Hey, hi, hello everyone! number23 back again with a new chapter. You wanted her, now you have her. Hatsume Mei is on the game too. Each day more people are following up and favoriting this story and I can't stop the smile from appearing. It's kinda embarassing! Anyway, hope you guys enjoy this one.
A New Challenger Arrives
"Think, Izuku, where did you mess up?"
Midoriya replayed the past months since he started dating Uraraka. Again he had the feeling he messed up somewhere. There had to be a reason, he thought as Hagakure dragged him around to the library, whining about some difficulties she was having with a particular subject. He let her lead the way, so Midoriya didn't have to worry about seeing where he was going while his mind raced. Such was his engrossment on his own thoughts, he even ignored the fact that she had her right arm wrapped tightly around his left one AND the many students looking at them while they crossed the school hallways. This action. Those actions he noticed recently. They had to have a reason.
For starters, Hagakure didn't go to the library. It was an unspoken fact that everyone agreed, even the invisible girl. Being always full of energy and having her bubbly nature, she just couldn't keep quiet for long periods, something strictly necessary in that type of ambient, hence the awkwardness of their actual situation. She had no problem studying with her friends, but going to the library told Midoriya that something was off, and he naturally started to think about what possible mistakes he could have done. Of course he was to blame, right?
If so, he must have done something awful because it wasn't only her. In fact, his whole harem had been acting different and, if he could tell, they had been kind of on the edge. Second case, Tsuyu is being extremely clingy with him. Midoriya could count on his fingers the total of hours he had without her at least two meters away from him. She sat so close at his side during lunch that their shoulders brushed every time. Between classes she kept coming to his desk. At the dorms, no matter what he was doing or where he was, the frog girl was with him or near him. She also got a habit of hugging him a lot whenever they were out of sight.
Third case, Yaoyorozu and her nearly control freak manners. Not that he didn't feel the caring and affection she had for him, but lately it had been too much, WAY too much caring and affection. She constantly texted him, saying lots of cute things, but also asking where he was, what he was doing or when he planned to return. And lets not forget the regimen she put him into, and the odd need to praise him whenever he made something. Give her a green hair dye and he would pretty much end with a younger version of his mother, which was unsettling to say the least.
Fourth case, Ashido's social force field. While Tsuyu kept glued on him, Ashido made sure that Midoriya had little to no contact with others besides his harem. Her tactics were diverse. Surprise and convenient duties to fill, places to see and things to do, not a single one he could remember of even thinking about. But here she was, always ready to take them out of the scene, usually to somewhere secluded. It only got worse when it came to other girls. One time he was mumbling something through the corridors and ended stumbling on Yanagi Reiko, from class 1-B. Some stuttering and frantic apologies came as usual and she, in her always quiet behavior, was about to say something too, but Ashido sprang out of who knows where and pulled him away, eventually shouting something about wanting new clothes.
Fifth case, extremely aware Jiro. It took a single female crossing their path and she instantly snapped her head around, glancing at said lady before shifting her gaze to Midoriya, inquiring him with a simple yet dangerous question. "You looked at her, didn't you?". Her tone was calm and collected, but the intensity of her onyx eyes assured him that he didn't want to give the wrong answer. And what's worse, once she asked it, he naturally looked at the way the random girl went by. It was like someone saying, don't touch the red button, then you feel that urge and curiosity to press it. And at that moment she went on showering him with questions, most of them in the lines of " was it her butt?" "Is it her waistline?" "your eyes were on her thighs?" "Are you really that much into big boobs?" and his favorite, "did you tried to imagine her naked?". Even though he firmly denied each and every one of her questions, deep down Midoriya knew she was most likely taking the opposite for answers.
And sixth case, probably the most weird and worrisome, Uraraka's general absence. Since they met at the entrance exams they had been hanging out together, and it only increased after they started dating. Now that he was the center of a harem, Uraraka practically never left his side, spending time with him and his other friends, so it made him worry sick about her lack of presence. Not that she wasn't there with them, physically speaking, but her mind seemed to be somewhere else. And there was also a coldness in her eyes, in her overall features that lead Midoriya to wonder if something really serious had happened. And the top of the cake, she wasn't going to talk about it, apparently. When he asked if something was bothering her, she simply shook her head and beamed a smile, saying she was totally fine. He didn't buy it.
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"It's okay, you just need to take some measures. Actual measures. Yeah, focus on the work"
Hatsume said as she walked through the roads that lead to the dorms. She fiddled with the metric tape on her hands while she headed to a building that was not the one her class was in. She stopped for a moment in front of the building, somehow feeling intimidated by the big sign with 1-A written on it. Or was she worried about something else? Someone, maybe? Before she could take a step into the entrance, a voice loud and slightly aggressive called her from behind, making her jump a bit. Damn, she never was a person to be scared like that. She must be spending too much time with Midoriya.
"Oi, you there, shitty pink locks. Did you get lost on your way to your dorm?"
She turned around to find none other than Bakugou, using a black sleeveless shirt and light yellow shorts. Given the small towel hanging from his shoulder he must have been training somewhere. He had an annoyed expression across his face, but at the same time she sensed some dangerous attention towards her, as if he was deciding whether he should or not blow her up here and now. From what Midoriya had said, the blond had some issues to keep his anger in check, so Hatsume tried her best to sound as friendly as possible.
"O-oh, no, not at all. What was the name again… Kacchan-"
"Haah?!"
His face instantly changed to one of anger upon hearing the nickname. Only one person on Earth called him that.
"I-I mean, Bakugou-san! I was just hoping I could find someone here. You see, I have some projects and I have to take some measures, get some details, stuff like that…"
This seemed to put the explosive teen at a less aggressive state as his teeth stopped grinding and the tiny explosions on his left palm ceased.
"You are from the Support Department, right?"
"Y-yeah. You must remember, I was at the last event of the Sports Festival and-"
"I don't recall any dumb looking girls with stupid cross sights for eyes. Get out of my way before I decide to put you in your damn place" Bakugou said as he walked by her, never looking at the pinkette.
Hatsume spinned on her heels once the shivers on her body stopped.
"Ah, B-Bakugou-san! Have you seen… do you know if Midoriya is there?"
He stopped on his tracks once he heard the name. He shot a glare at her from above his shoulder and lifted his right hand, already cracking with tiny blasts. His eyes, accompanied by a terrorizing grin, sent a killing intention, thought not directed exactly at her.
"Haah? What do you want with shitty Deku?"
"M-my project is f-for him! I wanted to discuss s-s-some things…"
His eyes narrowed and she could feel his intense gaze searching in her very soul for something that she didn't know. After some tense seconds, he resumed on his way to the dorms, but visibly more angered than before.
"It seems trash always stays with trash" he muttered that part but she heard it. "Listen up! I don't care about that useless Deku, neither where the fuck he is! Don't fucking waste my time with stupid shit!"
And with that he stomped into the building. Midoriya said that Bakugou had always been, intense, but she clearly had doubts about the popularity rank he would get once he became a pro hero. That is, if he didn't get mistaken for a villain and locked into a max security prison. After that encounter, Hatsume wished she could find someone more cooperative or friendly within the class 1-A.
As she stepped into the common room, she met with loud noises and much agitation, way different from her dorms since her classmates were more on the quiet and secluded types. Plus, she was sure most of them avoided interaction with her at some level, no blame on them for this. As she looked around, someone apparently recognized not only her presence but her identity as well.
"Aren't you… oi, Iida, guess who's here paying a visit!"
"Kirishima-kun! It's not advisable to shout like that! It can be inconvenient for the other- you?!"
Hatsume watched as the red guy laughed at the perplexed expression of the tall blue haired guy once he spotted her, bringing his ironically loud lecturing to a halt.
"Ummm, what was your name again…?"
As Iida started another heated speech about good manner between students, her eyes scanned the rest of the common room, hoping to find a certain mess of green hair. Her attention, thought, was drawn to half white half red hair and mismatched colored eyes. Todoroki just entered the scene with his neutral semblant as usual, then he spotted Hatsume from the corners of his eyes and walked to his other friends. Maybe he recognized her from the Sports Festival.
"What is all this noise about? I can hear from my room"
"I'm really sorry for disturbing your activities, Todoroki-kun!" Iida said making a robot like bow.
"No, I wasn't doing anything at all. More important, it seems we have a guest" Half-hot-half-cold looked at the pinkette with a curious face. Kirishima then jumped from his seat and walked to Hatsume with a toothy and warm grin.
"Oh, yeah. We never got to talk with each other! Kirishima Eijiro! You are that girl from class 1-H, the support class, right?" he came to her an offered a hand, which she accepted with some hesitation. What was it that meeting Midoriya's friends made her nervous? She spoke as her arm was shook with a little bit too enthusiasm.
"Yes, Support Department, Hatsume Mei. Ummm, if it doesn't bother you, can you tell me where Midoriya is? I'd like to talk with him" she showed a bright smile but it waved a bit when she noticed the decrease of the surrounding noises. All the students looked at her with many different expressions, which confused her. Since he was closer to her, Kirishima was the one to speak first, clearly uneasy and maybe having some other thing on his mind.
"Oh, Midoriya… yeah, he got some items from you already…"
"Indeed. In fact, I came to talk about another item for him"
Now most of the surprised faces turned into relieved ones. Was she missing something? It sure seemed she was because some of them still had this suspicious look directed at her, namely, that Todoroki guy, Kirishima himself, the boy with the bird head and blond guy with the headphones. Hatsume also saw a small dark aura coming from a corner, she found the purple haired midget of 1-A, crouching on the floor and chewing on a purple ball. Was he supposed to do that since they came from his head and wait, was he crying?
"Midoriya usually goes to the gym or the running track at this time of the day. You can look up in these places, but if you don't find him then…" Todoroki spoke from his place with his calm voice. All the noise had subdued. He didn't finish his sentence because he, like everyone one, knew where he could be but didn't want to say that out loud, as if the silence negated the fact. It was at this moment that Kaminari entered the awkward chat.
"Then he must be with one of the girls. Normally Jiro drags him to listen some of her old vinyl discs"
"I believe he either went to gym with Ashido-san, or to the library with Yaomomo" Shoji spoke from his place.
"But it's Thursday. He should be somewhere with Tsuyu by now..." Sero pondered with a hand on his chin.
"Umm, guys, am I missing something…?" She hoped she could get a simple answer.
"Revelry in the dark" It never came.
Shoji came from his place and walked to Kirishima and Hatsume.
