Birthday Babies

Time: 2:00 pm

Day: July 15.

Location: UA High School, Developmental Studio.

Normally, the only real sounds that had filled the developmental studio was the loud banging's of hammer against metal, screwdrivers turning to adjust a bolt, and unexpected explosions of passionate inventing (Hatsume's words that basically means 'yeah explosions are fine please don't expel me'). Although today, the only real sound that filled the room was whistling, happy work related whistling, the reason for this was mostly in part to the fact that Power Loader had a minimal amount of chaos in the studio today; it was slow in all honesty. A good majority of the students didn't need any real improvements to their costumes, no daily hero work exercise that ended in disaster, no tiny overlooked detail leading to a malfunction, and no broken bones in need of any support items.

Overall, one could say it was just an easy breezy calm little day…

Hatsume hated these with a passion, 'babies' were the fire in her eyes and the fuel to her metaphorical soul gas tank, without them was as done with the day as Mr. Aizawa after…well anything really. The only differences being that Mei was nicer, and instead of a sleeping bag she had a desk with a pile of scraps and parts that would be her 'pillow' so to speak; an extra smelly detail about her that made the natural fragrance of the inventor that of motor oil and grease, this almost always caught the whiff of anyone unfortunate enough to pass her down the hallway's of UA, forcing the poor soul to immediately head for the nearest toilet and or trash can available.

Well, almost everyone anyway, but we are getting to him in a minute.

This smell didn't fill the hallways today however, since she was indeed taking a nap, shocker I know, but slow days like this allowed for the pinkette's lack of sleep to finally catch up with her, and since she didn't have her secret stash of unfinished projects that she kept in her room with her, she was forced to shut her eyes for just a minute; although an accurate label for that would be hours instead, a fact that Power Loader reveled in.

Don't get him wrong, he truly admired his protégée's unyielding determination when it came to the construction of gear for those in the hero course, deeming it unparalleled when compared to the dedication of the other extras-STUDENTS in the development course. However, this dedication was also paired with the fact that she is a hyperactive insomniac that has a tendency to wreck the studio in pursuit of, as she called it, 'the genius of tomorrow'…whatever that meant anyway. So, given the fact that's she had her own strange habits, whenever she were to doze off, unlike a normal teacher who would wake her and hand out a detention while he was at it, Power would just let her sleep it off because he knew that she would never sleep if given the order by him to, and less chaos equals less migraines equals less medication equals less therapy sessions with any of the staff who would tune out after about five seconds of his venting which they covered up with nods and 'uh huh's' (a way to make it seem like they care…Aizawa just slept which made him cry but that's beside the point).

Truly the teacher was at peace as he graded some papers, and looked over some of the request forms for costume upgrades that would need a new supply shipment in order to complete, which is why he was finally able to kick back and relax at his desk/work station.

…

However, not many things ever ruined the teacher's mood or sent a chill down his spine like the plot kicking in on his quiet time.

"Uh hello," a nervous low toned voice pierced the silence of the room, the happy whistling stopping dead in its tracks, goosebumps running down Power's arms as his eyes beneath the helmet un-squinted and widened to the point where you would wonder how they didn't pop out of his head. A brief second of quiet anticipation, and Power Loader's existential dread, past before the source of the voice spoke once again, albeit in a whisper.

"Okay I'll just come back later."

Then another voice chimed in, this one a lot more confident and bombastic.

"Noooooo just walk in."

"B-b-but you heard nobody responded, I should probably just c-c-come back later, you never know she could be busy."

"Well the door is still on its hinges, smoke isn't filling the air, and we don't need to wave All Might merch in front of your face to wake you up after the blast."

"That was one time."

"That is every time I pass you when you're down here."

"F-fair enough."

"I know just wak in and tell a joke, break the ice a little."

"Oh…well I could just do-"

"No wait, lemme guess, an All Might face again."

"M-maybe."

"Well great, one thing though."

"What?"

"Don't do that."

"But you just said."

"I know, then I remembered you need to work on your comedy skills."

"How do I do that?"

"I have a pun book."

