Hey all!

Sorry for the late update, been kinda hard to write with the smoke in the air caused by the forest fires around here with my asthma.

So starting next week, we have the beginning of the Sports Festival, and once again, we will having a small hiccup when it comes to FFN reviews due to not answering any of them until after we are finished. Granted no idea if people read them or not given how many times I've answered some questions, haha.

Initially, I was going to have one more date chapter (Mina), but figured I'd save that for after the sports festival and bump Momo's second date chapter after Hosu, where things will start to get very... spicy ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

And again, those scenes will be cut in the FFN version since it's generally frowned upon to have smut in stories. However, AO3 will get the uncensored version of those chapters, so... just FYI, you can find me over there under the same username. ;)

Anyway, onto the reviews!

human dragon: Thank you! glad you enjoyed it.

mckertis: I am indeed old enough, however, when this story initially started, and as I have explained in the past, there really wasn't an option to put it in the crossovers (no category). Regardless, aside from that initial person and yourself, no one seems to care. Besides, it is not the ONLY crossover fic "misplaced" on FFN. :)

Blackit tamer: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Nertz to positionals, we goin in hard!

fallendemon248: I've always had a soft spot for Komori tbh, she is a very interesting character, given how she's similar to Izuku where their personalities change between hero work and student. And Edgeshot is not going to unlock Ninja XD, but good guess.

AnimeFan13579: Eri as Dark Knight confirmed ;)

Parsee Jelly: Who, Momo? Yeaaa... a little bit.

PMC-Midnight Mariners: Well, here is the next chapter, and a very good guess about Izuku's personality as a Monk. :D While being strict to a code (the bow to an opponent of equal status) but a pure battle junkie.

Enjoy the chapter and A/N after the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to My Hero Academia and Final Fantasy XIV, they belong to their copyright holders.

Chapter 32

I'll Stand by You

So, you're all probably wondering why I called you here tonight."

That was the first thing Izuku had said within the few minutes after entering Mina's room, with not only the woman mentioned sitting at her desk while Tsuyu, Momo, and Kyoka sitting about on Mina's bed with a deep pink leopard cover on top of bright yellow sheets. The expressions all of them gave him ranged between the four of them, but all of them were some sort of amusement of his corny sentence.

Izuku cleared his throat, feeling the air in the room getting a little too thick for him as he scratched his cheek gently, "Right, dumb thing to say… so, I'm going to guess the first thing to address would be 'why?', right?"

"That would be a good starting point, Kero." Tsuyu spoke up while the others gently nodded their heads in agreement. Kyoka had left the comfort of the bed for Izuku to sit down for the explanation while the punk rocker sat down in a rather large bean bag chair that she nearly was swallowed up in.

After taking his seat on the bed, with Momo and Tsuyu on each side of him, Izuku sighed gently as he collected his thoughts, "Alright, so… first off, Eri's quirk isn't some kind of teleportation one that I told when she and I arrived back at the dorms."

"Yea, we kinda figured that when Mamadoriya basically said she wanted the full story." Mina said with a smirk, causing Izuku to chuckle lightly.

"Yea, can't think up a lie on the fly to save my life, it seems." Izuku smiled gently as the women around him giggled gently, knowing it as truth, "So, just as a heads up, Mom does know about my powers now… kinda had to let her know, given what happened with Eri and where we ended up."

"So, not to derail or anything, but who else knows about this whole "blessing" thing?" Kyoka asked from the bean bag chair, finally sitting in it without it eating her whole.

"Aside from you four? Nezu, Krile, Aizawa, All Might, Mom, and Toshinori… I don't think Eri fully understands it quite yet, but she is still young." Izuku lifted up a single finger with his hands while listing off the names, "I will have to tell the others at SOME point, but for now, I want the group to be small for now, plus I am still not one hundred percent caught up on everything that comes with my power."

"So, yea… Eri… I want you all to know that this will get very ugly, and I can stop if anyone gets sick from it; I honestly was when I witnessed it."

"Before we get into that…." Momo said suddenly, reaching out and taking Izuku's hand and getting his attention, "If Eri's quirk isn't teleportation, what happened in the classroom? And where DID you go?"

