It was summertime. Shouto finally turned eighteen and graduated. He managed to move out of his parents house a week before and go get an apartment. He was respectful of the extremely strict rules placed upon him and his siblings but it was time he got out and experienced life on is own.

Luckily for him, his whole family was rich and he had gotten money through out most of his life. He could really live comfortably for the next six years without working but he had decided on college next year. He wanted time to experience life like a normal person. It was the explanation of why he was on the beach now.

Shouto sat on the water's edge holding his wooden popsicle stick. He had finished off the frozen treat almost a hour earlier but he never moved from his seat on the sandy beach. He had watched people play in the water together and some were fishing off in the distance but no one approached him. Honestly, he should've gotten up already with his skin a slight pink color now.

He closed his eyes for a little but longer when he heard shouting and laughter. Shouto turned around to see a small group of five people walking together. The one who stood out most was a guy with green, wild hair. He had no right to comment on anyone's hair color since his was naturally two colors but the green looked like a deep moss color.

There was a blonde guy with fierce red eyes and an annoyed look on his face. He looked like he didn't really enjoy being there like they had dragged him along. The other guy had spiky red hair that looked like it required a lot of hair gel to keep it that way. He looked happy as he kissed a girl. She had long black hair with streaks of bright green and large eyes.

The last one of their group was another girl with brown hair, brown eyes and pink cheeks but it looked like she was dating the annoyed blonde. Shouto turned back around to mind his own business. Though he couldn't help but think he had seen the brunette and green haired guy before. He never went anywhere but school, home and the library. He frowned slightly thinking it was the library.

He turned back around to see the green haired guy pull off his shirt showing a large amount of scars and a ripped torso. His cheeks turned pink making him return his attention to the ocean. Shouto didn't even have a cell phone and this was really his first time to the beach. The guy looked so goofy and carefree but it looked like he worked out.

Shouto rubbed his face and stood up. All he thought about now was getting back home and relaxing to himself. His fingers let go of the stick by accident. He became slightly annoyed and bent over but ended up getting splashed in the face. He blinked unable get the salt water out of his eyes. He saw the volley ball floating in the water in front of him.

Shouto picked it looking at it like he had no idea what it was.

"Hey! I'm sorry about that!"

He turned around to see the green haired guy running to him with the angry blonde behind him.

"What did we tell you about hitting the damn ball so fucking hard?!" the blonde yelled.

Shouto arched an eyebrow. The blonde friend was as ripped as the green haired guy. He said nothing as he handed the ball back the nicer of the two.

"Hey, Katsuki! You think we should ask him?"

"I don't care! You're the ones who dragged me out here!"

"I'm sorry about splashing your face. We only have five people so it makes Ochako sit out. Would you like to be on my team?"

Shouto stared at him.

"Let's go, he's freaking me out with his weird face."

"Kacchan, how rude!" the guy said looking mad, "You can't talk about people like that!"

"I told you to stop calling me that. We aren't kids."

"My name is Izuku."

He held out his hand and Shouto walked away.

"He's probably too stupid to play anyways. Izuku, bring your gay ass over here so we can keep playing," Katsuki said as he walked away.

Shouto turned to look at Izuku's face. His cheeks were pink with embarrassment but waved at Shouto again anyways.

Gay ass?

"I'll see you later then!" he said as started walking through the sand.

"I'll... I'll play."

Izuku stopped in his tracks.

"You will?"

"I just don't know how," Shouto admitted.

Izuku wanted to snort and laugh because the guy had no expression on his face but he could tell he was embarrassed.

"No reason to be like that! We can teach you!"

He grabbed Shouto's hand dragging him to his friends.

"We have another player!" he announced.

The two girls clapped.

"This is Tsuyu, Ochako, Eijirou and Katsuki!"

"Shouto."

"Nice to meet you Shouto!" Ochako said shaking his hand.

Katsuki pulled her hand away, "She's mine."

"I have no intentions of taking your girlfriend."

Katsuki rolled his eyes, "That's what all pretty boys say."

Shouto looked at Izuku who looked annoyed and embarrassed.

"I'm not like that."

"Oh, so your gay like this idiot."

