Izuku was seriously hoping Mina wasn't down in the common room, because he was sure as shit she knew it was him who was watching her breakdance. He started hyperventilating again, not knowing how he was going to handle this mess of a situation. It only got worse the closer he got to the dorms. Looking at the giant clock on the school, he could barely make out the time.
8:58
He needed to make a decision on what to do in under two minutes or he would be in serious trouble. Aizawa had already gotten pissed at Izuku and Bakugo for fighting outside once, and the last thing he needed was to be suspended again, right before the internships.
He could just bite the bullet and walk inside like nothing was wrong. But what if she was waiting for him?
Wait, he could use his quirk to sprint past everyone before they knew what happened! But he'd get a lot of weird questions tomorrow, so thats out.
8:59
Wait, speaking of his quirk, couldn't he just jump up onto his balcony? He didn't lock his outside door, so that could work!
Izuku sprinted over to where his room would be, and he quickly activated his Full Cowl, not even realizing from his adrenaline he kicked up to 7% (not quite full, but definitely more than he was originally using.) As he flew into his room, he heard a knocking on his door. Knowing it was probably either Aizawa or Mina, he was terrified to open the door. As he slowly got closer to the door, it opened suddenly, giving Izuku a heart attack.
"MIDORIYA! ARE YOU IN HERE?!" A strong voice shouted that nearly blew out Izuku's eardrums. However, after realizing who it was, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yes Iida, I'm right here, quiet down a bit. Why are you even here?" Izuku asked, after he took a few breaths to slow his heart from his little run and jump. Hopefully Iida thought that was because he had scared Izuku, and not that he was anywhere other than his room.
"Ah, well, Mr. Aizawa informed me of having a headache and asked me to take roll at curfew, and since I had not seen you since the end of school, I figured you were not on school grounds." Iida said, without a hint of remorse.
"Ok, first off, ouch, that was one time, and second, I got back a little bit ago. I was just tired so I went to my room." Izuku came up with his excuse on the fly, both proud of himself for managing to come up with a relatively solid alibi and upset that he was lying to a friend to potentially avoid Mina.
"Ah, were you working out in your room then?" Iida asked, completely clueless to Izuku's relatively major crisis going on in his head.
Izuku froze for a second before giving a small smile.
"Y-yeah, I just couldn't get my mind off of something so I started to work out a bit to fall asleep." Izuku mumbled out, hoping Iida would take the hint.
"I respect you for your dedication, but perhaps next time you could just take some NyQuil? It would get the job done far quicker, and you wouldn't be as loud in the dormitories. However, I will leave you to get to bed. Good night, Midoriya." Iida finally finished his speech, and continued taking roll down the hall, with Mineta as his second victim.
Izuku finally shut his door and slid down the wall with his back against it. He couldn't believe how many times he had been in sticky situations tonight, and he technically hadn't even gotten out of one yet. However, unlike with Iida, he now had a whole night to plan out what he would say to Mina, depending on the questions she asked him. If she wasn't sure it was him, he could get away with plausible deniability, saying it wasn't him. He'd feel like shit, but he wasn't exactly into being called out for stalking. If she knew, though, then it was begging time. He was legitimately considering just getting her somewhere private, and straight up getting on his hands and knees and begging. Now, he just had to figure out what words to use...
His phone buzzed, letting him know he had a text.
Kaminari: Bro, don't know why you of all people, but Mina's looking for you. Just a head's up
Izuku very nearly crushed his phone from squeezing it so tightly. In fact, he did manage to crack his case on it, which thankfully wasn't his limited edition All Might case.
His brain was running at a thousand miles an hour.
'SHE KNOWS SHE KNOWS SHE KNOWS SHOULD I JUMP OUT THE WINDOW SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD WORK IT WORKED ON MY WAY IN MAYBE ITLL WORK AGA-'
*knock* *knock* "Hey, Midoriya? Can I ask you a question?" A semi-quiet female voice came from the other side of his door. Izuku stayed quiet; it was his only defense.