Izuku gazed into her eyes as she asked this, clearly seeing the pent-up fear of losing him hidden in those onyx irises of hers; he turned his gaze away to see similar looks with all the girls, even Tsuyu. Sighing gently again, he licked his upper lip as he began to fully explain himself, "What happened in the classroom… well… you all saw Eri holding something, right?" As the girls nodded, he continued, "That was a crystal of light, well… MY crystal of light precisely, it's basically 'proof' I am a Warrior of Light, sort of like a hero license is for the pro's."

"Shouldn't that have, like, been with you since your powers awakened after that sludge villain?" Kyoka asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, however, it didn't actually manifest until Eri stumbled across it. From what I gathered, it was Hydaelyn herself that kept it from me so it would find Eri and bring us together."

"Eri sounds pretty important to Hydaelyn, kero." Tsuyu said with a finger on her chin and tilting her head in thought, "Were you able to figure out why?"

Izuku fidgeted a little, shifting his body on the bed as he looked down to his hands and took a small but deep breath, "Y-yea, apparently, Eri is one of the first humans on Earth to be naturally born with aether... unlike me, who was infused with aether."

"Infused with aether, kero?"

Izuku nodded gently, "Quinn, after a rather brutal fight, chose me to be his successor, I guess… basically, he combined not only his aether but also the aether of the various soul crystals tied to his person at the time to... well…."

"To what, Izuku?" Mina asked, seeing his face go a little pale and fidget more; her own worries were shared amongst the group as they too saw his reaction.

"To… save me… as a baby."

As he spoke those words, all the women's eyes opened wide, realizing what he was referring to. Even Kyoka knew what he was implying, given that the girls had caught her up to speed with the discussion they had with Inko about Izuku's birth.

"You survived the hospital blackout because of Quinn?" Momo asked, her hand close to her chest as she felt her heartache at the thought of Izuku not being with them.

"Y-yea…" Izuku gently nodded before raising his head up quickly, looking to the heiress with dread on his face, "W-wait! H-How did you know about that?"

"Ah… well…" Momo looked away, chuckling gently with a blush on her face, as did Mina and Tsuyu, though the latter was subtler in her blush and amusement.

Kyoka huffed and crossed her arms, not wanting to waste time, "While you were gone, those three kept Inko company and up to date on anything in regards to finding you, just so happened that your mom decided to bring out the photo albums, and from what they said, one particular one that was of you when you were born." Kyoka kept staring at Izuku, though she had a smirk on her lips, "And yes, I plan to have her show me them as well."

Izuku groaned and placed his face into his hands, clearly embarrassed due to his current girlfriend and three other hopefuls seeing some rather embarrassing photos of himself as a toddler in an All Might onesie.

God, he hoped she didn't show Toshinori those.

"Hold on," Kyoka said with a confused look on her face, "Those soul crystals you mentioned, is that why your personality changes depending on the kit?" as she spoke, everyone else, aside from Izuku, had their gazes widen, "If what Nezu told us before was right, then by using the aether within those stones sort of… added the personalities of those who used them before in you?"

All Izuku did was half-heartedly nod his head, "I-I guess? It's still a little weird to explain, honestly… I was going to talk to the dean later about it and see what he thinks."

"And I think we have gone too far off course from the original question." Momo said gently, her hand now in Izuku's and smiling gently as she could see him visibly relax a little, "So, if Eri's quirk isn't the one you said initially, then what is it?"

Looking down at the floor again, Izuku let the silence fill the room as well as his own head in how to adequately explain that very unique quirk of his 'daughter', "... it doesn't have an official name yet, but I'd say 'Rewind' would be a good moniker for now."

"Kero, Rewind?"

"From what I saw, Eri's quirk allows her to rewind a person or anything organic to a previous state… like if she used her quirk on a butterfly, she could turn it back into a caterpillar."

That revelation caused all the girls to gasp, Momo especially since she was immediately thinking of all the good that a quirk like that could do. She was about to blurt out her thoughts when she caught the rather somber look on Izuku's face and was confused as to why he too wasn't as excited as he usually would be when it came to quirks, "Izuku?"

