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It was late into the night when Uraraka left work at Tokyo General Hospital. She had worked since early that morning and she was exhausted, but she was happy. She loved helping people and she loved to be doing something.
It was raining when she left the hospital. The weather was starting to get colder and the leaves were starting to change all throughout the city. With the change of the seasons meant the coming of new things, Uraraka hoped that couldn't be more true.
She decided that she deserved a treat for working such a long shift at the hospital so she stopped into one of the local ramen shops on her way home.
She picked up two orders of ramen and some mochi for dessert. She hoped that a certain someone would be able to join her for dinner tonight, even if it was late.
Uraraka let out a tired sigh then gave the doorman a smile as she greeted him, ' Good evening Gen. How are you?'
The doorman gave Uraraka a kind cheery smile, 'I'm doing great miss Uraraka, it puts this old man at ease to know that we have heroes out there like Deku protecting us.'
Uraraka let out another sigh, 'Yeah I suppose it is good that so many heroes are out there protecting us.' Gen looked at her and seemed to smile even bigger than before.
'Well the heroes and those who save lives like you miss Uraraka.' Uraraka blushed and told him thank you for the complement.
Gen punched in the code to enter the building and held open the door for her. 'Have a good evening miss Uraraka. Enjoy your dinner and get some rest.' Uraraka thanked him and stated to walk inside the building, but before she made it to far she heard Gen call out behind her.
'Make sure you lock your door once you get in miss Uraraka, I'm not sure when Mr. Midoriya will be back tonight. He left in a hurry a few hours ago, the life of the number four hero is a sure busy one.' Gen's cheery smile never left his face at the mention of the hero.
Much like most peoples when they spoke about Deku.
Uraraka bowed to Gen after he told her the news of Deku leaving earlier. 'Thank you so much Gen for always looking out for me. I'll bring you something from the bakery tomorrow. You truly are a hero for always being there for me.' With one final thank you Uraraka made her way to the elevator.
As the elevator made its way up to the 14th floor Uraraka leaned against the back wall. She was truly grateful for Gen always looking out for her. She thought that he always made it a point to look out because he knew just how much she was alone.
Alone.
She felt like she was always alone. Sure she was always around people at different events and parties but none of those people really knew her or wanted to know her for that matter. They just wanted to get close to Deku and the closest way to do that was to go through his fiancée, or so they thought.
Midoriya never really let her into his hero world. He didn't talk about what went on when the public eye wasn't on him. To be frank he hadn't really even talked to her much at all in the past few months.
Uraraka tried to not let it get to her, she really did. His job was hard and he didn't like to talk about it all the time, and he always needed to be ready to go in a moments notice. She understood all of that before before taking the big steps to talk about marriage.
She wasn't prepared for the loneliness and never feeling like she didn't contribute as much as he did. Maybe she would talk to him when he got home. Whenever that would be, she wasn't sure.
Uraraka ate her food in silence while she watched the news. It was more of the same stuff, new heroes emerging, new drugs that were hitting the streets and of course what the heroes said they were going to do to stop it.
There was breaking news story on the number 4 hero. Deku had saved a warehouse of people being held captive by a crazed worker. He was able to get everyone out and apprehend the culprit with ease.
Uraraka chuckled to herself ,'All in a days work isn't it Deku? I wonder if he even takes the time to learn any of the victims names this time.'
She shut the television off and was getting ready for bed when she heard the front door open. Standing in the kitchen was a tired looking Midoriya.
'Hey' He said, 'Did you wait up for me? that was nice of you.' He walked through the house and landed on the couch and laid his head back.
Uraraka stood in the doorway of the kitchen that led into the living room. 'Hey to you too. I wasn't waiting up for you actually. I got off late tonight and was just getting ready for bed. I told you yesterday morning that I was working late.'
Without even lifting his head up from the couch he replied 'Oh yeah, I guess you did. Must have slipped my mind.'
'It's fine that you forgot... I know you work a lot and stuff happens.'
She moved to the other side of the couch and sat down. She looked at him and began to speak, 'Y'know, I actually wanted to talk to you. Since we can't seem to be on the same schedule we can talk now. I just wanted to say that I think we need to try and see each other more, maybe we could go on a da-.'
Midoriya cut her off before she could finish. 'I agree! I've actually been meaning to talk to you about this. I'm so busy I barely get to see you. That's why I think it would be a good idea for you to quit your job and stay home full time.'
Uraraka was speechless for a solid 30 seconds before speaking again.
'I'm sorry, what?'
'Yeah I've been thinking about this for sometime now and I think it would be great for you. It's not like you do much at your job anyways. And besides, I provide more than enough for us. It's settled then, you should put your notice in tomorrow morning.'
Uraraka shot up from the couch so fast that Midoriya actually looked over at her instead of setting there with his eyes closed.
'Excuse you! I love my job and it's incredibly important! I save peoples lives every single day. Sure I may not be taking down villains' but my job is just as important as yours!'
Midoriya rose from the couch and tried to walk over to her. 'Listen sweetheart, You're job is important. But someone else could easily do it. You shouldn't have to worry about it when you have me here for you.'
Uraraka couldn't believe what she was hearing. She loved her job and it was the only thing that broke up the monotony of her life. She'd be dammed if she was going to quit her job and be a trophy wife and be alone all the time.
She looked him straight in the eyes and calmly told him, 'I don't care what you want. I love my job and the people that I help. My job may not be as flashy as yours but it is just as important. I am not quitting, not now and not ever.'
'Sweetheart just listen, I just want to keep you safe and cared for. I'm just thinking of what's best for you.'
She walked to the hall that led to their bedroom and spun around to look at him once more. 'This is the most we have spoken in months and all it is is a stupid argument about how you want me to be locked in a cage. I need my own life, I'm not just Deku's fiancée. I have to go to work tomorrow so I'm going to bed, you can come if you want when you're ready.'
She went to the bedroom and shut the door, leaving him with the decision to come to bed or not.
As she crawled into bed that night by herself, just like many other nights she wondered to herself, 'Is this really the life I was destined to have?'
She waited up into the night for him to come to bed and tell her that he was wrong about trying to tell her how to live her life.
He never came.