Mina was just finished questioning Kirishima when she spotted Kaminari down the hall coming out of the bathroom. Taking her chance, she jumped up, said a quick bye to Kirishima (who looked absolutely lost), and grabbed Kaminari before he could leave her sight.
"Hey Danki, can we talk somewhere private real quick? I'm tryna figure something important out." Mina said, throwing on a sly smirk.
"Uh, sure, I got nothing to do, but Danki? Really? That's the best you could do?" Kaminari looked a little bored, seeing as the nickname wasn't new for him at all.
Once they had gone around the corner towards the end of the hall, Mina became hyper-focused, like a dog trying to get to a bone 5 feet away on the other side of a fence.
"Where were you at around 8:04 this evening? How much do you know about breakdancing? Do you actually have a crush on me or is Mineta still getting to you? Why did you run from the scene of the crime?" Mina spoke so fast that she didn't even give Kaminari time to register them, much less give an answer.
"8:04...breakdancing...Mineta...wait crush? Hold up, I'm not following anything you're saying here, so you're gonna have to start from the beginning." Kaminari looked like he was physically assaulted by all the questions Mina threw at him, and that was actually what she was aiming for. She figured if she could bombard him with questions, he'd be too confused to stick to one lie and either be forced to tell the truth or make her call him out. Not to mention she was great at reading people, which unfortunately meant that when Kaminari looked hella confused at what was going on, it was the truth. Just like Kirishima, he had no clue what she was talking about.
"Nevermind, you clearly aren't the person I'm looking for, so you're free to go!" Mina said, changing her tone immediately, as if she were smiling through her voice. "Now, where is Midoriya?" She muttered to herself. Kaminari, however, caught that and decided to leave it alone, instead thinking about warning his friend?...classmate?...buddy, in the most casual way possible.
"Bro, don't know why you of all people, but Mina's looking for you. Just a head's up. Yeah, that sounds good. She probably doesn't need Midoriya either, so he should be fine." He put his phone away and turned around to go finish watching TV in his room.
Mina, however, had just reached his door and knocked, only to be greeted with silence.
"Midoriya, c'mon, I need to talk to you for a bit. It's really important."
Mina could hear the bed squeak slightly, as if someone was rolling around in their sleep.
"Midoriya, if you don't come open this door in the next 10 seconds, I'm coming in, and I don't care if you have clothes on or not. Actually, I do care, but that's besides the point." Mina teased, knowing if Midoriya was truly awake he would get flustered from her joking and at least say something to keep her at bay. She hadn't really talked to him personally, but just from watching his reactions to Tsu and Ochako, he wasn't the best at handling compliments or flirting, which made that even more fun for her.
However, it was just silence.
"Aight, well, you asked for this." Mina mumbled, who had started to get a little anxious and impatient waiting for him. When she opened the door, however, it was completely dark except for the light moonlight and dim hallway lights coming from the door. Izuku lay in the middle of his bed, his shirt off and his covers kicked around everywhere, just like how Mina usually ended up in the mornings. That's not what caught her eyes though, and no, it wasn't the muscles (although, hot damn, they were a sight to behold. 'He should go shirtless more often!'). It was just how peaceful he looked when he was asleep. She walked up, careful not to disturb him, just staring at his face. She had never seen him that content; usually he was either skittish towards people, or worrying about some test, or fierce when he was fighting to save someone and beat the villain. However, here he just looked calm; there was no other way to put it.
Mina couldn't bear to mess with his few hours of peace, seeing as he had seen some pretty nasty stuff with the League and Stain. She quietly left the room, promising herself that she would talk to him tomorrow, but never bring up her sneaking into his room to watch him sleep.
'Wouldn't it be ironic though, if he was the one who watched me dance? Then we would be both stalking each other.' Mina thought to herself, and giggled at how stupid it sounded.
Izuku opened his eyes, absolutely convinced that she was still there, but no, his plan had worked! He managed to put on a convincing enough sleep act that even Mina wouldn't want to mess with him!
'Now I finally have time to think about what I can say to her...'
