Izuku Midoriya Hundred

Chapter 7

"...Yeesh, I'm completely worn-out..."

The sun had long since set, and Izuku, having already changed and left the practice grounds, was walking the path back to the dorms with Kyo at his side.

Crossing the distance between the school and the dorms was normally a five-minute walk, but in his fatigued state, it felt infinitely longer.

"If that's the case, why not try out the public bath?" Kyo suggested, as they finally arrived at the dorm building.

"...The public bath?"

"It's in the dorm's basement, and the bathtub there is made from natural minerals. It supposedly has a beneficial effect on both stamina and Energy regeneration; it says here that it's intended for student use."

The referenced page was an info page for students, found in the PDA's browser. Izuku hadn't yet given it a look.

"Sure, let's give it a try."

"N-No, I'm think I'm good. You can go alone, can't you...?"

"What's with that weak response? First, you tell me about it, and then now you say you're not planning on going? You exerted yourself every bit as much as I did; there's no way you're not tired."

"But... Wouldn't it be embarrassing to go in together with Izuku, isn't it still too soon for that...?"

"There you go saying that kinda stuff again..."

When they had been changing into their Variable Suits, Kyo had commented that it was too embarrassing to do so at the same time, and had refused to change together.

"Well, yeah. Taking a bath together's definitely a step above just changing together. Being together the whole time, completely naked... And it's undoubtedly a large public bath, so you'd completely submerge yourself in it, right..."

"Come to think of it, Britannia doesn't have that custom, does it..."

"In Yamato, it should be pretty common, right? It was written that this bath is based on the hot springs of Yamato."

"Yeah, I guess that's true, isn't it? I've gone to the hot springs a few times, and it's a rather pleasant experience; I'm sure you'd like it."

"But..."

"You really hate the thought of going with me that much, huh?"

"Eeehm, that's, well.... It's not that I hate it, but isn't it too soon...?"

"In other words, you have no plans of going with me today."

"Yeah, it'll happen sooner or later. For today, though, I'm just gonna head back to the room. I'm fine with just a shower."

On this matter, it seemed Kyo wouldn't budge.

Even though he went through such pains to tell me about the public bath; it's really such a waste...

Kyo was really a strange person...and it got Izuku thinking.

"In that case, I'll go by myself."

Izuku gave up on trying to get Kyo to join him. He briefly returned to their dorm room to change before taking off for the bath.

"Ah― That was nice..."

Exiting the bath alone, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, Hayato returned to his room and pulled his PDA from his pocket.

As Kyo had described, the spacious, public bath had been done in the style of those found in Yamato. Just as advertised, it had the miraculous effect of dissipating his fatigue, and his body felt amazingly light. That being the case, it looked like he'd take part in tomorrow's duel in tip-top shape.

"Alright then..."

Given Kyo and Katsuki's demonstrations for him earlier at the school gate and the entrance to the lab, he knew what the key for his room was.

Holding his PDA to the scanner, it gave a small 'beep'. The attached screen displayed the word 'OK' and the door slid open.

"...Izu...ku...?"

A voice could be heard alongside the sound of the opening door, and the atmosphere within the room turned to ice.

Even if his body, from the chest on down, had been frantically covered with a bath towel, Kyo was nearly nude. Owing perhaps to the fact that his hair had been let down, his presence now felt quite distinctly feminine. Moreover, his skin was shockingly fair, more so than even Izuku's sister who almost never ventured outside because of her illness. Skin as fair as the white of freshly fallen snow. That was Westerners for you... as if! Actually, on that point, this was hardly the time for admiration. The other party was a Britannian gentleman who had even hesitated to visit the bath together; that was how easily embarrassed someone like Kyo was.

"U-UWAAAA――――――――――!"

He then screamed and ducked down. Gripping the bath towel tightly in his right hand, he took the still-packed Boston bag at his feet in his left. Given the scene playing out before him, the only possible action he foresaw in his near future involved said object flying toward him.

"Hey, wait a sec! That's my――"

The contents had yet to be unpacked; that, Izuku himself knew best.

However, even as he raised his voice, he realized it was already too late.

Kyo threw the bag.

"Guha―?!"

*CRASH*, a massive force impacted the crown of his head as darkness filled his vision.

Izuku collapsed unknowingly upon the carpet.

*DONK*!

Once more, an impact resounded through his brain.

The back of his head had struck the carpeted floor.

"That was close; I was almost found out―― Wait, Izuku, are you alright? Izuku!"

The voice frantically calling his name gradually fading but he knew what he heard before going unconscious. 'So I was right...I'm glad'

Chapter End.