AN: To address a review from last chapter, Kaneshiro wouldn't have known that Mina got into UA. The sports festival hasn't happened yet and if she hadn't told him there's no guarantee he'd know about it.
AN2: And to the guest reviewer who asked, no, I'm not part of the UBW Abridged crew, I just saw the line from their preview for the latest part of the series. Would I love to be part of it? Yeah. Am I? Sadly no.
A Fool's Bonds
Chapter 19
-Izuku-
Relaxing on the couches of the dorm's living room, Izuku worked on some of his sketches for the Tarot cards for his hero costume. This one being about Momo, her being the Izanami to his Izanagi. Processing that, Izuku turned beet red and had to keep from making a flustered squeak.
"So, Midoriya, who's the babe you're taking out on a date today?" Kaminari asked with an easygoing grin from where he was setting up a game console, the electric blond apparently not learning his lesson from the last time as Jiro threw a shoe at him.
Hearing footsteps from the stairs, Izuku looked up to see Kirishima bounding down them, his friend having changed from the uniform into casual 'Crimson Riot' themed clothes, "Hey dude, ready to head out?!" Kirishima slid to a stop by Izuku's couch, looking pumped.
"Hell yeah." Izuku grinned, giving Eijiro a high five and ignoring Iida's shouted lecture about profanity being unbecoming of a Hero that came from the kitchen.
"Wait, it's Kirishima?!" Kaminari gaped while said redhead looked confused.
"Of course, don't you realize?" Izuku grinned playfully "Eijiro is best girl." Momo snorted into her cup of tea at that while Kyoka and Mina snickered.
"Yeah, I'm- HEY WAIT A MINUTE!" Eijiro turned on him with a salty pout when he realized he was being teased.
"Indeed, I must agree with Izuku." Momo tried, and failed, to stifle her giggles "They are indeed class 1-A's 'best girl'."
"Can I do your nails when you get back?" Mina asked eagerly as Kyoka finally fell off her chair laughing.
"Butts. All of you are butts!" Eijiro huffed but Izuku could see the corner of his lips twitching good naturedly.
"Think of it this way dude, you're still prettier than Sparkplug over there." Kyoka snickered even as Kaminari gave a protesting 'hey!'.
"Come on man, let's get going." Izuku laughed as he slapped a hand on Eijiro's shoulder, "Hey Momo, can you hang on to this till I get back?" he handed his Empress the sketchbook as she nodded with a smile, tucking it into her bag. Following his friend outside and out of the UA grounds, Izuku wondered what his Star confidant had planned, the outing having been Eijiro's idea.
"Alright man, first things first." Eijiro gave an eager fist pump, "We've got to get you in the best shoes in the world."
"Wait…you mean?" Izuku blinked as Eijiro grinned and slapped an eager palm to Izuku's shoulder.
"That's right Bro…crocs!" Eijiro was damn near sparkling with eagerness "They're the manliest shoes around!"
-Momo-
"…Did he just…?" Momo whispered while gaping as she, Mina, and Kyoka listened in on the boys through some spy equipment she made with her quirk.
"Damnit Kiri." Mina slapped a palm to her face, "Why do you insist on wearing those things?!"
"Why are we following the boys again?" Kyoka asked with a frown "I have to get ready for my job interview."
"Because this is an Izuku outing." Momo explained seriously even as she hastily had to pack up the gear when the boys started moving again, "And things seem to always happen, on an Izuku outing."
"I just got teased by my parents who thought Boss and I were dating." Kyoka protested, her cheeks and ears still turning red at the thought.
"And him putting the fear of whatever deities exist into the girls who were making fun of you at the Barbeque place you all went to afterward." Momo deadpanned, pointing out the story that Kyoka had told them upon their return.
"Then when he went to that party with Yaomomo he defended her honor so thoroughly an Ambassador had to retire to save face." Mina added in helpfully.
