A/N: This is just me testing another mature theme, nothing crazy but something I couldn't fit with the coming chapters. Enjoy!
Chapter 60 - Imperfect Intoxication
"It's not my fault, I swear!" Akio practically blurted out in Izuku's face the second he got back from the track with Iida, the two friends looking to one another, then back at the frazzled state of the faux-brown-haired boy. He put his hands together in a pray. "I mean, I maaaay have accidentally caused it - but I swear, I never wanted this, buddy!"
"Slow down, Akio, what's troubling you so much to come rushing for Midoriya's forgiveness?" Iida asked, easing his hand on the boy's shoulder while he pointed behind him, Izuku finally following the boy's finger.
"THAT'S my problem!" He crossed his arms in a defensive 'X'. When they saw what it was, both turned white as boards, shocked into a stupor neither could quite shake. "Midoriya, Iida, please meet the 'Kell of Kells', Yuki Azuru - whatever the hell 'Kell' means."
It was Yuki, dancing wobbly on the edge of the back of the sofa like a drunken sailor, muttering incoherently to herself. Her mask was slanted on her right temple, eyes closed with a dizzy expression and dopey smile plastered in a thick, red blush.
"Y-Yuki, please get down before you fall and hurt yourself!" Yaomomo attempted to usher the girl down but somehow the blissful girl evaded her efforts, even Kirishima was lost on what to do, holding his arms out at the ready to catch her, sweating nervously.
"H-hey guys can use a hand over here!" He called over, but that was one grave mistake. He earned foot to the face, Yuki stepping over him and down to the floor, taking Kirishima with her. "Like alot, ow..."
"I'm the Kell of *hic* Kells! I can do what I want *hic* and stuff!" She wailed at Yaomomo, making the girl blush as the bluette poked at her left breast. Then she giggled. "Hehe *hic* suck it Shoto I got to them first~"
"Yuki!" The mature teen slapped her hand away, in turn, spinning the machinist around to find the trio staring at her, Izuku the first to gawk in horror at the state she was in, then it became clear as to why it all rang a familiar beat in his head.
"Holy crap, Yuki, you're drunk!?" She must have tampered with an electronic and suffered from an anti-virus backlash again. The downside to having nanotechnology in your body meant it was a strange form of intoxication to the girl if an anti-virus software were to reject her network, like UA's.
The girl blew a raspberry, dancing on the spot. "I am the *hic* machine~!" Giggling to herself, she finally blinked dully at Izuku, leaning close enough for him to feel her hot breath on his lips. This sudden breach in privacy and the fact they had an audience made his whole face burn a cherry red. "I~zu~ku~!"
"Y-Y-Yuki, t-too close!" Was his squeak, forcing the girl to mutter something incoherent, leaving his personal bubble as a great sigh left his chest, Iida patting his poor friend's back. "She's already too much sober..." Izuku would be lying if the idea of her publicly showing affection again didn't make his heart rate increase, but those thoughts were better left unsaid.
Akio chuckled nervously, Viral appearing behind him with a glare. "You really messed up this time," At this, the four present while Kirishima kept Yuki from wandering off, Tokoyami appearing from the kitchen, having Dark Shadow tease her by staying out of her reach while her hands attempted to grab his beak.
"Viral, what did Akio do exactly?" Yaomomo voiced the big question, seeing the boy rub his head bashfully while Viral's one eye glowered through his cowl's tear.
"Akio requested Yuki help with downloading key information that was... kept private by the school," He raised a hand to stop them from assuming. "It was about other instances of Nightmares, so I had a right to know encase any were contacted by Harbinger, the last thing we need is more on his side," Viral grumbled at the thought of another Ravage or even Velk, as much as he hated her, she was much more powerful than he was
It then dawned on Izuku what had transpired. "Yuki suffered from the anti-virus software didn't she?" This, coupled with her laughing like a madman while riding Tokoyami's Dark Shadow like a horse made it abundantly clear how true that was. Pinching his nose, Izuku felt sweat roll down his face. "Yuki..."
"Heeey *hic* Zuzu~" She cooed, now upside down riding the disgruntled shadow as Tokoyami attempted to retract his Dark Shadow, only for it to grunt at the girl's persistent nature, hugging it tightly. "No! Big Bird is mine now! The Kell of *Hic* Kells says *Hic* so!"
"Please help me..." Dark Shadow squawked, looking to his fellow shadow for aid. Viral put his hands up.
"There are some battles I cannot win, goodbye," He slithered back into Akio, leaving Dark Shadow to fend for himself, waving a fist at Akio.
