Authorween "Finally! We are getting back to the main reason why this story was made in the first place... I'm so sorry guys. My brain is a confusing thing. Anyway! On with the Izumina."

Another day, another hard day's work trying to become the best heroes ever. This was Class 1-A's situation as they were quirk training in Training Ground B, a place modified by Cementos so he could make each student their own individual platforms to practice their own maneuvers and quirks.

Surpsingly, even Eri and Kota we're encouraged to come. Aizawa would monitor their training since Mina and Izuku we're instructed to keep in the best shape they could for the two children's safety.

Eri and Kota we're in a corner of the training ground with a cement wall between them. This was mostly so Eri's quirk didn't accidentally fire off anywhere just in case.

Kota kinda just felt like he was playing, he was using his quirk to shoot water in various ways with the shapes of his hands. He wasn't instructed to do anything in particular. It was more like a time waster.

Although Kota could blame the teacher for not instructing him, the teacher was currently watching over Eri as she trained. Kota knew that Eri's training was probably a bit more important ever since he learned of it's dangers. Once he was told about Eri's quirk and past, he was a bit more nervous around her. He was worried something random could happen that might set her off and make her use her quirk on him. It was an irrational fear since she showed no signs of such habits but it was still a fear nonetheless. What ended up reassuring him was her extremely sweet nature. He knew she didn't want to hurt anyone or anything. So he made it his goal to try and help her. After all, that's one reason that Mandalay brought him here.

Eri was currently seated at a stone chair with an apple on a stone slab. She looked to Aizawa to await directions.

"Okay, Eri. Don't worry about going out of control or anything. Just try activating and stopping your quirk. If you're able to activate it, try directing your power to the apple." Azaiwa said carefully, not wanting to worry her.

Eri gulped but nodded "O-Ok..." She then looked to the apple 'I can do this, I can do this!'. After taking a couple deep breaths she tried to fire up her quirk, nothing was really going on for a moment until her horn started to glow a bit.

Aizawa kept an extremely close eye on Eri's condition as she used her quirk. She was clearly tense but Aizawa wanted to know if she could activate it before stopping her.

Eri's horn was starting to grow as she used her power on the apple. The apple was very clearly effected by her quirk as it was rewinding. Halfway through though, Eri started to whine as tears escaped her eyes. All of her tensing made her body hurt.

Aizawa was quick to erase her quirk and put a hand on her back "I'm sorry for not stopping you sooner. Are you ok?"

Eri huffed a couple of times before opening one eye and looking at a smaller apple. "D-Did I do it?"

Aizawa nodded "You did just fine. Your quirk didn't go out of control and you managed to successfully reverse time on the apple"

Eri wanted to be happy but her head was getting sore "Agh... But... The headaches..."

Aizawa sighed "Yeah... You're still not used to using your quirk. Want me to call Izuku or Mina over?"

Eri gasped "N-No!" She suddenly yelled. Once she realized her error she looked down a bit "I mean... No thank you... I don't wanna distract them and make them fail"

Aizawa immediately pet her head "Don't you worry about that, Eri. Those two seem to be getting better and better... I suppose we have you to thank for that"

This made Eri immediately smile as she reached over and hugged the teacher "Thank you sir."

Aizawa hugged her back on instinct. The girl was simply too sweet to reject.

Kota stopped his 'quirk training' and went over to Eri "You ok? I saw a buncha light coming from your space"

Eri nodded "I'm good. Thanks, Kota"

Kota smirked "Sure."

Aizawa cracked a smile, glad that the two were getting along. It'd only been a couple of days but they were already pretty close as friends.

Meanwhile, Bakugo and Todoroki had just finished up one of their last remedial classes for the provisional license exam and were currently in the locker room.

Todoroki may not be the brightest when it comes to social interaction but he could definitely see a change in Bakugo everyday, no matter how big or how small. It was a bit surprising, seems like only the other day he was one step away from becoming a sociopath. Now, he was practically a trained dog. He still had his agression but it was definitely the most tame version of Bakugo than he'd ever seen before.

Todoroki had just noticed Bakugo come into the locker room and start changing. Though Shoto wasn't good at it, he thought he'd try some small talk.

