Chapter 3: The Bird in the Forest
After that, the two spent some time on the roof trading stories of their lives, All Might learned that Izuku and Mellissa were as close as siblings and one of her friends taught him how to skateboard when he and his family stayed in California for Christmas along with the Shields. Izuku learned that All Might's real name was Toshinori Yagi and was an avid movie fan, mostly spy thrillers. They leaned that they both like pro wrestling as All Might was in his school's wrestling club in middle school, even if he was one of the worst members due to a lack of a quirk related to wrestling like most of the other members, while Izuku likes the storylines and seemingly larger than life struggles, after-all, in wrestling the world wasn't actually at stack so it wasn't a dangerous as real-life fights between heroes and villains.
They were able to catch the local supermarket before it closed for the day and since the owner knew Izuku, he allowed them to shop before closing up for the day. Toshinori was disheartened when Izuku made him buy lighter foods and even drew up a diet plan for him since his stomach couldn't handle what it used to, he especially hurt when he saw that his diet would now consist of mostly finger sandwiches, soups, porridge, and pure fruit drinks. He complained about it, saying it reminded him of his mother's diet to which young Midoriya merely stated.
'If you gonna insist of doing hero work, then you gonna have to eat like a grandma since that what's your body can handle and still provide the nutrients you need. And speaking of what you can handle, if I see you drinking coffee…'
It was funny how the boy knew that they would see more of each other as time went on.
Afterward, they said their goodbyes and left for their respective home.
Sadly there was something Izuku forget which made themselves known when he rounded the last corner leading to the apartment blocks where he lived. Such forgotten then grabbed him from behind to give him a noogie.
"You know, you're a hard person to find today, Izuku-kun." A feminine voice spoke from behind him, stopping his struggle as he realized just who was behind him.
"Takeyama-chan!? What are you doing here?" Izuku asked as she let him go so that he could face her head one, even if she was shorter than him by a couple of cm, she still made him feel like the younger with those eyes. She wasn't in her hero custom so she must be off work, it still amazed him that she looked so different in regular clothing than she did in her work clothes.
"Isn't it obvious? I saw you today and wanted to make sure you were okay." Yu stated is if it was a fact but Izuku wasn't stupid and he knew how she thinks so he didn't fall for it.
"Is that all?" Izuku asked with a raised eyebrow as he led them back to his apartment. He knew she wasn't going to leave just yet.
"Well, there could be something else…" Yu started as she poked her cheek and pouted as she followed along.
"Which is?" Izuku asked as they climbed the stairs leading up to his floor.
"Weeeellll, I saw adorable little Izuku-kun and I figured that you were recording the fight," Yu started, trying to play off the real reason with compliments, which only made it sound more obvious.
"And you just wanted to get your hands on a copy of the video of your big debut." Izuku decided to state as they were nearing the front door and he knew she would try and hide her true intentions till kingdom come.
"For memories sake, nothing else." Yu tried to defend as she jumped in front and waved her arms about to try and clear the tension, Izuku just cracked a smile to let her know he was just messing with her but she wasn't off the hook, he was getting good at talking to girls and not sounding like a stuttering nervous wreck.
"Riiight…"Izuku replied as he dug through his pocket for his key before unlocking the door and entering the apartment itself. "Mom, I'm home, I brought company." He called out as they both removed their shoes and in Yu's case, walked in with just socks since he put on house slippers. As they walked into the living room, they could hear the sound of running water coming from the kitchen telling them where his mother was.
"That's nice Izuku, I'll be with you in a second. I'm still washing vegetables for tonight's dinner." Inko replied from the kitchen as she was in the middle of preparing dinner for the evening.
"That's fine mom, we'll be in my workshop." Izuku said as he led the older women down the corridor of the small apartment.
"Okay, sweetie." They heard his mom call out before she went back to her things. They continued walking down the hallway till they came to the end where there was a door that used to lead to a coat closet.
