April 23, 2xxx – Izumi PoV
I heard my phone ring as soon as I got out of the shower, it was rare for soone to call so early in the morning, even more so on a Saturday, so I took it with curiosity before blinking slightly, it had been exactly 6 days since the encounter with Taylor, and here I was now, huffing playfully as I answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hh-Hi!" Taylor yelled into my ear and I winced "I-I'm Taylor, Taylor Hebert, t-this is Miyamura Izumi? W-we t a week ago" I could hear her voice shaking as she spoke, she rolled her eyes at Taylor's clear nervousness.
"And here I thought you wouldn't call ," I said mockingly.
"I-I'm sorry!" Taylor yelled in my ear again. "W-was I busy? Yes ! I was busy w-with, t-things?"
"With things? Like what ?" I asked playfully, I could hear Taylor panicking slightly.
"Y-you know, t-training?" Taylor said more in the form of a question than an answer, I rolled my eyes.
"Sure, then, do you want to go get so coffee or tea? There's a cafe near the square where we were the other day, of course, if you're not busy with... things" it was fun to make fun of Taylor, in fact, all the girls in this world reacted the sa, I think I was starting to realize why the girls in my original world tended to make guys nervous, it was fun to see them squirm with nervousness.
"YES! I an no! No wait I- ahem , I an, of course I'm not busy, we can go for a drink" the desperation at first and her attempt to appear calm imdiately after almost made burst out laughing, I had to hold back a lot.
"Excellent, I'll send you a ssage with the address, in an hour is that okay?"
"YES! Of course! See you in an hour!" I humd lightly in response, Taylor sounded so excited yet I hung up and quickly texted her the location of the cafe, now, let's give Taylor a surprise, with a smile I started to get ready.
I was running 5 minutes late on purpose, arriving before Taylor was unacceptable, as soone who had been on the other side of gender roles, arriving after the woman was unacceptable in my eyes, so giving Taylor a head start to get there first was a small help, plus depending on how your date was dressed, being late made it look like you spent a lot of ti putting together your image to impress her, which also earned points, even more so for how she was dressed.
Taylor, she had only t once, in sothing modest, but especially with my hair down and my glasses, she was the first to say that now, with my hair tied up and the piercings I looked like a completely different person and it was sothing I liked, I really never understood why Izumi Miyamura from canon cut her hair, long hair really looked better and since this was my body now, it was going to stay long.
I went back to using my bike as a ans of transportation while ignoring the glances of the won along the way, once I finally arrived at the place, I parked outside, I could see a really nervous Taylor fiddling with her hands sitting inside the cafe, she had a steaming cup of tea in front of her, with a slight smile on her face as she entered the place.
" Welco -" I looked at the barista my age who was saying hello before staring at with her mouth open, I raised an eyebrow in her direction which made her wake up from her reverie, she blushed deeply "w-welco sir, what can I serve you?"
"Mocha, extra chocolate, no foam, 2 sugars" I had a sweet tooth, sue , the good thing about this world, people didn't look at weird for ordering sothing extrely sweet, a point in favor of reversed gender roles, the barista nodded as she took the order "I'll also have a couple of chocolate muffins"
"Of course sir, anything else?" the barista asked with a smile.
"Not right now," I shook my head, "I'll be with my date," I said simply and I could see the barista's smile tighten, she just nodded, I humd lightly before turning to Taylor who had been squinting at nervously, "Miss Hebert, nice to see you again," Taylor startled and looked at nervously before blinking.
"Izumi?" she asked in surprise, I gave her a smile as I sat down, she seed stunned as she looked at with a slight blush.
"And by na? How bold of you, Miss Hebert." I smiled mockingly at her, I looked at her in horror and the blush on her face was wonderful.
"S-sorry! I didn't an to! It's habit!" I laughed lightly.
"Don't worry, it was a joke, you can call Izumi, Taylor" I purred her na with a smile, it was very effective as Taylor started to blush, although she quickly recovered, it was small but I could feel the bugs on the ground slightly stir in an abnormal manner so I already knew how to vent her feelings on the bugs, good to know, she cleared her throat lightly.
"Y-you look good - I an, amazing! Beautiful" Taylor blushed deeper in embarrassnt, I just laughed lightly.
"Because, thank you very much, I prepared myself for you," I said with a wink. I didn't think it was possible, but the blush got worse, but this ti accompanied by a shy smile that she quickly tried to hide with her cup of tea. "So Taylor, what brings you to Japan, besides the UA?"
" I -I won a contest?" Taylor said weakly before making a face, I snorted lightly but didn't say anything due to the barista who approached.
"Your order sir" she placed my drink and snacks in front of , I barely gave her a quick glance before continuing to look at Taylor.
"Thanks, that's all for now." I said simply, I could feel the reluctance coming off her in waves, but she nodded and walked away anyway, I took the cup and took a small sip, glorious chocolate we et again "So, I must say I can sense when people lie to ." I could see her pale, though her expression barely changed, instead the insects went crazy.
"I-" she looked conflicted as she tried to decide what to say, she sighed lightly before saying defeatedly "the PRT gave a choice, UA or prison." my eyebrows raised slightly.
