My third whack at trying to get a good hit on Boku no Hero Academia fics. I decided to go with my all time favorite ship (although they don't show much interaction now in the manga)

*Drumrolls*

Introducing a Tenya x Mei story! This story is just pretty much drabbles and a slow burn romance for the two lovable dorks. Enjoy!


Mistakes Were Made…


Mei Hatsume held a secret. A secret which she kept from the person that she admired, she was never front with her emotions or adept to dealing with foreign feelings, so the genius inventor kept the matter a secret for so long that she'd eventually delved into her works instead of thinking about it again.

Tenya Iida had a knack for being the first one out in the morning to train. He was diligent. Smart, but the teenager still had far to go because there were times where he pushes himself further than one would think. Tenya Iida is a hardworker, little does he know that not only was he being watched in awe from the sidelines by Mei Hatsume, but more than that, the support department student would watch and sometimes join him in jogging on his morning routine.

On a particular morning it had been raining out, a little bit too much for his tastes. He was supposed to jog this morning, but shrugged off the notion when it started pouring down, it was still early in the morning when he'd decided that he would just go to a café instead.

"Iida-kun!" Mei called out from afar, with her weird umbrella that seemed to go down to her feet, the umbrella emitted a force field that completely made the user dry and immune to the cold since it also looked like it had a built-in heater.

"Ah, Hatsume-san, what brings you over here in this rainy morning?" he asked, he still hadn't gone over the details from what Ochaco and Izuku had told him, he was being too formal to everyone as if he was out in the field doing heroics. Mei pouted at him and huffed.

"Dummy, I told you to not be so formal around me. Anywho! You like my new baby?" she was a breath of fresh air to him. It seemed like this girl would spout off her mouth like those sale's agent people on t.v that would advertise their products. Before he knew it, Tenya was dumbfounded and was staring at Mei, who was not flushed red.

"W-what? I-is there something on my face?" she panicked, quickly rubbing her cheeks and checking from the shiny metal parts of her umbrella if there was indeed something on her face, a smudge or something, there had to be something! Tenya was staring at her blankly for a good five seconds!

"No, it isn't that. I was just thinking about something…" he muttered, unfazed. Mei looked at him and sighed, for the longest time that they had known each other, Tenya had a big problem that he didn't know how to handle.

He was a damn robot incapable of human emotions and understanding emotions as well. It frustrated Mei, maybe she had a little crush on the speedster, but that was far from the point that he would be so oblivious sometimes of emotions and body languages.

"Hatsume-san, would you like to join me in going to a café?" he simply asked with a smile on his face. That smile that he would have that made Mei's clockwork heart go into overdrive. It simply began during their Sport's Festival where Tenya was quick to help her with her new babies, but little did he know that Mei was paying extra attention to his needs, not only did she made those for Tenya's quirk, but she also made it with an idea in mind that those gadgets would help Tenya lessen the burden of his thrusters whenever he would run long distances.

"O-ok…" was the only comprehensible statement that she could come up with. The speedster and the girl genius made it to the café in time for its opening. They sat by the windows and watched idly by the quiet sound of the rain pouring down in the morning.

'Well this just became awkward, darn it Tenya, what the hell are you supposed to do around girls anway?'

He was nervous inside. He'd never felt a particular fondness for anyone back in his middle school years, Tenya was taken aback when all of a sudden, this whirlwind of pink and genius inventions came crashing into his life. He tried to look for a topic to talk about, he did know from Kaminari's advice and the other guys' advice that girls like fun and not boring stuff that he likes to talk about or read on the internet.

"So…"

'Fuck, forgive me big brother, your little brother is bumbling robot…'

Tenya was stumped. Mei turned to him with a glimmer in her eyes and waited for him to continue. Tenya coughed loudly before trying to throw something out before he make himself look like a fool in front of the genius girl.

"What made you want to be a support hero?" he blurted out, wincing at the sound of Mei whimpering in surprise with his question. Their orders came soon after, seeing that Mei was quick to drink to her warm coffee without looking at Tenya. The genius girl fiddled around nervously and looked up to her mug of coffee.

"A young boy saved me from drowning when I was young, he badly hurt his ankle when he dove into the river to come and save me, after that I heard that he took me to the nearest hospital because I passed out…." She admitted, remembering the day like yesterday.

She had been playing around with her new invention, a propeller hat that could lift her up a few feet in the air. The winds picked up and before she knew it, she was falling into the cold waters of the river, she then heard a faint voice calling out to her and then a splash shortly after.

"Did you ever get the name of the person who saved you?" Tenya asked, his palms feeling sweaty and his knees starting to jerk, a habit he took upon when he was younger whenever he would be left at unease.

"Y-you did…" she muttered, there was an awkward pause before Tenya pieced the story together.

"A-are you sure? There must be plenty of courageous people out there willing to lend a hand to anyone in need…"

"I'm sure of it… You dropped your school ID at the hospital, remember?" she gave him a small smile, thinking back fondly at the day.

"Oh…" Tenya's mind went into a quick search, indeed when he was younger in middle school he'd save a person from drowning, but he never knew that that person was Mei.

"I-I don't know what to say… I saved a young boy from drowning back then from what I recall…" he hid from behind his hand, flushed to the tips of his ears with embarrassment.

There were many things that guys should never say. Mistaking a girl for a boy is next to calling the girl unattractive or ugly. Mei was silent, the silence didn't help because the speedster in front of her looked mortified.