"... How are you doing lately?" It sounded stupid in Shoto's mind but it was all he had.

"I'm... I'm doing better..." Bakugo spoke carefully, trying not to come off as rude in any way.

Todoroki sighed "That's good. I know I'm not the person you would want to hear this from, but I'm rather amazed at how much you've improved"

Bakugo simply sighed "... Whether or not I'd prefer to hear it from you... I appreciate it." He looked over to Todoroki "It's weird... I've never really done meditation and stuff like that but... Hound Dog is doing his very best to help me. I'd be nothing but a disgrace if I didn't give him everything I had."

Todoroki noticed that Bakugo's head was a bit lower. "... Yet... It looks like something's still eating at you" Todoroki pointed out.

Bakugo was quiet... Very quiet... He didn't want to spill his guts to Todoroki but he didn't have many others to turn to. He had told Hound Dog but the pro hero told Bakugo not to worry about the others right now. He couldn't help it though! He wanted to address it! 'Am I... Really about to ask this guy for his opinion?... Fuck it... Why not' he sighed and looked to Todoroki "I still haven't told Midoriya, Ashido and the kid, that I'm sorry... And I'm worried that even if I do... They won't believe me... I'm worried that the guys in class that called me their friend... Won't do it anymore..."

He gulped as his voice got a bit shakier from his worry "I apologized once... Then turned toward my pride and favored that instead of them... It pisses me off... But it also makes me want to be selfish... I keep telling myself that I can do whatever I want... But the common sense in my head is saying to stop it... It's so damn confusing."

Todoroki hung on to each and every world, in some sense, he could understand what Bakugo was going through. Shoto's whole world turned upside down when Midoriya brought about the revelation that, it was what Shoto wanted to do with his quirk that mattered. Not what his dad wanted. However, even though his dad had been slowly changing since the responsibility of being number 1 pro hero was put on him, he still resented him. So he understood Bakugo's drastic life change messing with him.

Todoroki sighed before stating "... You know what the right thing to do is... But your worried it might not work out the way you want. The problem is, even though we have certain people that can help us think clearer, we can't just ignore how we feel... However, that doesn't mean we should act on it in harsf ways..."

He then got finished dressing up in his uniform and looked in Bakugo's direction "Lately, when I get upset from thinking about my dad and all the things he put me through, I talk to my sister. She's always been helpful and has validated my emotions while understanding that change is hard."

Bakugo finished changing while listening to Todoroki, he didn't realize it but the two were a lot more alike mentally than he had previously thought. "... So your saying I need to talk to someone?"

Todoroki shook his head gently "Not exactly. I'm just saying that we all have ways of coping. Try and find what suits you, and make sure it's within reason."

Bakugo absorbed the wisdom of Todoroki and nodded "Gotcha... And... Th-Thanks... For listening"

Todoroki froze, he wasn't used to Bakugo being nice to him but it left him with a nice warm feeling "No problem. Thanks for talking."

Both students then left the locker room, and in turn, the provisional license exam grounds, far better than when they first arrived.

Back with Class 1A though, the students had all just returned to the dorms. Our Watermelon couple, Unicorn Princess and Deku Nut Smasher had decided to tag along so they could all spend more time together.

Once they settled in though, everyone noticed Eri looking around the room.

Izuku was the first to crouch down and pat her back "What's wrong, Eri? Is everything ok?"

Eri quickly nodded before continuing her visual inspection of the lobby "I'm fine. I'm just wondering where big sis Jirou is."

Momo was the first to raise her hand "Ah! I believe she was trying to come up with a song in her room. I can't imagine how hard that must be."

Eri quickly understood and grabbed Izuku's hand "Deku? Can we go see big sis?" She said in an adorably soft tone

Izuku quickly melted at her voice and nodded before she dragged him upstairs.

Mina simply chuckled at the sight before turning to Kota who was surprisingly still with her "You ok, Kota? Usually you stick with Midori."

Kota blushed lightly and shrugged "I don't mind being around you..."

Mina simply smiled, thankful that he was opening up to her more and more each day.

Tsuyu, Ochako and Toru suddenly approached and greeted the two.

"Hey, girl!" Toru yelled out.