"And when he went to that arcade with Mina he publicly humiliated a self-proclaimed 'mafia boss' and got the tiny cretin to lose a great deal of money." Momo didn't bat an eye as she picked up the conversation again.
"And he set Principal Nezu on him once we got back." Mina shuddered, having never realized how sadistic or possessive their headmaster was. Turns out the tiny Hero was as protective and possessive of his students as a dragon was of their horde.
"Okay, okay, I get it!" Kyoka relented as Mina gave a silent cheer, "But I have to ask. Are you sure you're not just doing this to make sure no girls try approaching Boss to flirt with him without another female confidant around him?" Momo's response was admittedly unintelligible gibberish.
"Girls, focus!" Mina hissed as they continued to sneak after the duo, "Following our boys now, teasing Yaomomo later!"
"Mina!" Momo hissed in betrayal as they managed to follow the two to a shoe store unnoticed, the two greeted by a very pretty and very 'top heavy' salesclerk.
"Yaomomo, listening gear out!" Mina insisted as Kyoka sighed.
"This is just you two making sure other girls don't come after your crushes." The punk rock girl groaned.
-Izuku-
"Sup Yumi!" Eijiro grinned at the salesgirl who grinned back.
"Hey there Kirishima." The now named Yumi nodded to Eijiro, "Back for another pair already?"
"Not this time." Eijiro slapped his back, "I'm getting my man here some of the best shoes around!"
"Only you dude." Yumi snorted amused "Regular or those 'special ones' of yours?"
"Both of course." Eijiro grinned as Izuku felt utterly lost.
"Um…I still don't really get what's going on." Izuku admitted as Yumi blinked before snorting.
"Trust Kirishima not to bother explaining anything first." The girl teased the now grumbling redhead.
"Why is everyone picking on me today." Eijiro grumbled even as he and Yumi led Izuku to a section of the store with various crocs of different colors and patterns.
"Because you make it so easy." Yumi grinned, ruffling Eijiro's hair like one would a little sibling, "Trust me Green, Kirishima here's gonna make you go gray. You should hear the wild plans he put together trying to make me confess to the girl I'm dating nowadays."
-Mina-
"…She has a girlfriend." Mina tried not to let her relief at that show.
"Yes, she does, so I doubt she has any wicked designs on the boys' 'virtue' or whatever." Kyoka rolled her eyes, "Seriously guys, they're big boys. We can trust them on their own." Kyoka paused before giving them both a look "Wait a minute…Momo, you told me you didn't get to really spend time with people your age growing up…are you making up for not getting to play spy as a kid?"
"…I admit nothing." Momo tried to look refined before her eyes widened, "They're paying, quick, hide!"
-Izuku-
"Well bro, here we are!" Eijiro grinned as they stood before a partially cleaned beach that was cosplaying as a dump.
"Dagoba Municipal Beach?" Izuku read a heavily graffitied sign.
"Started coming here a few months before UA." Eijiro explained as he gestured to the cleared section, "It was good training to haul off the various junk and it feels good seeing the beach get restored ya know!"
"Yeah, yeah I get that." Izuku nodded as he looked at the glistening waves that could just be seen over the mountains of trash.
"So, I also spoke to Aizawa-Sensei who helped me fill out…these!" Eijiro whipped out a couple passes, "Official authorization for us to use our quirks as we help clear out all this junk!" Eijiro was exceptionally proud of himself.
"…Wait what?!" Izuku blinked before grabbing the pass with his name on it and began reading the information. It was official authorization from UA permitting him to use his quirk within the bounds of Dagoba Municipal Beach to assist in gathering and removing trash. The permission also stated they were allowed to use it to haul the trash to the closest dump should the need arise.
"It's part of why I had you get the crocs." Eijiro was already locking his bag into a set of lockers that were nearby "One of em is just a regular pair but the other are special industrial crocs! They're much more durable and they can 'stretch' with transformation quirks, kinda like our gym uniforms."
