"Hey Shouto!" Izuku called waving eagerly.

The hero looked up at his friend. He was petting a black and white that rubbed up on his left side. It wasn't an unusual sight to see. Cats loved Shouto with a passion and they normally ran from Izuku. He would tease the dual user the only reason why cats liked him was because of the heat he produced from his fire quirk.

"It's nice to see you smile for once," the dual user said with a smile, standing up.

"What do you mean?" he asked bending over to pet the kitty before it ran off.

"You barely smile anymore. It scares me a little."

Izuku laughed weakly, "Sorry about that. I have a lot on my mind."

"All Might told me."

"Um.... told you what?"

Shouto smiled, "How you inherited the power One for All."

"I wanted to tell you back during the festival but I couldn't."

He waved him off, "No, I understand but it makes a lot of sense now."

"Ochako told me about your blunder with Bakugou? Of all the people on the planet Midoriya, you pick him."

Deku turned red but Shouto couldn't see it with his mask on.

"I got over it."

"Really?"

"Y-yea. He came to my apartment and screamed at me. Even if half of what he said was true, it still made me mad."

Shouto shook his head, "I don't know why you ever hung out with him for. He's a jackass who's selfish and thoughtless. He almost blew up a bus the other day."

Deku flinched.

"His temper-

"Let's start our walk and ignore his existence, ok?"

"Alright."

An hour passed by with them walking around. The air was cool and it was pretty quiet. There was a few people here and there but it was nothing like weekends or certain holidays. Shouto and Izuku both started yawning then decided to get some coffee from the nearest gas station.

"It's impressive."

Deku gave his friend a weird look.

"What?"

"You're impressive. You barely had that quirk four years. Most of us had it eleven to twelve years and all that practice. You came a
long way in such a short amount of time."

"It doesn't feel like it."

"Then you're dumber than Bakugou."

"I probably am."

Shouto grabbed his arm.

"Listen to me."

Deku stopped.

"All Might wouldn't have picked someone weak or narrow minded. It makes so much sense why he picked you of all people. That first test and you sacrificed yourself for Ochako without much thought. You saved Eri and you tried going against those things called Nomu. You think ahead and you're generous. Regardless of how you got your quirk, you deserve it more than anybody else."

"Thanks Shouto but you're my friend and you're kind of biased-

"No!" he snapped making Izuku jump.

"No what?!"

"You destroyed your arm, hand and fingers to get me to fight with my power. You understood my struggle. You're the best friend I wish I had growing up but at least I got to meet you when it really mattered. No matter what happens, I'll be there. You decide you want to be a villain? Hell, I'll be right there with you."

Deku snorted and busted up laughing. Shouto grinned and took a drink of his coffee.

"Hey fuck face!"

The two heroes stopped turning to their side to see Bakugou standing there.

"So you want to tattle to All Might, huh? If you wanna fight, let's fight now."

"We're working."

"No one asked you Icyhot!"

Katsuki's hands started to pop and crackle.

"This isn't the place for your issues," Midoriya said, "We said what we needed too and it's over with, let it go."

"Not until I kick your ass!"

"I beat you the day we graduated and you were fine with it! "

"This is different!"

Shigaraki sat in the shadows watching Deku and Bakugou bicker back and forth. Todoroki finally pulled out his cell phone and made a call. He watched as the explosive blonde got closer and closer to Deku making him want to scratch like he did when he was upset but he had to calm himself down and it was hard. When he felt his fingers touch the bandaids, he stopped.

'Calm down.'

He pulled out his cellphone and made a phone call to Dabi.

["What? Are you lost on your way back?"]

"No. I need you to do a job but it'll be boring and very easy."

["Hmm, you have my attention."]

"Find out where Katsuki Bakugou lives. I would like to know tonight if possible."

["On it."]

Five minutes later, All Might and Aizawa showed up. Eraserhead bound Bakugou up and dragged him out of the street disappearing in the darkness. It looked like Izuku was still really upset and he was yelling. All Might pulled him in for a hug to calm him down but Deku wasn't having any of it.

Next, Shouto placed a hand on his shoulder and continued talking to him until it looked like he allowed himself to be pulled into a hug. It seemed odd that the teachers of UA still had something to do with their old students but it did happen. The three of them talked for a while then started walking again.

Bbbbbbbbzzzzzzttt!

Shigaraki answered his phone quickly.

"Yes?"

