Okay so I know I promised you guys this would not be date dependent. I meant it. I have been working on this nonstop since my last post, and it has left me needing to re-state this:

I do not want to mess this up. This is a much more emotional story than anything I have attempted before and all of your outpouring of support has me beyond words. But I must state that I cannot do something like this again. By all means keep your requests for more, your likes, and your dislikes coming! I need it to keep writing. But I cannot try and force myself to push forward on this. The earliest drafts of this were horrendous, and it has taken hours and hours to fix into something I am proud of. This story will be getting written when I am in the emotionally right place for it.

Now onto some good news: We are nearing a point that will be fairly easy for me to keep going much more regularly. Almost halfway in and the rest is fairly mapped out. Now Next week's update will be to Monster's run, but I am going to put a poll up to see which yall want me to finish first. Again that will be next friday so the 3rd will be when the poll goes live.

I really hope you all enjoy this!

Before I get to my usual disclaimer I wanted to let you all know that this chapter should answer several reviews I have gotten. So if you've left a question anonymously, heres the answer!

I own nothing, save for my characters and my plot. MHA and all characters and settings from that world belong to their creators...See I did the disclaimer? Can I go home now?*Whipcracks* Okay! Fine, I won't ask again!

Chapter 4

Denki grinned as the thug saw him approach. The bag hit the ground and the thug raised his hands. "I give man, you aint gotta fry me, I'll go quietly."

The fear in the man's voice gave Denki pause. Even after being back on duty for almost two months, his dark time still hovered over him in how he was viewed. He hadn't lost his increased work ethic, and was still rank fifteen, but had tried to go back to who he was before. It was having limited success….to say the least. Low level thugs like the purse snatcher in front of him still cowered and the media was still keeping a close eye on him. With a sigh, Denki put up a fake smile and read the perp his rights as he cuffed him.

"Way to go shock buddy!" Came the voice from his energetic new partner. Denki felt a real smile form as his new partner fell in step with him. Mina had joined Bakugou's agency on recommendation from her horn buddy Kirishima. Denki had backed it, but he wasn't even sure why Katsuki had let her in without so much as a raised eyebrow. Not that he was complaining. A smack on the back brought him back to reality, and her grinning face made his smile go a little wider. "Another win for the dynamic duo!" She cheered.

"Pretty sure that ones taken, Pinky." He shot back.

She just rolled her eyes. "It may be, but we make it work way better!... Don't ya think?" She purred with a flirty tone and wink that made his brain feel as if he let out too much power.

"Um-uh-um-uh…."

"Gross…." The moment was gone and both heroes' attention shot to the perp who immediately found his shoes of extreme interest. Denki rolled his eyes at Mina's minor eye twitch when she looked at the guy. She had always been one of his closer friends, and he had often thought about asking her out in high school, but then he would see Jirou and he would feel guilty for even thinking it. As he watched her try to fake a smile, he retreated back into his own mind, wondering if it might be time to undo a mistake he made a long time ago.

Kirishima was staring. Katsuki held his normally stoic expression even though he wanted to burst out laughing. His best friend was a lot of things, subtle was not one of them, no matter how much he had tried to become so. He was honestly surprised that it had taken two months for the topic to come up. He flipped to the next report and began the arduous task of signing the numerous pages.. "It's really not that complicated Eijiro."

Kirishima shook his head. "You know it is so not manly to cut people off before they even say anything."

Bakugou flipped to the next page. "It's been written on your face since this morning."

Kirishima groaned. "Whatever, so why'd you do it? I mean, I think you put more thought into accepting my application than you did hers'!"

Bakugou chuckled. "That's because your handwriting was awful and I had to try and decipher it and then decide on accepting."

"You're evading, Katsuki." Eijiro said evenly.

Bakugou let out a sigh before putting the file down. "How's Denki doing?"

"Good?" Kirishima said, trying to figure out where the conversation was going.

"Mhm." Bakugou went back to the reports. "Now work it backwards, Kiri. When did it start?"

Kirishima sighed. "Uhh….. about a week or so ago. Mineta got him to restart visiting the hospital."

Bakugou let out a huff. "Nuh-uh, he was still down then. You're close though."

Kirishima racked his brain for almost a minute. "...I don't…..Mina…"

"Bingo." Katsuki put the file down and smiled at his partner.

Kirishima let out a groan. "Now I get it."

"She's keeping him grounded…. Plus she's got what it takes to live up to the agency." Bakugou replied.

Kirishima grinned at him. "You mean she's got a vested interest in his sanity? And isn't an 'extra'?"

