Once back at the dorms. Ciana got to work on making sure she had everything for the afternoon. Setting up the kitchen for later use with a spring in her step, somewhat nervous and excited about the idea of not just cooking her special meal but to also teach it to a few, primarily Kirishima, Yaoyorozu, and now Shoto. Once she felt it was an appropriate time to start her work, she called for her 'apprentices' to join her at the kitchen bar.
"Ready when you are, chef!" Kirishima salute jokingly.
"I hope I can assist at the very least," Yaoyorozu bowed her head politely.
Shoto just nodded for Ciana to begin her lesson.
Now in the kitchen with her apron on and a rolling pin in hand, Ciana kept her smile intact as she began her lesson. "Alright everyone! Listen up, first task isn't too hard so watch closely." Having a bowl, a whisk, a cup of water, yeast, salt, flour, honey and egg. Ciana begins their lesson.
"First off what you want to do to make the dough, add 2 teaspoons of the yeast as well as the honey." Ciana now spilled them both into the bowl, going slowly so they could do the same. "Then 1 teaspoon of salt, 11/3 cups of warm water, make sure you eye the measuring closely before pouring it in, once that's done you put 3 to 3 1/2 cups of flour. After that you carefully crack the egg and pour the inside in and discard the shell, Once you have that done I'll show you what to do next once the dough is all made up." She now stood by as she watched her friends closely.
Doing as instructed, they focused on their setups while Ciana worked on her own, eyeing their progress carefully. Yaoyorozu looked a little hesitant to start but quickly followed her instructions to the letter. Shoto silently did the same, though he was noticeably slower with his measuring. Kirishima made a strange face as he stared at his measurements too, but smirked when he felt he was correct, and by far, was the fastest to start working on mixing everything together. The trio handled their share at various levels from what Ciana could see.
"This isn't too hard," Kirishima commented, effortlessly mixing the lot together.
Ciana smiled at her friend's work, she didn't rush so she made sure to wait for everyone before moving on. "Nice Kirishima, very impressive how you got the first part done." She smiled and gave her friend the thumbs up. "Once you're all done adding them all in, this is the easiest part so all you have to do is carefully mix the bowl until everything looks all nice, hard and doughy."
"Huh...?" Shoto blinked, mixing slowly as he tried to imagine what she meant. From what he knew, it meant he had to form one mass without any impurities... he thinks.
Yaoyorozu seemed to have no issues, her focus unbreakable as she listened carefully. Kirishima, again, went forward confidently with his work, speeding up to whisk his bowl into dough faster, though this meant his face and hands got slightly peppered with flour. While they worked, a few on the sofas eyed them curiously.
"It's like watching a baking show," Sato commented, more so proficient in baking then what they were doing.
"Kinda weird seeing Todoroki of all people actually agreeing to this, must've been very persuasive," Sero noted too with a nod.
"Kiri's really making a mess of himself though," Ashido giggled.
Over by the kitchen, the trio had caught up with Ciana, their mixture complete.
Ciana couldn't help but giggle how some of her friends got a little messy, she didn't pay much to mind with her other friends who were watching as she was more focused on her students. "Nice job everyone! Okay, now that you got the dough all together and rough, next you take it out and form it into a nice big ball." She demonstrates by doing what she said, her sleeves rolled up as Ciana forms the dough with her hand.
"Then, lay it on the table." Now grabbing a rolling pin as she sets it at the tip of the dough. "After all that, you just roll the dough until it's nice, round and flat." Again she demonstrates slowly by rolling the dough a few times to form it as a neat flat round disk.
"Right," They chime and begin to do so.
This step had various degrees of accuracy. Ciana had hers ready and waiting as she eyed the others. Kirishima seemed to struggle a bit, his formed a semi perfect circle, a few wobbly edges but Ciana pointed it out, "Try to make it a bit thinner in the middle, try to smooth out the bumps,"
"Ah, right, gotcha!" He quickly got to work again.
Yaoyorozu had hers in a near perfect form, even enough for the edge to be a little chunky too. She smiled proudly at her work. Over by Shoto... his was... something. The shape was correct but it was very uneven in places, some points too thin, making it lopsided.
Even if some looked messy, theirs still had a nice shape to be good enough, nodding and smiling proud at her friends work. "Don't worry about making it too perfect, it's never that easy at first to get the shape right but you done good enough to make it work."
