A Couple ( IzuOcha ) [Book 2!] | *Main bnha Series*

Chapter 7 | Late Night Workout

Uraraka's Pov.

  "Not that all ten of us-" Kaminari was cut off.

  "Eleven!" Ashido interrupted.

  'Mina not the time...'

   "Yeah, sorry," he apologized, "Eleven of us are here, will you explain the situation Uraraka?"

   Uraraka nodded her head.

  She took a deep breath to try ti calm herself before talking.

  "The villain hurt Jiro," she started, she knew her voice was breaking a little remembering what happened, "Her-Her legs were burned and we had to call Mr. Aizawa to get her to Recovery Girl."

  "How bad were the burns?" Ojiro questioned.

  Uraraka felt a shiver go up her spine.

   "So bad that she couldn't walk," she admitted, her eyes glued to the ground.

   "Kyoka was crying really hard," Kaminari's voice was breaking too, "She was shaking and it was horrible. I've never seen her like that ever."

  Then she saw something she hadn't ever seen before: Tears running down his cheeks.

  Uraraka felt a pang of sympathy for him. It wasn't his fault that any of this was happening.

  "Is there any way to prevent this?" Tokoyami questioned.

  "Yes..." Deku admitted slowly.

  "Why didn't you inform us about this before?" Todoroki turned his gaze to him. Even though he wasn't looking at her, she could still feel his steely glare make worms squirm beneath her skin.

  'Poor Deku...'

   "It's not the most comfortable thing," Uraraka tried. She didn't want anyone to get mad at Deku!

   "If there's a way to save Kyoka, anything, I'd do it," Kaminari had a determined stare.

  Everyone was staring at her and Deku, waiting for an answer.

  'No one's going to like this...'

   "The easiest way to say this would be for all of us to sleep in the same room," Uraraka told them when she couldn't take any more stares. That was the best way she could put it without embarrassing her friends.

   "So you're saying that all those times you had to sleep next to each other actually helped the situation?" Mina had no self control. But this was probably what she wanted: to embarrass her.

  Uraraka felt blush dust her face.

  "Meaning, you should thank me for making you guys sleep next to each other," Ashido finished.

  'Nope...'

   "No, I'm not going to thank you for it, but it did save Ochaco," Deku took the words right out of her mouth.

  She felt joy bubble when he said "Ochaco". It just felt so nice...

  Uraraka knew everyone was blushing, except Mina, who had a triumphant look on her face instead.

   "Well anyway... Yeah..." Uraraka broke the silence, "But Deku came up with an idea."

   "You could all come to train with me in the morning," Deku told them the suggestion.

   "It'll come in handy for dodges," she added.

   Everyone nodded their head.

   "I have a question for you Ochaco," Momo looked to her, "Did the villain try to kill you last night?"

   'Wait a moment... He didn't!'

   "No..." Uraraka couldn't help but smile, "He didn't!"

   "Then he might only be able to attack one at a time," Momo smiled too, "Or he's trying to make us believe that."

   "Let's just all keep our guard up in case, ribbit," Tsu suggested.

Deku's Pov.

  This whole thing was crazy... But they could still do their best to make the best of the situation, right?

   "Maybe we should all get some sleep now," Deku was getting tired, "He can only attempt once every twenty four hours."

   "But what if he meant per person?" Todoroki didn't want to go back asleep, "He might try to kill any other girl in this room."

  'That's true...'

   "Then we can stay up and go train?" he was kind of running out of ideas on this one. He hoped no one said yes to it though...

   Todoroki nodded his head.

  'It looks like we're training... I'll try to stay awake then...'

  Everyone stood up except for Kaminari, who said, "I'm gonna wait here for Kyoka."

  'Does he just want to skip training..? No... I think he wants someone to be here for when she gets back so that she knows no one forgot about her. Well... Maybe a little bit of both...'

  Deku nodded. He wasn't going to argue. It's not like this was mandatory or anything.

  "What should we do then?" Ochaco wondered, "We don't have any plans for training..."

  "Well... we could do the training I usually do in the morning and I'll think of something to do tomorrow that's a little more... Well, not as boring and more appropriate for the situation," Deku suggested as everyone but Kaminari walked out of the dorms. He was pretty sure he heard Kaminari sigh with relief when they were through the doors.

  Wind blew from his left as they made their way to the place where he normally exercised. A field. It was near the courtyard. There was a dirt path that led to it and it was surrounded by trees- Oh my goodness this was the place Ochaco had her nightmares! He decided not to mention it. She probably wouldn't notice it hopefully.

  "Wait, do I have to participate?" Ashido asked.

  "None of you need to, it was just a suggestion," Deku clarified.

  "Then I'm going to watch and cheer you all on," she told them.

  'At least she's not rubbing it in our faces that she doesn't have to do the workout, not that I don't like my morning routine. Will this work? Will this be a good workout for everyone? I better get started on thinking about what we should do for training tomorrow... Would it be too childish if we played a game? We're all pretty competitive, so maybe that would work... But what if-"

  "Midoriya," Todoroki's voice snapped him out of his thoughts.

  "Oh! Sorry!" he apologized quickly, rubbing the back of his head.

  "So what's your morning workout, ribbit?" Tsu questioned, pressing a finger to the corner of her mouth.

  "Okay," Deku started, "Here's what we start with..."