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It's been about a month since Ochako began her Agency, to her surprise she was able to get a handful of sidekicks right away. The fear of people not wanting to follow her had held her back from creating an agency earlier. However, as soon as she was established as one of the top ten heroes in Japan, those fears dwindled down and she finally made the decision she had always wanted from the start. This did bring her more work but she was fine with that, her agency mainly deals with rescues but she knows her and her sidekicks are capable of combat missions as well. Saving people is simply something she prioritizes and it's very prominent in her work as the number 8th hero.
Today however is her day off, though there aren't ever really days off, and she wants to spend this day with her friends. Well, the friends who weren't kicking ass today. Staring at the ceiling of her bedroom she begins listing off who may or may not be available today. Tsu was on a mission, Momo might be on patrol so she wouldn't be available until later, Jirou might be free today, and Mina also has patrol on Saturdays but she's always down to hang out afterwards. Seeing as most of them won't be available until later in the afternoon, she decides to send a text in their group chat to see if they wanted to hang out that evening.
Ochako: You guys wanna do something tonight?
She probably won’t receive any answers until later in the day she figured and got up to start her day off. Stretching her way out of bed, she lets out a groan once she’s fully up and stretched.
I really need to go out tonight and get a drink.
Though she loves saving people, it can get stressful and the amount of paperwork needed afterwards isn’t very rewarding. Everyday she looks forward to returning home and taking long showers to ease her stress. Today is no different and she can’t help but smile as she walks towards her bathroom to take a nice and long warm shower. Stepping into the shower she can’t help but remember reading somewhere that people tended to take warm showers because they were lonely.
How silly, I do not feel lonely, she huffed a bit at the thought.
She has friends who love her and sees quite frequently, and when she isn’t with them she’s either working or resting, there isn’t any time to really feel lonely. Living alone the past couple of years made her enjoy her own company and the idea of living with other people seems a bit taboo to her now. Imagining sharing her space with someone else makes her feel a bit suffocated. Having the freedom to come and go without having anyone question her, not that she went out regularly, made her feel comfortable. Since being one of the top ten heroes of Japan the media really enjoyed speculating and making assumptions as to why she wasn’t in a public relationship. The media seemed to have a new article about her every other day. The most recent one debates whether or not she has nipple piercings. Not that it’s anyone’s business, but when it was announced she was number eight Mina wanted to celebrate and in their drunken celebration she convinced Ochako to get nipple piercings with her to “reinforce” their friendship. At the time Ochako was one, drunk when she agreed, and two, she wanted to try something new and hadn’t taken her skin tight hero costume into consideration. They weren’t really visible through her costume unless you were really ogling her breasts, and well some people did that and an entire twitter debate opened up about her piercings. She ignores it and allows them to speculate as much as they like.
The ding of her phone brings Ochako back to reality. Noticing she’s been just standing under the warm water longer than she intended, she quickly washed her hair and body and stepped out to dry herself. Once dried off she tied the towel around herself and checked her phone.
Mina: YES, I should be done by six. Let’s go to a club later !!!
Smiling at her friend’s response she typed back a reply agreeing with her and made her way to get dressed. It’s still early in the day, barely ten in the morning, so Ochako just changed into a pair of gray lounge shorts and a slightly large orange T-shirt. Even if Jirou and Momo weren’t feeling like going out tonight, she knows Mina will still want to go regardless. Ochako pursed her lip, now that she thought about it she should probably go buy a new outfit for tonight. Going out to a club, even a hero only club, there would always be media people taking photos. Now that she was earning a better than good salary, she might as well treat herself a little and amuse the media a little. In her defense she hadn’t bought herself new clothes in the past six months and she would still not get anything stupidly expensive. Even knowing she has enough money for those things now, it still doesn’t feel right to her.
