"And here we are." Izuku said as he opened the door to his room, motioning for Luna to enter, "Welcome to my room."
Once Luna looked inside of the room, she gasped and then started to giggle, but made sure that she covered her mouth. Inside of the room was everything relating to All Might. All kinds of posters and merchandise. It seemed that Izuku was not only a fanboy, but a collector. But there was also a desk with a computer, a closet, a bed, a bookshelf, and a window. It looked like a normal room, minus the All Might merch.
Izuku stared at the girl as she continued to laugh. "What? What's so funny?" He questioned as his face burned bright.
"Oh, nothing, nothing. It's just that when I first found out about your admiration for All Might, this is exactly how I thought your room would look like." She explained, "Although my imagination had an All Might cut-out in the corner of the room right over there." She quickly pointed over to the left corner of the room.
"Oh, ha ha, very funny. I may be a fan, but I'm not that creepy of a fan." Izuku grumbled as he followed alongside her, making sure to leave the door open just as his mom requested. But he also made sure to watch Luna. It wasn't that he was worried about her messing anything up, but just because he never thought she would be here. But now that she was, he wasn't sure that he wanted her to leave.
Luna searched around the room curiously, her body moving itself over to the bookshelf. "Wow, you've got a lot of comics in here." She commented, "And even some autobiographies too." Her pale fingertips gently ran along the spines of the books and comics.
"That's not all that's in here. I also have some action fiction in there too." Izuku replied as he stood beside her, "Although the ones that I have are usually the kind that have happy endings. I guess you could say that I'm a stickler for stories that end happily. It's cheesy, I know." He looked down embarrassingly, his hand rubbing the back of his neck.
She looked up at him and shook her head. "No, no, it's not cheesy. If anything, I understand. I mean, life's already tragic as it ever will be, so why not escape into a world where life ends happily for everyone? You know, where the good guys win, the bad guy gets defeated, all the loose ends are tied up in a little bow, and everyone lives?" She gave a small laugh, "I know I'm looking at it from a pessimistic point of view, but I promise I'm not. I'm just saying I know how you feel about it. It's my favorite genre too."
Izuku looked at her, his green irises meeting her light blue ones. "Luna, to me, you are the least pessimistic person I've ever met." It was Luna's turn to blush as she giggled, looking down at the ground. But yet he continued to stare at her as if she were a beautiful painting in a sea of nothingness, "I mean that, you know?"
"I-I know you do, and I thank you for that." She replied and took her fingertips off of the spines of the books. "But I'm glad that our shared love of action fiction is another thing we have in common now."
"It seems so. I'll add that to the list of things we share in common now. Right below our shared love of chocolate chips." He said with a grin.
"That's probably my fault. I can't help that I love to snack on them while I bake!" She defended with a playful huff.
"Ah, so I have you to blame for that. Curse you, you temptress!" The greenette boy exclaimed in fake anguish, holding up his fists to the ceiling.
Luna laughed in a fake but maniacal way. "Yes, my plan is succeeding! Soon all of the world will love chocolate chips like me! Ha ha ha!"
"Noooo!" As soon as the playful villain and hero role-play was done, the two teens laughed out loudly at their own ridiculousness. It took a few minutes for them to calm down until they then looked at each other. "So, what should we do now? What time is your uncle going to be picking you up?"
"Oh, I don't know. He hasn't responded to-" As if on cue, her phone went off. Out of surprise, she jumped before pulling out her phone and looking down with a head tilt. "Well, speak of the devil and he shall text back."
"What did he say?" The teen boy questioned.
"He said that he'll be picking me up around eight-thirty later tonight. He said that the meeting today won't take as long as it normally does, so he should be fine coming to pick me up." She responded before shutting her phone off and putting it back in her skirt pocket.
"Great! So what do you want to do until he gets here?" Izuku questioned again.
"Hmm." She hummed, as if trying to think of something for the two of them to do. Normally she would suggest that they do their homework, like they normally did after training, but they didn't have any homework. She then thought that they could do some training, but it seemed that it would be better if they could take the day off.
It had just occurred to her that before they found out about All Might's secret, the two hadn't had a lot of time to behave like normal teenagers. They had spent eleven months training and homework and school and preparing themselves for U.A that they hardly did normal things. Such as go to the movies, take a walk, go to the mall, or even binge watch a television show until two in the morning. They may have spent time together and knew practically everything about the other person, but they did not do that through normal teenage things. Perhaps the only real teenage thing that they did was go on that walk through the park and got dinner together. But that was before All Might. Before One for All. Before the goal of U.A.
Luna decided that they needed to fix that. She then looked at the computer and then got an idea. With a grin, she skipped over to the electronic device and wave the mouse around to start it up. "Do you have any streaming services on your computer?"
Izuku looked at her in surprise before quickly walking over to join her, wondering what she was planning. "Umm, yeah. But I mainly use Netflix. Why?"
