Total Command

Chapter 27: When night falls, come and visit me

By the time he went downstairs the commotion had died down and the rest of the class was gathered around the TV playing Super Smash Brothers. Except for Minerva, who was taped, singed and frozen onto the ceiling, smiling pervertedly even in her unconscious state.

It never ceased to amaze him that Nintendo, the pre-quirk gaming company, was still around; even with the rise of quirks, it had managed to survive and flourish.

And now knowing what he did about the reign of All For One... It was even more impressive.

Guess some things are just eternal...

As he arrived at the kitchen, away from the crowd watching Doi get pummeled by Katsumi in the game, chuckling inwardly.

"Hey, Deku," Ochako greeted him, grabbing another dish to wash.

"Ura-" her face stiffened, a small pout forming on it as she looked back. "Ochako," he mandated, raising his one free hand up defensively. "You're doing the dishes?"

"Someone had to..." she sighed, scrubbing the grime off another plate. "Plus, I am not that good at that game anyway." Or any game, in fact...

"Ah..." he took a step placing the dish in his hand on the pile, then taking her side. "Mind if I help out?"

She started blushing at how close he was, almost making the plate in her hands float away; but calmed herself just before her quirk activated on its own. "I-if you want to..." she mumbled, passing the wet plate to him.

He smiled in return, grabbing the plate and drying it with a towel.

The crowd left them alone for the most part, slowly diffusing back to their dorms after Doi's 5th defeat. Mei and Momo remained in the couch, the former clicking through science shows trying to find something she could pay attention to for longer than 20 seconds. Momo didn't seem to mind.

Ochako fidgeted as she passed the last plate to him. Looking around like she was planning something shameful. "H-hey, Deku... can we meet on the roof after this?"

His eyebrows rose in shock. Well that came out of nowhere... "Uh..." he looked at the two still on the couch, Momo's eyes catching his as she nodded to him. Mei noticing the hero-in-training's gaze looked towards Izuku too, then shifted her look to Ochako.

And gave him a thumbs up.

We really need to start figuring out how to communicate with our eyes...

Ochako noticed the gazes and looked slightly crestfallen, deflating like a balloon

"Sure" Izuku answered, turning back to her, getting stunned at the state she was in.

"Actually... Nevermind..." Ochako mumbled, walking away.

Izuku didn't know what to do so he placed the last plate in its spot on the cupboard. Taking a few seconds to comprehend the interaction.

The sound of skin slapping skin brought him back.

"What are you doing- go talk to her!" Mei screeched from her post, lying backward on the couch, hand on her forehead.

Momo just made shooing motions with her hand to indicate that, yes , he needed to follow the other girl.

He blinked for a few seconds then blushed, mumbled, "God, I am an idiot," and dashed off.

"Yeah, but he is our idiot, isn't he Momo?"

The elegant woman chuckled, "I suppose he is."

"Now about your quirk..."