Not feeling like carrying a purse or bag, Ochako just put her debit card in the case of her phone, put her shoes on, grabbed her keys and stepped out. She lives in a large apartment complex in the middle of the city near all of the stores, restaurants, and clubs. She figured it was a smart move in order not to waste much money on gas. The only time she really used her car was to get to her agency which was around thirty minutes from her apartment. In the future she wants to buy or build an actual home for herself, but right now she is comfortable with her place.
Walking around town she would have occasional people or children who stopped her when they recognized her. It always made her day when she met children or teenagers that looked up to her. It makes her happy seeing the positive impact she has on people’s lives. While walking past a store that sells hero merch, a little girl boy walks out with his mom. He’s wearing a hoodie with a chibi drawing of her as Uravity. She can’t help but smile at the boy when he looks up at her. His eyes light up and tugs his mom’s hand.
“Mom! Look, it's her!” He squealed, making Ochako stop in front of him as she let out a small giggle.
“Oh my, it is,” his mother said with the same sparkle in her eyes when she saw Ochako standing before them.
“Hi, pleasure meeting you guys!” Ochako finally says, giving them a large smile.
“Look, this is you!” The little boy pulled his sweater a little to emphasize.
“Oh my god that is me!” Ochako pretended to be surprised.
“He’s a really big fan of yours,” the mother said, smiling down at her excited child.
The comment made Ochako’s heart swell a little. These small interactions reminded her why she loves her job.
“Yes!! I’m also a fan of Mr. Dynamight! You and him are the coolest heroes !One day I wanna be as cool as you guys! Can you tell him I say hi?!” The little boy jumped a little with each word.
“Of course I’ll tell him sweetheart. Also you are already super cool!”She smiled at him not wanting him to know she didn’t really talk to Bakugou. His eyes seemed to have stars in them as he looked up at her.
“Well I best get going, I hope you guys have a lovely day,”Ochako began to walk past them.
“Bye Miss Uravity!!”
Despite not having spoken to Bakugou in a couple years, mainly because he had been away in the States doing some secret missions, she made a mental note to tell him about his little fan whenever she saw him again. Thinking about it more, Ochako pursed her lips a little and decided to make an actual note in her phone knowing she might actually forget. She had no idea when he would be back and didn’t really have his number to contact him. Making a real note on her phone seemed the best way, she’s sure having a little fan like that would make anyone's day.
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Finally making it back home Ochako put down her shopping bag that held her new dress and new heels, on the couch next to her as she plopped down. She was out longer than expected since she decided to eat out while she was there. While she was out Jirou and Momo had answered saying they would be busy tonight. Jirou had a date with Kaminari and Momo said she was really tired and wanted to rest instead. It was now past six and Mina told her to be ready by ten. Since she had a couple more hours left to spare she decided to turn on the tv while she waited.
The news was the first thing that popped up, apparently Red Riot, Kirishima, managed to catch a villain that held an entire bank hostage. Ochako smiled a little seeing one of her friends on the screen. Right after interviewing Red Riot for a bit, the news anchor announced that the top three heroes of Japan would be arriving back today from the States. They quickly cut to a recording of the three of them arriving at the airport earlier that morning. Ochako raised her eyebrows seeing them on the screen. Midoriya, Shoto, and Bakugou were in fact walking out of the airport here in Japan. Mirodiya smiled and waved at the cameras, while Shoto simply ignored them. On the other hand Bakugou had a hoodie on with the hood on trying to ignore them with a scowl on his face.
Huh, they sure seem like they haven’t changed much.
Ochako was happy seeing that Midoriya was back, they had texted frequently while he was away but she was glad knowing they could see each other again soon. Seeing him on the screen made her wonder why he didn’t let her know he was back already. She frowned a bit and checked her phone to make sure she hadn’t accidentally missed a text or call from him. Her frown deepened seeing he in fact hadn’t sent her anything. Quickly she complained to him.
Ochako: WHy didn’t you tell me you were back????
His reply was rather fast, almost as if he already had her chat opened.
Midoriya: I’m sorry!!! I wanted to surprise you but when I went by your place you weren’t there so I figured you were busy…
Ochako: I was out buying some stuff:( Wanna go out tonight with Mina and I?
