*I'm going to apologize in advance for this chapter, It's basically me pushing my OTP of Iida/Camie harder than Vince McMahon pushed Roman Reigns (wrestling joke you guys probably don't get). There's also some Inasa/Seiji in here as well.*
The students of Shiketsu high were in the midst of a well-deserved celebration. They had all passed the provisional license exams and they were all caught up in the high of victory. Countless hours of training and experimentation gave them the edge they needed to defeat most of their fellow combatants and emerge victorious. The only caveat to their victory was the fact that their teachers couldn't be here to celebrate with them. They were all busy during this time and apologized in advanced that they couldn't celebrate with their students but not before offering their congratulations. Even Mr. Bernal, who arranged the party, had to opt out citing the fact that he needed to get their licenses made as soon as possible. He told all of them that his absence better not lead to a subpar party and threatened them all with detention if they didn't have fun.
His class was only seventy-five percent sure that he was joking
All of the students were hyped at the fact that they can now use their quirks in public without getting reprimanded. Iida, Midoriya, and Todoroki privately joked amongst themselves that they wished they had their licenses sooner so they could take the credit for defeating Stain.
"Once we get our license I'm gonna be hard 24/7 to strengthen myself!" Kirishima loudly announced, not realizing how wrong that statement sounded
"You're gonna be arrested for public indecency if you do that" Todoroki noted
"I didn't mean like that, guys! Get your heads outta the gutters! Come on; don't tell me you guys aren't going to start using your quirks more now that you're legally allowed to use them in public?"
They all thought over Kirishima's legitimate question thoroughly before answering
"I guess me and Iida could now get to where we want to go faster" Midoriya surmised. Iida simply nodded in agreement.
"I could sweep the trash off the street with my wind" Inasa shrugged his shoulders; he didn't know what else he could do with his wind.
Seiji grunted in amusement "At least your quirk has some use outside of combat. I don't think turning people into meatballs has any practical applications."
Nagamasa was happy that he could carry more things than his arms could hold with his prehensile hair.
"I don't think my quirk would be all that useful in civilian situations either…"
Kirishima was surprised at Yaoyorozu's declaration "Come on Yaoyorozu, you can make anything you want! There's gotta be some use to it"
"My skin needs to be exposed for me to properly use it and I would like to keep my decency outside my costume!"
After a moment a consideration, the rest of them agreed that Yaoyorozu had a good point.
"I guess if this "hero" thing doesn't work out I can make sweet YouTube money by making prank videos. What about you, Todoroki?"
"I don't know Camie, like Seiji, my quirk aren't really good for anything other than fighting. I guess I could warm cold food pretty fast…"
The party soon turned into all of them going about their separate ways, Yaoyorozu and Nagamasa challenged each other to a riveting game of chess while Midoriya, Seiji, and Todoroki opted to play video games. It took a good while for Seiji and Midoriya to teach Todoroki how to play Mario Party but once the hybrid quirk user started playing he quickly found himself enjoying the game and in grand Mario Party tradition, Todoroki quickly lost his cool when Midoriya stole two of his stars.
Kirishima, Inasa, and Iida were busy with the arcade cabinets. Unlike the last two makeshift tournaments they had which were on Garou: Mark of the Wolves and Guilty gear Xrd which were Kirishima's and Inasa's games Iida convinced them to play on his home turf- Marvel vs. Capcom 2.
It was actually a split between a three way vote and the only reason Iida won was because Camie voted for Marvel vs. Capcom 2 as well since she knew that as the game that "had a lot of funny ass commentary videos". When Inasa and Kirishima objected to her vote since she wasn't part of this she declared herself the "official spectator" so her vote counted as much as theirs.
As the game started up, Camie grabbed a piece of paper from her prompting Inasa to question her.
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a list of call-outs, duh."
"What do you mean- it's a list of memes, isn't it?"
"Yup"
Once they reached the title screen Camie yelled out "IT'S MAHVEL BAYBEE!" to the confusion of both Kirishima and Inasa
"Iida, do you know what's going on?"
"Ah yes, Kirishima. I am well acquainted with the terms my girlfriend is using. Most of what she was saying was ancient commentary quotes from tournaments long ago…"
"Are they all this obnoxious?"
"Indeed"
The three guys were mostly silent playing since they couldn't afford any slip ups if they stopped concentrating on the game at hand. Camie however, had an odd quip for almost every situation.
