chapter 20

Izuku waited with baited breath for Shouta to respond. No matter how confident Izuku was, he hated overstepping people's boundaries. It made both him and the other party uncomfortable and he didn't enjoy the feeling. 

Finally Shouta responded. "Yeah kid I don't see why not. What color were you thinking?" 

Izuku released the breath he was holding and smiled at Shouta, "A while back I wanted to just go with all black, but now I wanna go with all black and purple highlights. I just don't want to have any more resemblance to Inko than I need to." 

Shouta nodded and shared a look with Hizashi over Izuku's shoulder. Turning back to Izuku, Shouta ruffled his hair and then held his hand out for Kizu to sniff, before scratching between her ears. 

Hizashi watched the scene play out with concern and fondness. Shouta had already explained the gist of what was going on to him while he drove Izuku home from the hospital. But hearing it from the kid's mouth was a whole other level. How he referred to his mother by her given name explained a lot. 

Deciding to change the subject he slowly walked up to Izuku. The wolf, Kizu, his brain supplied, noticed him and nudged Izuku's hand. His head turned towards him with the most innocent and hurt look he has ever seen on a kid.

"Heyyy little listener." He greeted.

"Hey…" Izuku's voice sounded meek and hurt. Hizashi didn't like it because it didn't fit him but like the pro (lol pro cuz he's a hero) he is, he pushed forward. 

"We can go get your hair dyed tomorrow if you like. Or I can set up an appointment for later today seeing as it's not lunch yet. But it's your call." Hizashi finished.

Shouta watched the snarky little shit mess with Hizashi's mind. He'll admit it was kind of funny to witness. The Problem Child was really good at emanating a soft and meek aura that it would have fooled even Shouta had he not known the kid's true personality. 

Izuku enjoyed toying with the loud pro hero. Even if he was having fun, the hero deserved a break from his innocent act.  

"Can I really get my hair dyed today?" There were stars in his eyes and he smiled from ear to ear.

"Of course little listener!" The pro beamed. 

Kizu sat up on the couch, which allowed Izuku to jump onto the cushions. 

"OH YEAH MR. KRABSSS!!" he exclaimed.  

That caused the Erasure hero to grin like he just won a prize and the Voice hero's eyes to widen with the outburst. 

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Izuku released his summoning on Kizu before they left the house and while in the car, he texted MeiMei and Toshi about his hair appointment.

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|Inventors and Their Abductee|

Gr33n1nv3nt0r: MEIMEI TOSHIII

P1nk1nv3nt0r: ZUZU

Abductee: what's up Izuku?

Gr33n1nv3nt0r: im getting my hair done!

      | y'all wanna meet up?

Abductee: oh my god did you just use "y'all" unironically?

Gr33n1nv3nt0r: yes i did

      | whatchu gna do bout it Toshi

Abductee: nothing

      | nvm forget i said anything

Gr33n1nv3nt0r: thats wut i thot 

P1nk1nv3nt0r: ZUZU WHERE ARE YOU GOING FOR THIS APT???

Abductee: what she said

      | we should meet up and hangout

      | y'know since youre not in the hospital anymore 

P1nk1nv3nt0r: OH MY NEDZU YES!!

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Izuku looked up from his phone, "Hey, um...where are we going? MeiMei and Toshi want to meet up." Izuku asked a little hesitantly.

"The place is located in Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall. It's the first shop on the left when you enter the front doors. It's called Haircuts."

Izuku relayed the information to MeiMei and Toshi, with a plan to meet up outside after his appointment. 

When they got to the mall, Hizashi led them to the hair salon. Walking next to the two heroes, Izuku smiled wide at the lady sitting at the front desk. He bounced excitedly while Hizashi informed the lady of their appointment. 

Apparently there was someone who worked there with a quirk that let them permanently alter someone's hair or eye color. Though they rarely used the latter part of their quirk.  

Izuku sat in a chair in a makeshift waiting room, and decided to look around from where he was. The walls were white with geometric designs in different colors placed in a pattern. There were two separate doors leading into two different styling rooms. A hallway near the back of the shop that went to the left and he assumed it led to the staff room and possibly a bathroom. There was a bigger styling room right next to the front desk that jutted out about 6 feet and was most likely only used by the owner and their clients. The front desk sat to the left of the door when you entered and the wall opposite it had 6 mirrors (from what he could see) with dividers in between each mirror and with their own styling chair sat in front. A little farther down and in the semi-center, there was a washing station with shampoos and conditioners. Around the corner of the private styling room was another open space that held 3 more mirrors and seats. Under each seat was a black faux fur rug. 

Overall Izuku thought the place looked aesthetically pleasing. 5 minutes later Izuku sat in one of the private styling rooms and was explaining to the worker, Aya Sano or Aya-san as she wanted him to call her, what he wanted done with his hair. They talked while Aya-san trimmed his hair down and gave him an undercut. After his hair was cut, instead of using regular dye, Aya-san activated her quirk and changed the color of his hair. His hair became a raven black with midnight purple highlights, instead of forest green with darker green almost black highlights. 

Walking out of the room with Aya-san trailing behind him, Izuku felt more like himself.       

Hizashi paid while Izuku and Shouta went to meet up with MeiMei and Toshi outside of the store. 

MeiMei spotted him and called over, waving erratically. Toshi turned in his direction when MeiMei pointed the now bi-colored teen over.

Izuku ran up to her and they both laughed.

"Oh my Nedzu MeiMei!! I don't look like that bitch anymore!" Izuku excitedly yelled. 

MeiMei nodded aggressively and she pulled him down to her height to run her hands through his hair. Izuku could tell Toshi was confused, but didn't want to push something Izuku might not be comfortable talking about. Izuku made a mental note to tell Toshi about his situation.

"OMG YOU HAVE AN UNDERCUT NOW!!" MeiMei exclaimed with all the energy she could muster. 

"Your hair shines midnight purple in the light." Toshi pointed out like the oh so helpful person he is.

At that point Shouta had joined them and was just looking on while grinning. 

Hizashi eventually joined the group and they all went to get take-out, after MeiMei's mom and Toshi's dad agreed to them staying out of course. 

MeiMei and Izuku planned new inventions to make with Toshi giving suggestions every now and then. Sometime during the conversation, Izuku and MeiMei got to debating the softness of a bunny's fur. 

"It's like a cloud MeiMei!"

"I bet it's not!" MeiMei rebuked.

Izuku summoned a bunny just to prove a point, not even caring about public quirk usage laws when he's already a vigilante. He handed the bunny over to MeiMei and noticed Toshi looking at the bunny with a longing look in his eyes.

The bunny's fur was snow white and its eyes were coal black. MeiMei was ecstatic to hold the bunny, Toshi walking her pace just to pet the bunny. They continued on with what sort of support gear to make for the hero students from what Izuku observed last Friday. Or as much as he was able to observe. Either way, Izuku was enjoying the day.

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