"No pain, No gain" The boy said to the pink girl as she was examining the numerous cuts, scrapes, and bruises on the boys body. "This what you do everyday for the past five years in the seven I had known you"? She ask with a sad expression on her face to only get nod from the boy.
"Why do this? I mean what is the point of all these wounds Izuku"? She questions the state his body's in right now as she use her acidic quirk on the big noticeable wounds to remove any bacteria on his body. "To answer your question: it is to get strong simple as that." The boy could not tell Mina his goals so a simply reason that was truthful to some extent was all he could provide with.
As Mina turns on the shower and putting it warm, Izuku immediately spoke up "Change to cold please Mina." This caught the young lasses attention as she was about to rebuttal that decision Izuku stood up in front of her with a lost-in-thought kind of face as knelt down turn the knob to all the way to the end of cold water "This helps my metabolism, strengthens my immune system, and help me discipline my 'fight or flight' responses to get better control of them". Mina did not know what to think maybe tell uncle and auntie Bakugo about Izuku's state and what kind of hobbies that are hurting him. Then again how would that make the boy she likes feel after been ratted out on his past times. Sure exercise daily was healthy but not to the point were you have to physically destroy yourself just to be stronger.
"Hey Mina" the Hanma got the Ashido's attention with a look of concern. "Keep this between us okay"? He said as if were asking not demanding her which made the girl feel a bit at ease since he had a smile that basically read 'sorry for making you worry'. "Okay I will but in return I want you tell me why did you keep this to yourself all these years because these scars look like they just only to fade". He eyes slightly raised as he did not expect that from her. "Yea sure just after dinner okay or tomorrow after school." The girl simply nodded and left the boy alone in the bathroom to get himself cleaned up.
When exiting the bathroom Mina made her way to the kitchen to cook dinner for both herself and Izuku since the Bakugo family left out on an outing with some of the neighbors. Over the past years Uncle Masaru has taught all three children he culinary arts which led them to produce their own breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Occasionally one of the three youngsters would cook the whole family dinner to help their own cooking skills. Mina did not mind at all in fact she enjoyed cooking to the point were every week she would come up a new recipe herself or look some up on her phone that would satisfy the family even herself. She was planning on cooking brown rice and egg with some cooked fish on the side since Izuku need a protein diet and she understood why.
Meanwhile, After washing all the blood out and double cleaning the wounds from his training Izuku went to his room and change into a jet black long sleeve shirt with baggy sweat pants that were dark green. Upon finished changing clothes he open his bedroom door to see yellow eyes looking into his green ones. "Right on time, dinner is ready let's eat"! She said with a glee and joy. "Okay right behind you" the green haired boy said. When arriving to the table, the second he processed what he saw his stomach growled for food which caused the boy to blush as he scratch his the back of his neck along with a smile on his face. Mina just sigh with her hands on her hips then look at him with a return smile on her face as she said happily "Let's dig in."
"Thanks for the meal" both pre-teens said out loud as they sit across from each other. Izuku was hungry and thankful that Mina was a better cook than him. Mina was enjoying the company that Izuku always provide with sense of pleasantries and kindness even though he was bad with table manners and a bit dense. Through dinner both kids converse with each other about topics. Most of these topics were related with their first day of middle school from Izuku class shocked expressions of finding out his quirkless nature which made him laugh because he found it priceless as for Mina on the other hand she grew a sense of worry then stated, "Y'a know you should be careful from here on out Izu especially those four girls that hangout with Katsuki. Sense you willingly gave out your lack-of-a-quirk info many will try to make your next three years harder." She said full of concern as the boy caught on this and attempted on lightened the mood with a reassuring response, "I already know that Mina and I did say it with intention of having it plan on happen, plus my class-hell the whole school will find out sooner or later with those physicals we get twice a semester I would have been found out on the first examination, and lastly 'Izu' that's a new one. Well I can't be surprised you went from Hanma-san, Hanma, Han, Izuku, and now Izu." He chuckle at the last comment to only get a come back verbally speaking "oh ya Mr., I can say the about you y'a know you went from Ashido-san~, Ashido~, Ashi~, and to present name Mina~ you use today." This caused to boy to blushed from the way she said her old callings and her present one in a teasing suductive manner. Both them look at each
for a few seconds and suddenly laugh out loud from them being so ridiculous at the moment.
After dinner the two had clean up the dishes and decided to wait for the Bakugo family. It was 8:15 on the clock and Mina just got a text from Misuki saying that they will be home in hour and a half. With both pre-teens planning on waiting for them Mina came up with an idea for a past time, watching a movie. "Hey Izu do you want to watch a movie"? Mina ask the boy sitting next to her on the coach. "Sure you pick the movie" Izuku responded. As Mina sat down on the floor looking for a quick movie to pull out as Izuku whistle and had some in thought discussion with himself.
How can I increase my strength and power with out losing speed and mobility? Izuku asks himself because sooner or later he will pick up mass from all the body weight training he does in the woods and the only way to come back that would be to increase the cardio endurance training to start running every morning about an hour early before he has to get up which would leave him with a lot of time to shower, eat breakfast, and overall get ready for school. But he still had a couple of months before he would have to go through a no carb diet to help control his mass. Izuku was disrupted by a loud 'Ah Ha'! So the young lad decide to get out of his thoughts and pay attention to the girl before him
Mina had a movie in her hand more specifically a romance genre one. Izuku just smiled and gestures her to put the disc in. As Izuku turn off the lights to see the screen display at its finest while seeing the only girl in the living room now on the couch who also gesturing the boy to sit next to her. As the Hanma sat down the movie began.
After an hour full of dramatic scenes, romance, and some comedy, Izuku felt a weight on his left shoulder it was Mina she had fallen to slumber for the night but the boy did not know that. At this point Izuku was deciding on either taking the acid user to her shared bedroom with the explosive user or have her there sleeping on his shoulder. Deciding not to wake her up Izuku just lost in thought as the movie continued.
15mins later~
The movie was at an end credits and after focus on his training plans he look back down at the girl who simply just used him as a pillow but the boy did not mind at all not even in the slightest. Though the young Hanma was rather dowsing off and on in the dark as the movie end with Izuku Turing off the DVR as well as the television and eventually the need of slumber had overcame him. The boy feel asleep with his head tilted to the left on top of the girls head for the night.