"Umm, Hatsume-san, right? I think you shouldn't be so close to Midoriya, really"
She looked at the tall teen with surprised and confused eyes. She was okay with the extra limbs, the way above average size of his body and with the ninja mask. What didn't sit well was the implications of his statement.
"And why not? We already spend a lot of time together"
"That's kind of the deal. You should avoid that amount of contact with Midoriya. Trust me, it's for your own good"
"Waaah… you guys aren't making any sense now… I just wanted to talk to him"
"Let's say there are some… external forces, and you will do well if you avoid them…"
"Oi, Shoji, are you saying what I think you are saying?" Kaminari, leaned on the couch where he was sitting, removing his headphones to listen clearly.
Shoji ran a hand through his white hair, looking down and in deep thinking. He then looked at his classmates.
"Yeah… pretty much"
"What do you mean, big boy? Umm, Shoji-san"
"You may not have noted, and I don't want you to get paranoid, but right now you are… kind of being targeted"
"Targeted…?"
"Ooh, so she was the one" Kirishima said in realization. From the corner of the room, curses sounded, directed to the green haired teen.
"How can you be so sure, Shoji-san?" Todoroki asked.
"You know I… have a very good hearing… they were whispering some things around and I accidentally heard some of it" Shoji didn't say anything before because he didn't want his friends to think he walked around peeping at their private businesses. In fact, whenever Shoji wanted to train his sensorial skills, he moved as far as he could from his classmates to respect their privacy. Also, from previous experiences he knew very well the dangers of hearing too much.
"Don't worry! No one thinks you made this on purpose, Shoji-kun!" Iida said, waving his arms around as usual. But for Hatsume it wasn't enough. She felt dragged into a huge internal joke or something, and she didn't even get to talk with Midoriya, her main objective. Too bad she already sank so much on the subject. Now she was curious.
"Wait, wait, lemme get this straight. There's someone actually wanting me to get away from Midoriya?"
"That's right. We had our suspicions, but it's pretty clear now" said the half and half teen.
"But why? Why would anyone want this?"
Tokoyami lowered his head and closed his eyes as his arms kept crossed. "Revelry in the dark".
"Oh right, that. Does it mean something or-"
"Look, you seem to be a nice person" Kirishima cut her out putting a hand on her shoulder. A heavy hand on her shoulder. "Because of that, we are warning you. Its kinda hard to explain why but… just give some space to him, okay? It's for the best" He had his other hand on his neck and looked away as he finished his sentence.
Hatsume looked at the floor. She let everything sink in for a minute, then her head shot up. She shook her head and gently removed his hand.
"I appreciate the consideration, but there's no way I'm going to stop hanging out with Midoriya just because someone doesn't want me near him". Her voice showed clearly she intended to do as she was saying.
"I'm not saying to completely ignore him, just to get a little-"
"And there's more. Who is this person to tell who he can hang around with or not? Midoriya is a nice guy and I lo- I like to be around him"
"S-sure, we all do, but you need to understand that- oh shit"
"No, you all and whoever this person is have to understand that I'm going to be with Midoriya as much as I want! You know why? Because he also likes to be around me, so deal with it!"
Hatsume didn't notice until she was finished and short breathed that her tone and voice were pretty altered. She started to say things and they kept coming before she could properly reflect about them. Damn, she almost let the L word slip and the best part was that she didn't know why she got so frustrated.
Frustrated. That's how she felt. For not being able to see Midoriya, for knowing that someone wanted to separate them, for hearing that Bakugou guy talking poorly of him, for knowing that all around the school a bunch of dumb girls were spreading rumors and gossips about him. She felt frustrated about all that, and other things that didn't matter right now. But the harm had been done and now she had to make up for it, so she quickly waved away all that frustrations and made her best to apologise with class 1-A.
"S… S-sorry for that! I just said what came into my head! I should not say something like this in that way, even if I really mean it, umm…"
She searched for their reactions, but they all were frozen in place. Todoroki, barely changing his expression at all, nodded to her that they were all good, which she took as her cue to leave. As she thanked for their time and help with a quick bow, she turned around and left the dorms, deciding to cool her head before looking for Midoriya again. And on her way through the half open doors she passed by some of the girls from 1-A. She saw the girl with earphones on the ears, the one with a huge pony tail, the girl with the round face and frog girl too. She just looked ahead as she walked away but she could feel some gazes at her back. The frozen faces of the guys back there weren't because of what Hatsume said, were they? She thought not.
"With eyes like that, Revelry in the Dark sounds like euphemism…"
As the pinkette walked away the group of girls followed her with their eyes, unconsciously focusing on the small sway of her hips. Uraraka slowly raised two hands balled up into fists and took a step forward, instantly being held back by Yaoyorozu.
"Release me, Yaomomo!"
"Uraraka, I know how you're feeling but you can't just go after her like that"
"I just want to talk with her! Repeatedly! With my hands!"
"Easy there, Ochako-chan. We all feel the same way, but we can't act like that. At least legally, ribbit"
"Oh, Tsu-chan I swear, if I see her any closer to him, I'm gonna go there and beat her a-"
"Now, let's not get too heated up, the boys are near" Jiro shut Uraraka's mouth before she finished her threat, the boys inside were already staring at them. It took another whole minute to put Uraraka into a more controlled state, then they entered the dorms, ignoring the uneasy and partially scared looks they were receiving from their classmates.
"Hey, if Tsuyu is here, where's Midoriya?" Kaminari raised the question, breaking the awkward silence.
While they wondered, Todoroki walked to Shoji, who was just expecting the questions to shower over him.
"Shoji-san, what exactly did you hear from them?"
"Well… something about protecting Midoriya, and… lots of bad language directed at most of the girls from U.A. They seem very possessive, to be honest"
"They should not offend our schoolmates, even if they didn't hear it!"
"Oi, Iida, this is almost a life or death matter"
Iida was about to go up there and lecture them about language and respect but Sero was quick to stop him. Meanwhile, Kirishima talked with his friends near him.
"Man, whatever it is, Midoriya really did a number here. To think he ended in that place..."
"I would not be so surprised"
"Really? I mean, he's a nice guy but I would never imagine he could pull off something like this, Todoroki"
"Midoriya seems to possess a hidden power that allows him to charm people around him. Be it good or bad, he's always drawing attention. Take me for an example"
"So… you telling me you feel attracted to Midoriya…?"
"You not?"
"No, ummm… the way you put it..."
"Man, you sounded really gay" Kaminary joined the group, poking Todoroki on his shoulder. Half and half just looked at the blond with his unamused eyes, as if what he said didn't make sense at all.
"I don't see how appreciating the hard work and determination of a friend can be considered as gay. If nothing, the one to fill the role would be Kirishima" Todoroki said plainly, pointing to the redhead.
"Wait, what?!"
"Don't get me wrong, but you seem way too friendly towards Bakugou"
"Come on, guys! He's like a bro, no, he IS my bro!"
"Alright, alright, enough of this talk. We are sounding like a bunch of girls talking about some smut novel" Sero joined the group. "But just for curiosity's sake, who do you think Midoriya would hook up with?"
The guys stopped to think. All of the girls seemed to be head over heels for the green haired teen, but he'd need to pick one, right? (A/N: Right…). Todoroki had a hand on his chin as he pondered.
"Maybe… Yaoyorozu"
"Yaomomo? Are you sure?" Kaminari said.
"Why not? She's pretty, intelligent and polite. I don't see why not"
"Yeah, she's pretty hot, but that's the point. Too much sand for his little truck. He'd be better with Tsuyu"
Sero was the next to share his thoughts.
"Tsuyu, huh…? Seems nice, but I think it would be more interesting if he hooked up with Ashido"
"Ashido? Man, I know her a bit. She's always hyped" Kirishima added.
"But doesn't the contrast add up to the pair? I think it would be fun seeing her dragging him around a shopping trip or something, he getting nervous and all"
"Huh, sure thing, but by what I just saw, that Hatsume girl would be the perfect match" Kirishima lifted his fist in a assurance sign.
"Hmm, Hagakure could work just like Ashido, right?" Sero spoke again.
"Maybe Jiro, since she has a personality similar to his, in a way..." Todoroki added.
I was a that time that Iida came in, adjusting his glasses.
"I think you all are missing a crucial point. Since the beginning of the year, Midoriya and Uraraka had been hanging around each other, and I can assure you that they are most likely to be together" His glasses flashed some light was he held a proud pose. Since he secretly supported the two of them, he just had to defend his cause. Surprisingly, Tokoyami also joined the group.
"Given the recent situation, I'd stick with Iida, but for a different reason" Everyone looked at his, waiting for him to finish his train of thought. "Uraraka-san… I can sense a strong force emanating from her. A dark powerful force that will certainly lead her to her goal"
"I don't know. Something in their talks seemed off, like they were being aggressive only against strangers, but not between themselves. Do you think they could… work around this problem?" Shoji added.
"By problem, you mean who's gonna get with him in the end, right?" Todoroki cleared up.
"Yes. So, what do you think?"
They all thought about it again, trying to create a mental image or something. At first it seemed impossible, but given the recent events…
"As I said before, since we are talking about Midoriya… there's a chance it could change the course of this situation" Todoroki concluded.
"In other words..." Shoji started and everyone finished along with Tokoyami.
"Revelry in the Dark"
The boys dispersed, going back to whatever they were doing before. As Todoroki returned to his room, he spotted Bakugou leaning on a wall at the corner of the corridor, and stopped by the blond, who had a plain expression.
"You had been listening, didn't you? So, what do you think? About Midoriya"
"What I think?" His plain face twisted into an angered one, grinding his teeth and almost putting his eyebrows together. "Deku is Deku, so no matter what dumb bitch he stumbles on, he's still going to be the useless loser he always was. He's going to die alone and virgin, like the useless piece of shit he is" His voice was low, but something on his tone told Todoroki that Bakugou was telling this to himself, instead of just 'sharing' his opinion. The explosive teen left the place he was, walking past Todoroki, bumping on purpose on his shoulder. He then shouted another thing to the half and half teen.
"And just for your information, you SURELY sounded gay back there! Watch out or else round face is going to be after your sorry ass!"
"You should also be careful. At this rate, there will be no girl left on Earth to try and find something nice on your face" Todoroki had a tiny smug smile on his lips, and Bakugou would sense it from a mile away, hence why he stopped dead on his tracks, turning around with murderous eyes.
"Hah?! Did you say some shit just now?!"