She smiled, then began to move on by grabbing a tomato can of tomato sauce. "Alright now, all you gotta do is just open your can, grab a spoon and carefully spread the sauce in the middle of your pizza." Ciana demonstrates by careful dipping in the sauce and pouring them around in the middle of the pizza. "Make sure they don't hit the edges when you do and not to add too much."
This had their progress slow somewhat, judging how much or how little there was before feeling satisfied with the sauce. Overall, it was the simplest part as Ciana returned from the fridge with their toppings, and a list with various names. They had five pizzas, Ciana having made another while the others worked. If the sizes of each were correct, they should turn out with enough slices for people to have two each. On her list, the averages were drawn.
Cheese pizza, ham pizza, pepperoni pizza were the three top pulls. And there would be extra toppings if anyone wanted to add their own afterward.
"Okay, depending on what you like most on your pizza you can add your own toppings if you want. If you want to put sausages on your pizza you just slice it up and place them in the middle, when you're done adding your toppings then have your cheeses ready." Now having the cheese and a shredder in hands, using another bowl as Ciana does her next demonstration. "For the cheese you just carefully shred it to make little groups of bits." Ciana carefully shows how it's done, shredding little strings that fall into the bowl.
Once Ciana thought she had made enough, she put down the shredder and grabbed the bits of cheese with her fingers. "Then like the sauce, you just carefully spread it in the middle of the pizza." Now sprinkling the bits of cheese around the pizza, so far so good looking.
"Hey, did any you guys want something specific?" Kirishima asked over to the sofas.
"So long as it won't poison us, do whatever!" Ashido waved back. Though that comment left them feeling a little on edge about if their pizzas would be good.
This part led to quite the distinct contrast. For Kirishima, he decided to go with a mixture that literally made a Meat Feast, everything from pepperoni, sausage, ham, and chicken before adding just mozzarella on top. For Yaoyorozu, she combined two types of cheese, the one previously seen for Kirishima's and red cheddar, but she added more for a cheesy pizza. And Shoto's was quite the combination, peppers, chicken, and pepperoni with a relatively even amount of all four cheeses Ciana bought, by his furrowed brow, he was really considering his choices.
Ciana didn't make any complaints as they thought their versions looked really good, as for Cianas own choice… she just added cheese and sausages. "For my final lesson if you want to add more flavor…" now taking out the basil plant, cutting up some of the leaves to sprinkle it on her own food. "Just spread out some of the basil leaves."
Now having it ready, Ciana opens the oven to carefully slip her own pizza inside. "Then you just set it for 15 to 20 minutes and you're all done." She leaves it open so the rest of her friends can place their own food inside to cook.
"We have three shelves so it should only take roughly 30 to 40 minutes," Yaoyorozu spoke up, adding the finishing touch like Ciana said, then smiled happily. "Ooh, this is fun to make, especially since I've only ever had this on a rare occasion,"
"I hope mine comes out alright though, I loaded it with meat for the best amount of flavour possible!" Kirishima clenched his fist with a small pump. "What about you, Todoroki?"
"Hm, I decided on what I thought looked best," He replied as the pair glanced at his wonky pizza.
"It's a little uneven but hey, I trust Finley's instructions," Kirishima raised a thumb to her while using a cloth to wipe the stains off his skin.
Ciana went to wash her hands as well, it turned out to be a lot of fun cooking with her friends. Especially that Todoroki joined in to help which made her really happy to see. "Like I said no one starts out perfect, that's why you just keep practicing, mine didn't come out perfect the first time I started out. But yours should still be good enough to eat Todoroki, I'm actually impressed you did so well on your first try."
She praised her friend happily, she made sure to still call him by his last name in case it adds confusion to their other friends. Ciana will probably be more open, calling him by his first when not many are around to witness.
"I did?" He still wasn't certain but in nearly an hour they'd see the results of their work.
"Well, we'll certainly have a crowd of judges to impress," Kirishima chuckled, knowing their friends would be eagerly waiting.
"For now, let's work on cleaning down while we wait," Yaoyorozu suggested, standing by the sink.
"Sure/On it!" The boys replied in two contrasting tones.