"You had this planned from the start." Izuku laughed, Eijiro knowing he'd be more than willing to do some community service.
"And Mina says I can't be sneaky." Eijiro grinned proudly before hardening "Now come on bro, let's get to it! I'm pretty sure I saw a whole ass truck buried in the scrap last time I was here. I'll clear the stuff around it while you go 'Thor' mode and haul it out!"
"Maybe if it's salvageable we can repair it." Izuku grinned, transforming in a swirl of cerulean flames, setting Mjolnir down on the sand "Or sell it or something."
"Hey, I hadn't thought of that!" Eijiro blinked in surprise at the suggestion.
"Never Change little star!" Izuku laughed, slapping his large gut that his Thor form had, feeling the constant jubilation that he did every time he became the Strength.
"Dude I'm taller than you are normally!" Eijiro protested as they went to town on the trash, focusing on the truck first.
-Kyoka-
Stomach rumbling, Kyoka remained hidden with Momo and Mina, silently swearing to never let those two talk her into this again as she watched the boys sitting down to eat. "Can we please go now?" Kyoka groaned, the smell from the Chinese place making her stomach rumble, "Or at least go inside?" this Aiya place looked like it had great food.
"No." Mina hissed before her eyes widened, "Oh shit not those guys."
"What guys?" Momo followed Mina's gaze.
"That group there, I recognize the big guy." Mina scowled "They used to bully Kiri a lot when we were growing up."
-Eijiro-
Idly noting the bell at the door ringing, Eijiro didn't bother looking as he focused on the Menu options, "Man, so many good options!" he was near salivating "I don't know what to get, what about you bro?"
"This Mega Beef Bowl thing sounds good." Izuku looked at one of the options before pouting "Wha-? Only available as a special challenge on rainy days? Booo. Alright, let's see."
"They make really good Mapo Tofu." He offered to his friend, "It's spicy though. I'm going with the low mein."
"I haven't had spicy food for a while, I think I'll go with the Tofu." Izuku nodded with a grin as they placed their order and relaxed, looking around the restaurant.
"I still cant believe the condition of that truck." Eijiro shook his head, idly noting some bullies from his old school a few tables away but put them out of his mind.
"I know." Izuku groaned, "People are so dumb. But I texted Aizawa-Sensei and he promised to find the proper forms we'd need to claim it since the thing was abandoned."
"Having a working truck will make hauling that junk easier." Eijiro nodded with a grin as their food got out to them quickly. The old bullies going from his mind as they clearly didn't recognize him with confidence and red hair.
-Izuku-
"Hey guys." Izuku grinned at the girls who were collapsed on the couch, looking exhausted "What'd we miss?"
-Omake-
-Izuku-
Adjusting the costume his girlfriend had helped him put together, Izuku double checked the fake tattoo on the back of his hand. Mina had wanted to go to a convention in full cosplay together and he had to admit it did sound fun. He was still rather new to the game Mina had pulled their costumes from though so he didn't know much.
"Oh Izuku!" hearing his girlfriend's teasing voice Izuku did his best to mentally prepare himself as he turned around, only for his tongue to catch in his throat as he saw Mina's cosplay outfit.
The vivacious pinkette struck a pose, "I'm going as the Quetzalcoatl to your 'Master'." Mina grinned teasingly as Izuku's blood waged a civil war on which direction to go.
"M-M-Mina." Izuku gulped as his girlfriend danced and sashayed over.
"Oh, is something wrong 'Master'?" Mina leaned in, smirking happily at his current state "Something going through your mind? Planning to use a 'command seal' on me?" Izuku was running out of blood in his brain as he tried, and failed, to stop his imagination from following the implied tangent.
Mina's cackling didn't help but he wouldn't trade his Sun for anything.
AN: Yes, the costumes are supposed to be Fujimura and Quetzalcoatl from Fate Grand Order.