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

Chapter 10 | Sleep, A Valuable Asset

Deku's Pov.

  "I've... Got nothing..." Deku sighed. The nightmare squad (Is Ashido part of the squad? Because it kind of felt like it sometimes...) reported out to the meadow where they all trained.

  "Well, you only had a few hours so no one can blame you Midoriya," Momo reassured them and then glanced at Todoroki before looking back at him, "After all, we did want to train at midnight."

  "I'll come up with something by tomorrow," Deku promised.  

  'Hopefully...'

  "What's for today then?" Ochaco asked, "But I'm kind of sore all over..."

  "Me too, ribbit," Tsu stretched.

  Some of the others weren't looking at him. 

  'Well... This is what I do every morning... This is their first time...'

  "I'll modify the workout so that you can get used to it first," Deku said, "Unless I can think of something for tomorrow..."

  "Well I know the reason he didn't have a plan this morning," Ashido had a sly grin and raised her hand.

  He felt blood rush to his face and he shook his head wildly.

  'Ashido no! Ashido no! Ashido no!'

  She giggled. Probably after she saw his face.

  "Why..?" Ojiro looked afraid to ask.

  "It might have been hard to think when-" Ochaco covered Ashido's mouth.

  "Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe," she laughed nervously, "Maybe you should float for a little while."

  When Uraraka let go Ashido started floating in the air.

  "Then I'll just have to yell what I have to say!" the acid quirked girl shouted, "I bet everyone on campus will hear!"

  Uraraka released Ashido and then caught her friend.

  "What were you saying?" Hagakure asked.

  "I was saying that it might have been hard for Midoriya to think while Ochaco was sleeping in his room," Ashido told them all.

  "You got to sleep?" Jiro turned to Ochaco, "Lucky..."

  "I-I have an explanation!" Deku told them when they all stared at him and Ochaco.

  "It's not uncommon to sleep in the same room as your significant other," Youyorozu pointed out, "I just wish I was able to get some sleep..."

  "Well, I was about to say that Ashido pushed us both in my dorm and then locked us in, but it looks like none of you care," Deku rubbed the back of his head."

  "Mina, ribbit, you need to stop, ribbit," Tsu tried.

  "Next I'll be locking the rest of you in your dorms," Ashido vowed, "Then you'll be able to sleep!"

  The rest of the girls looked scared and/or embarrassed.

  "Please don't," Ojiro tried, but Ashido just shot him a glare.

  An uncomfortable silence hung over them, and they all just glanced at each other anxiously. He didn't know what to say. Would it be weird to break the silence? Would he only make things worse? That was when a breeze passed through. 

  "Well... Let's get back to the workout, we're all here for a reason, right?" Kaminari broke the silence.

  "Yeah..." everyone muttered after a second.

  "Okay, first let's do some laps around the clearing first," Deku started running toward the outer edges of it and everyone followed.

Uraraka's Pov.

  She was even more sore now... And she still had school... Ouch...

  Uraraka trudged up the stairs to the showers.

  "Could you guys meet me in the Common Room after school?" Toru questioned.

  "Sure," Uraraka nodded.

  She got to the showers and then realized: She didn't have any clothes. There was no way she was going to walk around without any, so she sighed and walked back to her room.

  Uraraka bumped into Deku on the way down to the Common Room after her shower.

  "Sorry Ochaco, are you okay?" concern twinkled in his eyes.

 "Yeah..." she nodded, "Just tired... I can't even imagine how the other girls are feeling... I slept last night... They didn't..."

  Uraraka didn't even know what to say... She was so lucky that Deku was her boyfriend... She really wished her friends would just confess soon... It's just another thing that you have to worry about up until the point where you actually just say it...

  "Hey... What about we watch a movie in my dorm tonight, just us?" Deku asked, "I can't say we haven't had any time alone, but maybe it would be better to spend time together in reality and not just in a dream..."

  "Yeah... That would be nice," Uraraka nodded, smiling.

  They were walking down the stairs in silence, but it was a comfortable silence.

  She reached over for Deku's hand and entwined her fingers with his. He held her hand back. Uraraka glanced over to him and beamed at him, giving his hand a quick squeeze. He blushed and gave a nervous smile back before rubbing his head. That familiar warmth could comfort her in any situation- it was just so reassuring. She turned back to look where she was going.

  Uraraka yawned. 

  "Anything else planned for today?" Uraraka broke the silence.

  "No," Deku shook his head, "Not much to do when our top priority is to stop the villain... First we need to learn about him, why he's doing this, and so forth. But to do that, we need to talk to him... Which first we need to go through the process of stabbing something and then we get to talk..." 

  He continued to mutter for about two or three minutes before he came back to his senses.

  "Oh! Sorry..." he apologized, "I guess I've been overthinking this a lot lately."

  "You overthing everything," Uraraka pointed out, "But I think it's adorable."

  She slappe a hand to her mouth and looked away. Her cheeks were hot with embarrassment. Uraraka definitely didn't mean to say it, even if it was true. 

  Deku didn't say anything, and she felt like he was mad at her, so she glanced back at him. His face was overcome by a storm of blush, and it looked like he attempted to say multiple things, but failed.

  Uraraka giggled and then started talking again.

  "Sorry if I made you feel weird, but I've got to say, the look on your face is priceless," and she started laughing again.