"I just said that, if you don't make something about that bad attitude of yours, no girl will want to hang around you"
"Listen here, half and half fucker. If I wanted, I could get as many girls I wanted! Got it?!"
"Sure. That's why you are alone here when Midoriya was a crowd after him without making much effort" the smile on Todoroki's lips was pretty visible now.
"If you like him this much, WHY DON'T YOU GO SUCK HIS DICK HUH?! OH, RIGHT! IT WOULD BE TOO SMALL FOR THAT TOO!" Bakugou screamed and turned around, blasts coming nonstop from his hands as he stomped his way to his room.
Almost at the 1-H dorms, Hatsume still felt frustrated. She didn't get to talk with Midoriya like she wanted and now there was the show she gave in front of his classmates, not counting this whole deal with this person or persons trying to separate them. She walked quickly and with her eyes on the floor so she didn't see someone on her path and ended knocking into that person and falling on top of him/her. She heard a squeal when she moved, trying to get up.
"Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going to and..." "Wait, a squeal?". She tried pressing her body against the person again and as she expected, another squeal came. "Midoriya!" Her head shot up, being once again very close to his face. "I was just looking for you!"
"F-for me?!"
"Yes, for you. Come on, we have to talk" She said as she got up and held his hand, already dragging him once he got up.
"Wait a moment, Hatsume-san, I have to go to the dorms. It won't take much time-"
"No, we have to talk now. It's really important"
"But I lost my phone. I was looking for it, and I even went to the Development Studio but you were not there-"
"Don't worry, I'll make another for you later. Just follow me"
"Y-you can make a phone too?!"
"Who knows? We can find out later!"
She wasn't letting go of him until she did whatever she wanted, so Midoriya decided to go along. Still, he felt kinda nervous about his misplaced phone since it meant he couldn't answer the messages from Yaoyorozu. Anyway, when he noticed, they were already on 1-H dorms, most precisely on Hatsume's room. As he quickly looked around, Midoriya could not help but feel that this was some kind of alternate version of his own room. The place was littered with miniatures and posters on the walls, only that they were themed after other heroes instead of only All Might all over the place. Hatsume had many models of what he thought were support items the pros used. She probably used those to get new ideas. Along the posters were also many blueprints on the walls, some with stickers, apparently notes on the working of the described items.
Midoriya got out of his surrounding analysis once Hatsume got him to sit at her side on her bed. She suddenly got closer to his face, making him back off a bit. She kept staring at his eyes for a little longer before returning to her place. Since she didn't say a thing, Midoriya decided to start.
"So, you wanted to discuss something?"
"Yeah… the repairs on the gloves are going well. I'm replacing some of the parts with a lighter material so they won't stress your muscles too much. Also, I'm working on a way to power up the air blast"
"Oh, thanks. It's really nice of you to think about those details. I'd never think about it alone" he flashed a bright smile at her. If Midoriya looked at her for a little longer he would notice a faint pink crawling up her face.
"Don't mention it. That's my job, you know"
"Still, it's very impressive. You always surprises me, Hatsume-san, though sometimes not in a way I'm very fond to" he was obviously referring to her teasing. And indeed she always surprised him since he had never seen or expected to see Hatsume shift uneasy on her spot with her eyes focused on her black carpet. His hero instincts instantly kicked in as he laid a hand on her shoulder.
"Hatsume-san, something happened?"
She hesitated for a bit, opening then closing her mouth, but with a light shook her resolve was reinforced and she spun her head to him, once again making him flinch a bit.
"Actually, yes"
"Oh, did I mess up with the gloves too much?"
"No, no, it's more… complicated than that"
"Oh no, I broke them, didn't I?"
"Forget the gloves for now, this has to do with you"
"With me?"
"Yes… lately, I have been… hearing some rumors and… I not saying that I believe it, I even told them that you were… I just wanted to… I just wanted to know..."
"Know… what, exactly?"
Hatsume had her hands between her knees and she shifted on her place. Unknown to her, the movement pushed her bust up a bit, showing some more of the cleavage her black shirt didn't cover so well. And for a moment Midoriya's eyes traveled to the forbidden region, before he mentally punched himself.
"Midoriya… do you have… are you, kind of… as in, maybe you have..."
She couldn't say it. Why couldn't she just say it? It wasn't that hard. What was wrong with her? Maybe, maybe she was afraid of the answer. If he really had a girlfriend, then eventually he would stop hanging around her. That's how it worked, right? You get to spend time with someone you like, and a girlfriend meant more than just a friend. Would she ever be able to hang around him again? Hatsume didn't knew. Her head was filled with a lot of thoughts and she could not focus on a single one. Could it be that the person the guys mentioned before was his girlfriend? They didn't exactly made it sound like that, but they also didn't seem to be completely sure. And if no one knew for sure, then she had to ask him directly, but now that she was in front of him, the words got stuck at her throat, refusing to cross her lips and giving her a suffocating sensation.
The things those girls said before and the rumors she heard flowed into her mind. Was it possible that Midoriya was involved in a relationship with many girls? That seemed impossible for her, but the burning glares she received from the girls at the 1-A dorms told the pinkette that there was more than a good friendship going on between them. Good friends don't give a death sentence with a look when you walk around the person they are friends with. What if it was true? Did Midoriya faked to be a nice guy all this time? What if he was planning to hit on her too? Hatsume never thought about it before, dating a guy, that is. And one that dated other girls? She wasn't exactly known for sticking to common sense, but even she found it strange. To some extent.
What should she do if he really tried to make a move on her? Should she call him a pervert? Give him a slap across the face? She watched some anime before. But what if the other part wasn't true and he really liked her? I mean, for someone so clumsy and nervous, it was a surprise that Midoriya liked to spend some of his time with her, given her personality and general disregard of personal limits. How does the saying goes? Opposites attracts each other? And what if one of the girls on his class liked him? Would she be mad at Hatsume because Midoriya liked her? Well, she couldn't help it, they liked the same things, shared a passion for pro heroes and analysis. Come to think of it, she didn't see how they wouldn't be a good couple.
"C-c-Couple?! M-me and Midoriya?! When did I started to think about it?!"
"Hatsume-san"
"W-What?!"
Midoriya carefully placed a hand on her left knee, offering her a reassuring smile filled with concern.
"If you want to tell me something, I'm ready to hear it. I promise I'll do my best to help you out, no matter what the problem is"
His smile melted her inside, shoving away all her doubts and fears. There was no way Midoriya would do things like that, and he would not leave her, even if he had a girlfriend by any miracle. So she steadied herself, put in a more at ease expression on her face and turned to her green haired friend.
"Midoriya, are you dating someone?"
"... Huh?"
Back at 1-A dorms, inside Yaoyorozu's room (the non official HQ of Midoriya Protection Squad), Uraraka was ready to blow, balling her fists so hard her knuckles were getting white. Besides the fuming brunette, Yaoyorozu typed away on her phone, frustrated that Midoriya wasn't answering her messages. Jiro and Tsuyu tried to calm down the angered girl but to no avail.
"I'm gonna kick her from here to the moon, I swear!"
"Ochako-chan, if you get any angrier than that you're going to have a heart attack"
"But Tsu!" she held the frog girl by her shoulders, oblivious to her excessive use of strength. "She came here! Hatsume came here and started to shout out a shit load about Deku-kun and her together! And in front of me!"
"Well, she didn't see us coming, to be honest"
Jiro flinched once Uraraka hastily spun her head towards her. Right now they didn't really want to be on her path.
"Are you going to be at her side?!"
"I'm not at her side. I'm also angry, but what are we supposed to do?"
"I'll tell you what! Momo-chan! Did you find him?!"
"Not yet. Tsc, he's not answering. Maybe he misplaced his phone" she stared at the small screen as if it would send a telepathic message to him. Uraraka took it from her hand.
"Let me see it! Hmm… he said earlier that he had something to do after class, but didn't say what"
"By that time he stopped answering, but I thought he would be with Tsuyu"
"Ribbit, he told me earlier that his hero costume had a hole and he had to fix it, so we didn't see each other after class"
"But then where is he now?" While yaoyorozu thought, Ashido came into the room.
"Hey girls, I- huh? Why is Tsuyu here?"
"What do you mean, Mina?"
"Well, Kyoka-chan, I saw Muscles walking around some time ago. I thought he was going to the pool as usual but Tsu-chan is right here. Did I miss something?"
Uraraka quickly got up from her seat on the bed.
"Mina, have you seen Hatsume on your way here?!"
"Hatsume? The one from 1-H? Yeah, why you'd ask?"
Uraraka's pupils shrunk to small dots. Her Deku Sense screamed danger all over her head. In an instant the brunette dashed out of the room, reaching the common room at high speeds, so much that Iida barely had time to finish his warning about running on the corridors, and he almost got knocked down when the rest of the crew came after her.
"She better not… She better FUCKING NOT!"
On Hatsume's room, Midoriya stood frozen for a minute. Had he heard it right? Yes, she asked if he was dating someone. So, how should he answer her?
"I… I… No…?"
"Really? No one?"
"Yeah… no one"
"You really mean it?"
"I really, really mean it..."
"Midoriya..."
"... What is it, Hatsume-san...?"
"You are terrible at lying"
"Shit!" "It's not like that! I'm not d-d-dating anyone right n-now"
He could feel the heat increasing on his cheeks. Why did she asked something like that to him? What did she heard? Were people talking about him? Since when, and what were they saying? Did he get exposed?! His thoughts came to a halt when he heard a short laugh. He looked to his pink haired friend and found her staring at the ceiling, her face devoid of any apparent emotion except for the small curve on the corner of her lips.
"Well, it was expected"
"What…?"
She turned to him again, still expressionless.
"You are dating one of your classmates, right? Don't worry, I won't spread it around"
"Well I… I didn't..."
"It's okay, really. It would be strange if you didn't have someone by now"
"What do you mean… Hatsume-san?"
"Since you are so nice and kind… and quite handsome… someone would eventually get together with you"
The silence fell between them and lasted for a long minute before Midoriya spoke again.
"Why… why did you ask that?"
"To be honest, it's because some girls were talking about it and I kinda got curious. Not that I'm into this gossiping thing, I just wanted to, you know, hear it from the source"
"I see… people have been talking about it..."
"Yeah… also, I wanted to know… for another reason"
"Another… reason?"
"Yeah… It's that… normally you would hang around your girlfriend instead of some random girl so… I thought that maybe… we wouldn't have as much time together like we used to"
Midoriya was surprised that she was so worried about something like that. He liked to spend time with her, but he could never imagine this meant so much for her. Unless… there was something behind that. He gulped, not even daring to start that line of thought.
