Footsteps In The Dark

Kouka Jirou. A student at UA highschool, on her path to become a hero. Her quirk allowed her to hear sounds that most normal people couldn't pick up at far distances or through certain materials.

This quirk was very resourceful except for when she was awoken in the middle of the night after having heard an acoustic guitar in the middle of the night down in the common area.

It wasn't awfully loud, but she could still hear the quiet strumming downstairs. She definitely had a few choice words for the idiot that decided to wake her, she remarked as she made her way downstairs.

However, she was quite surprised when she found a green mop half asleep on the couch with a guitar in hand. Izuku Midoriya, the one who was most likely to become the future Number One. A feat he had proven after many battles with Tomura Shigaraki throughout the past 2 years at UA.

But here was the next number one looking like death trying to... What was he trying to do? Did he even know how to play guitar? Was he trying to learn? And why was he even awake at this time?

The girl couldn't even fathom his reasoning but she'd get answers later. Right now she needed to get him to sleep, or at least make him pay for waking her up!

"Midoriya." She called, startling the boy awake. He swiftly turned his head to her with wide eyes. Why was she awake? Better yet what was she doing here? He truly didn't think he'd get caught at this time, but his sleep deprived state left him vulnerable to it.

"Uh... H-Hello, Jirou-san." He mumbled, trying to hide the guitar that she had probably already seen. "W-What uh... W-What are you d-doing awake?"

The girl looked at him blankly, with a "Are you serious?" expression, which made Midoriya gulp in anxiousness. She must have heard him playing...

"I heard you playing the guitar. Super hearing and all, noises like that can make it hard to fall asleep." She responded, glaring at the boy. Midoriya hadn't realized that he had been playing this late. He felt guilty for it, but he really needed to do this.

He had decided to take up the guitar after seeing how happy it made Eri, but he didn't think he would get so soaked into it. He just needed alone time to practice so that no one would find out about it.

He slumped into the couch slightly and exhaled, "S-Sorry... I-I just got so absorbed in it, I-I guess I didn't realize what time it was..."

Jirou stared at the boy, with that all intensive blank stare. He seemed to show remorse and that was good enough for her, but she still needed answers from him. Why was he learning guitar? And why was he trying to keep it a secret like this? Rather why practice at this time.

"Hey, it's fine. No harm done honestly, I can understand getting absorbed in it... But this really is unexpected, why are you trying to play guitar? And this late at night..." She questioned.

Izuku flinched slightly at her question and peered up at her. Should he tell her? There's no harm in it, right?

"Y-You know that girl I saved at the yakuza raid? Th-The one with Togata-senpai?" He questioned, to start things off. She probably had seen the girl around a few times, especially during that christmas party two years ago.

She quirked a brow at his question, remembering the white haired girl that they had talked about that was adopted by Aizawa.

"The white haired girl? Yeah, what about her?" She had wondered if he was learning to play for her, but why would he need to do that? She seemed like a perfectly happy girl now.

"W-Well, she really enjoys your singing and everything... S-So much so that she smiled for the first time in years because of it back during the cultural festival! I-It was all thanks to you and your music, y-you wouldn't believe how often she said she w-wanted to meet the 'Pretty girl with the pretty voice'..." He imitated her from before, waving her little hands around. The girl really was too cute, Eri had always wanted to see the girl play again.