"Jail or exile, are you a bad girl, Taylor?" I asked mockingly, she grimaced despite her blush, I really wondered what she had done to end up in such a position, it was mid-April, the locker incident in canon happened in early January but it should have been a year or two ago, Taylor seed to be my age 17~18 years old, although possibly, like the AU and the entire Boku no Hero canon, it's possible that her plot has also been temporarily moved.
"Not exactly." She sighed. "And- it's not an exile." I could tell she didn't believe it either, I humd as I took another sip of my mocha.
"By law, if a person decides to study in a foreign country to beco a hero or hunter, once they graduate they must serve that country for 5 to 10 years." I set my cup down on the table, it was sothing that had been implented in most countries so they could legally steal talented people from other countries, Taylor looked down "Counting the 3 years that UA lasts and that your enrollnt is still 10 months away, it's 9 to 14 years before you can set foot in the united states permanently, it's an exile." I said softly, Taylor's expression seed broken and I made a face "I'm sorry, that wasn't necessary of ." We remained in awkward silence for a few minutes.
"no you're right" she said softly "they wanted out of the country, if it's permanent it would be good for them." and I made a face, and I was more than sure it would be permanent, by the ti a person finished their mandatory service they would be between 23 and 28 years old, more than old enough for them to have already built a life for themselves in the new country, most won who are lucky enough to find a partner, do so before they're 20, at the latest 25 because n were forced to form relationships as soon as possible, so there's a high chance that it would influence their final decisions to stay in the country after their service, after all n are not allowed to migrate from one country to another, with the low numbers of males being born it's necessary to keep the numbers as high as possible.
"Her loss." I said with a smile and Taylor looked at surprised, "My gain." I purred staring at her making her blush, she looked away at her mug which she quickly grabbed with a slight tremble, it was fun to tease her, I certainly didn't know her well enough to start so sort of relationship with her but it never hurt to flirt a little, watching her squirm was entertaining, "So Taylor, let's get to lighter topics, what's your quirk if I might ask?" She set her mug down and made a face, I bit into the muffin and moaned lightly, I could never get enough of chocolate, Taylor blushed once more before coughing lightly.
" And I control insects."
"scope? quantity?"
"All of them, 3 blocks away around ," she whistled in amazent.
"Impressive really." Taylor looked surprised and slightly confused "that's about 300 ters." Now she glared at , I smirked at her.
"Yes, it's 300 ters," she said through gritted teeth, my smile growing wider.
"It's a good quirk, a pretty strong and scary one if used correctly." She grimaced.
"They're bugs, nothing impressive." She sounded really bitter, I rolled my eyes.
"Taylor, you can kill most S-class and national heroes and hunters with just your bugs." She looked at in disbelief, I shrugged "most of them still need to breathe, get as many as you can into their lungs before they can react and you've won the fight." Taylor paled before frowning in consideration.
"I can't just go around killing all the villains, besides suffocating them, my other option is to poison them to a toxic shock, and they're of little use against the monsters at the gates." I humd softly.
"That's true, it's basically all or nothing, either you use lethal force or you can just distract them, I assu you're learning how to fight?" She blinked in confusion.
"To fight? Why?" I resisted all the impulse to hit my face with the palm of my hand, I was sure it wasn't just her naivety, it was sothing normalized everywhere, overtrusting and overvaluing quirks over everything else, I take a long drink of my mocha to calm down, it was stupid, this world although it was not completely supernatural there were fundantally different things, the body of a person with the necessary exercise could be stupidly strong without any peculiarity, sothing that very few took advantage of by adding aura and Haki, which curiously was an advanced way of using aura, soone without any quirk could be equal or more dangerous than a possessor of a strong quirk if she trained enough.
"Taylor, I know you girls have limited foresight-" "HEY!" "-but aren't you really learning any martial arts, or at the very least, how to throw a good punch or use a weapon?" She squird in her seat, sighing tiredly. "Taylor, Taylor, Taylor." She grimaced. "If you can't use your bugs to attack, you're only left with your body or so weapon if you choose to use one, anyone with the ability to ignore your bugs would easily defeat you, I would easily defeat you as you are now." She frowned.
"Now you're making fun of ." I snorted loudly.
"Taylor, I've been working out since I could walk." She looked at incredulously, and I could see why, my body was extrely skinny, and I was sure she had a vision of n as delicate and weak, so I rolled my eyes, took a long sip of my mocha to finish it and stood up, grabbing the chocolate muffin "let's go." She looked surprised and it took her a few seconds to follow , I was already at the checkout "I'll pay for her and myself ." I said simply pulling out a card and handing it to the barista who looked shocked.
"W-what? No wait, I can pay for both of us!" Taylor tried to say quickly while searching for her wallet.
"Next ti." I said simply before looking at the barista to prompt her to charge, which she promptly did, Taylor beside looked confused and sowhat hurt, I almost rolled my eyes, the female ego in this world was a fragile thing, as if not paying for my coffee was a blow to her femininity.
"Thank you so much and co back soon." The barista snapped out of my thoughts as she handed the card and receipt, I nodded slightly before heading for the exit, I looked over my shoulder as I sensed that Taylor wasn't following "Co on Taylor!" She jumped in my direction imdiately.
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