Katsuki pointed at Izuku making his face turn a new shade of red.

"Alright let's play!" he called trying to get off the subject of his sexuality.

Katsuki, Eijirou and Tsuyu stood on the other side ready to play.

"Just watch! It's not to hard to catch on!" he reassured Shouto who had his still blank expression on his face.

"Dude, you can take your shirt off. It's going to get hot once you move around!" Eijirou said smiling.

"I'd be careful though, gay boy over there might pop a boner," Katsuki said snickering.

Tsuyu rolled her eyes. Izuku's face reached another shade of red.

"Kacchan! No one wants to hear things like that!"

"Quit it! You're gonna not make him want to play!" Ochako said with a stern look on her face, "Keep it up and you won't be getting any for the next week."

Katsuki's face turned pink and growled but finally shut his mouth. Shouto removed his shirt revealing he had some muscle definition but not like the two others. Izuku kept his eyes on his opponents. He gave the first serve.

Thirty minutes into playing, everyone was starting to turn a slight shade of pink leaving Shouto a darker red with a pink torso. No one paid any mind as they continued playing. Shouto caught on pretty fast without any problems and he began causing more problems for Katsuki than he had imagined. It wasn't like he was strong, he was just too fast.

"Alright! Let's switch teams!" Katsuki said finally wiping sweat off his face, "Girls against guys!"

Shouto looked around seeing that Ochako and Tsuyu were the only two women with them. He glanced over at Izuku who's face was twisted with annoyance.

"What did I say?!"

"Every time we come out, you always have to jab a what he likes. He likes guys, we get it, Kacchan," Tsuyu said in a mocking tone.

"Well! He's been single forever! He's never had a boyfriend and I'm just letting people know if someone wants him," Katsuki said trying to defend himself.

"I'll be with the girls," Shouto said.

The two women looked shocked.

"We really aren't that good," the brunette said.

"I'm still learning. I don't mind."

Izuku arched an eyebrow at him now.

"Fine! Let's play! We have an hour before we gotta leave and meet the reservation we have at that place!" Katsuki barked making Eijirou jump.

Everyone jumped to the appropriate side and started playing again. After thirty more minutes then all headed to the showers over the sandy hill for people to use to wash off the salt and sand. Shouto followed behind but he had nothing with him to rinse off or wash off. Shouto watched as Izuku was digging through the back of an old truck.

"Do you need a towel?" he asked nicely.

"No. I can't shower anyways."

"Oh well, I have shampoo and conditioner with me. I have some body wash too if you wanna use it."

Shouto shrugged then nodded. The two of them went in the men's side.

"Izuku! Can I borrow one of your towels for my hair?!" Tsuyu called.

"Sure! There should be a pink one in the bed of the truck," he called.

"Thank you!"

"No problem!"

Shouto took of his clothes and stepped into the shower. He jumped when he saw the shampoo bottle appear from the other side of the wall.

"Thank you," he said taking the bottle.

"Sure!"

Izuku handed him the conditioner then the body wash. He finished first and stepped out of the shower. He was already dressed with Shouto came out with the towel around his waist.

"Do you need some clothes?"

"No, I'm fine with what I have."

"Your clothes are covered in sand. I have an extra set. I always carry some with me just in case. I'll be back."

Shouto's lips curved slightly in a small smile. He never had anyone act so generously towards him.

"Where he go?" Katsuki asked stepping out of the shower.

He looked at Shouto with a weird look.

"Here you go!" Izuku said holding a gray plastic bag.

"Thanks..."

"Damn, you wanna give him your virginity too?!" Katsuki said looking annoyed.

"Your clothes are over on the bench," Izuku said coldly pointing behind him, "I'm making sure he's ok after we asked him to play."

"I'm sure he's fine. He's just sun burnt."

Izuku looked back at Shouto's face, arms and legs.

"You didn't have sunscreen?" he asked looking worried.

"I... This is my first time to the beach. I didn't know I needed it."

Katsuki and Izuku stared at him.

"I know that seems strange but I study a lot. I never had time for being outside."

"God, you sound like him."

"Kacchan be nice! I've been studying! I try to work out too to relieve stress from college. Right now I'm on a three month break."