Midoriya: I would love to but I’m really jet lagged:(
Oh well, more booze for me.
Not being able to see one of her closest friends today is lowkey disappointing but she understands that he did just come back from the other side of the world. He must be very exhausted, he is number one after all. She definitely did not want the responsibility of being the top hero. She enjoys the freedom of being in a lower rank than that, especially when it comes to the media. They already find a way to make her some sort of headline almost every other day, she can’t imagine having them down her throat constantly. She couldn’t wait to get out and drink her heart out tonight. Being drunk was the only time she felt like she could really let loose and have fun.
She decided she might as well begin getting ready since she had nothing better to do. She also figured she might as well pregame a little while getting ready and took out a beer from her fridge. The idea isn’t to already be drunk when she gets there, but she wants to be a little buzzed and beer didn’t get her drunk fast so it was the best option. Putting on some music, she made her way to her bedroom with her new clothes and began getting ready. She took her time curling her hair, which was now down to her hip which is the longest it’s been. Then she did her makeup going for a bit of an exaggerated eyeliner, falsies, blush, and a dark red lipstick. Recently she’s been trying new things since she was getting a little tired of being called the “family friendly” hero. She wanted to show people she could be “family friendly” and still act her age outside of being a hero, many women who are twenty three try new things, she wasn’t any different. Finally, she put on her dark red dress that compliments her lipstick, it was silky and tied up at her neck while exposing most of her back and came down to her upper mid thighs. She had made sure in the fitting room that it wouldn’t ride up more past her thighs. An incident like that was not the kind of media attention she ever wanted. She would simply cease to exist from embarrassment. Lastly, she put on her equally matching red chunky heels, the thick heel and toe platforms the heels had were the best choice since they wouldn’t hurt her feet as much as other heels. Once she tried normal pumps on a night out with the girls and had blisters for a week. That would be a mistake she would never make again.
By the time she finished her third beer and felt a small buzz, she checked the time and saw she only had fifteen minutes left before she had to leave. She smiled knowing her night was just about to begin.
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Mina was already waiting outside of the club when Ochako showed up. She was in a tight little black dress that had a slit on one of her thighs and matching black heels. She waved enthusiastically at Ochako as soon as she saw her. A grin plastered on her face while she jumped up and down slightly while Ochako came closer.
“Hurry up! They guys are already waiting for us inside!”
Ochako gave her a puzzled look when she reached her. She had no idea Mina had invited more people, not that it wasn’t normal behavior, she just thought she would have mentioned that.
“By the way you look so hot in that dress,” Mina eyed her down and gave her a cheeky smile.
Ochako pulled at the hem of her dress a little feeling a bit uncomfortable at the compliment but made sure to return it with an equally cheeky smile, “Still not hot as you.”
Mina rolled her eyes knowing Ochako didn’t take compliments well. Grabbing her by the arm she pulled her inside the club. “Come on, let's go get a drink.”
Ochako smiled and willingly let herself get hauled along to the bar by Mina. They ordered their drinks and made their way to a table. Once they reached the table Ochako saw that it was Kirishima and Bakugou who Mina had invited. At the table they had a bucket of beer with ice that they were drinking. Upon arriving Kirishima immediately walked up to greet both of them with a hug.
“Hey guys, long time no see!”
“Oh please we saw each other last week,” Mina answered him with a smile.
“That’s still a long time,” he said matter of factly.”Besides I haven't seen Uraraka longer than that.”
Ochako gave a small smile, “I saw you on the news today.”
Kirishima beamed a little at the mention of his work that day,”I looked so manly right!”
Seeing as Bakugou wasn’t bothering to greet them, Mina did so instead.
“Hey asshole you aren’t gonna greet one of your friends?!”
“We are not friends,” he narrowed his eyes on her.
“Right, and you and Kiri weren’t roommates before.” she retorted.
He scowled at her, “We weren’t!”