["Found it!"] Toga yelled into the phone.

"That was fast."

["We split up and looked for it. We actually watched Eraserhead shove him into his apartment. He was yelling the whole time pretty much."]

"Good. Don't get caught. I'll be there in an hour."

X
X

Midoriya barely made it to his front door. He was exhausted and his legs hurt. He had practiced leaping buildings throughout the night with Shouto to get better because he had missed training with All Might. His head hurt badly and it was a result of his argument with Bakugou late last night.

'I don't know why he has to continue to start shit with me. I need to call Ochako. I barely want to have that talk with her now. I'm not mad at her or anything but.... I don't want to talk to her about him. Shouto is right, there's other people out there that would be better. I don't even go out. The only person I had any constant contact with lately was Shigaraki.'

His face turned pink as he pushed the front door open.

"Oh."

His apartment was empty.

'Oh.... I was really hoping they would be here. I'm kind of disappointed now.'

He kicked his shoes off at the door and his jacket throwing it on the floor too. Izuku flopped onto the couch and turned the TV to a show he wasn't familiar with but it didn't matter. In five minutes he was passed out without taking his hero costume off. He was so burnt out.

Six hours later, Deku heard the alarm on his phone go off. He opened his eyes to see Toga smiling down at him. His head was in her lap. He blinked trying to make sense of what was going on. He sat up a little to see Shigaraki at the end of the couch with his legs on the villain's lap. His face turned bright red.

"I'm s-sorry!" he cried trying to remove his legs off Tomura's body but he wouldn't let him.

"You can go back to sleep. All Might texted your phone and said you had tonight off."

"I do?"

"Here's your phone," she said handing it to him.

Izuku laid his head back onto her lap and scrolled through his messages. All Might did send him a message that he was off. It was most likely Bakugou's fault for it.

"Ugh.... I need the money."

Izuku threw his arm over his face looking distressed.

"Why don't you join another agency for more money then?" Dabi asked.

He hadn't noticed the black haired villain sitting on the floor against the couch playing video games.

"I don't want too. Shouto had informed me I already climbed to the top five in hero rank and that brings in more money but it wouldn't be too much. I would love to buy Mom her own house and a car so she wouldn't have to work anymore though."

"That's so sweet of you!" Himiko said smiling.

"Thanks," he said with a smile, "She deserves a lot more than what I can offer her."

"Maybe we can meet her one day!"

Midoriya smiled, "I would like that."

"Anything interesting happen last night?" Tomura asked.

The two of them locked eyes and Deku already had a guilty expression on his face.

"Y-yea."

"We heard Bakugou tried fighting you last night!" Twice yelled from the kitchen.

Izuku sighed, "Yea... he did. It's probably why I have tonight off. How did you find out?"

Izuku's phone started ringing and Shouto's picture popped up.

"Hello?"

["Did you get tonight off?"]

"I did. Did you?"

["Yea. It's not a big deal for me but are you able to pay for your apartment?"]

"I can go shadow at another one if I need too. My rent isn't due until next week. I should have enough."

["Alright. Oh! You won't guess what happened to Bakugou."]

"What do you mean?" Izuku asked, "Did Aizawa beat him up? He's been threatening to do that lately."

["No but it would be funny to see that though. I would get a bowl of popcorn and watch it. Anyways, someone broke into his apartment last night. They didn't steal anything but I guess after he fell asleep they destroyed all his stuff. There was ashes and dust with broke pieces everywhere. The only thing left was his bed."]

Deku sat up and stared at Tomura.

"Oh," he said a grin threatened to appear on his lips.

["I laughed and Ochako thought it was mean but considering how he's been lately.... He deserves it but they tried blaming me. It looked like some stuff was burned but it was hard to tell."]

Izuku started laughing, "You wouldn't do that! The only thing you ever did to him was freeze the lake when he came back up for air, trapping him in the middle."

["One of my proudest moments."]

He could tell Shouto was grinning.

["Apparently, he tried blaming you too but I already told them we stayed with All Might most of the night until five and that we were together until ten in the morning when we returned to the agency."]

"If they take me in I'll tell them the same."

["I don't think they would question you. I'm pretty straight forward."]

"That's true."

["Get some more rest. You looked pretty wore out last night. Talk to you later Izuku."]

"Bye Shouto."

The hero grinned and shook his head.

"So.... Did you guys do anything interesting last night?"

Shigaraki just smiled without saying anything.