"Oh! It looks like my boy Tenya is picking Mag-Fuckin'-Neto, Cyclops, and Sentine- Oh! He picked the Mango Sentinel!"
Every time a player (usually Iida) juggled their opponents to submission she would yell out "SCOOPS! SCOOPS! HÃAGEN-DAZS!"
Eventually Kirishima and Inasa were so fed up with the way the games were going due to a combination of not being able to get a win and Camie's grating commentary
"That's it. I'm done here. Iida, you gotta be lying when you told us that you understood all her quotes because I'm pretty sure she said "Hit 'em with the Sicily in the middle of Italy" that's not real…no language sounds like that!"
"I assure you Inasa, that is an actual call out. Over a century ago, the commentator "Yipes" used that line to describe a spinning air kick performed by Sentinel."
"That's bullshit, Iida. You and Camie planned this didn't you?"
"Please, that implies that I require any assistance in besting you two." his smug statement was joined by a loud "OOOOHHHH!" from Camie."
"Psh...whatever, I'm gonna call Tsu…" Kirishima huffed out of the room as Camie shook her head "Salty AF"
With both of his opponents gone, Iida celebrated his little victory with Camie.
"Congrats babe! Uh...I don't want to ruin the celebration but..."
Iida looked at her thoughtfully "How can you of all people possibly ruin this?"
"Well...I kinda told my folks that I was gonna introduce you to them tomorrow...I know this is kinda sudden but they both work like, 24/7 and Saturday is the only day they have off…"
"I'd be happy to meet your parents tomorrow!"
"Really? I gotta warn you- my dad gets really aggy sometimes"
"I'm sure that I could sway him in my favour!"
The train ride to Camie's home fairly quiet, all things considered. Iida was awed by all the sights he still hadn't seen in this part of Japan while looking out the window. Camie however, was too busy praying that her parents would go easy on Iida.
"Is something wrong?"
The sudden intrusion of his voice actually made Camie jump a little out of her seat
"N-Nothing's wrong!"
"You just jumped out of your seat…"
"It's just that my folks are really extra...especially my dad"
To her surprise, Iida merely chuckled in response
"What are you laughing at?"
"It's just that I rarely see you this nervous...I must say that I have my work cut out for me when it comes to impressing your parents."
"Whatever...We get off on the next stop."
The first thing that Iida noticed about Camie's apartment was that it was similar in size to Midoriya's. She did mention multiple times that her family is always working to make ends meet and that the reason why she stayed in Shiketsu after her kidnapping was because her parents couldn't afford to transfer her so it only made sense that she wasn't too well off.
"Well...we're here!"
Camie opened the door to the kitchen and there was this frightening looking individual staring daggers at Iida. He had bright blonde hair that was even spikier than Kirishima's and a multitude of piercings along his ears. As he looked up at the two, he let out a derisive snort at Iida's direction which showcased his razor sharp teeth.
There was a woman leaning on the kitchen counter near him and Iida assumed she was Camie's mother. The woman almost looked like a spitting image of her daughter except her hair was cut shorter. She had the same beautiful brown eyes and gorgeous face as her. For a brief moment Iida was thankful that Camie shared none of her father's features.
"Who the fuck's this guy?"
Iida gulped, this was already off to a bad start.
"Dad...this is my boyfriend...I promised you guys that I was gonna bring him over." she spoke slowly as if she was trying to remind her parents why he was here.
"Oh yeah" Once again, her father looked at Iida suspiciously and then scrunched up his face as if he just smelled a dead animal before snorting again.
"You could have done way better, honey…"
Iida felt that blow in his gut. He realized why his girlfriend was so scared of this meeting. Camie however, became furious with her father
"Dad! Iida's a great guy so can you please drop the "tough guy" act!"
Her father simply chuckled "Whatever...In my eyes, nobody is good enough for my little girl...especially not some scrawny nerd…"
"Scrawny?!" was Iida's immediate thought. He could take being called a nerd, he was called that daily by some rather unsavoury peers since he was a child but he could not take being called "scrawny". He had half a mind to tear his shirt off and showcase his muscles. After reaching for his collar, Iida wisely decided against stripping in front of his girlfriend's parents.
"Why don't you go to your room sweetie? Your mother and I want to talk to Lida alone"
"It's "Iida" dad and I am not leaving you alone with this guy. I still don't know what happened to the last guy I bought here!"
