Nejire hadn't particularly struggled with most things in her life, mostly because she didn't really try to fight against things she couldn't control. She tended to just allow things to fall wherever they fell, and to move along with the flow that was life. To her, there wasn't much point in doing anything but making the best out of what one had.

That wasn't to say she didn't put her best foot forward into everything that she did. Without question, anyone who knew her would defend her and her drive. She had a stubborn streak in her that people who got to knew her would see that fairly easily.

When she said that she wanted to be a Hero, the idea had buried itself right into her head, and there wasn't anything that could stop her. That mentality was what had gotten her into Yuuei's Heroics department, and why she was training to be a Hero now.

It had been three months since then, and so far, the first year had decided that her favorite part of the school was the rooftop, since it was rather isolated and had a nice view of the surrounding area.

Normally, she was a busy person. Along with Heroics, Yuuei had a wide variety of extra-curricular activities, and, being the kind of person that she was, Nejire had ended up taking on most of them. And her schedule was normally packed, if not for one club or another, then for Heroics, and if not that, some other commitment outside Yuuei. Her life was busy, and she liked it like that.

But when she had a few moments to spare, she liked the tranquility. It was relaxing, and no one else seemed to know about this place. At least, that's what she had thought.

Just as Nejire let out a yawn and stretched her hands into the air, she heard a metallic clank behind her, and a creek of the door that lead to the rooftop opening. Her mouth still wide open, the blue haired girl turned her head automatically towards the source of the noise. She expected to see a caretaker or a teacher.

She didn't expect to see another student. Over the course of her time at the school, she hadn't seen any other students come up here whatsoever. She'd assumed that no one else bothered to come up. Their eyes both met while Nejire was still mid yawn. About a second passed, and it was clear the newcomer suddenly felt awkward about appearing at this exact moment. "O-Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't think anyone else would be up here."

The student in question was a red-head girl who was just slightly shorter than Nejire herself. Said red hair was very short, and cropped, the exact contrast of Nejire's own long and plentiful locks. Nejire paused for a moment, and tried to place the girl she was looking at. She didn't recognize her by name, but she was sure that she had seen her before. Not in the Hero course class though. At least not hers, anyway.

For a moment, it looked like she was going to double back and leave immediately. Forcing her jaw to shut and letting her hands fall to her sides, she quickly spoke up before the new arrival could leave, and put on her friendliest smile. "Hey, hey, it's fine! Come on up! There's plenty of room for two people up here!"

There was a brief pause, like the arrival was debating if she wanted to actually share space with this stranger. What was going through her head, Nejire didn't have the faintest idea, but she seemed to decide that awkwardness should be put aside, and made her way onto the rooftop.

"I didn't think anyone else knew about this place!" Cheerfully, Nejire used her Quirk to bounce towards the arrival, to get a better look at her, as well as introduce herself. She paused when was about a meter away from the girl, noticing her green eyes. "You… You kinda look familiar, but I feel like I don't see you too often. You're not Hero Course?"

"I'm… Support."

"Oh, cool! So you make all the gadgets and stuff for Hero costumes!"

"Yeah… As for why I look familiar… We've uh... Met before."

"Wait...we have?"

"Well, I say met..." The girl seemed to blush a bit more. Nejire began to get the impression that she was kind of shy. "You're in the Competitive Sports club, right?"

"That's right…" Nejire blinked, and thought back to that particular club. While she had barely committed anyone's names to memory, she was far better with faces anyway. It took her a couple of moments, but when she realized, it hit her like a brick. "Oh my god, that's right! Sorry! You're… Yuyu, right?"

The girl nodded and smiled, seemingly happy to be remembered now. "That's my first name, but yeah."

"What's your full name?"

"It's – "

"I'm sorry, I'm really bad with names!"

Yuyu blinked, slightly taken aback by Nejire's jumping back-and-forth and interrupting way of talking, but she didn't seem to be too upset at being interrupted. The Hero Student was practically infamous for it, after all. "It - It's no, it's no problem. We were just on the same team for one match. I don't think anyone's committed anyone else's name to memory"

"Well, that won't do. I am totally going to remember your name now. Yuyu." Nejire blinked, only now noticing that her name was just two letters repeated. "Yuyu. Yuuuyu. Yuyuyuyuyu." She laughed gently at her own pronunciations. "It's a cute name."

"Thanks… It's Hadou, right?"

"Yep. You can call me Nejire though. I called you your first name. Only fair you use mine."

"Right... I guess that makes sense..." The Support student just nodded, deciding that she didn't mind the first name formalities. Instead, she turned her head and looked out over the edge of the building, and admired the view.

