8Aftermath of a Rescue
Morning after the Battle with All for One.
"So, everything's feeling okay," mother Jiro asked, sitting in one of the three vacant seats next to her daughter's hospital bed.
"Yeah, no blurry vision, nausea, wooziness," Kyoka replied honestly in order to put her mother's worries to ease.
"So, nothing that your father would cause after shouting so much," Mika quipped to bring out an amused look from her. It worked, a giggle escaping her lips, coinciding with her own, the two were honestly just happy to have that moment of peace after the chaos that was the past eight or so hours. Mika was lucky that she was even able to get into the hospital after All Might's final battle, mostly due to the heavy traffic, emergency care patients pouring in, and the chaotic energy in general sweeping the nation. Kyotoku wanted to come, but with the previously mentioned conditions Mika thought it would be easier if just one of them went, although this didn't stop him from calling his sunshine inaudibly because of the strength of his emotions.
"They told me I'm getting discharged today though, so nothing to really worry about now mom."
"Well why not now?"
"Hm?"
"Why not just go ahead and take you home, not like you have any operation needed, or thankfully no more police questioning."
"I mean…yeah, true enough," she darted her eyes to her lap, looking a tiny bit disappointed, something her mother picked up on.
"Worried that the doctors might have overlooked something?"
"No…just, something else," a rose tint made its way onto her cheeks, she had not told her mother; or anyone else for that matter about last night. Until, "…Hey mom, could you maybe, close the door?"
"I mean sure, but why hon?"
"Just, don't want to risk any kind of rumor or scandal if the wrong people were to walk by. I know it all sounds weird, but I'll explain in a minute," her mother did as she requested, smirking as she replied to this, "Just be glad that it was just me and no your dad. Don't think his heart could take that our little Kyoka actually liked someone."
"Wh-what," Kyoka's tinted cheeks had spread like a virus to her whole face, "I didn't even say anything yet!"
"Hehe, sweetie, do you really think a mother, let alone another girl for that matter couldn't tell," she joked as she made her way back to her chair, scooting closer to the bed, "So go on."
"…*gulp*…okay, so uh…last night I was still awake after all the questioning, and just couldn't sleep in general after all these mixed emotions I had about the summer camp."
"You wanna talk about that?"
"N-no, I already got to with…someone," though her bashful expression stayed on her like a bad habit, a brief smile formed on her, she was really grateful for Izuku's actions even if they hadn't been romantic.
"I'm guessing that someone has got you tomato faced," Mika teased, making her revert back to embarrassment, her mother was a blessing and a curse when it came to talking because of her sweet and listening nature, and the inner devil that gave Jiro her quips and teasing.
"Um…yes," she squeaked, warming Mika's heart enough to get her away from cutting up at her kid, to being genuinely happy that she was experiencing the incredible sensation of affection for the first time; that wasn't familial anyway.
"Ahhh, boy or girl?"
"B-boy."
"Is it that electrical kid you always laugh at?"
"N-no."
"Hmmm, Endeavor's kid?"
"No, not him either," mother Jiro was having a little fun guessing since the sports festival allowed her to narrow down the list of people her daughter took interest in.
"Please for my sake don't tell me it's the small one with grapes or the one they had to lock up because he won."
"No," Kyoka laughed, for a second considering saying either of them just to get back at her, but decided not to since this was something new to her.
"Who then?"
"You remember the kid that broke his bones a lot?"
"Yup, the thought of his medical bills sent chills down my spine."
"Me to, but…it's him."
"Well well, that doesn't seem like you."
"I didn't think so at first either but…he's honestly…really cool," she smiled again, still keeping her eyes at the bed and her hands coming together as she twiddled her thumbs.
"How so," Mika asked, enjoying the smile on her.
"Well, for starters," she took in a breath, the heat she felt washing away a bit, giving her nerves a break, "he's always been the most reliable guy when it comes to…anything really, I used to always ask for Yaoyorozu for help on homework, but since everyone does, I asked him for help and he always pulls though no matter what. Then there's just his-"
*ZZZ* *ZZZ*
Jiro was cut off from her spilling of feelings by, ironically, a call from her dad to her mom, the elder Jiro pulling out her phone to answer it, mouthing a sorry as she did, which Kyoka brushed off as okay.
