58Izuku couldn't help but smile as he walked through the dark halls of the dormitory, feeling better about the day with how he'd managed to help Kaminari and Yaoyorouzu at least a little.
Not to mention he'd beaten the electricity producing teen in that final round like a champion. His gaze turned to the windows showing the yard outside, his reflection beaming back at him.
'…It's nice to see your real smile.' Jirou's voice suddenly rang out, making the greenette jump for a moment before he took a deep breath, ignoring the giggling in his ear at his expense.
"W-What do you mean my 'real' smile?" he asked out of curiosity, raising a brow as he began to make his way down the stairs. "I smile all the time!"
'Well yeah but it's always this shaky, wobbly nervous grin that looks ready to drop at any moment. It's just… when you aren't worried and just smile normal, it's nice is all…. Sorry, that was stupid, forget I said anything.'
"N-No, no! I uh… thank you Jirou." He said, face heating up a little at the seeming compliment. "I… liked your smile too?"
'Confident on that one?' Jirou asked with a teasing hint of amusement but if Izuku didn't know better, he could have sworn she also sounded slightly flustered.
"….Yeah, I am." Izuku said with more conviction even as his face started to colour in red. He was awkward as hell but he could give at least one compliment, especially as repayment right? "Y-You didn't smile that much, at least from what I saw so the few smiles we did get to see were always amazing."
'….J-Jeez dude, when did you get so bold?´ His headmate teased though clearly he'd managed to fluster her more, a surprising turn of events to them both.
"I just… f-felt like being honest." The greenette almost squeaked, surprising himself with his response. "Plus… it's easier to c-compliment someone when you don't have to stare them in the eye a-and worry about them hitting you cause you m-messed up without realizing."
'…Has that happened to you before?' Jirou asked, suddenly sound a little more… miffed, leaving Izuku worried he'd just offended her exactly like how he'd described.
"Yes. Sorry, i-"
'Stop apologizing, I just… something just clicked for me is all.' Jirou explained whole Izuku closed his door behind him and took a seat on his bed. 'Midoriya, you know the class calls you the resident 'cinnamon roll' right?'
"E-eh?!"
'Ok clearly not, but we do. Because, and I'm quoting Hagakure here so don't let this go to your head, 'He's a total sweetheart.'' The 'dead' girl laughed as Izuku flushed, fiddling with is bed cover (All Might themed of course). Despite himself though, he quickly came back with a retort.
"But if you say it, it has to go to my head, you're literally in it after all." He pointed out with a small chuckle.
'Were you always this much of a smart ass or is that just my wonderful personality shining through with the fusion?'
"I… huh." Izuku's eyed widened slightly. "Didn't even think of that. What's that got to do with what I said though?"
'Right, it's just… You couldn't come up with an offensive 'compliment' if you tried dude. So it's just got me wondering why on earth they'd hit you over it.'
"Uh… I'd, um… rather not talk about it? At least for now?" The greenette's voice gave away his discomfort and it seemed that was enough for Jirou to drop it.
'Alright, alright. It's your business, just got me curious is all. Anyways, we gotta share a body now and it's late, so you better get some decent sleep in.'
"Yes, Mom." He laughed, before his smile dropped as a realization set in. "Uh… can, can you like not see through me while I'm changing or…?"
'Not as far as I know.'
"…Ah." Izuku frowned, before an idea came to mind. "Full Cowling, 5%!"
With that, he changed into his pajama's in record time, barely a second passing.
'Smart idea. But I see from your perspective dude.' Jirou practically cackled as the greenette's face lit up red. 'Never thought I'd miss Mina's gossip but damn was that a big-'
"JIROU!" The One For All wielder cried, covering his face in shame. "Oh my godohmygodwhywhywhy-"
'Sorry dude. I ain't gonna lie about it though.'
The teen just groaned, climbing into bed with a frown. If he fell asleep he wouldn't have to hear any of the teasing, right?
'Just don't masturbate tonight, alright?
Izuku's embarrassment faded as confusion took over. "Huh? What's masturbation?"
'Uh… You know? Jackin'?'
"I don't know anyone called Jack." Izuku frowned, absolutely bewildered to what his headmate was talking about
'…Oh my god, you don't know what masturbation is, do you?'
"No?! What is it?"
'I am not going to be the one to corrupt you with this, hush your mouth and sleep Izuku.'
"E-Eh?! But-"
'Sleep!'
He stared at the ceiling for a moment, mouth slightly agape as he tried to make sense of any of that, coming up short. Still, he didn't want to irritate the girl on their first day of sharing a body so…
He guessed it was time to sleep. With that thought he leaned back fast, meaning to hit his pillow.
