"What a mess this night turned into, huh?" A CQA member was looking at the burning wreckage of the command post Dabi and Tokoyami had destroyed. "The only remaining one left alive in the Tenth ranking company is Inasa, who was chasing down a runaway agent, and he's heavily injured as well. Know him, he's a pretty good guy, shame for this to happen."

"Are you kidding me, who doesn't know Inasa or Gang Orca. Everyone loved the Tenth ranking company." A soldier was walking next to the other as they approached their commanding officer. "Isn't that right, Grand?"

The commander had his hand over Gang Orca's body before the medics took it away. "Ah, he was so proud of my promotion, it was thanks to his recommendation... I still remember him taking the time to play hide and seek with us. I'm going to miss him." He straightened out, looking down the empty main street. "Camie sure made a mess of things. Just my luck to be handed this case, right when I thought I broke through the other one."

"Oh, that's right sir, we finally had a lead, too bad we can't follow up on it." A soldier replied, then the other did too. "Yeah, it's because you're one of the commanders aside from Gang Orca who are embraced by the people. If they hear you're on the case when the announcement is made, it'll put them at ease, at least a little."

"Aw, come on guys, you're making me blush. I guess if it helps the people it doesn't matter what they think I'm working on."

"Um, Grand, what do you mean?"

"Please how many times have I said call me, Yo." His charming smile twitched. "As long as the people believe something is being done about this heinous crime then it really doesn't matter if I continue my own on-going investigation, right?"

Izuku yawned, standing behind the counter in the book store. "Last night was weird." A part of him hoped he dreamt the whole thing up because Camie was gone before he woke up and another part of him knew that he didn't because of his injured arm and his favorite sweater had the right sleeve completely blown off. He had made sure he was hiding his injured hand, wearing a long black sleeve work shirt and white gloves, giving him a more professional look that Gentle complimented. 'It was a good thing I didn't break it. I've been trying to use Plus Ultra to accelerate the healing process but it's not as fast as I'd hope.' He continued to recall everything that happened last night, beginning to mumble his incomprehensible nonsense.

"Kodai... Kick." She appeared from behind, hitting his back with her foot.

He spat out his saliva, caught off guard by her attack. "Y-Yui, what gives?" Turning to her with a confused expression, but as soon as he did, he was smacked with a rolled-up notebook, right between the eyes. "Ow, ow, why?"

"You're notebook." She unrolled it handing it back to him. "You left it. Someone tried to buy it."

"Wh-What? Who would do that?"

"My exact thoughts. I was inclined to read it... So I did."

"What?! Yui, you can't just-" He stopped himself, his eyes growing wide with a blush. "H-Hey, whatever you read in there are my p-personal thoughts! I didn't think anyone else would read them, okay!" He yelled with his eyes shut, trying to ignore his embarrassment, he was smart enough to never write about his quirk in the technical sense, but that wasn't what he was worried about. Yui actually stiffened, knowing exactly what he was talking about.

The pages about her!

She cleared her throat and walked, standing behind the counter next to him. He stared at her, waiting for a response until he realized, 'She's ignoring the subject entirely!' Yui entered work mode and refused to go out of it. Izuku relented with a sigh. 'I guess it's best if we pretend it never happened.'

And they remained silent in the book store.

Until she spoke. "Did you mean it?"

He visibly stilled, taking on the question like shattered glass breaking the quiet. She was keeping her head forward and so did he, neither able to meet the other in the moment of sincerity. He let out a throaty response, trying to speak. Her ears perked, only focused on his words.

"Y-Yeah, I did, Yui..."

He dared to peek at her face. Her usual flat expression was on except the corners of her lips were lifted, if only barely. It caused his to raise too.

Both seemingly always enjoying the time they spend together.

'With her it's different. I can never explain it but with her... I don't know, I don't feel trapped in this world, alone.' Unlike with Lady Yaoyorozu, who he was essentially forced to work for as a hostage who was given freedom, as long as he remained within her reach. And yet his heart would always skip at the sight of her and he hated that part of their relationship, he hated the part of him that didn't want it to end. 'Ah, I've developed Stockholm syndrome!' He shook his head, clearing that thought away. 'And I don't even know anything about Camie, I hope that was a one-time thing... I can just go back to running the shop with Yui, and spending my sunsets with Lady Yaoyorozu.' Izuku was alright with settling with the mundane life he had. Always caught between Yui and Momo.