"Hmm? O-Oh sorry… Just... thinking about what happened when Eri's quirk manifested."

"Um… not to be nosey about it, but… what happened?" Mina asked; she too looked worried to see the customarily enthused quirk fanatic barely even moving. Her gaze caught his, and Mina could see the hurt in his eyes, but then he looked to the others and sighed heavily.

What he told them next was far worse than any of the women could comprehend initially, but to be fair...

He did warn them.

Izuku sighed as he gently closed the door to his room quietly, while the topic of how Eri came to UA and what her life was like prior had been a severe and weighty subject matter; Izuku smiled gently to himself before looking over towards the sleeping child in his bed.

It seems his overthinking had gotten the better of him once again when it came to the women in his life, having explained his reasoning for taking on the duties of Eri's surrogate father, due to not only wishing to help Eri recover what was left of her life, but also because he genuinely cared for her and swore that he would do anything to make her happy.

Even if he had to drop out of the hero course to do so.

Izuku also explained that while he jumped into the role relatively quickly, he understood that if it was too much for any of them and they decided to back out of the relationship.

The response? Aside from him having to apologize over and over again when Tsuyu, in her typically blunt way, said that Izuku was an idiot to think that they would just leave him because, while yes, he did take upon the enormous responsibilities needed to be a father figure for a child, they all had been discussed this amongst themselves and came to the decision to help him raise her.

It was clear to them that Eri needed some positive role models in her life. While it would limit how much time they could be together privately, the women all agreed that they cared so much about Izuku that they too would help him raise Eri.

"Besides," Mina had said with a big grin, "Instead of one 'Mama', Eri is going to have four awesome ones!"

Turning his attention to said child, asleep in his bed and curled up close to the giant plushie, Izuku smiled gently to himself before silently moving towards his bathroom to change into his sleepwear and brush his teeth.

As he began to spread the cinnamon-flavored toothpaste onto his All Might colored toothbrush, Izuku's mind began to race with some issues that had risen since leaving Mina's room. While he was overjoyed that they would help him with Eri, he still felt a little guilty in deciding this independently. After all, from what he was taught, big decisions when you're in a relationship are made by both parties to avoid big bombshells like the one he placed on the women just a couple of days prior.

And in truth, he loved Eri, but he also had some doubts that he made the best choice for her sake.

"At least there was a choice this time."

A deep voice within his mind caught Izuku's attention as he looked to the bathroom mirror and gazed upon the visage of Fray staring back at him. The "specter" looked unamused as ever as he had his arms crossed over his chest, "I see things have become more… 'interesting' for the lack of a better term since we last spoke."

"W-what do you mean? Don't you like… know everything I know?"

"Most things, but as time goes on, the aether that sustains my 'consciousness' grows dimmer, and the less I see." Fray spoke lowly, a smirk creeping upon his lips, "I know what you're thinking, boy… and it is nothing you can stop or prevent."

Izuku flinched as the being in the mirror chuckled lowly before gently sighing and turning his head towards the door leading to his room, "Your child is a truly amazing individual for surviving what she did, and even I can feel the presence of her aether."

Izuku took a few steps from the sink to gaze into the room, watching Eri turn over and pulling the plushie over her body with a surprising amount of strength while she slept, "It's why I can't leave her alone, Fray… I could never compare her pain to what I dealt with at her age, but I grew up mostly alone, the only one I had to fall back on was mom, and even then, it wasn't enough."

Izuku turned back towards the mirror, his gaze hardened as he stared at his 'reflection', "I know it would mean I could have to give up my dream to become not only the number one hero but being a pro in general. But I refuse to let that little girl suffer alone anymore."

"And that is why I said at least you have the choice; you could have tried to see if UA would take care of her, or by the twelve, have your mother adopt her. But no, you decided for yourself to take on the responsibility of raising the child. You, the boy who could barely speak to another person and flinched at the slightest movement a year ago, now has four beautiful mates that wish to help you raise a child not your own!" Fray's smirk morphed into a snicker, "It's amazing what some confidence does to a person, huh?"