"Because I'm about to show you a movie that will hopefully have us forget about reality." She said as she pulled up Netflix and searched around for a few seconds until she found what she was looking for. "Here we are!"
He blinked and peered down at the computer. "'Hairspray'?" He questioned with a light squeak to his voice.
"Yeah! My mom and I used to watch this movie all the time on her days off. It's not only a comedy, but it's also a musical as well." She explained to him, pulling up a random chair that Izuku had next to the window, "Come on, give it a chance. It's very lighthearted, I promise." And to seal her deal, she gave the green haired boy her puppy dog eyes.
"Oh, no, no, no! Not the puppy dog eyes!" He whined and tried his best to remain strong against the eyes. But after a while, he knew that he couldn't resist her and her cuteness. "Oh... alright, fine!"
"Yay! Thank you!" She cheered, throwing her arms into the air as Izuku sat down in his computer chair. She leaned over and clicked the play button to the movie.
"You're welcome." He sighed and stared at her just as the opening credits came on, "You know, you're impossible to say no to."
"It's a secret power I have." She teased and stuck her tongue out at him playfully. She then turned her head back to the screen, humming along to the opening credit song that was leading its way into 'Good Morning Baltimore,' the opening number of the movie musical.
The movie seemed to last much longer than anticipated. Throughout the movie, Luna sang all of the songs that played, and even showed off some of the choreography that Emiko had taught her. Apparently Izuku had learned from Luna that her mother was a big musical theater fan and had even been in some productions in high school. This fascinated the boy to the point where he let Luna teach him some of the dances. But it seemed that Izuku had two left feet when it came to dancing, and Luna even joked: "Well, if being a hero doesn't work out for us, we can always go onto being Broadway stars!" This was met with Izuku pouting.
But by the end of the movie, which they had finally made through much longer than it's original run time, Luna paused the movie just as the ending credits came on. She then stared at the male with a grin. "So, what did you think?"
Izuku hummed, as if trying to come up with a good review to give the movie. "Well, if I can be honest... I really like it!" He exclaimed, "The music was amazing, the cinematography was rather good for its time period, and the actors, as far as I could tell, gave it their all. Although the one thing I wish could've been done better was the love story between Tracy and Link."
Luna couldn't help but nod her head. "Yeah, I'll agree with you on that." She replied, "Don't get me wrong, they're very cute together, but I kind of wish that we got more moments with them. You know, outside of the show and the plot."
"Exactly what I was thinking! Oh, and Penny and Seaweed too! Those two deserved a better love story as well. I just felt that they were kind of rushed into being in love." He added.
"Maybe that's because Tracy and Link were the ones that were center stage. But maybe their love story happened outside of the plot, we don't know." She shrugged as she stood up, "And I guess that we never will." That's when she looked at the bed and saw two pillows. She smirked and then came up with another fun thing that they could do. She quietly picked up the two pillows while Izuku stared at the screen.
"That's a shame. But other than that, I thought it was really good. Thank you for introducing me to the world of movie musicals." He said as he scrolled through Netflix, "I wonder what else is on here that's also a musical."
"I don't know... But you know what else I can introduce you to?" The mint green haired girl asked in a wicked tone.
"What?" He questioned before turning his head. But what he was met with was a pillow being hit against his face, causing him to let out a surprised scream.
"Pillow fights!" She cheered and laughed loudly, tossing over the second pillow to the boy. She then held up the pillow as though she were fighting with a sword." Let us battle for the fate of the galaxy!"
As soon as Izuku was given the pillow, he instantly stood up from the chair and got into a fight stance. "Bring it on!"
With a scream of victory from the two teens, they then both engaged in a pillow fight war while laughing loudly. They both went rough with their pillow fighting, but also made sure not to be too hard with hitting each other. Although it's pretty impossible to hit another person so hard with a pillow. And thankfully feathers did not fly out of the pillows, as seen in traditional teen movies. And for the first time, they were actually having fun. They were forgetting about the world. About heroes and villains. About Quirks. They were thinking only about themselves.
But their fun was interrupted by a knock at the door from Izuku's mother, who couldn't help but giggle at the sight of the two teens. "Luna? Luna, sweetie?" She called past the laughter. After hearing her name, the two stopped their pillow fighting and stared at the older woman. "Oh, sorry to disturb your game, but your uncle is at the door here to take you home." She said gently.
Luna blinked before she sighed out of disappointment. She knew that she would lose track of time, especially with how much fun she had with Izuku watching the movie and having the pillow fight. But it was a school night and her uncle did say that he would be coming. "Right... umm, tell him that I'll be there in a minute, okay?"
"Alright, I'll go tell him." Inko said with a smile before quickly exiting the room.
Luna sighed again and gently put down the pillow on the bed, seeing Izuku doing the same. She looked up and saw that he was disappointed that she had to leave as well. It made her happy - not that she was leaving, but that he felt the same way she did about leaving him. "Sorry I can't stay for much longer."
