Chockolate Peanut Butter Cake

Chapter 5: Night Patrol

"Hey Shouto!" Izuku called waving eagerly.

The hero looked up at his friend. He was petting a black and white that rubbed up on his left side. It wasn't an unusual sight to see. Cats loved Shouto with a passion and they normally ran from Izuku. He would tease the dual user the only reason why cats liked him was because of the heat he produced from his fire quirk.

"It's nice to see you smile for once," the dual user said with a smile, standing up.

"What do you mean?" he asked bending over to pet the kitty before it ran off.

"You barely smile anymore. It scares me a little."

Izuku laughed weakly, "Sorry about that. I have a lot on my mind."

"All Might told me."

"Um.... told you what?"

Shouto smiled, "How you inherited the power One for All."

"I wanted to tell you back during the festival but I couldn't."

He waved him off, "No, I understand but it makes a lot of sense now."

"Ochako told me about your blunder with Bakugou? Of all the people on the planet Midoriya, you pick him."

Deku turned red but Shouto couldn't see it with his mask on.

"I got over it."

"Really?"

"Y-yea. He came to my apartment and screamed at me. Even if half of what he said was true, it still made me mad."

Shouto shook his head, "I don't know why you ever hung out with him for. He's a jackass who's selfish and thoughtless. He almost blew up a bus the other day."

Deku flinched.

"His temper-

"Let's start our walk and ignore his existence, ok?"

"Alright."

An hour passed by with them walking around. The air was cool and it was pretty quiet. There was a few people here and there but it was nothing like weekends or certain holidays. Shouto and Izuku both started yawning then decided to get some coffee from the nearest gas station.

"It's impressive."

Deku gave his friend a weird look.

"What?"

"You're impressive. You barely had that quirk four years. Most of us had it eleven to twelve years and all that practice. You came a
long way in such a short amount of time."

"It doesn't feel like it."

"Then you're dumber than Bakugou."

"I probably am."

Shouto grabbed his arm.

"Listen to me."

Deku stopped.

"All Might wouldn't have picked someone weak or narrow minded. It makes so much sense why he picked you of all people. That first test and you sacrificed yourself for Ochako without much thought. You saved Eri and you tried going against those things called Nomu. You think ahead and you're generous. Regardless of how you got your quirk, you deserve it more than anybody else."

"Thanks Shouto but you're my friend and you're kind of biased-

"No!" he snapped making Izuku jump.

"No what?!"

"You destroyed your arm, hand and fingers to get me to fight with my power. You understood my struggle. You're the best friend I wish I had growing up but at least I got to meet you when it really mattered. No matter what happens, I'll be there. You decide you want to be a villain? Hell, I'll be right there with you."