24
Never miss a beat
It was lunch.
They barged into the support studio. "That bastard, where is he?!" They yelled in unison. It was Mineta, Kaminari, and Sero.
"First going after Yaoyorozu, the chick with the biggest juggs!" Mineta started.
"Now he's after the one chick who's willing to touch us to get our measurements!" Kaminari complained.
"He's killing us out here." Sero finished.
Hatsume turned to them, staring with her goggles, before lifting them. "Oh goodie, we were about to run some tests! You boys are right on time!"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Mineta barked.
They only had a chance to hear the hard rev and see the grinding sparks. "Sorry, coming through!" Izuku flew out of nowhere. 'I knew lunch would be the best time to test these babies of Hatsume some more.' He planted his legs on them, jumping off, causing them to skid back and crash into the hallway wall. "S-Sorry, I didn't expect this much force..." He sweatdropped, landing with a crouch.
"A-ha! You can't escape, Midoriya!" Mina was pointing at him harshly.
He turned his head to her. His eyes widened seeing everyone with her. Toru was expected even Aoyama, maybe Uraraka, 'but why is Todoroki and wait is that-,' "Oi, Kyouka why are you with them?!"
"Er, it's not like that, idiot!" Her cheeks tinted and her earjacks began coiling up. "It's just as your ex, it's embarrassing seeing you sleaze yourself over everyone! It gives me a bad name too!"
His eyes grew comically deadpan and wide. "Haaa. I thought you didn't care about your reputation. Besides are you forgetting..." Nodding his head towards a passed out Kaminari.
"Oh fuck off! That was one time, and I took like a shower the whole day after, okay!"
"And called me at 2 in the morning."
"Fuck you!" Kyouka was about to lunge at him. 'He's such a jerk, why did I want to get back with him again?'
"Are you getting all this?" Mina whispered to Toru.
She nodded exuding. "Enjoying every second of it."
"Shouldn't we be focusing on what's going on now?" Uraraka urged. She still didn't like thinking about the fact that Deku and Jirou used to date, and would rather leave that in the past.
Izuku faced her with a hurt expression. "Uraraka, why?"
"Sorry, Deku."
Kyouka shrugged, crossing her arms with a pout. "You still came over." She grumbled under her breath.
"Let's just calm down. Give Midoriya a moment." Todoroki stepped in between them and Izuku.
"Todoroki..!" Izuku had a gleam of hope in his eyes.
Mina rose an eyebrow. "Todoroki didn't you come with us cause you're curious about what Midoriya said to Yaomomo after karaoke."
"Well, that's right, actually." Todoroki turned from defending Midoriya to joining Mina's side.
'So easily?!' With cringed eyes. "Todoroki, what gives?"
"I'm sorry Midoriya but they have a point."
Izuku's jaw fell. He tried to compose himself, he was getting pinned down by them about to be swarmed with questions.
"Midoriya, over here!"
Izuku turned his head to the voice. "Kirishima!" Seeing him nearby with Tokoyami and Shoji. "Guys!"
Dark shadow and Shoji opened up a path for Izuku. He instantly took it, taking off.
"Here, I opened a window!"
"I owe you, Kirishima, Tokoyami, Shoji!" Izuku lept like an Olympic vaulter, easily slipping through the square space, placing his mask on before increasing his power output.
"He can't leave school grounds, after him!" Mina charged.
"All this for some gossip?" Kyouka was at the sidelines seeing the ludicrousness of it all. She rose her hands and earjacks with a sigh, before dropping them.
Mina was the first to the window, catching a glance of his direction. Midoriya was gliding over the school walls, zig-zagging over the windows, his glove trailing on too for traction control, as he spiraled vertically down.
Mina and Toru led the chase after Izuku. "C'mon everyone, He can run but he can't hide!"
He was hiding.
He was holding his breath as he heard a stampede of students running by. 'Did their group grow?!'
The sound began to fade out, so Izuku took a peek, lifting the lid. He glanced left and right before letting out an exasperated sighed. He fully opened the lid off the container he was hiding in. "Thanks, Yui, you really saved me." He gave her a toothy grin to make up for her lack of emotional expressions.
They were hiding inside a giant matryoshka doll in the middle of a hallway...
"Reward." Yui was sitting on her knees, raising her body up, reaching for the lid, bringing it back down.
"Eh? Yui?"
"A reward for helping Izuku." Closing the lid completely.
"No, w-wait, Yui! -mhmm."
"Did we just run past a Russian doll?" Todoroki the densest of the group asked. They all skidded to a stop, thought about it, realized and turned around. They were catching back up to it, seeing it wobble before tipping over and spilling open.
"Ah!" Izuku was laid on his back with Yui on top, their faces intimately close. She blinked before lifting her head, staring up at the group staring down at them, not knowing how to process it.
"I knew it!" Uraraka jumped forward pointing at them.
"Eh?! No, Uraraka it's not like that." Deku groaned more annoyed than anything. Yui always did this to him, get under his skin but in an endearing way.
"Really?" Confused with puffed up cheeks, pointing her finger up. "Then you weren't with her last summer?"
"Ack!" He caught his tongue. 'How does she know about that?!' He turned his eyes from Uraraka to Yui, who was staring down at him in turn. His eyes were scanning hers. Her expression natural like always, he was trying to stare past that. What was she thinking? His eyes began to grow. 'N-No! Yui! Don't!' It was too late.
She lifted her head back up to Uraraka. "We were."
Izuku dropped his head on the floor with a defeated expression. "Why... Just why? It's our personal business..."
"It's the truth." She replied.
Uraraka took a breath. "I can live with that." She struggled to peep out. "I mean we're just f-friends, ne?"
