It didn't take long for Uraraka to find Yaoyorozu.
There were only three places their studious Vice Representative could be found on the UA campus outside of class. Yaoyorozu often liked to hang out with the rest of the class in the common room, usually with some mug of expensive and rare tea her mother decided to send her in one of her biweekly care packages.
Biweekly as in twice a week of course. Uraraka didn't know much about Yaoyorozu's mom, but to be able to send her daughter two extravagant (and that was putting it lightly) packages a week, she either had a lot of free time on her hands or had some kind of time quirk. Either way, it was a little sweet, if a little overbearing.
Yaoyorozu could, of course, be found in her room but if she was there, she was asleep. She didn't do much but sleep in her room. Which made perfect sense to Uraraka. If she also had a giant bed take up her entire floor plan, she probably wouldn't have enough room to get anything done but sleep. Or have super fun pillow fights.
...now there was an idea.
Uraraka shook her head as she tried to focus on her mission. She had already checked the common room, and it was only three in the afternoon so Yaoyorozu wasn't going to be in her room. That left only one place: the study room.
Uraraka arrived at the door to the study room and pushed it open. Much like everything else in their dorm, the study room was… a lot. In fact, it would probably be more accurate to call it a small library. There were nearly two dozen bookshelves filled to the brim with books lining the room and set up in rows in the middle. Most of them were texts relating to heroics and such, but there were additions made by the teachers as general reading. Midnight, Ectoplasm and even All Might had all added books of all kinds to their collection.
In the middle of the room were two rows of long desks and sitting in one of them sat Yaoyorozu. She had her back to Uraraka, leaning over whatever book she was reading. It was little wonder how she was able to maintain the top academic scores in the class with how much she read. Uraraka found it amusing that her friend's method of relaxing was the very same thing she'd do to get good grades or strengthen her quirk.
There was no doubt to Uraraka that Yaoyorozu would become a fantastic hero in time. One of the many reasons she would make a good… partner for Midoriya.
Uraraka swallowed the ugly feeling in her chest and began to walk over to Yaoyorozu.
Yaoyorozu must have been heavily engrossed in whatever book she was reading. She didn't even notice Uraraka enter the room or sense her approach. Uraraka came up from behind her and leaned over her shoulder to see what had her friend so focused.
Oh, that is a very well-drawn man. And another well-drawn man. And... they were both…
Uraraka's brain died.
"Uhhh…."
Yaoyorozu's eyes exploded out of her skull as she slammed the book so hard it sounded like a gunshot fired off in the study hall. Red didn't just spread across Yayorozu's body, it just appeared as a giant, all-encompassing blush of embarrassment.
A tense moment of silence followed.
"It's for research," Yaoyorozu stated forcefully.
"Uhhh…."
"It's research about Todoroki."
"Uhhh….."
"With Midoriya I mean!" Yayorozu's head snapped toward Uraraka's in panic.
"..."
Yayorozu's eyes became as wide a saucers as she realized what she just uttered. Her face turned so red it looked like it might melt from the heat.
"I-I umm. I wasn't fantasizing about them! I was… just trying to better imagine how Todoroki would seduce Midoriya so that I can better prepare for it. Yes! That is what I was doing!" Yaoyorozu let out a might laugh that nearly bordered on hysteria.
"And this... is just inspiration! Yep! You know me, Uraraka. I always learn best by reading things."
Uraraka stared at Yaoyorozu for a long moment.
"So, you wanted to know how Todoroki would flirt with Deku. And you read… this and imagined Deku and Todoroki in the main characters place?" Uraraka slowly explained.
"Yes."
"Isn't that just the same as-"
"No."
"But-"
"I was not fantasizing about Midoriya and Todoroki!" Yaoyorozu nearly shouted. Her lips grew into a strained smile and her eyes begged that they change the subject. "Now, what can I help you with, Uraraka?"
Uraraka's eyes widened as she remembered the original reason why she was there. "Oh! I wanted to tell you that I'm going to support you in The Dekubowl!"
Yaoyorozu stared at her in shock. "Really?"
"Yep!"
"Even when I was imagining him in a lustful relationship with another man?"