"Your mom is as busy as I remember." Yu commented as he opened the door to reveal a small elevator which they both got into.
"You were here for dinner like two weeks ago, not much can change in that time." Izuku shot back as he dialed in number 2 on the touchscreen along with a password and fingerprint recognition input before the falsely wooden door closed and the elevator took them down.
"You'll be surprised by how wrong you are little man." Yu teased as they went down for another few seconds before they came to a stop and the door opened up to reveal another hallway, only this one was all white and can two cameras watching them along with a sentry gun mounted on the ceiling at the end of the hallway.
"I'll just have to take your word for it then." Izuku said as he and Yu walked down the rather spooky-looking hallway till they came to the last door, which looked like it was built to take a direct hit from anti-tank rockets and villains alike. Once they got there, a panel slid up to reveal another keypad-this one requiring a different code which Izuku set to be a 21 character number code, after that he put in full handprint scan, retinal scan, and voice authentication as well as stating he had a guest when an automated turret popped out and pointed towards Yu, which got gun the turret to back down and the door opened up for them to enter. Once they did, it slit shut as all 8 titanium locks slid back into place.
The room they had entered was large, easily twice the size of Izuku's apartment above and decked out. There was a 50-inch minter screen with wireless keyboard and mouse set up in the corner along with a sweet looking office chair, a workbench on the opposite end with some pieces of tech laying on it, mechanical robot arms along with that work station, a drawing board near the entrance and 3 pods by the end which Yu knew held his finished prototype armors. There was also a bathroom with a toilet and shower and a small area set aside to act like a med bay with a bed and a cabinet with medical supplies and other over-the-counter top drugs the kid got his hands on. "…Why do I have the feeling that this place has changed?" Yu commented as she made her way over to the mini-fridge to grab a bottle of water she knew he kept in there.
"Added a new supercomputer, straight from the folks at I-Island. Also got a new workstation that uses 3d hologram models rather than the real thing, less noise, and explosions that way." Izuku boasted as he pointed to the rather large-looking system unit which was decked out with glowing blue highlights. Nice touch.
"Hard to believe that you brought out the 2 apartments under yours." Yu said as she followed him to the computer where he booted it up and log in to access his files, she found it funny that his desktop wallpaper was a grumpy cat meme.
"Well, I do make some serious cash selling some of my tech to support companies and small-time heroes aboard, which reminds me. I need to complete that order for those special handcuffs for El Primo." Izuku mentions as he opens up the file where he keeps recently shot videos and pictures.
'Only Izuku-kun could be selling his products to Mexican hero agencies at 14.' Yu thought to herself with a sweatdrop as she recalled how he made nearly as much money as she did just by selling what he made every month.
"Do you have a flash drive I can send it to?" Izuku asked, gaining her attention as she looked down to see his hand being held up in request.
"Yep, here it is." Yu answered as she handed him the flash she had brought since he refused to send anything from his personal work computer to unshielded/untrusted servers. "You gotta love the unknown camera angle, you somehow manage to get the best shots." She added as she watched the video play and once more, he got a great shot from his positions, most of the video from the scene was taken from smartphones by inexperienced (regular) people so they weren't very good.
"I try to, can't analyze with crappy video footage, besides you always manage to put on a show every time I see you." Izuku shot back with a small smile as he looked back at her as the video was sending, Yu responded with a chuckle and giving him a small kiss on the cheek.
"Hmmm, well lookie here, the little kitty has fangs." Yu teased with a smirk as she turned the chair around and took a place on his lap. In response to this, his arms went and wrapped themselves around her small waist and his fingers tapped the small of her back, he knew it was a sensitive spot and he knew to exploit it.
"Well with a friend like you, one needs to learn quickly. Besides," Izuku started as he pressed a spot he knew would get a reaction, one where she let out a little moan that was so damn cute. "I like to see you flustered, Yu" Izuku said as he nuzzled her neck to take in her natural scent, getting her to shiver in anticipation.