Both Mina and Toru had to give her a pat on the back realizing Uraraka had been officially friend-zoned by Izuku. "Our condolences."
Uraraka turned to her head side to side confused and worried at their expressions. "Eh?! Condolences, who died?!"
"Wait a minute, then Midoriya, if you were already with her, then why did you say she was your crush." Todoroki added.
"For the love of God, Todoroki!"
Everyone in the group shouted with surprise. "Todoroki was actually talking about girls!" More shocked by the fact that Todoroki had those types of conversations than the actual information.
"There are too many curveballs, today." Mina had to do a take-back, wiping her forehead.
'A deeper connection?' Yui's eyes grew slightly at Todoroki's words. 'I told myself I would accept it as it is if it were the case and yet...' She quickly lifted herself off Izuku. "Excuse me." a bit rushed and of a higher pitch.
"Huh, Y-Yui?" Izuku ignored the school gossip that he was the focus of, for her. He raised his body up, leaning back on his elbows. 'That's weird. She's never that expressive...' His eyes were focused on her face. She was attempting to avoid eye contact until she caved, meeting his eyes. From everyone else's perspective, it looked like she was glaring down at him with disgust, but for her, it was a shy attempt at maintaining a shared stare.
And he had never seen that side of her. "...Cute." He gasped out voiceless with parted lips but only she saw him mouth the word.
That caused Yui to do a complete spin on her heels and walk away. "Thank you." But nobody heard it. And to everyone else, it looked like she was furious at him.
Todoroki dropped his fist on his palm. "So he is a masochist." He confirmed after the scene played out.
"What do you guys talk about?!" The girls asked in unison.
Izuku dropped back down to the ground, frustrated at Todoroki for the third time today. He pinched his nose squeezing his eyes shut. "Todoroki... You're too pure for this world." Accepting that he would be a punching bag for Todoroki's lack of social awareness.
"Hey, everyone, we've been looking for you! Sorry, the meeting ran late." Yaoyorozu was waving over to them with Iida next to her.
'Of course, it's Momo, of fucking course...' Izuku just took a heavy breath, preparing for this. He squinted his eyes open, glaring at Mina and Toru.
"Ready..."
"Set..."
"Go!"
Yaoyorozu and Iida grew wide eyes at the beginning stampede.
Izuku kicked his body up in a whirlwind, the upward draft letting him reach the ceiling. He instantly sped past the horde below him, he kicked off the ceiling, flipping upright. "Sorry, Yaoyorozu I can't explain just trust me!" He instantly appeared in front of her and threw her over his shoulder.
"M-Midoriya?! What is the meaning of this?!" Yaoyorozu lifted her back up, trying to push off him. "This is highly unprofessional!"
"Get back here, Midoriya!" Mina led the group, sliding with her acid ability.
"Midoriya put Yaoyorozu down this instant! Her undergarments are showing!" Iida was keeping pace with Izuku using his quirk.
Momo turned beat red hearing that. "Kyaa! Put me down this instant, Midoriya!" She kicked and punched for freedom. She froze feeling his grip release from her. She screamed after her body was tossed up and easily caught.
"Is this better?" Midoriya politely asked both her and Iida, carrying her bridal style.
"It's passable." Iida readjusted his glasses, going along with whatever Midoriya was up too.
"No, this isn't better idiot! What's going on? Why are we running from everyone?"
Izuku was trying to think while doing a tight turn around a corner, he snuck into a staircase, grinding on the rails, circling up them. Iida stayed back to tell the students the stairs were under repairs and they would have to find another way. They all called bullshit but listened to the class rep.
They were on one of the roofs to the school.
He let her down as she giggled in delight. "I think we lost them. I forgot how fun that could be."
He rubbed the back of his hair. "I'm glad you enjoyed but still sorry."
"Now, now, what is going on?"
"You already know, I've been trying to avoid them all day, and I'm exhausted. They were about to rope you in too."
She placed her thumb and index finger to her chin. "I'm actually surprised you managed this far."
"Oi, give me some credit." He waved his hand in debate.
Yaoyorozu grew a grin. "So what will you do when they eventually catch you?"
He groaned. "Agh, I just wanted to talk to you before they did."
"Oh, really what for?" She rose her eyebrow with calculating eyes.
Izuku glanced across, brought his eyes back and took a breath. "It's about yesterday, that phone call I got... "
"Oh yes. Is something wrong?" She crossed her arms under her bust, tilting her head with a worried expression.
"Actually no, just the opposite..." Izuku was clutching his right forearm with his left hand. "It was Eri... I got to talk to her again. And she's coming to Japan this weekend to visit."
"Oh, Izuku that's wonderful news." Momo clasped her hands together, raising them to her bosom, having a little perky hop in her actions.
"Thanks... But I wanted to tell you first b-because I was wondering if you wanted to go with me to spend the day with her."
"Eh?" She had her eyes closed and her smile stuck in place. "Like a date?"
"Y-Yeah, Momo, l-like a date."
"Hm." She peeped. "Izuku, are you asking me out on a date?" She never saw this tactic coming! 'Not only that but he's asking me to visit Eri with him as well.'
"Yeah, a date. Our first date..." He mumbled the truth they were both intimidated by.
Gulp. Momo opened her eyes letting her expression shift into a more natural one, seeing that he was just as nervous but willing to try. "It sounds lovely, Izuku. I can't wait."
Momo skipped up to him, leaping into a hug, wrapping her arms around his neck with a beloved giggle. His arms curled around her waist naturally holding her up, off her feet. They didn't kiss. They were simply sharing sentimental joy that they wanted to take another step forward together.
Even if it is a lie right now, eventually I'll make it a reality.