Instead he smacked his head against the wooden board of his bed.
"OW!"
'OW!'
"Ah! Wait, you felt that?" Izuku hissed in confusion, rubbing the spot he'd banged. That was definitely gonna bruise at the least.
'Yeah, we're sharing a body remember? I can feel it, it sucks…'
"Oh… uh, I'll try not to hurt myself as much as normal then I guess."
'Don't make ones you won't keep.'
"I…. You know what, fair." He sighed, smiling despite the pain as he more carefully set his head down onto the pillow. "….Goodnight, Jirou."
'Night, dork.'
'PLEASE JUST WAKE UP!'
Sobbing, painful and broken.
'MAKE IT STOP!'
She was so scared, she was so scared.
'I DON'T WANT TO DIE.'
Izuku woke up with tears in his eyes, a pain in his chest and-
'AHHHHHHHH!'
Screaming in his ears. In an instant, he was on his feet, looking around for a threat before he suddenly registered who was screaming.
"Jirou?!" He asked, his voice hoarse for some reason, surprising him. "What is it, what's the matter?!"
'M…Midoriya….'
Izuku's heart felt like it shattered hearing her voice, broken and scared and in so much pain…
"Jirou? What's wrong?"
His eyes stung, watering up for some unknown reason.
'I can't… I don't- I…. Scared… I'm scared?!'
"Jirou?"
'Y-You fell a-asleep and... it was s-so cold and dark and- and I thought I'd n-never come back and it was terrifying and-and i-'
Suddenly, Izuku was cursing the fact she wasn't here physically, at least if that was the case he could hug her or at least put a hand on her shoulder or something!
Not just for her but him as well, he could feel his own panic rising!
He remembered the moment from the night previous where he banged his head, the bruise from it stinging briefly as he recalled the pain. "Ok Jirou, try to calm down, I'm going to breathe deep, just focus on it."
With that, he did exactly as he said, taking large gulps of air and exhaling it out slowly. He repeated this process slowly for a few moments, hearing the panicked voice in his head slowly calming down until finally it was quiet.
'T-Thank you… Thank you…' The girl somehow managed to mutter, clearly still distraught but much calmer now, subdued. Still, Izuku could feel her fear and discomfort crawling through. He tentatively walked to his drawers, pulling out his school clothes.
School was still on after all. He utilized One for All to make the process of changing as brief as possible, knowing Jirou would of saw anyways. His face did tinge red again but nowhere near as much because he was focused on something else now, the bigger fish to fry.
"Jirou?"
'….'
"You… You don't have to but… talk to me, please. I don't know what I can do to help if I don't know what's wrong."
A sigh echoed through his head.
'I… Ok, you went to sleep, and… it was fine? For two whole minutes at least.' She began to explain, Izuku's heart jumping as he quickly realized if she was being literal she'd suffered all night. 'I don't even know why… Before, you slept and everything was fine but now… it's like I was locked away. Everything was dark and cold, I couldn't feel anything or see a-anyone a-and… Midoriya… I-I thought I'd d-died…'
"You didn't." He quickly assured, standing up as he clenched his fists tight. "I don't know how, but Jirou… I promise you are not going to die anytime soon."
'B-Bit late…'
"Well, physically yeah but I don't care what I have to do, I'm not going to fuck up like that again." He said, almost vehemently surprising even him with his language. "S-Sorry… Just…"
'…Thank you.' His headmate said, sounding far smaller than she ever had before as far as Izuku knew. He could still feel that discomfort all around him though and he sighed, looking to his alarm clock.
Fifteen minutes before school started.
He grabbed his blazer and bag, throwing them on as he opened his door and hurried out into the hall. If this were another time, he would be extremely embarrassed and ready to faint at the mere idea of what he was about to do but right now his concern for Jirou overpowered it.
'D-Dude?'
He might not have been able to give her any physical comfort but…
He came out into the main area, where he found Yaoyorouzu sitting alone. Looking up she smiled, but it almost immediately faltered once she took in his visage, jumping to her feet.
"Midoriya?! Are you alright?!" She asked concerned, the greenette just making his way to in front of her, beginning to fidget as nerves caught up to him.
"I uh… Yaoyorouzu? T-This is going to sound… weird but… I could really use a hug right now…" He almost squeaked out that last part, but the tall teen made no complaints about it, pulling him tight against her. "T-thank you, sorry…"
'O-Oh… dude…' Jirou's voice was quiet, almost seeming in awe from his idea.
"No need to apologize, Midoriya." The creation girl assured. "I know we may not be… the closest but you helped me last night, it's only fair I do the same. Plus hugs are nice… usually."
