CHAPTER 2
While walking to the sushi place, Midoriya's and Uraraka's hands brushed each other. Enticing many sorry's from the very embarrassed pair.
"S-sorry! This is gonna take awhile to get used to huh?" Midoriya said lightheartedly, scratching the back of his neck.
"It's fine! Yeah, I wonder how this is gonna help our teamwork if i'm honest, though i'm really excited to spend time with you Deku!" Uraraka said in her usual cheery attitude, with a beaming smile. Blushing a little bit on that last part.
"Me too! Ah here it is." Deku stopped in front of a bright orange and green neon sign that reads OPEN.
"I remember this place! Tsu tried to take me here but I had to do hero training so I haven't actually tried it yet." Uraraka says looking at the happy people inside through the window.
The restaurant is an average size, with green, pink and white coloring the walls and floor. The place is separated into two halves, with one half being dominated by mostly families and groups of friends, the other half having young people in pairs or flying solo.
"How did you find this place? It looks super cute!" Uraraka said pointing at the cute character posing on the wall, holding chopsticks in a fighting pose with the restaurants name above it.
"O-Oh! It's a bit embarrassing…" Midoriya looked away, scratching the back of his head, turning a little red.
"You gotta tell me now! C'mon please?" Uraraka said with a puppy dog face, tugging on his shirt sleeve.
"W-well alright…"
"My mom took me here after school on days where she had to buy groceries, so we ate here, she said something like 'If you don't eat right now your body's natural schedule will be all messed up!'" Midoriya said blushing at the story of his overbearing mom, looking over at a Mom with her own son at a table.
"Ah that's so cute! Does that mean we will get to see some of your old friends here?" Uraraka said, making her hands into binoculars and looking around the place.
"I-I don't think so, I didn't really have any friends back then s-so I usually just came here alone with me and her…" Midoriya said, a little longing in his voice, not willing to look Uraraka in the eye.
"Just you two?" A woman came and asked them, holding two menu in her hands and wearing a waitress uniform.
"Yes just us." Midoriya said, still not quite comprehending being alone with Uraraka.
"Right this way." The waitress led them to their table next to the rest of the other young pairs, some looking at them weirdly. Albeit who wouldn't look at two people handcuffed together weirdly.
"O-oh! T-that's o-odd!" Midoriya says, blushing his head off, pretending to look at the menu.
"What's weird? Is there something in my hair?" Uraraka asks, confused and patting the top of her head.
"T-they put us in the couples section" Midoriya replies, redder than a fire hydrant, shaking the menu a little.
"O-oh! I guess that is pretty weird huh? Can't blame them with how close we are to each other…" Uraraka says, just as red as Midoriya, fiddling with the hem of her desk.
"Anything to drink you two?" An oblivious waitress came up handing them menus as she took their orders on what to drink.
"J-just water." A wreck of Midoriya replied, taking the menus and handing one to Uraraka.
"I'll have tea, thank you!" Uraraka said, trying to forget the situation they were in, and failing.
"What type of tea?" The waitress asked.
"Green, thanks." Uraraka said trying not to touch Midoriya, which was difficult because they had to be inches from each other due to the handcuffs.
"Flag me down when you are ready to order!" The waitress said going to fetch their drinks.
"You said you didn't have many friends before U.A?" Uraraka asked, empathy in her voice, unable to believe someone as sweet as Midoriya didn't have any friends.
"Y-yeah my quirk manifested late so I was kinda considered an outcast I guess." Midoriya said, his voice tinted with sadness and a hint of nostalgia. Uraraka was his best friend she had a right to know what his life was like before meeting her.
"But how? You're so nice, you're like a little sun! How could anyone just not like that?! You're pretty cute too." Uraraka said, mad and thinking out loud, not realising what she said.
"M-me! C-c-cute?!" Midoriya said, pointing at his face, not comprehending wait just came out of Uraraka's mouth.
"O-oh d-did I say that out loud!?" Uraraka said with a fake laugh, looking away, turning red again.
"W-well none the less how could anyone not like you?!" Uraraka said trying to change the subject back, still a little red.
"I didn't have a quirk, I lacked what made people special, why would people spend time on someone who didn't even do being born right?" Midoriya said, lacking his stutter in a tone that proved he was somewhere else.
"Hey, you've got us now right? We'd never disregard you like that." Uraraka said, placing her hand on Midoriya leg to bring him back, worry blanketed her tone, concern for her friend blocking out her embarrassment.
"Yeah you're right! Thanks." Midoriya said putting on his usual bright smile. Something off in his voice that didn't go unnoticed by Uraraka.
"Hey, we're here for you, whatever you need, whenever you need it okay?" Uraraka said, making sure he was okay.
"Y- yeah, okay, thanks Uraraka, I mean it." Midoriya said, finally back to his normal self, feeling like a thousand pound weight was lifted off his chest.
"Anytime! Now what's good here? Ooh, how about this Uraraka said, pointing to something on the menu.
The two ate dinner and went back home to the dorms because they felt like they would have to go to the bathroom after dinner and didn't want to have to deal with THAT situation. When they arrived they saw Mina on the couch, texting on her phone, Aoyama chained next to her looking at himself in a mirror.
"Look, the two lovebirds are back!" Mina said teasing the pair.
"Hey Mina bathroom real quick?" Uraraka said, her face flush with her comment. Dragging Midoriya with her to the door.
"Not gonna give me a chance to say anything?" Mina said following behind the determined Uraraka into the bathroom, seeing a confused Midoriya at the door.
"So what'd you want me for?" Mina said, looking at a very red Uraraka with a confused look on her face.
"Close the door.!" Uraraka said, very flustered, and leaned on the door.
"Okay, Deku and I went to go get sushi and" Uraraka closes her eyes and whispers "I called him cute on accident." She peeks one eye open at Mina during the last word, redder than a tomato.
"Oh. My. God. YOU'RE ADORABLE!" Mina exclaimed, hugging Uraraka in a bear hug.
"I-it's not like that!" Uraraka said, covering her face with her hands, somehow turning even redder.
"Y-you two okay in there?" Midoriya asked through the door.
"Just a minute Deku!" Uraraka said, masking the embarrassment in her voice.
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