Iida had the obligation, as class representative, to make sure Midoriya was getting to class on time. He had stayed out later than he initially intended trying to control more than just 20% of One-for-all. All Might didn't want him practicing without him being there to make sure he wasn't destroying his body, but Midoriya grew impatient. He was struggling trying to keep up with Iida, because even without using his quirk Iida was an amazingly fast sprinter. They both ran into the classroom with seconds to spare before they'd be considered late.

"I apologize Mr. Aizawa, we were-" Iida was saying, but was cut off by his teacher.

"It's fine, take your seats." He said in his same tone that drove the idea that he didn't care. The two boys took their seats, allowing Midoriya to take a breath and lean back. It was a stressful way to start a morning and he just needed to calm himself. While stretching back and looking out through the window he saw a boy he'd never seen running into the building. He had nicely cut pink hair and, from what Midoriya noticed, his eyes were misshapen and looked more like hearts. He was also wearing the normal school uniform, so Midoriya didn't pay any attention to him longer than he had to.

He had started to focus on what Aizawa was saying, but his attention was pulled away pretty quickly by Mineta, who was sitting behind him.

"I bet that guys weird eyes are because of his quirk." He whispered into Midoriya's ear. It sent chills down his back. He had always held a certain opinion of Mineta ever since their first class with All Might, and his constant perviness didn't put that opinion to rest, although he'd never tell him how he really thinks. He always thought it best to keep the peace and telling Mineta he was a creepy, pervy, scumbag was a recipe to start unnecessary drama in the class.

"Yeah, there are some students here already that have their eyes changed from mutation." Midoriya responded, keeping his voice low.

"You're actually lucky, your quirk didn't alter how you look at all. I wonder how I would've looked with normal hair."

The rest of the day passed by pretty normally, and before long lunch came around. Midoriya sat with his normal group of Iida and Uraraka, who sometimes had other people they sit with too. When he sat down Aoyama came and sat next to him. It was weird for him to be so close lately, but ever since he revealed his insecurities with his quirk, it seems Aoyama has felt much closer to Midoriya than most of the other students.

"So, Mineta had an interesting point, there are more people who were changed physically by their quirks than there are people who weren't. You weren't changed were you, Uraraka?" Midoriya asked.

"Yeah, I didn't used to have these things on my fingers." She responded holding up her hand. There were small circles on the flats of each of her fingers, and then he noticed she was holding her sandwich with all of her fingers but her pinky.

"So… do they have something to do with your quirk?" He asked.

"Yeah, you know this. If I touch something with all five of my fingers then it'll float."

"I thought it was just whenever you touched something, I didn't know it had anything to do with how many fingers were touching."

"Oh, I don't have nearly enough control over it. That's why I don't hold things with all my fingers, so I don't accidentally make things float without realizing it."

"Oh. And Aoyama, your navel was altered… and Iida's legs. Am I the only person that wasn't altered in someway?" Midoriya asked.

"Well what about Bakugo, he doesn't seem to have any kind of altercation, unless you count his sweat, didn't he say something about it being not normal sweat?" Iida asked.

"Oh yeah, I thought I was the odd man out in this, hehe." Midoriya couldn't help but chuckle at this. If he were the only person who wasn't changed it'd seem like he wasn't actually born with his quirk.

"Well there's also Kaminari and Yaoyorozu." Uraraka pointed out.

"Kaminari told me that the lightning bolt in his hair grows like that, it's not just some fashion statement." Aoyama said.

"Well fine, I guess just Yaoyorozu wasn't altered, but that's still not a lot of people." Iida said.

The same student that Midoriya saw earlier walked up to the edge of the table.

"Hi, my name is Nobuhiko Okamoto, I was wondering if I'd be allowed to sit here." He had a smile that seemed halfway sincere, like he didn't expect anyone to be his friend.

"Yeah that'd be great!" Uraraka said, moving over to let him sit. They all introduced themselves, shaking his hands, but it was a mess of hands as he tried to shake each one to be nice.

"So, you're a transfer student right?" Iida asked.

"Yeah, well I wasn't aware of what my quirk was, I thought maybe I just had a strange mutation, but I'm here to see if I do have a quirk or not."

"Well, we're happy to have you here." Uraraka said.

It wasn't until later that night, while they were in their dorm rooms most asleep, that Midoriya noticed something was wrong. He couldn't sleep, he couldn't even try to sleep, he was filled with feelings of nervousness and anxiety, something he was used to, but it felt amplified by a thousand. He was pacing around his room, for some reason he couldn't stop thinking about Uraraka, which was another thing that he was used to, but he couldn't get her out of his head. Everytime he tried to think of something it would always circle back to Uraraka.

"Alright, get it together. All Might… he's depending on me to step up to the plate." Midoriya said, trying to sway himself. "I have to be a hero, take the mantle as the symbol of peace. And not just him, he's not the only one, my mother, probably even Kacchan, and… Uraraka. She's given me so much and helped me at every step. Right from the first time we met she helped me, and then again at the entrance exam, and then we were a team against Kacchan and Iida. Stop it, stop talking stop thinking!"

He plopped into his swivel chair, closed his eyes and tried to think of absolutely nothing. This was much harder for him than it sounded. Almost like something inside of him forced him to imagine something, Uraraka's smiling face, accompanied by her laugh, popped in his head. He instantly slammed his eyes open and stared at the poster of All Might that he had hanging above his desk.

"All Might." He said to himself. "All Might. All Might. All Might. All Might. All Might. All Might. All Might." He said over and over again, doing anything he could to make himself avoid thinking of Uraraka. He remembered when he was little and watch the famous video on repeat, how he had All Might pajamas as a kid. He chuckled at the thought him trying to name his hero name after All Might, but then that reminded him that Uraraka made him start to like the name Deku.

