Rumor Has It

Second Date

"Mina?! You told me you have a second pair of— oh..." I blinked as Mina stood there with a blank resting bish face, holding a pair of roller blades.
"Are you okay?" She asked as I took the pair from her hands.
"Yeah... just...ah.. I'm nervous because Shoto and I are going on a second date..." I rubbed the back of my neck.
Mina spat her soda that she was drinking. She wiped her lips with her white sleeve.
"NANI?!" Mina waves her hands at me.
I nodded, making a somewhat smile.
"Boy you've got to keep me up with these kinds of stuff..." She clapped her hands together.
I started to laugh.
"Noted."
I sat down on a stool and started to place the skates on.
I tied them pretty tight so I wouldn't trip over the laces like I did last time. And boy did Katsuki have a laugh...
I sighed to myself and wiped my face.
"Let's do this Zuzu..." Mina pumped her fist in the air.
"Haha. Sure." I got up and got my note pad and pen.
We both skated out of the kitchen, making our way to the tables.
One order!
Two orders!
Three!
Four!
More!
Mina and I paced all around, zooming in and out of the kitchen with orders. Luckily for us, we got tips! Hell yeah!
We're one of everyone's favorites.
I stopped at a table, seeing Eden.
"Hey Izuku! I never knew you'd work here-" She smiled.
"I haven't seen you around! How's Natsumie?" I asked.
Eden nudged the girl beside her. Natsumie places the menu down, giving a bright smile at me.
"I'm good! Can I have a banana smoothie?!" She begged out loud.
Eden hugged her, "Indoor voices!"
I chuckled. "And what would you like to have dear friend of mine?" I asked, writing Natsumie's order down.
"I will have an ice cream sandwich with a strawberry smoothie."
I nodded and waved to them. Mina snatched my note pad away from my hands, making me flinch.
"Hey!"
"Thank me later!" She shoved me.
I lost my balance. At the same time I was confused.
"Woah!" I mentally screamed.
Someone caught me.
"Looks like you fell for me Izuku."
Shoto?!
"Shut up!" I said, clearly embarrassed.
I got off Shoto's arms, cleaning my vest.
"W-what're you doing here?" I asked, muttering.
"I decided to... y'know... stay here and wait for my love to finish..." He shoves his hands into his pockets, carelessly.
"Shoto, my shift ends around 9..." I said, rubbing my arm.
"Yeah... only an hour left? So what?" Shoto asked, shrugging.
"You can take a seat... would you like anything to eat? Drink?" I asked.
"No thanks." He shook his head.
"Okay..." I skated away awkwardly.
Before I can enter the kitchen, Mina shoves the tray full of Eden's and Natsumie's orders. I blinked a couple of times.
"What's it with you today with all the shoving and pushing? Are you on the football team?" I teased.
"I could be?" Mina smirked.
"Don't know if you're being sarcastic or not?"
"You'll figure out my language..." Mina said simply.
After our little conversation, I made my way to Eden and Natsumie.
I placed their orders neatly in front of them.
"Thanks Izu." Eden smiled and gave me money.
"Anytime!" I said.
I turned around, seeing Shoto standing in front of me.
"GAH- my god... what do you need?"
"You. This is taking too long.." He groaned.
"Shoto its only 8:30."
"I know but-"
"Let me do my work.. I promised you I'd do the second date... now please have the patience for me?" I said to the attention seeking half and half puppy.
"Fine." I said, pulling me close.
I patted his back gently.
Mina smacked my ass as she went by.
"Hey!" I sneered at her.
"Haha!" Mina responded.
"May I?" Shoto asked as he held a hand near my butt.
"Uh no?!" I said to his face.
He chuckled and kissed my nose.
"I'm kidding..I'm kidding."
"You better be." I said, skating away from him.
"Mina. Are you okay? Should I take you to a doctor? Or??" I said, pushing the kitchen door open. She sat on the counter, texting her girlfriend.
"Hm? Oh no you don't." Mina said, as she didn't take her eyes off her phone.
"Who's this girlfriend of yours?~" I cooed.
"No one." She said blankly.
"Is that so?" I trailed off and snatched her phone away.
"Give that back!" Mina squealed loudly.
I looked at the contact name.
"Kiso?" I said, smirking.
I read through her messages.

Mina: No you say I love you first 😘
Kiso Babe: ☺️ noooo you!
Mina: Fine! I love you babe! 💕
Kiso Babe: gyahhh!! I love you too! 💓
Mina: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

It went on and on. Hearts and flirts. Then I saw something I wasn't supposed to see.
"Woah what's-"
Mina pulled my hair and got her phone back from me.
"That's enough!" She blushed furiously.

——@ 9 : 0 0 — —

I took off my apron and vest, hanging it in the lockers that the Blossom Dojo provided for us workers. I took off the extra skates that Mina gave me, placing them next to the other spare ones.
I closed my locker, locking it.
I yawned and walked out of the kitchen with my backpack slung over my shoulder.
Mina chewed bubble gum, blowing a bubble. The pop sound was loud.
"Looks like Kendo and Eri have the next shift... but Eri only does two or an hour here because after all she's 9... she just likes to entertain the customers with her pureness..." Mina chuckled.
"Yep.."
Shoto snatched me away from Mina, making me yelp.
"Shoto!" I hit his arm lightly.
He laughed and kissed my head.
"I'll leave you two love birds... have fun~" Mina swirled a finger at us.
She left the Dojo, as well as we did.
Shoto and I started a mini talk about our day and how it went.
He held my hand tightly as we crossed the street.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked softly.
"I'm taking you to the expensive restaurant that recently opened." he whispered underneath his breath.
I gasped.
I grabbed my wallet out of my pocket, checking how much money I had.
Shoto lowered my hands, taking away my wallet.
"Babe. I have it all covered..." He held out a credit card.. or maybe a few. Could that be? Endeavors?
I smiled slightly, "Uh... is that... yours?"
"No. They're my dads... but I do own one." Shoto smirked.
"That's one way of ruining your dad."
"I don't give two flying flies about what he thinks. He's a billionaire." He exaggerated.
"Spoiled boy." I said mentally.
As we made our way to the restaurant, we saw two familiar faces.
"Momo! Jirou!" I yelled out.
They both snapped their heads to our attention.
"Hey you two!" Momo smiled.
"Looks like we're having a double date?" Jiro shrugged.
"Cool.."
"Who's got it covered? You or I?" Momo asked as she held her credit card out, looking at Shoto.
"You pay half and I pay half." Shoto recommended.
They both nodded and gave their cards to the front person.
They took the cards, paying the meal off already.
"Let's take a seat here." Jirou pointed out to and empty table for four.
I took a seat, smiling at all of them. I surprisingly did not feel awkward about this. I don't feel like an outcast.
"What would you like to order?" The waitress asked the four of us.
"I'll take some soba.. add some spice to it... not too much... for the drink I'll take some piña colada..." Shoto said.
"I'll take... some Caesar salad... along with a cherry soda." Jirou stated.
"Mm... I'll take shrimp scampi with seltzer along with it." Momo tapped her nails against the menu.
They all looked at me, wondering what I was going to get.
"I'll take katsudon. Plain please. With... lemonade." I said plainly.
The waitress gladly took our order, walking away.
"Damn Izuku. You're so plain!" Shoto nudged me.
"Just the way you like me?" I kicked in with a tease.
Jirou laughed with Momo.
"Does he know yet?"
"Uh... what?"

"No he doesn't..."

"What... do... I need to know?"

"Izuku...."

My eyes widened.