While Ciana was happy to have given them a lesson on how to make pizza, she took a sip from her water when her phone on the counter went off. Picking it up, she had received a text from Izuku, rather, three of them. The first two were numbers, the third explained why. 'I never got to give you these, but Kendo wanted me to give you hers and Yuuki's numbers. She said getting Yuuki's was tricky but she agreed. Kendo's is the first, Yuuki's second. Sorry I forgot, love you'.
Ciana stared pretty wide-eyed at the numbers Izuku gave her, not just that Kendo wanted to keep in touch but Yuuki too? Maybe Yuuki is finally starting to warm up to her to want her number, smiling warmly at this but also from the last thing Izuku wrote to her… giggling just from the affectionate text. "I guess I'm starting to shed some light for everyone after all, glad to know we're gaining more friends in UA."
Once Ciana was cleaned up she took a seat at the counter and held her phone to put in the new numbers she was given, but also sent out a text to her boyfriend.
[Ciana] I never guessed they want to keep in touch but thanks for the numbers! If you ever come back we got a lot of pizza we cooked up, Todoroki even joined in too so it became a lot of fun. Hope to see you soon. ❤️
Her phone buzzed again.
[Izuku] Really? Guess he's doing better now which is great. I'll probably be back in 40 minutes, give or take
[Izuku] And my Mom says Hi
Ciana smiled a little wider at the hello his mom said, tapping her fingers away to type out her next text.
[Ciana] Sounds like your mom's smothering you if she kept you back that long… which is cute, and also hi to her as well!
She giggles at her teasing little text, Izuku's mom must have been really worried to keep her son back late. Hopefully she didn't flood the apartment with her tears again when her son first showed up.
[Izuku] You have no idea... I'll see you soon
With that, all Ciana had to do was wait for hers and her friends' efforts to cook.
[Transition]
After nearly an hour, the class gathered around the dining tables set with drinks and the several pizzas made for them all, alongside extra toppings in bowls. All of them looked around hungry. Out of them all, only two didn't look entirely perfect, that being Shoto's and Kirishima's, but they were still cooked properly by Ciana's inspection.
"These look and smell awesome!" Kaminari practically drooled.
"You guys are the best, thank you~!" Hagakure hugged Yaoyorozu and Ciana tightly between them.
"Your skills show, very impressive," Tokoyami complimented with a curt nod.
Ciana was surprised by the sudden group hug, especially the invisible girl. She really wished she knew what she looked like… but kept her warm smile and wasn't bothered by it. "Thanks everyone! We really gave it our all to put together something good, I hope you guys really like what we made!"
Ciana helps out by cutting the slices of pizza her friends put together, hoping they will like her version of pizza and hopes especially that Todoroki enjoys his version.
"Thank you for the meal!" Everyone announced before deciding on which two slices to have. Of course, in realizing that with each pizza rewarding eight slices each roughly, that gave 40 pieces, so Ciana had quickly whipped up another while the others were cooking with what ingredients they had left, so it was smaller but there was a sixth cheese pizza to cover for that.
The six pies were quickly reduced as everyone grabbed them and a drink to sit down and enjoy the evening. From the reactions, the group got their reviews. "Gotta hand it to you, Yaomomo, this is really good," Jiro perked up, pointing with her jack as she ate the rich girl's pizza.
"I'll say, this hits the spot!" Kirishima grinned, licking his lips.
"Thank you, I had a great teacher!" Yaoyorozu blushed a bit from the praise, happy they're enjoying it.
"Believe it or not, but despite how it looks, Todoroki's ain't half bad," Sero noted, nodding his head.
"Shape aside, it's good," Tsu responded in kind.
"Mmm~! It's like a real Meat Feast!" Ashido beamed, chewing her slice so fast it was almost gone.
"It has a lot of flavour," Shoji replied to Kirishima who ate away at his own and Ciana's, the latter's making him tear up.
"It's so good~!" He gulped, quickly biting into it again. "We followed your instructions to the letter too, yet mine and yours are completely different!"
"What the heck did you put on this?" Mineta asked, while a few others shared his curious gaze at the ravenette.
Ciana was very flustered by not only the praises but all the eyes on her, Ciana began to play with her long hair in a very flustered and shy manner as she was now sitting down with the rest of her friends. "I-it's not much, I-I just added some basil for a topping. Herbs usually make foods more tasty so that's what basically makes it more special."