Huh, Uraraka didn't really consider the ramifications of Deku dating someone with a Yaoi fetish.
"Umm… yes? I think?"
"Oh, excellent! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Yaoyorozu grabbed Uraraka's hands and began to jump up and down rapidly. "You have no idea how lost I was in this whole thing!"
"Wait, really?"
Yaoyorozu nodded at her. "Of course! I have never even had a crush on someone before and my tutors only went through the…" Yaoyorozu blushed. "biological implications of romantic relationships. But I was never taught on courting! I tried looking for books on the topic but we have nothing in here!"
"I'd normally go to Kyoka for advice but she is my direct competition. And when I asked Ashido for help, she recommended…" Yaoyorozu looked back at her book in shame. "some less than appropriate titles."
"I-I see…" Yaoyorozu still read them, though.
"I was so lost and overwhelmed, but with you helping me I have someone else I can ask for information! A girl who doesn't have a crush on Midoriya!"
Yayyy.
"But Yaoyorozu, I don't really have that much experience with dating." Uraraka scratched the back of her knack with a small nervous chuckle. "To be honest, I haven't even been on one date."
"Hmm, that's true." Yaoyorozu held her chin in thought. A moment later she looked up with bright eyes. "However, that could be the best advantage of all!"
"How is that an advantage?"
Yaoyorozu rushed up to Uraraka and grabbed her shoulders.
"Uraraka, will you go on a date with me?"
"Bwah?"
/-/
This was not how Uraraka imagined her first date.
Sure, she used to have staple fantasies of dating someone super famous and going out on a romantic whirlwind to somewhere crazy like… she didn't even know. Whatever her ten-year-old self-imagined at the time, something vaguely Tokyo mixed with NYC and Paris.
Nowadays though, she found herself drawn to the more normal stuff. A nice meal where she could talk with the person and maybe some fun activity like bowling or maybe even an arcade.
In some of her more private moments, so private she wouldn't even tell herself on most days, Uraraka often imagined herself prodding Deku along and giving him helpful hints as he bashful fumbled his way through trying to make sure she was having a good time. All the while being unaware that all she needed to have a good time was to spend time with him.
…
She may have put more thought into it than she had intended to.
Either way, going on a date with another girl so that said girl could be ready for going on a date with their crush, who just so happened to be the same person she also had a crush on, was not what she expected for her first date.
…Gosh. what was her life?
Uraraka found herself in a modest, dark pink dress standing in front of the UA dormitory with a small, matching, patent leather clutch she got at a discount store. It was nice and class but wasn't anything too fancy that she couldn't dress down if she really needed to. Her outfit should get her through whatever Yaoyorozu had in mind.
Yaoyorozu was frustratingly vague on the details. After Uraraka agreed, she squee'd and told her told her to dress for a nice dinner and to be ready in two hours before she ran upstairs to prepare herself. Still, it gave Uraraka plenty of time to shower, get dressed and ready herself for her date.
She was fortunate enough no one had seen her in her dress otherwise she knew there would be no end to the fountain of questions.
"Going on a date, mademoiselle?"
Why did she tempt fate?
Uraraka jumped and turned around to find Aoyama standing in the courtyard, twinkling in the dusk.
Aoyama was someone Uraraka could never really get a reading on. He always seemed so silly in class but according to Deku and Iida, seemed to have a caring and thoughtful side to him. In fact, Deku and Aoyama have been spending a lot more time around each other recently so there had to be something nice about him.
At the moment though, he wasn't high on the list of people she wanted to talk to right now. Primarily because Aoyama was the first person to point out Uraraka's feelings for Deku. Before Uraraka was even aware of her feelings in the first place!
"Umm, no, not really. I'm just helping out Yaoyorozu with something."
"Is this something to do with the Dekubowl?"
Uraraka gave him a startled look. Was it that obvious?
"Have fun tonight, Uraraka. Although, I think you'd have more fun going with someone else."
"W-what do you mean?"
She knew what he meant. And she had a suspicion he knew that too although he didn't say it. He simply smiled at her.
"Adieu, mademoiselle." He gave a short bow and walked up the stairs back into the dorm, leaving her nervous and fidgeting with her dress.