"Y-yeah." He laughed despite himself, glad this was actually not proving to be as… disastrous as a part of him had expected. 'This helping?'
'More than you could know Midoriya. I know I keep saying It but seriously Thank you!'
Izuku just smiled bright, the raven haired teen holding him assuming it was a result of her warm embrace and smiling as well. To be fair, that was partially true.
'Thank god for Iida's obsession with being a perfect class rep.' Izuku thought to himself. Since they had moved into the dorms, their blue haired classmate had constantly awoken before them all to set the kitchen ready for breakfast to be made, eating his own before rushing off to class to prepare.
Which meant he left Momo as vice president to greet everyone upon waking up, making sure they were all ok. It was a sweet thing to wake up to everyday, and now it was really paying off.
He'd have to thank Iida later.
"Alright… thanks." He said, finally letting go and rubbing his hand up and down his arm. "Sorry to just… ask that out of nowhere."
"Well it certainly surprised me, but if it helps you feel better I'd rather you asked for one than just bottled anything up." The tall teen quickly assured him with an adorable reassuring smile.
'God she's too cute for her own good.'
Well, the greenette couldn't really disagree with that. 'Doesn't that basically go for our whole class?'
'…Minus Bakugou and Mineta, yeah. Even Shoji and Kaminari have their moments.'
"Thanks. I'm uh, I'm going to just go straight to class today." He said, tightening his bag. "I know it's not a thing I should make a habit of, but I want to be in on time before everyone after disappearing yesterday."
"Hang on!" The onyx eyed teen called, walking into the kitchen and opening up a cupboard up high before taking out a bar of some kind and bringing it to the teen. "Here, it's a specially made type of protein bar. It might be little heavy but it should make up for not having a proper breakfast."
"…Thanks." The greenette smiled bright, taking it with a quick wave and hurrying out. 'Well that solves that problem.'
'No surprises there, Momo always was a sweetheart.'
Izuku shuddered lightly as the cold winter breeze hit him, jogging on his way to U.A.'s main building. He'd run, but he'd rather not risk slipping on any hidden ice.
"Oh by the way, Shoji is the most adorable member of our class hands down." He laughed quietly.
'…Ok, the fact you said that without even stuttering has me curious.'
"Look you've not been in the guy's changing room after one of our more intense training sessions. If one of us even gets a small cut he's like this protective dad looking us over personally. Needless to say I get a lot of attention from him…"
'Huh. Wouldn't have expected that but I get why you'd say it now. You're still wrong though and he'd agree.'
"Right, Koda." Izuku nodded as he started climbing the stairs, thinking he understood exactly who she expected to be in the top spot.
'…Yes Midoriya. Koda is definitely who I was talking about.'
"Huh? Why-"
"Problem child." The sudden drawling voice of Shota Aizawa called out from behind the greenette, making him jump a mile in his skin as he whirled around to see his teacher looking at him with his usual dead eyed stare.
Except there was something of an urgency in them this time.
"Sir?"
"Is it true?" The scruffy pro demanded without pause, making the greenette sigh. He didn't need to ask what about.
"Yes, sir."
"…Prove it. What did I say to Kyoka Jirou when she met me one on one after the final exams?" The man said, his stance somehow becoming even more intimidating, Izuku was silent for a moment as he waited for the answer.
'Keep an eye on Yaoyorouzu. Her confidence has been restored but it's likely still shaky, don't let her lose it again.'
Izuku repeated as much to his homeroom teacher, whose eyes went wide.
"Son of a…." He let out a loud, irritated sigh as he leaned against the wall. "Well this is just fantastic."
"Sir?"
"I didn't think you would lie about something like this but I had to be sure." His teacher said, pacing back and forth. "I'm…. glad she's still alive. I just wish it were physical."
'You and me both.'
"You and me both."
'Oh god dammit.'
"…We can talk more about this later." The scruffy pro decided, turning away. "In the meantime… Look, all you need to know is that if Jirou can be brought back somehow, your scores will count towards hers. Aside from that I honestly have no idea what to do about all this…"
With that he began to walk off, though he turned back a few moments later.
"Oh, and All Might wanted you to go see him during lunch by the way. Something about it being about your quirk."
"Alright, thank you sir." Izuku nodded with a bow, watching him walk off before he turned his attention to the classroom, walking in.
As soon as he did, he found not only was Iida there but so was Uraraka, both standing up. Whatever they had been talking about ceased as both their eyes widened before the brunette launched at him, pulling him into a tight hug.
"Deku! You had us so worried when you disappeared yesterday!" She exclaimed, grip on him tight. He gingerly returned the embrace, face twinging slightly red. "We looked almost everywhere!"
"Sorry guys… it was just overwhelming." He explained quietly, watching his blue haired friend nod his head in understanding.