"I'll be going now Iida-kun… Power Loader starts his workshop early…" without another word the genius inventor stood up and quickly left the café. Tenya sat alone by himself, utterly mortified by the thing he just say. It wasn't supposed to come off as an insult, he should have explained to Mei that he was getting new glasses that day. The speedster sulked and lightly banged his head onto the coffee table, repeatedly calling himself and idiot.

'Oh look, she even left her umbrella…' a light bulb appeared on the top of Tenya's head. That's the perfect excuse for him to apologize! But how could he bring it to words? It wouldn't be good to just give back the umbrella and then leave. He had to come up with a plan, but what?

After finishing up his order, he grabbed the umbrella by the stand and left the quiet café.


*Back at UA dormitories*

"Hey where's Iida-kun?" asked Mina who was doing to morning dishes. Numerous other students wondered too along with her.

"Yeah, shouldn't he be back like, right about now?" added Kirishima who was drying himself off after training under the rain.

"Speak of the devil…." Muttered Kaminari who wondered why Tenya was looking a little bit off.

"Uhh bro, why are you carrying such a weird looking umbrella?" he asked.

"Mei Hatsume left it, I must return it to her later on." A bunch of wolf whistling and friendly slaps on the back were done to the poor speedster. Mineta was the first to pry onto his business, giggling like a maniac and nudging Tenya with his elbow in an effort to have him fess out the details.

After a whole rundown explanation of things, the guys and girls looked at Tenya with pity. Izuku awkwardly glanced at his friend and back to his girlfriend, wondering what to say in situations like that.

Ochako was the first one to suggest that Tenya should just explain himself and apologize to Mei.

"I don't know about this one Ochako-chan, Mei seemed to be upset. Poor girl…" Added Mina sighed, it wasn't that she was discouraging Tenya to apologize, but there were things that he should at least be sensitive about.

"So let me get this straight… You saved her from drowning when you both were younger, but you remembered from back then that you saved a boy instead of girl?" Kirishima replayed, Tenya nodded in defeat.

"I don't see what's gotten her so worked up about it?" the redhead said, earning him glares and a harsh slap on the back of the head by Bakugo who looked pissed.

"Oi you fucking four-eyed robot, just tell her sincerely that you're sorry and give her back the damn umbrella! End of the fucking story! But don't go apologizing without bringing anything, bring her a gift of something…" Everyone stared at the blonde violent hero. Bakugo was a hair trigger away from killing anyone who would make fun of him.

"Oh snap! Nejire has you whipped man! Damn, whatever happened to our good o'l King Explode Murder?" laughed out Kirishima who earned a silent death glare from Bakugo. Fun fact: Nejire Hado and Katsuki Bakugo are a couple, they had only found out a few months ago when Nejire was spotted dating with what looked to be a nice, friendly Bakugo.

"Oh boo hoo, cry me a fucking river you single low-lives… I'm outta here." He grumbled, texting Nejire if she would want to spend the day with him since there were no classes today.

Mineta on the other hand was furious, before Bakugo could leave he uttered a comeback.

"You shut your mouth you arsonist! Single guys are real heroes who don't have time for girlfriends, ha!" he proudly looked around at the guys to seek their approval, but all he'd gotten was the same depressed look and a few guys with girlfriends turned the other way.

"Are you all fucking serious!? Kaminari, come on man!"

"Sorry man, I love my girlfriend far more than anything else in this world." He said with a cheesy smile towards Jirou who used her ear jacks to slap Kaminari with.

"I-idiot! Don't go around spouting stupid stuff like that!" she had the urge to hug her boyfriend, which he did. Mina smiled at the couple and jumped to her boyfriend, Ojiro. Tokoyami and Tsuyu were watching them with smiles on their faces, Dark Shadow continued to poke fun at the single guys.

"You all would be breaking up soon! Love is dead! Life is unfair!" Mineta screamed, Kirishima howled with laughter.

"You're one to laugh Kirishima! You made Itsuka-chan cry last week!" Kirishima felt like the wind from his lungs escaped, he was down for the count, sitting in a corner and depressed.

"What happened between them?" asked Tenya who finally snapped back into reality.

"Kirishima was caught cheating! They weren't official yet but that ticked Itsuka-chan off." Mina laughed, the now depressed Kirishima clung onto life, as he tried to defend himself but no one would really believe him.

"I wasn't cheating on her! A man doesn't cheat on his lover!" he shouted back, throwing a pillow at Mina who caught it and hurled it back at him.

"Anywho Iida-kun, just be yourself! Tell you what, I'll swing by the support department later so I can tell you if it's a good time to apologize to Mei-chan! Waddaya say?" Tenya was tempted with the offer, he was desperate since Mei was a good friend…. Right? He only saw her as a friend right?

"Please lend me your help. I really messed up this time…" Tenya grumbled, trudging back to his room.

"Do you think he'll be alright?" Izuku asked to his girlfriend, taking her hand causing Ochako to giggle and flush in embarrassment.

"I'm pretty sure, Mei-chan isn't the type to hold something against someone, so we'll see." She admitted, pecking Izuku on the cheek.

~ To be continued


Poor Mineta, I know xD anywho the idea for Nejiro x Bakugo just popped in my head earlier while I was writing because I thought that 'Well hey, bubbly girl meets ultra violent dude, what could go wrong?' also don't forget to leave a review and favorite my work! It helps a lot in terms of updating schedules (more updates means I'm more inclined to updating fics. because more readers actually want to read them)