Izuku loved the surface world, as much as he loved his birthplace down under the ocean, there was so much more happening in the surface, new friends, new animals, new things, new places. The surface world is continuously expanding and growing, advancing forward and never going backwards. New technology, new information, Izuku finished reading all the books in the library and suddenly there's more! Izuku finishes the recent manga chapter then next week he almost jumps in joy, knowing of the new update, excited even if he knew it was coming.

Now he sees why his mother and father loves going up the surface, there's always a lot to do, a lot to see, a lot to experience and explore. Not to mention- there's so many cute things up here! He begs his father to get him new clothes whenever he leaves and his father returns with the prettiest, pastel colored outfits and dresses with him and his mother brings home accessories.

Frills are cute and amazing! Ribbons and laces, pretty doll shoes! Umbrellas! So much more! Izuku isn't vain but he loves looking cute! He loves hearing praises from people! Him and Camie don't talk much anymore since she went to a different junior high than Izuku but whenever he posts his pictures online, usually among the thousands of hearts he gets, he always sees Camie there, telling him that 'u look coot as hellll lil bro'.

Katsuki tolerates him to a degree, it's not like anyone can deny how cute Izuku looked in his outfits even if they do seem a tad bit too girly for a boy to be wearing. Katsuki still antagonises him sometimes, he still tells him to stop being girly and to stop wearing weird clothes but aside from that, they've become friends. The friendship bloomed after Izuku got a negative kind of attention from the wrong sorts of people, he would've used his voice but Katsuki defended him instead and fended them off.

After that, Izuku had sort of admired Katsuki, became sort of a hero in his eyes and they started hanging out a lot more after that. Usually it's Izuku who drags him off to places, a cute cafe with Kacchan! To the amusement park with Kacchan! Surprisingly, Katsuki took up photography as a hobby, not that he wanted to pursue it as a profession, he's still planning to be a kickass hero but he has fun screaming at Deku to fix his pose for his photos. Izuku usually credits him in the description of his posts, linking to his twitter.

He gets money out of it and he has fun so it's not too bad of a hobby. Izuku tries to pay him sometimes but Katsuki says to pay him in food instead since Izuku is the reason people come to him for shoots anyways.

There was a bit of a problem though, Izuku was extremely cute, anyone who would look at him first glance would probably say he was adorable. Katsuki was extremely handsome, anyone who would look at him at first glance would probably say yeah that's pretty hot. It doesn't help that Izuku was kind of small, standing at 5'1 and Katsuki was 5'7. Someone decided to comment one day- 'haha they look so much like a couple lol' and then that suddenly took off.

It was really weird. Since Izuku and Katsuki are kind of popular, the whole student body caught unto the 'news' and were convinced that the two are dating, it didn't help when they found out the reason why Izuku befriended Katsuki in the first place. They both have tried their best to clear up the misunderstanding though! They were like brothers! It's just weird to think of each other in that way and no offense to Katsuki but he is not Izuku's type.

Izuku's type is more of someone cool... er somewhere among those lines,  not explosive and has as much energy as Kacchan. Plus Kacchan just doesn't seem interested in a relationship anyways, it's like he's gonna end up dating his job of being a hero one day, Izuku would worry for him but honestly, as long as it isn't affecting his friend's health, he doesn't really care.

Izuku was currently swimming in the ocean right now, at Dagobah beach, enjoying the wind as he hummed a familar song, jumping in and out of the water. He figured it was safe, no one has spotted him here before, mostly because no one comes in this place anyways since it's a dump. He can't help but enjoy the wind and the coolness of the seas. As much as he loves the surface, he was a mermaid at heart and he belonged in the seas.

Blown away by wind
Carried by the seven seas~

I was aiming for the highest of peaks~

The place that I wish, for was full of greenery,
And the wind, as it blows, was something nostalgic~

"Who's there?"

Izuku yelps as he quickly hides behind rubble of trash, stuck at the sand, tall enough to hide him. He feels kind of worried though, thinking that no one would be coming here tonight, he was wearing a bunch of accessories he thought was cute under the full moon, although there was no one to see it, he just, felt like being cute you know? And maybe tonight wasn't the right night to become cute.