Yuuei was situated in what could almost be called the countryside, even though the city of Musutafu was within eye distance from the main gate. Because of all the facilities that the school had, they needed far much more space, and for the safety of the general public, it was decided that a school in which students would be using potentially dangerous Quirks shouldn't be located in a busy metropolitan area. Hence Yuuei's seclusion from the rest of the city, for miles around.

The scenery that it created though was spectacular. Both the images of the natural beauty of the Japanese Honshu island, and the magnificence of human civilization mixed into one. Their society of Heroes and Quirks blended in with the natural world that remained unconcerned with such things. It was peaceful.

Beautiful.

"I didn't know you came up here." Yuyu said as she looked outwards. "Actually, I thought I was the only one who even bothered to come up here."

Nejire smiled. "Hmmm? Nope. I love it up here. It's super pretty and a great place to think. I mean, I can sort of hover with my quirk, but I don't quite have the hang of that yet. Still, being up high is so freeing, isn't it?" Perhaps it was the capabilities of her Quirk that made her think that way, but Nejire had always loved heights. When one could fly, there wasn't anything to fear from falling.

If anything, it made her feel like a bird – Free and at peace.

"Yeah. I come up here to just kill a bit of free time. It's kind of... Relaxing."

Her smile broadened. "It is. Looks like we have something in common, Yuyu."

"I suppose... Nejire"

"Eeee! You said it!"

Never one to allow things like expectation and personal space get in the way of satisfying either her curiosity or her emotional state, Nejire far happier than she should have been at having her first name used by this girl, decided that the best course of action would be to hugs Yuyu, even though both were hardly even acquainted at this point.

Understandably, Yuyu was caught off guard by the sudden display of affection from a borderline stranger. She didn't even bother to resist against the hug – She just blushed and sort of stood there in a daze, not entirely certain of what was happening.

Nejire just laughed and beamed from ear to ear. "Oh, holy crap! I just realized something! Yuyu! You're really cute!"

"H- Huh?!" At this point, Yuyu was bright red, all over her face and even reaching her ears. Of all the things that she hadn't expected to happen from just heading up to the roof today, this hadn't been one of them.

"See? Cute!" Nejire giggled. This girl was absolutely adorable! She had a shyness streak to her, but something about her made Nejire certain that there was a confidence that just wasn't on display right now. The mannerisms, the way that she acted – Nejire couldn't exactly pinpoint to any one thing. She didn't know, but there was just something about her!

"U-Um... Th-Thank you?" Yuyu honestly didn't seem to know how she was supposed to respond to such a compliment. "Are you always so forward?"

"Yep yep, Yuyu! I just kind of say what I think."

"I... I see" The red-head laughed gently, and awkwardly, at both the absurdity of the current situation, "...You uh... You... Plan on letting me go at any point today?" and of the fact that she was still enveloped in a hug from this girl.

Something that Nejire only just seemed to notice. "Whoops! Sorry!" She immediately let go of the shorter girl, the slightest blush making its way onto her own cheeks.

If she were being honest, there was a lot more that she wanted to talk to this girl about. Something about her was just compelling in a way that Nejire couldn't describe. She wanted to get to know Yuyu, for some reason that she couldn't quite explain. It wasn't curiosity, like it she had towards Amakiji and his pointy ears. Nor was it admiration, for someone like Togata and his impressive power.

This was something else that she didn't quite get.

She didn't get the chance though.

Before she could say anything more, both her and Yuyu heard the bell that signified the end of the lunch break ring throughout the school, calling them away from their break and back to their classes to carry on their studies. She could have sworn that it had rung far, far earlier than it normally did.

"I… Guess that's break time done. I need to head back." Yuyu seemed to lament having to return to her classes again, but they called for her, and she had to obey that call. She turned towards Nejire, and smiled at her gently. "It… Was really nice talking to you."

And just like that, Yuyu was gone.

When she didn't have the power to really change things, Nejire adopted an 'Oh well' attitude, and made the best of what she had.

Now though, that changed.

She and Yuyu weren't in the same classes, or even the same department. So getting another chance to speak to her would be tricky outside of clubs and random chance.

A smile made its way onto her lips, and her hand found it's place over her heart.

She'd figure out a way.

And here's my first entry for Femslash's first prompt, Beginnings - Those of you who follow me on Tumblr wont' be surprised I have a fondness for Nejiyuyu, so I thought that it would be a nice way to begin the week. It's been a fun time making all of this, and I'm excited to show you guys some of the other stuff I've made. This is gonna be a good week, I can tell :D