'Oh god not the pun book,' the teacher thought in dismay.

"Either way go on inside," the confident one spoke, a thud sound indicating that he placed his hand on Midoriya's shoulders, "You'll do great, I know you will."

"I w-want to but, she's always working so hard, I don't wanna interrupt her if she's busy."

"You do have a fair point there my bushy haired friend."

"S-see so let's just take a break and wait a little bit and come back later."

"Ya know what sure except one tiny thing."

"Oh, what is it?"

"I think I forgot something on the inside of the studio, let's just grab it reeeeaaaallll quick."

"Wait a minute."

"Nope."

"Wh-what are you doing?"

"I'm pushing you toward the door of destiny!"

"B-b-but."

"No buts," the sounds of shoes grinding against the solid floor could heard getting louder and louder as the duo approached the door.

"W-wait Togata, I need to use the bathroom first, I forgot my back pack at the classroom, just hold on a minute I need a bit more prep time before I go in, what if she think's my breath stinks, my plain looking face isn't that attractive she won't go for somebody like me!"

"Ya know for a nervous guy you sure do shout a lot."

"It's a compulsive problem."

"Huh fascinating, you're a pretty interesting guy."

"O-oh uh, thank you."

"No problem, and you wanna know what you do when you're interesting?"

"What?"

Finally, the door to the studio opened, revealing the two boys dressed in their school uniforms, Mirio wearing his day to day smile of confidence and optimism, his arms placed on his companions shoulders, whom wore the complete opposite expression. His lips crooked, his own eyes bulging out, his body tensed up as a drop of sweat flowed down his forehead, the only part of his face that wasn't covered with the color red, the same color of the flower that he held in his very shaky hands.

"YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLDDDDDDDD-oh hey Power Loader, what's up?"

"…"

"D-d-d-d-did we disturb you?"

A sigh echoed throughout the room, as the pro put down his student's papers on his desk, "Hello boys, and I was just grading papers."

"Well you heard him Togata, we should be on our way," Midoriya squeaked as he stepped forward and turned around, getting past Mirio for only a second before his upperclassman grabbed his collar, Midoriya still walking in place despite his lack of escape.

"No you don't."

Midoriya winced as the pro hero stood up from his desk, walking over to his two new visitors, "So what brings you here today?"

"Oh nothing, just some personal business if that's okay," Mirio replied as he slung Izuku to the space between him and the teacher, "You see my friend here has something he wants to ask you."

"I can only imagine with how subtle you're being right now what it is," Power Loader quipped as looked down at Izuku who was still shaking, "I should really tell you no since I was taking care of some school work and wasn't in the mood to deal with another explosion."

"Aw come on, he wasn't really planning on being a nuisance to you today."

"Then what are you planning to do exactly Midoriya?"

"W-w-well I," he looked down at the floor, trying his best to compose himself, "I was just going to spend the rest of the day in the studio if that was okay Mr. Power Loader."

"Buttering me up with flowers isn't going to get me to say yes kid," the pro joked causing Izuku to blush harder as he shook his head left to right.

"I-i-i-it w-w-w-wasn't for you."

"Aw, now you hurt my feelings, you got my hopes up and everything."

"I d-did?"

"Pfft no," the pro laughed, as he patted the young man on the head, "Either way, I was quite enjoying the silence for a little while there, but I guess nothing ever lasts, so sure you can stick around as long as you don't cause any trouble. Just answer me one thing."

"What is it?"

"Why do you want to?"

"U-u-um…it's a bit embarrassing actually."

"Want me to tell him," Mirio asked with sincerity as he took his hands off Deku's shoulders.

"N-no I think I should, since it's what I want to do."

"You sure?"

"Mhm."

"As long as you're certain," Mirio gave the boy a thumbs up, while flashing his pearly whites with a grin, stepping back out into the hallway.

"You're leaving already," Midoriya asked.

"Yeah, Nejire and Tamaki called me this morning and wanted to take me out for the day, Bubble Girl is going to join in to."

"Wait then why did you come down here with me?"

"Because, I couldn't just leave my birthday buddy hanging out to dry, you deserve to be happy just as much as me."

