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[It's unexpected and draws a huff of amusement from him. Seeing this side of Todoroki is...endearing, in a way.]

I think you're both onto something. Or maybe it's different for them! Maybe underwater, they count seahorses instead of sea sheep?

I forgot about seahorses.

[Can Midoriya properly imagine the sudden realization he's missed something very obvious on Shouto's face?]

Todoroki-kun, how could you forget about something so cute!

[He's just teasing you, of course.]

It's okay, I like the idea of sea sheep, too!

Robots dream of electric sheep. So maybe sea sheep...

Do you think they look more like normal horses here?

No idea. Maybe they have something more scale-like covering them instead of wool! Wool soaks up water too well and it'd weigh the sea sheep down when they're trying to swim.

You know, if the water in the harbor wasn't so weird, we could've gone in to find one.

That's what I thought. But this place is weird enough. Maybe there's some kind of water resistant sea wool.

We need to get fish for the lobsters too.

Water resistant sea wool... I bet you could make water resistant clothes out of something like that.

I have a fishing rod, but I'm not very good at it. We should practice some more and get better at it!

Maybe these mermaids have sweaters. From the sea sheep wool.

We should go fishing. Maybe find some bait first.

You think we should ask someone like Selkie-san if any of these things exist when we go back?

I bet there's some worms around the gardens we can dig up!

I want to.

Tell me whenever you're ready. I think it's a good idea.

I'll make a note of it! But you can remind me if I forget when we're back home, too.

I'm ready. Want to meet me outside so we can head to the gardens together?

Sounds good. Should I go to your place or are we meeting somewhere else?

My place! Since all the gardens are in this area of the town anyway.]

I'll be there soon.

[Whenever Todoroki gets to Izuku's cottage, he's already waiting outside, hands tucked into his pockets. There's a fishing rod and a bucket lying on the ground beside him.

Izuku visibly brightens up when he looks up and sees him.] Todoroki-kun!

Midoriya.

[There's a tiny smile on Shouto's face. There's a fishing rod over his left shoulder and a small bucket in his other hand.]

Ready to dig for bait?

Yeah. [Izuku picks up his own fishing rod and bucket quickly.]

Let's go. [Thankfully there are gardens dotted all around this particular part of the town, and it doesn't take much effort to locate one. Though this one's still overrun with weeds, Izuku starts poking around in the dirt anyway.]

[He squats down next to Midoriya and prods at the dirt.]

So basically we're looking for movement, right?

Hmmm. We could probably sift the soil around until we find something, too

[Izuku reaches into the bucket and pulls out a trowel with a grin. He came prepared!]

[Shouto just makes a small icicle and starts prodding the soil.]

Then let's do this.

[He'll start poking at the ground.]

[Izuku's content to just work quietly, only occasionally making a sound of triumph every time he manages to find something that they could use as bait.

The near-silence is a comfortable one.]

[It's a good twenty minutes later before Shouto is satisfied with the amount of worms he's managed.]

Did you get enough?

I think so! [He checks his bucket, and then peers into Todoroki's.]

Between the two of us, we should have enough to at least catch something. Oh, I heard there's some fish who have their color back, too. If we catch enough of those, we can cook some for ourselves.

[It would be nice if he could eat a normal tasting fish. He misses that]

Really? I didn't hear anything about that. What kind of fish have color back?

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