Okay!"

"Awesome! To adventure!"

"Adventure!"

...

...

"Yanagi you're really ruining the vibe here. Adventure!"

"Adventure!"

"... Adventure."

"Good enough!"

...

"You hungry... what's your name?"

"Oh, Tensai Iida."

"... Tensai?"

"Yeah!"

"And what's your brothers name?"

"Tenya, and Tensei."

'Should have figured, family naming schemes.' Midoriya thought before sighing, "Well I'm not using it. Tensai huh? Sai, I'm going to call you Sai, is that cool?"

"... Sai. I like it!"

"Alright, you hungry Sai?"

"Um..."

*Growlll...*

"... Yeah."

"Well good news there's a 7-11 here." Midoriya said pointing to the iconic neon sign, "Buy a snack and a juice, I don't want your brother on my case for spoiling your lunch."

"Understood!"

The duo now formed trio bought what they would consider lunch. For Midoriya a ham sandwich and a water, Yanagi two bao buns and a water, and Sai got onigiri and a small bottle of apple juice."

"Alright, what else looks cool...?"

*Tug* *Tug*

"Can we go there?"

"Ooh and art store, I like your style." Midoriya commented.

"You like art Sai?"

"Yeah! But I don't know what to draw..."

"Well I spy with my comedically big eyes... some art material." Midoriya said, pointing to the store right next to the art store.

"What's... Pokemon?"

...

...

"This can't stand."

"Huh?"

"We're buying all the art supplies you want, then we're going to enlighten you to Pokemon."

"O-Okay!"

...

They say letting a kid into a store with no limit on what they could buy is a bad idea. Well they'd be right, the aspiring young artist blew the bank with her purchases, and Midoriya was more than happy to spend all of Monoma's money for her healthy addiction.

"That will be... 69,895 yen please."

"Okey dokey." Midoriya said, tossing 70,000 yen on the counter without a care in the world.

"I hate to be the one to say this... but I still require my drum sticks and pedal."

"Huh? Oh sure I got you covered. My main goal was to spend all of Monoma's money, what did you think I would make that 50,000 yen bet without having the money? Pish posh." Midoriya said, a massive smile on his face, "Now Sai, we blew bank for you. So I want this stuff to last a long while okay?"

"Okay!" She exclaimed, carrying one bag full of art supplies... and Midoriya carried the remaining 7.

"And... I want you to keep drawing even if it looks bad. Because literally everyone think their art is bad when in reality it's amazing. So keep drawing, okay?"

...

...

She dropped the bag and hugged Midoriya's leg, "I-I will!"

"Atta girl. Oh and thank Yanagi over here. I mean, she was the one who picked out a bunch of stuff after all."

She let go of Midoriya's leg and hugged Yanagi's, "T-Thank you big sis Yanagi!"

Her eyes widened... before she squatted down and hugged her back, "She's... the little sibling I never had the chance of having." She muttered.

"I know right?"

...

*Ding Ling*

"Sai! You in he-"

"What's that?"

"That's a 'Metagross'. It's a really strong Steel Type Pokemon."

"Wow... and what does big sis Yanagi have?"

"That's a Froslass. It's a Ghost Ice Type Pokemon."

"So cool, I wanna draw i-"

"Ahem." The trio turned towards the tall blue haired man standing behind them, Sai's eyes widened and ran towards him.

"Tensei!"

"There you are!" He yelled, lifting her up, "Mom, Dad, and definitely Tenya were worried about you."

"Sorry big bro. But big bro Midoriya, and big sis Yanagi were helping me."

"Really now?" Tensei asked before looking at the duo... then the bags on the ground. "And I assume they were spoiling you?"

"U-Um."

"We spoiled her yes. But it was from the money that I won from a bet... plus interest. To technically it wasn't our money."

...

...

"That's your explana-"

"BAHAHAHAHA!" Tensei cackled before setting Sai down, "That's... that's a new one. Alright, I'll let it slide, in fact, pick one and I'll pay for it."

"Well you won't see me denying someone buying me stuff." Midoriya commented before looking at the selection, before settling on one.

"Ooh whose that?"

"Oh this? This is Celebi."

"I wouldn't have expected you to select that one." Yanagi commented.

"It's... a gift. And it's not like I can't just come over here and blow my net worth on overpriced plushies."

"Well if that's what you're rolling with, to the register."

...

"Tensai!" Tenya Iida yelled lifting up his little sister, "We were looking for you!"

"Sorry Tenya, but big bro Midoriya and big sis Yanagi helped me." Iida's face paled as she waved her hands around, "They bought me art stuff, taught me about... Pokemom?"

"Pokemon, Sai."

"Right Pokemon!" She exclaimed with a big smile, "So sorry for worrying you... but I got you this... what was it called?"

"Metagross."

"Yeah that!"

...

...

"I see." Iida said before setting Sai down to bow, "I thank you for looking after my little sister... and I apologize for the entrance exam."

"... *Gasp* Big bro! Were you mean to him?"

"W-Well that's-"

"Of course not." Midoriya spoke out.

"Huh-"

"It was all a big accident. See he tripped and landed right on my stomach while we were resting and preparing for the actual test, it hurt like heck. A big ole clutz this one, it's like he has two left feet."

"Oooh." Buying it in a heartbeat Sai turned towards Iida, "Apologize big bro!"

"R-Right Tensai... I'm sorry Midoriya."

"I said don't worry about it. I was moderately mad then... don't care now." Midoriya said before ruffling Sai's hair, "Now, you go with your brothers... while Yanagi and I finish our shopping and go home."

"Okay, bye!" Sai exclaimed waving at the duo.

"See ya later! And don't forget to keep drawing!"

"Okay!"

With one last wave, the duo went back to their original plan. Drum supplies. "So..." Yanagi spoke, "You appear to be excellent with children."

"I... wouldn't say that."

"Oh come now, she was practically attached to your leg. The main reason she acknowledged me was because you mentioned me."

"Oh you come now, she loved you too... but clearly not as much as me."

"I figured you would turn this into a way to boost your own ego."

"Ahh, wha- pssh poosh pssh! Me?! Ego?! I'll have you know I'm the most humble, kind, handsome..."

*Fwomp*

Midoriya laughed when Yanagi whacked him upside the head with her Froslass plushy. "Quiet you, now where is that music store?"

"Oh right here, you were too busy committing assault and plushery to notice."

...

...

Yanagi sighed. 'Why do I even bother?'

...

*Click* *Creak*

"Today was quite the day- What's this?" Shiozaki noticed the small wrapped box on her desk and a note right beside it. She took the note first.

'Dear Shiozaki: Although it wasn't at all my fault, I'm sorry for 'corrupting the innocent' with my outfit. Here's a gift from my trip to the mall as a form of recompense. Sincerely, Not Midoriya.'

With a small smile and a roll of her eyes she set the note aside and opened the present. Revealing the Celebi plushy.

...

...

'I'll admit it's rather adorable. I suppose all is forgiven.'

*End of Chapter*