A sigh resounded through the beach, he eyes the teen carefully as the moon illuminates his figure and gasps at the sight he sees. The teen was covered in bruises and cuts, burns and there was a scar over his left eye, his heart aches painfully as he struggles to make himself hidden.

The teen looks around, making sure that no one was around before he comes closer to the water, pausing just before where the currents end and he curls at the soft sands of the beach and Izuku's heart throbs. He was still bleeding, he should do something, he specialised in healing people, in removing darkness in their hearts, he should do something. And he does do something before it's too late.

See as the birds, fly up the clouds
Soaring through to the eastern sky~

Shoto's eyes shot open and he quickly sits up, looking around for the voice

Watch as they fly away free
From the land, and to our paradise~

His eyes widened as he sees an almost angelic sight of a person, sitting on a pile of trash yet for some reason, for some reason it was so captivating as the moon illuminates behind him, showing only his shadowed figure as he sings his song. He was tired, he was cold, he was hungry and he wants nothing more but to continue to feel the sweet warmth of the voice as the person sings.

Seven treasured kingdoms of the seven seas
My life has been reborn to sing you my love
I hope that it reaches you from here
Even as the storms brew and we're forced to leave~

He forgets about his injuries and trips forward, yet he crawls, he'd rather be here than back to his father, he'd rather freeze to the sea than get burnt by his flames, he hisses as he felt the water hit his wounds, he struggles to move forward, the person jumps off from the pile of trash he was sitting on and comes close as he continues to sing his song.

I will sing this song that will reach through the lands
Even if no one cares to visit me here
Even as our tale is forgotten
I won't forget, this loving melody~

His eyes widened as the moons light finally reveals who he is, instead of only his shadowed figure. A mermaid- a quirk? And the most beautiful emerald green eyes he's ever seen, the mermaid sits next to him now and he can't help but keep his eyes on him.

The mermaid is quiet, it gives him a look of pity and Shoto can't get mad at him for it, he looks plenty pitiful alright. The mermaid sits nearer and so very gently lifts Shoto's head so he's leaning on his tail. Then he sings another song.

Izuku just can't help but feel bad for the guy, as he came closer and closer, the more it was apparent that the teen was in pain and in need of help. Even if his mother advises him not to sing his own songs yet as he was only recently of age, maybe she won't mind? He'll just not tell her. He needs a song directly for cures and he has that. It's just not given by their mother, Lucia but he has it and he will sing it since it's needed.

Worry not, for the things up above
For the sea, is calm and at peace
Listen to this song of my love
As you hear it the darkness will cease~

Shoto instantly feels warmth, as if he's being healed, he feels lighter, the currents that were hitting him with force earlier were nothing more but soothing and comforting waves. He listens intently to the song of the mermaid, embarrassingly, he curls up to the mermaid and it smiles at him, nice and gentle, genuine and warm, he hasn't seen a smile that beautiful in ages. It pulls him in and strokes his hair as it continues to sing,

Rest on me and trust in my words
I'll make sure, you will stay unharmed
In your place, your words will be heard
From my voice, so hold unto my hand~

Listen not, to their voices so cruel
My light shall protect you from harm
Even in the darkest of times
Just remember this lullaby ~

He feels lighter and lighter with each second and he feels no pain, almost as if his injuries are fading away, he feels like a kid again, hugging his mother and enjoying her company, and then when it was nap time, she'd let him sleep on her lap and he'd wake up in his bed, with a nice soft fluffy blanket and his beloved cat plush next to him. Those don't happen anymore, he doesn't have that soft blanket and that cat plush anymore yet this feels a lot, painfully too much like those things.

I will heal your wounds and your scars
With the light emitted by seas
And as you recover from your wounds
I will stay, and be by your side~

He hears the last verse of the song before he falls asleep completely, exhausted yet at the same time, healed. Izuku sighs.