Okay, that was a little strange.
Still, she had a date to focus on! She couldn't let a little weirdness knock off her feet.
The door to their dorm slammed open. In the walkway stood Yaoyorozu, dressed in a perfectly tailored, velvet, burgundy tuxedo. Her hair was still done in her usual ponytail, showing off her golden earrings. In her arms held a bouquet of bright red roses that she held in an almost dramatic fashion along with a heart-shaped box that was surely filled with chocolates. Yaoyorozu looked everything like a prince from a fairytale.
Her eyes fell on Uraraka with a confident smirk, hiding all sorts of secrets that made Uraraka sweat.
...
Out of nervousness, of course.
"Hello, my sweet. Are you ready for our date?" Yaoyorozu said it a deep, almost husky voice that was obviously being put on.
Ok, this was enough weirdness to knock her off her feet. What was even happening? Was Yaoyorozu planning doing this to Deku as well? Where did she even come up with the idea to do something so out of character?
Oh, no.
It hit Uraraka like a ton of bricks. Or perhaps more appropriately, it hit her like a harem of hauntingly beautiful, half-naked men.
The manga. Yaoyorozu was acting exactly like a princely type from some shojo manga!
Escape plan! She needed an escape plan! Evac, SOS, May Day the SS Uravity was going down!
"Your flowers and chocolates, my darling. I'm sorry I couldn't find anything nearly as captivating as your eyes," Yaoyorozu said with a wink.
"Gwaaaa…." Did she just drool? Oh god, her feelings were complicated enough already! This was NOT the awakening she needed right now!
"I see I have left you speechless with my charm."
No, no, no! That is not what happened!
"Do not worry, my dear!" Yaoyorozu pulled Uraraka to her side and pointed dramatically to the sky.
"Tonight the sky's the limit! I already have everything planned for you! Now let us depart! We have reservations to make. The limousine awaits."
Oh, dear. She was not prepared for this. How could she prepare for this! Uraraka knew exactly what was going on. This was meant to be for Midoriya. Midoriya, the shy nerdy type who fainted when he found out multiple people were in love with him. He would have no idea what to do on a first date!
And who are the shy nerdy types who didn't have a clue paired with in shojo?
The suave, romantic, rich boy!
Uraraka looked up at Yaoyorozu who held her firmly at her side as they walked toward UA's gates. There was a confident look in her eyes and that same damning smirk on her lips. Yaoyorozu knew exactly what she was doing and therein laid the problem:
Uraraka had no idea how to handle this!
An epiphany struck Uraraka; Deku wouldn't know how to handle this either.
As weird as this whole situation was, this was probably good practice. Since she had no dating experience herself, she might actually be the perfect person to try this out on. She'd react to things in a way that, while probably not exactly the same, could be similar enough to Deku's so that Yaoyorozu could better prepare.
Maybe she should just play along with it? If she was completely honest with herself, it would be kind of nice to pretend to be on a date with the childhood dream archetype. She even was going to get to ride in-
"Wait, did you say limousine?"
As if summoned by her words, a long, jet black limousine drove up to them as they exited UA's front gates. Uraraka had only seen limousines in movies and didn't really know what to expect from one. To her, they always seemed like someone took a luxury car and decided, "how can I make this even more ridiculous? I know! Let's double the length and make it super impractical!" Still, as Yaoyorozu opened the door and let her in (like the perfect gentleman she was pretending to be) she was starting to get the appeal.
Wonderfully soft leather chairs lined the interior of the car. Uraraka thought she knew what leather was supposed to feel like but these chairs threw those expectations out of the tinted windows. It was intimately lit in dark purple, so that it looked like a Tunnel of Love ride at an amusement park. The driver's side was blocked by a tinted partition, and in front of it sat a surprisingly large hot tub.
Uraraka desperately hoped the hot tub was just included in the limousine Yaoyorozu ordered and that she wasn't planning on them getting in.
Yaoyorozu sat down next to her and gave her a small smile as she pushed a small button hidden underneath a cushion. The cushion began to rise, revealing a hidden compartment. Inside it held two chilled glasses and a large bottle. Yaoyorozu grabbed the bottle and one of the glasses in a small flourish and held it out to her.
