41 Chapter 40 - Meeting With Ochaco

Izuku is holding Mitsuki's hand, tightly intertwining their fingers as if they were each other's fated one. The pair bought a private room ticket and boarded their train towards the outer rural area of Musatufu.

"You invited another woman to your date. That's the scummiest move I've seen my whole life," Mistuki said, bickering. Her words stung but her expression said otherwise, feeling happy about their outing.

It has been a long time since her last "date" with her husband. Japan's oppressive work culture leaves little time for Mitsuki to enjoy her married life, leaving a blank spot for Izuku to happily fulfill.

"I'm not interested in her," Izuku said, smiling wryly, "I just wanted to discuss a few things with a girl I met in the exam,"

A few days after the exam passed, Izuku received a text from Ochaco, the clumsy gravity-altering girl he found in the exam. How she acquired his number is a mystery to Izuku, but she wanted to repay his help and treat him to a meal.

Initially, Izuku wanted to refuse as she lives rather far from him but instead took the opportunity to bring Mitsuki out for a date. He had been wanting to thank her for being there for Inko when he was away and it was a relatively safe opportunity to do so.

Sure he could instead bring her to a hotel, but mixing things up is never a bad thing. Sometimes filling her emotional needs is better than filling her up. Seeing her excited expression, Izuku thought he had made the right choice.

"Is there anything you want to do while I meet with her?" Izuku asked as he fed himself a bite from his train bento. 

"Tch," Mitsuki snickered, "Asking me to leave while you go meet another girl. I should've known you're a piece of shit,"

Izuku pulled her cheeks and said, "Stop being cheeky already or I'll bring you to a hotel first,"

"Stop it!" Mitsuki slapped his hands away and rubbed her reddened cheek. She would've never let anyone else treat her this way but Izuku had done much more in bed so it's tolerable for now. "I'll find a spa or massage place then, my back is killing me after all your shit,"

"And yet you keep asking for mor–," Izuku's cheeks turned red as now it was Mitsuki's turn to pull his. She stopped after a while and showed an irate expression as if saying, 'One more word and you're dead!'

"I'll search for one, and after we can go wherever you want," Izuku quickly nodded and searched for a suitable one from his phone. After all, he didn't want to bring her to one with a shady undertone. Mitsuki showed a smile and felt happy with her win.

The train started to accelerate as they continued their conversation, dishing out whatever came to their mind and enjoying what little time they spared for each other.

Mitsuki observed Izuku who talked wholeheartedly about his days with Inko and Lin. She felt that in the last couple of months they had spent with each other, he had grown quite considerably. In just a single year, he had gone from her little neighborhood boy to a man she wanted to rely upon.

She thought a lot about what the two had done together over the past year and always condemned herself for it. There exists no loophole she could throw herself into thinking that what she's doing is even remotely right or acceptable.

Every day they walk on thin ice. Just one mistake and everything will crumble down into dust. Maybe she should've stopped herself that day, Mitsuki always lamented. But at last, she had crossed the bridge and burned her whole way out with it. There was only one path left in the road for her, and that's with him in it.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Mitsuki waited for Izuku to finish his sentence before stealing a deep kiss for herself. She wanted it, she wanted him, so she took it. Nothing more, nothing less. 

She felt that it was about time. No more guilty thoughts. No more regrets. 

"What was that for?" Izuku flashed her a smile and asked, a bit surprised. Mitsuki may be more forward than Inko as she had always been an aggressive woman, but even she rarely asked for him. It was always Izuku who initiated their wrongdoings.

"I don't know. Just felt like it," Mitsuki said and hummed a happy tune, feeling fully content for once.

Izuku felt she didn't want to continue the conversation and let her be, giving her another kiss before leaning his head on her shoulder. He didn't know what changed but felt it was for the better. At least for their relationship.

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After dropping Mitsuki into a very classy spa and massage place, Izuku went to the restaurant where Ochaco set their meet-up. There were two reasons he wanted to meet up with Ochaco before they got into U.A.

One, he wants her to keep silent about his ability to dispel any quirks that are enacted into his body. It's one of the trump cards he wanted to keep as a safety net.

However, there exist quirk negation quirks such as the one wielded by pro hero "Eraser Head" which can temporarily negate quirk usage when he keeps his eye on you. Izuku was curious as to whether he could dispel that as well or if would it not work.

Even if it didn't, Izuku felt he could still win against the hero as they both are essentially trading fists if it comes down to it. He didn't train his body and reflexes with Toga for nothing after all. 'Though maybe not, I'll have to personally see him in action first,'

The second reason he wanted to meet with Ochaco was to sway her into his team, or at least implant a favorable impression of him into her. If he couldn't win or escape a fight against, say, someone like All-Might, having a pawn he could use is always a good option. 

Maybe not to win, but to merely delay.

Even if their time interacting with one another is short, Izuku knew Ochaco was someone who was still very green to the world. A pure and gullible kitten he could tame. Someone like All-Might would inevitably falter if she were to be at his side, defending him.

Well, that situation is still very far away from ever happening. Izuku isn't planning to do anything big and Toga had heeded his words of avoiding crimes someone like All-Might would purposefully dive himself into.

It was merely a precaution. He hoped he could do the same with some of his future classmates as they should have a quirk worth exploiting if they can get into U.A.

"Ochaco, here!" Izuku shook his thoughts as he saw the auburn-haired girl spring a smile after hearing his call. She strode to his table and wiped her sweaty forehead away, "Izuku-kun! Today's pretty hot isn't it,"

"Here, I ordered an iced tea for you to cool down,"

"Eh, but I was supposed to be the one treating you today!" Ochaco said, though she didn't reject the offer and enjoyed refreshing her tired head. "Thanks! But this time, let me buy you this town's specialty okay?"

Izuku shook his head and relented to her enthusiasm. He didn't know why she was this cheerful meeting someone she barely knew but it was a nice change of pace for him. 

'Now then, how should I start with her…'

(A/N: GIMMI STONES!

I just discovered massage parlor may have an innuendo of it being a brothel so I went with the "Spa and massage" place. Though, anything with "massage" immediately brings my thoughts to those dirty things, fk my corrupted mind ig.

I'm still unsure whether to make Izuku fully evil or have a redemption arc along the way. It mainly differs between him easily discarding his cannon fodder friends later on and him showing some amount of care for them. Also, cannon fodders are those he doesn't have strong feelings for so anyone except Inko, Mitsuki, Lin, and Toga. Hmm…)