No one's POV:
Just as planned the four teens had entered a cafe together for an early double date. To be perfectly honest both Izuku and Minoru were nervous about it but Setsuna and Reiko were very laid back girls. This allowed them to relax and get a good groove going. Izuku even got into explaining his quirk to the two girls.
"Holy moly! That's your quirk?!" Setsuna's eyes beamed with disbelief after hearing Izuku explain the nature of his quirk.
"That is quite the remarkably powerful quirk." Reiko commented as she took a sip of her tea.
"Hehehe, thanks." Izuku blushed tracing a finger along his glass of milk.
"Izu-kun's a boss." Minoru smirked as he snacked on some grapes and soda. This led to Izuku rolling his eyes with a smile.
"Very humorous Minoru-kun." Izuku playfully flicked the shorter boy's forehead.
"Heh, what can I say? I'm hilarious. ( Also cause, well. I'm a joke character. BUT hey. Even a joke character can have other sides to em. Heh. )" Minoru thought himself with a smug smirk.
"Final Boss! Say how many quirks do you have?" Setsuna asked, fiddling a cookie between her fingers.
"Hmmm. Well as of that attack on the USJ and recent events….12. No wait. 13, I just remembered I did steal a gun finger quirk from a villain." Izuku rubbed his chin while looking off as he spoke.
"13?! Holy Hell man! You are stacked!" Setsuna was astonished.
"It would be very tricky to oppose you as an adversary." Reiko said still with her stoic look.
"You'd have many counters for anything your opponent attempted." She added.
"Man I can only imagine all the quirks you have. Although….makes me curious. Just how did you get all those quirks?" Setsuna raised an eyebrow.
"Ah, well you see. They're from old friends of mine who didn't really want them. They just wanted to live normal lives. Without quirks, so they let me have theirs because they knew I wanted to be a great hero." Izuku said, trying to sound as genuine as possible. He noticed that Setsuna narrowed her eyes on him a bit harder as if trying to sense a lie...he couldn't deny this had him nervous.
"Hmmmm. Okay then. Some real neat friends ya got. Lucky boy.~" Setsuna winked at the boy while smiling with her trademark jagged tooth smile.
Izuku internally sighed in relief. He felt like Setsuna was going to call him out. The last thing he wanted to do was soil this date by lying.
"And what of you Mineta-san?" Reiko asked the small boy.
"Just call me Minoru. I don't mind. As for me. It's a two in one thing. See my hair?" Minoru pointed to his ball like hair.
"Yes we do. So it's cause of a quirk it's like that. Ah, I just thought you had bad hair fashion." Setsuna poked fun at Minoru.
"Oh bite me." Minoru sighed while rolling his eyes.
"Where?" Setsuna smiled widely showing all her sharp teeth.
"Tch...right. Supposed I walked right into that one. Moving on. I can pop these hairballs off my head and they're super sticky. They stick to just about everything besides me. I bounce right off of them. When I pop one off another grows back instantly and if I pop off too many, my scalp will bleed." Minoru explained Pop Off as simply as he could.
"Hmmm. Interesting." Reiko briefly said.
"Laaaaaaaame." Setsuna threw her head back slowly dragging out the word.
"HMMM!" Minoru's face turned red with frustration.
"Oh by no means. His quirk can be very useful. As he battles an opponent he can cover an area with his hairballs and doesn't have to worry about avoiding them because they don't stick to him. However it greatly hinders his foe by limiting their movement, while Minoru's movement is increased as he can bounce off of his hairballs. Not only that, if he gets one stuck on a foe they'll more than likely try to pull it off. Thus only getting them more stuck." Izuku explained in perfect detail like an instructor.
"That is a rather practical way to analyze it. In that light it does sound useful." Reiko said as she folded her hands.
"Yeah, yeah. I was just kidding anyways. Cool quirk dude." Setsuna smiled and chomped down a cookie.
"Thanks and now for the second...It's kind of a stockpile power quirk. I can store up power the more I work out or push my body to the limit. Then I can use that stored power to amp me up. Speed, power and durability." Minoru smirked.
"Okay now that's cool." Setsuna chuckled.
"Hmph. Small yet versatile." Reiko said which made Minoru cringe.