Just because the guy was healed, doesn't mean he's not dirty anymore, he gently drags him into the sea, gets rid of the grime and dirt on his hair and skin, he looks at the scar, still on his left eye. It had only faded a bit with his song, perhaps he should make a song for recovering from scars and wounds? It's not beyond his reach, he'll keep it in mind. It a real problem if this person remembers his face so he gently hums another song, a short one, the song that the mermaids sing whenever they've saved a human to make sure they'll never completely remember their face.

Soon after, he swims back on shore and brings the teen with him, laying him on the sand. Looking at him... he was... kind of cute, he blushed, he shouldn't think of this kind of things now, he should probably head back to their apartment, he looks around and sees his bag intact, he sits on the shore for a few moments before his legs are back. Putting back his clothes in record time, he runs away from the scene.

The morning after, Shoto wakes up with a gasp, he looks around wildly for his saviour and is immediately distressed when he can't find the lovely creature he saw. That soft voice, those beautiful green eyes, he has to find him again! He stands up and he's confused, wasn't he injured? He looks down and sees almost no blood on him, he ruffles his hair and notices that the mud and dirt on it was gone- did his saviour do this?

His heart thumps wildly in his chest and his stomach feels like it's been flipped and flooded with butterflies, even if he was healed, his knees felt kind shaky and he was trembling.

He wants to- no, he needs to see him again. He needs to see him again if he wants to stay sane in a world like this!

Meanwhile, Izuku wakes up much better. Even if he stays up late, he always wakes up refreshed, the first thing he does is look in a mirror, his bed hair is especially fluffy today, his overly-large but comfortable pajamas look kind of cute too, he sits on the ledge of his bed and takes a selfie, he looks at the picture he took and decides it's cute enough, he posts it on his twitter and immediately, it's flooded with hearts and replies, Katsuki screams at him to get ready for school already in the replies, a bunch of other people supports Katsuki in the replies. He smiles and turns off his phone, time to get ready for school!

He takes off his shell necklace before he showers to make sure that he won't turn into a mermaid while showering. As much as he doesn't want to, he wears the plain black uniform of Orudera junior high and his necklace underneath it since it wasn't allowed to wear accessories in their school. His mother and father is in the kingdom right now so he quickly makes his own breakfast and packs up his lunch. For breakfast, just plain pancakes with lots of butter and maple syrup, for lunch, he makes some sausages, an omelette, riceballs with the rice seasoned with nori and some more rice with pickled vegetables ontop, also seasoned with nori. He wraps it up along with a banana and an apple.

He quickly eats his breakfast, drinks plenty of water before he finally leaves for school, lightly jogging on the way to the train station, he pays for his ticket, rides the train and jogs to his school again, he was 10 minutes early when he arrived to class, only Katsuki was there.

"Kacchan!" Izuku chirps, "good morning!"

"Take care of yourself first before you take a fucking selfie, idiot." Katsuki huffs. Izuku gets on his seat, right beside Bakugou.

"How has your day been, Kacchan?"

"Fucking peachy, some guy gave me good pay yesterday for a photo shoot, let's go out later, my treat."

"Really?"

"Yeah, but my place to choose, none of that cutesy shit!" Izuku pouts, "don't look at me like that, we're dining like men today!"

"Fiiiine, whatever Kacchan says, it's free food anyways, can't complain about that."

The day goes on with nothing too interesting happening, Katsuki somehow he finds a cheesesteak restaurant in Japan. Katsuki, for some reason, he orders a medium for himself and a large for Izuku, he tells the waitress to add extra everything on his sandwich and Izuku looks at the sandwich with disdain. Katsuki starts eating, already kind of messy, he tries to hold up the sandwich but as he even slightly squishes it, the filling tries to burst out.

"Erm..."

"Something wrong, Deku?" Katsuki asks, a shit eating grin on his face, isn't the appeal of the sandwich is to be able to eat the filling with the bread?! Who would eat this?! It looks so oily and cheesy and sure, it smells delicious and it's probably delicious too but this reeks of heartattacks!

Izuku reaches out for a spoon and fork but Katsuki grabs his wrists painfully, Izuku winces.

"You don't need that shit to eat a sandwich, right Deku?" Katsuki smiles, Izuku looks at him, despair written on his features.