"How is it you know how to say my name in such a way that it makes me feel so good?" Yu asked him as she played with his rather wild hair, it was the same as always but had the appeal of a cat's fur, you just wanted to pass your hand through it and feel the texture of it against your palm.
"Don't know, don't care." Izuku answered as he nibbled at the flesh of her neck, she let out a louder moan at that one.
"Oh but I do know this," Yu shot back with a Cheshire cat-like grin before she claimed his lips for her own with a hot make-out session that lasted till they both needed to breathe again. "It's been too long since we had some quality alone time, this place soundproof?" Yu asked him after they broke away with a trail of spit still linking their lips, his response was to tighten his hold on her and stand up before leading carrying her to the bed in the corner, it was meant to serve as a medical area in case he was caught in an accident but right now it was going to serve a different purpose.
"Do you need to ask?" He asked as he dropped her onto the double-sized bed and crawled on top of her, keeping her cage with his slightly larger bulk.
"How long do you think we have till your mom calls us up?" Yu asked him as he laced her fingers under his shirt to feel up the well developing 6 pack he had going him while he went to work getting her jacket off.
"About 30 minutes, so we have some time to properly greet each other." Izuku stated as he was successful in removing the first layer of her clothing while she was removing his.
"Plenty of time, I've been waiting for this all day." Yu finished as she pulled him into another kiss which devolved into a full-blown make-out session as they tore each other clothes off.
The relationship between the two was certainly an odd one. The primary reason being that Yu was 7 years his senior and already a member of the workforce while he was in his last year of middle school but it did have a funny story to go with it.
About 2 years prior, Yu Takeyama was working as a sidekick to Best Jeanist and wasn't the best of them due to her rather lazy nature and love for the spotlight which Jeanist never liked at all since he believed these weren't attributes a hero should have or rather ones they should indulge. One day she was sent to the forested area outside of town due to reports of a large birdman swooping down on low-level thugs and carrying off. At first, people didn't make much of it since it only targeted thugs and common criminals but once it made the jump to villains that sought refuge or cover in the forests, the local police and hero agencies decided to investigate. They believed that it was just some vigilante with a flight quirk (which was rather rare) or a mutation quirk that gave them wings (which was more common). Since it only went for criminals, Jeanist thought it was the perfect assignment for Yu, but she knew he was just sending her off since it was out in the wilderness where there weren't any crowds to watch her. She objected at first but being tied up and scolded like a schoolgirl made her give up and leave to see what was all the fuss about.
She didn't like the assignment one bit since the thing only struck at night and used the cover of darkness to fly and out with warning and she was sent in the early hours of the morning, she spent the day dealing with bug bites and branches hitting her in the damn face since she had to look in the areas without a trail…and she knew next to nothing about the outdoors having grown up in the city and never going a camping trip. By nightfall, she was ready to pack up and leave and just tell Jeanist it didn't show but she did stumble across something while she was out there.
She found a whole camp of villains she recalled seeing on the news the previous day, they had robbed a jewelry store and were hiding from the heroes and police looking for them.
(Flashback)
'My, my, what do we have here?' Yu thought to herself from a hiding spot as she watched the camp activity. She could see the stolen goods being kept in some large hiking bags in the corner being guarded by 4 guys.
'I count at least 12 of them, if I take them all down then Best Jeanist will surely see how great I am and never send me on one of these wild goose chases again. But how to go about it? There are too many trees around for me to really let loose and I don't feel like dealing with the ranger about forest destruction later so maybe the silent approach?' Yu thought to herself as her quirk wasn't the best for confined spaces and somewhat limited her options so she decided to listen in and see what she could find.
"Man, do we have a haul." One of the grunts called out as he and another walked near to her position, she had to calm herself and remember they didn't know she was here. The one that just spoke looked normal but did have elf-looking eyes and was yellow-skinned.
"Yup, over 1,630,000 yen's worth of jewelry, Overhaul would be happy about this one." The other said, this one looking like a dog.
