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"Who's ready for a first date with their green roommate?" rhymes Izuku.
"Not me." replies Toga bluntly.
"Oh… I see." replies Izuku.
"Yeah that's in an hour." says Toga.
"I thought the movie starts at 7:15." says Izuku.
"No. It's at 8:15." says Toga.
"Then I'm gonna take a bath and put on some new clothes." says Izuku.
"Can I come?" asks Toga.
"No." says Izuku.
Izuku promptly turns away from Toga and to the master bedroom to take a warm bath and put on some new clothes. After his bath, which did wonders for his sore muscles' he got dressed. He wore blue jeans with a tight black tee shirt and Dabi's sleeveless jean jacket. Izuku has no plans on returning that jacket even though it didn't go all the way down to his hips like most jackets do. When Izuku is done dressing himself he heads back to the living room to find Toga sprawled across the couch and dabi sitting in a recliner while scrolling through whatever he looks at on his phone.
"Hey Toga. Hey Dabi." says Izuku.
"Hello green man." says Toga.
"Hey." replies Dabi without looking up from his phone.
"So we still have a little while before we have to leave." says Izuku.
"Yeah." says Toga.
"So what do we do now?" asks Izuku.
"You wanna cuddle with me?" asks Toga.
"Sure, I could go for some physical reassurance." says Izuku.
"Cool" Toga pats a spot on the couch to bring Izuku over. " Hop on boy."
"Alright." says Izuku as he takes his spot on the couch next to Toga, "So what now?"
Toga leans into Izuku and rest her cheek on his muscular shoulder, " Now we just sit here and enjoy each others warmth and maybe get in a bite or two."
"This is nice. We should do this more often." says Izuku.
"Yeah." says Toga, "We should."
"You should get a room." says Dabi.
"You should get a house." says Izuku, " Or at least go to a different part of mine."
"Nope." says Dabi.
"Wack." replies Toga.
"Nah this chair is to nice for me to get up. I'll be stuck here for a while." says Dabi.
"He's right it is a nice chair." says Izuku.
Izuku and Toga stay like this for a while. Just leaning into each other. They didn't read into it. They just assumed the other needed to be held. They just talked about little things and made jokes for a while before Izuku looked at a clock and told toga it's time to go. The two got into Izuku's car and drove down to the movie theater. When they got there Izuku paid for their tickets. When an employee tried to tell them they were too young to see the movie the two simply glared at him until his will crumbled and he gave over the tickets. They didn't bother getting any concessions. Izuku couldn't eat it and Toga knows how expensive it is. They went to the back of the theater where they could be alone. The audience wasn't that large just them and a group of young adults at the front of the room. Izuku and Toga in towards each other and enjoyed the poorly written and poorly acted bloodbath on screen. They spent more time laughing uncontrollably than they did scared.
"What is that? What even is that?" asks Izuku incredulously as one character is murdered by a potato thrown at incredible speed.
"I have no fucking idea!" replies Toga while laughing hard enough to lose a lung or two.
The two laughed their way through the rest of the movie. Once the movie was over the two made their way back to Izuku's car while talking about the movie. Toga's favorite death was death by potato to the head. Izuku's favorite was when a character ran over the end of a rake, causing the handle to shoot up like they do in old cartoons except in this movie it buries itself into his head and killed him on the spot. They finally got back into their house to find Dabi hadn't moved at all from his spot on the recliner. Izuku and Toga sat back down on the couch. Toga leaned into Izuku like she was doing earlier but now Izuku wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pressed his cheek against her head as she rested her cheek on his shoulder. They two stayed like this for a while without saying anything. Only when Dabi was asleep did Toga begin to talk.
"Hey." says Toga.
"Hey" replies Izuku.
"Thanks." says Toga.
"You don't have to thank me. I had fun." says Izuku.
"I'm not saying thanks for taking me out. I'm saying thanks for treating me like a person. Most people treat me like a monster." say Toga.
A man made of sludge and walls of fire pass through Izuku's memory, " You're no monster. You're just as human as anyone else."
'I'm the real monster here' went unsaid by Izuku and Toga didn't seem to notice his internal dialogue and dilemma. If she did notice she didn't say anything.
The two don't say anything else for several minutes, this time Izuku breaks the ice, " Izuku Midoriya. It's my real name in case you wanted to know."
"Midoriya." she repeats.
"Yup." replies Izuku.
"Like Midori." says Toga.
"Yeah." replies Izuku.
"Can I call you Midori. Because you're green." says Toga.
"Sometimes ya just gotta be green." says Izuku.