"Hey hon, can this wait, I'm talking about something important. What is it? Oh well it's-" the mother was cut off by Jiro making visible motions to prevent her father from knowing, to which Mika took note of as to not send her back into a mini coma again, "Just a girl thing about our, um, haaaair?"
Jiro made a prayer pose, being met with a thumbs up signaling that he bought it, "But seriously can it wait? Oh, a record deal, great hang on."
"You can take it, I'll still be here," she gave her mom a smile and a wave.
"I swear it'll only be a minute," she stood up and made her way to the door, "Then we can talk all about your bone breaker."
"…Called him Mr. Mummy with all the bandages he gets," she laughed it off to hide her nervousness.
"Awww you already have pet names," Mika fired back as she stepped out, leaving Kyoka to scream into her pillow in shame and frustration.
Mother Jiro decided to go to the staircase to take the call, pressing the hold button again resuming her talk, "Ok hon, put them on."
"I lied."
"Really?"
"What I wanted to know how she was without her freaking out," the father continued as she reached the door to the staircase, "Now please tell me, can she breathe ok? Is her quirk still functioning? What about her arms? WHATS WRONG WITH HER HAIR?"
*Click*
Mika squeezed her forehead with her fingers in frustration, but chuckled a bit. 'He's hopeless sometimes but his hearts in the right place,' she turned to the door, but heard another one at the bottom floor open up. Stopping out of curiosity because the source of the noise starting muttering at the speed of a train, as he started walking up the stairs to the fifth floor.
"Ok ok Midoriya you can do this, she already knows that you like her it should be completely possible to speak to her without acting like a complete idiot I mean the hardest part is over but then again what if she doesn't feel the same way man that would really suck but she did hug you so that's something maybe I can go off of that oh hello miss you must be Jiro's mom nice to meet you," he said as he opened the door to the floor, "Okay, so how am I gonna be all smooth and-"
Then it hit him…
Izuku turned as pale as a ghost, his heart beating a mile a minute thankfully proving that he was, yes, not dead, but certainly making him wish that he was. Midoriya walked backwards, coming through the door once again to meet a smirking Mika.
"H-hi."
"Hello young man."
"…By uh any ch-ch-chance did you."
"Yup."
"How much?"
"Every word."
She surpressed that inner demon to tease the blushing boy, but found it pretty adorable, and certainly didn't wanna deny him of her daughter.
"O-oh, that's uh, g-g-great, I can explain."
"No need to, just answer me this."
"…Y-yes?"
"Do you actually care about my daughter?"
"Yes," he said confidently, despite his predicament.
"Good. Next, have you talked since you were here last night?"
"N-no…she told you about that?"
"A little, now, I don't have any more questions, but I have a little request."
"Yes mam?"
"Make sure she gets home safely."
Jiro's Room
The door opened to reveal Kyoka taking a mini nap, passing the time till her mother returned, knowing that her conference calls took forever. Mika peered in, knocking to signal the end of her call, waking up her daughter as she rose upward from her relaxed position on the bed, smiling at her return.
"They talk your ear off as always?"
"Not as much as your father, buuuut getting there," Mika closed the door, and walked up to her young one's bed, "So I have some good news and bad news."
"Go on."
"Bad: I have to go on home and help your father not have a panic attack about you."
"That bad for you or me?"
"Both my dear," the two laughed, "Good: that boy is on his way up here."
"Really?! I-I mean, uh really?"
"Aw come on don't act like you're not excited."
"It's fine really," she acted cool as can be but unable to hide her cheeks from giving away the front.
"I'd believe it if your ear lobes weren't shaped like that," the parent unlocked her phone opening the camera feature to give her daughter a mirror, showing her that her quirk had made heart loops.
"GAH," she shouted as she pulled them down to straighten them, but unfortunately causing a small knot, "OW!"