"They provide plastic gloves for-"

"You don't need that, you want to eat a sandwich with your bare hands, right Deku?"

"K-Kacchan..." Izuku whimpers pitifully, Katsuki quickly wipes his hands and takes out his camera.

"C'mon Deku, smile for the camera!"

The video goes viral of the cutesy Izuku sloppily eating the sandwich, whining to Kacchan relentlessly. He finishes the sandwich but it doesn't feel like a victory.

"Kacchan... I can't believe you made me... eat that..." Izuku sniffs, almost on the verge of tears, especially since it was captured in camera too. His mouth, nose and cheeks got smeared atleast thrice and there was grease in cheese on his hands, he already cleansed it off but it still feels like it's there.

"Shut up, you liked it right? It was delicious right?" Izuku pouts, looking away from the camera.

"Of course it is... but I feel like I have to run a marathon to make up for it..."

"Will you eat it again?"

"Maybe next time when you're not around to record it."

"Aww. Little Deku gonna cry?"

"S-Shut up..."

"You're the first person I met to cry over a free large meal- oi, wait are you actually crying?! Shit!" The video cuts off at that point. People were screaming in threads stop make Katsuki stop bullying Izuku in a joking manner. There were some butthurt, white knights too who tried to defend Izuku's honor but Izuku quickly posts a few minutes of him smiling brightly with a peace sign, walking in the streets, right next to Katsuki.

Kacchan promised to make up with me by treating me to a fancy cafe òwó, victory is mine in the end!!! It captioned.

DON'T MAKE ME TAKE IT BACK!!! Katsuki replies

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I take that back,, jfc Deku,,,

YA'LL POST SHIT LIKE THIS AND EXPECT US TO BELIEVE YOU'RE NOT DATING-

As promised a few days later in the weekends, Katsuki treats him to a fancy restaurant but revealed that he's still the one that paid for it since he didn't want Katsuki to waste much money on him.

He almost completely forgets about the boy he healed in the beach. Almost. He stares hard at the half and half colored, strawberry daifuku he was making.

"Oi, why'd you stop, Deku?" Izuku squints at it, half of it was colored pink, half of it is white.

"Nothing, I'm just... reminded of something."

"What do you mean there's no one out there yet that has being a mermaid as a quirk, t-there must be someone! Look again!"

"Shoto, this is the 3rd time you've asked to recheck the database, what are you looking for?" Enji asks, a few weeks ago, out of some sort of miracle, Shoto returned back with no bruises or cuts or any injury even after a lengthy and brutal training session, ever since that day. Shoto has been training with his fire relentlessly, almost as if all the dark feelings he had for his father just went away.

Instead, it's been replaced with Shoto's obsession looking for anyone with a mermaid quirk, Enji has tried to give him a folder full of people with quirks that relate to healing since Shoto was healed but the teen, after skimming through it, he handed it back, saying that the person he's looking for is not a person with a healing quirk.

"Maybe it was someone just wearing a costume?" The person handing them the files said.

"I know what I saw, I'm not a fool. I saw a person with a mermaid quirk and that's a fact."

"..." Shoto looked annoyed,

"Fine, compile all the quirks related to voice then." And they did and Shoto looked more frustrated than before.

"None of these people is the one I'm looking for. I need to find someone with a mermaid quirk."

"Can you... give a description?" Enji asks, Shoto huffs.

"Green hair, green eyes, green tail, yellowish green pearls."

"That's a lot of green."

"Look for people who's color green then!" Shoto orders, and they scatter, Endeavor sighs.

"Shoto."

"I know you're not happy with what I'm doing but if I must continue to live on, I need to find him."

"Shoto, you're 14 years old."

"There's nothing wrong with finding your goal in life in such an early age. I put up with your crazy training everyday. Let me have this. Just let me find him."

"Is he that important to you? Do you really think a person with a mermaid quirk exists?"

"I do, and I won't stop until I find that person."

"Shoto, I worry for you."

"I don't believe that." Shoto mutters, "But thanks for the concern incase it is genuine. I'm tired, please update me tomorrow." Enji sighs,

"Of course, I will."