A/N: So, I got my first request for this story, and it came from Ryuujin96. I'm so happy to finally get one! Before I get around to it, though, I wanted to get this one up first in celebration of the arrival of summer. Stay cool, everyone!

UPDATE: Ordinarily, I don't talk about political stuff when it comes to fanfiction, but right now, I implore anyone here who cares about women's rights to donate to the National Women's Law Center. They've been fighting for gender justice since 1972, and they will continue to do so.

It was one of the hottest days of the year in Musutafu, with temperatures hitting at least 95 degrees Fahrenheit – or 35 degrees Celsius as the Japanese would say – and Deku and Todoroki were out and about, trying their best not to melt from the heat. Ordinarily, they would've stayed home and blasted their air conditioners, but Uraraka wanted to have a little study session with them, so they agreed to help her out. Even dressed appropriately for the weather – Deku in an emerald green T-shirt and blue shorts, and Todoroki in a red tank top and white shorts with red stripes – they still felt as they were going to keel over from heat exhaustion. Not even Todoroki's resistance to extremes of hot or cold was helping her out, and using the Cold part of her Quirk would only cause her to freeze up and have to defrost with the Hot part of her Quirk.

"We'd better find something or someplace to cool off," said Todoroki. "I can't take this heat much longer."

"Neither can I, but we shouldn't be too far from our homes," said Deku.

"Problem is, it feels like they're so far away. Why don't we grab a cold beverage or something?"

"Kon'nichiwa, Musutafu shimin! Kyō wa genkidesu ka?"

Deku and Todoroki turned to see who'd addressed them: a young brunette of somewhat shapely build with her hair in a bun. She wore a dark green T-shirt with a lemon-shaped logo and Daisy Duke shorts. She was stationed at a small food cart with a green and yellow umbrella, and the cart itself had an enlarged version of the lemon logo, with the name "Del's", plus the slogan "STOP AT THE SIGN OF THE LEMON".

"Hi there!" Deku smiled and waved at the woman. "We speak English!"

"Oh, cool!" The woman smiled awkwardly and rubbed the back of her head. "My name is Jen, and I'm a representative of Del's Lemonade!"

"Del's Lemonade?" Todoroki tilted her head. "What's that?"

"We're a company from the US state of Rhode Island that specializes in frozen lemonade!" replied Jen.

Deku nodded. "Interesting. How did this company get started?"

"Our story goes back to 1840, when Franco DeLucia's father carried snow to caves near Naples, Italy and insulated it with straw. When summer came around, he took the snow and mixed it with lemon juice and sugar to produce frozen lemonade and sold it at the local market. After the family came to America, Franco's son Angelo began work on a machine to produce the frozen lemonade as well as a method of making it consistently awesome. It was because of this machine that the first Del's Lemonade stand opened in the town of Cranston in 1948, and our company has grown since then. We're currently looking to expand our operation over here to Japan, and we figured that Musutafu would be one of the prime spots to put down roots!"

Todoroki smiled. "It is a nice city. May we have some?"

"Certainly!" said Jen. "We're giving out free samples!"

Practically dying from the heat, the choice was obvious to Deku and Todoroki…

"I'll have some!" said Deku.

"Me too!" said Todoroki.

Thus, Deku and Todoroki each took a small green and yellow paper cup of Del's and proceeded to annihilate their thirsts. They each let out a hearty "mmmm" as the freezing cold of the ice soothed their souls and the sweet lemon flavor excited their senses. Considering how exhausted the heat and humidity had made them, they pretty much inhaled their Del's.

"That was GREAT!" said Deku. "May we have some more?"

"Sure! The prices are marked over here."

Jen pointed out a little sign indicating sizes and prices. Without question, Deku and Todoroki each whipped out some cash for a medium cup of Del's.

"Thank you for your business!" said Jen.

"You're welcome! Have a nice day!" Todoroki smiled and waved at Jen.

"You too!"

Deku and Todoroki headed home while partaking in another round of Del's.

"Shoko, I'm glad we found out about Del's, but I have one question…"

Todoroki lowered her cup. "Yes?"

Deku winced. "How do you drink this stuff without getting brainfreeze?"

"I'm immune to brainfreeze. Besides, I read there's a trick to not getting brainfreeze."

"What?"

"Try to drink it without letting it touch the roof of your mouth."

Deku did his best to smile. "Right, I'll try to remember that. Thanks!"

Todoroki smiled, too. "You're welcome!"

And thus, Deku and Todoroki headed home, not only satisfied with their current rounds of Del's, but eagerly anticipating more.

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