I Found What I Was Missing

Chapter 35: Gratitude

Gratitude

Ding. Ding. Ding. Izuku groaned as his phone kept sounding with every new text he got. Whomever it was that was texting him, they were being very persistent.

Raising his head off of the pillow, Izuku rubbed sleepily at one of his eyes, yawning. Looking around, he couldn't find his phone. Where had he left it yesterday? Was it somewhere on the bed?

He scanned the sheets with tired eyes, sighing softly when he couldn't find it. His phone started ringing then and that's when he spotted it on the bedside table next to Gon.

His father groaned, feeling around on the table before gripping the device. For a second, he feared the elder would throw it against the wall, but it was held out in his general direction, instead.

Izuku took it, briefly watching as Gon flopped over and on top of Killua, who was laying on his stomach, face buried in his shared pillow.

"Hello?" Izuku greeted sleepily.
"Good morning, Deku!" Mina's excited voice greeted him.
"Oh, Mina, how are you?" He asked as he flopped back down onto the bed.

"Good, good, no complaints! Listen, Deku, we're going to UA to train in a few hours, Aizawa said he'd look over our training and see if we improved," she reported.

"He said that? And who's 'we'?" Izuku questioned, battling not to fall asleep.
"The entire class, silly! You know Dadzawa wants to see how we've improved and give us some advice!"

Izuku chuckled at the nickname.
"What time?" He asked.
Mina hummed. "Around one pm, so in like, three hours or so,"
Izuku took a moment to think it over. He could really use some exercise and UA was the safest place to do that, so since he basically already had permission, he might as well take Mina up on her offer.

"Okay, I'll be there," he replied.
He could hear someone snicker on the line.
"Deku!" Toru called. "I saw those photos you posted online, who are those two cuties with you?" She asked.

Mina gasped. "You're not cheating on Bakubro and the other's, are you?!"
Izuku's eyes widened. "What?! No, of course not!" He denied.
"In any case, why don't you bring those two hotties with you? And don't forget to bring Eri some more candy apples! See you later bye!"

Before he could say anything else, they hung up and left him there, staring up at the ceiling. Sighing, placed his forearm over his eyes.

He supposes he could ask his parents to come too; it would be the perfect chance to introduce them to his old classmates and friends. Maybe they could spar, too?

Feeling a bit more energised, Izuku sat up, turning to climb out of bed. It would be difficult, since both Killua and Gon blocked his way to the edge of the bed.

"Where are you going?" Killua questioned, stretching a bit, voice muffled by the pillow.
"I need to go get ready," Izuku replied as he clumsily climbed over both of them.

Killua whined at the loss of his warmth, Gon groaning loudly.
"Come back to bed," Gon stated, burying his face into Killua's back.
It didn't look too comfortable, with Gon half draped over Killua like that.

"I can't, I'm meeting with my friends to train," Izuku explained as he rifled through his closet.
It was quiet for a moment before Gon and Killua turned to look at him simultaneously.

"Training?" Killua asked with a glint in his eyes.
Izuku nodded. "Do you guys want to come?" He asked.
They turned to look at each other and then back at Izuku and nodded in unison.

Sometimes, it was scary how in sync they were.
"Okay, well, we're going to UA to meet them at one, so," he informed, picking up his clothes, he left the room to go shower and get ready for the day.