Mina simply laughed at him and took a sip of her drink. Also taking a sip of her own drink Ochako noticed Bakugou looking at her as if barely noticing her. She simply smiled at him, not really sure whether he planned on greeting her or not. Only seeing him take a swig at his beer she decided to look back at Mina who was babbling to Kirishima about getting her nipples pierced and how bad it hurt. Ochako smiled knowing it didn’t hurt her since she decided to get them done with local anesthesia and Mina didn’t.
“Speaking of nipple piercings,” Kirishima turned to look at Ochako. “Isn’t there a big debate on the internet right now about Uraraka having some?”
Her face began to heat up at the sudden question, “Haha yeah apparently they are a little noticeable when I wear my hero costume.” She rubbed her neck and turned to look away feeling a bit shy.
“Why the fuck would you get that?” Bakugou stared at her with his brows furrowed and a scowl on his face.
Feeling a little bit attacked she gained her composure again and snapped back, “Because I wanted to. Obviously.”
Mina put her arm around Ochako and pulled her in, “Is there a reason she shouldn’t have gotten them?”
Bakugou answered with tch and turned away from facing them.
“Let’s go dance!” Kirishima gestured to the other people dancing in the middle of the club.
“Yes! Let’s go Ochako,” Mina downed her drink in one gulp, gesturing to Ochako to do the same.
Once Ochako finished her drink Mina pulled her by her wrist to the dance floor. Once they were already dancing Kirishima joined them without Bakugou. He simply stated, “He’s against dancing.”
Well that’s no fun.
Wanting to keep drinking, Ochako asked, “Hey could I get one of your guys’ beers?”
“Yeah go ahead, try to get him over here!”
The idea of trying to get Bakugou to dance seems impossible to Ochako. Then again she has never seen him dance before so she might as well try to beg him to join them. Determined to get the scowling man to dance, she made her way back to the table feeling her buzz a little more than before. Ochako smiled at him when she reached the table, he was already narrowing his eyes on her before she said anything. She grabbed a beer, opened it and took a swing at it before asking, “Would you please come dance with us?”
“What the fuck, no.” He answered as if dancing was something unheard of to do at clubs.
Ochako pouted and furrowed her brows a bit before a grin grew on her face.
“Do you not want to dance because you know we’re better dancers than you?” She leaned down a bit to rest her face on the palm of her hand that was on the table he was sitting at to look at him with challenging eyes, daring him to prove his dance skills.
He glared at her and leaned in a bit trying to intimidate her, “You’re going to regret challenging me round face.”
He stood up and charged towards Kirishima and Mina at the dance floor. Ochako smiled and followed along with her beer in tow. They danced for a bit until they decided they wanted more drinks. All four of them went to the bar and asked for a round of shots.
“Why don’t we just ask for a bottle and take shots at the table?” Mina asked with the biggest sinister smile on her face.
Kirishima returned the smile and ordered them their own bottle to take back to the table. When they made it back to their table Mina announced a challenge.
“Let’s pass the bottle around each one of us taking the same amount until we finish the bottle. Then one who is the drunkest at the end must do a cartwheel outside while the most sober one records them.”
The idea seemed like a fun way to finish getting them drunk, and they all agreed. In reality Kirishima and Bakugou were competing to see who had the highest tolerance while Mina and Ochako were competing to see who would get drunk the fastest. While they pass the bottle around and grimace a little after each shot, Ochako begins to feel the juices really hit her. She knew they had already hit Mina since she was dancing in between turns, making everyone else eventually join her while they continued passing the bottle. The longer it got passed around Mina and Kirishima danced nearer each other making Ochako unconsciously scoot closer to Bakugou fearing she may get lost if she wasn’t dancing near one of them. Quicker than expected they finished the bottle and continued dancing. Mina was clearly the drunkest one with Ochako quickly following, Kirishima seemed only barely more sober than her and while Bakugou was seemingly drunk, he was definitely more sober than anyone else.
