Chapter Five: A Little Drunk (Try to Forget)

Ochako let out a long, exasperated groan as she finally shut the door to her apartment behind her. Today had been the worst.

So their alarm had decided that this morning, after they'd pulled a late night patrol, was the morning that it would break in the most aggravating way possible—by going off endlessly and refusing to shut up. Ochako had been so annoyed with the damned thing that she'd finally gotten sick of it screaming at her at five in the morning, after just four hours of sleep, and thrown it at their wall, where it promptly shattered and ceased to work.

Izuku had set an alarm on his phone to wake them up instead, but had forgotten that his phone was on vibrate.

So they'd scrambled to their own hero firm (after they'd finally woken up and flown into a panic) an hour late, with the interns mulling around the entrance in confusion.

After apologizing profusely for keeping the students waiting for so long, Ochako and Izuku took them out for a patrol with the intention of getting something to eat since they'd missed breakfast, only for their usual spot to be closed due to construction work closing the street down.

They'd gone without food until mid-afternoon, at which point both of their bellies were growling furiously at them every few minutes for sustenance.

Of course, in the middle of their (very) late lunch, a villain just had to drop by and start wreaking havoc, and of course they just had to be an actually competent fighter.

It had taken her, Izuku, and all three of their interns to subdue the villain, and even though no civilians had been injured, the villain's Quirk had done a pretty substantial amount of damage to the street and buildings. That meant hours of paperwork and compiling reports with the police when they showed up to take the villain into custody.

But it just had to get better! Because the villain decided that the moment they'd turned their backs on him was a great time to wake back up, break free of his restraints, and lead them on a wild goose chase through town. And guess what? He wound up destroying yet more of the area until Ochako got sick of his shit and threw him into an exceptionally irritated Detroit Smash courtesy of Izuku.

That finally put the bastard down, and again, nobody had been hurt, but the compilation of necessary paperwork managed to triple itself thanks to the villain's unwanted efforts.

Paperwork was the last thing she wanted to deal with when she was tired, hungry, sore, and irritated. She cursed the dreaded thing multiple times as she got changed into her comfy pajamas.

And now, hours later, when they'd finally finished all that crap, when they should've been able to go home and have an actual meal and rest, they'd been told that one of them had to stay back for a bit longer to verify a few things with the police chief. Izuku had volunteered so that Ochako could head home first, but it didn't make her any less upset.

It wasn't fair to Izuku that he had to stay behind! Ochako wanted her fiancé to be home with her now so they could both get some much-needed relaxation.

Huffing angrily, she opened the fridge to raid the leftovers from the night before. On her way to the microwave, she paused at the sight of the newly-acquired bottle of wine Izuku had bought a while back. Neither of them drank much, if ever, but he'd gotten some for the rare occasions they had a chance to unwind a little.

She probably shouldn't. They had work tomorrow, it was late, and she hadn't eaten much today on top of that.

But Ochako was so done with today that she was beyond the point of caring, so she grabbed a glass from the cupboard and filled that sucker up while she waited for her food to be warmed. At this point, all she wanted was to forget her terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Izuku finally, finally stepped through the door to his apartment with a groan, shrugging his shoes off and slowly trudging to the kitchen. Honestly, he wasn't sure how any of that stuff he'd gone over with the chief couldn't have waited until tomorrow. It was just logistics! Those forms did need to be done, but there was a twenty-four hour period to submit them, and he could've done it from his computer at the office first thing in the morning!

"Deku? Izzat you?"

He froze mid-step and was suddenly wide awake. He had only ever heard that particular, slurred voice from Ochako once before. Slowly, his gaze rose from the floor and stopped on his fiancé.

His drunk fiancé.

Ochako's pink cheeks were flushed even more than normal and Izuku mentally groaned at the sight of the drained wine glass at the table. The universe officially had it in for him.

Her lips spread in a lazy smile as she stared at him. "Deku! You're home forever!"

He raised an eyebrow and walked over to her. "Forever?"

"Forever," she confirmed solemnly. She reached up from her seat and grabbed the collar of his shirt, pulling him down to eye level with her. "We're neeeeeever leavin'. Ya gotta pinky promise, 'kay?"

"Sure," he replied. Izuku knew better than to argue with Ochako when she was drunk. He wanted his spine to remain intact.