Now freeing her hand to scratch her cheek. "But also adding honey in the dough gives it more pizazz too, that's how my dad likes to put it." She made a pun and chuckled at her dad's pun to his special meal.
Several groaned at the joke. "Did you seriously just make a pizza pun?" Jiro looked at Ciana with an exhausted expression, but lightly punched her arm. "Sounds like something my dad would say, ugh," The musician shivered as a few then laughed in response.
"Please no dad jokes," Ashido chuckled a bit. "They're not very punny,"
That earned two pillows straight to the face from opposite ends of the seating area.
These reactions just caused her to laugh, tears appearing in her eyes how much fun she was having. Quickly wiping her tears away as Ciana still smiled. "Depends on how you look at it…" she giggles again, hoping they will have enough slices left for Izuku and Bakugo if he ever comes back.
Now eyeing the class prince as Ciana leaned to the side to eye her icy hot friend. "So what do you think, Todoroki? Does it taste as good as it smells?" Ciana was curious what he thought of her dad's recipe.
Her moving her head had Ciana avoid a pillow of shame herself as Shoto looked at her, then to his plate. "The thinner spots were a little burnt at the edges, but it was fine," Then he added. "If you don't mind, I think I'll pass this along to my sister,"
That was enough for Ciana to perk up her smile more, she could tell that meant that he liked it which brought a lot of warmth in her heart. "Sure! I have the recipe written down for everyone so you're welcome to take note of it too."
She really felt happy and glad Todoroki is perking up more, Ciana wished she could call her dad and tell him his recipe really brought a lot of smiles to her friends faces. Hopefully next time she can write to him again, Ciana yelped when she saw another pillow coming as she quickly had to duck her head below the table. "Come on, be careful where you guys throw! You'll end up knocking over the food." Ciana playfully retorts as her head was now hiding halfway under the table.
It's a good thing Bakugo wasn't here at this moment or it might be possible he wanted to compete in a rough pillow fight…
Roughly ten minutes later, the front doors opened and from around the corner came the mop-top of curly greenish-black hair. "Hi, sorry I'm a bit late back," Izuku waved nervously.
Ciana really perked up when she took notice of Izuku coming back, bringing her bright smile back as she stood up. "Izuku! You're just in time, we just started to serve the food. Any longer and you could have missed any leftovers." She teases, happy to see him back as she secretly missed him.
Setting his bag down at the side, he quickly moved over to the spare seat beside Ciana which he was grateful for, looking enthralled by the small selection left. "I'm surprised you have any left, your pizza's really good, how did everyone else's go?" He was curious to see since the majority seemed to have vanished by now. Leaving two slices of Ciana's thanks to her extra pizza, one from Kirishima's, and one from Todoroki's.
She sat back down now next to him, looking proud of her friend's work. "Theirs came out pretty good themselves, maybe some were a bit messy but other than that, theirs tasted just as good. It turned out to be a lot of fun when we cooked too. I'll have to thank Bakugo again when he comes back… he's made some really good recommendations for the supplies I needed."
She happily praised her explosive friend even if he wasn't here. The guy keeps impressing her more and more with what he knows beside combat and quirks.
As Izuku grabbed those that remained of her friends, as well as the bonus third from Ciana's, he took a bite of Kirishima's first, nodding to himself as his eyes widened, "Mm, this is really tasty, several types of meat too and not too much of either which really helps balance out the flavour,"
"Hey, thanks man!" Kirishima waved from his side.
Gulping, he blinked at Ciana. "Wait, Kacchan helped you? So he was out too?"
"Hm?" Ciana forgot that she didn't mention their explosive friend was with her when she went shopping, now perking up when recalling that detail. "Yeah actually, he was in the same store I went to shop at with his mom. Though while I was there I was getting eyed and stalked by some people who recognized me on tv…" Ciana shivered remembering that, forgetting she was on tv during the festival.
"So I ended up tagging along during their errands, when I told him what I was doing he recommended some really good stuff. Bakugo was really helpful and I actually enjoyed being able to spend some time with him, plus he's a good bodyguard too." She giggled, also recalling some people were scared of the guy due to his behavior but also his mom too… Ciana really enjoyed her time with them.