"Well, I'll be off, don't do anything me and your father wouldn't do," she giggled as she exited the room, on the way to the elevator she turned back to the stairway door, where Izuku was standing, shaking all over. She gave him a wink, and pointed to the room with her thumb, before getting on the elevator and disappearing from his sight.
Izuku, took in a deep, long breath, as he slowly made his way to the door, knocking on it though it was open, this was cute to Jiro, making her forget the small pain of her quirk's knot, "Come on in, I know it's you," she giggled.
"…H-hey," he greeted as he walked in, closing the door behind him.
"…Hi."
"Is it a bad time?"
"N-no just my mom."
"Did she tangle your quirk?"
"N-no," she blushed.
"Then how did they," he asked with concern, stepping up to her bed.
"N-n-nothing," she grew more nervous trying to hide her face from him with her hands, hoping her quirk wouldn't accidentally give it away.
"Um," Izuku blushed as well, as his eyes darted to his shoes, slowly rising back up to meet her. A smile formed on his quivering lips, she was adorable like this, but felt bad because he was the same way with girls; especially her. However, this didn't get in the way of his next question, "Can I help…untangle them…for you?"
Jiro's eyes widened as her body calmed, she was clearly still embarrassed, but it was comforting knowing that he wanted to help her, an act more appreciated by the fact that she knew how much he cared about her. Kyoka's hands slid down her face, her eyes turning to look at Deku, who still wore the grin but disappeared growing more frantic as he spoke again.
"O-only if you want to I mean if it's too much I'll be alright if you say no I just wanted to help out no other motive I swear I know you can handle it yourself you are awesome…uh crap that was forward I'm sorry," he stopped when the earphone jack poked his forehead, returning his focus to the girl, the sun shined on her through the window, she was smiling bashfully as her eyes were on him then down to the floor.
"You can help," she said calmly, her look in the moment, and the acceptance of her help nearly stopped his heart as he looked in awe at the shy beauty.
"Al-alright," he replied as he reached out his hands to take the lobe, and started being as gentle as he could while getting to work. Kyoka leaned over a bit to put less stress on it, but she was a little closer to him, her head mere inches from his face, this causing the two minor embarrassment.
The rocker wanted to break the ice a little, but there was just one thing that was going through her head at the moment, something that was going ever since the end of his last visit, she couldn't honestly hold it in, and so-
"So, you have a crush on me huh?"
Izuku stopped, with all the excitement of last night, and his focus on the task at hand, he had almost completely forgot that he had admitted his feelings to her. He almost reverted to his ghostlike state, but remained calm, knowing that if he freaked, he could hurt her, this didn't stop his face though, his blush more prominent, spreading all over.
"…Y-yeah."
"How long?"
"S-s-since our second study session."
"Was that the one where Mineta listened through the door, or Jamming-Yay," she joked, trying to undercut the tension.
"Hehe, no it was actually both of them," it worked a little, his face being less red.
"Oh yeah, I remember sending the grape flying with the door, and Kaminari just ran, too bad the carpet tripped him."
"Bad for him or the table he smashed when he fell?"
"Aizawa after he had to clean it up," she covered her mouth to hold in the laughter, as Izuku moved to the next lobe to untangle, also struggling to not laugh.
"I don't think I've ever been so scared of Mr. Aizawa in my entire life," Midoriya replied.
"You haven't seen him lose a sleeping bag."
"Oh man, no thank you."
"Wimp."
Deku laughed, but slowly frowned.
"I'm sorry I just left you hanging like that last night, I was honestly just so nervous and kinda scared how you would react."
"Don't sweat it, everybody would be scared to say that to somebody they liked. Besides, I'm pretty sure I made you happy from that hug."
"…Y-yeah," he smiled again, giving the girl some relief and joy.
"There's my boy," she nudged him, his joy radiated to her, the two enjoying each other's company, the pleasant mood could be felt about the room, allowing Midoriya to finally ask what was on his mind since he stated his feelings.
"So…Jiro?"
"Yeah Mr. Mummy?"
"D-do you…feel the same?"
A silence fell on her, she really didn't know how to put it into words, a thought that left her companion worried, praying that she felt the same way.
"To be completely honest with you…"
His head lowered.