Izuku looked away in embarrassment, grumbling something to himself about "stupid ghosts" before Fray's snickering ceased, "Regardless, as a Warrior of Light, more often than not, we get very few choices to make. And sometimes, the ones we make hurt those we are closest to."

Izuku raised an eyebrow at that, more curious than worried, "Like what, exactly?"

Fray stayed silent for a few moments as if contemplating something. Izuku had finished cleaning himself up for bed when the apparition finally spoke up, "Earlier today, you had unlocked the spirit of the 'Monk', correct?"

Izuku nodded and crossed his arms as he listened to Fray continue, "I heard the name you thought of before your shift."

"You mean 'Lyse'?"

"Indeed," Fray smirked somberly, "She was one of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, a member of a group of those that took on threats that the city-states and grand companies of said cities couldn't handle, Primals and their followers to name a few."

"She and Quinn got along very well, and because of her martial prowess, ended up sparring with him often. He needed the training to master the abilities of a Monk, and she needed an outlet for her energy. Time went on, Quinn got stronger as she did as well, the two basically enjoying not only sparring but conversing with one another about things aside from scion work and the constant threat of Primals."

"I am going to guess things got… more than just 'friendly' with one another?" Izuku said with a gentle blush on his cheeks.

"Oh, they fucked." Fray said bluntly, making Izuku choke on his salvia at the comment, "Like, Lyse had stamina, but to keep up with a Miqo'te during his mating season and demand more was-"

"Alright!" Izuku said with a deeper blush on his cheeks, his hands in front of him as the ghost smiled slyly at him. A few moments passed before Izuku could feel his heartbeat slow down, "S-so, what happened between them? I-if you don't mind me asking."

The smile on Fray slowly faded, his eyebrows became a frown as after a few moments of silence, he answered, "... Lyse and Quinn got more close as time passed, both suffering happy and sad times together in the comfort of each other's embrace. It got to the point where Quinn was actually thinking about proposing to Lyse, learning the goldsmithing trade just to fashion her a ring… but the war with Garlemald began to escalate again, the Warrior of Light and the scions were needed to aid the Ala Mhigo resistance in pushing the empire's forces back. During a raid made upon one of the Garlean strongholds, Lyse had been given command of the resistance forces, and she had to make a choice."

"She could either choose another to lead the resistance and continue working with the scions or stay with them and help rebuild the former city-state, but she would also have to leave the scions and Quinn to do so…."

Fray watched as Izuku's eyes began to shift slightly, first left and right, taking in the information and the rather dour mood of his 'reflection', before looking up to the mirror and speaking softly, "... She chose to leave."

"What you witnessed earlier today was the last spar between Quinn and Lyse, on top of the hand of Rhalgar. After that, they went their separate ways… Lyse stayed in Ala Mhigo, while Quinn…." Fray grimaced as Izuku watched him grit his teeth for a moment, "...Let's just say the Garleans lost a lot of soldiers that day."

The silence was thick as Izuku was digesting that information, his hands on his chin as Fray sighed heavily, "Needless to say, Quinn's life was often having choices being made for him or having no control over a situation in general… Thankfully, there are no world-ending evils that need to be stopped here, so you can make those choices for yourself."

A gentle cry of "papa" could be heard from the bathroom door, getting Izuku's attention for a moment before looking back to the mirror and seeing his own once again staring back at him. Izuku sighed gently, pushing down his dark thoughts once again; he opened the bathroom door to see Eri sitting up in bed, tears running down her cheeks and clutching the plushie tightly.

"Eri…" he said softly as Izuku walked briskly towards her, grunting from the white-haired missile that clutched to him once he sat on the bed and whimpering into his t-shirt, "Did you have another bad dream?"

A nodding of her head against him with a sob was her only response as he held Eri close to him, gently rubbing her back and holding her close, "Don't worry Eri, I'm here… I'll always be here for you."

Izuku was a little shocked about how the date was planned by the woman walking beside him. On his arm was a small picnic basket filled with sandwiches made between the two of them earlier before they left the dorms mid-morning, as well as a large green plaid cloth nestled into the wicker container. His emerald eyes turned towards his date with a raised eyebrow, "Y-you sure you are alright? We have been walking for about an hour now."

