Chapter 17

They had already gotten a lot done and now it was time for food.

"What do you want to eat?" She looked around the food court in the mall and the only things that her eyes zeroed in on were the places that had sweets.

"How about we get some real food? You've already had ice cream, a donut from the Lawson's and you got not 1 but 3 free samples from the pastry shop." Amy pointed out what she already knew. It just sucked to hear it.

"Okay, how about the ramen place?" She pointed it out and they headed over ordered the food and waited for their beepers to go off.

"So, tell me about your angry friend."

Rin signed and brought out her phone to fudiddle with it. "Nothing to tell. He's actually just my neighbor. I barely know him to even say that."

"You know him enough to walk to the Might Agency together." Amy pointed out. Our buzzer started to flash red, buzz and vibrate against the table. Not many restaurants did the buzzer system in America. "I'm gunna get the food."

Throughout the day her shy soft spoken coworker had come out of her shell a lot. It's nice to know that she could be the one to help. Being a people pleaser was something she was always good at.

When Amy sat back down she didn't drop the topic of Bakugou.

"I really don't know him that well. I just bumped into him on the way out. It would be awesome if we could become friends. He's also friends with Izuku. So, I guess I don't see why not."

"You're familiar with Midoriya?"

"Yeah. But I apparently come off a bit strong and we've had to make boundaries."

Amy snorted and started to eat her ramen.

"What?" I groaned and picked up my own chopsticks.

"Well, from what I've seen you can be a bit. Ummm. Invasive."

I couldn't figure out how to get the chopsticks in my fingers right and opted to use the broth spoon.

"I'm not invasive."

"You aren't too invasive to American standards. But in Japan where holding hands and saying someone's first name is seen as embarrassing, YOU," Amy pointed to her with her chopsticks, "You may as well be a lionfish off the coast of Florida."

Rin rolled her eyes. "It's rude to point with your chopsticks."

"Says the person who can't even use them."

In all the time that Midoriya has known All Might he has only been to his mentor's house a total of 6 times. Currently it was different though because he's here to visit his mother.

It was strange visiting his mom and knocking on the door.

"Izuku baby, you don't have to knock on the door here. What brings you over?" She had answered the door and let him in.

He felt a big hurt by the statement. Did he need a reason to visit his mother now that he didn't live with her anymore? He hadn't thought of it before.

"I just wanted to visit you." He rubbed the back of his neck.

"You are always welcome here. But maybe a heads up next time." His mother blushed and Izuku was about to ask her if she was okay.

"Inkooo! Sweeet Cheeks! Mighty Might's ready to SMASH!" All Might walked about the corner in his big form.

A sight Midoriya will never forget burned into his eyes.

On the sight of the young boy All Mights form went *Poof* and we was back to his frail one.

"Izuku my boy. Come in. Come in. I'll get changed and we can have a family dinner." He saw the naked man skip back the other direction.

He felt like his blush was perminate. The red was never going to fade. That was a scene he never wanted to experience.

"M-maybe I should just go. You guys seem like you're busy."

"Come on Izuku. We're all adults now." He mom took his hand and pulled him into the house. If they're all adults now why did he feel like such a child.

"I'm starting to think that you're adultier adults then me." He was still flustered and sat at the table.

Inko giggled at her son. "I'm not sure that that is a thing. Besides, I'm positive that I was home the night Tsuyu was here."

Midoriya sank in his seat. "I know. You kept hinting at it for about a month straight. You never really let it go till our breakup."

"My little boy had taken a huge step into manhood. I needed to make sure that you treated her well and that you're using protection."

"Mooom. Please stop."

"It's your moms job to embarrass you." All Might entered the kitchen and headed to the fridge.

Izuku huffed. Whenever it was the three of them he always took her side. It was most likely due to the fact that she tended to his 'Mighty Might'.

"Curry for dinner?" His mentor addressed the table.

"Do we have options? I just had curry with Rin last night."

"Oh, You and Rin?" His mentor eyed him.

Midoriya rested his head on the table to avoid the eye contact. "It's nothing. We're just friends and I barely know her."

"Is that why you avoided her after her comment on Bakugou's body?"

"I was not avoiding her." He was starting to wish he never came to visit.

"You were sharing the desk with my receptionist to avoid being in the same room as her."

Izuku gave up trying to fight the argument. He closed his eyes and ignored all other comments made till his mother spoke.

"Did you tell this young woman why you were avoiding her?" He felt his her presence close and then she sat down next to him.

Midoriya looked toward All Might and saw that he was frying something in a pan. He got the feeling that this was his mentors way of letting him have time to talk to his mother one on one.

"I did last night. She bought curry for us and we ate at her place. We had some sake and played cards. It was nice but I feel like she needed the company more than I did. Rin doesn't seem to understand personal space though. I'm not sure if it's because she's American or because she was a stripper or"

His mom stopped him, "Stripper?"