Toga chuckles lightly at the stupidity to Izuku's addition to the conversation. Before either of them knew it Toga was asleep. Izuku picked her up and laid her across the couch. He placed a blanket over her and Dabi. He went back up to his room and changed into a pair of grey compression tights and a pair of grey shorts. He grabbed a white T-shirt but he didn't put it on. He went back down stairs. He put on his weights and began his jog down to Dagobah beach. He noticed jogging is easier when you don't have breath to run out of. When he got out to the beach he worked out with his own body weight and the weight added onto him. He did push ups, sit ups, squats, planks, and he ran up and down the beach until he was completely winded. By the time he was finished the sun was up. Suddenly he heard something swishing through the air. He ducked and looked forward to see Ruby standing near the entrance to the beach.
"Hey kid." says Ruby.
"Hey Ruby. How you doing?" asks Izuku.
"I'm doing fine. Do you have anything to do today?" asks Ruby.
"No, I was just gonna see where today took me." replies Izuku.
"Well, can it take you to my house?" asks Ruby.
"Well yeah, but I'd like to clean myself up before going over." says Izuku.
"Yeah that is fine. I just want to talk about a couple of things and I have some things to show you." says Ruby.
"I'll just clean myself up and head over." says Izuku.
"Alright, I'll text you the address." says Ruby.
"Alright. I'll see you soon." says Izuku.
"Yeah, I'll see you soon." replies Ruby.
Izuku heads home and cleans himself up. He puts on blue jeans and a white T-shirt before leaving. He calls out that he's leaving again and uses the address that Ruby sent him to find her house. When Izuku reached Ruby's house he found out her house was closer to a mansion than a house. Izuku gets out of his car and rings the doorbell.
"Hey kid." says Ruby as she opens the door to let him in.
"Hey ruby. Nice place." says Izuku.
"Thanks." replies Ruby, " Come on."
Ruby leads him through several well furnished rooms and they end up in what looks like a lounge. There were two couches with a coffee table in the middle and a minifridge off to the side. Ruby reaches into the minifridge and pulls out a bottle of wine. She sets the whine on the coffee table and pulls out two wine glasses from under the table. She fills the glasses and slides one to Izuku who is sitting across from her. She lights a cigarette and places it between her lips.
"Ya need a light?" asks Ruby.
"Sure." says Izuku as he lights his own cigarette, " So what did you bring me here to talk about?"
"I want you to know you can talk to me. I think the best way to get someone to open up to you is to open up to them. So I'm going to tell you about myself and hope you become willing to do the same. And if you want to stay closed off that's okay too."
"Alright." says Izuku.
"You've died twice already. That's twice as many times as I've died. In my hundreds of years of living, I've only died once." asks Izuku.
"Do we age different than people?" asks Izuku.
"I may have forgot to mention this but we stop aging in our twenties." says Ruby.
"I see."
"Another thing I forgot to mention is that we can get a tattoo and have it disappear and reappear." says Ruby.
"How does that work?" asks Izuku.
"Honestly… I have no idea, but look at this." says ruby as she makes a tattoo of a cross appear and disappear on the back of her hand.
"Thats cool." says Izuku.
"Yeah it is." replies Ruby.
"What were saying before I asked about powers?" asks Izuku.
"Oh right. I've only died once when I became a vampire. It was in the 1940s. I was 19 at the time. By now you probably guessed I died in the war. And you'd be right to assume that, but I wasn't a soldier. I was a civilian. I didn't do anything wrong but I still died for no good reason. I remember when it happened, when it dropped." Ruby's expression becomes blank as she stares into her wine, " I remember how hot it was… and how bright it was. It was like the sun collided with Earth. I was mostly out of range but I was just close enough for the blast to get me before the radiation. When I was first turned I couldn't even see. The light blinded me I was answering questions to some voice. It was surreal. It felt like a dream. Everything else felt real but talking to Vlad for the first time is something I'll never forget."
The two fall into a silence. Neither wants to say anything. Neither wants the silence to continue. Eventually Izuku breaks the silence.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that." says Izuku.
"I'm sorry I had to go through that too." says Ruby as she finishes he wine glass and pours more into the glass.
"What's Vlad doing now?" asks Izuku.
"Vlad passed five years ago." says Ruby, " We were close but I never opened up to him. I've regretted that ever since he passed. I don't want you to have the same regrets as I do."
"Maybe it wouldn't hurt to talk about things a little more often." says Izuku.
"That is great." Ruby looks at Midoriya for a while, " You remind me of him. It's not a bad reminder either. It makes me think he's proud."