"I said I'm fine, Izuku." Kyoka stated as she huffed gently, lifting the large guitar case with ease before bringing it back down, "You think I'm weak or something?"

"No! N-no! Not at all, Kyoka…" Izuku stuttered as he rubbed the back of his head with his free hand, blushing brightly, "I-I just don't want you to strain yourself since I know guitar cases can be quite heavy most of the time, and you haven't even switched hands yet."

The punk rocker sighed gently, seeing his point and also feeling a little guilty for making him jump like that. Despite knowing the boy for almost three-quarters of a year now and watching him gain some of that confidence that she was fond of, he was still a nervous wreck most of the time if someone snapped at him, "It's fine, Izuku… really." Kyoka sighed gently as she now moved off the path of the somewhat wooded park they were walking through, "and I didn't mean to snap at you like that, just... "

"Nervous?" he asked gently, following behind her due to the narrow off-beaten trail they were now following, thick with trees and bushes that kept snagging him at parts.

"Something like that, don't wanna get into it." was all Izuku could get out of her before Kyoka pushed past some thick bushes and looked back at him with a smirk, "And here we are."

Izuku's eyes squinted once he broke the forest line and into the small clearing before gasping out loudly to where his date had led him. He slowly began to smile as before him was a perfect view of the city from atop a cliff face that Izuku barely realized he had climbed up with Kyoka. His green eyes scanned over the horizon and realized they could scarcely hear the usual sounds of cars and people. Turning his gaze to Kyoka, who was smiling gently at him, she took a few steps forward before looking out herself, "This is a special place for me; it's where I used to come and think up songs back in middle and high school."

"It's beautiful; I can just imagine the songs you must have composed up here," Izuku said as he stepped forward and stood beside her, gazing out once again to the city and letting the cool breeze from how high up they were blew against his face. Kyoka's eyes shifted to watch the taller boy smile gently and see his hair waft against the wind before bringing a jack of hers up and poking his cheek to get his attention.

"Let's get the picnic set up, that walk really made me hungry, and I've never tasted your cooking before."

If there was one thing Kyoka would have to take away from this date at the moment, it would be why she nor the others had asked for Izuku to cook for them before. Of course, there were times that he had offered, but this was when they were over at Momo's, and she had a five-star chef on the payroll.

Kyoka would need to let Momo know that guy was either fired or be forced to take culinary lessons from Izuku.

And these were just sandwiches! By god, what sort of masterpiece could he make for an actual meal? And how heavenly would it taste?

Izuku gently burped after he finished his drink, pardoning himself while sitting cross-legged as he turned his head to Kyoka, who was staring at him, her eyes wide and Izuku swore he saw sparkles within her deep purple irises, "Erm… Kyoka? You alright? Were the sandwiches good enough?"

"G-Good enough? Izuku! These are some of the tastiest things I have ever eaten! Like, this would put most of the meals at Momo's place to shame!" Kyoka said as she finished her sandwich, shivering in delight. A thought had accorded to her as she was now staring at him, causing the boy to stiffen from the way she was looked, "Do you know how to make pastries and desserts?"

"K-Kinda? I mean, most of the time, I made this food for myself and mom, and we tried to eat more healthily than load up on sugary foods."

"What can you make then, in terms of desserts?" Kyoka asked as she leaned over the blanket to get right in his face with a severe look in her eyes, her jacks lifted in the air and swaying as Izuku gulped.

"I-I can make pies and cakes; red velvet cake with dark chocolate frosting is one I know my mom liked and I would make for her birthday. S-some sundaes and also cookies, Aunty Mitsuki loved my triple chocolate and peanut butter brownies." Izuku sputtered out, fearing he would be attacked by the woman's still swaying jacks.