His face blushed. He had never told his mother about what happened in the states.

"Yes! Lynn has changed career fields to linguistics. Her quirk makes her best suited for it. Quirk specialized schools are a rarity in America." All Might has his signature smile on as he preached, "To be a stripper is all that she could do." Izuku knew that he was over exaggerating to distract his mother. "Of course when I found her application I had to be the hero and help her better appreciate her quirk and use it to the fullest."

As All Might went on in his monologue to Inko, Izuku felt like most of what he was saying was true for the most part.

But the theatrical part was a little unnecessary.

"With that in the equation." His mom patted his hand, "Don't think too much about when she is in your space. Perhaps she's a woman who expresses herself with actions more so than words. Much like someone else we know."

He gave his mother a quizzical look.

"I'm talking about Bakugou Katsuki. He is the perfect example of someone who expresses his emotions outright."

Midoriya almost hated the fact that she compared Rin and Kacchan.

"Also, if you don't have romantic feelings for her then I don't see why you're making this friendship seem so different from any of your other friendships." His mother looked him square in the eye, "Unless there IS something you're not telling me."

Izuku fidgeted in his seat. "I do want to have a regular relationship with her. But I also feel attracted to her."

All Might snorted in front of the stove.

"Sounds like your Mighty Might is doing most of the thinking for you."

"TOSHIII!"

And with that Izuku made the decision to skip dinner and go home.

Rin was happy to get a lot of stuff accomplished today. That included her phone. The downside was that her cheapo American phone couldn't transfer to a phone company and she had no choice but to have a contact and pay off her phone for the next 4 years. She hoped Mr. Yagi liked her because she'll be working for him for a long time now.

Though she was happy to have a walking device to free her mind of boredom it reminded her of how she didn't know anyone.

She added Amy's number and the office number.

Her old phone had a lot of old high school friends that she never talked to and some family cousins. Rin had a lot of acquaintances that she could always call. A lot of go-to people. But friends?

Tori was the closest friend she had. Mostly because she was the only one who knew about her work.

Although she wasn't ashamed of her job she didn't like how some people would treat her differently. Girls would assume that she'd sleep with their boyfriends and boys would assume that she'd put out.

With the latter she had put out with 2 different guys and learned the hard way that it wasn't a friendship but a booty call. She would not have minded if they were both under the same mindset.

It had honestly hurt her feelings when she thought she'd made a guy friend and they never actually did what friends do.

Scrolling through her social networks she was looking back at home. Everything was the same. Like she'd never lived there and left.

Not paying attention to where she was going she bumped into someone pretty hard.

"Sorry. I'm so sorry." Rin turned to see if the person was okay.

He was older than her and was not happy in the tiniest bit. The man grabbed her wrist. "Kids these days are what's ruining the way of the world. Take your nose out of your phone."

Eyes wide and mouth open she was about to speak when another voice piped in.

"She said that she was sorry. I think that that is enough to keep you stepping." Rin recognized the voice.

Looking up through her eyelashes she saw Ground Zero just beside her. He was in his usual costume except his gloves were missing. She had a feeling she knew why.

He had his hand wrapped around the older mans wrist. You could see that the hero's grip was getting tight because his veins in his hand started to pulse through.

The man let go of Rin's wrist and started on his way.

Her wrist was a bit sore but nothing to worry about. She turned to her hero and examined him.

Ground Zero watched her eyes drift over him. Studying him. He could tell that she was comparing his hero self with his daily self.

He waited for her to say something. It was her move in their cat and mouse game. The anticipation was pushing his buttons. He didn't want to break and speak first though.

He was about to turn and leave.

"You look cold without your gloves." Bakugou's gaze reaches hers and he saw the sly smile playing on her lips.

His turn.

"Yeah, I seem to have misplaced them. Too bad too. I really need them for a charity event in 2 weeks."

Rin could feel the game being played and it was her turn. He was challenging her. It was seductive and made her feel sexy and needy.

But she had to play the game right. She started to walk toward her apartment.

"Thank you for helping me. I hope that you find your misplaced gloves."

AN: I thought I'd take a moment to say THANK YOU for all of your reviews. I'm aware that I update my story often. That's because I am a stay-at-home-mom and teach English in the afternoons. I personally feel like my story has been flowing more smoothly since I wrote my ideas and layed out a plan. This will be a long one you guys.

I've been working on my grammatical errors and trying not to pre post before hand. The excitement of sharing gets the best of me. Swapping between Google Docs on my laptop and phone have the downfall of negative autocorrects and double types.

I did also want to say that I try to do as much referencing and research as I can. I also don't want to go overboard with things that I feel the average reader may not understand.

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