"Ha-Hatsume-san, listen, I would never do something like that, even if I had a real girlfriend. You are my friend and I'll care about you the same way I do now"
Her eyes focused on her hands on top of her legs. Hatsume managed to bring a weak smile, but the tears were threatening to roll from the corners of her eyes.
"Thanks, Midoriya, really. To be honest I… I've never had many friends. All the kids gathered around when I started to build things but when my projects became bigger and… slightly more dangerous, they slowly moved away. I can't remember of any other person I got to chat and hang around like I do with you"
She sustained the smile on her lips but the tears were already rolling free down her cheeks. She sobbed a little with her head down, unable to look at him at this state. It was at that moment that she felt a pair of warm arms wrapping around her form. She dared to look up a bit and she found Midoriya hugging her and apparently making an effort to not faint, given his red face. After a moment of hesitation, she moved closer to him, snuggling on his chest while he involved her with his warm embrace.
"I… I know how you feel, Hatsume-san. When I was a kid, I also didn't have many friends, and the one I had, well… you know about it, I guess. But it's alright now… because I'm here. And I don't plan to leave"
There he goes again. Midoriya was probably the All Might number one fan in the entire world, to use one of the hero's famous phrases to comfort her in this fragile state. Not that she found it bad, on the opposite, it was very endearing. Once again he managed to put a smile on her lips and shove away her bad feelings.
"You sure your girlfriend will be okay with you holding me like this?" Her playful tone was slowly coming back to her voice.
"W-what are you t-t-talking about? It's a friendly hug! Plus, I don't have a-"
"Midoriya, I know. Yours friends didn't say who, but I know you're dating someone from your class. Is it the one with the ponytail or the one with the gravity Quirk?"
Hatume didn't see it, but Midoriya's face now looked much more serious.
"Hatsume… san…"
"Huh, what is it? Oh, could it be the invisible girl-"
"All of them"
"... What?"
He took in a deep breath before saying it more clearly. Before it barely came out in the form of a whisper.
"All of them. At this moment… every girl from my class… is one of my girlfriends"
How did he manage to say it, Midoriya didn't know. To admit it out loud and in front of Hatsume, from all things. Why did he even do that? If he kept denying it, she would eventually let the topic drop, probably only bringing it up again in the form of a small teasing or something, but he just told her the truth. Probably, he felt she deserved to know, being a close person to him and all. He trusted her and honestly, sharing this with someone felt like a ten ton weight being removed from his shoulders. Maybe he should do the same to his classmates.
"Aha… Ahahahaha, Midoriya, I didn't know you had that in you! Funny joke, really"
Now that he thought about it, Midoriya didn't really consider what her reaction would be, and that one seemed very forced, to say the least.
"No, I mean it… it looks ridiculous but… it's the truth"
"Ahaha… haha… I… you, umm… wow"
"Yeah… to be honest I never expected that to happen"
"I s-see… well, good for you then. Being surrounded by pretty girls must be… every guy's dream"
"P-p-probably. But… Don't you think this is… wrong?"
"W-well, it depends on the way you look at it, I guess. I mean, in the past people made this all the time so… if everyone agrees, there's no problem at all. Probably. Maybe"
"Yeah… you are right… probably"
The awkward silence returned, and to add up Midoriya was still holding her close to him. By now he was completely aware of the soft and warm feeling of her chest pressing against his body. For a brief moment he allowed his mind to think that her cup size was the same as Yaoyorozu's, if not slightly bigger. The shifting of her body under his arms banished such impure thoughts away. Wrapped by his arms, Hatsume now faced Midoriya, her eyes still with a glint of tears. She inched closer to his face as she talked, her voice low and timid, almost like a whisper.
"Midoriya, I was thinking. You are a really nice guy and I never got to know someone so kind and endearing like you. So… even if you have, you know, a ton of girls already… that I'm sure must love you to no end… I was thinking if… if you could… if we could…"
He was frozen in place. Yellow eyes were locked on green ones. The more he looked, more he got the feeling that something very familiar was coming, and he had to take action before it happened.
"Hatsume-san, we should stop here"
His voice was low and filled with care, as if he was afraid she would break in the case he suddenly let go of her. He moved his arms but once she felt the warmth source getting away Hatsume held on his shirt, pressing her body even more on his.
"Please… just one time…"
Uraraka sped by the sidewalks like a runner at the Olympics. From all the possible reasons to discover where was the 1-H dorms, this was by far the worst. Her eyes were burning with intense anger, but at the same time her face was one of fear, borderline despair, in fact. She dared not imagine what could be going on with her Deku while he went missing. It had been two dangerous hours since his last answer to Yaoyorozu, and at least half an hour since Ashido spotted him and then crazy crosshairs eyes. What could happen in the meantime? What could URARAKA do with him on that time? She hurried herself, if it was possible to go even faster, and after her the rest of the harem followed, just as worried and angered as the brunette.
Once brown eyes met the sign that read 1-H, Uraraka made a sharp turn, heading towards the door of the building. She busted in, breathing heavy and looking around frantically. Different from her dorms, there wasn't a single living soul on the common room and the silence was so absolute you could hear a feather falling on the floor. Well, there was ONE living soul, which was also the source of some noise. The figure of a small teen with light yellow short hair, round eyes with marks under them to put Aizawa to shame, poked from his seat at the couch once he heard someone busting through the door. His eyes scanned the area and found the intense gaze of Uraraka, then immediately some gears shifted on his head.
"Hatsume. Where?" Uraraka was barely containing her really serious aura. Spooking her classmates could lead them to cover her in some way.
"Third floor, left side. Her room has a cog on the door. Umm, did one of her gizmos blow up on you or something?"
"Uh? Well-"
"Oh, forget I asked. Just do whatever you have to do. And please don't disturb the others on their rooms, thought the walls are all sound proof because of Hatsume…"
The short boy said nonchalantly and then waved a hand at her. So people coming after her was somehow expected? She brushed away this brief thought. Her reasons to be here were completely different. Just as Uraraka dashed upstairs the other girls came in, looking around and searching for Hatsume, Uraraka and Midoriya. Then a voice came from the couch and a small hand pointed them a direction.
"Third floor, left side, girl with the round face is already there, please don't blow up anything"
Confusion took over them for a moment before Yaoyorozu, Ashido, Tsuyu and Jiro ran to where Uraraka headed to.
"Please… just one time… can we kiss?"
"K-k-kiss?! T-that's what you want?!"
Midoriya instantly let go of her, much to Hatsume's dismay.
"Y-yeah… I thought about it and… I think I wanted to, you know, see how is it like…?"
Hatsume poked her index fingers together and looked to the sides, unable to face him directly as she spoke. Her cheeks were as pink as her hair. Meanwhile, internally Midoriya felt relieved, so much that he breathed out. So she just wants a kiss? Practically a cake walk, given the things he had done so far. Wait just a minute, would the girls be mad at him if he did kiss Hatsume? It was just a kiss, probably just a peck on the lips. After all they did together, it wouldn't harm, right? Right?!
As doubt consumed Midoriya, Hatsume noticed two things. One, he had something else on his mind since he suddenly felt relieved when she said it was a kiss. Two, he was considering whether he should kiss her or not. Right now he was mumbling so she could hear some of it.
"But if he's considering it, does it mean that… I have a chance? Could it be?!"
While Midoriya kept on his mumbling, she slowly got closer to him again, inch by inch, her eyes focused on his green ones as they darted left and right in a swirl of thoughts that must be crossing his mind. It was only when she leaned her hand on his leg that his attention turned back to her, of course, with a jolt from the green teen. His face had nervousness plastered all over while Hatsume held a look with mixed feelings. Doubt, curiosity, fear, eagerness, she wasn't sure about how she was feeling right now, but she knew that she wanted to be closer to Midoriya, to never leave his side. Those soft looking lips curved into a uneasy smile, they called for her.
Hatsume inched closer and Midoriya inched back, but she held him in place so eventually he fell with his back on the bed and she climbed on top of him. Her usual energetic aura and personality were gone. This Hatsume looked completely different, cute and adorable, instead of blunt and impulsive. She clearly didn't have a single idea of what to do, so much that Midoriya really considered taking the lead, but he kept holding to his sense of loyalty towards his harem, and that sounded ridiculously ironical. But at some point, that point being her closeness making his body reacts in undesired ways, he had to put a stop.
"Hatsume-san, I think we really should stop here"
"But…" Once again she had tears rolling down her cheeks. "I get it that you have many, you know… I just wanted to know… how's it like"
"It is something really important, this thing you want to know. So, you should keep that to someone you really like, someone that also likes you"
"You… you don't like me…?"
"No, I like you, just not… in that way… Do you… do you like me in that way?"
"I don't know, maybe. I think so. It never happened to me before and I barely heard about it…"
"It's okay, I was kinda the same as you"
"Am I… not pretty enough?"
"What? Of course not, Hatsume-san"
"I know I'm not the girliest girl around. Sometimes I even skip shower to keep working at my babies and I can be pretty noisy and straight forward. So… I don't know if I fit the role of 'pretty girl'..."
"Don't say something like that. You are beautiful the way you are"
"Really? So, can you give me just one proof?"
"This is not the reason why we shouldn't do it…"
"Is it what your friends told me about? The Revelry in the Dark?"
Midoriya could imagine what that meant.
"No, that's not it. At least not only that"
"Then what could it be? You said I should keep it to someone I really liked. Well, that's you, Midoriya" She was sobbing and her tears were threatening to turn into huge falls. She was now practically hovering above him, her ample bosom filling a good part of his vision field.
"Is it because I have… a more developed chest…? Do I look like a-"
"No! Hatsume, don't even think about it ~sigh~ To be honest, I find you to be very attractive, but the situation I'm in right now, it's complicated, and I don't want to drag you into this"
She let out a small laugh between her quiet crying and sobbing.
"What?"
"Nothing. I'm just happy that at least you find me attractive. Chalk one up for me… Also, I find you very attractive too, and kind, and very, very cute"
"Thanks, I guess"
She lowered herself, resting her chest on his, but before she could reach for his lips, he held her by her shoulders.
"Midoriya… please… I can't think of anyone else I would give… my first kiss"
"Hatsume-san…"
"Since we won't be more than friends, I wanted you to take it… like a gift or something"
"But, it… it isn't my-"
"Shhh, I know. I understand. Anyway, I'd really like if you did this for me. I think it is very selfish of me but… I want my first love to take my first kiss. Is it… is it too stupid?"