An uncomfortable time passed before Kyoka suddenly stood up, staring down at Izuku and not moving a muscle. Izuku kept his eyes looking right back at hers as he could see them shift slightly as if she was thinking deeply about something. As he was about to ask if she was alright, his face went a bright nuclear red as Kyoka suddenly sat herself down on his legs, her own straddling his waist while her arms wrapped around his sides, and her jacks lengthened to wrap around his neck gently, "K-Kyoka?!"

"I'm claiming you for my own," she said matter of factly, still looking into his eyes with a tiny dusting of red on her cheeks, "Screw the others and the 'pact', I am going to hog you all for myself and get all the tasty food you will make Eri and me."

Izuku just looked at her gobsmacked, while Kyoka kept staring at him with her usual look of half-lidded eyes that screamed "whatever". They remained like this before she finally couldn't hold it in anymore and started to giggle, with Izuku following after.

"Y-You actually believed that?" Kyoka wheezed gently from her laughter, still clinging to him, and pulled a little closer into him as he had yet to move his hands from hanging in the air.

"H-Hey, it's hard to tell when you are serious or not sometimes." Izuku replied back with his laughter dying a little, but a smile remained on his lips still, "Rather not get stabbed by a jack, thank you." As he spoke, he could feel one of the said ear jacks lightly drag up and down the back of his neck, causing him to shiver in delight and making Kyoka smirk slyly while also biting the bottom of her lip a little.

"Oh? Is the big, strong Warrior of Light afraid of my itty bitty jacks?" the punk girl spoke with a teasing tone to her voice, her sly smile still on her lips as internally Kyoka realized Mina was actually right about something.

"Teasing" Izuku was very fun.

"W-Well… I have seen you stab them through concrete before…." Izuku spoke up with a blush, twitching again in delight when he felt the second jack working in tandem with its partner. Although more subdued than what was typical for the green-haired boy, Kyoka watched as the blush was growing redder; he was clearly enjoying himself and how Kyoka was acting.

As the purple-haired girl was about to continue her fun, she suddenly yelped in surprise as her eyes shot open when she felt two strong hands placed onto her ass, gripping it firmly but tenderly as well. Kyoka looked to Izuku, still in shock and a deep blush on her cheeks as he gave her a sly smirk back, "It's not just your jacks that are deadly…."

"I-Izuku…?"

"You don't know how many times you have made my heart skip a beat…." Izuku said in a low, husky tone, one that was very uncharacteristic for him, "Your laughter, for one, always lights up my world. The way you tap your jack ends together when you're flustered is adorable. Your confidence in not only your musical abilities but also in yourself has inspired me every single day since we met." Izuku said gently, the sly smirk fading and becoming the more well-known gentle smile, his voice still low and husky, but not with the same edge as it did when he first spoke.

Kyoka kept staring into his eyes as he continued on, remembering how they had turned to the orange hues when he was admitting things like this thanks to the intervention of Fray. However, as she continued to listen, all she saw in his eyes was the soft green of Izuku, her Izuku, with a growing feeling of caring and, dare she hope, love burning within his emerald irises, "And I know you still feel inadequate when it comes to your appearance… but Kyoka, truthfully? You are drop-dead gorgeous."

"W-What?!" Kyoka flinched, and her face went bright red, "H-How can you even say that? I don't h-have any-" "Any curves?" Izuku interrupted her with a raised eyebrow, causing Kyoka to pause.

She idly nodded her head as he spoke, "Kyoka, you do have curves; I've SEEN your curves!"

"W-what?!" She screeched loudly and continued to look like a bright cherry.

"Your regular clothes and your hero costume hide them, but you definitely have curves… I've admittedly caught you swaying your fantastic b-backside swaying when you look through the fridge trying to find a drink." Izuku began to stutter, losing some of his own confidence when he plainly admitted to having been checking her out, which caused Kyoka's brain to fry slightly in embarrassment.

"B-But I don't have a chest!"

"You totally do!" Izuku shouted, his embarrassment starting to take over with his admittance, "I-In your workout gear, they are framed so b-beautifully when you stretch after w-working out, as well as when y-your doing your exercises."

Kyoka was at a loss for words. Her brain was nearly frazzled and cooked from embarrassment. Listening to how Izuku thought she was sexy and attractive, despite her 'flaws'.