"I... see," Izuku processed that for a moment. Ciana really seemed to be getting along with Katsuki, probably far beyond what he could do. "I get it, I was basically interrogated on the train ride back by so many people it was a little overwhelming," Taking a bite out of Shoto's pizza, Izuku gave some pause before answering. "The base is a little dry but other than that, the choice for toppings was a really great change of pace from just a basic cheese pizza, I like it,"
"Ah, thank you," Shoto replied curtly.
Ciana kept her smile intact hearing Shoto getting praised by his own cooking, he must be happy about it behind that calm and cool face. "I'm sure your sister will be very impressed with what you cooked up Todoroki." She comments as she guessed his sister would be surprised he made something himself.
"Though next time I go out I probably should wear a disguise to avoid people watching me again… Bakugos mom even noticed I been clawed on tv… that's kinda embarrassing knowing how others seen me lose a fight." Ciana now rubbed her neck awkwardly, really hoping they didn't view her as a loser…
"I think you did great, you both held even ground before Yuuki took advantage of you," Ashido replied, leaning back on her chair. "Sucks you lost but you got further than a lot of us,"
"We'll see after tomorrow seeing as internship requests will be given to us," Izuku reminded his downtrodden girlfriend. He sweatdropped a bit, he didn't do much better, tanking a blast to the face after basically taunting his opponent for going all out.
"Right, I heard everyone talking about that here lately…" Ciana grabbed her own slice now to take a bite of it, looking toward Izuku with a curious expression. "What's that all about anyways? Is it kinda like a career day when you experience a work environment?" Ciana now asks, thinking it might be similar but more a heroic crime fighting job.
"Basically yes; students after the sports festival are given requests from heroes and their agencies to work alongside them for field experience, and some even can be brought back for Work Studies but those are much later into our school career," Izuku pointed for emphasis, "Based on how well a number of us did in the Sports Festival, we'll likely have a number of requests,"
"Of course, if you're like a handful of us who botched it at the beginning we'll probably end up with none at all," Kaminari bemused, sipping his drink.
"That's because you shorted out your brain and let a girl shove you to the ground," Jiro noted with a snicker.
"I-I didn't want to go easy on her! She's a freakin' monster!" Kaminari shot back, referring to Yuuki.
"Wouldn't let her hear you call her that~" Hagakure sang.
"I would say she's more of a feisty cat than a monster… I mean when you get on a cat's nerves then they can get pretty hissy…" She chuckled after saying that, Yuuki definitely is a tough cat to tame.
"But that's really cool, so we'll be working with other pro hero's or something like that? Would that mean you get to work with All Might Izuku?" She asks her hero, knowing Izuku is All Might successor so it makes sense he would do a job with him.
"I-I'm not sure, I mean, if he's working at UA he'd have his hands full," Izuku excused, "Besides, i-if anyone had a chance it would be those in the top three of the festival,"
"Man, Bakugo's so lucky then..." Kirishima groaned a bit, "Although, with how he reacted to being given a medal from the guy, I dunno if that'll happen at all,"
"Ah, imagine actually doing an internship with All Might!? That would be amazing!" Hagakure waved wildly.
"Yes, the one-to-one experience in the field would be invaluable," Yaoyorozu nodded in agreement.
Little did everyone know, two of them had that experience for half a year.
"All Might is pretty cool from what I witnessed from him, I noticed he inspired so many people to become hero's like him. I see why it is an honor for anyone to work with him." She smiled and thought highly of the top hero as well, even though his civilian side looks scrawny and ill, he's clearly very strong and wise at heart. Caring about the world around him, which is what Ciana really admired about the hero everyone loves.
"I do wonder what the other pro hero's are like as well, I mean I'm aware of our teachers but there's still other hero's I don't know about. Would be really cool to know more about them, but I just hope I don't wind up seeing Endeavor cuz I already know what he's like…" recalling the guy who hurt Todoroki over the years made her feel her own anger toward the guy, but weirdly… a little concerned about him too. If he truly wanted to be a real hero then Ciana felt he had to witness what a true hero's dedication is, her gaze going down her lap as she was now thinking of this hotheaded man.
"Bah! Enough about school and stuff, tomorrow we're going to the beach, so look alive!" Ashido dispelled any notion of work with a grin as she pointed to Ciana. "You're totally coming with us to buy some things for the afternoon too!" She winked, knowing they had to buy swimsuits but rather no fuel a certain someone's perverted mind.