"*Ribbet* Hello." Tsuyu said with a smile

"How ya been, Mina!" Ochako asked

Mina immediately hugged them "Heya, girls! What's up?" She asked happily.

Once the four started their conversation, Kota couldn't help but feel like a fifth wheel. He started regretting not going with Deku and Eri until-

"Kota?" He looked up to see the Rainy Season Hero looking at him, one finger on her lip and tilting her head "Do you wanna play a game with us?"

Kota was definitely surprised with this turn of events but was a bit worried given the fact that all girls were smiling. He felt like they were hiding something. "I dunno... What would we play?"

The girls only smirked in response and guided him to one of the lobby tables. Uraraka, Toru and Tsuyu sat across from Mina and Kota. Suddenly, Momo was seen in a business suit at the head of the table.

Kota was confused and slightly worried with this turn of events until Momo pulled out, from her suitcoat... A deck of cards.

She then passed out five cards to each player. Once Kota looked at the other girls though, they were all wearing suitcoats and black sunglasses. They put on stern faces as they collected each card that came their way.

Momo then looked at Kota "The game is called Uno. Ever played?"

Kota slowly shook his head no.

Momo nodded "The rules are simple."

As Momo told him the rules, Eri began knocking on Jirou's door as Izuku stood right behind her. "Big sis? Are you there?"

Jirou quickly opened up "Oh, Hey. Didn't expect you guys to visit. Where's Mina and Kota?"

"Downstairs, probably talking with the others." Izuku stated.

"Can we come in, please?" Eri asked politely

Jirou could see no reason why not "Sure then. Just for a bit though, I'm still trying to work on that song." She said as she let them come in.

Izuku sat crosslegged on the floor and smiled toward Jirou "Speaking of that. How's the song coming along?"

Jirou shut the door and sighed "Difficult. I'm trying to write something that's a bit out of my league, I usually write punk rock, alternative, rock and roll and whatnot but now I have to write something that everyone at the festival can hear and enjoy."

Eri sat in Izuku's lap as he continued talking "Hmmm... Anything you wanna sing about specifically?"

Jirou sat on her bed and huffed "Kinda? I dunno... At first I was thinking about a song that tells a story of a hero saving the day but the more I worked on that, it just became more of a children's song. I tried a few other things but none of them really worked."

Izuku then started thinking as Eri spoke up "Oh! Write a song about how cool all of your class's powers are!"

Jirou grinned at Eri's enthusiasm but sighed "Sorry, sport. I thought about that, and I don't think the other classes would like us to brag like that... Especially Monoma from 1B."

Eri then looked a bit sad "But... You guys are cool..."

Jirou chuckled before reaching down and petting Eri's head "I know, Eri. I know hehe"

Izuku sighed "This is hard... I tried thinking of a song everyone would like but I'm not very good at this"

Jirou threw herself back on her bed "Ugh. I know right! It's stupid hard..."

Izuku then looked to Eri, just to see how she was doing when he noticed she had her gaze fixed on a ukulele in the corner of the room. "Eri, Do you wanna play the ukulele?"

Eri gently nodded.

"Well then you've gotta ask Jirou if you can, first." Izuku mentioned

Eri nodded "Big sis? Can I-"

"Go for it, squirt" Jirou said lazily as she waved her arm around.

Eri smiled and got up from Izuku's lap to get the uke. Once she got it, she began to gently but randomly strum it while singing her own made up song. Her words were unintelligible as even she didn't know what she was singing but she could tell that songs followed a certain pattern and tried to stick with that formula.

"I walk down the street and I see my big sis. I wave my hand she waves- no uh... She... Smiles, at this..." Eri continued piecing a song together with simple rhymes as she continuously strummed the same chord.

Izuku and Jirou couldn't have been happier watching her and thankfully, Eri felt no pressure since she was around people she knew and could trust.

Jirou couldn't help but notice how soft and gentle Eri's singing voice was. While watching the happy girl, she got an idea and wrote down in her song journal. 'Make sure to sing in a clear tone. Speak softly but loudly at the same time. Try not to voice crack'.

Once she wrote her note, she decided to look at Izuku. He too was very happy, seeing Eri sing so cheerfully must have put him in the best mood ever. She then whispered "Hey, Izuku."

