Jirou's P.O.V*
"-And then it went 'Boom'." I explained.
I was feeling... weird. So I called Momo, my most trusted friend, in early to give me an impromtu therapy session. She even dressed for the occasion... though it was entirely unnecessary.
"Hmm..." She said as she scribbled onto her notepad, "Based on what you've told me... you're dealing with what people refer to as a cru-"
"Do not say that word..." I said placing a hand on her mouth.
"Bummt wmmhy nommt?"
I removed my hand, "Say that again?"
"But why not?" She asked.
"Because the moment you say the 'C' word, then you know who will stampede in here." I explained.
"Oh don't be ridiculous." She said, "It's 9:00 in the morning, there is no way Mina will rush in here on a Sunday the minute I say crush-"
"Who has a crush?!" Mina yelled blowing through the doors.
"...Told ya." Was all I have to say.
"H-How did you?!"
"Not important! Who is it? Wait... it's Midoriya isn't it?" She said with a massive smirk on her face.
"O-Oh course not." I said as convincingly as possible.
"Bologna!" She yelled, "It's totally Midoriya. I totally called it! Man Tooru owes me soo much money!"
"D-Did you seriously bet?!" I asked as she nodded.
"Yup! And I made it out like a bandit!"
A part of me wanted to rebut... but, "I deserve 50%."
"...Fine." She said dejectedly, then here eyes lit back up again, "Which reminds me, it's time..."
"Time for what?" I asked as she pulled out her phone.
"Time... for Operation: Love Song!" She yelled.
"... That's a horrible name."
"Listen, we had 3 minutes to make the name! Let's see you come up with something better!"
Then Momo spoke up, "How about something formal; Like Operation: Love Suitor Alpha Tango?"
"Too hard to remember." Mina said... then the door slammed open.
"We got the text, is Operation: Wingwomen and One Man underway?" Tooru asked.
"How many names do you have for this operation?" I asked as Mina sighed.
"One... but everyone thought it was horrible and proceeded to make up names for it." She explained.
"Understandable..."
Soon we were all ushered into the back room that no one really uses, it's main purpose is for storage... but not any more.
"Alright Operation: TBD is underway." Mina and Tooru said wearing shades... for some reason. "Our targets... Kyoka and Midoriya." Mina said pointing to me.
"Wow really? You and Midoriya... ehh actually I kinda saw it coming." Ochako said.
"Figured what?" A rather deep voice asked.
"Oh, Mashiaro, Mezo." Tooru greeted.
"You're interrupting our meeting!" Mina yelled.
"Your meeting consisting of helping Jirou and Midoriya?" Mezo asked.
"H-How did you?"
"You're very transparent." Was all he said, "I have no intention on interferring... unless it gets too unbearable to watch." He said leaving along with Mashiaro.
"Well... anyway, here's the plan!"
Midoriya's P.O.V*
"Okay Eri, we're here." I said as she rushed in immediately. She's grown to love this place, like a second home for her. However... not everyone is here? Odd, it's 1:30.
"Where is e-"
"Hey Midoriya! Bud!" Kirishima yelled slinking his arm around my shoulders, "We need to have a chat, about the gig, follow me."
"Okay." I said handing my guitar to Eri, "Here, practice while I'm gone k?"
"Yeah!" She said as she tuned the guitar and started playing, she's improving a lot.
Anyway I was ushered into the practice room, where all the boys, were there sitting in a circle.
"We're staging an intervention." Kirishima explained.
"W-What what happened?!"
Did something happen?
"I'll tel ya!" Bakugou said standing up, "Stop pu**yfooting and ask Jirou out!" Bakugou yelled.
...What?
"H-Huh?!" I asked.
"Oh come on, it's obvious, you letting her break your hand and arm during the roller coaster. You gripping onto her when you saw a caterpillar-"
"Which was f**king pathetic by the way."
"Anyway! You two sang a duet, which was pretty good I might add, and to top it all off, you two went on the ferris wheel twice. You must have done some powerful magic to convince her to do it again." Kirishima said.
"Wait... you knew about her fear of heights?" I asked.
"Well yeah, I've thought it was weird since she never wanted to be lifted up by wires every time we throw it into the idea pool." Kaminari said.
"Anyway you're moving from the point!" Bakugou snapped, "You two dodging your feeling is pi**ing us off, so get to it."
No One's P.O.V* (Midoriya's Text) (Jirou's Text)
Midoriya sighed, "Look, even if I did like her, right now isn't the time-"
"The biggest gig we've ever had is in a few months, starting a relationship now would be-"
"-Selfish, and distracting." Midoriya said as he walked towards the door.
"Maybe, once the gig is over and we have some down time-"
"If I'm certain what I'm feeling is love-"
"I'll ask her-"
"I'll ask him-"
They both exited their respective rooms, and they walked up to each other, "Hey ready to go?" Jirou asked.
"Uhh... about that, the guys, excluding Aoyama for whatever reason, are in the practice room... throwing Bakugou ideas about his fireworks display." He lied... but she seemed to have bought it.
"Typical..." She sighed, "Well, let's practice outside then." She said as the pair headed outside
*Midoriya's P.O.V*
It's been eating away at me for a while. I thought it was a passing feeling, so I didn't think too much of it. However, it hasn't gone away after a whole week. But how will she react? She was so certain about me using the electric guitar.
"Hey, you're mumbling."
"H-Huh?" I asked snapping out of my trance.
She smirked and set her guitar aside, "Alright, something's clearly bothering you, so what is it?" She asked.
"O-Okay... umm, c-can I... play my acoustic instead?" I asked bracing for whatever impact might come my way.
Instead she sighed, "Look, we've already been at this for weeks, unless you have a really good reason?"
I should tell her... but, no she seems like she prefers the electric.
"No... just preference." I muttered.
She raised an eyebrow... but shrugged, "Alright lets continue." She said.
... Sorry mom.
*Eri's P.O.V*
I-I think I got it do-
"Hey Eri!" Mina yelled from the room across from me.
"Yeah?" I asked setting down Zuku's guitar and walked over to her.
"Come in, come in, we have a question for you." She said as she let me into the room.
It wasn't just her, everyone was in here, "We just want to know. Has Mi- Zuku said anything about Kyoka?" She asked... what a weird question.
"Zuku loves Kyoka." I said as they stared at me with big eyes, "What's wrong?"
"N-Nothing... are you sure?" Denki asked.
"Yeah, though he says no all the time. I don't know why... I love Zuku, He loves Me, and Papa Toshi, and Uncle Zawa, and Uncle Mada, and Auntie Rumi..." I said.
They didn't say anything, instead they moved closer to each other.
"S-Should we tell her?" Toru asked.
"It does seem like the logical course of action." Toko said.
"Okay... let's do it." Mina said as she looked at me, "Eri, come here we need to explain something to you."
*Jirou's P.O.V*
"Alright... you've gotten a bit better, maybe tomorrow we'll practice with vocals for you to nail the timing." I said.
"Great... thanks." I said as I got up to probably get Eri to go home... but he sounded a tad bit sad. Is he still bummed about not being able to play his acoustic? I don't get it... but we're still a rock band, and it'll ruin the flow if we add acoustic into it.
"Alright, bye everyone! Bye Kyoka!" Eri said as she and Midoriya left for home.
Ahh he'll be fine, it's not like he can't play that guitar elsewhere right?
I'm sure he'll get used to it.
End of Chapter
