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Izuku's P.O.V
My eyes flutter open to see my ceiling, I sit up and massage the back of my neck as I slowly get out of bed. I walk over to my desk to grab my phone as I pick it up. I notice a small post-it note next to the spot where my phone was, I pick up the note and read it. The note was from Aizawa and it reminded me of the events of last night, 'Oh yeah, I got into a fight with Kaminari last night. I hope I don't have house arrest again.' I thought as my ears perk up from the sound of a knock on my door.
I walk over and open it only to receive a chop to the head from my brunette best friend. "I told you to talk to him, not to kick him around like a soccer ball!" Ochaco yelled as I rubbed my head still aching from the impact. Ochaco Uraraka is my best friend from middle school and mostly the only reason Bakugo didn't kill me during middle school.
"Ow. I'm sorry but he pissed me off, plus he was about to hit Jiro." I say, my tone slowly turning serious. "If I'm gonna be a hero I can't just ignore stuff like that!" I say in a voice filled with determination as Ochaco's lips curved upwards. "Why don't we get our minds off this? Let's head to the mall and get a few things, in about 20 minutes." Ochaco said as she walked to the door and opened it, "Don't be late okay?" she said with a menacing aura radiating off of her as she left.
I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding in, 'Man she's too scary sometimes.' I say as I walk over to my closet to find some clothes, I reach up and grab a red hoodie with some black jeans. I realized that I may need a shower, so I grabbed my things as I walked out of my room with haste in my steps.
As I got downstairs, I saw Jirou walking towards the door with the small black bag with all her joints, snacks, and air freshener. "Hey, Jirou!" I called to her as she opened the door, she turned to me with a small smile. "Hey there Mr. Fluffy, how's it going?" Jirou asked as I blushed a bit from the nickname.
"I'm fine, how about you?" I asked as I looked at her outfit, Jirou was wearing a black t-shirt along with a denim jacket with matching denim shorts. I also noticed that she was wearing black fishnets and red shoes. I gave a slight smile as Jiro answered, "I'm doing pretty good, though Kaminari has been bugging me to hang out for some time now and it's really stressful." Jirou says as she looks at her small black bag.
"Well, Ochaco and I are heading to the mall for a bit, you wanna join us?" I ask much to Jirou's surprise. "No, I couldn't do that to you guys plus I don't wanna be a bother," Jiro said with a slight blush. I give her a reassuring smile and say, "Don't worry you won't be bothering anyone Jiro plus I'm inviting you so you could have some fun." Jirou thought about it for a bit before finally giving in.
"Fine, what time?" Jirou said with a neutral expression on her face to hide her happiness, "I have to shower first then I'll meet you down here in about 10 minutes with Ochaco. See ya soon." I said as I walked off.
Jirou's P.O.V
I watched Midoriya walk away as I felt my heart flutter, 'Is he asking me out on a date? Wait, that can't be the case, he said Uraraka was going with us.' I thought as I walked over to the couch and waited for the green-haired boy and his friend. I opened my phone and began scrolling through my music, I found the song I wanted and plugged in one of my jacks as the guitar riff kicked in along with the sound of drums in the background.
I sat there just bopping my head to the joyous sounds of music rush through my jacks into my head then all over my body. Unfortunately, a hand that tapped my shoulder shook me out of my music-induced trance. 'There better be a fire because if they just interrupted my jam session without a good reason, I'm gonna kill them!' I thought as I paused my music and got ready to glare at the culprit, but I found Midoriya standing there with a nervous smile on his face when I turned around.
"H-Hey Jirou, you ready to go?" he asked while trembling with fear.
"Oh yeah, let's get going," I say as I got up from the couch and walked over to the door while Midoriya followed behind me. Once we were both out the door I took a moment to look over Midoriya's outfit. He was wearing a red sweater with the words 'Hoodie' written on it in kanji with some black jeans and his signature red high tops. I smile at his simple yet unique style of dressing as I hear the sound of footsteps behind us then I hear an energetic voice.
"Hey, there you two!" The voice belonged to the brunette that joined us. Uraraka walked up to us. I looked over at her outfit. The outfit was fairly simple; it consisted of a pink sweater with a white skirt and black thighs under them. She also had a cat-shaped handbag along her shoulder, she had a bright smile as she got to us, "You guys ready to go? I hope I didn't overdress." Uraraka said with a small smile.
