The chatter of young women filled the sweet-smelling air of the cafe, Izuku felt very out of place in such a trendy spot, with his plain clothes and nervous demeanour made him stick out like a sore thumb. On the other hand, Katsumi fit right in with her curled hair and 'cute & cosy' outfit (as she called it).

He sat with a simple lemonade across from her. They had come to the cafe under the pretence of studying, but it was obvious Katsumi had other plans, having pushed all the textbooks to his side to make room for her order, two slices of cake, a plate of pancakes, a sundae and one huge milkshake. Safe to say she wasn't planning on eating dinner when she went home.

Katsumi's face lit up as she stuffed a giant spoonful of white fluffy cake into her mouth.

'Mhm! Sho goohd!'

'Hey,' Izuku shook his head tapping the textbook in front of him, 'Don't get distracted.'

Izuku had gotten used to Katsumi's personality at this point, it had been a while since they had become friends after all. But sitting in a cute cafe with her, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and not just because he looked like a rock in a jeweller's shop.

Katsumi dug the spoon into the cake and shoved it across the table into Izuku's face, 'Try some!'

Seemed he had been right to be nervous. Somehow, someway she always found a way to make him flustered. He would have hoped after being around her so long he would be resistant to her teasing, but the way he felt his face and neck flush hot destroyed all hope of that.

'No it's your food-'

'I have plenty! It's good try it!'

'I'm oka-'

'Please!'

'But-'

'C'mon!'

'No way!' He was leaning as far back as he could away from the spoon, getting ever closer to his lips. 'You just put that in your mouth-'

Katsumi laughed, literally stood up leaning over the table, 'You're not gonna get cooties just try it!'

'I-'

'Eat it.'

One look at Katsumi's dark expression and Izuku opened his mouth.

'See,' Katsumi sat back, placated, 'it's good right?'

He chewed, it was good, but he was more occupied with how his heart was pounding a million miles an hour than the flavour of the cake. 'Mm…' He nodded as he looked away, he knew his face was bright red right now. The wordsindirect kisslit up the inside of his head.

Izuku looked up to watch as she made her way through the cake with a satisfied grin. Infectious, he felt his lips curve up into a shy smile. Why was she so happy? Because she had successfully made him flustered, or was it just because she was enjoying the cake? He really didn't understand her.

'This place is the best, we gotta come again.' Swooning, she switched the now empty plate with the chocolate-drizzled sundae.

'Well, are you actually gonna study or just eat sweets?' Izuku scratched his chin, 'You know I'm surprised about how much you eat, you eat a lot, and quickly. I don't think I've seen someone who can eat that quickly in real life. You really shouldn't eat so many sweet-'

'Excuse me?' Izuku's back straightened from the cold tone.

Izuku's hands flew to cover his mouth, 'Sorry! That was rude! I wasn't trying to call you greedy!'

'You should know my quirk uses food to power it.' Katsumi glared.

'It's just because I've been so focused on my meal plan that-'

'Oh I see,' Katsumi leaned forward, staring hard at him with a thunderous glare.

'You're jealous of my food!' Her face snapped back to her sunny demeanour.

Izuku often wondered if she actually switched emotions so quickly or if it was all just to toy with him. Either way, he let out a sigh of relief when Katsumi pulled back, her face shining happily again. In fact, her smile seemed even brighter to him after scaring him like that. She went on and on, lamenting how unlucky he was for having to stick to a sugar-limited diet and how once the exams were over they'd have to celebrate with cake and mochi and dango and any other sweet treat that came to her mind at that moment.

'I just hope I do okay.' Izuku muttered.

'What'cha mean?'

Izuku shuffled in his seat. Katsumi put down her spoon, somehow she had managed to get through the whole sundae and half of the milkshake whilst talking. She looked at him quizzically, absentmindedly fixing a curl.

'I mean, even if I inherit Al- uh,' he looked around hesitantly.

'Yeah I know what you're talking about,' Katsumi scratched her jaw, 'So you worried about the entrance exam orrrrr..?'

'A little,' he admitted, 'I mean I have no idea what it'll be and-'

'You'll get in.'

'That's not guaranteed-'

'No you have to,' Katsumi leaned forward, crossing her arms on the table, 'Cuz I won't go without you.'

Izuku stared at Katsumi. She was looking down at the table, her face hidden shadow but he thought he could just about see her cheeks dusted pink.