"When will we meet up? Just after lunch?" Izuku asked, wanting to be sure they had a set time in place or if it was just showing up around that time.
Ciana perked up in surprise and blush a bit when her pink friend pointed to her, especially the wink knowing that meant she had to look good for Izuku… looking to her boyfriend next to her quickly then back in front of them as her blush became a little darker shyly. "I-I guess so… we'll probably take our time when we're at the mall."
Cianas hand went to the back of her head flusteredly as she began to scratch it. "You guys going to head towards there too or do your own thing here before heading to the beach?" She now asks the boys, wondering if they will come to the mall also to prepare for their fun trip.
"Hm, nah, I'll probably grab stuff along the way, drinks and snacks are a must," Kirishima replied, a few of the boys nodding.
"I know some places we can stop by closest to the beach," Izuku pointed out, nodding subtly to Ciana, hoping she'd enjoy the free time with the other girls. "Unless anyone needed something specific, stores near the beach sell a wide variety of things we'd want for the day,"
"...dammit, Midoriya, this was the perfect chance to-" Tsu's tongue instantly smacked Mineta from across the room, knocking him off his seat as she retracted it quickly.
"Someone's playing a dangerous game, considering Green Bean here whipped you in your place," Jiro smirked with a sharp glare toward Mineta. "The perv aside, guess we'll meet up at the beach then, yeah?"
From that came a unanimous assortment of noises or replies in agreement. Despite Mineta's tone, one small bump wasn't going to derail tomorrow. While the sun lasted, they'd squeeze in one last day of relaxation.
Ciana smiled sheepishly from Mineta usual pervy behavior but chuckled how the guy was disciplined, Izuku would be spending time with the guys and she would be with the girls. Ciana was so eager for the trip, wondering still if Todoroki or even Bakugo will come… either way she will have to find out tomorrow…
Next day came, this time Ciana slept in her room to avoid possibly… going overboard with Izuku… Ciana still didn't want to take the risk of someone one day overhearing them… but even if she didn't have his presence around, Ciana was snuggled with her green rabbit he won her which was enough… As soon as Ciana was awake, she already had her day clothes put together for a nice outing with her gal friends, wondering what the guys will be doing in the meantime… if Bakugo is back then she will check to see if he will come or not, same for Todoroki.
Her clothes now on and her hair and teeth brushed up… with her usual smile intact, Ciana left her room and closed the door behind her. Now making her way down the stairs to meet up with everyone…
Once downstairs, the girls were all ready and waiting. Jiro was the first to hear Ciana coming, handing her a cup of tea that Yaoyorozu had prepared. "Morning; while I'm not much for waking up early, when you have the threat of Ashido and Hagakure banging on your door it can make the body work wonders at low power," She said while sipping a coffee in her hands with a satisfied sigh. Then, in a lower voice, she added. "You didn't come from Cabbage's room this time,"
Ciana giggled at her friend's comment, thanking her for the usual cup of tea as she took a seat at the counter to take a few sips of it. "I think it was a good call, knowing the pervy duo in this building… it's probably best we sneak out early in case they decide to tag along and spy on us… for all I know, they could be coming up with another scheme from how eager Ball boy looked the other day." Ciana comments with a sheepish smile, knowing that guy won't give up no matter what.
"After Greenie put the fear of God into him, you can bet he'll not make comments about you if in earshot, probably goes double for us, so hey, bonus," Jiro tried to smile but she was still trying to wake up. "Yo, Ashido, you said we'd leave in five right?"
Over by the sofas, Ashido was looking through her backpack before raising an 'OK' sign.
"So yeah, ETA, five minutes, yaaay," Jiro rolled her eyes, rubbing them soon after.