"A bit more makeup and you would look like a clown," Midoriya said, only to cower in fear as Uraraka stared at him with an evil smirk. I chuckled at the display but then the same feeling of dread from before crept back up my spine. 'Wait why do I care if they're dating? We've only spoken once and that was when we were high. I have no right to have any romantic feelings for Midoriya.' I thought as I felt a hand on my shoulder drag me out of my thoughts, the hand belonged to Midoriya. He had a concerned look on his face and a bump on his forehead, probably from Uraraka.
"You okay Jiro? You seem out of it?" Midoriya asked with Uraraka looking at me with a questioning expression on her face, "O-Oh yeah, I'm fine. We should get going though." I shook off the feeling as we walked out the gates and towards the train station. While we were walking Uraraka decided to strike up a conversation by asking, "So Jiro, how are you feeling after the whole Kaminari situation?" I flinched at the question but before I could answer Midoriya jumped in.
"Come on Ochako, that's a sensitive topic for her plus I don't wanna hear that idiot's name again," Midoriya said with a small amount of venom laced in his voice. I turned my head away from them as a large red blush appeared on my face, 'Damn it, why does he make me feel this way.' I thought as I slapped my cheeks and turned back to the two.
"Don't worry it's fine, he's just been bugging me for a while and it's kind of annoying," I say as I put a piece of hair behind my ear. Midoriya and Uraraka both gave me a reassuring smile, "Well just remember that we're here for you anytime." Uraraka said while Midoriya gave me a nod, I felt a smile form. "Oh let's go shopping!" Uraraka yelled as she ran off, Midoriya turned around and smiled at me "Come on let's go." he said as I ran and I followed.
-Time Skip-
Once we got to the mall, Uraraka began to bounce around with excitement as Midoriya and I looked around at the different stores until we heard Uraraka call to us. "Hey guys, let's go to that store," Uraraka said while pointing to Spencer's. I looked at Midoriya as we both nod in unison, we walked into the store and began looking at a few clothes. I saw a cool graphic tee that I really liked. I took it off the rack and admired it for a bit until I caught a glimpse of Uraraka walking towards the back of the store.
I didn't think much of it until I remembered what store we were in. I quickly went over to Uraraka as she was about to wander into the realm of dirty that she was not ready for. "Uraraka isn't this shirt cool?" I asked, trying to get her away from the killer of innocence that is the back of Spencer's but she wouldn't move until I signaled Midoriya who had a shirt in his hands.
He must have put two and two together rather quickly as he placed the shirt down and jogged over to us. He grabbed Uraraka's shoulder as I did the same and we both walked out of the store with her. I looked around once more trying to find a store that wouldn't cause Uraraka to fall to the level of Mineta when he's acting out. I spotted a Hot Topic and pointed my head in the direction of the store as Midoriya nodded and we let go of Uraraka and walked in.
Midoriya and Uraraka both went to look for stuff together while I slowly looked for anything that caught my interest but that couldn't stop the feeling of dread from creeping back onto me, 'C'mon Kyouka, they are perfect for each other so of course, they're dating and he probably only sees me as a friend.' I thought as I absent-mindedly wandered the aisle until my hearing picked up on two people talking, those people were Midoriya and Uraraka it seemed they didn't notice me across from them.
"Man this looks awesome, don't you think Uraraka?" Midoriya asked the brunette as she answered, "Yeah it looks cool, it's color scheme is nice you should get it." Midoriya decided to strike up a conversation "So any details on your date with Mina?" Midoriya asked as I felt the steam coming from Uraraka as she began to stutter. "I-I-I a-asked her about y-yesterday and she kind of sort of said yes," Uraraka said as Midoriya began to laugh at the girl. That's when I heard the sound of someone's phone ringing, there was the sound of shuffling for a bit then I heard Uraraka's voice again.
After a minute of talking, Uraraka hung up and spoke to Midoriya again. "Well I have to go, Mina said she wants to meet at the mall so it works out, wish me luck and tell Jirou I'm sorry if she didn't have a good time," she said as she walked out of the store, I stood frozen in place as the news finally registered in my mind. 'They aren't dating, that's a surprise.' I thought as I hear Midoriya call my name.
As I walk to him, I couldn't help but smile. "What's up Pine Tree?" I asked once I was in front of the green-haired powerhouse. "Well, you found anything you want?" he asked as he put his hands into his pockets, 'Yeah I did but it wasn't an item in the store.' I thought as I looked into his round jade orbs and replied "Yeah but I think I wanna look around some more." I say as he responded with a small smile that made me gain a slight blush as he walked off into the store. 'Damn, he knows just how to set my heart ablaze.' I thought as I followed after him.