'Huh?' Was all he managed to say as her words swirled around his head.

What did that mean? She wouldn't go without him? She wouldn't go to the most prestigious hero school in the world if he wasn't there? What does that mean?

His face was getting hotter and hotter as his mind raced, her uncharacteristic shyness wasn't helping to curb his darting thoughts. Why was she blushing? Was she even blushing? Maybe it was the lightning? Or was he imagining it? Why hadn't she said something yet? Should he say something? Yeah, he had to say something.

'I-'

'That is, uh,' Katsumi quickly interrupted, smiling as she lifted her head to exclaim, 'I don't really wanna be a hero! So I'd only be able to bear it if I had you with me!'

Izuku's was taken aback. The words shocked him so much that he didn't even process the fact she was indeed, blushing very heavily.

'Don't want to be a hero? What do you mean? How come you're training to go to UA?'

'Uh,' Katsumi chuckled awkwardly, looking around to see if anyone was listening, 'I have to.'

Izuku furrowed his brows, 'Why?'

'I uh,' she clenched her hands together as she readied herself, 'I got arrested.'

Katsumi watched as Izuku's face contorted, his eyebrows creasing deeply as he stared at her, trying to find a hint of humour or deceit in her face. She squeezed her lips together into a flat line, nodding her head as his eyes widened, the realisation that she was not joking settling in.

'Arrested?' He stared at her wide-eyed, 'Like, handcuff arrested?'

'I spent a night in jail,' Katsumi sheepishly brought her milkshake towards her and took a long sip. The shocked boy in front of her continued to stare at her, speechless.

'Hahaha,' she managed to let out a nervous laugh, 'your face is so funny.'

Shaking his head to snap him out of his stupor Izuku leaned forward as he whisper-shouted across the table, 'What did you do? How does getting arrested turn into being a hero?'

'Uh,' she laughed guiltily, 'So basically, I box right…'

By the time Katsumi was done telling the story of how she was shipped to Japan Izuku had got over his shock. His face now held an expression with a mix of awe and fear.

'You beat up the guy so bad you got arrested?'

'He had a broken jaw, cracked rib, knocked out… and I was relatively untouched so, uh yeah.'

'And he boxed too?'

'Yup…'

'Remind me to never fight you' He mumbled.

'Yeah…' Katsumi looked down at the table. Deep breaths, one, two.

'Uh, Izuku.'

'Yeah?' Noticing her faltering tone he looked at her, giving her his full attention.

'I'm not like, well.' She stumbled over her words, the drumming of her heartbeat in her ears made it hard for her to focus. Tugging at her collar she grimaced, it was just like when she went round his house the first time, she had told him too much now they were in an awkward situation. She really had to stop indulging herself so much around him, if it kept going like this she might accidentally spill too much.

'I, I'm not a violent person, well I guess I am. I like fighting and working out and pushing myself but I don't, it's not like I do it to hurt people. The guy agreed to it and-'

'I know!' Izuku interrupted her quickly, 'Don't worry I wasn't thinking anything like that! Actually, I'm impressed, I know you're strong but I didn't realise you were so good at hand-to-hand combat!'

The blonde just blinked as Izuku continued, his emerald eyes sparkling as he talked. As she drank in his expression she felt something very strange. It was like all that heavy fear and guilt had been washed away as she watched him speak. He smiled as he did, though she could no longer hear what he was rambling about she could feel the kindness of his words. He was so effortlessly nice, was he so nice to everyone or just her?

'If I ever need someone to save me, I'd want it to be you.'

It came out before the thought even fully formed in her head. It almost caught her off guard as much as it did Izuku. His seemingly endless stream of words froze along with his face, completely stunned.

'Okay!' He nodded fiercely, eyes gleaming.

'Ah sorry,' Katsumi drew back, 'haha, I don't know where that came from.'

'Thank you,' Izuku's face softened, a sweet smile gracing his lip. 'Though I don't think you'll ever need saving from someone like me.'

Fidgeting, Katsumi reassured him, 'Anything's possible, I mean if we are going to be heroes together I'm sure that there will be plenty of time we'll have to help each other out.'

'Heros… together?'

'Yeah. I don't have much heroism in me but, I'd enjoy it if I was doing it with you.' She smiled softly as she stared at her hands, slowly she lifted her head to look at him, 'I really- ah!'