"You sure? You know how he can be." The first one asked it seemed that this…Overhaul? Wasn't a fan of failure.
"I hope so, this was about half of that they had on hand. By the way, have you heard back from the lookout?" The dog-looking one asked.
"Yeah, she didn't see anything, I'm telling you. It's just some punk who thinks he's hot shit." The yellow elf replied as grunted in annoyance.
"Nay man, he took out Tanaka man, Tanaka!" the dog told him which judging from the face the elf made, must have been some kind of big deal.
"T-that's impossible! He was champion for three straight weeks in the bull ring, now way he lost, not without a lot of noise." The dog said, now she knew why it was a big deal, she had heard rumors of the infamous underground fight club around the office. Apparently, you only held the championship for a single night since you had to defend it every night so holding it that long did sound impressive.
"But he did lose, I was there when they found him. He was black and blue and dangling from a flagpole man, the coppers did him a favor arresting him." The Elf said as he shook like a leaf, must have been an ugly sight since she could imagine the beast it would take to do that and not get caught.
"S-so what, it's gonna be different this time, I mean we have more people than all the sightings of him did and we're armed and ready." The dog said as he banished his rifle, they all had one and she could spot a few with shotguns instead so they must be expecting her target to come for them.
"I hope your right." The elf said as he took out a cigarette and lit it before taking a drag.
'Whatever this thing is must be scary if these guys brought guns with them, I haven't seen one of those since the training sessions in high school.' Yu thought to herself as guns were a rare sight in Japan even before quirks, these guys must have an important or powerful boss to have smuggled some in, looks like she's gonna have to book them for illegal possession of military grade firearms too, man, she was going to look great capturing them. But as she daydreamed of the interview she would do about her feat of heroism, she moved her leg and broke a small twig by her knee.
[CRACK!]
'Shit.' Yu thought to herself as she saw the two grunts had heard her and the elf started aiming his gun down her direction and looked like he would fire if he so much as heard her breathe.
"What was that?" The elf asked, looking scared as hell.
"Calm down you cry baby, it was probably some rat or something." The Dog said, since he didn't bother trying to sniff her out, maybe he just looked like a dog or just didn't think it was worth the effort.
"But what if-?" The elf tried to say but the do dude cut him off.
"Whatever that thing is, it's a flyer so it would have come from the sky, not the bush you dumbass." The dog said as he pointed to the dark sky which was covered in clouds so the light from the stars and moon wasn't all that visible.
"You don't know that!" the elf clearly must have been new to this whole villain thing or was a coward, either way, he wasn't handling the pressure all that well.
"You know, why don't you sh-!" The dog was getting tired and look like he was going to punch the other dude if not for an interruption.
[PING!] Was the sound of something hitting the elf in the neck, it had a fuzzy-looking end and came out nowhere.
'The he-!' Yu thought to herself as she watched the elf pick the…dart! From his neck, where did that come from!
[BOOM!] A small tube-looking thing that landed right at their feet. A second later, it went off and the entire area was covered by a blinding light and deafening bang, Yu was mostly protected from the blast as the two grunts acted like human shields but the loud bang still rang in her ears, she just barely stopped herself from yelling in pain from it.
"My eyes!" One of them yelled as that got the attention of the entire camp, though she couldn't tell who since she was still trying to get back her hearing.
"Dammit, I can't see, Josui, you there?!" The other called out but she didn't hear anything that sounded like an answer.
"Josui!" she heard the same voice call out, she peeked out the bush and saw he was looking down at the body of the elf, clearly whatever was in that dart had finally taken effect and he was out. Suddenly she heard the sound of a muffled jet coming towards them. Since when was there a jet? She didn't have much time to question it since, at that very same moment, a large winged creature crashed down.
It was massive, it wasn't so big from what she could see since its glowing green eyes were only about 1.5m off the ground but it had a near-impossible wingspan as the wings looked like they were 5m across and larger than the body since they cast an eerie shadow over the already scary looking bird figure. It seemed she wasn't the only one scared since the dog grunt stood frozen in fear as the massive bird of prey turned its gaze to him.