"I get it-"
"I've liked you since the sports festival," she looked into his eyes, which were watering from the initial bracing of possible rejection, and now…absolute glee.
"R-really?"
"…Mhm," she couldn't believe she was able to say it, but she did, her bravery would make her mother proud, "I was honestly gonna tell you before, was actually planning to after I woke up, was running through my head the whole time. Being so depressed and angry with myself, not being able to do anything at the camp, then that…goofy, nerdy, plain, yet…adorable face of yours that was always there to pick me up when I needed it, gave me the strength to make sure you kept smiling when you came down here yesterday."
Izuku was shocked as he listened to her, his eyes watering more and more, he was trying to fight back the tears but simply couldn't. She didn't mind though; she was almost there herself.
"Wanna know something?"
"S-sure."
"I didn't leave earlier because well…I was hoping you would come back, so I could just tell you all this. Thought I was gonna explode."
"Thank you, for waiting for me."
"No problem, by the way."
"Hm?"
"You can let go now," in truth Izuku had fixed the last knot three minutes ago.
"Oh sorry," he blushed again, letting go of the lobe letting it return to her.
"It's cool, got a little distracted by your water works," she joked again, hiding her own bashfulness, "Anyway, I should probably get going before my dad tears through Japan."
"That alone is a scary thought."
"His voice is scarier, trust me."
"I do."
"You wanna go with me?"
"More than happy to" they smiled warmly at each other, glad to be in each other's company a bit longer. Jiro got up to the bathroom to change, and the two left the hospital hand in hand.
They eventually reached Jiro's home after a long train ride filled with cute couple conversation, and jokes about their classmates. The two were now standing, at the front of the house and stopped to say their goodbyes.
"Sucks huh?"
"Hm?"
"Just wish we could've spent some more time together," she frowned, soon met with Izuku's optimism.
"It'll be okay, class will start up again soon, and maybe we can hang out some more tomorrow."
"Got a point there freckles," she playfully nudged his arm…but forgot the damage it took.
"Ow!"
"Oh my god I'm sorry!"
"I think I need to go back to the hospital, I think you tore a stitch!"
"Crap, I'll get my mom or dad to drive us don't worry I'll be right-"
"Got you."
"…Not funny," she pouted but in a cute way, she was more impressed than mad, she would've never thought he had it in him.
"Sorry, see you tomorrow?"
"Oh, you will, pray I don't do worse to that arm of yours," she replied with a devilish smile as she walked up to her door, opening it.
"Looking forward to it," he said nervously, remembering what the doctor told him yesterday, she saluted her new boyfriend, he nodded back, as happy as he could be, not deciding to move till the door was shut. He began toward his home…that is until Jiro's door flung open, revealing the shy rocker with pink tinted cheeks, this made Deku stop in his tracks with concern.
"By the way," Jiro yelled, as she dashed toward him, hugging him tightly. He returned the hug, the best way to end the day in his mind. Well, second best, she stepped back slightly, still holding him as their eyes met, he smiled at her brightly causing her to do the same.
Then…her lips softly pressed against his, bewilderment overtook him his reaction clearly showing, even as she parted from the kiss. She looked into his wide eyes with wonder.
"I have a crush on you to."
The End.
Authors Note: In all honesty i wasnt planning on following this story up with any real continuation chapter, but I really wanted to make a follow up after reading it over a couple times, plus a few comments giving me some ideas as to where to go after the first part and it all just gave way to this new addition. This however, is indeed it for this story, I have alot of ideas on the back burner, and a couple stories I need to continue as is, more specifically my Pranks story which hasn't got an update in too long.
Im sorry if this wasn't exactly where you wanted the story to go, but it was honestly the only place I wanted to take it in general, if i added more stuff about them learning about the dorms or how their relationship would affect the actual My Hero story after this point then I would feel like I would be stretching a story I felt shouldve stayed short and sweet. I'm grateful for all the feedback on this one, as well as all the stories i've written thus far, and hope not to disappoint you guys in the future, and keep on giving you all the stories you deserve and want.
See ya in the next one...Imma go to bed.
