A Fall from Grace, and His Rise from Disgrace

Interlude: A Date

  Izuku and Ochako had decided to go out somewhere again. Ochako suggested the mall, but Izuku didn't want to be crowded by so many people shopping on the weekend.

  Izuku suggested Dagobah beach, which the brunette happily agreed to. As part of their training for UA, Izuku and Izumi had cleaned the beach a year ago. Each sibling had come to the beach to keep it tidy at different points, but had never crossed paths.

  Izuku wore his half mask again, but kept the full one in his bag, just in case he wanted it's familiarity. He packed a pair of towels and bottles of water, as well as a change of clothes if they got too soaked.

  "Where are you going?" Aizawa asked.

  Izuku froze in the middle of the living room, barely two meters from the front door.

  "Out..?" He clicked.

  Aizawa frowned.

  "You're not taking part in any illicit activities are you?"

  The first 'illicit' activity that came to mind was not the one Aizawa was probably talking about. The half mask his most of the red on his face.

  "No. I'm just going .. out. With a friend." He clicked quickly.

  Aizawa smirked, not fooled for a second.

  "Alright. Have fun with Ochako. Don't stay up too late!" He said.

  Izuku scowled, raising his left hand threateningly.

  "Your sleeping bag is about to become far less comfortable." He clicked.

  Aizawa snorted, waving his hand.

  "Alright, alright. Go on, have fun. It's good you've got such good friends now." He said.

  Izuku waved goodbye, leaving their shared apartment and walking down to one of UA's secret exits. Nezu designed everything, of course there were secret entrances and exits.

  Izuku walked down the road, arriving at Dagobah in about 15 minutes.

  Izuku stepped onto the sand. Dagobah was in a pretty out if the way place, so not many people just walked by. That's why the beach hadn't been filled with people today, all clamouring for a spot on the sand.

  Anyone that came by did so to illegally dump their broken electronics. Izuku and Izumi had scared all those people off years ago.

  That's why Izuku and Ochako had the entire beach almost to themselves. There were a couple people scattered around, laying on the sand and watching their children run around, but not as many as there used to be.

  Izuku set a towel on the sand and laid down, closing his eyes against the bright sun. He was a little early, so he'd just wait like this.

  Izuku opened his eyes when a shadow fell over him.

  "Hey Izuku." Ochako said.

  "Hello" he signed.

  The brunette set her own towel out and sat beside him.

  "I didn't even know this place was here.. it doesn't look like anyone knows this is here." She said.

  "Used to be a garbage dump. Cleaned it to train, and community service." He whispered.

  Izuku sat up, removing his mask. The other people were far enough away to not see his face properly, so he wasn't uncomfortable without it. Ochako smiled, happy that he was comfortable enough around her to just take it off whenever.

  "So, what should we do first?" Ochako asked.

  They'd decided to have a sandcastle building competition. This turned out to be a mistake, because Izuku was a dirty cheater.

  He used his quirk to make his castle structurally perfect, with immaculate detail. He also used it to collapse random parts of Ochako's sandcastle, like one of the walls every few minutes, or hollow out the inside so it collapsed in on itself.

  Ochako decided to give up, and coerced Izuku into swimming in the water.

  "Come ooon, it'll be fun!" She said.

  Izuku huffed.

  "That water was polluted a year ago. I'm not getting into that death soup." He croaked.

  Ochako sighed dramatically.

  "Guess I'm swimming in the death soup alone! Oh well.."

  Izuku narrowed his eyes.

  "You can't make me." He rasped.

  Ochako grinned, picking him up with one hand, having erased his gravity.

  "Actually, you'll find that I can!" She exclaimed, running to the shoreline.

  Izuku flailed about, but he didn't stand a chance. Ochako tossed him over the water, and pressed her fingers together.

  "Release!"

  Izuku let out a strangled yelp and fell into the death soup.

  The unmasked boy treaded water, keeping his head above the waterline.

  Ochako leapt into the water, splashing him again.

  Izuku grumbled, but he was smiling as his friend splashed water at him.

  Izuku used the shockwave function of his plasma bolts to rain water down on Ochako.

  "Using your arm is cheating!!" She complained, giggling adorably.

  Izuku ignored her, blasting water at her again, earning another fit of giggles.

  Eventually, when they were tired and hungry, they returned to the towels on the sand and Izuku's backpack.

  "Is there anything else you want to do today?" Izuku signed.

  Ochako shook her head.

  "Nothing in particular. I just like going places with you." She said.

  Izuku blushed, turning his arm's plasma gun on, making it heat up and evaporate the water still on it.

  "I like spending time with you too." he clicked.

  The duo stayed on the sand, letting the sun and Izuku's arm dry their clothes. Eventually they left the beach and walked through town.

  Izuku had not put his mask back on. He got the occasional odd look, but there was far less screaming than he thought there'd be. It was.. nice, not needing to hide behind his deep green barrier, at least outside of UA.

  Ochako actually lived quite close to the beach, just a five minute walk down the road.

  "Today was fun." Izuku signed.

  Ochako beamed.

  "It was! We should go back there sometime after the sports festival!"

  Izuku nodded in agreement.

  "See you on Monday Ochako." Izuku signed.

  The brunette hesitated, before stepping forwards and kissing his cheek- the left one obviously.

  "See you on Monday Izuku."

  Ochako went inside the building, while Izuku stood unmoving. A series of random clicks and clacks sounded from his arm, but they didn't form a cohesive sentence.