Bakugou simply chuckled and went back to the reports as Kirishima laughed the entire way out of the building. Bakugou's phone buzzed but he ignored it, instead putting the device on silent as he moved to the next stack. He knew what the group chat would be about, and he knew that right now Izuku was collecting money off of the idiots that still bet with him. Katsuki's tired eyes went to the pictures on his wall, every win, every good memory, but they ended on the same one they always did. A single news clipping: League of Villians defeated! Tomura Shigaraki dead!

He knew what the rest said. He could recite it by heart. The build up, the list of every criminal they arrested, and the list of heroes that made it happen. Only a single sentence even mentioned that one of them was hurt. His eyes went where they always went next, to a single photograph of the entire class, as well as Mei and Melissa, all standing behind Izuku on his first press conference. His new metallic arm gesturing as he assured everyone that it would be alright. Because they were here….

Mina was not happy. She set everything up so perfectly, and it was a crappy purse snatcher that ruined everything. Letting out a sigh she tried to relax. After all, it wasn't a total loss. She confirmed once again that Denki was attracted to her. Which she already knew. But, it was still a good sign! She'd have trapped him for sure if that stupid purse snatcher had just exercised that right to stay quiet! Letting out another heavy sigh, she finished putting the rest of her gear in her locker, before leaving the locker room to clock out. Forcing a smile onto her face, she headed out to lobby, where she knew her partner was waiting. The smile became genuine as she caught sight of Denki. He was smiling at something on his phone, and when he caught sight of her, and the smile stayed she felt her chest warm. "Nothing like ending the day on a win! How do you plan on spending this victorious evening partner? Another dull night in?" She asked jokingly.

Denki smirked. "If everything goes well… I might have a date tonight!" he exclaimed.

Mina felt her world crack. Keeping the pain from her face, she forced her smile to stay. "O-oh yeah?"

Denki smiled. "Oh yeah."

Feeling her eyes warm, she blinked before speaking again. "Whatcha gonna do?"

Denki's smile morphed from smug to maniacal. "I got a classic horror flick, and I'm planning on ordering a pizza for a nice quiet night in." He announced proudly.

Mina fought to keep her jaw from dropping. Her partner was taking someone else on her dream date! Keeping her tone even she said "Very nice. I hope it all goes well."

Denki's smile fell and he took a calming breath. "That makes two of us….." Not trusting herself to hold it together for much longer she prepared to leave when suddenly Denki was in front of her. "...I had something kinda witty in mind but it's gone now…..so how about it partner? Would you like to join me for a movie and dinner?"

stopped working. Jaw slack, Mina couldn't even form a thought, much less a word, due to the sudden revelation. But as she stood there completely silent, Denki's mind was racing. The dark part of his mind wouldn't be silent and was instead growing louder. "I'm so s-sorry. I didn't….. I'm just gonna go home. I'm sorry I- Nevermind." With that he turned and walked out of the building. Mina saw him leave subconsciously, but still couldn't move. She was snapped out of her mental loop when Kirishima gave her a small shake.

"Pinky you ok?" Her friend asked, concern covering his face.

"I-uh-Denki-he…" She stammered.

"I know." Kirishima said, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "He's been trying to do this for a week."

"A week?"

Kirishima nodded. "Mhm, and right now he thinks he just made a massive mistake and that you aren't interested." Suddenly it clicked and horror covered her face.

"But I am! I just couldn't believe he- Oh my god….." She put her head in her hands.

Kirishima gave her a gentle squeeze. "I know Pinky, but right now he's probably a little more broken as the second woman he's had feelings for hasn't returned them in his eyes. So do you think you have time to be standing around here?"

Mina was off like a shot, hitting the doors before she turned back to her smiling friend. "Thanks horn buddy, you're the best!"

Idiot. You just have to ruin everything don't you? Denki gripped his counter top, trying to silence the darkness, but it only got louder. So desperate for attention that you decided that her friendship was obviously romantic interest. As if she would ever want someone like us! With a snarl Denki shook his head to silence the voice before pounding a fist on his counter when it only laughed at him. As he hung his head in defeat, his darkness kept talking, and his eyes shot to the bottle he knew was behind his fridge. Do it. Oblivion is the only way out of this… Suddenly he was jolted out of his thoughts by two fists clenched around the collar of his shirt. To his surprise, the fists belonged to a distraught Mina. See? You even hurt he- The voice shut down with the rest of his brain when her lips smashed into his. Electricity flew between the two, and when he opened his eyes his brain felt as if he had let off a full surge. Then the fog was cleared away when he saw Mina was crying.

