How on earth was he supposed to ask her out? Sure he knew that she wanted him to ask her out and that he wanted to ask her out, and that he was going to at some point in the future ask her out and that they were going to become a couple and he was at this point fairly certain that they were going to get married and-

He paused, slamming his head against the wall with enough force to make the thud echo throughout the hallway. It felt like all those times he met a girl and instantly started planning out what his life would be like with them, only with Eri it was different on so many levels. Maybe he should ask an older Eri for advice on her younger self?

Would that be weird? Was it weird? It might be weird. But it didn't feel weird, which did feel weird so it was just weird. He slammed his head into the wall again, letting his body rest against the cool texture for just a moment, no doubt several of his classmates were going to think he was weird, or maybe that he failed an important exam or something.

A groan escaped as he stared at his phone, Eri's contact information was open and their last conversation about nothing, in particular, was still visible.

It had been over three weeks since she had kissed him, the phantom memory of that one moment in time still burned his lips when he thought about it, and true to her word Eri had started to show up more, sometimes multiple times a week, but every Saturday after the optional class got let out she would show up to hang out.

There was no guessing about how old this Eri was, she was the same one that had kissed him that had appeared and cried in his arms. The same one that was waiting for him to ask her out. He could see it in the way she smiled at him, the way whenever they touched it was filled with nervous laughter and half a dozen apologies.

What if he asks her out and then a ever so slightly younger version of herself shows up next time? He'd have to ask her out for the first time again!

"What'cha doing?" Eri's voice brought a smile to his face even when he was stressing out about her. Maybe All might was right and he really did have it bad. Real bad.

With a sigh he kept his head lodged against the rough slightly bumpy paint job that every school seemed to have. "I'm just stressing out because I don't know how to ask Eri out."

"Oh," she replied, it sounded like she took a step back or a step towards him it was hard to tell. "You want to ask me out? Like." A pause and he could see her red sweater appear in the corner of his eye her back against the wall. "Like on a date?"

"Yea-" His eyes went wide and his heart went crazy when whatever lag had been delaying his brain finally diminished and allowed him to realize that he had been talking to Eri. Not just any Eri. The Eri, the one that he had been on his mind nonstop ever since that bold kiss.

A noise escaped him that might have been her name garbled up and tossed into a high pitch blender set to panic. With a push that was a bit too strong, he shot off the wall, one of his shoes screeched along the way while the other rested while he had been standing. It was the opposite wall that stopped him, his eyes were wide as he stared at her.

She was smiling, twirling some the hair that fell to the side of her face around on her finger, a brilliant blush on her face as she looked down and away from him her other arm folded across her. She opened her mouth but closed it before she could speak. "Umm, sorry, I didn't mean to surprise you. Well, I did, but not to surprise you surprise you more of a surprise."

"You-" he muttered placing a hand over his heart feeling it beating against his chest loud enough that he could hear it and feel his blood rushing to his ears. Why was he so nervous? This was Eri! It wasn't like him liking her was a secret! Nor was her liking him a secret, they both had dealt with older versions of themselves, they both knew they would eventually start dating and going beyond. Somehow that knowledge made things worse. "Oh, umm, Eri, you're um, well you're early."

"Time-traveler, being early is an occupational hazard." She shrugged, still not really looking at him although her smile did return to its usual splendor.

Why were they being so shy now? Why not before? Was it because they were going to enter a lasting relationship or something? Why? It didn't make any sense.

"Do you want me to come back later?" Eri asked, flipping her hair and tucking it behind her ear. Why on earth did she look so… so… so cute and beautiful when she was being shy! Not that she wasn't normally beautiful, her confidant adult self was absolutely-

He stopped himself, taking a moment to gather what little he could of his already rocky composure. It didn't work, not really at any rate. He was still nervous. Still really really nervous, but he wanted to do this. "I'd prefer if you stayed, it's just, I mean, I'm just over thinking things,"

"How's that different than normal?" Her red eyes sparkled as she finally looked at him, her cheeks were still red but that smug smirk she loved to flash had finally shown back up, a single eyebrow raised as her hand was on her hip. Nice to see her usual confidence was back.

"Well, no, but I'm just concerned, what happens if I run into a younger you and assume you're my girlfriend, do I have to ask you out again-"

She snorted into a laugh that pushed her off the wall and over towards him. Each laugh carried her closer to him, and she grabbed onto his hands holding them up between them. "Izuku, I can honestly tell you that at no point in my past do you ask me out."

"But doesn't your history change? What if it does because we're already starting soon than you said we would and-"

"Izuku, I'm still going to be me if something like that changes, besides, chances are you'll be seeing more of older me in the future, and not younger me." She gave something that was an odd mix between laugh, cry, sigh, and groan, tapping her forehead against his shoulder for just a moment. "Seriously, I love my quirk but it's so confusing. But don't worry about my quirk, I've survived far worse than you asking me out."

