Love Denied

Chapter Eight: Encounters III

Uraraka woke up early the next day and after getting ready and eating a small breakfast she made her way to the office. She was dressed in normal clothes which consisted of black jeans, white t-shirt with the UA logo, black leather jacket and black chucks. Not her normal looks form UA but hanging out with Jiro and being a little older had change her looks somewhat.

As she walked down the sidewalk from her apartment, she decided to take a different route. It was earlier than normal for her, so taking a new route to work would be a welcomed distraction. She made her way to some different streets that she had never used before and even though she was several blocks from her routine path, it was technically on her way to work.

Uraraka took in the sights and made mental notes of the stores around this area. She already wanted to visit some of them some other day. She then saw a small market, one that she didn't know was around here. The gravity hero got closer to the market to see what was available in there. She saw stands selling flowers, fruits, vegetables, bread, fish and meats as well as cheap electronics. The place seemed to be very busy at this time. Maybe a lot of the locals shopped here in the morning?

As she looked around, she noticed a head of green hair in between all the people walking around and she suddenly stopped. The man was walking away from her, a little too fast if you asked her, since he bumped into some people and didn't bother looking back. She blinked a few times and then decided to follow the man. As the man made his way down the narrow streets of the market area, she followed trying to get closer to the him.

The area was pretty busy, so she couldn't get a good look at him. The gravity hero bumped into some people while trying to get closer to the man, but she was so concentrated in catching up to him that she didn't bother apologizing. Finally, desperation started to set in and she called out.

"Deku!" she shouted while trying to get pass some people. The man seems to flinch and his pace quickened. Uraraka let out a small gasp and called out again, "Deku, is that you!?" she redoubled her efforts to get close to him. The man made his way down an alleyway, making her panic a little, "No! wait!"

She started to jog, zigzagging to avoid the other shoppers. She reached the alleyway and found it empty but the path kept going down some ways in between buildings. She took off running at full speed, frantically looking around any corner someone could hide. The gravity hero made it to the end, only to find she made it back to a main street, full of cars, buses and taxis moving in different directions.

Uraraka stopped and looked around but found no sign of the man. She grabbed her hair with both hands in frustration, letting out a loud sigh while she kept looking back to the alleyway and the main street. "Damn it!" she said loudly while stomping her foot down. Some of the people walking down the sidewalk gave her a weird look at her sudden outburst but she didn't care.

The gravity hero threw her head back and closed her eyes. She breathed in and out a few times to calm herself. 'Calm down, Uraraka. More than likely it wasn't him.' She thought to herself. She then opened her eyes and resumed her walk to the office with a serious expression. Was it possible that Deku was around this area? That would be a pretty crazy coincidence. She then frowned. Darkmask did say he knew Izuku. That more than likely meant that Izuku was in Asaka as well. Right?

Her heart started beating a little faster at the thought. As crazy as it sounded, it made some sense that Deku could be here. Unless Darkmask knew him from somewhere else. But where? Nobody knew where Darkmask came from, if he came from somewhere else at all, and nobody knew where Izuku was. She started to get a little aggravated at all these unknowns. That damn vigilante had to say all that stuff he said last night, didn't he? Just to mess with her, more than likely. She let out a sigh and shook her head, deciding to stop thinking about this stuff. She was getting a headache from all the questions in her head.