The Wolf and The Rabbit

Standing Strong

Izuku age 14 POV

Today started out as any other in the house me and mom share. I started breakfast for us with everything almost done. "Alright, now just a little longer until-" "GOOD MORNING IZUKU!" Mom came at me with a jump kick to my head. As she did this, I grabbed her and pinned her to the ground while holding the spatula in my hand. "Mom, you know that we shouldn't fight over the stove." "Just making sure that your reflexes are at their max." She started laughing while I sighed and got off her to pour her and me a cup of coffee. "Breakfast is almost ready, take a seat and I'll have it done in a minute." She does so as I place our plates on the table to start eating.

"Damn Izuku, you definitely know how to cook." "Well I needed to since the last time you did, you nearly burned the house down." "Not true. I had everything under control." Mom pouts while I state how her having everything 'under control' was really. "So having the fire department come here with black smoke coming out of the window is under control?" She flinches at this while I keep eating. Fortunately for me, I was able to learn from aunt Ryu on how to cook. If I didn't, I may have starved to death years ago. I glance down to see a text from Kino saying her and Yui will be outside in a few minutes. "Sorry to eat and run, but Yui and Kino are gonna be here soon." I finish eating and put my plate in the dishwasher before grabbing my bag and guitar. "Your still playing?" "Yeah, it helps me out a lot with anxiety a bit." Mom smiles before getting up to hug me. "You know, it's not too late to ask Yui or Kinoko to be your girlfriend. I'm sure they could help you out with that too." "W-w-what do they have to do with this!? W-w-were just friends!" I start to panic as this was said to go run out the door. "I'll see you later!" "Later."

Miruko POV:

As Izuku left, I grabbed my phone to send a text to Kinoko and Yui to strike today. "You don't know it Izuku, but your very liked. Kinoko and Yui want to be with you, Nejire is starting to like you, I also wanna say that some pros that you met even have a thing for ya." I get up to start the dishwasher before heading out to work. 'Please do something with this you two. This kid is denser than a brick wall.'

Izuku POV:

As I walked outside, I was met by Kino and Yui running up to me. "Izuku!" Kino hugs me immediately with Yui coming over and smiling. "You brought your guitar?" "Yeah, I was thinking of strumming a little today after school if you two wanna join me." "Heck yeah shroom!" "We would love to." They answer as we start walking. While we do, I remember of how my life has changed since 8 years ago when mom first found me. I had gone without trusting anyone for two years, then suddenly having a family of my own. Kino and Yui have been my best friends for years and we share everything with each other. Mom also helps us train a bit since she knows we want to get into UA. and become heroes like her. She also offered me a recommendation since I don't do so well with crowds, but I turned her down. I wanted to prove I could get this myself and not have to rely on mom more than I should. She already did so much for me that I wanted to give her reason why I was worth it all.

"So Izuku, whens the next time we get to train with Nejire shroom?" "That may be a while, she said that her and Tamaki are busy with their hero internships this round and wanted to get stronger." Yui smiles at this. "They really are hard workers." "Aunt Ryu and uncle Fat wouldn't allow them in their agencies if they weren't." About a year and a half back, aunt Ryu and uncle fat had introduced two people that they were doing a work study with to me. I learned them to be Nejire Hado and Tamaki Amajiki. When they were told about me and how I got my scar, they felt horrible with Nejire hugging me there. I panicked a bit before calming down into the hug. Since then, they occasionally come over to talk and help me with my quirk training. Things are a little uneasy with me and Nejire since I had uh, 'noticed her womanly features' if you can call that a reason. I still care for her a lot, but this is something I have problems with. Fortunately, Tamaki took a liking to me rather quickly as well and we talk about ways to handle crowds together. These two were also the ones that helped me pick up the guitar. In a matter of days, I was strumming like a pro has done it for years. "We should probably hurry up. Were going to be late." "Right."