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Part 1 of ✧ hikari mart au ✧
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Published:
2026-07-14
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2026-09-13
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8/?
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the tired customer (at register three)

Summary:

𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 / 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝑼 🛍️

After long days of teaching at U.A and even longer nights on patrol, Shouta Aizawa develops an odd little habit.

He stops by the supermarket every week.

Not because he needs coffee.

Or cat food.

Or anymore eye drops.

But because Register Three is usually run by a soft-spoken cashier with green eyes, and a kind smile who always says the same thing when he leaves.

“Please come again.”

🏪 ⁺ 🛒

Or, Aizawa Shouta has a spending problem. He calls it therapy. That's the excuse he uses to see Inko every week.

Chapter 1: Welcome to Hikari Mart

Chapter Text

🏪

𝑪𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒙 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒓.

🛒⁺ ♡

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒂 𝑨𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒘𝒂 (31)

Erasherhead 🧣

🛍️ 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 / 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝑼 🛍️

₊˚.𖥔 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒃 .𖥔˚

After long days of teaching at U.A and even longer nights on patrol, Shouta Aizawa develops an odd little habit.

He stops by the supermarket every week.

Not because he needs coffee.

Or cat food.

Or anymore eye drops.

But because Register Three is usually run by a soft-spoken cashier with green eyes, and a kind smile who always says the same thing when he leaves.

“Please come again.”

Nothing about Inko Midoriya demanded his attention but somehow… she had all of his.

𝑰𝒏𝒌𝒐 𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒚𝒂 (26)

For Inko Midoriya—the tired man with messy black hair, too much coffee in his basket, and a habit of choosing her register—every single time is simply another customer.

A quiet one.

A polite one.

One she secretly worried about more than she probably should.

Inko doesn't know he's the Pro Hero Eraserhead.

He doesn't know she's raising a quirkless little boy who still dreams of becoming a hero.

It wasn't love at first sight.

It was cold, achy night adorned with hunger pains that lead to their first meeting and the comfort that came after—is how Shouta Aizawa's shopaholic journey began. 

This is how he became the problem. 

🛒🏪🛍️

Featuring:

𝑯𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊 𝒀𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒂 (31)

Present Mic 🎙️

𝑵𝒆𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒊 𝑲𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒎𝒂 (31)

Midnight 🌃

 

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₊˚.𖥔 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 ₊˚.𖥔 ݁ 

Hi there!

I'm so excited about this.

The concept is so wholesome bro!

This is partly inspired by, "Smoking behind the supermarket with You," an age gap, slow burn romance manga that is now an anime. It's so cute, and it really just ah—anyway that's where I got the idea.

Why this ship? 

Someone wanted an Aizawa x Inko fic and I thought why not. And once you see their dynamic it'll be worth it. They're like total opposites but their hearts match. 

I had a lot more to say but I don't want to rant. 

Inko and Aizawa have a 10 year age gap in canon but I aged them down and up for relevancy and preference for the plot.

I have nothing against older woman x younger male stories! In fact there's such lack of it—🤧 but yeah I made Inko younger cause I pictured the skinnier Inko (w tiny Izuku) with the older Aizawa in that order. 

If you made it this far, thank you!

I hope you stick around for the real thing. 

God bless you beloved reader.