Beast In The Woods

Shopping Time!

Izuku and Mina decided to hang out a bit before they headed to the mall to meet up with the others. The two mates were walking in the park with their arms linked together as they chatted. It was mostly Mina talking about her favorite show and excitedly explaining the plot of it to Izuku who hasn't watched TV in over a decade. He listened attentively to her the whole time even though he had little interest in watching the 'trash show' as she put it.

"There are around 20 episodes per season and how many seasons are there?" Izuku asked at some point.

Mina hummed in thought and took a bite out of the frozen treat they were sharing. "I think 50?"

Izuku's eyebrows rose. "That's a lot."

"Oh that's nothing, I've seen some shows have over a hundred seasons," Mina said with her mouth full of frozen yogurt. "Have you watched any TV lately?"

He shook his head and took the spoon for a bite. "I like to read. Toshi has been telling me about comic books and I want to check them out sometime."

"Manga too! We'll look in the mall when we go!" She beamed up at him.

He returned the smile in full force as they continued their walk through the park. Izuku was entirely lost as to where they were so he was completely reliant on his mate to know where to go. It was getting close to the time to the mall so they took their time to head over. It was a different mall from the one Nem took him to so it would be a new area for him to explore.

The two sat on a bench and waited for their classmates to arrive. The first to show up was Iida, of course, followed soon by Yayoruzo. Mina went to join the heiress and they talked animatedly, eager to go shopping. Iida approached Izuku with crossed arms and a displeased look.

"Hey, Iida! Why do you look... upset?" Izuku guessed the emotion on the tall boy's face with a tilt of his head.

Iida sighed. "It's nothing, Aizawa was just displeased with the damage you left on the ceiling of the classroom."

"Why would he be displeased? It would be Cementoss who fixes things. Or Loader."

"The reason is because he is doing his best to teach us discipline in being a hero," Iida said with the chop of his arm.

"His best?" Izuku cut him off before he continued his lecture.

Iida froze and looked in deep thought. His hand went to his chin as he looked down as if he were trying to solve the world's problems at the moment. "Is it his best? But then why would he sleep instead of teaching us?" Iida walked away as he talked to himself, Izuku forgotten.

For the feral boy, he shrugged and let Iida have his life crisis. Instead, he people-watched as he waited for the rest of his classmates to arrive. Bit by bit, they trickled in and joined him and the other three. Toshi sat with a yawn next to Izuku, a cup of black coffee in hand.

"You drink too much of that," Izuku sniffed the aroma of the coffee in his hand. He had tried it once when Toshi had visited his den one weekend but he didn't like the bitter taste of it. Although, the smell of coffee was one of his favorites. Partially a reason why Izuku liked Toshi so much, also he was Izuku's first friend in over a decade.

"Bite me." He said in a monotone voice. "Wait! No! Don't!" He said almost in a panic when he heard Izuku's teeth sharpen. He was already leaning over Toshi as he tried to push his face away to avoid the clacking teeth.

"I think that's everyone," Izuku said stopping and looking over at Shoji who just had arrived. He had been keeping track of everyone's scent but it was difficult to do so in the city. He got off of Toshi and walked over to where everyone was grouping up.