He had walked downstairs and was sitting in the common area of their dorm building. He had a glass of water on the table in front of him, but he hadn't taken a drink from it since first pouring it. He went back to repeating 'All Might' again, trying not to diverge from that. He was so focused on it, he didn't hear someone walk in from the stairway.

"Midoriya, what are you doing up this late?" Kirishima asked. "It's like three in the morning."

"Oh, ahaha, nothing, I was just getting some water and then going back to sleep." Midoriya lied, but it wasn't very convincing. Kirishima didn't say anything, he just walked to the fridge, poured himself something to drink, and sat in the chair adjacent to the couch Midoriya was sitting on.

"If you want to talk to someone about something, you can. I understand not wanting to talk to someone you associate with a lot, but you and I don't really hang out that much, so… yeah." Kirishima finally spoke up, breaking the awkward silence with an awkward end to the sentence.

"Um… I can't… I can't stop thinking of someone… no matter what I try I can't stop, they're just constantly there." Midoriya confessed. "I've tried thinking of my usual obsessions, but it doesn't last long before…" He trailed off.

"Is it a girl… or I guess it could be a guy, but like… is it in a romantic way?"

"Yes, I think so. I've thought about them periodically before, but now the feeling is growing and constant."

"Yeah, that happens sometimes. Maybe just talking about him or her will help you think about something else."

Midoriya gave a look of distrust before staring blankly at his glass of water again.

"Okay, I get it. What if I told you who my crush is… we sound like a bunch of girls." Krisihima said.

"And then I talk about mine."

"Yeah. Ashido and I have been pretty close for a while. A lot of people are turned off by her pink skin, her horns, and her eccentric personality, but all of that is what makes her amazing to have around."

"Yeah, she seems like she'd be a really good friend. I can't stop thinking about Uraraka. She's always so bubbly and high-spirited. She pushes me to be a better hero, even if she doesn't know it. Did you know she's the only reason why the name 'Deku' doesn't bother me anymore?"

"No, I didn't know it bothered you at all. I mean I know Bakugo called you that, but I thought it was because you two were friends… or at least what that guy calls friends."

"We were, but he was always mean, and he said Deku is probably what you call someone who is completely useless. That's why I have that nickname, but all she said was that she liked it and now… it's my hero name."

"Hmm. Ashido inspired me to be more outgoing, I just keep trying to make my level of energy match hers, just be that… BAM, y'know."

"Yeah, and from what I've seen you are pretty outstanding. I think she'd be impressed by you on our mission at the Yakuza hideout."

"Yeah, and I'm sure Uraraka is impressed by you. I'm pretty sure we all are, you've excelled a lot since the entrance exam."

"She talked to Present Mic after the exam and tried to give me some of her points. She's always looking after me."

Directly after that Yaoyorozu came running down the stairs and stopped with a look of panic on her face.

"I need help and I don't know what to do!" She said, causing both of the boys to jump up and follow her.

The three of them ran to Uraraka's room when Yaoyorozu stopped them.

"What are you doing, isn't it an emergency?" Kirishima asked.

"Yes, but she doesn't want you in there." She said, pointing to Midoriya.

"Me? What did I do!?" He asked.

"Nothing, just… don't come in." She said, pulling Kirishima into the room.

Midoriya was left to pace back and forth outside of Uraraka's room, it wasn't until almost 4:30 in the morning before the door finally opened again. Both of them stepped out without Uraraka.

"Jeez, I'm playing relationship counselor for everybody tonight." Kirishima chuckled.

"Well with me it was just… wait, what?" Midoriya caught himself. "Is she in a relationship?"

"Ah dammit, my bad."

"Are you kidding me?" Yaoyorozu complained, pushing both of them away from the door. "You already let it slip?"

"No, no. Midoriya, don't worry about it, she's not in a relationship, I just meant… it's a similar situation with you, just try to get some sleep. We'll talk tomorrow okay."

Kirishima and Yaoyorozu left, going to their rooms respectively, when Midoriya heard Uraraka's door open. She stepped out and quietly asked Midoriya to come and talk to her. He sat in her chair she used for her desk while she herself sat on her bed, keeping four fingers from her hand gripping her bed frame.

"Are you doing okay, Yaoyorozu said it was an emergency." Midoriya asked, trying to break the silence.

"Yeah, it was sort of… I couldn't stop floating so we weren't sure what to do hehe." She responded. She wouldn't make eye contact with Midoriya, so it felt especially awkward. If he kept sitting here he was gonna lose his mind, he was right next to her but was still too afraid to tell her how he felt.

"So…" He tried to get her to say something.

"Right, I guess I did ask you to come here, huh? Do you remember when I said I didn't want you to help me when I fought Bakugo?" She said.

"Yeah, you said it was because you didn't want to keep relying on me."

"Yeah, I didn't mean that as a negative thing, I just meant… you push me so much, and I just need to do this by myself, be more independent." She paused for a while before starting again. "I realized I have feelings for you lately, and those feelings are getting a little more out of control. In order for me to focus, I think we need to stop hanging out so much."

Midoriya could see tears starting to come down her face, it was killing him knowing he was connected to how she feels. He thought back to the entrance exam, Iida warning him from interrupting her preparations. He felt that advise could be well applied here as well. If they kept in touch, she felt it would hold her back, so the best thing right now is to cut off communication.

"I get it. I understand what's happening and that you need to stand on your own feet." Midoriya said, quickly turning and walking to her door. "I'll leave you alone forever now." He left through the door. When it closed she let go of her bedframe, allowing her to float back up to her ceiling, tears dripping down onto her bed.