His thoughts of peace were interrupted by someone placing a book on the counter. He instantly snapped into his customer service mode.

"Hi, is this it for you?" Izuku rang up the book, taking a glance at it. It was a zoology book. "Animals huh? What's your favorite?"

The customer paid for the book and opened it, he flipped through the pages before finding the one he was looking for and showing it to Izuku.

"Oh, pigeons? I would have never guessed, but hey, to each their own."

The customer pointed at him, then at the book and back at him.

"Oh, my favorite, hm, I don't know, but if I had to choose I would say rabbits, always liked them, you know, maybe because-"

"Of their mating habits." Yui stole his sentence.

He cringed at how she would always casually throw those in. "Yui, let me handle the register." He was turning back to the customer.

She came running up from the spiral staircase leading to the café. "Izuku, we need help!" She ran hastily approached them, placing her hands on the counter with urgency.

"C-Camie! What the?"

"That's the girl who wanted to buy your notebook." Yui informed.

"Wait, what?!"

"She came back, during your delivery date."

"This isn't the time for that!" Camie refocused the situation.

"What is going on? How did we even get here? Where have you-, never mind, tell me what's happening?"

"A high ranking commander is coming, you need to hide us!"

"Us?! Me and you?"

She shook her head, pulling in the customer who had been standing there. "Koda and I, he was another quirk wielder I was looking into before I ditched them but I think I know who was assigned to him and it's bad news, we need to hide!" Completely dropping her perky upbeat attitude. "This is Koda by the way." She quickly added with a ditzy smile. Okay, she actually still found a way to maintain it.

"Wh-What, okay. Yui, um?" Izuku turned to the girl standing next to her. They shared eye contact then she glanced at Camie before going back to him.

"Ah, really!" Izuku couldn't believe how stubborn she could be at times. He turned back to Camie. "She won't help unless you buy something!"

"What?! Are you kidding me!?" Camie shook the fist holding poor Koda.

"Why don't you just buy Alice in wonderland?"

"We don't have time for book purchases!"

As soon as she said that the cash register opened up, having already scanned the book. Yui had the book in a bag waiting to be paid.

"Oh, for the love of!" Camie reached into her purse but instead of rushing, she scrounged her purse for the exact change.

"I thought this was serious." Izuku had disbelieving shark eyes.

"It is!" She was shifting the weight of her body repeatedly, squeezing her thighs together. "Got it!" Pulling out the last coin.

"J-Just get in the office, already." Izuku facepalmed, pointing to the door behind them. Yui more than willingly guided them to it. Camie shoved Koda in, who was wide-eyed confused the whole time.

"I expect a receipt." Camie whispered harshly to Yui.

"Of course." Instantly closing the door on her.

Yui sighed before turning back, walking to the counter. She glanced at his arms and he could feel her stare. He was hiding them. She closed her eyes for a moment beforehand she opened them again. Going back to work mode.

The door opened and he stepped into the store. He walked around looking at some books. He smirked reading a few pages of a particular book. He nodded to himself with a chuckle deciding on that book. He walked to them and the register with a smile plastered on his face.

Izuku could feel the shift in atmosphere. He scanned the book the newcomer was going to buy. It was a history of the CQA. "Oh, a history buff?" Izuku tried to make conversation, the guy looked nice enough.

"Hm, oh no, I just think us members, of the CQA are like pigeons." Saying it with a cheerful attitude.

"Eh? P-Pigeons? I'm not quite sure I understand. B-But you're a member of the CQA? That must be pretty cool right?"

He reached into his jacket pocket, pulling out his card and a photo. "Well, I just think the CQA are like pigeons, you know." His voice went cold, yet still held that cheer. "They are always taking the needless scraps of society away."

Izuku's eyes grew vivid and his breathing was rigid. The photo was a picture of him in full cowling making a delivery to Lady Yaoyorozu, wearing the green rabbit hood sweater. And his card read: The Ninth ranking commander of The CQA, Yo Shindo, codename: Grand. Izuku slowly lifted his eyes back up to him. His charming face from earlier vanished to reveal an emotionless smirk.

"Isn't that right, Rabbit?"