Out of Your Mind

33

At the restaurant you get seated at a booth. You slide into one side and are surprised when Aizawa smoothly slides in next to you. You slightly panicked but remembered that of course a man you went on a date with would want to sit next to you.

You admit, you're a little rusty on this whole dating thing..

"Soooo, this is fun? Yeah?" Yua fills in the moments of silence after the waitress gets your drinks, but you immediately recognize by the tone in her voice that she's going to start grilling Shouta.

"Yua, we just got here.."

"So? Plenty of time for me to figure out why the fuck Mic would ask me to fill out the relationship form" she stares daggers at Aizawa and his adjusts in his seat uncomfortably.

"I told [y/n] that I didn't know why he would do that." She can't hold her death stare at him for long, she pouts.

"Looks like you're going to have to talk to him, like I've been saying" you say matter of factly. Aizawa absentmindedly intertwines his fingers with yours as he scans the menu. You and Yua look down at your hand and to each other, your face heats up. The waitress comes back and asks for your orders.

"This had all better be some type of sick joke or else he's gonna be in a world of hurt. I swear on my momma-" Yua keeps going on her rant but it faded away as someone catches your eye. Iida walked in with what looks like his father, they've come to collect their food. His dad is talking to the cashier and Iida is sitting on the bench, haunched over and dark expression on his face. Very unlike him.

"[y/n]?"

"Hey, you good there?" Aizawa squeezes your hand gently to get your attention.

"Wha-oh, sorry Yua. I got distracted" Aizawa looks in the general direction that you were and sees the subject of your distraction. Yua was not so subtle. She turned her whole body around and turned back.

"[y/n], don't you dare. You're off the clock" she knows you so well.

"I just wanna ask if he's ok, that's all" you let go of his hand and move to get out of the booth but Shouta doesn't budge. "Ummm, excuse me.."

"Yua's right, it's normal to feel bad for him, but he's with his family, he'll be ok." You sit back and let out a sigh of frustration.

"Izuku talked to me today on his way to class, he said he was worried and I didn't realize how bad it was until I saw him." You didn't see him often, but anyone who even slightly got to know him like you did could tell how apparent his personality change. As the seconds pass, you think about what you could say to him. "Please, just let me ask if he's ok" Yua scooted over to try and block your view of him.

"No, girl. Some things can wait until the morning bell"

"Well, sort of-" Aizawa also had an eye on Iida, he might be fighting the urge to go up to him as well. "- the kids go to their internships tomorrow" Your eyes widened, you had completely forgotten about that.

"Now you have to let me go talk to him..where's he going?"

"He only put one internship down, in Hosu"

"Hosu? Isn't that where his brother is?"

"I think they moved him, but that is where he was attacked." Mr. Tenya sat down next to Iida, he patted his back and then leaned his head back on the wall and closed his eyes. That whole family must be exhausted, you could help with that.

"Hey! Hey! don't get any ideas" Yua was snapping at you, getting your attention back.

"Fine, fine. Look, I won't do anything tonight, but I want him in my office the moment he gets back from his internship." You pointed a finger at Aizawa and he looked down at it, then back at you and smirked.

"Whatever you say" he grabbed the side of your head and pulled you close to him so he could kiss your temple and you almost forgot what you were talking about. You looked over at Yua and she wiggled her eyebrows at you. Alright..moment over.

Mr. Tenya stood up as they handed him his bags of food and he and Iida exited the restaurant.

"Iida.." you said quietly. Aizawa grabbed your hand again and kissed the back of it.

"He'll be ok, don't worry." You give him a small smile and rest your chin in your hand as you look out the window. The thought just occurred to you that you could've used your quirk to talk to him but your friends are right, there's so much you can do in the school, let alone out of it.

The rest of the evening went by pretty smoothly after that. You told them how the incident this morning turned out, and after you got your food, you and Yua told stories about work and after work parties. Yua told a particularly funny story about how Recovery Girl out drank All Might and later in the night, she showed us a particularly interesting set of dance moves that explained how she paid for college back in the day.

After you finished your food, you paid your bill and hugged Yua goodbye in the parking lot. Shouta walked you to your car, he had his hands on your waist and you leaned on your car as you talked for a bit.

"You'll send Iida to my office when he gets back, right?"

"I will"

"Promise?"

"I will try my best"

"That's not a promise.."

"He might be better when he gets back, then I won't need to send him your way" you roll your eyes and look at a group of people happily leaving the restaurant and going to their cars.

"He's going to Hosu, Shouta. We both know he's probably going to try and find his brother's attacker."

"Iida has his morals and has always been a stickler for the rules. Hell, he even calls me out when I bend the rules a little bit. I think he'll keep an eye out but that's all he can do-" He kissed your forehead. "-you need to relax, babe" your eyes widened, babe? Did he just call you that? He smiles at you and your mind starts racing with things that are definitely not school appropriate.

"Whatcha doing after this?" You ask with a flirty tone in your voice. He looks up at the sky, admiring the faint stars.

"Going home. I have to drop off my students at the train station in the morning." You had your arms wrapped around this neck, but you slide one down to his chest.

"Could I persuade you to stop by my place on your way home?" He looks down and there's a mischievous twinkle in his eye. He tilts your chin up and kisses you. The hand you had on his chest went back up around his neck and you went up in your tip toes to deepen the kiss. He pulled away and placed a quick kiss on the side of your neck, a move that he would have regretted if you were behind closed doors.

"As much as I would love to, I can't tonight" you frowned.

"I will have the week off so maybe we can plan something." Oh?

"Fine..but make sure it's after school cause I still have to go to work" you say as you roll your eyes. He smiles and kisses you again.

"Whatever you say." You were standing in front of the back passenger door, so he reaches over and opens the driver's door for you. You share one more kiss and he closes the door once you've gotten in the car.