Once again, Iida gulped a wad of saliva
"Tch, It's not our fault that punk skipped town after meeting us."
Her mother suddenly spoke "Now Camie, I promise you I won't let your dad go too crazy."
Camie was about to argue some more before realizing the futility of it all. She gave Iida a quick peck on the cheek "stay strong babe" before shuffling to her room leaving Iida alone with her two parents.
"You think this is some kind of fucking joke?"
"Uh...excuse me?"
"Don't fucking play dumb with me kid. I know how you rich fuckers act."
Camie's mother tried to calm the situation down "Yoichi please…"
"Come on Mamori, we both knew this was going to happen the minute Camie started gushing about this kid!"
"I'm sorry but...I have no idea what's going on…"
Once again, this Yoichi fellow started staring daggers at Iida "Drop the act kid. I know how it goes- you spot this regular person and think to yourself "I could fuck with her for a couple of months" you shower her with gifts and expensive ass dates and she starts falling for you because she never knew such luxuries and then when you get bored you just drop her like she's nothing. I mean, why would you care? You're rich!"
"That's the problem with you fucking trust fund brats- you don't know what it's like to be worried about the next set of bills, or not having enough food in the fridge, or not missing a day of work fucking work no matter how sick you are because you need the money. Nah, you don't know how any of that feels like!"
Iida never felt so insulted his life. This man just started ranting about his preconceived notion of what the Iida family was and the principals they stood for. He wouldn't dare do such cruel things to anyone let alone Camie...God her father is reminding her of a somehow more abrasive Bakugou!
"Is that why you asked her out? The fact that she couldn't say no because you saved her?"
If Iida was angry before, now he was positively fuming at Camie's father's words.
"Don't you fucking dare question my relationship with her!" he silently growled at Camie's father, his habitual politeness was the only reason he held his tongue.
"You can't fool me kid...I knew why you asked her out"
His continuous prodding made drove Iida to the brink of his patience and he actually yelled back
"I KNEW FULL WELL-" he stopped himself before he could go any further but the damage was already done. He had lost his temper right in front of Camie's parents and judging by the way the both of them jumped; they were as surprised as he was. He clenched his fists in barely contained rage as he finished his statement
"I...I knew the implications of dating someone I just helped rescue...That is why I didn't pursue your daughter even though I was enamoured with her...It was only when she assured me that she felt the same way did my conscience become clear."
Knowing that there was no going back from his outburst, Iida decided to set the record straight.
"My parents raised me to be polite and respectful especially to my elders and that is why I held my tongue when you disrespected my family name with your preconceived notions about us. But I will not allow you to warp my admiration for you daughter into something so foul!"
"I am well aware that I failed your "interrogation" Mr. Utsushimi but if you think this wi-"
He was cut off by a Camie's father loudly clapping his hands
"Congratulations kid, you proved to me that you're alright"
"Wha...?" Iida was flabbergasted to see Camie's parents share a laugh at his expense.
"Sorry kid, Mamori and I like playing "good cop and bad cop" sometimes."
"I...don't follow"
"Listen, we know a lot about you through the news so we already knew you were a decent guy but I didn't want just a "decent" guy to be dating my daughter."
Camie's mother put a hand on Iida's shoulder sympathetically and continued her husband's speech "My husband is kinda...crazy so we both did a lot of research on you Tenya Iida. We deduced that you had a lot of pride in your family name considering how you took over the mantle of Ingenium after your brother's tragic injury."
"Yup...me talking shit about them was just part of the plane. I'm sorry about that, by the way. They seem like good people and we would love to meet them one day. Anyway, we wanted to see just how you would react to my shit talk."
Camie's mother smiled "when you have a daughter that could create extremely lifelike illusions you gotta be keen on body language. We noticed how you clenched your fists when we lambasted you and your family. But we were both surprised when you blew a fuse when we accused you of just using our daughter. You must really care for her, don't you?"
"Yes...I do…"
"Well then stop standing around her looking like an idiot and hang out with her."
"Uh...yes sir!" as Iida ran to Camie's room her father yelled at him one last time "if I catch you two kids doing something stupid I'll kick your ass"
Now that they were alone, the two parents began privately discussing what went down.
"I think we were a little too hard on him, Yoichi…"
"Psh, no we weren't! Besides, the kid's dealt with some scary shit already two regular people like us shouldn't rattle him. I gotta admit though, I was surprised when he told us he felt too guilty to ask Camie out because he helped save her…"
"I'm not. I knew he was a good guy. You heard the way Camie gushed about him. That's why I think this whole thing was a waste of time."
