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72: Trust

"W-Where exactly are we going, Kacchan? And what if someone finds us out here?" Izuku asked, feeling worried about the whole situation. 

"We'll be fine, no one else has found this place before." Katsuki stated. 

"Are you sure?" 

"Geez, stop worrying, we'll be alone for once and not have to be bothered by someone seeing us." Katsuki assured her as he tightened his grasp on her hand. 

After walking through the forest of Greens for a little while, Izuku had stopped worrying, but was starting to get a little annoyed since she wasn't sure where exactly they were going. 

'How much longer are we gonna walk through this place? I hope I don't get poison ivy or-'

"We're here." 

The greenette looked up to see a small clearing and was in awe as she was staring at a large and secluded waterfall and a large pond surrounded by the tall trees of the forest. 

"Woah~ this is... this is amazing, Kacchan!" Izuku said, looking around. 

"I found this place the last time we came to this island, figured I should show you now." Katsuki noted. 

"Makes sense why you wouldn't want to show anyone else this place, it's so deep in the forest that you can't even hear the running water. This is a way better place than where I was thinking." Izuku said. 

"Now that we're here, I'm not planning on wasting anymore time." 

"Eh?-" 

Katsuki grabbed the greenette's hand and pulled her to follow him straight towards the water.

"Wait- Kacchan, you wanna swim here? But what if there's something dangerous in the water?" 

"You act like I don't have a quirk if something is in the water, we're fine. C'mere." he said as he started walking into the pond. 

"Are you really sure it's safe, Kacchan? I won't forgive you if something bad happens to- Eep!" 

She was quickly interrupted as she felt her arm get pulled and then she couldn't help but rest both her hands against the blond's chest and look up at his face and stare into his strong Ruby Red gaze. 

"Izuku..." 

"Y-Yes?" 

"We'll be fine, just trust me." he muttered as he lifted her hand and kissed the back of her hand. 

"I... I trust you, Kacchan..." she mumbled as her heart began to race.

And now that they trusted each other, this gave the blond the ability to lead the greenette deeper into the pond–which seemed deeper than she thought. 

"It feels really nice out here. I haven't gone swimming like this in a long time." Izuku said as she couldn't help but look around at their surroundings. 

"If you didn't decide to do your job this whole week, I would've showed you this place sooner." Katsuki stated. 

"Oh, I'm sorry Kacchan. I really regret making you and Kei-kun upset like this. I-I think Kei-kun got a little revenge on me last night judging from how my body looked this morning." Izuku mumbled with embarrassment. 

"That reminds me... did Ponytail help you any?"

"Hm? Oh! You mean Yaoyorozu! Yes, she helped me a lot! She gave me some tea to help my body not feel sore that much and then helped put some makeup on me to cover all the marks Kei-kun gave me." Izuku answered.