"I'm sure he is." says Izuku.
"Thank you." says Ruby.
"...When I fought muscular I put everything I had into that fight. I literally died to protect those two and they both died anyways. I would have been fine with dying if they were safe. When I ran after the sludge villain I got Bakugou to safety before it hit me. It made it feel worth it. This just leaves me feeling empty. I spend my whole life quirkless and when I finally get a power I lose just like I did when I was quirkless. The older I get the more I feel like the same scared little quirkless kid asking mom, 'when is dad gonna come home' only for him to never show up." says Izuku.
"You not a kid anymore you're a strong vampire with a stronger will than anybody your age should have. You've taken everything life has thrown at you and you shook it off and kept going. With a power like that you don't need a quirk." says Ruby.
"Thank you." says Izuku.
" I have to get to work soon but before that I have something for you." says Ruby.
"You don't have to get me anything." says Izuku.
"I don't want this in my house anymore." says ruby.
"Well I guess." says Izuku.
Ruby steps out of the room and re enters with a red bass guitar and an amp.
"Woah, that's too much. You really don't have to do this." says Izuku.
"Out of all the things Vlad left this is the only one that leaves a painful reminder, but I also don't want to get rid of it." says Ruby as she passes the guitar to Izuku, " careful it's sharp." (Imagine marceline the vampire queen's guitar axe)
"Why is it also an axe?" asks Izuku.
"Vlad had interesting tastes." says Ruby.
"I like it." says Izuku.
"Please take it." says Ruby.
"I don't know how to play." says Izuku.
"Vlad said it was magic or something. Just mess with it and you'll be playing like a rockstar in no time." says Ruby.
"That sounds a little too convenient." says Izuku.
"Well you deserve some convenience." says Ruby, " Oh shit I gotta get ready for work."
"Alright I'll get out of your way." says Izuku as he makes his way back to his car.
"Feel free to stop by anytime." says ruby.
"I will." replies Izuku as he gets in his car and drives home.
Authors Note
The firs thing I want to say is that we finally got past 200 follows on this story. We are also getting to 50 thousand words. Hooray to us. So I think the biggest piece of this chapter is the insight on Ruby's backstory. I want to get your thoughts and feelings on that because I thought the idea was very interesting. I think the date didn't come out the way I wanted it too but I couldn't come up with much for that. I'm sorry if this chapter is bad I haven't slept in a while and I feel big slumped.
The guy that did that thing: Could you be more specific on what part of last chapter you disliked.
Tododeku 26: I love the positivity you bring to the comment section.
Amadeus Amadeus: I actually thought her name was spelled 'hatsumei' and when and i forgot to out the 'i' sometimes and accidentally spelled it right which is kind of funny. I'm sorry I bothered you so much with that. I'm also sorry about the wrong name thing I'd tell you I'm gonna work to fix that but I realized that I'm lazy and will not proofread my chapters. I think the concept of Izuku keeping Toga from murdering people by lifting her slightly off her feet so she can't move forwards is amusing to think about. I'm pleased with the amount of people who I got with the Eri thing. I'm gonna stick with the third wheel Dabi joke. You bring up a lot of good points about it being my story but I also want to make sure a lot of different people can enjoy it. And about the guitar hero thing I'm gonna do it. I know you don't think it's the best idea but with all I have planned I need him to learn fast so i can actually put it in the story before U.A. With everything I have planned he won't have that much free time to learn how to play. I will have him spend some time learning but I think I'm gonna rush it. I might have to pass on some of my planned story arcs but I want to see if I can hit the gas hard and break just enough for a smooth ride if it's possible. I am in love with the idea of a drunken Izuku breaking the fourth wall and I also might have him drunkenly predict parts of the story that haven't happened yet. I can't wrap my head around the tattoo thing either so i thought I just won't explain. and thanks again for the date idea.
atomic dragon 59: The stain arc will be soonish. Izuku is still on vigilante break and i'm not gonna have something interupt that. He might get ptsd. If anybody in my story has it it's probably Ruby. Izuku and stain will meet during a purge. The blood drunk idea is cool but he gets drunk normally and the blood rage happens if he doesn't drink blood so both ideas would probably feel repetative. Izuku's gonna get big strong during the Nomu fight. I apparently got more people than I though I would and this pleases me.
kakerot bardockson: I watched rockula. It was the funniest movie I've seen in a while. It was a true masterpiece by any standards. The plot was incrdibely well thought out and the music was great. Thank you for showing that to me it was hilarious.