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Arc II - Many Firsts [Chapter 2: Dates]

Without further ado - I don't even look at her once - I continue to change into my hero outfit.

Chi: "Tch, asshole.", *leaves quickly, slamming my door particularly hard*

Yes, that was assholish of me, but I'm just too charged up right now. In this state, one should simply leave me the hell alone. I'm running my fingers through my hair, stressed out. Shit!

Chi already knows there's more to it anyway. If it had really been my agency, I wouldn't have acted so tense and stressed. Besides, I wouldn't go straight for my backup outfit but instead head to the U.A. headquarters.

When I've finished changing into my attire in record time, I enlarge the screen of my HeCom sufficiently and position it in front of me to write Deku: 》On my way《 If he writes back, it might not be that bad.

Afterwards, I open the live location, quickly add my own to the map and activate the navigation. The fastest is via air, hence this backup hero uniform even more.

"Hm.", deep in thought, I walk to my window. Maybe 10 minutes.

I unlock the window, which then automatically slides open, and skillfully jump through it to the outside.

I swear, if this is some kind of stupid prank or shit, I'll kill that damn nerd!

At high speed I catapult myself through the air with the use of my quirk. By cutting out any frills and having a tight fit at the same time, my backup attire can now demonstrate its worth and allow me to forge ahead particularly quickly. After all, I have no time to waste.

Unfortunately, I forgot my protective goggles in my hectic rush. Now I have to deal with watery eyes. Well, my damn fault.

Meanwhile, Musutafu's streets and houses rush by below me. Even though it's completely normal for the civilians to see heroes flying over them in the air, I'm quite high up so as not to draw any more attention to myself than necessary. I'm treading on very thin ice at the moment, because what I'm doing is unacceptable. Rushing off on my own in official hero attire, using my quirk, without any authorization, then outside my actual working hours...

Not really a problem as a professional hero. As someone in training? An absolute no-go! At the very least, I should have informed sleepingbag-sensei and obtained his permission. If this got out, I wouldn't just get into trouble, my provisional could be paused. I'm taking high risk here.

My eyes check the navigation. Not long now.

Deku knows these facts, of course. He also knows how I would react to such a message. He knows me well in this respect. And I know him. He would never have sent something like that without valid reason. No. He would never fuck with me like that.

With each clock strike, my concern about him becomes more prominent.

He hasn't written again so far...

I can't shake off the gnawing feeling that the situation he is in is not only dangerous but also requires tact. Even more so, as Deku is with that Beanpole shitface, who I already suspect for the worst.

I swear, if he... I grind my teeth angrily for the umpteenth time today. Aggression joins my worries for the rest of the way.

A little later, I finally land on the roof of the target building. According to the navigation, he's in one of the apartments below me. I assume that Beanpole must live here.

One last time I check whether Deku has written anything before going into action. Negative.

Now I have to get into the complex as discreetly as possible. Fortunately, there is only one corridor to be checked. I approach the emergency entrance/exit panel and immediately search through the names of the people. There you are. I somehow wouldn't even be surprised if he had used a fake name.