Izuku breathed deeply as he performed the six-step maneuver, going through the motions slowly at first before picking up speed. It was essentially a warm up for him as he quickly transitioned from one direction to the other in an effort to not be predictable as Ashido would say.

"Doing the same move gets boring, and people start expecting it if you constantly do it!"

This was after the fact he had done a full set of random movements to get his body to loosen up. By this point, he was using it more as a strength exercise due to how it worked out his entire body; arms, legs, and core. The fact this was one of many basic movesets with even more advance sets in the wings made Izuku shiver with anticipation on what else the acid user could teach him.

Frankly, he wouldn't be surprised to think that Ashido was probably the strongest of all the girls in class, aside from Tsuyu and her frog mutation quirk. He looked up to see Ashido doing her own warm up, performing air shuffles in such a fast pace it looked far too easy for her. She was showing skills, coordination, and strength that had nothing to do with her quirk. The movements were so natural for her that there was no pause whenever she switch directions, almost as she was water itself.

Izuku couldn't help but admire that dedication to such a tough art of dancing. Then again, said teaching definitely helped him out during his battle with Gentle, and ended up asking Ashido to teach him more advance movesets. Izuku gaze shifted to Ashido's face and couldn't help but frown.

She wasn't smiling.

For the entire school year that he knew her; Ashido was always smiling, full to the brim of positive energy that it was almost infectious, her cheers and laughter always brought everyone around their spirits up. After the festival, he began to notice her frowning more often than not. Most of the time she tries to hide it away from others, but he seen her. Biting her nails, clenching her fists, working even harder during Hero class than ever before. He was getting worried about her and what she could possibly be going through.

Seeing the look of frustration and sadness made Izuku pause in his windup, hopping up to his feet while dusting his hand off as he made his way to her. He couldn't help but be reminded of Iida…

Which led to Iida finding Stain and leading to the whole fiasco Izuku and Todoroki found themselves in.

He wasn't going to allow that to happen again.

"Ashido?"

"Ah?!" Mina finished the rep she was on, looking up to Midoriya with surprise. She nearly face planted with his call, but she managed to finish her rep before flowing into a seated position to rest, impressing Midoriya greatly at her recovery from the startled jump. Usually she was more aware of her surroundings. "Oh! Finish your warm-up? That's good, I want to teach you something new today! You been getting these moves down quick, but that is to be expected from a teacher great as me!"

Mina gave a snobbish laugh, head held high as she did so. To anyone else, no one would think anything different about how she was acting. But Mina could tell right away that Midoriya wasn't buying it. She could see the frown working it's way on his face, the small purse of his lips to show annoyance, as rare as it was to see in his features.

'Yeah… figured it wouldn't work. Midoriya is like a dog with a bone when he wants to help… then again, I'm not any better.'

Izuku crossed his arms, clearly unamused at her little stint. Mina falter a little at the serious mood the air around them had taken. She couldn't help but mentally curse the sweet boy in front of her for being so perceptive.

"Ashido, are you okay?"

"Oh. I'm fine Midoriya!" Mina waved her hand, attempting to move on with the dancing. She didn't want to unload her problems on the boy in front of her. Mostly because he was part of said problem, number one in fact given the amount of problems he found himself in.

"Ashido…"

"Please drop it." She mentally winced at how cold her voice became. This was her problem, no one else's. She will work through it, that should be enough for him to drop it.

"No."

'Damnit!'

"I let someone go after they told me they were fine, or were too scared to ask for help…" Izuku turn his head away with a grim look, "I ended up in the middle of their problem anyways."

Mina eyes widen as a grin grew on Midoriya's face as he look back to her. "A hero is suppose to meddle in affairs that are not their own. Turns out I'm pretty good at it."

'How cool~!'

Midoriya suddenly rubbed his neck, somewhat nervous but still maintain eye contact with her own. "Lately, ever since the Festival, you been sort of distant from everyone. You don't smile or laugh that much. You look tired, even now."

Mina turn away, hugging herself somewhat as she kicked at the ground. She hadn't even realized she has been doing this stuff if Midoriya hadn't brought it to her attention. As she thought back in the two weeks since the Festival, she realized that he was right.

"You look sad… It doesn't look right. I don't know, but lately you just look so upset and I want to help in any way I can!"

'Damn… I can't say no to that face.'

Mina looked away, grimacing slightly before closing her eyes and taking a breath. She knew he wasn't going to drop it, he would be on this for weeks if given the chance, he had determination in spades after all. She gave an annoyed sigh, looking at Midoriya with a bemused smile.

Might as well bite the bullet and just let him do his thing.

"Tonight."

"Eh?"

"Come down stairs tonight, 2 A.M."

"So early!" Mina couldn't help but give a laugh, enjoying the shock on his face. She gave a warm smile as she look to the ground.

"Yeah, lots of old corny movies come on, and since there is no class tomorrow, the teachers don't really mind." Mina turn to him, a grin on her face. "We will talk then, not a moment sooner! Okay!"

"Uh?! Sure?"

"Alrighty! Now get ready, Midori! I'm gonna teach you the steps to the Windmill! You ready!?" Mina figured that was enough for Midoriya, given that he took a moment to look her in the eyes. Once again, a chill race up her spine, but it was far more pleasant feeling when the familiar confidant grin appeared.

"YES MA'AM!"

A/N: Hey everyone, name is Redskin122004, been on a hiatus for a long while now. Its been almost 2 years since my last story writing attempts.

As for the story, this will be a mainly Izuku/Mina. I adore both characters greatly, and find the ships between the two of them sweet. i am hoping to add to the mix with my own take.