"Wow, thank you Togata," Midoriya smiled at his brother figure, who returned the favor.

"Anytime, just do me one favor."

"Sure, what is it."

"Tell me how it goes later okay?"

"R-r-right I will," Midoriya said nervously but kept his spirits up nodding confidently.

"That's my boy, good luck," with that Mirio waved his underclassman goodbye, pulling out his phone as he walked toward the main entrance. Midoriya watching on, grateful for his friend's help in the matter, gaining a small amount of confidence in his abilities, soon walking back into the studio to accomplish his goal.

"Before we continue our topic at hand Midoriya," the pro spoke as he walked back over to his desk and sat down, "I have to ask, do you and Mirio share a birthday?"

"Y-yeah," the green bean replied as he took a seat across from him, "We found out a few days ago when we took Eri to the mall, it honestly shocked the both of us, but it was nice to know we had another thing in common."

"I'll bet, either way, happy birthday."

"Th-thank you sir."

"You're welcome, oh crap probably should've told Togata before he left."

"I can go get him if you want me to."

"Nah, I'll just tell him next time I see him, I need to finish grading these papers any way before class next week," the teacher soon picked up a pen and continued his duties, a loud snore coming from the corner of the room directed Midoriya's attention over to the source, seeing Mei's body slumped over on a work station, her head resting on her folded arms, her lower body placed firmly in her seat as her legs remained motionless. Despite how uncomfortable it looked, she was sleeping as soundly as anyone with a king-sized bed would, it was an adorable sight for the boy, a smile working its way onto his face.

"I can see you ya know."

"H-huh," Midoriya whipped back around, tensing up in his seat as faced the instructor once more.

"Ya know you really need to learn how to be more subtle, that way the whole school won't tease you about your affections toward her."

"…Y-yeah you're right about that-w-wait you know?"

"As I said, subtly my boy," he smiled but still didn't take his eyes off the papers.

"R-r-right."

"I'm guessing she's why you're here," he asked, Midoriya meeting his question with a nod, "Figured, I have no real qualms but no kissing in my studio got it," the comment nearly gave the poor boy a heart attack, the organ pumping more and more blood to his face.

"S-s-s-sir I-"

"Relax, I'm screwing with ya."

"Oh right, sorry."

"Don't apologize, torturing students is more Erasures shtick anyway," Midoriya gulped at the thought of what would've happened if it was his homeroom teacher in this scenario, "Either way, I'll wake her up and you can say what you want to say to her."

"I-I mean don't disturb her, she rarely get's sleep as it is."

"You're right but if she doesn't wake up now, I'll be here until the janitor's come around for nightly clean up."

"You have a point, but she could really be out this time, it'll probably take a lot for her to wake up."

"Watch and learn Midoriya, hey Hatsume, 'babies'!"

"BABIES," Mei's eyes shot wide open from her slumber, body shooting into an upright position as she turned her chair around excitedly, wearing an ear to ear smile, the adorable act causing Midoriya to quietly chuckle at the adorable sight.

"Yep, Midoriya over here has something he wants to talk to you about," the pro smiled manically.

"Really," Mei shouted, simply happy to kill her boredom.

"Well it's not exactly about," Midoriya's response was cut off as the girl dashed over to him, mere inches from his face, a bag of her 'babies' at her side that she seemingly pulled out of nowhere.

"What do you need my favorite customer, got all sorts today: magnet boots, arm lasers, helmet radio, mini robot sidekick, net gun, jet pack, deep sea diving armor, microphone tazer, shock absorption gloves, rotating utility belt, an iphone oh wait that's mine, power suit with built in cupholders, a flamethrower-"

"I told you to scrap the flamethrower," Power Loader sighed.

"NNNNEVER! Also, I got a jet powered pogo stick, spring shoes, a mini printer, night vision goggles with eye drops, a sweat band that can turn into a whip," she kept rattling off her list of inventions a mile a minute, each one listed made her get more in his face sending the quirk inheritor's mind into overload, as he tried to tell her the real reason he was here. His anxiety and anticipation soon bubbled over, unable to fixate his gaze on anywhere else in the room other Hatsume's distinctly golden eyes, only adding to his nervousness and bright red embarrassment, causing him to blurt out-

"I DON'T NEED ANY 'BABIES' TODAY I'D RATHER HAVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL EYES!"