"Traitor!"
"Dark Shadow, calm yourself," Tokoyami crossed his arms, poking at Yuki's leg. "Come now, Yuki,"
"No!" She pouted, keeping her hold on Dark Shadow while poking Tokoyami's beak. "I'm the Kell of *hic* Bird now, with his power I shall *hic* the world!" She soon broke into another maniacal laughter, everyone sweatdropping at her childish antics, Iida zipping over to berate the girl, his arm rising like a rusty joint.
"Yuki! This is very unbecoming of a student of UA! You cannot just hack into their systems, that's illegal!" He was beyond frustrated but nothing he said would work now, instead, she fell off of Dark Shadow, using Iida's robot motion to lift herself up again.
"Hehe, robot arm to save the *hic* day~!" Was her only reply, waddling away with her arms fanned out wide. "Dum-Dum-Dum-Dum-Dum~"
"Midoriya," The boy turned to the Class Rep, seeing his eyes stare with a calm, worried demeanor. "Could you take Yuki up to her room, maybe then she could sleep this infliction off."
He nodded. "Of course, be right back," Then he froze, finding Yuki face-first against the floor, eyes spinning in spirals. "Y-Yuki!"
"Hehehe, you spin me *hic* round~" At this point, it was safe to say the girl was lost. With little effort he pulled the drunken girl to her feet again, pulling her close to lean on his side while ensuring to move fast enough as to avoid anyone seeing her sniffing his neck, that instance when she placed those kisses down his throat the last time still burnt into his memory. "You smell weird..."
"I-I was training," Was his stutter while pulling Yuki up the stairs, ensuring she kept her balance. "Why didn't SIVA take control?"
Yuki shook her head. "Memories need... stuff in order, too much big words - I'm flying~" Izuku gawked as she landed face-first against the edge of the first floor, though clearly unphased even while Izuku apologized profusely for letting her fall. "Hehe, thaaanks Zuzu, love you."
"I-I do too," It was enough to bring a smile while approaching her room, or until she pushed toward his doorway a few feet down the hall. Steeling his resolve he attempted to pull her back. "Come on, you need to try and rest."
"Nooo, lemme sleep in your room," She whined, pulling back limply. Despite the power to demolish a building if she wanted to, Izuku held the advantage while she was drunk, pulling her back against his chest. "Bah, stooop~" Again she pulled, and Izuku stumbled while desperately trying to win her over, emphasis on 'trying'. "Ah - oof."
"S-sorry Yu... ki," Izuku's voice died in his throat, a painfully familiar scene played out like deja vu in front of his startled eyes. Yuki was under him in the reverse, herself pinned to the floor under his body while both their faces were millimetres apart. "I-If someone finds us like this we'll never hear the end of it!" Throwing himself back, he failed to see the genuine redness applied to the girl's cheeks, her own heart racing a little faster. "S-Sorry!"
"I-It's okay..." Despite the subtle disappointment she hid those feelings well, not wanting to let herself fall prey to her selfish desires again.
Soon, Izuku reluctantly led her to his room, the drunken girl having gone quiet since that slight incident. Did he say something wrong? Was it because of her mood swings maybe? The questions piled and none ever really matched the distant look in her eyes, even her hot cheeks had tempered down.
"Okay..." Izuku had never felt safer in his room before, clearing Yuki of the minefield she would inevitably cause was the first step, next was making sure she stayed here until she was better or otherwise. Turning to face her by the doorway, Izuku noted her strange silence. "Are you - mmgh!?"
Bringing her here was no longer a safe option. The mere millimetre his face met her eyes the girl pounced, pinning the boy against the wall with her lips firmly planted on his own, his rising blush matched only by Yuki's equally roasting cheeks. Yet, the second her lips meshed to his Izuku lost that once strong conviction of control, falling victim to Yuki again, though he couldn't care less.
His warm face never ceased after they parted briefly, his heart pounding against his chest while his meek voice trembled, "I-I... um,"
Then Yuki's head leaned closer with a smouldered look in her reddish-blue orbs, one that caught his emerald by surprise. "*Hic* Still taste like mint, my mate." She purred.
Dammit...! He couldn't stop the heat rising to his whole face before a nervous smile dissolved into another, more passionate kiss, feeling his arms slither down by her waist, freezing a moment. Clearly waiting for Yuki's permission she pushed deeper, and his hands fell down to her waist, pulling her closer while one of her hands cupped his cheek. Both felt their bodies race with heat, lost in each other completely.
