Mina Ashido is not cut out for things like this. Kirishima and Bakugou have both mysteriously needed to "use the restroom" at the same time, and are no doubt making out with each other behind the locked door at that very moment.

It sucked being a third wheel.

She looked around the diner/bar and surveyed the patrons.

Grimy old guy. Nope.

Three frat guys wearing the same shirt. Fuck nope.

A whole bunch of girls. Nah.

A guy with messy bangs shot with green streaks. Nope.

Mina sighed deeply and stood up.

Mina: all right, lovebirds. I'm calling it a night. Love you :)

They probably wouldn't see the text until many, many hours later, but she didn't care. The two of them were there for each other, not her. She jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder, whirling around and gazing into the eyes of one of the frat boys. He was smiling in a way that made her skin crawl.

"Damn, Pinky, you're packing some ass in those jeans," one jeered, reaching for Mina's behind. She batted his hand away.

"Don't touch," she snarled. The third one laughed and tried to cop a feel, too.

"I said, don't touch!"

Her hand swung out and slapped him across the face in one smooth motion. Mina grabbed her bag and ran out the door, leaving the three behind.

Now there was the issue of getting home.

Since she'd caught a ride with Kirishima and the train was a little too far to walk to, Mina resigned herself to walking home. The rain plaguing the city had let up, and the sidewalks were dewy in the soft light of the street lamps.

"Hey, it's Pinky!" she heard someone yell. Instantly, Mina was appraising her surroundings. There was an alleyway off to her right, and an empty street to her left. Nobody was around except for herself, and the three frat boys–who appeared to have brought friends.

The one that had tried to grab her ass earlier began to spread out. There were about twelve of them, all with glinting eyes and cruel smiles. Mina broke out into a run, but she was too late. The men had already circled around her, herding her to the alleyway where nobody could see her getting… well.

I am the Alien Queen, she thought. I am powerful, and strong, and smart. I can protect myself–and look on the bright side. If they take you to the alley, nobody will see you melt their fucking faces off.

So Mina does the best thing she can. She turns and aggressively power-walks into the alley, already calling up acid. She's hyped, because it's been way too long since she's had a good fight. Every time she spars with a student, she has to hold back, but now, now she can do what she wants in the name of self-defense. She's reached the gaping dark of the alleyway, the frat boys following her and calling out lewd things, when she stops and turns. Most of them have Mutation quirks, making them human turtles or rabbits or bugs. One has a transformation quirk, arm already turned into some sort of spiky thing.

Mina remembers Uwabami's training. A lady never strikes first, dear. Wait and learn, then destroy.

The cactus-hand swings at her, and she ducks. Tossing acid at his leg, she hears him scream in pain as she twirls away, slashing out with her leg and catching another, tripping him. She uses a concentrated stream of acid to fire neatly at three others, burning through legs and arms, nothing fatal. She's a whirlwind, swiping past and twisting and turning, but all too soon they catch up to her. One with stone for skin grabs her and twists her arms behind her back, tugging her against his chest.

"Let me go! This is illegal, and I do not consent." Mina sputtered out curses as she kicked out at her attackers.

The stone one slams her down on the ground, pressing her face onto the cold, wet pavement. Mina realizes, distantly, that it's going to leave imprints later. They're pushing up her loose skirt, and she's wriggling desperately, a pool of acid surrounding her–and…

The weight is gone. Mina hears screaming, and smells something acrid, but it all seems very far away. She curls up in a ball and thinks about sleeping, somewhere safe and warm, not this hellhole of a back alleyway with acid and poisonous men and cruel actions.

She sees a pair of electric blue eyes above her before everything goes black.