…

…

…A pin could've dropped in a country over and they would've heard it.

'At least he finally said something,' Power Loader thought as he tried his best to hold in laughter, while Mei just looked blankly at Midoriya, whom was about ready to dash out of the room and find the nearest window to jump out of. The deafening silence that lasted a few seconds was soon halted, by the panicking greenette.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to say that, I mean your eyes are beautiful but I don't want them they look much better with you than me, oh god that still sounds a bit creepy I'm just nervous because-!"

"Haha you can't have my eyes silly, they're attached to my head," she smiled brightly at him, allowing for some much-needed relief as Deku let out a sigh, forming a quivering smile; simply happy that she took it in a better direction than most.

"G-g-good point, hehe," Midoriya muttered out.

'Smooth as butter aren't ya kid?'

"So what're you in the market for," Mei asked as she stood up right.

"W-w-w-well actually, I wanted to um *gulp* g-g-give you this," Midoriya slowly raised his hands, barely clutching the rose in his grip, looking over to the opposite side of the room to muster what little courage he had in this type of situation.

"Huh, it's your birthday why're you giving me stuff," she questioned earnestly, Midoriya's heart skipping a beat, charmed by the fact that she remembered what day it was.

"W-w-w-well since you've been so nice to me, and helped me get a better handle on my quirk with your support items, I thought I'd e-e-express how much you mean to me."

"Oh, that's nice thank you," Mei blushed as she smiled, quickly taking the rose from the boy's hands and held it up to her face, Midoriya's social tension washing away, looking back at his crush with a smile of his own.

Happy to see her appreciation of his act.

…

…

Now, you would think she would just smell it, get a small vase, and cherish the sweet romantic act forever… no she just bit off the head, still clutching the stem in her hand, shocking both Izuku and her mentor "I was getting pretty hungry anyway, think I read somewhere that these things were edible, I really hope it is, Recovery Girl keeps telling me that I shouldn't just eat whatever I can find. You wouldn't believe how hard she can hit with a cane."

"Y-you don't say," Midoriya quietly chuckled, the initial shock fading as her cuteness won out.

"Oh yeah it's true," she spoke with her mouth full, throwing the stem behind her, landing perfectly into the trash can next to the door, "So whatcha planning on doing now?"

"Uh I asked Power Loader if I could just hang out here for the day, and he said yes."

"You wanna hang out here for your birthday," she asked as she finally swallowed the flower.

"Mhm."

"I mean I would but why do you want to?"

"W-w-w-well," he looked down at his shoes twiddling his thumbs, "It's because, you're here, and I…w-wanted to spend the day with y-you."

"Y-you do?"

"Yes, if that's okay with you that is."

"Of course I'm okay with that," stars formed in her eyes as she got close to his face once again, "I've always wanted to make 'babies' with you!"

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTT," Power Loader spit out, his laughter failing to contain itself, as Midoriya's face blushed intensified so much that it spread throughout his body and steam blew out of his ears, "OH MY GOD, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"What, whats so funny," Mei asked as she tilted her head while looking at her mentor.

"N-n-n HAHAHAAHAHAHAAH nothing Hatsume, just nothing, HAHAAHAHAAH Oh my god, I gotta go tell Mic about this," the pro could barely stand up without tripping over his own laughter, slowly making his way past the two teens.

"Your loss, we're going to be making babies while you're gone," Mei grinned again as she placed a hand on Deku's shoulder.

"Oh I bet, have fun you crazy kids," the pro chuckled as he exited the studio, his laughter echoing throughout the halls.

"Jeez what's his problem?"

"Ph-ph-ph-phrasing Hatsume," Midoriya muttered, doing his best to lower his blood pressure.

"Pharsing? OHHHHHHHHH he thought I meant-"

"Pl-pl-please don't say it," Midoriya shushed her.

