Izuku felt like he was going to go crazy.

For the last half an hour, he had been bouncing back and forth all over UA searching for Mei Hatsume, his girlfriend, who had messed up an experiment earlier in the day.

She had been researching ways to try and possibly replicate the villain Kurogiri's 'Warp Gate' Quirk through one of her babies when it exploded, dragging her into a purple cloud of energy.

Power Loader had immediately called Nezu for help, who had in turn called for Izuku to retrieve her. He had rushed to help, and seen Mei popping in and out of existence around the room, before she vanished and apparently appeared a few rooms over.

He hadn't been able to grab her, as the second he got too close, the rift would spark again and move her. He needed to be faster if he wanted to get her out safely.

He pushed his Full Cowling up to as high as he could currently go, around 60%, as he saw the rift open up ahead of him.

Mei's torso was poking out of it, wiggling around as she tried to free herself. "Hey, Zuku! Really sorry about this you know! We had a date planned today right? I even forced myself to shower and everything!"

Izuku thought that it would be pretty obvious that he had planned a date, as he was literally wearing his formal suit as he chased her around the school, but the reservation he made was in like, 20 minutes, so he didn't expect that they would make it.

(Which was a shame tonight was meant to be really important. It was their 3 year anniversary!)

With his quirk at 60%, he boosted forward to try and grab her, but she vanished with a loud 'whomp' sound, slipping through his fingers again. He grumbled, looking at the improvised scanner Power Loader had made to detect where the rifts would show up.

He boosted off towards the next signal, hoping this time it would work.

This actually wasn't too bad!

Mei had been stuck in this rift-portal-whooshy thing for about a half an hour now, and while she might be a little bored, she was otherwise fine. She wasn't even dizzy!

It was probably because she was so used to being thrown around by her exploding babies, or Izuku when he felt like it, or when Power Loader had to physically remove her from the workshop.

That last one happened way too often in her opinion, and the second one not nearly enough.

She had even seen Izuku a couple of times! Sometimes it was her head sticking out of the rift, sometimes it wasn't. He seemed to be running around trying to grab her out of the air, but it didn't seem to be working.

But even as she was moving all around the place, wherever she was inside the rift was fairly stable! Her baby had even come along with her, as well as her screwdriver! So while she was being warped all around UA, she could at least keep working on her baby!

She had only just noticed that Izuku was wearing a fancy-schmancy suit the last time her head popped out, sparking her memory of what they were meant to be doing tonight.

She hadn't even lied to him! She totally had taken a shower! If by shower you mean using baby #983 to quickly hose herself off before using baby #499 to dry herself, with a small use of baby #222 to style her hair, then yea, she totally showered!

As she felt herself warp again, a thought hit her. Did she have a dress for her date? Izuku didn't seem to mind when she wore what amounted to fancy workshop gear when on dates, but she overheard some girls in her dorm, while she was there to steal food, say that you were supposed to wear a dress.

Especially for something like tonight! She had been Izuku's girlfriend for 3 whole years! Well, it would be exactly 3 years in 2 hours and 27 minutes, but why be pedantic! And she was like, 87.47% certain he was planning on proposing to her tonight!

She had found the ring he had in his desk drawer the last time she had stayed the night in his dorm while testing out a baby that was basically one of those Superman-esque X-ray vision goggles that people have been wanting for decades.

She hadn't told Izuku that she'd seen the ring, cause apparently proposals were meant to be a surprise, or at least, that's what the pink alien girl had told her when she asked about it, and she didn't want Izuku to be upset about her ruining the surprise.

It's not her fault that she's just absolutely amazing at making fantastic gadgets! Even if they explode sometimes. She was pulled from her musing with a louder-than-normal 'whomp' noise. Oh! She could see outside again!

And there Izuku was! She tried to wave at him, but her hands were stuck to her sides while her head was outside, so she just waved with her head instead. She zoomed in on him as he approached at high speeds, and saw him mumble something.

Then everything got heavier, and her vision was filled with green.

"I hope this works."

Izuku was starting to get frustrated. He wasn't able to grab Mei, and he didn't want to break both himself and probably her as well trying to go Full Cowling 100%. Rolling his shoulders, he called upon Blackwhip.

He mentally yelled 'Bring her back to me!' as he jumped into the air and thrust his arms forward, the black energy surging out of him and shooting towards Mei and the rift. They shot towards her and grabbed onto her torso.

Izuku was cheering at the fact that the Rift didn't warp away when Blackwhip got close to it, but then realized something. He was in mid-air. Heading straight for the rift. At full speed.

'Ah shit'

As the rift closed again, Izuku was dragged along with it, feeling heavy, with his vision full of pink.

"Oh! Izuku! You're here now too!"

She had to wriggle a little bit to get enough space to not be smooshed up into his chest, but she had managed to move back enough to see him properly.

He was hunched over, the rifts interior not large enough to allow his tall, buff body to stretch out. And he was pressed right up against her. Not that she minded. Oh, he was responding! She should probably listen.

Izuku wrapped his arms around her and placed his chin on her head, humming softly. "Are you alright? I've been really worried about you. You've been bouncing all over UA for like 45 minutes now."

