I think it's time for something a bit more down to earth.
Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia or any of the characters.
As it grew dark and everyone turned in for the night, Mina had agreed to meet with Izuku in order to finish their conversation.
Making her way to his room, the door creaked as she opened it.
Mina slightly flinched and looked around the hall, hoping that she hadn't alerted anyone.
As she breathed a sigh of relief, Midoriya helped her in, guiding her to the small source of light within his room.
"Sorry about that, I've been meaning to get that fixed." Midoriya whispered.
"No problem." Mina said.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" Mina asked.
"Well, I was just wondering about… what we are." Midoriya answered.
"What do you mean?" Mina asked.
"I mean of course the rest of the girls seem to support us, which is nice, but we haven't really talked about what we are, relationship wise." Midoriya told her.
Mina looked at him curiously, not expecting him to be this forward.
"This must be serious to him, but it's still too soon to make anything official." Mina thought.
"He's sweet and I'm glad that we're becoming closer, but if I want this to last, I have to take things slowly." Mina thought.
"Midoriya, do you think that maybe we can just not label it for now?" Mina asked.
Midoriya looked surprised for a moment before closing his eyes and nodding yes in understanding.
Mina smiled and quickly thought of a way to change the topic as she noticed certain aspects of his room were no longer present.
"Hey, what happened to your All Might collection?" Mina asked him.
The room had definitely become more standard looking as most of the memorabilia was no longer on display, save for a couple of figurines and a lone poster on the wall.
"Oh, you know, less is more." Midoriya lied.
Mina saw right through it and raised an eyebrow, giving him a look of disbelief and doubt.
"Okay, it's just that… do you ever feel like as time goes on, people hold you to a different standard?" Midoriya asked.
"It just feels like the more hectic things get and the more I change, that I can't go back to the things I enjoy." Midoriya said.
"I used to treasure all of this All Might stuff, now, I still do, just not in the same way and the same goes for my hero analysis notebooks as well." Midoriya continued.
"It's like my love for the things that make me who I am is fading away." Midoriya admitted.
Mina listened on, both grateful and shocked that she was seeing this side of him.
He was comfortable enough to admit his troubles to her.
Mina rested her head on his shoulder.
"I'm not going to pretend that I have an answer, all that I want to say is that I hope that you find a way to hang on to that part of your life." Mina said.
"We already have enough angsty heroes around here, we don't need another one." Mina said, with a giggle.
"Thank you." Midoriya said.
Mina smiled and let out a yawn.
"It looks like I should turn in for the night." Mina said.
To Midoriya's surprise, Mina didn't leave the bed.
Mina laid down and rested her head on the pillow.
"What are you doing?" Midoriya questioned.
"Trying to sleep." Mina answered.
A couple seconds of awkward silence went by before Mina spoke up again.
"Stay with me." Mina said.
With those words said, Mina shut her eyes, hoping that she would have Midoriya by her side before she would drift off to sleep.
While initially awkward, Midoriya carefully made his way next to her.
Mina smiled and wrapped her arms around him to which Midoriya returned the gesture.
"I've never had this happen before but even so, I never realized how much I've hated sleeping alone." Mina thought.
Something about the situation made them feel at peace.
Maybe it was the mutual understanding or maybe it was because they finally had a form of comfort.
No matter the reason, to the two of them, it was a time to be cherished.