"No. No, Hatsume, it isn't stupid, neither selfish. Actually is really beautiful"
"I see… Well, t-thank you for listening anyway, I should-" She was about to move but once again Midoriya held her in place, this time keeping her close.
"Where are you going? Didn't you want me to… t-take your first k-k-kiss?"
"Midoriya…"
"I can do something like that to my friend, since she cares so much about me…"
Hatsume leaned in closer until their noses touched. She was so nervous she couldn't help but smile and laugh, making Midoriya laugh too. She ruffled his green locks and closed her eyes, taking in a breath, but to her surprise Midoriya closed the tiny gap, connecting his lips on her in a way so tender and soft that she thought she would melt. Something clicked inside her mind. The jolt of electricity that ran across her body told her, no, it made it clear and determined that she loved him. It was just a brush of lips that got just a little deeper, nothing too flashy or even passionate, but to her it meant everything. Time stopped moving around her as she felt his softness caressing her mouth, his messy green hair brushing against her forehead, his sweet scent of cinnamon and mint. If she could, Hatsume would stay here forever, with her hands caressing his hair and her body being warmed by his, sharing this moment for eternity.
Time moved again as the door of her room was busted open with a kick. The loud bang from the door draw the attention of the duo lying on the bed. And there, standing still like a statue, at first shocked, then burning with rage like a thousand suns. The brunette's whole body shook and her hands balled into tight fists. Her eyes, fierce and filled with flames of sheer anger and mad jealousness glared at the scene in front of her. Uraraka Ochako has arrived.
Startled, Hatsume lifted her head and Midoriya brought his back as much as he could and when they found the source of noise (A/N: insert a to be continued arrow here). Dread took over them as the very sight of Uraraka sent a chill so powerful through their spines they wondered for a split second if the room had been frozen. It was like Death itself stood at the door. Hatsume froze in place, even with her compromising position. Her head would roll on the floor if she moved a muscle, she was sure. As for Midoriya, his mind stopped, leaving him with a shocked and terrified expression on his face, his eyes as wide as they could be and his pupils reduced to simple dots. His hands were still on Hatsume's arms.
After some seconds that seemed to last an eternity, the brunette, now completely surrounded by a demonic aura took a step in the room, making the duo in front of her flinch, but before she could take another step Ashido came from behind and used a powerful tackle to knock her on the ground, proceeding to pin the brunette's arms on her backs. After her Yaoyorozu, Tsuyu and Jiro entered the room, finding Hatsume and Midoriya, then freezing in place with wide eyes and shocked faces.
It all happened so fast Midoriya didn't have any time to process, but thanks to the major shock, his brain returned to normal work, just to go on overclock. Panic hit him like a loaded truck and instantly got up, or at least tried, which resulted in a quite strong headbut with Hatsume. The impact kicked her brain on, and she immediately backed off from him. Too bad she still kept sitting on his lap.
Recovering from the shock, the other girls started to move. Yaomomo, slowly raised a shaking arm, her slender finger pointing to the pink haired girl. Words dared to escape her mouth in the form of a stutter. Then the shock on her face morphed into anger, and she finally broke the silence.
"YOU!"
Hatsume flinched again. Once she said that all the uncalled visitors went on search and destroy mode, and she was the target. But before anyone could move or say anything, Ashido went flying to the side. Uraraka managed to free one of her hands and quickly got up, making a throw with the pink skinned girl in a smooth move. Her hunter eyes laid again on Hatsume and then she went to the offensive. It was like a tigress jumping at her prey. The next second Uraraka had already knocked Hatsume on the bed with her hands trying to grasp at the pinkette's neck. Hatsume was barely holding on, using her arms as a shield to the vice claws aiming for her throat.
"You bitch… DIE!"
Uraraka, making a perfect dub of Bakugou, raised her left fist and would have landed it straight on Hatsume's face if it wasn't for Tsuyu holding it with her tongue, thought she was struggling against the gravity girl. Jiro and Yaoyorozu ran and held her back, but Uraraka was surprisingly strong. Could it be that her rage state amplified her physical strength? As soon as she saw an opening, Hatsume rolled out of the bed and made a run to the corridor but got stopped by Ashido, who just got up.
"Where do you think you are going?!"
"Anywhere a mile away from here!"
"GET BACK HERE YOU FUCKING PINK TRASH PILE!"
While Ashido held Hatsume firmly by her wrist, on the other side Uraraka slowly dragged her restrainers, who tried desperately to hold her still. Hatsume started to panic.
"L-l-look, I can explain! I was-"
"YOU ARE DEAD, YOU FUCKING CUNT! DEAD, YOU HEAR ME!"
"Uraraka! Calm. Down!"
"LET ME GO, MOMO! SHE WAS KISSING IZUKU! SHE WAS KISSING HIM! WITH THAT SEWER MOUTH! I'M GONNA BEAT HER UNTIL SHE GETS FLAT!"
"Ochako-chan! You are going. To be. Expelled. Ribbit!"
"I DON'T FUCKING CARE! THAT FUCKING WHORE TOUCHED MY IZUKU! WITH THOSE. DAMN. HUGE. BOOBS! I'M GONNA KILL THAT COW!"
"Oh, for the love of- Uraraka, shut the hell up!" Jiro grabbed her phone and used the small speakers to channel her Quirk. "Heartbeat Fuzz!"
The speakers toned down a lot of her power so it only stunned Uraraka, giving her a loud ringing on her right ear. Now that she was at least contained, the remaining girls turned to Hatsume, who felt she went from the fridge to the oven. At this moment, the only thing she could do was show them a wavering smile.
Ashido closed and locked the door. Yaoyorozu was finishing the knots that restrained a still dizzy Uraraka. Tsuyu and Jiro burned Hatsume with stares while the pink haired girl was on her knees on the carpet like a condemned in the death hallway. And with a dumbfounded face, Midoriya watched wordlessy. Uraraka tied and door locked, they all gathered around Hatsume, who decided to look at the floor and at the floor only.
"So, what are we gonna do about her?"
"What do you mean, Mina, we can't do anything"
"Kyoka, do you think I'm gonna let this pass?"
"No. I feel like piercing those crosshairs eyes, but we can't do something like that"
"How much toxin do you think she can handle, ribbit?"
"Alright, stop it, you all" Both Midoriya and Hatsume felt relieved that Yaoyorozu was going to be the light of reason here. "If you're planning something like this, then we need to decide how to dispose the body later" And she failed miserably.
At this rate, they would actually do as they were saying, so Midoriya decided to speak.
"... Girls… can we like, discuss this-"
He stopped mid sentence because all the heads snapped to his direction. It would surely be bad to Ashido's neck.
"Midoriya…"
He swallowed nothing. Then just like that Yaoyorozu walked to him, held his hand on hers and almost with tears on her eyes, she spoke.
"Are you okay? Since when you were here? Did she forced you on other things?"
Seeing where this was going, Midoriya was quick to explain the whole deal.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. Now, I came here on my own, Hatsume-san didn't force me to do nothing"
"Wait, what?"
"You heard me. We were talking, then the subject turned into… relationships and… I kind of got carried away. Also, she knows about the whole harem thing" Midoriya deadpanned while Yaoyorozu had a poker face. When she put her hands on his shoulders, he started to think that telling them all this in that way was a bad idea.
"Midoriyaaa… remember our lessons about being a good boy…?"
"Y-yes"
"Let me tell you something, good boys DO NOT fuck other girls besides the ones from the harem!"
"J-j-just a minute! It was a kiss. Only a kiss!"
"Only?! Are you saying that kissing us doesn't mean anything to you?!" Ashido joined Yaoyorozu.
"Of course not! I mean that this one with her was just a kiss between friends! That's all!"
"Oi, last time I checked friends don't kiss like that, unless you have been secretly making out with Todoroki" Jiro joined them, followed by Tsuyu. On his room, Todoroki sneezed.
"C-come on girls, you know I'd never cheat on you…"
"And yet here we are. Ribbit, what exactly you planned to do after that?" Tsuyu crossed her arms, wanting his answer, and the rest of them made the same.
"No matter what I say they'll be mad at me, won't they?"
Midoriya took a deep breath and was about to answer but he stopped when he saw Uraraka on the background, shouting something though the gag Yaoyorozu put on her and trying to kick Hatsume. The girls followed his line of sight and Yaoyorozu instantly regret not tying her legs too. Midoriya walked past the girls and kneed besides Uraraka. She turned to him and started to say something, or at least tried.
"Mmmmm, mmmm, mmmf!"
"Wait, gimme a sec"
"~sigh~ Much better. Now, Deku-kun, untie me so I can beat that sorry fat ass!"
"Uraraka, wait, this is not what it looks like. You see-"
"It looks like that busty bitch tried to steal you from me and-"
"Now, listen here, round face. You have been insulting and threatening me nonstop since you came here" Hatsume, kinda ticked off, got up and faced Uraraka.
"It's called saying the truth. Bitch" Uraraka got up, tied as she was. She walked to the pink haired girl and got as close as she could, bumping on Hatsume's chest in the process.
"Stay. Away. From him"
"Make me"
Eyes narrowed and shooting lightnings, Uraraka tried to press herself even further on Hatsume, and ended feeling even more frustrated and angry due to the… resistance she encountered.
"He's my boyfriend. Mine"
"Well, he's my friend. Best friend"
"How can you even compare this?"
"Doesn't matter, I'm not leaving him"
"You think you're special, with those balloons hanging on your chest or something?"
"W-what are you talking about? If Midoriya likes them bigger, I-I-I can't help it…"
"You are lucky my arms are tied. You know you'll never have him, right? Like I would let you" Uraraka was taunting her, and by the way Hatsume looked down, she could easily crush her hopes, if there was any to begin with.
On the other side, Hatsume knew what the brunette said was true, but she didn't want to believe it. She refused to give up like that.
"You… you can't do this. Tell him who he can or cannot see and talk to. You don't control his life and he's not your pet or toy"
"Controlling? I'm just looking after him. I only want the best in the world for my Izuku. And you definitely don't fit in the definition"
"So you say what's best for him? How's this not controlling his life? Do you even care for him or this is just your way of getting satisfied?"
Hatsume actually made Uraraka flinch and recoil a bit. Not only her, the girls and Midoriya too, all of them got surprised that Uraraka, of all people, had to take a step back. But it wasn't the end for her. She still had an ace on her sleeve. Her face gained a calm expression, as if she didn't have to worry about nothing. Her eyelids were half closed, and her voice changed from the altered tone to a much calmer one.
