Izuocha's Love Stories

7 - PHOTOGRAPH OF A DAY FORGOTTEN

By Dr_J33

Izuku visited his mom at least once a month. Inko was alone after all, so anytime she could see her baby boy was more than welcome. This visit was just a little different, however.

Izuku brought Ochako with him. Izuku got a text from his mother saying she needed help, and Ochako, who saw the message volunteered to lend her aid. (Secretly this was an excuse for her to meet her crush's mother but that's not important.)

The pair arrived at the Midoriya apartment and let themselves in.

"Mom I'm here- oh..."

Inko Midoriya was sitting on the floor, a pile of photographs sprawled out before her next to a cardboard box. She looked up to greet her son and his friend.

"Oh hello Izuku, oh and you must be Uraraka."

"It's nice to meet you." Said Ochako "you Said you needed help?"

"Yes, I was doing some cleaning and I found this box of photographs that I need to sort through." Said Inko "Any help Is appreciated."

"There's... nothing embarrassing in there right?" Asked Izuku

"Oh no." Said Inko, "At least I don't think so.... maybe one bathtime picture."

Izuku sighed,

"Alright, but let's do this at the table, there's no way that's good for your back mom."

"Alright, grab the box, and let's get to work."

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After an hour, they were halfway there. The box was filled with a lot of older pictures, a majority of them back from When Izuku's parents dated and the rest were from his childhood. And luckily Izuku was the one to find the embarrassing bathtime picture, saving him the embarrassment of Ochako seeing it.

"Wow, you looked so much like Izuku when you were younger." Said Ochako as she held out a picture of a younger Inko wearing her high school uniform.

"Well, Izuku did inherit my good looks." Said Inko

Ochako placed the photograph in a pile containing all of Inko's pre-wedding photos.

"Oh Mom, this one's from one of Dad's birthdays right?"

Izuku held out a picture of a man in his 20's wearing a pink party hat and holding up a glass of a colored liquid.

"Yeah, I remember that one." Said Inko "Bakugo's Father was the one who dared him to wear that hat..."

"Never realized you were close to Katsuki's family," Said Ochako

"Well he and my husband went to high school together," Inko began "After Izuku And Bakugo started hanging out they reconnected and started hanging out more."

A sad smile formed on Inko's face.

"Unfortunately he got assigned overseas two years later... then when Bakugo started bullying him..."

Izuku looked down at the table.

"Things got better at least..."

He set the photo down in the "Dad" pile, which was the smallest of their piles. Then Inko reached into the box and pulled out a few more photographs.

"Oh, Izuku! I remember this picture, this was from your field trip back in elementary school."

Izuku's eyes widened.

"The zoo? I didn't think we had any pics from that trip."

"I got a few, but I never kept track of them because... well you know."