"I can't believe our kid fell for such a boring guy…"
"I'm glad. Iida's pleasant and courteous...basically the opposite of you, Yoichi'
Camie's father snorted "Hey! You're the one that married me."
Camie immediately hugged Iida as he entered his room.
"I heard you yell...guess it didn't go well…"
"Actually, both of your parents approve of me" he smiled
Camie's eyes widened in surprise "No way! Even my dad?"
"While your dad is quite...intimidating and is a seriously avid manipulator he does care for you."
Camie drew Iida into a tight hug to celebrate Iida's "rite of passage" a hug which quickly turned into a deep kiss. A kiss that Camie only stopped to joke about Iida immediately grabbing her butt.
"Jeez babe, going straight for my ass? Remember how nervous you were the first time we made out?"
"To be fair, we didn't even go out on an "official" date and you surprised me."
Camie clicked her tongue "So you saying you're a lot more confident now?"
Iida smirked with an almost uncharacteristic swagger "Well talking about my confidence won't prove a thing…" before pulling Camie into another kiss.
Shortly after meeting her parents, Camie wanted to meet Iida's family as well.
"Come on, I only met your brother and that doesn't count since we text each other and never actually met face to face!"
Iida was more than happy to introduce his family to his girlfriend and vice-versa. His parents were eager to meet Camie as well.
"I must apologize in advance though, Camie. My brother is currently tied up right now and won't be able to meet you." he remembered Tensei telling him over the phone that Todoroki wanted to introduce his sister to Yaoyorozu and Tensei didn't want to leave those three alone since it would be "probably the most awkward thing in the world".
His brother felt guilty about missing out but Tenya agreed that without his down to earth nature, a meeting between Yaoyorozu and Fuyumi with Todoroki in tow might collapse like a neutron star of inelegance.
If Tenya were to be honest, he was almost glad that his brother wouldn't be available for this. Tensei always had a knack for "busting his chops" as he would lovingly refer to as and there was no doubt he would go above and beyond to embarrass him in front of Camie.
The first thing Camie did upon seeing Iida's residence was belt out a loud "Holy crap!" which caused quite a few onlookers to turn to them with a confused expression on their faces.
"You live here?"
"Indeed I do."
"Shit, if I lived in a place like this I would never dorm…"
"I disagree. Dorming lets me stay close to all my friends...and my lovely girlfriend"
Camie rolled her eyes "trying too hard, babe."
Iida feigned outrage before opening the door to his house. His parents immediately welcomed the two of them with open arms faster than they can react.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Utsushimi!" his dad loudly called
"You don't know how much Tenya talks about you!" his mother loudly joined in.
Camie turned to Iida and smirked when she saw his face turn a deep crimson colour. "Oh? Tenya talks about me?"
"Like you wouldn't believe!"
Iida's parents quickly guided the two to the living room and urged them to sit down and relax while they prepared some refreshments.
"So I guess speed runs in the family, huh?"
"Yes...but I'm as surprised as you are. My parents are usually much calmer than this. I assume they are just excited to meet you…"
Iida's parents return to the living room almost as quickly as they departed carrying a tray of various drinks. There was orange juice for Tenya, coffee for Camie and Iida's father, and some tea for his mother. Camie was impressed that they knew she was a coffee addict Mr. Iida father simply stated that a majority of teen liked that Starbucks stuff so it was more of an educated guess.
After they finished their drinks, both Tenya and Camie were shocked that his parents seemed to calm down considerably
"Forgive out brazen behavior earlier today kids" Mr. Iida began "We were just so anxious to meet her that we forgot our manners."
"No biggie, but why were you guys so excited? I'm just his girlfriend."
"Well you see that when Iida mentioned that he was seeing someone to us we were shocked to say the least…"
"And why is that Mrs. Iida?"
"Our son was never really interested in girls and we found it concerning. Since he kept the company of Todoroki and Midoriya we actually assumed that he preferred the company of men-"
"Mother, please…" Tenya pleaded for his mother to stop embarrassing him while Camie covered her mouth in an attempt to stifle her laughter.
Mr. Iida cleared his throat to get all their attention "What I'm saying that when our son who we didn't know was interested in romance at all told us that he formed a relationship the both of us wanted to know more!"
"Oh! That makes sense."
