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To say that Kaminari, Mineta and Sero had learned their lesson would be an understatement.
After Jiro had used her quirk to deal with them, things seemed to calm down a bit.
"That was more brutal than usual." Kaminari said, as he winced in pain.
"That's what you get for eavesdropping." Jiro said.
"You're one to talk." Mineta commented.
"Sorry about what happened, Midoriya, we were all curious as to why Midnight was looking for you, though some us decided to take it too far." Jiro told him, glaring at the other three guys towards the end of her statement.
Midoriya was about to tell them, but realized what the subject would lead to.
"If I tell them why Midnight was here, they'll know about what happened with Mina." Midoriya thought.
"Granted they kind of already do, but they clearly just figured that it was Mina teasing me." Midoriya thought.
"Actually, do you all mind if I keep this to myself?" Midoriya asked.
The four of them were surprised by his question, not expecting Midoriya of all people to keep a secret, especially with all of his mumbling.
"Dude, you're like an open book, what happened?" Sero asked.
"I knew it, something did happen with Midnight!" Mineta shouted.
"No, it didn't, can't you just leave it alone?" Midoriya asked.
The four of them looked at each other, surprised by Midoriya's sudden secrecy.
"I've seen him get nervous, but never like this." Jiro thought.
"Sorry." Midoriya said.
Midoriya cleared his throat, trying not to let his usual amount of tears fall as he attempted to control his voice and looked at them apologetically.
As Midoriya closed the door, everyone else approached the hall.
"What's going on?" Mina asked.
"We heard shouting, is everything okay?" Tsuyu asked.
"I'm… not sure." Jiro said.
A few days later.
On the surface, nothing seemed to had change.
Midoriya had still kept up his usual demeanor and had conversations with everyone, tripping over his words as usual.
Despite this, Mina and the other girls knew something was up, especially after what Jiro told them had happened.
"To be fair to Midoriya, everyone is entitled to some form of privacy in one way or another." Momo said.
"True, but it's clear that Deku is upset about something." Ochaco said.
"Midoriya has said before that meddling when you don't need to is the essence of being a hero." Mina pointed out.
"We are all trying to be heroes, aren't we?" Mina asked.
They all looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
With that, Mina got an idea.
"Toru, are you up for a little stealth mission?" Mina asked.
That night.
Midoriya was heading out to what would basically be a counseling meeting with Midnight.
After meeting with Aizawa and explaining the situation, while avoiding the subject of Mina, he received permission to leave passed curfew.
Unknown to him, a certain invisible girl was following him.
"Alright, it's time to see what you're up to, Midoriya." Toru thought.
Following him closely, she narrowly avoided making a sound as she entered Midnight's office.
"Please, have a seat." Midnight said.
Midoriya sat down in the chair that was stood across from her desk, looking at her, face to face.
"I take it that you wanted to talk about what happened between you and Mina again." Midnight said.
"Mina?" Toru thought.
"Sort of." Midoriya said.
Midoriya went on to explain what had happened in the hallway after she had left.
"I see." Midnight responded.
Midnight looked at Midoriya for a moment before sighing.
"Let me guess, you feel bad for keeping things from them, you feel that as their classmate and their friend that you owe them the truth, am I correct?" Midnight questioned him.
"Yeah." Midoriya said.
"However, you also feel that as a person, you feel like there are some issues you wish to deal with on your own and keep to yourself and that they should respect that, am I also correct in this assumption?" Midnight questioned him.
"Yes." Midoriya responded.
Midoriya looked at her, his curiosity growing.
"How do you know all of this?" Midoriya asked.
"I've seen it all before, countless times." Midnight said, with a smirk.
"A personal life is a difficult thing to handle, especially in our line of work and it's only going to get harder if you really are striving to reach the top." Midnight told him.
Midnight walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder to comfort him.
"There's a multitude of ways to handle this situation, more than I can count, but I know you'll make the right one." Midnight assured him.
"When faced with peril, your legs moved on their own, that was the sign of being a true hero, right?" Midnight asked.
"Yes." Midoriya answered.
"Well then, allow me to give you a piece of advice, let that instinct help you with this situation as well." Midnight told him.
Meanwhile, as the two talked a little more, Toru carefully made her way out of the office, making sure that they didn't notice the door opening and shutting.
"Mina, you've got some explaining to do." Toru thought.