A gasp left her mouth as a river of tears streamed from Izukus's face.

'Oh wow! Are you okay?' Katsumi jumped out of her seat, looking around frantically for a napkin or tissue.

'Yeah!' He sniffed as he wiped his eyes. Izuku waved the hand that was not wiping away his tears at her. 'I'm, fine!'

'But you're crying!'

'No! It's okay, it's just-' he took a deep breath in through his nose, 'that was just so nice that I-'

'Ugh stop crying,' Katsumi's face burned as she noticed the heads that had turned to watch the boy's waterworks.

'Haha! There's your usual personality!'

'What! What does that mean?'

'What was the point of me bringing these textbooks.' Izuku adjusted the straps of his backpack against his coat as they walked along the road.

It had gotten dark, the cold streets illuminated by the lights of the streetlamps. Katsumi watched the area carefully, though the streets were empty. They were on the way to the train station, the cafe being quite a bit away from both their homes.

'What do you mean? We couldn't study without them.'

Izuku stopped walking, letting Katsumi pass him as he stood with an unimpressed look on his face. Katsumi turned around, an impish grin on her lips.

'We did nothing!' He cried indignantly. 'All we did was talk while you ate.' Shaking his head he began to walk again, he was worried about getting into UA, but maybe he should be worried for her.

'Yeah well, the food was amazing!' Katsumi followed Izuku as they continued down the street. 'You liked that bit of cake right?'

'Uh, yeah,' pausing he thought for a moment before asking something he still had on his mind. 'You did that to tease me didn't you.'

'What do you mean?'

'Making me eat that spoonful!'

Katsumi gave him a confused look, cocking her head to the side, 'No? I just wanted to share it with you. Stuff tastes better when you share it.'

'Oh.' Izuku squinted at her for a moment before accepting she was being serious.

'Why would I be teasing you? Giving you delicious food isn't teasing y'know.'

'Well… it's just that well…' Izuku closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath as he stopped walking before he exclaimed, 'It was the same spoon you put in your mouth!'

Katsumi turned back slowly. Izuku watched with bated breath, maybe it was a mistake to bring it up. She might not have even thought about it like that and now he had made it weird.

'Is that it?' Her tone was flat as she faced him.

'Uh,' he slouched down, 'yeah…'

'Mmfh.' Katsumi's eyes sparkled as her hand flew to her mouth to smother her laugh.

'It's not funny!' Izuku retorted.

'Sorry,' she let her hand drop from her mouth, 'I just-' she couldn't help but grin at the boy in front of her. Izuku looked away, jaw clenched in embarrassment.

'I just thought you wouldn't mind,' she admitted, shoving her hands into her coat pockets. 'Sorry it bothered you, I really don't have any sicknesses if you're worried about that.'

Izuku's eye twitched, 'That's not the problem, do you actually not…?'

'No, tell me.'

The smile on Katsumi's face only grew larger as she looked at the exhausted boy in front of her. Even if she hadn't been teasing him before, she definitely was now.

Izuku groaned, understanding she was going to make him say it.

'Nevermind! It doesn't matter!' He huffed as he walked past her.

'Hey, don't run off!'

Izuku squeezed his eyes shut as he walked, hiding his pink face in shame.

'Hey, c'mon.' The soft tone made him open his eyes and turn, Katsumi smiled at him as she took his hand in hers. 'I suppose I can admit I was teasing you.'

His body jolted as her fingers wrapped around his. Immediately he felt his heart speed up.

She smiled at him so genuinely, cheeks red from the frosty air, looking back over her shoulder, fingers still interlinked with his. It felt so natural.

Katsumi tugged his arm, 'C'mon we gotta get to the station before six.'

'Oh,' he said, dumbfounded, 'yeah, uh let's go.'

His face brightened, a shy smile on his lips as they walked hand in hand to the station.

Sorry All Might but I don't think I can stop this feeling.

16th of January 20XX (today)

8:34Izuku

By the way, we're you actually upset with what I said about you eating and stuff?

8:36Katsumi

fuck yeah

that was hella rude

8:36Izuku

Im sosososo sorry!

Please really, I wasnt thinking!

Theres notging wrong with liking food!
Im just rlly wrapprd upi n health recently!

8:39Katsumi

bhahaahaahahahah

ITS OKAY