"That's understandable, it must have been hard for you to be there."
'Try having it being your own funeral AND sharing the physical aspects with him.' Jirou deadpanned, making Izuku feel slightly guilty.
"Yeah I just... I wish I got to know her better." He said, the lie easy to make seeing as it wasn't really a lie. He did want to know her better, he just wasn't using the proper tense was all.
…Yeah, he really hoped All Might would decide to tell the truth, keeping a secret was one thing, outright lying was another and Izuku was shocking at it.
"Well I promise we'll be here for you, Deku!" Uraraka said determinedly, pulling back and giving him a serious look. "If you need us, just say, ok?"
"I will, I promise." He nodded, making his way over to his own desk. The girl nodded herself, going to her own seat.
'So, you wanted to get to know me, huh?'
'…Yeah. I wanted to get to know everyone more really but you were one of the big ones… it's just… I'm not exactly great at talking to people.'
Suddenly, the door opened again and a few students walked in. Among them, Koda lead the pack with a happy smile. Those that showed at least gave Izuku a quick wave or a smile on seeing he was ok.
A giggling sounded in the greenette's head.
'Well if we gotta share thoughts and that anyways might as well be honest, right? Never actually told anyone this but might as well now while I have the chance. You remember how in the entrance exam Koda ended up doing most of the physical work?'
'Yeah I remember that match up, I'm sorry for how painful it must have been.'
'You got put up against All Might, I think you drew the shorter straw. But anyways, once Present Mic was down it was honestly… really nice being in his arms. I kinda had a small crush on the dude for a while.'
'Really? Why didn't you say anything?'
'I don't know… I guess I just wasn't sure if I was really into guys yet. It passed eventually anyways and that wouldn't have been fair to him.'
'That's fair, I suppose. I get questioning, if we're being totally honest… Kirishima has gotten me pretty confused a few times in the past. Doesn't help he as the most exposing costume of the class.'
'Huh, not something I expected us to have in common. While we're sharing though then, this secret?'
Izuku sighed quietly. 'Really? You will hopefully find out later anyways.'
'Was worth a shot though.' Jirou said, somehow making a noise that reminded Izuku of a shrug. Before they could continue that discussion, Aizawa returned, fixing them all with a meaningful look before launching into the announcements.
'Welp, time for our first school day like this.'
It wasn't until a few hours later that Izuku found himself standing at the door to the teachers longue following maths with ectoplasm, Jirou groaning in his ear.
'It's a shame your smarts don't get given to me as well because if never see another math's textbook, it will be too soon.'
"Well it's over now." He hummed, feeling bad about the fact she clearly found it difficult and had had to watch him blast through most of the problems faster than ectoplasm could call them out to the class in his workbook. "Now… let's see what All Might wants to say."
With that, he opened the door and walked inside, finding the skinny blonde that was All Might sipping away at his tea. Upon hearing the door, he looked up and a solemn look overtook his face.
"Ah… Young Midoriya and… Young Jirou?" he said, phrasing the last part more like a question to which the greenette nodded. The ex-pro sighed. "Forgive me, this is just… I spoke with Aizawa and Nezu so I know it is true but I can scarcely believe it."
'Yeah well, between being stuck in Green's head and dying, I'll take the dork's ramblings.'
"She said she'd rather be in here then dead." Izuku supplied, leaving out her extra comment with a small roll of his eyes. "I… think it has to do with you know what, her managing to survive up here. Either way… we're sharing thoughts, and feelings and we don't even know if we'll be able to get her out."
'Thanks for being the optimist, Midoriya.'
"….So I presume you want to tell her then? Even though you haven't even told young Uraraka or young Iida?" All Might asked, seeming somewhat confused.
"…I do. I know it's a big secret, an important one that you don't want to many people knowing but I literally won't be able to keep it a secret in this scenario. It's not like Jirou can give tell it to anyone anyways without it going through me and… if it's involved, I think she deserves to know." He explained, his tone surprisingly final.
'Yeah, I am still here you know.'
'Sorry, but if you want to know, got to convince him first right?'
"…Yes, I suppose you are right." The blonde nodded, sighing as he set down his drink. "It will be odd addressing young Jirou while looking at your face but here we go. Is she ready to listen?"
'Yes, I want to know what the heck this is about. You got me way to curious to blue balls me now.'
"She's ready." Izuku confirmed, ignoring her crassness.
"Then, miss Jirou, you should know the real name of young Midoriya's quirk. It's the same name as my own quirk, which of course makes sense. After all, they are the same quirk."
'W-Wait what? But… that doesn't… except… Oh my god…'
"That quirks name…. is One for All."