"N-No… no no… you can't be serious."

"Eh?"

"Y-you're just saying that to make me f-feel better!" Kyoka began to shake in his arms; her hands had moved from around his back to clench at his shirt sleeves, "Y-You cannot possibly think I'm attractive!"

"I do, Kyoka!"

"It's impossible! Not with how the others are so goddamn beautiful!"

"With all of my heart, you are just as beautiful as all of them!"

"THEN PROVE IT!" She shouted loudly, her face now hidden against his chest as Izuku froze while looking down at her, still cowering against him, "P-Prove that you think I'm sexy!"

Izuku froze stiff at her rather outlandish demand, his mind racing with "how's" and "what's" as he tried to think up a possible solution for this rather unique issue. As his gaze shifted left and right, he struck upon an... admittedly far-fetched idea that he hoped to Hydaelyn that Kyoka would forgive him for if he rushed this with her.

Kyoka, meanwhile, was quaking against his body, tears building up at the edges of her eyes because Izuku was quiet. Of course, he didn't think she was attractive as he claimed to say; he was just doing this to make her feel-

Wait…

WHAT THE HELL WAS SHE FEELING RIGHT NOW?!

Kyoka hadn't noticed Izuku pulled her hips right against his since his hands were still on her ass during her self-deprecating inner monologue. Her eyes shot open as she felt the rather hard cock concealed within his jeans; her mouth went dry as her face went pure red in not only shock that Izuku had done such a thing… but given the size she was feeling…

Good lord, he would split her in two.

"T-There," Izuku spoke up suddenly, knocking her out of her stupor, and she looked up to him, both heroes in training with very red cheeks, "T-there's your proof… Y-you did that, Kyoka; you got me hard because of your gorgeous and sexy body."

Her jacks twitched slightly against his neck, which also caused his cock to do the same as well and caused Kyoka to gasp gently.

"Y-You are so beautiful, Kyoka, but not only that, you are so cool and confident, and there are days I wish I could be like that. I've admired you for such a long time, and to be honest…." Izuku paused, clearing his throat gently, "I've had a crush on you for such a good while now, but I always thought I would never have a chance with you or the others because you are just so awesome! E-Even if we didn't have this relationship dynamic, I really... REALLY… cared about you."

Kyoka looked at him gobsmacked, her mouth opened slightly as she listened to his heartbeat beat rapidly as he continued to speak, "I want to be with you, Kyoka… I want to keep gazing into those lovely violet eyes of yours… I-I want to learn how to play an instrument so we can jam together, and h-help teach Eri so we can all play… Kyoka Jiro, will you please go out with me."

A gentle breeze passed over them while silence filled the air, Kyoka staring intensely into Izuku's eyes in shock.

She didn't say another word, letting her actions be her answer, as she suddenly pulled Izuku close with her jacks and began to kiss him deeply in passion. Izuku was initially caught off guard before he slowly melted into the kiss, his hands on her ass squeezed slightly, much to her delight as the two young adults held themselves together as if their lives depended on it.

The kiss became more intimate as both of their lips began to slowly open, allowing their tongues to meet and rub against one another, exploring each other's mouth as Kyoka's legs wrapped around Izuku's waist a little harder and clinging to him.

Time passed as the two new lovers kept up the passionate yet slow pace. The sun slowly began to set while the special musical note shaped cookies that Izuku had made for dessert prior to Kyoka meeting up with him earlier in the day were long forgotten, and the violin hidden within the guitar case for Kyoka to not only reveal one of her biggest secrets, which was that she was talented with instruments other than an electric guitar but also to serenade him with a particular love song she had written for this date remained as such.

However, this did not bother the punk rocker.

After all, she would have all the time in the world now to play it for him.

The more you know - Final Fantasy FFXIV:

Rhalgar: Guardian Deity of the previously fallen nation of Ala Mhigo, known as the breaker of worlds, he is the "god of destruction". His Symbol is that of a falling Meteor.

Ala Mhigo: Previously conquered by the Garlean Empire 15 years prior to the beginning of WoL's story, it was reclaimed and rebuilt after the events of "Stormblood".