"Champagne?" Yaoyorozu offered.
"I- I'm underaged. You're underaged too, Yaoyorozu."
It was like a switch flipped.
"Oh, I know! I've read that boys tended to like "delinquent types" so I tried to add a little in. Don't worry, this is just apple cider. Do you think it was too much though? Do you think Midoriya would like it?"
Yaoyorozu had changed back to her usual self so instantaneously it gave Uraraka a feeling of whiplash. Wow, that was honestly a little impressive how easily she did that. Deku told her about how they went undercover at Camino and Uraraka had her doubts about how effective they would have been, but Yaoyorozu shoved away those doubts entirely.
...At least for herself. Iida couldn't act his way through a primary school play and she didn't have high hopes for Deku either.
"I don't think Midoriya would appreciate breaking the law very much." Uraraka paused, considering a thought. "Although, he might like the cider."
Yaoyorozu nodded and pulled a small notebook out of her tuxedo jacket and began to jot down notes.
"You're probably right. With all that we've gone through, the last thing Midoriya would be attracted to is someone who broke the law so flippantly." Yaoyorozu looked back up at Uraraka with eyes filled delight and a bright smile to back it up. "Isn't this so fun! I've never had a chance to act like this before and all of the… material I've read was very descriptive on what to do!"
A little too descriptive, probably.
Still, seeing Yaoyorozu be Yaoyorozu again reminded Uraraka that it was all an act, and gave her a huge amount of comfort. She really felt like she could get through tonight and maybe even have a fun time doing so. Unfortunately, it also made Uraraka realize one unfortunate detail:
She wasn't going on a date with Yaoyorozu.
"Umm, Yaoyorozu?"
In an instant, the notebook disappeared and, with it, Yaoyorozu. In their place, the prince returned in all of their suave, dramatic glory and gently cupped their hand against Uraraka's cheek, igniting a fire across her face.
"What is it, my sweet?" Yaoyorozu asked in that damned husky voice of hers. It didn't even sound that good! Why was it making her feel this way!?
"Blarghrll."
To be honest that was probably going to be the best answer Uraraka was going to get.
Yaoyorozu gave her a curious look before the car came to a stop. "Ah, we must have arrived. Allow me to get the door for you." She stepped out of the door and gently led Uraraka out of the limousine, hand-in-hand. "I apologize for not saying so earlier, but that dress makes you look absolutely stunning. It's going to be difficult to look away from you tonight."
Uraraka nervously giggled madly in response. She wasn't very used to getting lavish compliments from handsome women in gorgeous tuxedos that probably cost more than three month's rent. The dress Uraraka wore was on clearance from a nearby department store! Trying to avoid embarrassing herself further, she pointedly looked away from Yaoyorozu at the restaurant they were supposed to be dining out.
And had a mini freak out.
"We're having dinner at Sorina?! This is supposed to be the best restaurant in the entire world!"
"Only the absolute best would be appropriate for someone as wonderful as you."
Uraraka hoped their meal wouldn't have a lot of fat, because she was getting buttered up enough!
Still, it was unbelievable that they would be having dinner here. Uraraka once saw a short documentary about the restaurant and fell in love with it. Two of the best chefs in the world married each other and decided to run a restaurant as a symbol of their devotion to one another. It was meant to serve gourmet dining food and was priced like normal dining food to make it more accessible. Unfortunately, this made it even harder to get a table there as since the demand was so high.
"How did you manage to reserve a table? I thought they didn't take reservations?"
Yaoyorozu gave her a sly smile. "They don't usually. But they are family friends and when I told them why I wanted to dine here, they made a special exception."
Wow, it really does pay to be rich. Uraraka originally wanted to make money so that she could give her parents a comfortable life; but now she might have to add "awesome, rich, friends" to the list.
A large amount of frustrated and envious glares followed her as Yaoyorozu led her past the front of the line that stretched around the block. She felt a pang of guilt hit her as she looked at the line.
Yaoyorozu must have caught her gaze because she gave her a comforting smile. "Don't worry, Uraraka. We're not taking a table away from anyone here. They actually set up something special just for the two of us."