"No, no, it's okay. I still had fun, and I know that we'll be able to do this again sometime." He replied before opening his arms wide to her, silently inviting her to come into a hug.
Without a second thought and a smile on her face, Luna instantly dove into the hug. She wrapped her arms tightly around the dark greenette boy's body, holding him close. She always found comfort in hugs. Perhaps it was the way she showed she cared for someone, but it was always hugs that she appreciated the most when being close to someone she loved. And she could tell that he also found comfort from the hug as well. Although she wondered if he could hear her rapid heart beat, just like she could hear how fast his was going.
After a few moments, the two teens pulled away from each other. But they still found themselves staring into each other's eyes. "Well, I'll see you at school tomorrow, okay?" He asked, the smile never leaving his face.
Luna couldn't help but smile on return, her hand finding its way into his hand. "I promise." She replied, and that was all she needed to say.
"Kid, come on! Let's go!" She heard Keigo yell from the front door, interrupting the moment.
She groaned and looked at the door, yelling back, "I'm coming!" She then turned back to Izuku and quickly gave another smile, moving away from him and to the door. And it pained her to see her hand slipping out of his hand, her cheeks burning red. "See you tomorrow, Izuku."
"Y-yeah, see you tomorrow." Izuku replied as he waved to her, his own cheeks bright red like red peppers.
She shyly waved back with a light giggle before exiting the room and running down the hallway. As soon as she made it to the living room, she quickly put her phone in her backpack and then put it on. She then put on her light purple sneakers as fast as she could. She then stood up, and quickly walked to the front door, where she saw her Uncle Keigo signing a piece of paper for Inko. The young teen girl couldn't help but roll her eyes at this as she walked over to where Inko stood in front of the winged hero.
"And there you go. An autograph signed by yours truly." Keigo said with a grin on his face.
"Thank you so much, Hawks, it means a lot to me!" Inko exclaimed happily.
"Oh, it's no problem at all. Thank you for taking care of my niece for me while I was away." He replied before looking down, seeing Luna as he then chuckled. "And speak of the devil. Hey, kid, you ready to go now?"
"Ready as I think you are." She then looked at Inko and hugged her gently, to which was returned by the older woman, "Thank you, Inko. Dinner was amazing. I hope to see you again soon."
"Oh, you're welcome, dear. Come over anytime." Inko replied before pulling away, "And you two fly safe, alright?"
"We will. Thank you, Mrs. Midoriya." Keigo said with a rather smooth wave as he and Luna exited the apartment building.
"Thank you again!" Luna waved in response.
Inko smiled as she waved as well. "Goodbye for now, and stay safe!" And with that, she gently closed the door and left the two winged-Quirk users in the hallway of the apartment building.
Luna let out a small sigh from her nose before looking up at her uncle, who only smirked at her with his arms crossed. "What? What are you giving me that look?" She asked as they both freed their wings, her cheeks now glowing with embarrassment.
"Nothing, nothing. Did you have fun?" Keigo asked, his smirk never leaving his face.
"W-we did. We had dinner with his mom, who you just met, watched a movie and then had a pillow fight." She reported to him, "Just friend stuff."
"Hmm, okay then. But let me tell you this." He put up a finger before gently poking the girl's nose, "Friends don't leave other friend's houses with that look of love in their eyes." And before she could say anything, Keigo took off into the air and flew away, leaving her behind to follow him.
Luna gasped and blushed hard, a little growl escaping her lips as she flew into the air. She tried to catch up to him, but for all of her uncle's experience, she could not catch up to him. "Come back here, you chicken wing! You and I need to have a talk!" She yelled to him as the family members flew into the sky, leaving the Midoriya residence behind them.
Meanwhile, inside the small apartment, Izuku had gotten ready for bed. Having brushed his teeth, gotten into his pajamas, and set his alarm clock for the morning, he was now perfectly ready to rest and be ready for the second day of school.
As he turned off the light, he then turned on his phone and began to message Luna. He could feel his heart pounding in his ears as he stared at her name that he saved onto his phone. His thumbs shook as he began to type his message.
"Hey Luna, just wanted to tell you goodnight. Thank you for today. It was amazing. I can't wait to do this again! I love you."
Izuku's eyes widened as he looked down at the text, thankfully not having sent it yet. "What are you doing, Izuku? You can't just tell a girl who's way out of your league and your rank that you love her! She'll think you're crazy!" He told himself, hitting himself on the head for even writing out those three words. So as quickly as he could delete it, his new message then read:
"Hey Luna, just wanted to tell you goodnight. Thank you for today. It was amazing. I can't wait to do this again!"
With that new text, he breathed out a sigh of relief as soon as he sent it off. He then laid down in his bed and put his phone on his bed stand, staring at the phone with a saddened expression.
"As if she could ever be in love with someone like me..." He mumbled to himself before slowly closing his eyes, the fear of rejection and heartbreak invading his heart and his mind.
But if only he knew. If only he knew.