"No need to try and be humble about winning Midori. Like I get it, I played a part, but really man, that was your win."
She scrunched her face for a moment, before asking.
"Actually… How… How did you win?"
...
The burning sensation in his cheeks went a bit away, as he realized she had asked him a question, and he quickly launched into an explanation.
"Well I… When… When he said that nothing got through his skin, except… Electricity, I realized th-that if nothing got through it f-from the outside, then n-nothing could get through from the inside either. S-so I brought him done into the u-underground that was steaming hot, c-cause that meant that… He could only sweat through his face… So he was I-incredibly weak against overheating, and a-after a bit of fighting, he got heatstroke and collapsed."
As he finished up, Mina just stared at him, absentmindedly still squeezing her hair.
"And you got that plan just from one throwaway line he made?"
The blushing returned, and he nodded.
"Wow. You really are something else aren't you Midori? Like… That was smart. Like really smart. I kinda thought you were kinda like Luffy, but you're actually more like Sengoku aren't you?"
He had absolutely no idea who either of those two were, but he just quietly nodded again, not wanting to look like an idiot who didn't know what she was talking about.
He was just standing there, desperately trying to stop himself from blushing more, when Mina knocking all color out of his cheeks with her next line.
"So, what was the deal between you and evil teleporter lady? You two have a history?"
He had completely forgotten he had promised to tell her all about that later, and frankly, he had hoped later would never come. Now it had.
As Mina finished drying her hair, and just looked at him expectedly, Izuku tried desperately to find some way to get out of telling the story without just flat out lying.
"I… Well you see…"
An awkward pause followed as Mina's looked became more puzzled, and Izuku just really, really didn't want to talk about it. On his arm, he felt the circular scar ache.
He was saved by the door quietly opening, turning Mina's(as well as his own.) attention towards it, as a man who was undoubtedly the detective recovery Lady had been talking about stepped in.
His clothing being the stereotypical detective trench coat, along with a corresponding hat, kinda gave it away.
"Hello." He greeted in a friendly, if not energetic manner.
"Hi." Both of them replied, almost at the exact same time.
"You two must be miss Ashido and Mr. Midoriya." He reached forth his hand towards Izuku. "My name is Naomasa Tsukauchi, I'm a detective working for the police on this matter."
Izuku took his hand, shook it and nodded, showing he had understood what Tsukauchi had just said, and after letting go, Tsukauchi reached forth his hand again to greet Mina, who repeated what Izuku had just done.
"I'm sorry to bother you at this hour, but I am afraid that we must have your statements before we can let you leave for home with your parents. Once we are done with that, you can wait in by the entrance if you'd like. We have called both your families, and both have said themselves willing to come pick you up directly."
The detective had a subdued, but somehow very winning smile. It was the kind of smile that made you want to like him.
"So, which one of you wish to start?
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Izuku stood by the entrance when Mina finally came from the shower, smelling like strawberries, and with no trace of blood in her hair.
That had apparently been a mighty endeavor, as she had been in the showers for well over an hour.
Like Izuku, she had ditched her costume for her regular school uniform.
Though his had a Stark change for the moment.
Namely, it was completely dyed black, with a massive white spider on his back.
"Nice new look, but… Why?"
He blushed again, but nowhere near as badly as he did in the room two floors up.
"I… My black suit i-is pretty much armor. And when I use it like this on my clothing, well… It protects me, just like the suit does."
"Huh. Neat and awesome, I like it!" She flashed her thumb up with a grin.
"I don't think Aizawa will let you keep it like that in class though, but I guess you'll have to talk to him about it."
He nodded. Yeah, he had had similar thoughts.
For the most part, they were alone by the entrance, the vast majority of students having left already. From their own class, only Shoto remained, a look of complete stoicism on his face as he ignored both of them, along with a couple of girls Izuku didn't know.
Judging by their age, he thought they must be from 1-B, but that was just a guess on his part.
A silence arose for a bit, as Mina took out her phone and apparently went through her messages.
"My dad's gonna be here pretty soon it seems. At least judging by his messages."
Izuku, not really having anything to add, just remained silent.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me, what's your number Midori?"
Both the two other remaining girls turned to look at Izuku, who had just turned so red, he might have been a sunset.
"My… My number?"
A girl was asking him for his number.
Mina, not having looked up, just continued.
"Yeah, I've been trying to get the number of everyone in the class, so far I just lack Katsuki, Shoto, Mineta and-" She turned to look at him. Then she snorted in laughter from Izuku's expression.
"It's just your phone number man, nothing to be embarrassed about."
"IT'S354033279" Izuku blurted out incredibly quickly. As the two other girls stared at him, snickering behind their hands he felt like a complete and total moron. Then he felt like even more of an idiot, as he realized he'd need to repeat that again.
As it turned out, he didn't however, as Mina calmly typed the number down, apparently having caught it, despite his rapid-fire speaking pace.
"Ok, so I just sent you mine through a message, so just add it to your contacts Kay?"
He stared at her for a moment. Then what she was saying actually went into his skull, and he sheepishly nodded.
Mina was about to say something more, but suddenly her attention was diverted over to entrance outside, where a short older man with yellow hair just as puffy as Mina's or Izuku's, dressed in the most stereotypical science outfit imaginable, hastily walked over the school grounds with a panicked expression.
"Seems my rider's here. See Ya later Midori!" She gave a wave, along with a grin as she walked towards the door. Then she turned her head towards Shota. "And you too Todoroki!"
The son of the number two hero gave her a nod, but not much more, whereas Izuku, almost forcing his own body against just remaining rigid, gave a timid wave back, along with an equally timid "Later…"
As Mina exited, upon which the scientist guy gave her a big hug, which she reciprocated, Venom finally popped up from his shoulder.
-Well look at that, you actually managed to talk to a new girl in conversation. Sure you were burning like a torch the entire time, but hey, you actually spoke, and didn't stutter the entire way. Maybe next you'll be able to meet an entirely new girl, and not blush at all.-
"You've been way more quiet than usual."
-Well there are times when the best to move is to just leave you to it. You don't think we're going to hover over your shoulder when you inevitably have sex with someone do you?-
Izuku, who had just begun to lose the blushing in his cheeks, suddenly flushed so darkly, it went from red to burgundy. It felt like steam was rising from his face.
And behind him, the girls kept snickering.
He was saved by Shota of all people.
"Midoriya, can I ask you some questions?"
Izuku, mortified by all the images that Venom's comment had brought to his mind, snapped his head around, eager for something, ANYTHING not related to girls, to talk about.
"YES!"
If Shoto was taken aback by his tone, he didn't show it, and he just continued as if Izuku's face didn't resemble a lobster in color.
"You and Ashido fought the American villains' Shocker and Rhino correct?"
"Yes! I-I mean, y-yeah, we-we did! What about it!?"
"I have some questions about your battle…"
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