Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia or any of the characters.
Midoriya was hesitant in leaving his bed that morning.
Smiling as he saw Mina still resting next to him, he kissed her on the forehead and quietly made his way to the door.
As he left his room and made his way down to the kitchen, each person he passed by had a knowing look on their face.
Sitting down for breakfast would be no different, as all of the girls crowded the table.
Midoriya looked up to see an array of smiles, some being mischievous while others were genuine.
"So… how did you sleep?" Toru asked.
Though he couldn't see it, Midoriya knew Hagakure was smirking and trying to mess with him.
"I'm freaking out, but if Mina were in this situation, she would play it cool, but what would she say?" Midoriya pondered.
Midoriya hid his expression from the group for a moment, before looking up at them with an intense grin.
"Quite well actually, Mina's really comfortable." Midoriya said, managing to keep his expression without breaking down.
The girls were taken aback by his statement, not expecting it from him.
"Not bad, I have to work on my one liners more often." Midoriya thought.
Meanwhile.
Mina was still asleep in Midoriya's room, only now, it was less than pleasant.
Mina was tossing and turning in her sleep, with the look on her face representing one of anguish.
"Get away from us." Mina whimpered out.
Mina's nightmare was one of turmoil, a little gift left over from their experiences with the league of villains.
"Midoriya." Mina said.
Midoriya disappeared before her very eyes, the league taking his place as he drifted into the shadows.
From there the nightmare was hectic, with only flashing images, but to Mina, they seemed to last much too long.
She couldn't stand to see Midoriya in pain and there was nothing she could do to stop it.
She was just an observer, no matter how much she wished that she wasn't.
The door to the bedroom creaked open as Midoriya walked in.
Midoriya took in the scene before him, stopping for a moment in shock.
Mina was wrapped in the blanket, with her left leg sticking out, looking like she was trying to fight her way out as she was struggling.
Midoriya moved forward, placing a hand on her shoulder to calm her down first.
"Mina, wake up." Midoriya whispered.
Mina stopped moving so frantically but was still sleeping with that look of pain on her face.
"Mina, please wake up." Midoriya said, his tone growing more worried like.
Mina's eyes suddenly opened as she jolted awake, looking around the room in a panic.
Her breathing became heavy and tears started to fall.
Midoriya was quick to try and comfort her, turning her to look towards him.
"Hey, it's okay, it's just me." Midoriya whispered.
Mina looked at him, still clearly traumatized.
Midoriya wrapped his arms around her and held her closer.
Midoriya could feel her body shaking and her heart pounding faster and faster.
Mina wrapped her arms around him, clinging on to him for dear life, at least in her eyes.
After awhile, Mina's breathing slowed back down, her panic dissipating.
Mina felt surprisingly tired and rested her head on Midoriya's shoulder.
"Are you okay?" Midoriya asked.
"I don't know." Mina thought.
"I'm alright." She lied.
"We don't need any more stress than we already do." Mina thought.
"It was just a bad dream." Mina said.
Midoriya pulled back a little to look at Mina and wipe away the tears from her eyes.
"He's okay, everything is alright." Mina thought.
Mina knew that wasn't entirely true, but she needed to convince herself otherwise.
Mina broke the embrace that the two were in and got out of bed.
"Come on, let's go hang out with the others." Mina said.
One step and Mina winced in pain, covering her eyes with her hands.
"What's wrong?!" Midoriya said, in panic.
Mina brushed it off, leaving one hand resting against her forehead as she looked at him with a smile.
"Nothing, it's just a headache." Mina said.
Mina slowly dropped her other hand down and proceeded to walk out of the room, Midoriya following suit.
"I guess I'll just have to take things slowly today." Mina thought.
As they both entered the kitchen, which was now less crowded, Mina took an extra large bottle of water from the fridge and immediately started drinking it all down without stopping for a breath.
With the bottle nearly emptied, she stopped drinking, surprised to see the remaining students who were still there and Midoriya looking at her with curious expressions on their faces.
"What?" Mina asked.