When they finally decided to leave, Ochako was still pretty drunk and stumbled with Mina on the way out of the club. As soon as they were outside Mina quickly assessed she was drunkest and Bakugou was the most sober. She turned and pointed at him. “YOU! Get your phone out and record this.”
Kirishima and Ochako laugh while Bakugou takes out his phone and begins recording with a smirk on his face. “Go.”
Mina stumbles a bit walking back before perfectly executing the cartwheel. However, once she stood straight again she quickly stumbled down to the ground. All four of them began to laugh hysterically before helping her up. Kirishima held her against him to help her balance herself.
“I’ll go ahead and walk her home,”He grinned at them before turning around and stumbling with Mina as they walked aways. Ochako and Bakugou could hear them laugh as they walked away.
Ochako giggles a little just staring at them until hearing little sparks go off next to her.
She whipped her head around a little too quickly, stumbling a little at the quick action, only to see Bakugou really concentrated making little explosions trying to light a cigarette. Her brows furrowed a bit wondering why wasn’t just using a lighter and also wondering since when had he smoked?
“Why don’t you use a lighter instead?” She managed to ask right as he was able to light the cigarette.
“Because I don’t need one!” Bakugou answered back a bit harsher than he meant to, feeling bad he offered Ochako the cigarette as compensation.
Ochako stared at the cigarette before shrugging. Fuck it why not? She took the cigarette, noticing him take another one out for himself. Ochako had tried cigarettes before with Mina and usually only smoked them while drunk, like right now. Losing her balance again she decided to mirror Bakugou and lean against the wall. She was only there for a moment when she began to wonder how late it was and how she should probably walk back home before it became more late.
“What time is it?” She asked him, seeing as he was using his phone while he smoked.
“It’s two,” he put his phone back into his pocket. That action made Ochako wonder where her phone was. With her free hand she patted around her dress not feeling anything and began to worry.
“I have your phone round face don’t get all worked up,” he took her phone out of his other pocket and gave it to her. Ochako gave him a sheepish smile feeling silly for forgetting she asked him to take care of it.
“I should go home,” she said, pulling herself up from the wall, being careful not to accidentally burn herself with her unfinished cigarette.
She began walking away when she heard footsteps catching up to her. Turning to her left she saw a tall explosive blond smoking and walking next to her. Ochako didn’t expect him to accompany her but the fact that he did made her smile. On their way towards her apartment she remembered she had something to tell him, but she couldn’t really remember what. It was only until she finished her cigarette and threw it in a trash can in front of a hero merch store that she remembered.
“Oh today I met this little boy here today,” she paused and gestured at the store making Bakugou stop to look at it.
He looked at her confused as to why that mattered. “Okay?”
Ochako grinned, “He told me to tell you that he’s a big fan of yours and he wants to be as cool as you.”
Bakugou smirked and scoffed a little, “Of course he does, I'm the coolest.”
Ochako narrowed her eyes at him, a little hurt that he thought he was cooler than her, “He also said he wanted to be as cool as me! In fact he had my merchandise on, not yours!” She flipped him off and looked up to the sky.
All he did was chuckle at her, he flipped her off too but she was too focused looking up that she didn’t notice. Confused at what she was looking at, Bakugou took a step towards her and looked up as well. Directly above them was the moon, a full moon to be exact. Ochako smiled and sighed, “I could look at it forever.”
“You remind me of the moon.”
The comment made Ochako snap her head at him.
“What?”
He looked down at her with a smirk, “Yeah, it’s just as round as your cheeks”
She gasped and lightly slapped his chest, the action making her lose her balance a little , “That’s rude.”
Bakugou chuckled and stepped away from her, she took that as a sign to keep walking home. The rest of the walk was quiet until they reached her apartment complex.
“Alright, see ya around cheeks.”
He didn’t wait for a response and just walked away. Ochako pursed her lips a bit and took a final look at the moon before walking inside. The entire way to her apartment, and as she changed into her pajamas, even once she laid down about to fall asleep, the same drunk thought roamed her mind.
I want to ask him for another cigarette.