Waves Find Their Land

Chapter 4: Dormmates

A month has now passed since Midoriya and Hado went to the mall. Izuku Midoriya was currently at a park table teaching Nejire Hado how to draw. It was not going well.

Hado threw her hands in the air and pouted, "Come onnnn! This is so harddd!"

Midoriya chuckled, "Y-Yeah. It t-took me y-years to get i-it d-down."

She continued to try and draw Midoriya's facial shape, "Hmm. How did you get so good?"

He scratched his cheek, "Well it kind of j-just c-came with t-time. I s-slowly just g-got better over t-the years."

She groaned, "Awwww! But I wanna get better now."

He chuckled, "D-Don't worry. Y-You are a-already b-better then I w-was a-at this s-stage. A-And y-you are w-way more m-motivated."

She gave Midoriya a look, "Were you not motivated to do this? I mean your drawings are amazing?"

He smiled, "W-Well k-kind of. B-But I was at t-the time m-motivated t-to do o-other t-things. S-So i-it was a s-side h-hobby. S-Something I r-really o-only t-tried to actively g-get better at o-occasionally."

She nodded, "Makes sense. I mean with what you have told me had happened back then. Speaking of that." She closed the notebook she was drawing in, "Do you wanna talk about what happened?"

Midoriya sighed and shook his head, "N-Not r-right now. I-I have s-some other t-things t-to handle. L-Like my t-therapy and c-confidence c-classes w-with Midnight. I-I p-promise I-I will t-tell y-you w-when I a-am r-ready o-ok?"

Hado nodded, "Ok. I don't wanna push you. To be honest I don't really know how to deal with sensitive subjects like this but I promise I will do my best."

Midoriya gave her a smile, "M-Me and y-you b-both."

Hado smiled, "Oh! How has your training with Tamaki and Mirio been?"

Midoriya smiled, "W-Well Togata-Senpai has been p-putting me through t-the ringer. B-But! Y-Yesterday I w-was a-able to p-predict h-his m-moves almost t-the entire time!"

She smiled at this statement, "That's good Midoriya! What about Tamaki?"

He sighed, "W-Well m-my quirk d-doesn't h-have m-many extra u-uses l-like h-his. S-So I a-am f-fairly limited. B-But h-he taught m-me h-how t-to use my quirk t-to make compressed a-air b-bullets. I-I have s-some o-other i-ideas b-but I w-wanna get t-the h-hang of e-everything e-else b-before I t-throw s-something e-else in the pile."

Hado nodded, "What ideas! Can I know?"

He shook his head, "I g-gotta have s-some secrets t-to surprise e-everyone d-don't I? I c-can't have y-you all t-teaching me everything. I-I gotta learn s-some t-things b-by m-myself."

Hado nodded, "Yeah that is true! I will say when you train with me you are getting faster and faster. You aren't increasing your power are you?"

He shook his head, "N-No. I-I have b-been watching v-videos on h-heroes who j-jump around for m-movement like I n-need to. A-And I have p-picked up some t-tricks through t-them. L-Like how to s-send y-yourself f-further by m-moving y-your body a certain way a-and h-how t-to maximize y-your l-leg p-power w-without h-hurting y-yourself."

She nodded, "Makes sense. Sorry I haven't been able to help much in those categories. My quirk is good for floating and flying so buildings have never been an issue in terms of getting around them."

He nodded, "N-No you h-have t-taught me a lot!"

She smiled, "Thanks for that! Also shouldn't you be going back? Aren't your new dorm mates coming today?"