MHA/BNHA react to For The Want of A Nail by Clouds part 1

On the one hand, Izuku probably shouldn't have snuck out of the house at dawn to get to UA early and work on the analysis packets for the hero course. On the other, Mei was already in the lab when he arrived, so it couldn't be too bad.

Mitsuki: Really Izuku?

"Making up for lost time?" Izuku laughed when he saw her. "If you missed inventing so much you should have taken me up on my offer yesterday."

"Oh shut up Izu-kun!" Mei swatted at him, but Izuku simply grinned and sidestepped as she grumbled, "It's not like breaking in when security was down for improvements would even be a challenge anyway..."

Nezu: No it wouldn't.

Izuku raised an eyebrow, "Are you saying you want to break in another day? Maybe test their new defenses."

A lot of people: Midoriya!

Mei's eyes widened, "Do you think Nezu would give us permission?! I could make so many babies for it and you could practice your hacking and can you ask him..?!"

A lot of people: No!

Power Loader: Nezu please don't!

Nezu: Oh fine.

"Maybe after the sports festival." Izuku laughed. "But don't you still have to fine-tune your support items for that? And we both still have to help Shinso get ready."

"Is that why you're here so early?" Mei asked. "Preparing for the sports festival?"

Midoriya: Something tells me it's not that...

"Uh... no." Izuku rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "I, uh, I couldn't sleep."

Mei looked at him with pity and a level of understanding that made Izuku feel slightly guilty, "Me either. Nightmares?"

(class 1A collectively went quiet as they thought about their own nightmares from after the USJ and Monoma fidgeted uncomfortably as 1B looked at him like they were saying, 'and you still give them so much trouble')

Izuku sighed and nodded, "I just... if I had... well, I wanted to come in and maybe get an abbreviated packet done for each student. If they'd had them a few days ago..."

"They still wouldn't have had time to implement your suggestions." Mei interrupted. "You know that, right?"

"I know! But..." Izuku groaned in frustration. "But I just can't help but wonder..."

Inko(whispering): Don't blame yourself, Izuku...

"If maybe their support items were better, then maybe they wouldn't have had to go throught that." Mei finished.

It threw Izuku for a loop, but for the first time since he'd arrived, he actually looked at the invention she was currently working on. It was something like a taser, but didn't have a power source, meaning that it was most likely designed for someone with an electricity quirk, one that the user couldn't consciously direct or control. Izuku saw a stack of blueprints under that one, and he guessed that if he looked through them, he'd see one for most members of 1A and maybe some of 1B as well, "You couldn't sleep either."

Power Loader(subconsciously pulling her closer): Oh Mei...

"I just need to make sure they have the best babies they can get." Mei said it like that was all there was to it, but even though he really hadn't known her long, Izuku could still tell she was using pragmatism to hide the tangled mess of emotions underneath. "Isn't that what a support engineer does? Gives a hero..."

"Their best chance." They said together, then ended up laughing.

"We're a mess, aren't we?" Mei asked.