Now that brought a blush to Uraraka's face.
The server passed the door greeted them with a warm smile. "Miss Yaoyorozu, welcome to Sorina's. Your table is ready in the back office."
Back office?
"Thank you. Uraraka, come with me." Yaoyorozu began to lead her through the restaurant.
Uraraka had seen Sorina on the documentary, but seeing it in real life was an entirely new experience. It had an almost homely feel that instinctively made her grin. The servers chatted leisurely with all their customers as if they were regulars, while patrons laughed and freely chatted. It was noisy and a little chaotic but it made Uraraka feel comfortable which was impressive coming from a restaurant as famous as this.
"Yaoyorozu, why are we going to the back office?"
"Well, as you know, Sorina doesn't take reservations. However, as a special favor to friends, they'll sometimes convert their back office into a private dining room."
"Really?"
"Yes. And, as a special treat, they've even decorated it on my request."
Wow, Yaoyorozu was pulling all of the stops. "And what did you request?"
They stopped outside of a door in the back of the restaurant. "Well, for tonight, I will be treating you as you deserve to be treated, my fair princess," Yaoyorozu added with a bow.
...stop blushing face!
"And as your doting prince, there is only one place fit for royalty to dine in. Uraraka, I welcome you," Yaoyorozu opened the door and dramatically gestured inside. "To our lovely… D-DUNGEON?!"
Yaoyorozu's and Uraraka's jaws dropped to the floor. Inside, the room was lined with wallpaper designed to make it look like stone walls, dark tapestries hung from the wall and their dining table looked more like a torture device than an actual dining table. All over the room, red candles were lit, giving the room an oppressive tint.
"Umm, Yaoyorozu?"
"I-I requested it to look like a castle…"
"Oh. Umm. It's nice?" Uraraka winced as she said it earning a deep sigh from Yaoyorozu.
As they sat down, Uraraka noticed something new about Yaoyorozu that nearly made her break out in laughter. Yaoyorozu's princely demeanor and her burgundy red tuxedo, while charming before, now took on a completely new meaning in the surrounding decor.
Yaoyorozu looked and sounded like a vampire.
"Hmm, I wonder what we're going to have a bite of today?"
Oh Yayorozu, poor choice of words.
Uraraka broke out in a fit of giggle causing Yaoyorozu to look at her in confusion.
"Well, I'm sure you'd like to take a bite out of me but I don't think that's on the menu."
Yayorozu looked back at her in shock. "W-why would I do that? T-that's so scandalous!"
Uraraka's eyes widened as she realized how her words were misinterpreted. "N-no! Yaoyorozu, that's not-"
"Wait, are you suggesting that Midoriya would want me to…" Yaoyorozu's face grew a deep shade of red as her mind went to places Uraraka wouldn't dare tread.
Oh, no. Oh, no no no.
"You look like a vampire!" Uraraka blurted out.
"What?"
"T-he room along with how you're acting makes you look and sound like a vampire," Uraraka said as she stared at her feet. "I-I was making a joke earlier."
"Oh. Well, there were quite a few manga's I saw relating to romance with vampires. D-do you think I should-"
"No," Uraraka said immediately and forcefully. "I don't think Deku would want that."
"A-ah. I see. Well, maybe I should just drop the act during dinner."
"Y-yeah." Thankfully, Uraraka was spared any further embarrassment by the arrival of their first dish. Ok, that was super awkward. But still, they had the rest of their meal. There would be plenty of time for her and Yaoyorozu to talk Deku strategy.
Uraraka took a bite.
Her existence exploded in a chaotic swirl of euphoria.
It was like a roller coaster of experiences began to rush through her all at once. She experienced her first love, her first heartbreak and the feeling of soft lips on a cool summer afternoon.
Uraraka felt the tight warm embrace of her mother and the encouraging advice of her father to keep making them proud. Tears fell from her face as she sat on top of the Tokyo Tower watching the brilliant hues of the sun change as the moon took its place.
She felt the universe begin and end in a swirl of brilliant colors on a canvas painting she made when she was a child. A soft, singing voice began to call her. It asked if she enjoyed her time there. Did she? Did she enjoy her life from her birth to her death? Did she even live enough life to be able to properly judge that? How would she know if she enjoyed her meal?
