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The two heroes stepped out onto the street a few moments later, Hizashi with his arm wrapped tightly around the smaller male's slim shoulders, a wide, happy smile on his face as Aizawa's body swished against his while they walked down the crowded street. The sound of their footsteps mixed with those of the others on the sidewalk, illuminating their figures in the fluorescent neon lights of shop windows, reflecting them in the eyes of bystanders who stared in surprise.

Aizawa felt a little uncomfortable under all of those eyes, his heart pounding as he pushed himself just a little closer to Hizashi, ducking his face out of view. The lanky blond glance over, seeing the nervous look on his companion's pale and shadowed features, tightening his arms around him and pressing a small kiss in his feathery black hair with a grin. Aizawa looked up, a little surprised before the smallest smile grew on his mouth, shaking his head as Hizashi pulled them down the sidewalk and into a small restaurant that the blond knew his companion would love.

The raven's eyes widened slightly as Hizashi pulled him through the doorway of a secluded and well maintained cafe, it's shop windows clean and shiny, the sign in the door reading open. It looked like any other restaurant on the street, but once you stepped inside it was instantly an entirely different world. The tables were clean and tidy, the chairs plush like armchairs and the floor swept, cat trees and searching posts set strategically in the windows and along the walls, several meowing felines of various ages, sizes and breeds lounging about.

It was a cat café...

Hizashi chuckled at the black haired hero's dazed reaction, pulling him over to a chair and sitting him down.

"I thought y-you would l-like this place, Sho." The lanky blond rasped, taking a seat across from Aizawa and grinning happily as the animals ran around their table. There were a couple other people inside the restaurant but they were too busy to notice the heros sitting there in the corner. The raven's eyes scanned over the mess of cats until one suddenly jumped up on their table, settling itself down with a soft mew and a purr.

The cat had soft black fur that was streaked with small, fluffy patches of white, it's golden eyes shining in the light. It locked eyes with both heros, before it stretched and leaped into the raven's lap, curling up there. Aizawa stared, then grinned, proceeding to stroke the cat's soft black-white fur while Hizashi looked in with a smile.

"Heh. I knew th-this would be a good place for our f-first date!"

Aizawa glanced up a him with a soft blush on his face, smiling a little at Hizashi.

"Yeah....this is a good place..." He mumbled, making Hizashi explode with triumph, pumping his fists in the air and doing finger guns.

"Y-YEAH!" He shouted, causing all other eyes in the cafe to turn to him, and causing the cat to turn one lazy eye in his direction.

"Shut up, idiot! Your going to get us thrown out and shouldn't you be resting your vocal cords?!" The raven hissed, smothing the cat's fur with a glare towards the loudmouthed blond. Hizashi rubbed the back of his bandaged neck sheepishly, chuckling.

"S-sorry, Sho-chan..."

Aizawa shook his head, going back to stroking his cat as an elderly woman with light grey hair pulled into a nun came over dressed in a pink apron, a notebook in her hands.

"Hello there boys, what can I get ya?" The woman asked with a smile, her eyes catching sigh of the cat settled in Aizawa's lap.

"Oh, seems like Nori likes you, young man."

The raven shrugged, continuing to stroke the cat with a bored expression, glancing at Hizashi out of the corners of his eyes.

"I like cats." He muttered, making the woman smile.

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