"…Your friend isn't here right now, don't worry, you'll join him soon." It spoke in perfect Japanese which meant it wasn't just a bid bird and she could tell it was a person since the voice wasn't normal so whoever it was had opted to speak through a voice changer as she couldn't even its gender. She didn't have much time to think more about it since he pounced on the dog who found his marbles and tried to fire but before he could pull the trigger he was already off the ground being held in its massive talons and being flown somewhere she hoped it would be recovered, murders were never a pretty thing.
"THE HELL! HELP! HELP!" he begged as he disappeared into the night….
Only to come crashing down into another-taking them both out with serious injuries, showing that whoever this was had been smart enough to use its size and bulk to pick up and drop opponents on each other to lessen their numbers.
"Shit! It's here!"
"Where?!"
"I don't know but start shooting!" Was the last thing said before almost every one of them fired into the sky, hoping that they'll hit something as they spray and prayed. All the fire and noise would surely bring the local police since this wasn't something that happened every day, Hell was she was betting that Jeanist himself would show up if these morons kept this up. Sometime later, they can all fired their entire magazines as she could hear the clicking of the spent guns.
"Did…did we get it?" one of them asked but before he could hear an answer, the thing they had tried to kill came crashing down on him, smashing the poor sap's face into the ground with enough force to crack it. From its position with a taloned foot still on top of the knocked out goon's head, the birdman turned to see he was surrounded but she couldn't tell if that was of any concern to it since it didn't do anything to show this. By now the clouds had cleared and allowed them to get a better look at their foe/target.
It was a breathtaking sight.
The figure was mostly humanoid and stood at a height of around 1.9m making it much taller than she was. It was covered head to toe in shining black and green armor which looked like it was fashioned to look like a bird and knight rolled into one. The feet had deadly sharp-looking talons extending from parts of the shin and behind the leg while the claws didn't look like a joke either. On its back were a pair of powerful-looking wings that had special-looking motors with 4 bladed fans located on each wing, she could also see the tell tail signs of some kind of jetpack. The helmet looked like it was a cross between fighter pilots and an eagle with the design. The eyes were still glowing green but now looked to be watching everything around it like an apex predator.
"Surrender and you'll suffer fewer injuries." It spoke at last, not at all sounding scared about the numerous guns pointed at it.
"The hell we will open fire!" One of them called out as they all fired but like a graceful swan, the assailant quickly opened up its wings and used them to cover itself as the bullets harmlessly bounced off them as it jumped up and blasted off using the thrust from the jetpack it was wearing before it swirled to the right and used its wings to strike at a group of them before it kicked another so hard in the chest, he went flying into to a tree and painfully smacked into it.
'Shit, he's dead, I gotta go something!' Yu thought to herself as she figured this was the time to step in before someone died. So with that, she activated her quirk and grew to tower over just about everything in sight, she'll deal with the ranger later.
"Why don't we try and even things!" Yu called out as she pounded her fist onto her palm and looked down at her opponents.
"Shit, now there's a pro here too!"
"You idiot, she's just a sidekick!"
"Whaa-!" Was the response of the first one who found himself pinned to the ground by the bird thing before an electronic discharge left the foot and shocked the man into unconsciousness.
"Shouldn't have taken your eyes off me." The bird said before it delivered a heavy wing swipe at the next grunt which sent her flying into dreamland. It wasn't long after this that they were able to finish off the rest of them, leaving many with bruises, black eyes, and broken bones in the case of those who challenged the man in armor.
"Thanks?" Yu said as she wasn't quite sure what to do with the situation as is as this person wasn't any pro she heard of which meant that they must be a vigilante.
"You're welcome." The assailant replied as it started looking around for something.
"Soooo, what are you? Some kind of vigilante or something?" Yu asked, she wasn't one for subtle probing and wanted to get her answers as soon as possible.