Wait, meal?
Her existence snapped back to reality as she stared at an empty plate before her. Huh, that was odd. She didn't remember finishing her plate. It was really good though if a little small.
"So, Uraraka, are you ready to head back?"
"Huh, leave? Didn't we just get here?"
Yaoyorozu gave her a teasing smile. "We've been here for an hour and a half."
"What?! How?"
"Well, you did have seven courses."
Seven. Courses.
Uraraka eyes spun in her head as she tried processed what she just heard. She failed.
Yaoyorozu broke out of her character and began to break out in a fit of giggles. "Don't worry, it happens to most people their first time here. The food is just that good. It'll wear off on your second time."
Uraraka dazedly followed Yaoyorozu out of the restaurant and back into the limousine. "Ah, ok." She still had no idea what happened.
Yaoyorozu took out her notebook and looked at Uraraka excitingly. "Ok, how did I do?"
Uraraka remembered why she was there in the first place and quickly shook her head. She needed to clear her head of the lingering euphoria and tried to concentrate on her mission.
"Right. It didn't work."
"What part?" Yaoyorozu looked back with intense focus, her hand tightly gripped on a pencil.
"All of the parts."
A pregnant pause filled the limousine as Yaoyorozu stared frozen at Uraraka.
"Oh," Yaoyorozu said filled with the entire sound of her spirit shattering.
"T-that's not to say I didn't have a good time!" In fact, she might have had too good of a time.
"Do you think Midoriya wouldn't like it?" Yaoyorozu said with the tone of a kicked puppy.
Uraraka frantically waved her arms in front of her. "N-no, no! I actually think Deku would enjoy it as well!"
Yaoyorozu stared at her in confusion. "Then why didn't it work?"
"Because I didn't get to spend time with you tonight Yaoyorozu. I spent time with that weird, princely persona you put on. Deku's not going to want to go on a date with some random, made up person. He's going to want to spend time with someone he genuinely cares about. He'll want to go on a date with you, Yaoyorozu."
"Are you sure? Because, according to my research, romantic prospects change themselves frequently for the ones they are in love with."
Uraraka pinched the bridge of her nose. "Yaoyorozu, manga isn't like real life, no matter what Ashido tells you. There aren't princely types going after shy types. There isn't an estranged childhood friend that will come in and save the day and there aren't harems all chasing after one person."
…
"Well, Midoriya's an exception for that last one. But the rest are just tropes that are popular with readers. They don't really happen in the real world."
"I see." Yaoyorozu stared at the floor and let out a deep sigh. "That's a shame. I really have no idea what I'm doing here. I'm so out of my depth."
"I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing."
Yaoyorozu looked up at her in shock. "No?"
"Well, yeah. I don't think any of us really know what we're doing. We're just figuring it out as we go."
"Is there someone you're in love with Uraraka?"
"NO!" Uraraka shouted causing Yaoyorozu to jump. "I-I mean, umm, not at this time…"
Yaoyorozu stared at her for a moment then looked back down at her feet. "Still, it is quite a lot to try and learn in such a short amount of time. Oh, why can't real life be like manga!? Some of the scenes depicted in them were so touching to read!"
"Well, that's not to say that some of those touching moment's don't happen in real life as well!"
"Really?" Yaoyorozu looked back up.
"Oh, yeah! Take Deku, for instance. Do you know about how he grew up thinking he didn't have a quirk?"
"No?"
"Well, his quirk developed really late so he thought he was quirkless. But he still wanted to be a hero more than anything! So he trained super hard, every day and studied everything he could about heroics! And look at him now! He's already one of the best heroes in our class! He even won the first round of the sports festival without using his quirk at all!"
"Yes, I suppose that's true."
"Oh! And during the entrance exams, he still didn't have control over his quirk. So he couldn't take down any robots fast enough to get any points! And I used my quirk too much and was all nauseated on the ground when the big robots worth zero points came out! But I couldn't move because I was so sick and was about to get trampled by the robots. And instead of running off to take out robots to actually give him points, he took out the robot coming towards me and saved my life even though it wouldn't get him any points!"