"At least we got some time to relax, I actually have been trying to decide if I should get a bikini or a one piece… I guess I'm a little on edge that those weirdos will do something dumb like what Tsu told me what he did to her…" freeing one hand to rub the back of her neck awkwardly while sitting up more, Ciana been having a hard time deciding which kind of swimsuit she should go for…
"Want me to be blunt?" Jiro asked, as Ciana nodded slowly. "Ditch the one piece, not unless you find one that's actually not weird looking; Ashido and Hagakure are gonna give you the whole rundown on why you need a two piece but here's my take, it's comfortable and that perv can't do shit but stare from a distance, sure, it's annoying as hell, but he's got enough brains to not do anything that'll end with him being done for harassment, and he's already flirting that line dangerously," She scoffed, nudging Ciana's shoulder. "Besides, one day won't hurt? Believe me, I'm not at all sure of what I'll be wearing so hey, we'll be awkward together,"
Ciana blushed very shyly and scratched her cheek while giving off a flustered smile, if they are going to look the same then it wouldn't hurt to join in. "W-well when you put it that way… I-I guess I can just stick with a bikini, I'll at least have something in my purse to prepare myself if the leach tries anything… it'll sting but hopefully the message will get across…" Ciana giggled a little sinisterly, basically hinting she's carrying around pepper spray. Definitely determined to keep her dignity…
"Huh, I just got these," Jiro wiggled her jacks in the air. "Pretty good at blinding, plus, we can just ask Sero for tape if we need to leave the runt out to roast," The pair chuckled at the self-defence measures before Yaoyorozu clapped lightly to grab their attention.
"If everyone's ready, we should leave now to avoid being stuck for a train to the shopping center," The Vice Rep rallied as they all quickly grabbed their things to head out ahead of the boys.
As they did, a message popped up on Ciana's screen, bringing a smile to her face. From Izuku, it read; 'have fun'.
This not only brought a warm smile to her but wondered if Izuku was secretly watching, chuckling as she now sent a quick text back.
[Ciana] Thanks! Hope you have a good time yourself! ❤️
Ciana wrote out as she was tagging along with the girls out to the train, she began to wonder now how Izuku will react to her in a swimsuit… already she was blushing a bit imagining his reaction and maybe a bit shy at the thought too. "H-hopefully i don't give the guy a nose bleed…" Ciana quietly commented to herself as she let out a giggle after saying that.
[Transition]
"We've arrived!" Ashido swung her arms wide, leading the pack to the already busy shopping center with a massive glass overhang roof above, as the long line of shops extended out of view to the right slightly on two floors.
A massive shopping mall was probably bigger than any back home for Ciana. Shops stretching far as she could see through the crowds. Far as what Uraraka filled Ciana in on, the place was massive to fit the demands of specified clothing and household items given the vast array of Quirks, so places such as this mall were, in Uraraka's words, 'Unbelievably Massive'. It was enough to make the ravenette's head spin slightly, her eyes spinning.
Ciana definitely couldn't believe her eyes, she knew malls are usually big but never this massive… it looked like a place a person could easily get lost as she gazed around with wide eyes. "Whoa… I-I wasn't expecting a mall to be this huge! It looks so… endless." Ciana definitely makes a note never to come here alone, feeling like she would get easily lost here.
"I never knew malls like this existed… feels like you can actually camp out here if we wanted to." She wouldn't be too surprised if people actually did that here by how wide this mall looked.
"I know, right? You couldn't see all of it in one day!" Uraraka laughed a bit. "But we're only making a few stops, Yaoyorozu and Ashido have us covered, right?"
"Yes ma'am!" Ashido saluted next to Yaoyorozu. "Ready to go, Yaomomo?"
"Yes, let's get the important step cleared first, our swimsuits," The taller ravenette announced, and again, allowing the pink girl to lead the way through the waves of people.
"It's probably really overwhelming, huh?" Hagakure perked up next to Ciana as a pair of floating clothes as she adjusted her own blue backpack. "Even with maps it's really hard not to get lost looking at everything."
Now eyeing the invisible girl as she walked, well there still wasn't much to see… she still smiled and nodded in response. "No kidding! A place this big would make a good hiking trip through the stores." She jokes with another giggle. "I'm actually kinda surprised your not so overwhelmed with all this space Uraraka since you were so in shock of what the dorm first looked like."
Now her eyes on her gravity friend, remembering back when they were first introduced to the dorm the girl was so taken back by all the wide space around her.
"Ah, haha, well... When I first came here, it felt like I was suffering from motion sickness just looking at the sheer size of this place. Since my family has had it rough with income, like I told you, seeing super expensive or spacious places most would find normal is always a bit of a shock to me," Uraraka admitted, tapping her fingers together with a sheepish smile. "But, I've come here a few times, so it's no biggie now."
