Izuku waved at his friends as they used their time allowances for the day and decided to head home, smiling at Setsuna promising to show up at least weekly once she was in UA and Tenko promising to visit as many times as he can. He had gotten hooked onto the game and said he felt like the 'benefit of levelling up IRL' was too good to skip. Iguichi would try to visit monthly but as a recent graduate struggling to find a job it was difficult.
"Once the cafe reaches the total of fifteen computers the host will be permitted to hire a receptionist if they choose to do so." The system chimed, reading his mind.
Izuku hummed in acknowledgement, he was worried however at the slow pace his cafe was growing at. Thankfully adding the drinks he had unlocked would mean he could earn some more revenue as well as the larger seating availability he would get tomorrow with the new game release. Sitting at the desk he started drawing in his notebook till he heard the door open again a little while later.
His lips curled into a small smile seeing Melissa here again. "Afternoon, Melissa what do you plan on doing today?"
She smiled back at him. "I'll just play Resident Evil again. I think I'll be able to pass where I'm stuck today." Looking at the sign her eyes trailed to the bottom of it. "You've got drinks on sale now?"
Izuku nodded in response. "We only have Coca-Cola available. For members it's three hundred yen instead of the usual four hundred yen. Do you want a bottle?"
"Yep, I'll get that and my usual activation of Resident Evil on Computer 1." She swiped her card onto the scanner and smiled, taking the bottle of coke and sitting at her seat. Once she took a sip of the coke her eyes widened as she seemed to try and suppress a squeal of glee.
Her head whipped around so fast Izuku was almost afraid it would fall off as she looked at him. "Izuku, what's in this coke it tastes amazing?"
Izuku looked at her a little confused as he made his way to the mini-fridge. "It should just be normal coke, let me try a sip." Taking a bottle he popped off the cap and took a sip.
The bubbles of the cola tingled his tongue as he felt the sweet and tangy flavour of the lemon and sugar mix along with the other flavours. Whatever was in this made it taste divine as the sensation of it made his body feel electrified.
"System, what the hell is in this coke? Is it actual coke?" He questioned in his head.
The system seemed to huff. "This system would never resort to putting drugs into their drinks for taste. I did not even bother putting in the caffeine. But no the flavours you are tasting are all sourced from high-grade ingredients produced by the system. Honey from the Hives of Aether Bees in the Celestial realm and the spring waters of Sorellia. Drink enough of this and you'll slowly begin feeling its passive regenerative properties. It is essentially a medicinal drink at the level it's been produced." She seemed proud of the cola she had made.
"This won't have any negative impacts, right?" Izuku questioned hearing it being considered medicinal.
"Of course not this beautiful system put in all the right measures to prevent such a thing. Including limiting it to a single drink per person each day."
Izuku regained his focus from talking with the system in his head to be greeted by Melissa waving a hand in front of his face. "Midoriya, you awake?" She asked a little too close to his face.
He yelped and bounced back. "Sorry my sponsor has a telepathic quirk. When I started wondering about the coke it sent me a message about it. It does leave me zoned out." He quickly shot out the lie to cover the fact he was talking to the system.
Melissa took a step back, no longer leaning over the counter near his face. "That makes sense. But what did they say about the coke?"
Izuku shrugged, not wanting to say the whimsical truth behind the drink. "It's simply my sponsor's company's personal cola brew. The ingredients are honestly a little excessively high quality but they do love perfection."
"That I do." The system chimed in his head.
"Oh, that does explain how good it is. Well I'm going to continue playing then." She slips on her headset and continues to play, occasionally sipping at her drink, while Izuku is there bored he decides to kill some time till closing by playing as well.
Eventually the time slips past the both of them as it's ten o'clock at night when the system reminds Izuku he should close for the night. Taking his headset off he sees Melissa just about taking her one off as she seems to be clenching her fist almost surprised. It seems she's been levelling up and had only just realised it. He smiles as he waves her off only to collide into a mountain of a man at the door.
Melissa looks up to see a man holding a little girl identical to him with white hair and red eyes but while his hair is curly the little girl's is straight. She seemed scared of Melissa who crashed into what she assumed to be her dad and held onto him tightly.
"Sorry, for bumping into you miss." The man apologised.
"It was my fault, I should be more careful." She then wondered why the man was entering the cafe with a child at closing time. "You do know it's about to close?"
The man chuckles as his wife, a viridian hair and eyed woman looking a lot like Izuku appears. "We know, our son runs the place." He points to Izuku who is scrambling to get to his parents from behind the counter.
"Nice to meet a clearly dedicated customer of the cafe. I am Midoriya Hisashi." He put his free hand out for a handshake.
Melissa replied, "nice to meet you. I'm Melissa Shield." However as she shook his hand One For All resonated in her body sparking up as it seemed determined to crush the man's hand. Panicking she pulled away. "Sorry, quirk troubles."
She saw he was unfazed by what was essentially One For All crushing his hand and seemed unharmed. "I can imagine, little Eri here has a similar problem. Don't you, little unicorn?" The little girl seemed embarrassed by his teasing and hid her face against his shirt.
"It's embarrassing but I was a late bloom-" She was cut off by a notification. "Oh my uncle is here to pick me up, it was nice meeting you." As she walked away to her uncle's car she pondered why One For All acted as it did. But she was happy because after playing the game she felt herself actually feel much stronger and even Grandpa Torino agreed she was building strength quickly in the past couple days above average.
"Nice meeting you dearie." Replied the lady who Melissa assumed to be Midoriya's mum.
Eventually Melissa is heading out of the store and once she's gone in her uncle's car, Izuku breaks the ice.
"Dad, who is that?" He says pointing to Eri.
"Your new little sister!" He says proudly showing Eri off to Izuku as she giggles.
"Izuku, it's a long story." His mum interjects.