"Don't you ever do that again!" She screamed at him. She placed a hand on his cheek. "Don't you ever act like asking a woman out is a mistake, especially not me." Denki froze. His darkness was nowhere to be heard and his emotions were roiling. Luckily Mina didn't need him to respond. "Despite your absolutely horrendous method of asking me out, I would love to join you tonight…. Now where is the movie? I'll get it set up and you can order the pizza."

Kyoka felt hesitation before she knocked on the door for the first time. Her conversations with Mineta, Izuku, and Itsuka had been tormenting her for the past week, but she knew she had to do this. The door opened, and Kyoka was surprised at the dark haired woman standing in front of her. The woman smiled at her before opening the door completely. "Oh you must be Kyoka! Please come on in!" She said cheerily.

Kyoka immediately felt embarrassed. "I was just here to see Denki, but I don't want to interrupt anything or impose-"

The woman grabbed her by the hand and pulled her in. "Nonsense! Go have a seat, dinner is almost ready."

Letting the woman pull her in, she awkwardly entered the home, looking around discreetly as she made her way to the kitchen. Her eyes caught sight of a photograph at the same time the lock clicked into place and the woman walked up behind her. The woman didn't give anything away, but Kyoka felt her stomach drop all the same as she was lead to the kitchen. She reluctantly took a seat at the counter top as the woman returned to chopping vegetables. She tried to make small talk, but the picture was fresh in Kyoka's mind. "Denki's not even here is he?" She asked flatly.

The woman seemed to ignore her, putting the newly chopped vegetables in a skillet, before turning the heat down and turning to her. The smile and cheery expression was gone, replaced by icy disdain. "No." Kyoka thought about leaving, but the woman seemed to know what she was thinking and smiled at her. "Feel free to leave, but no one will tell you where he is." She said cheerily.

Kyoka felt her anger rise. "Tampering with official information is illegal. You don't think I can find out who changed his form?"

The fake smile was gone, replaced by the ice. "His form was changed completely legally after he came to live with us for a few months." The woman returned to her skillet, moving things around and ensuring nothing would burn, before turning back to Kyoka. "You know, after he tried to kill himself."

Kyoka felt the anger being smothered in shame. "That's not my fault…" She protested weakly.

The woman scoffed. "Of course it isn't. The act can only be done by the person, but what drove them to that? That can be someone else's fault. That is your fault."

"I never meant to hurt him."

The woman sighed and moved the skillet off of the burner. "My name is Kai Mineta since you never bothered to ask. I'm a therapist. That's actually how I met Minoru. He was dealing with a lot of darkness and anger after the League was defeated and a friend of mine was treating him. We met after one of his sessions and hit it off. Now we have two beautiful little girls. While we were dating and ever since, Denki Kaminari has been a staple around our house. The girls call him uncle Denki and he was there when both were born. I know Denki Kaminari." She leaned against the counter top nearest her. "I don't know you. But the amount of your music my girls listen to, and the research I've done on you, don't leave me thinking that you're stupid. Conversations with your classmates also don't leave me thinking you are emotionally blind. So how on Earth do you expect me to believe that you just didn't see his feelings? Or that you could be so blind as to feel the need to 'accidentally' flaunt your relationship in front of him again."

Kyoka snapped. "BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HIM AT ALL! His feelings for me were never real! He joked and flirted with everyone, so don't come at me like a villain here, just because he decided to make up his mind after I found someone else! I-" She was cut off by a slap. Kai was furious when she spoke.

"Get out of my house. That man worshiped the ground you walked on. The way he talked about you, long before you ever were out touring, left no doubt in anyone's mind how he felt about you. But you left him behind-"

"He wanted to be a hero! That is all he ever wanted to be! How am I the monster for telling him to stay and follow his dream?!"

Kai's anger was gone, replaced with the disdain from earlier. "And he needed to be here to be a hero?" Kyoka tired to respond but nothing came. Eventually Kai sighed, and went back to cooking dinner. When she spoke again it was tired. "Your friends won't tell you where he is, because they are trying to look out for you both. You are still too wrapped up in your world, to approach this the way that he needs you to." They went silent for a few minutes, and she turned the burner off and began washing the knives and cutting board while she waited for the food to cool. However, as soon as she finished the washing, her eyes locked on Kyoka's. "And I promise you this, if you hurt my little girls' hero, it doesn't matter how famous you are….. They will never find you."

"Hey Jirou! I got that new movie we were talking about and was wondering if you wanted to watch it with me tonight?" His voice was so hopeful it hurt her to hear.

"Pshh, hard pass. Already had plans to practice my music tonight, maybe some other time." Kyoka's casual dismissal made her fists clench.

"O-oh, okay. I'll catch you later?"

"Sure."

She heard Kyoka coming her way and quickly began looking busy. Once Kyoka was gone, she headed out into the common room. "Hey Denki!" She said cheerily.