"Say whatever you want, it doesn't change the fact that he's my boyfriend, not yours"
"S-so what? A lot of couples break up…"
"You would love if that happened, right? Anyway, do you think you know Izuku? Honestly?"
"Of course I know him. What do you mean by that?"
Uraraka leaned in closer, always keeping her eyes locked on Hatsume's yellow ones.
"What he likes, what he doesn't… the feeling of his touch…"
"I can… I could work around it…"
"Nee, Hatsume-san, do you know how it feels like…" She leaned in more, getting closer to Hatsume's right ear. Uraraka whispered so low that she barely heard, and yet it sounded like a loud scream to her. "... Izuku's dick inside you? Do you know how it feels to be fucked by him?"
While Hatsume got completely red and her eyes widened, Uraraka let out a light laugh. The pink haired girl processed what she just heard, then something else clicked on her mind as she glanced to her side. All of them, all the other girls where the same, right? It was hard to believe, but the look on their eyes… It was true. How should Hatsume feel about it? It never crossed her mind that Midoriya would do something like that. Maybe not getting involved with him was the best thing to do, after all. No, she was better than this, he was better than this. Even if Midoriya really did… what Uraraka said, she still considered him her friend. He was still the person she learned to love. No lewd acts and certainly no crazy girl would change her mind on that. And after that, what should she do? If Hatsume never thought about dating someone until recently, well, having sex was miles away from her mind. No matter how she looked, Uraraka had an advantage, one that she couldn't compensate with just being a good friend. Thought Hatsume hated to admit it, she lost to her.
"I know what's best for him. I know what makes him happy… what makes him hard… and you? You can talk as much as you want but you are just another girl on his life. Get on my level before you try to steal him from me"
Visibly satisfied with the sad expression of her rival, a wide smile made its way on Uraraka's mouth. Hatsume, who was standing tall and brave a minute ago, now looked at the floor, hope completely gone from her eyes. Uraraka watched along with the others as she slowly turned around and left the room. Her own room.
"Well, that should do. Now she know where her place is"
"Are you done?" Midoriya's voice sounded from behind Uraraka.
"Sure, now that she-" She turned around with her usual smile, completely different from the contempt face she held as she looked at Hatsume. Her smile though, met with cold eyes and something she never had seen before, an upset Midoriya Izuku. Not angry, not frustrated or nervous, just upset.
"Good" He said plainly and walked past her, without even looking on her eyes. Uraraka, shocked by the reaction, turned around again and started following him.
"Deku-kun, where are you going?"
He stopped at the door and answered without looking at her.
"Where do you think? I could see her tears from a mile away"
"But Deku-kun, she tried to-"
"Not now, Uraraka" When he finally looked at her, she wished he didn't. On his eyes there was only one feeling. "I can't believe you did this"
The other, who were just watching until now, tried to reason with the visibly distraught boy.
"Midoriya, wait-" Yaoyorozu called him but was quickly cut.
"You all too, what were you thinking? Why would I change you by the first girl that I met around?"
"No, we just-"
"Just what, Tsu? What did you had on your head? Uraraka? Jiro? Ashido? Yaoyorozu? What could possibly lead to this mess?"
"Hatsume. She made us do this, Deku-kun"
"How? She never made me any harm, on the opposite, I always have fun with her"
"We… we thought that she could… force her ways with you… if she got close enough…" Uraraka was timid, like a child who felt guilty for breaking something.
"Not only her… any girl, to be honest, ribbit…"
"He just wanted to protect you"
"I doubt that, Jiro, you all. Hatsume is right. Even though I love you and I know you love me, you can't control my life. You can't tell me who I'm allowed to talk to, or drag me away every time another comes to talk with me, or drive them away, or try to keep track of me all the time" Each one of them felt a sinking feeling of guilty once they heard their 'strategies' being mentioned. He turned to leave again but Uraraka ran to him, leaning her forehead on his back.
"Deku-kun, let's… let's talk about it with more care. You see, I-"
"Not now, Uraraka"
"But, Deku-kun-"
"Not. Now. I'm not in the mood…"
Midoriya left, trying to find Hatsume, leaving his harem frozen in place on Hatsume's room. They eventually left, but the shock from what happened lasted for the rest of the day. They only got to see him again at dinner and then he locked himself into his room. There, Midoriya used his retrieved phone to message Hatsume, asking to talk with the girl, but his messages didn't even get the viewed status. As for the girls, they appeared drained of all life force. During dinner, no one besides Bakugou could ignore the depressive aura around the group. When Hagakure heard from them what happened and Midoriya refused to answer when she knocked on his door, she started to cry, as if she had done something unforgivable. Sure, Midoriya didn't plan to be mad at them for a long time, but he had to fix things up with Hatsume before he could think about them in the same way again. Another thing that was clear. The most affected was Uraraka. She didn't even try to eat dinner, and she had that face devoid of any emotion and warmth. She walked to her room like a ghost, pale and lifeless, and there she remained until the next day.
-/-
It had been a week since the last time he talked with Hatsume, even seen her at all. He went to the Development Studio, but he didn't find her there, and he couldn't think of any other place she could be. Her classmates told him that she barely spent time at the dorms, only coming to sleep and eat, both often.
"Two hundred and forty seven unseen messages… what should I do?"
Thought he wasn't upset anymore with his harem, the situation between them was still complicated. With the rest of the class they acted normally, but Midoriya still kept some space, and that didn't go unnoticed by his classmates, thought the boys opted by not making any comments. Uraraka was still depressed, and Midoriya still felt sad for not being able to talk with Hatsume.
She felt hungry, but she didn't want to go get lunch because he would eventually find her. She had tons of projects to work with, but every time she entered the Studio, she remembered of the time they spent here, she remembered of him, and at that point the tears would fall nonstop. It had been a week and Hatsume was still at this wrecked state. And what was worse, she knew she was making Midoriya worry about her, given the tons of messages that appeared on her phone day after day. She found in that some comfort, a sign that he cared about her and wanted to see her well, but she didn't have the strength to read what he had to say. Probably he'd want to see her and talk about what happened, but she didn't want to. She could not. What Uraraka said, thought being a hope destroyer, was true. She wasn't on the same level when it came to her relationship with Midoriya, and she hated to admit it.
She had been wandering around and doing whatever came to her mind, in a form of evade Midoriya and try to collect her thoughts, but the words of the brunette never left her mind. Uraraka and Midoriya… they had done something that put them in a different place from where she stood. Could she even think of him as a possible boyfriend if she couldn't do the same things Uraraka did? It was at that moment that she got up from the bed she was lying. One thing was for sure, Midoriya may not like her the same way she liked him, but he admired her skills for inventing. Wasting time here would make him sad and it wouldn't do any good to her either. So she got up and headed to the Studio. If someone asked, she would say she was cutting onions of something got on her eyes. She couldn't keep sulking like that forever.
"That's it. I have to finish his gloves. I'll ask someone else to deliver them, but only I can make them work properly. He needs those gloves or else he'll keep hurting himself"
With newfound determination, Hatsume grabbed her thick black sleeveless shirt and headed to the Development Studio. If she remembered well, Power Loader sensei wouldn't be there today, and many of her classmates prefered to work on their rooms, so if she was lucky enough she would have the entire place all to herself, which would save her some embarrassing explanations.
And luck shone a bright smile to her as there wasn't a single living soul on the Studio, besides her. So she quickly got to work on Midoriya's support gloves. As she expected, the tears rolled down her cheeks. Just seeing the items made her remember the moments of fun they shared, the funny and cute reactions she got from him while she teased him, the way he showed his care for her, and it broke her heart into tiny bits to know that she wasn't going to talk with him again, play with him again, feel his warmth again, see his tender and sweet smile.
"Damn you, tears… I can't see what I'm working on if you keep coming!" She joked with herself, her voice a mix of sobs and a playful tone.
Hatsume then heard the door open. Startled, she could not focus on a proper reaction, failing on her attempt to fix her face and hide her tears. When she looked at the doorway, the tears became waterfalls and she froze.
"He had to come, didn't he? The guys told me he had been coming here the entire week, but I thought he'd just give up by now… Well, I should know…"
Midoriya stood at the door, and once he noticed her crying form, his face gained a tinge of sadness and maybe guilty. He slowly walked in, and Hatsume responded by taking a step back, but once he saw that he ran after her. She barely had time to react and in the next moment she was involved into a world of warmth and cinnamon with mint. At that moment, leaning on his chest, Hatsume let out all the tears she had been holding back without much success.
Midoriya was also lost. He never saw Hatsume at such a fragile state. He wasn't expecting this, but he had been preparing himself for this. During the week, he talked constantly with his mom by the phone about what he should say to someone in the situation Hatsume was. Of course he didn't give the details, because it was the problem of a friend, after all. He also searched for All Might's advice, which consisted of doing what he felt was right and put all his feelings on it. And so he did. Midoriya held her close to him and hugged Hatsume with as much feeling as he could. He made his best to transmit his feelings to her while she sobbed on his chest, hoping to free her from all this sadness and depression. He had to save her.
"H-hey… It's been… a while" Hatsume could not stop her sobs from cutting her sentences.
"Yeah, a whole week… sorry about it"
"No… please, don't say… that. I'm the one… to blame"
"Shhh, don't say something like that, it's not your fault"
"But I knew… you had someone else… and I still insisted…"
"And I said I'd do it for a friend, didn't I?"
Her arms wrapped around his torso and Hatsume hugged Midoriya, dropping more tears on his chest.
"Midoriya… I'm sorry… Your girlfriends must be mad at you" She searched in herself the strength to contain her cries, at least a bit.
"I can take handle this later. Right now, I have to take care of you"
"Why…? Why worry so much about me?"
"I already said. You are my friend, right?"
And… what about round face said? About you, you know what…"
"Yeah… that part is true. But you're still important to me"
Important. She was important to him, just as he was to her.
"I shouldn't be here, really. Everytime I get here, I start crying and all"
"I noticed. But it's okay, I'm here now"
A light laugh escaped her mouth.
"Sure… Midoriya?"
"Yes?"
"How is it like? To have… s… s-sex…?"
Midoriya stiffed and Hatsume felt it, so she couldn't help but laugh a little bit again.
"Well, I-I think it's… nice"
"That's it? Nice?"