Mei snuggled in as close as she could, feeling comfy, and now that she thought about it, really tired. But mostly comfy. And warm. And just a little bit horny. Izuku looked good in a suit.

"Yea! I'm doing great! I now know that my baby can warp people around and that when we get out of here I can make it work properly! I've even done a little tinkering with it while I've been in here!"

She tried to reach her baby to show him, but she couldn't really maneuver well enough now that he was in here with her, taking up a lot of space. Pouting, she crossed her arms, leaning in further into the hug. "Nevermind, I can't show you right now, stupid small rift space."

Izuku chuckled and squeezed a little bit, before checking his watch and sighing. "That's fine. I don't think we're going to make it to the restaurant for dinner though. Our reservation is in like five minutes. "

Damn, now she felt bad! Izuku looked like a kicked puppy! And it was her fault! Sort of. It's not her fault that the baby exploded, but it was her fault for working on the baby? Whatever, doesn't matter. Current issue: sad boyfriend. How could she fix it?

She had to suck in her stomach a lot to get enough room to move, but she wrapped her arms around him and squeezed as tight as she could. "I'm really sorry about all this. I really was looking forward to our date."

As she was pressed even closer to him as he gave a little squeeze in response, she felt it. The small box in his back pocket. Did he have the ring on him right now? 'Ding! Solution to sad boyfriend issue found! Turn sad boyfriend into happy fiance!'

She leaned in and gave him a quick kiss, before pulling back and smiling at him. "Hey, Izuku? I just wanted to let you know that I know all about your plans for tonight and the ring you have in your back pocket."

He immediately tensed up, causing her to giggle. She had already planned on saying yes since she saw the ring, so why leave him in suspense? "So… are you going to ask me to marry you or what?"

"You might as well do it now, we're not going anywhere."

Izuku was frozen, his mind going a million miles a minute, and his sweat glands in overdrive.

Mei knew about the ring. The ring he was going to use to hopefully make her his fiance. Then his wife. Standard wedding stuff. But he was planning on doing it at the restaurant and now he was trapped with her and nervous and-"

"So… are you going to ask me to marry you or what?"

And just like that, his nervousness disappeared. Her little giggle forced a smile on his face, and her question made his heart soar. She sounded happy! She knew he was going to propose and she sounded happy! That was a good sign! Right? Surely that was a good thing!

He looked down at her and saw her smile, and immediately knew what to do. Wriggling around as he brought the box out from his pants, his butt thanking him as the box stopped cutting off circulation to his legs, and held it in between them.

"I can't really get down on one knee in here, so this will have to do. I don't think I can express with words how much I love you Mei, but I do. I really do. Everything about you just makes my life so much better."

He smiled down at her and opened the box, the gold ring with a pink gem in it gleaming. "And I wanna spend the rest of my life making your life as happy and wonderful as you make mine."

He leaned forward and pressed his forehead to hers and closed his eyes, his nervousness creeping back into him. "So, Mei Hatsume, the crazy, gorgeous, chaotic light of my life, will you marry me?"

With his eyes closed, he couldn't see her face, so he didn't know what she was thinking. Then he heard her laugh, and felt her pull him into a kiss. When she was done, she leaned back. "Of course I'll marry you Zuku. I've planned on marrying you from practically the start. Glad you finally caught up to where I am though! Took you long enough."

Izuku sputtered. "Mei! This is meant to be like, a super-romantic and wholesome moment! You can't tease me at a time like this!"

She just cackled as she slipped the ring onto her finger. "Actually, wonder-boy, now that you've put a ring on me I get the right to tease you just about whenever I want! You're stuck with me now!"

She pulled him in for another kiss, this one much more passionate than the previous. The impromptu make-out session continued for another few minutes, Izuku losing his shirt in the process.

Suddenly, light erupted from all around them as the two of them hit the ground, hard. Mei's baby clattered to the ground next to them, startling them out of their kissing.

"Oh, I'm sorry, did we interrupt something between the two of you?"

Izuku's face went bright red as Aizawa's voice reached their ears. He blasted backward, his shirt being put back on faster than most people could pick up theirs as he turned and bowed towards his teacher.

"Nothing at all sir! I was just, uh, just trying to- uh."

He was stopped by Aizawa, who raised a hand to silence him. "It's 8 pm Midoriya, and I'm tired. I don't care what you do with your fiancé, just don't do it near me, got it?"

Izuku nodded quickly before he realized what Aizawa said. "How did you know?!"

Aizawa just sighed. "Kid, most of UA has money running on when you would propose to the gremlin. By the way, you just put me out 15,000 yen. You will make up for it in training tomorrow."

Izuku just nodded, smiling. "Yes sir! I won't disappoint you!"

Aizawa just huffed, walking away. Izuku turned back to Mei (who was now his fiancé!) and smiled as she started tinkering with her baby again. She looked up at him for a moment and smiled, and he felt himself smile back, joy filling his chest.

He knew he had made the right choice, even if his proposal was a little non-traditional. He couldn't wait to share the news with all of his friends.

But first, he and Mei needed to celebrate their engagement.

And celebrate they did.

For a long time.