As they fell into each other's rhythm one particular motion forced out a small moan, neither knowing how caused it exactly. This accidentally parted Izuku's teeth, allowing Yuki's tongue to invade his mouth and vice-versa. Nothing could stop both from exploring, both dancing alongside the other as Yuki practically won the fight, leaving Izuku a complete mess at her fingertips, their cool tips making the fanboy's hair stand on end as her left hand ran slowly over his shoulder and down to his chest.
Neither Yuki nor Izuku could stop now, this feeling burning in Izuku's chest to his head was too good. Remembering to breathe the two parted with a small line of saliva attached to their bottom lips. Izuku panted, feeling Yuki's hot breath against his own. Then by some miracle, his senses came back. "Y-Yuki, w-we I-I..."
"Sorry, Izuku," She whispered clearly, eyes no longer unfocused and with an embarrassed smile. "I just... really needed that," Her slight purr caused his body to tingle with heat, but she ultimately pushed away from him, still intoxicated, pulling a one-eighty with a hand raised. "Im'ma go sleep, night~!"
"But i-it's only five..." He stopped, seeing her pass out at the edge of the bed, drooling slightly. Despite the initial buzzing in his heart and body present he sighed a smile and helped lift the girl onto his bed, seeing her hands instinctively grab a small plushie of a blue dragon she kept in his room. It was really cute to see her curl around it like a child, enough to make him brush a few strands from her eyes.
"I still really wonder if this is real, that... you're really here with me..." The times she spent so close to others in their class made his heart tense every time, only now that reason was clear to his eyes, yet his toxic mind had to burn down his confidence at times like these. "I really don't deserve this, I... I really hope I'm enough for you, Yuki?" Gazing solemnly at the slumbering girl, he felt pain tug at his heart again, shaking off that dark thought. "I will get stronger, I have to, for her sake now more than ever - Nighteye's agency is the best way to do so!"
"Goodnight, Yuki," His lips pressed to her forehead, never losing that sense of bliss from kissing a beautiful girl like her. "Love you."
"Love you too..." She muttered, a pleasant smile resting on her sleepy face.
[Unknown?]
Huddled in a lab somewhere, the effortless clicking of keys could be heard ringing out in the dark, eyes lost behind a mask, glaring at the streams of code edited and redrafted in seconds, one could consider it inhuman how fast and complex the mesh was. Not for the one typing, however, and certainly not the figure standing behind him, adjusting the barding on his left arm, flexing out fingers that felt almost alien now after so long.
"So? How're the joints?" Not once did the figure's eyes leave the screens to address the one behind him, raising a finger before an answer was given. "It took me alot of effort to put all the finishing touches on this body, I even feel like I've overworked myself, haha!"
"It is... substantial, far exceeding Vosik's... incomplete mess of a proxy," Too many variables were left in its construction, perhaps that combined with his digitized mind led to such a gruesome outcome. "And you are certain this is a good idea? I ask so that my own products aren't... misplaced."
At the keyboards, the figure stood up, turning to look over his shoulder at the large shadow in the dim lighting, a red line pointed downward like an arrowhead indicating the optics were working. "Combining both Ravage's data with existing, dead clusters and our newly manufactured pieces, and a sprinkle of the girl's living ones has probably born more fruit than the basket can handle," He paused at his wording. "It's fine, I can handle what comes next."
"Then I'll leave the rest to you, Dren - I will see to Shigaraki's developments with Overhaul and that child - and our Dreadnaught."
"Really? Stealing from that crusty Hive God?" He got only a silent stare over his shoulder, "Hmm, yes-yes, sir," All Kovik got was a casual wave as Dren returned to his work, eyeing the construct suspended beyond the screens. "In time, in time..."
To Be Continued...
While not actually 'Mature' I am going to maybe delve further, I'm still really testing those waters, kinda like this chapter. And a bit on our villains at work once more.
Anywho, despite the strange effect malware protection software has on Yuki she's somewhat aware of her actions to a degree, and this seemed like the perfect moment for our lovely couple to test those boundaries some more. I hope you enjoyed, appreciate the support as always, seeya in the next chapter heroes!
Next Chapter: How We Were Once Perfect
Izuku: What should I do for a Work-Study?
Yuki: I dunno, this is something you have to figure out.
Unknown: Sorry to intrude, but I must speak with you
Izuku: W-when did you show up here?
Yuki: Oh boy, this will end well; Up next, How We Were Once Perfect.
Unknown: Hm, Go Beyond-
Yuki/Izuku: Plus Ultra!