"Or something, now." The unknown answered as it found what it was looking for, a still awake grunt who looked like he had a broken leg. "Where is Overhaul?" it asked him, leaving Yu to wonder who the hell this Overhaul was.
"Who?" the grunt answered but it was plain to see he was playing dumb, something she figured wasn't going to end well for him which a moment later proved to be right.
[CRACK]
"Lie to me again and I'll break the other finger. Now, where is he?" The armored figure threatened as he head on to the man's hand which now had a broken pinkie finger.
"I can't tell you!" the grunt caved and told him, looking scared for his life.
"…Why?" The figure asked after letting him strew in his fears for a moment.
"He'll kill me if I do!" The grunt cried as he tried to crawl away but was caught in the feet of the figure.
"And I won't?" The figure stated as he opened up his wings and took to the sky faster than Yu had ever seen any pigeon, it lifted off so fast it left a dust cloud in its wake.
"THE HEEEEELLLL!" The poor grunt screamed as he was carried higher and higher into the sky, the ground and the bodies of his comrades becoming more and more distant. This went on for another few moments before they stopped and just hovered with the fan blades of the figure's wings providing the lift.
"Did you know that the Gypaetus barbatus, otherwise known as the Bearded vulture likes to drop the bones of animals from high heights to crack them open to get at the juicy bone marrow on the inside?" The figure asked as they were about 300m off the ground at this point.
"No." The grunt answered, nearly pissing himself as he could see where this was going.
"So…" The birdman started as he flipped the man in his talons and expertly caught him again but now he was facing the ground. "Maybe if I drop you, then I'll get to see your insides and see your secrets." He finished which got the poor bastard to finally piss himself as he whimpered in fear.
"HEY!" Yu called out to them, still in giant form since she couldn't just stand by and let him drop the poor bastard to his death.
"Hm?" The bird asked it came down to only around 150m, still holding the grunt like an eagle carrying a mouse.
"I'm not gonna let you drop him! Let him go now!" Yu ordered as he got ready for a fight, she figured she could slow him down since that little firearm's expedition must have alerted others so she knew she would have back-up soon. Sadly the birdman did what every villain or anti-hero would do in his situation.
He let him go.
"Sure." He answered as he released his hold on his prey and let him go.
"AAAAAWWWWWW!" the grunt screamed in terror as he plummeted to the ground.
"Shit!" Yu called as she moved to catch him but just before he landed in her hands, the birdman swooped in and caught him again before bringing him back to earth and dropping him as a shivering, whimpering pile.
"Ready to talk now?" The birdman asked him, watching him with those glowing eyes that seemed to peer into his soul, he cracked like a wine glass in a tumble dryer.
"I'll talk, I'll talk!" He answered.
It didn't take long to learn that he was one of the many fodder squads this Overhaul person used to steal and sell things to raise funds for their criminal activities. He and the rest were supposed to meet up with some broker named Giran and sell the goods to him but Yu could guess he must have booked it when they didn't show. She was still pissed with the damn bird and after it was all said and done, she reported what she saw to Jeanist and the local police. They started watching the area more closely and Yu herself went there almost every day to assist, Jeanist thought she was shaping up but she just wanted to catch that little bird and throw him into a cage.
This went on for weeks as each time they met, they helped each other take down some criminals or thugs before he would fly off before she could get him. He was classed as a vigilante at this point and had a warrant for his arrest posted to every cop in the prefecture. But for Yu, these encounters started to change, it went from the silence and annoyance of seeing each other to comradery and trust. By the 5th month, they were exchanging jokes and stories whenever they meet. She learned he (yes, it was he) was pretty relaxed and smart. By the 7th month, she started looking forward to their encounters and so did he. They built up a solid friendship and trust since she didn't have to worry about him ogling her like most and he found a partner. She was in for the shock of her life when he revealed himself to her and the fact he was quirkless. Yu was…understandably shaken by this revelation and worried that she might have to arrest him now that she knew who he was but he explained that his activities were perfectly legal as the law said nothing about hero work without a license if you didn't have a quirk to use or didn't use your quirk. She never figured that the lawmakers forget to just keep the laws of vigilantism as they used to be but she supposed they didn't think anyone would try this kind of work without a quirk to back them up.