"Sigh...Can we not with "Small" comments?" Minoru leaned his head back gazing up the the ceiling.
"He's um...very self conscious about his height." Izuku patted Minoru's shoulder to comfort him.
"Hahahaha! S-Sorry!~ Hehehehe!~" Setsuna laughed out loud.
"I do apologize. However Minoru, I believe your personality outshines your height." Reiko complimented the boy.
Minoru was surprised by this and lowered his head down to look her in her one visible eye.
"Ahhh, really?" The boy asked, trying to confirm what he heard.
"Yes. Though you may not be as tall as others, you have a very eye catching personality. So much that it is able to keep my attention." Reiko spoke with a small pitch of emotion.
Minoru felt his heart skip a beat. What was this feeling? True he had gotten excited by girls before but this...this just wasn't the same feeling. Not by a long shot.
"Um...thanks Yangai-chan." Minoru blushed looking away, unable to calmly look the girl in the eye.
"Please. Refer to me as Reiko. You allowed me the right to refer to you by your first name. So I shall bestow the same privilege upon you." Reiko gave a small smile.
"Ahhh...hehehe. Thanks. Reiko." Minoru looked at her with a warm smile of his own.
"Awwww, ain't that adorable?~ Hey Freckles. Setsuna. Call me that." Setsuna winked at Izuku.
"W-What? R-Really?" Izuku was caught off guard.
"Yep, really and I think I'll call yooooooou...Izu-chan!~" Setsuna beamed with glee.
"I-Izu-chan?" Izuku's face glowed a bright red.
"Uhuh! You don't have an issue with it. Riiiiiiiiiiight?~" Setsuna leaned forward while giving Izuku a wide evil smirk.
"N-No! Not at all!" Izuku's hands flailed around as he nervously answered.
"Good!~" Setsuna clapped her hands together and leaned back in her seat.
"Hehehehe, now then. Why are you two murks trying to be heroes?" Setsuna moved a lock of hair from her face.
Minoru and Izuku both looked at each other as if having a mental conversation.
"I am curious to know as well." Reiko spoke up.
The two boys then looked back to the girls with smiles. "Well." Izuku went first.
"I want to be a hero because I wanted to be like All Might. Be a hero that saves people with a smile...but now. I want to be a hero who believes in his own justice. Not only that. I want to remind other heroes or future heroes to come what it truly means to take on the mantle of a hero. It's a shame but...a lot of heroes seek fame and glory. Which isn't right. Whatever goal you choose to pursue under the title of hero should be a selfless goal. Not for just self gain." Izuku put his hands together as he spoke. His voice and eyes both gleamed with passion and devotion.
"And me? Well...hehe. It's not as grand as Izuku's but...I want to inspire others like me to rise above their circumstances and inner demons. Before I met my master and before I met Izuku, I wasn't the best of people. A real joke of a human being but then, an event that I won't go into detail about happened to me and well. I got a new leash on life and when I gained my master, I slowly chan-...no. Not changed. More like. I got better. Sorry if I'm rambling. In a nutshell, I want to inspire others like me who think that they're losers and can never amount to anything, can go from zeroes to heroes. I want to be cool for them." Minur gripped his fist and smiled. His eyes burning with determination.
Needless to say. Setsuna and Reiko were impressed with what they heard. Both had wide smiles upon their faces.
"Both very noble reasons indeed. You two certainly have the right idea." Reiko nodded her head and placed her hands on her lap.
"Those felt like philosophies rather than simple goals!~ Hahaha! Hot damn boys. Impressed. Very impressed." Setsuna chuckled and clapped.
"Hehehehe...thanks." Izuku smiled nervously and scratched the back of his head.
"Happy to please ladies.~ Happy to please.~" Minoru flashed a wink to Reiko but...it earned little to no reaction from the stoic girl.
"Aye...the cold shoulder again." Minoru cringed dramatically.
"Actually. I winked back at you. You just didn't see it." Reiko had a small smile and her voice sounded somewhat teasing. Minoru blushed and chuckled bashfully, Reiko's personality was an enigma to him, but he liked it.
"Hehehe, rare to see you so embarrassed Min-!" Izuku instantly threw his right hand behind his hand and grabbed onto something in pure instinct. He looked back to see a disembodied hand in his grasp.