Yaoyorozu stared at her with a warm smile.
"Oh, and during the quirk apprehension test-"
"You really admire Midoriya, don't you?"
Uraraka stopped dead in her mental tracks and looked back at Yaoyorozu with wide eyes. "I-I mean, I do but t-that doesn't really mean much! I mean, h-he's just an inspiring person! That doesn't mean I have feelings for him or anything. HaHaHA." Uraraka felt a bead of sweat drop down her brow.
"Uh-huh." Yaoyorozu stared at her with a small smirk. Somehow, this smirk was even more frustrating than the prince one. UGH. "You know, Kyouka said something similar when she first told me about Midoriya."
That snapped Uraraka out of her thoughts. "She did?"
"Yeah, she did. It was really amusing seeing her react to it. She hid it well, but in private she always spoke so well of him."
Yaoyorozu looked at her with a big grin. "You know, I'm really enjoying this. I felt like we haven't had the chance to talk to each other one-on-one very much. I don't even know why you want to be a hero!"
"Oh, umm, well, you see…" Uraraka nervously began to scratch the back of her neck. "I sort of… want to make a bunch of money…"
"Really?!" Yaoyorozu leaned in completely fascinated.
The rest of the limousine was a relaxing affair. Instead of talking about their stressful romantic lives, they instead talked about their hero aspirations, their families and about school in general. Yaoyorozu was right, they didn't often get to spend a lot of time hanging around each other and it was nice. The ride flew by and they soon found themselves walking back to the dorms.
Yaoyorozu was a fascinating person to talk to. She had a wide breadth of knowledge and proved to be passionate about all sorts of various subject matter. And to Uraraka's excitement, one passion overlapped with her own.
"So what do you think about the possibility of there being a ninth planet in the solar system?" Uraraka gushed.
"I read about that! It seems likely and I wonder what they will end up naming it once it's found."
"Oh, I hope they call it, 'All Night' since we can't see it."
Yaoyorozu chuckled into her palm. "That would be quite amusing. I think All Might would be honored."
They arrived at the door to the dorms.
"Thank you so much for the lovely evening, my princess," Yaoyorozu bowed in an overly flamboyant manner earning a giggle from Uraraka.
"Thank you so much for dinner! Even if I can't really remember it. Oh! What's our next move in the Dekubowl?" Uraraka pumped her fist in the air. After spending all of this quality time with Yaoyorozu, she felt a lot more comfortable helping her win the Dekubowl.
It would hurt a little, yes, but she definitely picked the right person to back!
Yaoyorozu opened the door and paused in the doorway.
"You know, I think I'm actually going to drop out of the Dekubowl."
…
WHAT?!
"You were right, it's ok to not really know what you're doing when it comes to love. But I think I'd like to go at my own pace while I learn and the Dekubowl is just… too much in such a short amount of time."
That was understandable. But still!
Before Uraraka could say something, Yaoyorozu continued. "Besides, I think it'd be better to let Kyouka and..." Yaoyorozu gave her a knowing look. "Others take their chance at Midoriya in the meantime."
She flashed Uraraka a warm, bright smile. "Have a goodnight Uraraka and thank you for all of your help."
Yaoyorozu disappeared behind the door leaving a bewildered Uraraka rooted to the ground.
B-but her plans… she-she put so much work into them. Why?
"Did you have fun on your date, mademoiselle?"
Uraraka jumped and turned around to find Aoyama standing in the courtyard, twinkling in the night.
Huh, deja vu.
Aoyama stepped toward her, his face carved from bedazzled stone.
"I think we need to talk, Uraraka."
DUN DUN DUN. Cliff hanger! Don't worry, I'm sure he's just going to want to talk about the weather and nothing important.
Anyway, this chapter ended up being a lot longer than I though it would. I was actually planning on including the Aoyama conversation but it was already a lot longer than the other chapters. Also, SPOILER WARNING for any anime only readers out there as the next chapter will have manga spoilers!
Special thanks to my absolute badass girlfriend beta who helped correct my numerous errors.As always, please leave any feedback you can and thank you for reading!
-DorkyDesperado