"Oh, you're already in college?" Shouto asked, "You don't look that old."

Izuku blushed, "I'm nineteen actually. I study marine biology. Katsuki is studying medicine."

Shouto looked mildly surprised that the abrasive guy would study medicine of all things.

"What are you going for nerd?" Katsuki asked looking genuinely interested.

"I just graduated high school so I'll be taking a year break. I want to study Astrophysics."

"That was my second choice!" Izuku said looking excited, "I'm doing a minor in it right now!"

Shouto smiled softly, "You seem ambitious."

"Of course!"

"This nerd is really smart so any advice he gives is right. He's always muttering to himself while doing his work," the blonde guy said with a teasing smile.

His friend's face heated up again.

"Are you guys done!?" Ochako called.

"Yea babe!" Katsuki called leaving the shower room first since he changed while they talked.

Izuku turned around to let Shouto dress since they had been standing there talking the whole time.

"Did you drive here?" Izuku asked talking to the wall.

"No, I walked. I haven't got a car yet. I live a three miles away."

"I can take you home if you want. Ochako usually rides with me because Kacchan drives a truck too."

"Hey Izuku! I'm going to ride with them ok? I gotta go back to our place to change!" Ochako called.

"Oh... Oh ok."

Izuku grabbed his stuff off the ground and threw in the empty bag on the floor.

"You don't have to do that."

He laughed and waved him off, "You're tired probably so I don't want you to have to walk alone."

He left Shouto by himself in the shower room. Shouto shrugged and joined him in the truck shortly after. The truck was an old dodge with a metal body but it looked brand new on the inside. Izuku started it up and took off where Shouto directed him too.

"Are you friends with Katsuki?" Shouto asked.

"Yup, since we were little!"

"You don't mind him acting like that towards you?"

Izuku laughed nervously.

"Well... I mind some but I actually caused a lot of problems being friends with him. He got beat up once because he defended me. I um... knew I was gay since I was six. When I turned ten I caught a bunch of guys beating on him and I jumped in. I had worked out some before that to protect myself but I saved him like he saved me.

"It explains why I look so battered too. I know it's not sexy or anything but I used to box too. Katsuki joins me for working out to make sure I don't get jumped but it doesn't happen much like it used too. He pokes fun to actually attract another man to me but most of them won't because Kacchan is a little scary to most people."

Shouto gave a small smile.

"He's a big ass but Ochako loves him. He's going to propose to her tonight since they've been together for six years already. Tsuyu and Eijirou are already married since they were sixteen and seventeen."

"So, you're the only one without someone."

Izuku nodded sadly, "It's ok though. Mom warned me it might be hard to find a good guy around here. I've been really picky because I don't want a one night stand. Oh! I'm sorry! I'm rambling!"

Izuku's face turned bright red.

"It's ok. My apartment is in another block down."

"Oh ok."

Shouto could tell the guy was embarrassed but he didn't say anything. They reached the giant red brick apartment building. Izuku parked in the parking lot and they sat there for a few minutes.

"Um... Thank you for today," he said looking at Shouto, "It's hard to get anyone else to come play. Most of them don't like going in the heat and everything."

"No problem. Bye."

"Wait!"

Shouto jumped leaving the truck door to swing open.

"I'm s-sorry."

Shouto gave him a weird look.

"If we need another player, can I call you? I mean... that's if you don't mind."

"I don't have a cellphone."

Izuku blinked.

"Sorry... I just have some people I don't want contacting me."

"It's ok... Email?"

Shouto smiled and nodded, "I have research and school stuff so I have one of those."

"Alright!"

Shouto handed over his email and Izuku saved it in his phone.

"You have good night and I hope your skin doesn't blister!" he said as Shouto stepped out.

Shouto shook his head and offered Izuku a small smile.

"Bye."

He closed the truck door and headed for the stairs to his apartment. Shouto noticed Izuku sat there like he was waiting for him to get into his apartment. He got the door open and saw the green haired guy pull out and drive off.

My first MHA fanfic. Hope you like it.

For anyone following this from the RWBY fandom, I will return to it a few days. I won't be dropping it any time soon.