A/N Hey all, trying something different here. Going to build the next chapter up and see if I should separate it into these smaller bits. Tell me what you all think in the reviews. Thanks for reading as always and have a great and safe rest of your week!

To say Denki felt a bit cornered right now would be an understatement. The hallways of UA are pretty open to allow students of all shapes and sizes through, but right now he was feeling them close in. The usually carefree group in front of him were expecting answer. He wasn't sure what was going on just yet, but if Midoriya and his group were asking about Mineta, his hunch was right and something was up with his friend.

"Look guys, I honestly don't know what you mean. I haven't noticed anything different with Mineta today other than how he has been recently." It wasn't really honest but he wasn't lying either. Mineta actually started studying and not using math class as a quick nap session but he has been doing that for a while. He wasn't sure if they had noticed Mineta's chipper mood earlier today, but he also wasn't about to say something to draw their attention to it either.

Oddly enough, Uraraka stepped forward and started speaking, "Denki, we know he's your friend and our classmate, but there's an important reason why we are asking."

"Woah, hold on, did something happen?" Kaminari had a feeling something put Mineta into high spirits this morning, but couldn't put a finger on what it was. They had pooled their money together for a limited edition Midnight figurine, but that wasn't due to come out for another four months. Jiro might have flipped had she found out, but it was supposed to be Mineta's early birthday present and a thanks to helping him with his dating worries.

Uraraka looked away from Kaminari and the two boys looked towards one another. Denki wasn't sure if they were going for the silent treatment on him or using telepathy to figure out their next plan.

Midoriya spoke up after a moment, "Kaminari, let's find a more private place to speak". With that, they all began to move towards a more quiet part of the school, although none of them noticed a final member further behind them using his short stature to his advantage.

Finding an unused room, they all sat down and continued where they left off. Denki noticed that apparently they were taking turns here, as Iida decided to talk next. "Truth be told, we too had noticed a drastic change in how he usually applies himself in general. Today he looked incredibly happy, and we suspect the reasons behind it are less than heroic. However, as for what could have happened, we honestly aren't at liberty to speak. Not with only conjecture. "

Although Iida spoke with conviction, it was clear the other two thought that it was off script. Midoriya had no small issue hiding his emotions when things went off the rails and Uraraka's jaw was lead. Iida looked back and realized his error. Denki knew something was up now, and he was going to get his answers.

"You have to be kidding me," fired up and ready, Denki went on the offensive, "you're going to come out of nowhere, start grilling me about my friend being in a good mood of all things, and when I ask why, you claim something bad might have caused it but you can't tell me about it? You go as far to accuse him of "something unheroic" even though he's actually trying now? That you are only going off of rumors or something? What kind of crap is that?"

Midoriya stepped forward with his arms up to try and placate Denki," W-w-we didn't mean anything bad by it, Kaminari. We are sorry we can't say what happened, but the person we were talking to asked that we didn't say a-"

"A person?" Denki couldn't keep track of all these revelations at once. "You didn't say anything about a person. Be honest with me here. Are you really how he's doing or are you saying he did something terrible to somebody? What's going on here, guys?"

The tension could be cut with a knife. The three looked at each other. It was clear that the conversation wasn't being steered their way. Kaminari wasn't giving them the answer they were looking for and thanks to the slip up he is starting to ask too many questions. Midoriya sensed that much more and Kaminari would leave without giving any substantive answers. If that were the case, he needs to act quickly. Anything at this point would be better than nothing.

"Well, we can't really say for sure, because we aren't sure how everything fits, "Midoriya finally admitted, "but you said he's been improving himself, right? Did you notice when he started doing that?"

Denki didn't like this. Mineta is a self-admitted horn dog, sure, but they're acting like he went out and murdered someone for fun. To top it off, they were still trying to get something out of him without anything in return. They may have their reasons, but Mineta is his friend, and that means he wants to know what's going on too. Maybe if he gives them something they might give something back in return.

Pausing for a moment in case he wanted to say something else, but ultimately giving up, Denki answered, "Honestly I don't know when for real. Only that it was maybe a month or two ago. He started getting more serious about training to hone his reaction time and accuracy mainly, but that's about all I know."

Although Uraraka and even Midoriya looked like they were about to say something, it was Iida who replied soonest. "I see, well if that's all you know, it can't be helped. Sorry that we worried you about this, Kaminari. It is almost time to head back to class, so we should all start moving quickly".

His two other friends both stopped and understood what Iida meant. They probably weren't going to get anywhere asking Denki and to top it off Iida was also clearly worried about being late for class. Trying to lighten the mood as they walked out, Uraraka started asking about how Jiro was doing and if they had a date that weekend. She already knew the details, but she wanted to see Denki's reaction as well. Leaving the class room behind and rounding a corner, they didn't notice the four sticky globes attached to the outside of the door they had just gone through, though not a soul in sight to claim ownership.

Though he was having a laugh with Uraraka about how embarrassed he was even on their fourth date so far, Denki was also thinking back. He didn't put two and two together at the time, but the broccoli gang interrogation jogged his memory. Truth was, he knew the exact day Mineta made his drastic changes. He also knew that the night prior he claimed he was going to pay one of the girls a late night visit. Denki didn't pay it much mind at the time, because it sounded like he was screwing around, but the way his classmates came to him in private is eating at him. Damn it Mineta, I hope you didn't do something stupid.

A/N And that's pretty much that! Looking at it, I thought this was a decent place to stop. I figure that the last thing the Deku Crew would want is for Denki to spill the beans, but they had to take a risk if they thought something was going wrong. Not sure how Mineta will get out of their watchful gaze, but he probably doesn't appreciate this type of attention. As usual leave reviews and tell me what you think!