"Yeah, it's much more than just 'nice', but, it's kinda embarrassing to say. And to you, of all people…"
Silence fell on the Studio.
"Midoriya… can you show me?"
"Show… what?"
"Whatever Uraraka and the others has seen… you…"
"Hatsume-san, that's not how it works…"
"I know but… I just want to be with you. Why I can't have that?"
"You can, but we don't have to, well, do that"
"~sigh~ Uraraka, she won't see me in any other way unless I step up to her level. And you're the only one that can help me"
"You two don't have to make a competition out of it"
"No, it's not like that, at least for me. I mean it, I want to be someone that you can see as a possible girlfriend" She lifted her yellow eyes to meet his green ones. "I want to be someone important on your life. I want to build support items for you so you don't have to hurt yourself. I want to help you fulfill your dream of being a hero, and just maybe have your help to achieve my dreams too. I want to be more to you than just a friend, just another girl in your life"
Midoriya became wordless. Her tears ceased as she spoke. He could feel it, every word was filled to the brim with her emotions. This was her everything, all that she thought and had at her heart. To think that once again he would have to face someone with so many intense feelings. He also wanted to help her fulfill her dreams. If it wasn't for her, he wouldn't have reached the point he was, and he was so much more than glad for it. But the question was, could he correspond her feelings? After what happened, he once again felt that he wasn't worthy of the love and attention he received. Due to his indecision and hesitation, not only her but all the girls from his harem were hurt and feeling sad. He had to make more assertive decisions, or else everyone would keep getting hurt around him. So, once again, could Midoriya return her feelings?
Yes. Yes, he could. He could and he did. Lifting her chin a bit with his hand, he quickly captured her on a kiss. This time, the kiss was much more meaningful. It was deeper, more passionate, and soft at the same time. She let him take the lead, guiding her through this unknown territory that was love for her. His tongue asked for permission to cross the limits and she gladly allowed. Hatsume didn't know exactly what to expect but so far everything he did was amazing. In mere seconds all her sadness, depression and lack of energy were washed away. She felt happy near him, and she didn't want to ever let go of him again.
Eager to have more, to taste more of him, Hatsume pressed herself against Midoriya, pushing him back and knocking him on the ground. The fall nearly winded him, and he found himself looking at her bright yellow eyes.
"Ops, stepped on a bolt"
"Oh yeah, the bolt…"
With her body on top of his, the cleavage of her black shirt giving a huge view of her chest, Midoriya noticed that his body functions were kicking in, and so did Hatsume. One of her legs was between his, so she felt something getting bigger and harder down there. Red took over her face as she realized what that meant. Not that Hatsume never teased him through body contact, but this new type of reaction was completely new to her. If nothing, this meant that he found her attractive. Luckily, he felt something deeper than biological instincts towards her. She had to know.
"Midoriya… is there… any chance for me? In your life, I mean…"
"You… you really want to take part on this?"
"I know I… I know I love you. But I don't want you to just do it for me. If it isn't asking too much, I want you to love me too, Midoriya"
"I… ~sigh~ You know I have a… very special relationship. They all agreed to s-share me, so this is how things got like this"
"I can… I can share too. I don't know if… they'll want me in, but if it means I can have you close to me like this, then I'll do whatever it takes"
"Hatsume… okay, I'll make this work, somehow"
"Really?"
"Really really. After all, I love you Hatsume"
Hatsume slowly brought a hand to cover her mouth. Tears of joy ran over her cheeks. Seriously, she was starting to get on the Midoriya level of crying. Midoriya, finding her even more cute than before, gently removed her hand and kissed her again. He would need a way to convince his other girlfriends, because there was no way he was letting go of Hatsume now. That said, there was still one problem yet to be solved.
"Hatsume, about what you said earlier…"
"Huh?"
"That part of… doing with you… the same I do with my… you know, that"
"Oh… that. I, umm, should we?"
"O-only if you want to. We don't need to do it right now"
"Well, it does looks like a test to get in…"
"A… test?"
"Yeah. As in, to get in you have to… fuck…"
"I hope it doesn't reach this level…"
"..."
"..."
"Midoriya…"
"Yes?"
"I'm… hot"
"... Me too"
They kissed again, but now it was much more heated. Between their kisses, Midoriya reached for her waist, lifting her shirt a bit and running his hands over her back and sides. Hatsume was quick to remove his blue jacket and black shirt, exposing his toned chest and abs. A wide smile crept on her lips.
"Found something interesting?" He asked playfully.
"Very, very interesting" She said and didn't waste time as her hands ran over his body, feeling every part and every muscles, much like how she used to take his measures, but with a completely different reason now.
With some help, her shirt was gone, and now Midoriya had a full view of her ample bosom, held tight by a rosy bra with a tiny cog in the middle. Now that she had his attention, it was her turn to make the jokes.
"Enjoying the view?"
"A lot. But, there's something puzzling me…"
"Did you expect something hi-tech?"
"Maybe. But I have no complaints"
"Really? I have one"
"What?"
She leaned in and whispered on his ear.
"They look better without the bra"
"Oh"
And in an instant the piece of cloth was gone. She was covered with reason, Midoriya thought, as he looked at her huge mounds while she moved up and down, pressing her chest on his. He then cupped one of her breast and sucked at the other, making Hatsume voice her first moans.
"Wow… he knows what he's doing~"
She let out a small squeal when she felt a pair of fingers run over her crotch, instantly flaring up her core. Midoriya was making her feel amazing, but the pants had to go, and the rosy panties too. He noticed how fast she got wet, a clear sign that she was eager, but he had to take it bit by bit. She had never done it before, after all, so first he slid one finger inside her folds, then another, and slowly moved them, making Hatsume shudder and moan, short breathed and bright red.
Not wanting to be the only one having fun, as fast as her clouded mind allowed, Hatsume lowered his pants and underwear, reaching for his already hard dick and wrapping it with her hand. She stroked him at the same pace he fingered her. Her eyes were focused on his, slowly being filled with desire for more. The more he pleased her, more she wanted, more the heat inside her increased. She felt something building up inside her, an unknown sensation, but very welcome since Midoriya was the one causing it. Between sharp breaths and moans, Hatsume had her first orgasm, a whole new experience that made her body go numb for a moment. It took her a minute to fully recover, and after that Midoriya positioned himself to penetrate her.
"Are you ready? It's going to hurt at first"
"It's okay, I trust you. I'm ready"
Hatsume took a deep breath in and nodded to Midoriya. Her eyes widened as she felt him parting her insides with his cock, and winced when he reached her hymen. It stretched a bit, and then it hurt. It hurt. But he was kind and patient, remaining immobile while her face had any sign of pain or discomfort. The pain turned into pleasure that took over her whole body. His hot dick inside her, she was loving this new sensation, and even more when he started to move, sliding in and out her pussy, stretching her walls and hitting places that made her go crazy.
"Ah~ Ah~ Mmmm~ This is- Ah~ Awesome! Midoriya~"
"You're- ah! Amazing too… but, Hatsume- hah! You can use… my first name… hah!"
"O-okay~ Aah! So big! I-Izuku! So you can- Mmmm! Call me by mine too- Yahn~"
Mei wasn't the only one losing focus. Izuku felt her walls wrap around his shaft, her huge boobs bounced every time their bodies collided, and her moans were completely enticing. He sped up a bit and started thrusting harder, while his hands held her firm round ass. She felt tight, almost crushing, but really soft too, and very hot.
Mei started to move her hips, matching his pace and slamming their bodies together again and again. Her hands, supported on his shoulders, held him with increasing strength as she moved with more energy. Her eyes were focused on him and him only, thought they seemed clouded by a mist. She bit her lower lip while moaning louder than before.
"Mmmm! Yes! Ah! Izuku! Your dick! It's soo good! Ah! Fuck me! Fuck me more! Aah! Yeah! I love you! So, so much! Mmmm... ah!"
"I love- hah! I love you too, Mei! Fuck! So tight"
She was near her limit. He could tell by the way she looked, her eyes almost rolling up. He was close to cum too.
"Mei! I'm almost-ah! Cumming"
"Fuck! Do it! I want to- Aaah~ Aahh! I want to cum too! Izuku!"
The surge of energy flared up, creating sparks from his body.
"Aah! Aaah! Izuku! I'm cumming! Aahh! IZUKU!"
"MEI!"
They came together. For the second time Mei had an orgasm, but his one was much more intense, clouding her mind with sheer pleasure and bliss. She felt his hot seed mixing with her juices inside her, her wall tightening around his dick. She was short breathed and her heart beat fast. Her body was lazy to respond her commands.
"So… this is how it feels like… Uraraka"
Mei tried to suppress the smile, but she couldn't. Not that Izuku noticed it. For him, she was just happy, like him. He never got tired of this. Well, actually yes, a lot to be honest. For a moment he wondered how he was supposed to please all these beautiful ladies. Did he bit more than he could chew?
That he would discover later. Right now, a new problem appeared, much more urgent and hard to deal with.
"Oh, what the fuck?!"
Mei's eyes widened. She didn't even need to look to know who it was. After so many insults towards her, she would recognize that voice anywhere. Izuku also knew that voice, though he was used with a much calmer and not menacing at all tone. Mei slowly lifted her body and sat on Izuku's lap. Her back was against the door. She slowly turned around and much to Izuku's surprise, her face didn't have a single drop of fear, unlike her last encounter with this person. Instead, Mei held a smug smile crossing her mouth, and her eyes were taunting, as if she wanted to say that she claimed him, even though others said she could not. And with that 'in your face' look, she stared at the brunette at the door. For some reason, Mei enjoyed seeing the fuming form of Uraraka.
"Oh, Uraraka-san. Long time no see"
Uraraka closed the door behind her with a loud bang, then walked in and stopped in front of the pink haired girl. Meanwhile, Izuku looked at everything in terror. Here we go again, he thought.
"You… how did you-"
"Got to fuck with him? Easy. I asked and he said yes"
Uraraka gasped and looked at the green teen, who only managed to lift his hands and elbows. Uraraka lowered her head. She was shaking with anger and her hands were rolled up into tight fists.
"This… this wasn't supposed to happen… it should be just us, his true lovers… but then, out of nowhere… you appeared and… and… I'M GONNA ERASE YOU!"
Both Mei and Izuku flinched at the burst of rage, and she barely escaped from Uraraka's hands, scurrying away. Izuku watched dumbfounded as Uraraka pursued Mei, still naked, around the Studio. It took him a minute to process this information, than he quickly lifted his pants, got up and went after Uraraka, holding her back before she could put her hands on Mei's neck.