"Still I can't blame you, I just grew up in a small building in the city so not like I'm used to all this luxury either." She cheerfully replied, it's still so much of a shock for Ciana getting special treatment like this with all her friends. "I've mostly been spending my shopping at flea markets, since I've been given an allowance and I try not to spend too much…"
"Which is why I do not mind helping you if your price goes over a certain amount," Yaoyorozu replied as they seemed to be closing in on a certain store by Ashido's pointing. Ciana returned her surprised look to Yaoyorozu as she in turn smiled. "Really, it is no issue for me, I certainly wouldn't be putting a dent into my own allowance."
"I-I really appreciate the gesture but I couldn't ever ask you to do that, wouldn't feel right if I asked a friend to spend their money on me… even if they come from a wealthy family." Ciana was very surprised by the offer, but she was never the kind of girl to be greedy. If she had to borrow money then Ciana usually would be determined to pay it back.
"If so, you can simply owe me if back overtime, I don't mind," Yaoyorozu blinked as though it were strange to see someone refusing her offer, "But if you're adamant then I won't push the subject, but know I don't want to see any of you stressing over today,"
"You're the best, Yaomomo!" The girls chimed.
Ciana at least settled on paying her back, smiling more as she settled more on that deal. "Of course! If you're really that insistent then I'll make sure to pay back every cent I can." Ciana looked determined to pay her friend back whenever amount she spends, she felt more at ease knowing she can return the favor.
"Alright, come on, we're burning daylight here!" Ashido yelled to grab their attention, dragging them all into a summer-themed store with a lot of colourful items on sale. Everything from swimwear to hats, cream, sunglasses, and other sorts of items one would need for a day at the beach or simply in the sun itself. Ciana had to give credit to the mall, it really doubled down on the specifics. "Now, let's get to finding the perfect suit, we've got just under three hours to grab what we need so we've got plenty of time."
"But you just said we-" Jiro was silenced by the pinkette's hand. Slowly, Jiro deadpanned and lowered her hand.
"Ashido's really getting into this..." Uraraka chuckled nervously.
"She's got a fire in her eyes I've never seen before, ribbit," Tsu noted, tapping her chin.
"Maybe it's the excitement of shopping with the gals or fun in the sun on the beach soon." She playfully responds, looking around at the store theme… their selections were amazing, it felt like it was already summer just looked at the beach themes around her.
Ciana already took some glances around her to see which one more suited her, already it's becoming a tough decision but she at least had her friends to help her out. "I don't want to wear anything too revealing… but getting a nice sun dress too would be nice to have to wear when I get to the beach…" she comments to herself as the girl brows the racks with a wondrous look on her face…
One eventually caught her eye. It was a teal two piece swimsuit. A pair of short-short swimming trunks with a white waistband and a bra with white straps clipped around the back. Paired with the sandals she spotted on the shelves behind her, it seemed like a good choice, and it wasn't too revealing which she liked.
"Went with that, huh?" Jiro appeared to her right, holding her own choice. "Made mine too, less I think about it, the less likely I am to back out," Hers was a two piece and a golden yellow colour but it was more the standard you'd see for girls. "Not much but I like the colour."
Viewing her own choice, Ciana thought it was more the punk girls style. Smiling and nodding at the pick. "I think it looks pretty you, totally punk rock how you like to put it." She cheerfully used her catchphrase, Ciana had a white sleeveless sundress picked out as well in her hand.
"I rather the guys didn't view me in the wrong places… plus this feels more me, it might not be much but at least it'll be comfortable." Ciana wasn't much of a revealing kind of girl, holding up the sundress Ciana picked out as well. "I have a nice flowing dress to go with it too when we make way for the beach."
"Wouldn't call 'bright yellow' punk rock, but hey, I'm not the fashion-obsessed like those two," Jiro used her jack to point in the direction of Hagakure and Ashido offering two they found to Uraraka and Yaoyorozu, the pair smiling nervously as they tried to coax the pair down. "Best we hurry so they don't try making us wear multiple to see which one is best, no thanks,"
She chuckled, but nodded in agreement. "Yeah we better get a move on then…" something like that sounds like it would take the whole three hours, now heading towards the register to pay for her swimsuit, dress and sandals with Jiro. Cianas glad to have something when the summertime rolls around, she really is looking forward to the years she will spend with her friends as she smiled the whole time.