When did she get so close? Their hands were touching. She was soft. Very soft. And warm. And her hair smelled really good. And. and. And. he really wanted to kiss her again. "You're right, sorry I was just worrying about something silly."

"You wouldn't be Izuku if you didn't," She bounced slightly, lifting and lowering their arms once more. "So, umm, about that date? I mean, I'll probably say yes, I mean I will say yes, no probably, but I mean I'd just still like to be asked to kind of make it official. Well, official in that we're dating, but I think there's another step to that? I don't know." Their hands as did her smile. "I honestly don't know a lot about dating."

"Me neither," there were at least twenty-six open tabs on his phone on the topic and none of them helped. He took a breath, finding it easier now that she was so close, that or it was so hard that it had actually worked its way back around to easy. His flight or fight response was currently jamming on the flight option. "Would you, like to go on a date with me tonight?"

Why'd he say tonight? He didn't have anything planned! What was he supposed to do was there a good movie? Maybe? Yes? No? Dinner? Food? Romantic setting?

"That'd make me happy." Her smile made all those worries vanish. "So, umm where to?"

And they call came crashing back down onto him.

"Umm, let me get things ready, why don't you meet me at the dorms, in like an hour?" That should give him enough time to set something up. Hopefully. Probably.

Eri nodded, her smile growing. "Sure, I can't wait though so I'm going to jump right there. See ya soon."

Her lips fell on his cheek, sending a tingle down his entire body that dispelled his nervousness, a half a second later and the scent of Ozone filled the air.

He had a date with Eri, that was good. That was very good. Now all he had to do was figure everything out. Like what a good first date was. What should he wear? What did Eri want from a date? What did-

The scent of Ozone burst forth again and he found himself staring at Eri.

One from the future, just old enough to be slightly taller than him. She looked the same but there was a single streak of red in her hair now that was held out of her face by her horn. She blinked one eye at a time. "Man, it's so weird trying to time travel into a place I just was."

"Uhh, why are you-"

"To help you!" She perked up smiling at him, and pulling out a stack of DVDs from under her sweater the top one was called "The Last Unicorn." Eri all but shoved them into his hand. "Wait, you did just ask me out, right? Or you're going to right? Like we're going to have our first date tonight right?"

"Uhh, yes, is that wrong? Should I have waited like-"

"Oh no! Not at all, well maybe it would have helped a little, but, it doesn't change anything, we're still going happy last I checked." She shrugged, spinning on her feet and taking a few steps away from him. "Don't get me wrong, our first date was fine, and I did have a lot of fun, but you were so stressed out about it and tried to do far too much. So I'm going to tell you what the best date for us right now is."

That sounded about right. "Well, I don't think anybody is more qualified to tell me how to date you than you."

"Well future you is amazing at it, by the way, you're a natural kind hearted romantic, and once you get in the hang of it you can sweep me off my feet." She paused tilting her head to the side. "You also sweep older me off my feet, can you cheat on me with myself? Hmm, Man time travel is so weird, wait, what was I doing here again? Oh right, date! It's winter right?"

"Yes?" he asked. Was it just him or did Eri kind of lose her mind when she was around eighteen. The sixteen-year-old one seemed normal and so did her more mature self. But this one always seemed just kind of sporadic. That could explain the random bit of died hair.

"Right, so, because it's cold out - darn I wish it was snowing - the first thing you're going to do is take me for a walk, take me to get some hot chocolate, but don't get a large, maybe grab something to eat, actually do, after that you're going to watch those movies and snuggle under a blanket. I know you're nervous about that but if it helps just know that I really really." She shivered, "really love cuddling. Like if I'm sitting slightly away from you just put your arm around my waist and pull me in. I'll melt like butter. Oh, speaking of butter! Popcorn! Get some popcorn, not a lot, just enough, and some drinks, not soda though."

She placed a finger to her chin, tapping it slightly. "Yea that sounds good, it's easy too, and instead of just awkwardly holding hands you can try to awkwardly kiss me. Don't be afraid about it either, remember I'm the girl that more or less changed a timeline so she could be with you. Well, I had to change it anyway, you're just a very good bonus." She placed both hands on his shoulders and began to push him. "Okay, you go take a shower, and put something nice but not so nice on. While I go tell dad you're going to be using a room for a movie. I know just the one just wait."

He was a weird combination of confused, nervous, and excited.

AN: Next chapter is the date! Then after than? Idk. Probably something else, I think I'm near the end of this fic though so expect a time skip or two!