"We can see one reason why he's quite enamoured with you! My word you're gorgeous!"
"Aww, thanks Mrs. Iida!"
Tenya wanted to bury his head between the couch cushions to escape the embarrassment of the current situation.
"So...how did you two kids meet?"
"Well...Tenya actually helped rescue me when I was kidnapped…"
"I see…" Mr. Iida looked at his son with a stern expression on his face "Now son, did you coerce this girl into dating you-"
Camie cut him off "No! It's nothing like that, I swear! Tenya actually didn't want to date me at first because he didn't want me to feel like I "owed" him or something. I actually fell for him after he comforted me after I felt bad about being kidnapped when I came back to school…"
Mr. Iida's expression morphed into a proud smile "Ah! How chivalrous! You are truly carrying the Ingenium name well son!"
"Thank you father."
"Tenya's mother and I met when she beat me in a race for charity. Once she did I knew she was the one for me. We've been married for 32 years!"
"How adorable!"
"So...you kids both got your licenses don't you?"
"Yes mother, the exams were quite difficult but our entire class managed to pass."
"Yeah, me and Tenya made up this kick ass team move called "Phantom Burst" where I distract someone with my illusions and he comes in and kicks the hell out of them!"
"A fine move!" both of his parents loudly yelled
"Your folks are wild AF"
Tenya buried his head in his hands and wondered if Tensei tasked his parents to be as embarrassing as possible.
Ever since the advent of the former UA high students Inasa and Seiji rarely found time to be alone as a couple. Today, almost everyone was gone and the two found themselves alone in the recreation area.
"Damn, everyone went out today! It's nice being with you here, Seiji."
Seiji crossed his arms and grumbled "judging by the way you're always at the arcade cabinets with Kirishima and Iida I figured you'd be missing them"
"Come on Seiji, why would I- wait a minute, you're not jealous aren't you?"
Seiji turned his back towards Inasa "How can I not be when my boyfriend is always hanging out with two well-built guys?"
"Dude...you know the both of them are straight, right?"
"Still…"
Inasa sighed "Yeah...I kinda get it. I would be lying if I said I don't feel a little jealous when I see you and Midoriya study together. God...I really do spend a lot of them with those two...Can't blame you for being a little pissed off."
Seiji started to feel guilty of guilt tripping Inasa (how ironic) "No...I shouldn't have tried to make you feel bad. I know how much you loved fighting games and that there was no one to play with before those guys came in. I should have known that you would play a lot now that you have others to game with."
Inasa grabbed his hand "Tell you what- why don't we go to your room and watch one of the movies you like? You know, to make up for the lost time!"
"But…I don't think you'll be a fan of the types of movies I enjoy"
"Whatever...even if I hated the movie it would still be worth it to hang out with you!"
Seiji cursed himself for blushing at such a sappy statement.
"O-Okay"
"Great!" Inasa grabbed his hand and rushed to Seiji's room.
"Now this is "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick. It's one of the most revolutionary movies ever made and one of my personal favorites."
"That's the one with the evil robot that goes "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't you do that" right?"
Seiji huffed "Yes...that's the one" he was annoyed that his boyfriend only knew it for the meme.
The lavender haired student put the movie on and sat on the couch next to Inasa
"Come on dude, sit closer to me! I don't bite, unless you want me to. And if you're into that shit then I'm going to have to think about it because-"
"INASA!" Seiji was beat red at such a lurid suggestion
"Too kinky for you?"
"...Can we just watch the movie?"
"Sure"
To Seiji's surprise, Inasa was really into the movie. Sure he knew that his boyfriend was a great student and could understand the themes well but Inasa usually only cared about what was "hype" (in Inasa's own words) at the time. Seiji was really happy that his boyfriend was so engrossed in the film. Despite the fact that they clearly cared for each other Seiji frequently worried that their lack of similar interests that didn't involve heroing that their relationship would fall apart after a while.
Now that he knew that Inasa was something as a cinephile as well, that eased some of his fears.
Inasa tended to hold his hand during the really scary parts and that was nice as well.
When the movie ended, the both of them were dead tired.
"Wanna sleep here?"
Inasa raised an eyebrow interest which caused Seiji to blush
"Not like that!"
Inasa laughed "God, you are so easy sometimes" he said before stealing a kiss from his boyfriend.
*Downtime Part 2 will focus on TodoMomo and Kirishima/Tsuyu because I felt like I been neglecting them*