By the time a year had gone by, she had met his parents and grown to love Inko's cooking, she didn't live with her parents anymore since they lived in Hokkaido, away from most of the action of the Pro hero scene but she greatly appreciated the feeling of home. Hell, she never thought she would develop romantic feelings towards some kid, but like most things in life, they did. They tried to think of others things, focus their energies and time on their hero work or in his case (his hunt for the suppliers of a dangerous and illegal street drug. They would also date other people because they didn't believe it would work with the age gap between them but oddly enough, Hisashi didn't think so. He sat them both down and explained that as long as they cared for and expected each other and their boundaries that it was just fine to explore such a relationship-he himself was 5 years his wife's senior and started dating her when he was in veterinary university and she was still in high school so he didn't feel like he or she had the right to tell their son she was too old for him or vice versa.
After that, they took his advice to heart and started dating. Something she would never regret, sure their dates were awkward and full of guesswork, and the people around them thinking she was his big sister taking him out to have fun certainly didn't help but after a while, they found their groove and started to not give a damn about what those around them thought. They went out one night to watch the full moon on a camping trip and shared their first kiss under the moonlit sky. As she progressed up the ranks as a sidekick-Izuku would always stand by her side and cheer her on or helping her with training. As this went on, they still did their thing and took down bad guys and he started to pass along information he acquired to her so that he made it to Jeanist. She learned that he had been tracking Overhaul for a while ever since he was able to connect him to numerous drug-related deaths over the years but was unable to pick up a solid trial as whoever they were, they were good at staying in the shadows and didn't act like how villains tended to act nowadays since they didn't even know what they looked like or their gender.
Whatever this 'trigger' stuff wasn't something she was keen to mess with after seeing first-hand the damage it can leave on addicts. Then mid-way through his 3rd year, the boy hit a growth spurt and within a month, he was taller than her which he held over her head for a while before she both kicked him in the balls and kissed him till he passed out from pain and bliss. No one made fun of her height.
Not even her Izu-kun.
He did learn to always wear a ball-guard after that though.
(End of Flashback)
"How (huff) is it (huff) that you are (huff) so good at this?" Izuku asked out of breath, as he and Yu were laying on the now messed up bed, wearing only their underwear, their other articles of clothing were scattered all over the place.
"Don't ask me, I never got this far or…intimate with any of my other boyfriends, guess it's just instinct." A tired but pleased Yu answered as she twirled and danced her finger over his heaving chest, it never ceased to amaze her that he had better abs than most men she saw while working. This kid knew how to pump iron.
"I can't wait for when I ace that exam and get into U.A." Izuku said as he circled his arms around her and pulled her close.
"Oh, is it because it will be your first step to becoming a full-fledge pro? Being able to fight side by side with me in the field without the cover of darkness? Or is it because we promised to give the other our virginity if you do get in?" Yu asked with a grin that somehow was still sexy to the hormonal teenager than any other he had seen. God, the girls in his school had nothing on the goddess he was with.
"All of the above Yu," Izuku answered as he lifted them both up and headed to the small bathroom. "We should probably shower and head back up, wouldn't want to make mother uncomfortable now would we?" Izuku asked as he led her to the small shower since they were covered in sweat and still somewhat hot and bothered.
"Your mom's super cool but I don't need to smell like sweat so I'll take you up on that shower." Yu said as she started removing her underwear and stepped into the shower but before Izuku could get another peak, the door was closed on him. "Alone, we don't have time for that." She finished with a smirk before she turned on the water.
"Damn that woman for getting me addicted to her." Izuku muttered himself with a fond smile as he left the bathroom to try and gather up their clothes.