Her friend hid his sad expression behind a fake smile. "Hey Mina."

"Whatcha doin?"

"Um… nothing I guess."

She smiled at him even wider. "You know, that new horror flick just came to dvd, I was thinking about renting it, wanna join me?"

Denki's smile became real. "I already rented it. You grab the popcorn?"

"Deal!"

Kyoka felt kinda bad at how she had treated Denki. She hadn't meant to be so dismissive, but she had to find out if her suspicions were right. She made her way to the boy's side of the dormitories and knocked on his door. However there was no answer. She tried calling him, but she heard the phone ring from in the room. There was no movement and the phone went to voicemail. She hung up, and tried to see if he was in the common room. Maybe he had just decided to watch the movie anyways. However, as she tried to enter the common room from the boy's side, she noticed the door lined with purple orbs. Mineta walked towards her resolutely. "No one will disturb my bro on his way to becoming a man."

Kyoka rolled her eyes at the little perv. "What are you talking about now?"

Mineta smiled. "My bro got himself a date, and I'm not letting anything interrupt!"

Kyoka's annoyance melted into disbelief. "What?"

Mineta looked at her like she was slow. "Denki and Ashido are on a date." Kyoka didn't say anything to the perv. She looked through the window in the door and saw the two smiling and watching the movie. Mina leaning on Denki as they munched popcorn and enjoyed the cheap scares and bad decisions on the screen in front of them. She didn't say anything to Mineta, instead simply taking the passageway back to the girls side of the dormitories.

Minoru smiled at the sight. He had heard through the secret group chat about Kyoka's dismissal of Denki's pseudo date, and had been preparing to try and distract his friend when he saw Denki and Mina settling down to watch the movie. He had to restrain himself from making a sound that would disturb them. Then he sent out the message to the group:D+MD+K. Do Not Disturb Common Room.

With the group's help he sealed off the common room, even getting soft approval from Aizawa, whom Minoru swore almost smiled as he walked away muttering something about winning a bet with Nedzu. The plan was foolproof, until Hagakure sent out a warning: K on way to D's room! Thinking quickly, Minoru disappeared into his own, and waited to hear her footsteps heading towards the common room. It took almost five minutes, and he almost missed them, barely getting to her in time to prevent her from trying to remove the orbs, which would have likely disturbed the two inside. His anger at her treatment of his friend almost showed through, but he hid it behind his normal pervy disguise.

When she walked away, he almost felt bad for her. Then Hagakure sent a picture of Denki and Mina to the group. They had fallen asleep together. Her head on his shoulder, and his head resting on hers. His arm had wrapped around her, they both were smiling as they slept, and Minoru slowly felt the guilt melt away. He smiled to himself as he walked back to his room.

Good job bro. You deserve to be happy too….

Gets me in the feels every time...

Anyways, so first things first! We see Mineta's wife. Kai Suzaki was a therapist that met Mineta as he was leaving his usual appointment. The two fell in love, got married, and had two little girls. Kai stands at around 5'5" the same height as her husband. She is Japanese with long black hair. She has a quirk that warns her when people lie to her. Their daughters are 5 and 3 respectively. The 5 year old has Mineta's quirk, though her orbs are black. The 3 year old hasn't displayed a quirk yet.

Second, if it isn't confirmed yet, Kyoka is not going to have a good time here. However, I do want to stress that I still don't see her as a villain in this story. I've seen some people who essentially want me to leave her sad and heartbroken as Denki rides off into the sunset. But that's not how I see this. Denki and Kyoka are human. They make mistakes. Kyoka didn't see and wouldn't let herself see the pedestal that Denki put her on, in fear that she could be wrong, and get hurt. Denki never changed to try and show Kyoka a different side, or fully admit to her how he felt, so that he wouldn't lose his best friend. This isn't a tale of malice, its a tale of human error. So Kyoka is in for a rough time right now, but I do not feel she deserves too much more punishment.

Third, Denki and Mina will end up together. This is a really sweet pairing and it makes a ton of sense to me. I did feel that their relationship might feel a bit rushed, so that is why I included the segment of them in the dorms. This story takes place years after they are adults and as such they have years of history. I wanted to show you all that this has been there for a long time on Mina's end, and Denki is looking for affection right now, so when two old friends meet again you get this.

Fourth, Denki still has some demons. If Mina hadn't shown up when she did, the story could have gotten much darker. He and Mina will have quite a bit to work through before they can have a happily ever after.

So there you all have it. I really hope you guys liked it. Please comment, favorite, follow, or just keep reading it! You guys have pushed this story way beyond anything I think I ever intended. Stay awesome and until next time!