He crossed their pinkies since Ochako was too drunk to coordinate her hand well, only to start floating when she suddenly clasped his hand. Izuku just blinked as she started to giggle.

"Deku's flyin'!" She cheered, throwing both hands up high. "Deku, what's the funniest planet to visit?"

"Uranus," he groaned. He'd heard that joke before and he was just tired enough to not care about it at this point. Especially since he was floating upside down and about to bump against the ceiling.

Ochako started laughing hysterically and fell out of her chair onto the floor, hugging her sides as she gasped for breath. "Silly Deku! My butt isn't a planet! Yours might be, though!"

Izuku reddened and gaped at her. "Ochako!"

"Don't be ashamed, Deku," she giggled, smiling up at him with her eyebrows rising and falling suggestively. "You've got a reaaaaally nice butt. Actually, come down. I wanna feel."

Izuku blanched as she clapped her hands together, but reflexes thankfully saved him from a very painful fall onto his head. Ochako tried to get back up with some staggering, but Izuku steadied her until she was safely on her feet.

He managed to catch her wandering hands before she could make good on her intentions to feel up his backside, causing her to pout. "Dekuuuuu, lemme feel."

"Ochako, you're drunk," he told her with a sigh.

She pouted even more until one of her cheeks was puffed up. "You're being bad. I'm gonna hafta spank you."

Izuku mentally flipped the bird to whichever gods he'd pissed off and set about taking care of his very drunk fiancé. With a quick motion, he scooped her into his arms, causing her to yelp a little.

"Whoa!" She squealed. "I didn't know you could use Zero Gravity, Deku!"

"Yep, how about that?" He told her with a slight smirk. As irritating as his day had been, Ochako was really adorable when she was drunk out of her mind. "Let's watch a movie, ok?"

"Ok," she agreed cheerfully, snuggling into his chest. "I'm staying here~"

Izuku carried her to the living room and eyed the blanket on the couch, (an Uravity throw blanket he'd purchased when they'd first come out) a plan forming in his mind.

He carefully laid Ochako on the floor for a second, then grabbed the blanket and rolled her up like a human burrito. Once she was secure in the blankets and unable to escape, he set her on the couch and quickly escaped to their room to change into his own nightwear.

He came out to find Ochako looking around in confusion. Once she laid eyes on him, she jumped inside of her burrito.

"Deku!" She yelped. "You can teleport!"

"Shh!" He held a finger to his lips. "Don't tell anyone!"

"I'll keep it a secret!" She promised.

Izuku snorted at her seriousness, then moved to the couch and lifted his burrito fiancé into his lap. Tonight was gonna be a couch night, apparently. Ochako curled up contentedly as he wrapped his arms around her and turned the TV on. He lowered the volume and pulled up a nature documentary they'd watched a few times before—it was a good show to watch when they were tired and wanted to sleep.

He gasped as Ochako somehow squirmed enough to kiss and nibble at his neck a little, causing his body to tense. She giggled and kissed his throat again. "Kiss me."

Ok, that wasn't helping his self-control. He'd indulge her just a little.

Ochako hummed appreciatively as he planted his lips against hers, shifting until they were lying next to each other on the couch. Izuku kept her safely tucked into him, preventing her from rolling off the furniture as he slowly kissed her senseless.

He pulled back and peppered a few kisses to her forehead, cheeks, and nose in a gentle shower of affection, then nuzzled at her hair. At this point, she was limp against his side with her eyes closed, basking in the intimacy.

Izuku planted one more kiss to her forehead and felt her body go slack as her breathing evened out. He held back a snort as he looked at her sleeping face affectionally; yeah, he'd had a feeling she'd crash pretty quickly once she got settled down.

Frankly, he was right behind her. With Ochako started to snore peacefully in his arms, Izuku pressed his face close to hers and let himself drift off.

A/N: This came out waaaaay too late! I was hoping I'd actually get all seven chapters out on time for this event, but it looks like that's certainly not happening XD I'll still finish this. Hopefully the last two chapters will come out soon. Look forward to the next chapter, featuring the prompt "Losing Time"!

Also, the cover art is from Destiny Hoodie on Tumblr! I made sure to ask his permission before using it! Please give his content a look, he's an incredible artist and deserves all the love!