My Hero Academia: Voyage Through Time

Chapter 9 - Milkshake for Two

It's morning time. The group has awoken and already had their breakfast. Today, the Class of 1-A will finally return to their dorms at the academy. The group boards the bus and it drives off towards UA. The bus ride was fairly quiet, only the people sitting together spoke to each other, and even then it was quiet, short conversations. When they finally arrive at the academy, Aizawa stands up to face the class.

"Alright everyone, we decided it would be a good idea that you all took a day off to rest or visit family. But tomorrow, it will be business as usual. Understood?"

The class nods in agreement, and they are allowed off of the bus. Uraraka runs over to Izuku.

"Hey Deku!" she says, catching up to him. "What are you going to do today?"

"Oh, I don't really know..I was hoping I could catch up with All-Might, but I suppose I have all summer to do that..how about you?" Izuku says.

"Well, I was wondering if you.. maybe wanted to do something together? Maybe get a milkshake?" she replies.

Now it was at this point that Izuku felt his heart beat like a drum.

"Is..is she asking me out on a date?" he thinks to himself. He blinks rapidly, and his legs start to visibly tremble. He didn't actually think that she would ask him out! After all, he undeniably had feelings for her, but he just wasn't sure if it was mutual. He then remembered what happened shortly after the battle with Catalina, where they kissed under the moonlight (My Hero Academia: Trouble in Summertime, Chapter 16) after a very heartfelt moment. By this point, Izuku's face is red.

"D-deku? Are you alright?"

"Oh, yeah! Sorry about that. But uh, yeah I-I'd love to do that!" Deku replies, nervously.

Uraraka smiles. Izuku sees her do so, and it warms his heart.

"Okay! I know I place, follow me!" she says, taking him by the hand on running off with him into town.

Bakugou, meanwhile, walks alone towards his dorm. Kirishima sees him, and catches up to him.

"Hey man! You alright? Last night I didn't even get a chance to talk to you!" Kirishima says, putting an arm up on Bakugou's shoulder.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Bakugou responds, remembering his encounter with young Kirishima. Bakugou looks at Kirishima in the eyes, trying to tell if he can remember what happened. He figures that Kirishima most like doesn't, and shifts his gaze down to the ground.

"Are you going to head to your dorm?" Kirishima asks.

"Yeah, I think so." Bakugou responds.

"Alright, well I'm probably going to go home or hang out with someone. Just text me if you want to do anything." Kirishima.

"Alright." Bakugou says back.

Suddenly, Kirishima stops him.

"Hey, Bakugou." Kirishima says.

Bakugou raises an eyebrow. "What?" Bakugou replies.

Kirishima looks at him in the eyes, and a smile that goes from ear to ear falls across his face. Kirishima tickles Bakugou in the sides, and Bakugou falls to the floor laughing.

"YOU BASTARD! I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D REMEMBER THAT!" Bakugou says, crying tears of laughter.

"Oh come on, how would I forget something as awesome as this?" Kirishima responds.

As this happens, Yaoyorozu watches from afar from her group of friends. She reaches into her school bag to look for something, and she notices an object that was not there before. She pulls it out, and finds a Russian doll, specifically the one she made when she was 6 years old. She appears confused, wondering how it is that the doll is in her bag. She tries to think back to the night before, and remembers Bakugou's strange delay in getting back to the present time. She realizes that Bakugou went back in time just to see her as a child, which she normally would think is somewhat creepy, but nonetheless finds a sweetness in it. After all, this is Bakugou we're talking about. She puts the doll back in her bag, and returns to her conversation with her friends.

As for Kaminari and Jirou, they walk together down the sidewalk and talk to each other. Kaminari can't help but think about how Jirou kissed him on his cheek, how all pain in his body ceased to exist for that very brief moment that felt like an eternity.

The rest of the class went home for the day to visit their families.

Meanwhile, Izuku and Uraraka have walked a ways away to a small, American-themed diner near a park. They walk in and sit down at a booth. A waitress comes by.

"Hello, can I start you two off with a drink?" she asks politely.

"Yes, can we get a chocolate milkshake with two straws please!" Uraraka says excitedly.

"Sure thing, honey. I'll be right back with that." the waitress replies. She leaves. Uraraka rests her chin on her hand and looks out the window. Izuku observes her, noticing how beautiful her brown eyes look in the reflection of the summer sun. Uraraka notices that Izuku is staring, and she turns to face him.

"Yes?" she asks.

"Oh, nothing. I was just looking.." Izuku replies nervously.

"At what?" Uraraka inquires.

"Y-you," Izuku says, putting a hand on the back of his head. "You look really good, as always."

She blushes. "Aw, thanks Deku..you look pretty handsome yourself, as always." she responds.

"Thanks.." he responds. The waitress comes by with the milkshake.

"I'll be back in a second to get your orders." the waitress says.

"Yes, thank you!" they both say as she walks off.

Uraraka leans in, the two unmistakable strands of her hair at the front of her head slightly sway forward as she does so. Izuku catches the aroma of her hair, which smells wonderful to him, and he leans forward as well. They both take a sip of the milkshake.

"Wow, this is really good!" Izuku says.

"I know right! My parents used to bring me here all the time as a kid.." she responds, finishing her sip.

"Oh, wow. So that's how you know about it.." he says.

"Yeah..I haven't been here in a long time though.." she adds, looking down at the table.

"Well..how come? If you don't mind I ask." Izuku asks.

"It's just that," she says, looking back up at his eyes. "I wanted to save it for special occasions, you know. I didn't want to keep coming here and get bored of it. I knew I wanted to come back with a special someone, and do what we're doing right now, if you can catch what I'm saying.."

Izuku stares into her eyes. He feels very fortunate that Uraraka considers spending time with him as being special, and he almost feels like breaking into tears from the genuine words that she said.

"That's very nice of you Uraraka.." Izuku says.

They both smile at each other and take another sip of their chocolate milkshake.

A few blocks down the road, Kaminari and Jirou are still walking together.

"Hey, where are we even going?" Kaminari asks.

"You'll see." Jirou responds.

"Alright." Kaminari says, shrugging. They continue to walk for a few minutes until the sidewalk becomes a walkway bridge over a freeway. Jirou stops about halfway through the bridge, and she sits down. She signals for Kaminari to sit down alongside her. He joins her, and she pulls out her guitar from her case. She starts to play a few songs as they watch the cars whiz by below. The guitar part of Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz, the beginning of Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz, and one of Jirou's favorite riffs, Song 2 by Blur. She likes the song because of it's guitar and bass riffs.

Kaminari, who is always impressed by Jirou's playing, listens and enjoys it quite well.