"Ah alright," Mei comforted as she dragged his seat over to her workstation, scooting her own chair to be right next to his, making the young man just a little bit more nervous as their shoulders touched, "What baby do you wanna work on first?"

"Oh, um…didn't you tell me last time that you wanted to make a propeller backpack?"

"THE ONE WITH THE FLAMETHROWER THAT CAME OUT OF THE SIDES THAT ALSO ACTED AS A JET PACK AND IF NEED BE A HOT AIR BALLON?!"

"You've really been gunning for that flamethrower huh," he smiled.

"YOU KNOW IT!"

"Either way, yeah that was the one."

"Great let's get started," she yelled excitedly, slamming a toolbox down on the desk, and a nearby back pack she kept on standby.

"Ready when you are," he replicated her enthusiasm in both his tone and his physicality by pumping his own fist into the air.

"Okay let's…h-hang on," she paused, placing her goggles next to the toolbox, her eyes lowering as her mouth closed but still keeping her smile.

"What is it Hatsume?"

"I uh, forgot something, I got you a gift."

"Y-you did?"

She nodded whilst turning her chair to fully face him, her eyes raising to make contact with his, causing the former bone breaker to blush once more, "I-i-i-mean you didn't need to do that."

"Nonsense, you wanted to spend the day with me, it's the least I could do," she replied, her face matching the color of her hair.

"I-if you insist," Midoriya rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, his eyes looking down to the floor, "Where is it?"

The sound of the chair scooting a bit closer filled his ears, surprising him so much that he looked up to see if it was possibly accidental. He saw her face only for a second, before she kissed him quickly, Mei had never done such a thing before, so she decided to do fast as to not embarrass herself; or him for that matter. Izuku's eyes widened, as did Hatsume's, neither of them really knowing what to say after such a moment, taking in the current atmosphere and silence of the room, appreciating the privacy for their first kiss.

A few more seconds passed before Hatsume broke the silence, "D-did I do it right?"

Izuku nodded.

"O-oh good, I was hoping I did, would kinda sucked if I screwed that up for us, to be honest with ya I've been practicing a little with the bucket."

"What?"

"No-nothing!"

"Oh okay," Midoriya squeaked out, "But yeah, that was a-a-amazing."

"Th-thank you…wanna do it again?"

"S-s-sure," Midoriya replied, "D-d-d-do you lean first or do I?"

"I dunno," she giggled, her laugh sending the teen into a trance as he closed his eyes and the distance between them, catching her off guard as their lips met, instead of shock Mei accepted the bliss she received from it, closing her eyes, taking it a step further by wrapping one arm around his back and the other around his neck, ruffling his soft and bushy hair.

They held the embrace longer this time, the two giving into their feelings, and after about a minute, they broke to breath, beginning to hold each other tightly.

"Happy Birthday Izuku," she breathed out, snuggling her head against his shoulder.

"Thank you Hatsume. For making it the best one I've ever had," Izuku replied as he ran his hand up and down her back softly, the two continuing to sit there in pure bliss for a few minutes longer.

That is until Power Loader came back and cut it short with-

"I thought I told you no kissing in the studio."

The new couple blushed harder than before but didn't regret a thing.

The End

Author's Note: I really wanted to get this out on Izuku's birthday today since I got one out for Mei's earlier in the year, and glad I finally did after 2 days of torture trying to write this chapter after various speed bumps and writers block.

I really hope you guys enjoyed this one, i'm a bit unsure about it so reviews would really help me out as always, and with this chapter being published i must unfortunately inform you all that I am taking a small hiatus because I am suffering from some burnout and need to focus on other things for the time being, I haven't been experiencing a huge amount of joy by beating myself up about not writing as much as i should, and my depression has really rode me ragged with it all and I just need to step away before it consumes me.

I really hope you all are staying safe out there, and don't worry I will be back at some point I just don't know when, hopefully soon, I thank you all for taking time out of your day to read this and check out my stuff, you guys are the best. Thank you for letting me believe in myself, i really owe you.

See you in the next one!

-T.L.C