Izuocha's Love Stories

MISSING (CHAPTERS 3-4)

CHAPTER THREE

The rest of the weekend had been a blur. Ochako and most of class A stayed at Momo's party until the wee AM hours. After her talk with Izuku, she felt lighter, and better yet, no one had seen them together. Everyone else was consumed with their own lives, even the nosy Tooru and Mina hadn't noticed she was absent for a long while. She tried to keep her euphoria a secret, for she could only imagine the guessing games the other girls would play to try and figure out how in the world her mood flipped one hundred and eighty degrees. Still, Ochako found her bubbly self, with the help of just one more drink concocted by her pink friend, and enjoyed the company. It was seven o'clock in the morning by the time the taxi dropped Ochako off at her apartment building. Monday appeared so quickly afterward that Ochako wondered if Sunday had even existed.

A huge yawn overcame her face as she walked through the doors to the Ryukyu offices, and Nejire Hado was there to point it out.

"That's a big yawn!" the blue-haired heroine commented with a giggle.

"Yeah, got knocked right off my sleep schedule," Ochako answered, moving past Nejire absentmindedly. "How was the weekend shift?"

"The 'Q' word," Nejire answered. The office was playfully superstitious, and there was an unspoken rule to never say "quiet" when describing how work was going, for there would surely be an emergency to attend to after its utterance. Ochako nodded at Nejire. Made sense; she had actually had the weekend to herself for once and not a single call-in. "Ryukyu covered the whole weekend, so she won't be in until night shift. She left me this list of reminders."

Nejire waved around the piece of paper in her hand as she leaned up against the front desk. "Go get dressed, because I'm going to have to have you do the morning patrol...and also the afternoon one, too."

"Was Flashlight on weekend duty, too?"

"Nope. He's here. He's gonna go a little later than you – and going all by himself! Isn't that so great? It was Ryukyu's orders. Right here on the note. I'm so proud!"

Ochako smiled. It was about time Youta Kaijudento, hero name: Flashlight, started going out on his own and feel out the route for himself.

"He'll take South side, you take North side. Then you need to be back around noontime to get your intern, remember?"

Ochako had almost forgotten. "Right, right, I'm guessing you want me to take him for the afternoon walk, huh?"

"That's right~!" Nejire said in a sing-song voice, nodding happily. "I have a bunch of stuff to take care of in the office today. We're getting a new case, we'll be getting at least one visitor, and I need to be here to see the work-studies..."

"Don't worry about it! We'll handle the patrols," Ochako assured her elder.

She quickly made her way to the locker rooms to change. It was already after eight, which meant the office hadn't been on patrol for at least three hours. There were other offices in the district, but it was important to keep a presence.

Ochako quickly donned her pink and black suit and emerged from the locker room as Uravity. She checked herself in the wall mirror as she passed by. Confident, strong, and successful...this alter ego thing was pretty all right. Her costume was generally the same as it had been in school - with the large, pink boots and pressure point bracers, she was ready to fly. She was also ready to be a first responder. A matching fanny pack now also hung off her waist that carried the essentials – her radio, her phone, and first aid materials. Compared to the villain take-downs and major disasters she had answered during her short tenure, the first aid calls were infinite.