"Damnit! Thought I had you there...Jeez. You've got sharp reflexes." Setsuna's hand floated back to her wrist and reconnected with her.
"Hehehe, It'll be a long while before you can sneak up on me." Izuku smiled softly.
"I can 100% agree with that statement. Dude's pretty much a ninja." Minoru butted in.
"Hahaha, that right now? Well then, that just means I'll have to pull out all my best tricks and mark my words Izu-chan. I WILL get the drop on you. After all, I'm striving to be a great hero too. I can't just let you be better than me.~" Setsuna cocikly said.
"Hahahaha...well. You're welcome to try." Izuku shot back with a sassy smile.
"OH! Izu-chan biting back! I like it. Okay consider it on." Setsuna went in for a nose boop on Izuku but to her surprise...Izuku feeling rebellious playfully bit her finger.
"Ah!...Hehehe." Setsuna yelped in surprise but chuckled at his playfulness. Just to play along she disconnected her finger but Izuku kept her finger between his teeth smiling. Izuku then spit the finger out at her. Setsuna chuckled as she caught her finger and reattached it.
"Yes. I am biting back indeed." Izuku flashed a wink.
"Wow, Izuku. Didn't know you had that kind of side in ya." Minoru's eyes widen at his best pal's sudden change in attitude.
"There's a lot you don't know about me Minoru-kun." Izuku said to Minoru with a smirk.
"Oof. I don't doubt that." Minoru held his hands up.
"Mysterious individuals are always the most interesting. You never quite know what to expect from them. Hence why others tend to gravitate toward them." Reiko said.
"Tell me about it, Just when I think I've got this guy figured out. He totally does a 180 on me." Minoru threw his hands on the table lazily.
"I try not to be too predictable. After all...you never who might become an adversary." Izuku said in a rather low and ominous tone.
"Ahhhh..." Minoru seemed to get a chill down his spine when he said that. Setsuna and Reiko seemed unnerved by it as well.
"Oh, hehehe. I'm sorry. Just something my Sensei taught me. Don't worry about it." Izuku smiled bashfully and waved his hand dismissively.
"Mysterious indeed. Jesus." Setsuna said in astonishment.
"That's my bud...hehehe." Minoru chuckled. Reiko only hummed while examining Izuku.
"Okay um, topic change. Setsuna-chan, Yagani-chan. Why exactly do you two want to become heroes?" Izuku quickly changed the subject.
"Ahhh. Why do I wanna be a hero? Well...that's a secret." Setsuna winked as she pressed a finger to her lips with a smile.
"Oh come now Setsuna-chan, that's hardly fair since you asked them their reasons." Reiko looked at her green haired friend with her stoic expression.
"Hey, I didn't force them. They could have said no." Setsuna crossed her arms with a raised eyebrow.
"True however you did put them on the spot. They would have felt rude if they had declined." Reiko protested. Setsuna pouted and growled at Reiko a bit.
Izuku and Minoru both looked at each other trying to figure something out.
"Um hey. Forget about it. We don't mind." Minoru said.
"Yes, if it's personal to her, that's completely fine and we understand." Izuku added.
"Awww. Thanks! See Reiko, they don't mind." Setsuna booped Reiko's nose. To which she only blinked expressionless.
"Very well. I will share. The reason I have chosen to undertake the trial of becoming a heroine is to fight against injustice. There have been far too many instances where I have been a mere bystander in situations where I could have help but was unable to due to legal reasons." Reiko looked down at her hands. Her voice had a small hint of conflicting feelings.
"Oh wow, whatever it was...really must have sucked." Minoru rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yes, it seems to have affected you greatly but...that's why you're striving to be a hero now." Izuku tried his best to comfort her.
"Yeah and I know you'll rock the hero course!" Minoru cheered her on.
Reiko lifted her head and even though she kept her stoic expression...there was a small smile in her eyes.
"I agree Reiko! I'll make sure you rock the hero course!...Like a hurric-" Reiko cut off the girl by flicking her nose.
"No. Just no." Reiko shook her head.
"Buzzkill." Setsuna rolled her eyes and leaned back in her seat heaving a great sigh.
