Connecting a bit with Melissa! And a bit of benign scheming behind his back!

"Oh, hey Deku!" Melissa called to Izuku as he was walking back with the others.

"Huh? What's up, Melissa?" Izuku asked as he turned to face her. He completely missed the gleeful look on Momo's face, with her clearly hoping that Izuku and Melissa would get to know each other better.

"Would you mind if I showed you something before you got ready for the party?" she asked. "It won't take long, promise!"

"Oh, okay, sure!" Izuku nodded. He headed off with Melissa. Momo smirked, watching her ass sway in those tight jeans. Melissa didn't even need to try to be sexy, that was all natural!

"...damn, it really is a shame Izu-kun waits two weeks, and we won't have that degree of time to get Melissa in..." Setsuna pouted.

"Yeah, the odds are slim, but... I want to try anyway, damn it!" Momo pouted.

"Wait, don't you have wish privileges, Setsuna?" Itsuka asked her friend.

"Oh, yeah, I do, but I'm not allowed to go against any rules Izu-kun set, if I try, Momo just won't grant the wish, and Izu-kun won't extend the invite any sooner than two weeks of regular interaction," Setsuna answered. "And he banned me from making any attempts at early recruitment myself after I tried with you," she added.

"True, but you joined the harem early yourself, right?" Ochaco reminded her, getting an idea herself.

"Because I myself asked, yes. I knew I liked what I saw, I didn't need to wait to get to know Izuku after all, breaking up was always an option if things didn't work out, and getting right to the intimacy is a fast way to know if you're compatible," Setsuna nodded, before pausing in realization. "...you have my attention..."

"Obviously, we can't outright control Melissa into asking, ribbit, that's breaking the whole free will restriction Master set, and we wouldn't want to to do that anyway, even if we could," Tsuyu noted.

"But... Perhaps we could... Nudge her along a bit? Simply put her more in touch with her own desires, and any feelings she might catch with a well worded wish?" Tooru added. "Then from there, what happens, happens."

Momo's eyes shimmered with teary eyed joy. "...I love you girls so much..." she told them.

Mei added her own two cents. "Oh! Inventor friend! Yay! We're going to make so many beautiful babies together~!" she declared loudly, drawing many gazes.

"...for the love of God, Mei, phrasing, or at least some volume control!" Itsuka face palmed as the others laughed a bit nervously, hoping they didn't weird out TOO many people...

...

Izuku followed Melissa into the I-Academy campus, and into her own personal laboratory. Along the way, he had caught himself making like Momo, and sneaking glances at Melissa's wonderful posterior, before recovering himself. Damn it, so much time with a bunch of willing girls was doing his self control no favors. He better address that soon, or he'd turn into Mineta, or at least Kaminari.

As they stepped into the the lab, Izuku looked about. "Sorry it's a little messy, I'm not the most organized when I get in the groove of my inventions," Melissa told Izuku.

"It's no problem, Mei's lab in the Support Studio is much more disorganized," Izuku chuckled, looking around, and noticing all the cutting edge R and D tech. "Wow, it's all so professional looking..." He then spotted several trophies from what looked like invention competitions and science fairs. "Whoa, you got a fair few trophies," he nodded as Melissa began digging through some things behind a door. "You must be very talented."

"Well, actually, until recently, I didn't have the best grades," she admitted. "I've had to study really hard recently. I need to be a good student if I want to be a Hero..."

"You mean like a Pro?" Izuku questioned.

"Oh, no, not like that. I gave up on that dream a long time ago. I'm Quirkless after all," Melissa replied, managing to sound casual about it.

Izuku stiffened at that, his own experiences flooding back a bit.