"Uraraka! Calm down!"
"Don't tell me to calm down, Izuku! She fucked with you! That dirty hoe fucked with you!"
"I know! She asked and I did it. And don't call her that!"
"What do you mean you did it?!"
"I mean that she didn't force me, as you must be thinking"
Uraraka instantly stopped struggling. She turned around with eyes filled with tears and buried her head on his chest, hitting him with her fists, but with the strength of a baby.
"Whaaaa! Izuku, you cheater! You said you wouldn't let any girl have her ways with you!"
"She's not 'any girl', she loves me, and I love her"
The crying stopped and she looked at him again with a sceptical face.
"You kidding me, right?"
"No, why would I-"
"What happened with the 'I'll always love you, Ochako'?!"
"I still love you! And I love Mei too. It's the same with the girls"
"Mei?! No, this is no way like what we have. Our harem was supposed to share you because we loved you and we were all friends. She can't get in too!"
"Why not?! I like him as much as you do" Hatsume shouted, now with her black shirt that barely reached her thighs.
"It's not like him. It's love him. And I tell you that, you can't love him more than me"
"You want to repeat that?"
"Do you think you have a chance?"
"You could be surprised. Want to see it for yourself?"
"Try me, bitch"
At this point they were already pushing each other with their foreheads. Midoriya had to go there and separate them, but at that moment Uraraka cupped his cheeks with her hands and locked him into a deep and kinda rough kiss. When she let go of him, she glared at Hatsume.
"See? It's obvious he loves me"
"Ochako…"
Hatsume, indignant, followed suit and locked the boy on a kiss of her own, much softer and tender than the previous one.
"What did you say? Of course he loves me more"
"Mei…"
"You call that a kiss? You barely made him hard"
"What are you talking about? Yours looked like you were going to suck the life out of him"
"Oh, you bet I'd suck, but another thing~"
"Girls…"
"I- that's... that's lewd"
"It's not lewd. My love for him makes this the most pure thing in the world" Uraraka said as she latched herself on his right arm.
"It doesn't make any sense! It's still lewd and you are still talking like a bitch" Hatsume held on his left arm, glaring daggers at her rival.
"You two, I-"
"Who you're calling a bitch? Bitch"
"Who has the round face here?"
"It makes me look cute. What about those melons hanging there?" She stretched her free arm and poked at Hatsume's breasts.
"They make me look sexy and mature, unlike a certain childish girl I know" Hatsume flicked a finger on Uraraka's forehead. Uraraka then pulled Midoriya.
"Let go of him"
"No, you let go" Hatsume pulled him too.
"I saw him first"
"That's childish"
"You want something mature? I fucked him first!"
"I, umm, I fucked him better!"
"What?! How would you know?!"
"I just know, okay"
"Now who's being the child?"
"I told you to let him go"
"No, I told you to let him go"
"Would you two stop bitching and LET THE FUCK GO OF ME?!"
Their hands released him like he was a hot iron bar. Midoriya pinched the bridge of his nose.
"If only I had the balcony door locked… ~breath in~ Okay, calm down you two or else… or else no Izuku for a month!" Whenever he refused to sleep when he was a kid, his mother threatened him like this, only that his favorite program was at risk, All Mighty Adventures Animated.
"But, Izuku-"
"Uraraka, if you're going to say something, be sure it won't be an offense"
"... Forget it"
"~sigh~ How did you even know I was here?"
"Yaomomo put a tracker on your phone"
"Are you serious?"
"It was a safety measure!"
"We need to have a serious talk. You just wait me, Momo…"
"Ummm, what now?"
Midoriya turned to Hatsume, pushing the hem of her shirt to cover her lower regions more, but also exposing more of her cleavage.
"Stay here for a while. I'll get something to you so you can, you know, clean up…"
"Oh, thanks, I guess…" A pink hue appeared on her cheeks.
"And you behave, alright?"
Uraraka nodded thought she had an annoyed face. And with that Midoriya left the two girls alone in the Studio. The tension in the air could rival with one of Kaminari's discharges.
"You know, I won't accept you"
Hatsume turned to Uraraka, one eyebrow raised in confusion.
"What are you talking about?"
"In the harem. Even if you somehow manage to get in, I won't accept you"
"Good thing I'm not aiming for your approval"
They faced each other again.
"You don't get it, right? We don't just share Deku-kun. We are all very close friends. We care about each other as much as we care about him"
"Hard to believe since you all crazy girls try to control his life"
"Only because of girls like you"
"Like me?"
"Yeah, like you. A bunch of b- of selfish girls who only care about themselves and want to use him so they can brag around"
"Do you really think I want to brag about this?"
Uraraka fell in silence. She was still here, so there was a chance that Hatsume really meant it when she said she… loved him. The brunette then heard a sigh and she found Hatsume sitting on the floor with her hands on her face.
"I really love him, you know. He's very special and I know why you all love him, to the point of doing something so insane. A harem, you say? Share? Okay, count me in. At this moment this is the only way to stay near him"
"Do you… do you think you know why I- why we love him?"
"I can guess. He's very kind, caring… and pretty hot too. Even now he's doing something he didn't need to because of me. What's not to love on him?"
"Then… then you should know how important he is to us. If you knew that, why did you try to steal him?"
"I didn't want to steal him. As if I knew he had six girlfriends already. Isn't it supposed to be a secret?"
"Yet, you did steal him…"
"Huh?"
"As much as it pains me to admit, Deku-kun loves you. He made it pretty clear and like you said, he being out there helping you out is a proof of it, so there's nothing I can do about it. But I still won't accept you!" Uraraka crossed her arms and puffed her cheeks into a pout.
From her place, Hatsume looked at the other girl, processing what she had said and all that happened. She got up and walked to Uraraka, who glared at her. But this glare wasn't like the others, filled with rage and killing intent. She was just upset, but in an almost playful way. Hatsume then held her hand out, which made Uraraka raise an eyebrow as she looked at the pink haired girl from the corner of her eyes.
"What is this?"
"A truce, rather a white flag. I never meant to steal Midoriya from you, and I don't plan to do it now"
"But you said you loved him"
"I do, but I'm not going to force him to include me on his life. Plus, I know that he'll feel sad if we keep fighting. You know him, he'll feel responsible for that"
"Hmmm. So, what do you want? An entire day with him? I warn you that he has the Sundays for himself and the other days are already taken"
"What? No, no need for that. I don't want to mess the things in your harem. I just want to be near him, share the table at lunch, chat with him, tease sometimes, build support items for him… and be your friend too, if that's okay for you"
Uraraka was clearly taken aback by the last part.
"You want to be friends with me…?"
"If possible, with you all from 1-A. You said you care about each other. I want to be part of it too"
"Why? Why going so far and have so little time with him?"
"Honestly, I've never had many friends. Midoriya is pretty much my only and best friend. I figured out that it's easy to hang around people who have common interests, and I'm sure Midoriya is a huge interest for both of us. Plus, I'm sure this would make him happy. I want him to feel happy"
"I want to make him feel happy too. If being friends with you will make this happen… no, that's not it" Uraraka considered something inside her mind, then looked at Hatsume in the eyes. "I admit that you really love him. Truth be said, I got a little bit off hand-"
"A little bit?"
"Don't test me. As I said, I got a little bit off hand, and you helped me see that. And I'll tell you that, you have guts to get near him since he's my boyfriend" A small smirk formed on her lips.
"Yeah, but I don't want to get on your bad side ever again" Hatsume scratched the back of her head.
"Wise decision"
Uraraka then reached for Hatsume's hand.
"Share him?"
"Share him"
They exchanged smiles, finally ending the war between them. But Uraraka surprised Hatsume by pulling her closer and then locking the pinkette in a kiss. Hatsume just stood frozen while Uraraka kissed her, looking at the brunette with wide eyes. Uraraka broke the kiss and looked at the still shocked Hatsume with a tinge if red making its way to her face.
"Just a heads-up, we are kinda into that now, so if you're going to hang around us then expect to… have some fun while you wait your turn with Deku-kun"
"Well, umm, that's… something"
"You get used to it. At some point you'll like it and it'll be the most common thing in the world"
"Will I get used…? Ummm, let's see…"
Hatsume leaned in closer, held on Uraraka's waist and gave her a kiss, short and soft, the way she knew how to do it. Uraraka just gave in while she felt these new lips some more. After they broke apart, Hatsume had a questioning look.
"Hey, actually you are a good kisser"
"Well, thanks. I just started with this kissing thing"
They had warm smiles on their mouths. This could end working just fine.
"Ahem. I see you're getting along now"
Midoriya's voice came from the door, making both of them look at his direction with surprised faces. He just stood there with a slight awkward smile as he watched the duo exchanging kisses, holding on each other's waist and all.
"M-M-Midoriya?!"
"How long have you been there… Deku-kun?"
"I came in on the 'I want him to feel happy' part. But boy, you two surprised me. I should have let you two alone together earlier"
"Don't say that, Midoriya. She would have killed me some minutes ago. That'd be too dangerous"
"Yeah, she'd be gone by now"
"Don't agree so much with me"
"What? It is true"
"Alright, since we are all good now, Hatsume, I got a towel here. I'll give you some space, okay?"
"Thank you"
"Wait just a second. Deku-kun, WE are okay, but you still have to deal with the girls"
"Oh… Oh, I forgot! Man, this is going to take a while…"
"You wanted to add her, now you have to deal with it. But don't worry too much, they are going to understand when they get to know her better, right Busty?"
"Sure, but let's talk less about the size of my chest, okay?"
"Come on, don't be so serious about it" Uraraka gave a slap on Hatsume's rear. The pink haired girl quickly returned the gesture, and Midoriya had to get between them before it turned into a catfight. Turns out he ended gaining a slap from each girl, much to his embarrassment.
Tada! She made it. Just a heads-up, the interaction between Uraraka and Hatsume might be around the lines of a friendly rivalry. About the reactions of the rest of the boys, what do you think? Too simple? too out of character? Is Todoroki too supportive for Midoriya? Also, by now you may have noticed that I like the Revelry in the Dark joke a lot. Chuunibyou Tokoyami for me is priceless and I love it as much as yandere Uraraka. Are her mood swings abrupt enought?
Now, on the next chapter "Late Night Detention", guess who's coming now? Poor Midoriya, the things I'll make him go through... I'm ashamed but I can live with that. Oh well, leave your opinions if you feel like as usual. See ya later, guy leaves the room!