Minoru and Izuku laughed together at the two girl's dynamic with each other. The rest of the date went off without a hitch, the time really seemed to fly by as they all spent time together. However it eventually had to come to an end. The four stood outside the care saying their goodbyes.
"Thanks for today boys! It. Was. Magical!~" Setsuna chirped.
"My first date. It was...quite enjoyable. I would most certainly want to do it once more." Reiko said.
"Hahaha! Well I mean. We're us soooo, that's to be expected.~" Minoru bowed cockily.
"Ahem. We're happy you enjoyed it. We were kinda nervous to do this so early…" Izuku admitted.
"Well he was." Minoru pointed a thumb to Izuku. The green haired boy then stared daggers at the smaller boy which made him shiver and turn away from his quickly.
"Eh, no worries. We were too, though we didn't show it." Setsuna reassured them and Reiko merely nodded in agreement.
"Oh my. Heh, well that makes me feel better." Izuku smiled nervously.
"See Izuku? You were worried for nothing!~" Minoru placed his hands on his hips.
"If my memory serves me right. You were nervous too." Izuku crossed his arms and tapped his foot.
"I have no comment." Minoru looked off.
"Hahahaha! I swear you two are like brothers!" Setsuna laughed at the two boys. Reiko stayed silent and watched the two boys bicker.
"Sigh...Very well, Minoru. If you say so." Izuku rolled his eyes.
"Happy you saw it my way." Minoru patted Izuku's back.
"Hahaha! Oh we tots gotta do this again!" Setsuna pulled out her phone. Reiko nodded and did the same.
"Ohhohoho! Well how can we decline? ( YES! Finally getting a girls number who's not my mom! Haha!...That sounded so sad. God this script. ) Minoru cursed as he took out his phone as well.
"U-Um...sure. ( Huh...getting a girls number who isn't my mother. That's new. I thought high school would be a lot worse. Guess I was wrong. ) Izuku thought to himself while bringing out his phone.
Setsuna snickered as she traded contact info with Minoru and Izuku. Reiko only hummed as she exchanged her info with the two boys.
"Awesome! Call me Izu-chan.~" Setsuna made a phone gesture with her fingers.
"Do not be hesitant to text or call. I'm not too busy per say." Reiko spoke in her normal monotone voice.
"R-Right...I'll um talk to you later To-AHEM...Setsuna-chan…" Izuku smiled nervously.
"Don't gotta tell me twice Reiko-chan!~" Minoru winked.
"Alright! See yaaaaa.~" The lizard girl turned and skipped off waving. Reiko bowed formally and walked off with the curly haired girl.
"...PHEW." Minoru let out a huge breath of air as he walked Reiko walk off.
"You're staring at her butt aren't you?" Izuku placed his hands on his hips while raising an eyebrow.
"I resent your comment. Only a jerk would STARE at a woman's butt. I am a refined gentleman I'll have you know. I am ADMIRING her butt and it looks very nice." Minoru pouted as he turned his back to Izuku.
"Siiiigh." Izuku heaved a sigh.
"Hey it's a lot better then what I'd normally do." Minoru turned, crossing his arms.
"True. Fair enough. Either way. Good job controlling yourself back there. You didn't do one thing for them to be upset with you about." Izuku smiled at his smaller friend.
"Well, I did say I was gonna shape up. Not gonna completely give up being a perv cause let's be honest. That's never happening. BUT...I can be more mature about it." Minoru smirked.
"And mature you have grown. Still some kinks but commendable." Izuku held out his hand to Minoru. The smaller boy smiled and shook his hand.
"Great work friend." Izuku smiled ear to ear. "Hehehe, back at ya bud!" Minoru dawned a goofy smile.
"Well I'm gonna go train for a while. Wanna come with?" Izuku asked.
"Train with you? Sure! I'm ready for anything!" Minoru shadowboxed the air.
"Anything huh? Heh...okay. Follow me and then…" Izuku leaned down to loom over the boy.
"Let's dance." A crooked smile crept on Izuku's face that chilled Minoru to the core. Minoru gulped as Izuku walked off leading the way.
"( What….did I just get myself into? )" Minoru thought as he nervously followed Izuku to his training spot. Whatever this was...he could tell.
It was probably going to hurt…
To Be Continued.