Izuku heard her and noticed Eri was just kinda doing her own thing, so he whispered back a response "What's up?"

Jirou then whispered "You're randomly inspirational at times. What would you want to tell people through the power of song?"

Izuku was caught off guard by that question and shrugged. "I honestly have no clue... I'd need to think on that."

Jirou nodded "Gotcha. Just ask Mina for my number and text me if you think of anything."

Izuku nodded in response as he shifted his focus back to Eri who seemed to have just finished her song.

Eri strummed the uke one final time and giggled "Doesn't the music sound nice?"

Jirou nodded and stood up "Yup. It sure is. In fact, why not take that home with you?"

Eri's eyes immediately lit up, her big red orbs just stared at Jirou. "Really? I can take it home?"

Jirou chuckled and pet Eri again "Sure thing. Promise me you'll get better and better, so you and I can make a song one day."

Eri gasped in glee at the idea and glomped into Jirou "I will! I'll do my very best!"

Izuku soaked in the sight of this heartwarming moment as he suddenly realized things were about to get a lot noisier as home.

Meanwhile, Kota and the girls had played a few intense rounds of Uno before getting bored of the game, ditching the Men In Black costumes and just chat.

Uraraka looked to Kota "So Kota, How long are you here for?"

"A couple weeks" Kota said simply

"Is there anything fun you wanna do while your here?" Toru asked

Kota shrugged "I dunno. What's there to do?"

Momo interjected herself into the conversation, stating "Well, you could go to the beach, the mall, there's a lot of outlet malls nearby, any of those sound fun?"

Kota shrugged "I guess? It's been a while since I've shopped."

Tsuyu tilted her head "What do you usually do when your bored?"

"Mostly the watch TV. I don't really have any toys or anything like that" Kota stated bluntly

Mina then slammed her fist on the table "No toys?! What kind of crap is that! Kids need toys to fuel their imagination! I used to have so many toys I could start an army!" Mina then calmed down "How about you share Izuku's old toys with Eri?"

Kota was a bit excited to see what toys Izuku might have "O-Okay"

"By the way..." Toru stated "Mina... Spill the beans ... How's it goin with 'Midori' " she said in air quotes though no one could see her hands.

Mina was caught off guard by that question "Huh? Oh... Well uh... You know..."

"No. We don't. Ribbit" Tsuyu added

Uraraka was blushing a bit "Yeah, come on... Does he like... Hug you and stuff?"

Mina's face was immediately lavender with blush "Whaaaaaat?!"

Momo chuckled "You four are all so close that we never got the opportunity to ask you about it."

Mina thought about it for a moment and realized they were right, she'd been so focused on studying, training and taking care of Eri and Kota that she hadn't really have time to talk to her friends about it "Wow... I... I guess you guys are right... Sorry about that guys hehe. I'll fill you in now since we got the time."

All the girls settled in their seats comfortably, waiting for the details.

Mina then began "Izuku is a really sweet guy, opening doors for me, making food for us, and lately, he's been a bit more courageous with hugging me. He used to struggle with that one." She chuckled at the memory. "Anyway, We uh... " She immediately thought about the night where they were almost naked in front of each other and blushed hard "W-W-We haven't done much of anything really."

"Ope! I see a blush! What did you do girl?" Toru yelled

Mina quickly looked to Kota "K-Kota? Mind going over there and playing Smash bros with the guys?"

Kota could see things were gonna get personal and nodded "Sure." He then got up and went to play smash.

"S-So um... After our most recent encounter with Bakugo... Izuku and I decided to uh... Destress... In front of each other."

The girls gasped but Mina quickly corrected her statement "Not like that! We just... We... Um... We got in our underwear and ... Hugged..."

Uraraka's jaw had dropped "... Holy shit... You guys did it, didn't you."

"N-No! We didn't!" Mina spoke up "Really, all we did was... Feel each other." As Mina recounted the experience, she thought about how nice it was. "It was actually... Kinda cute... We just laid down together and felt each other. I think for him, it helped him get over his fear of touching girls, or at the very least, me."

She then took a deep breath "For me... I think... I enjoyed being with him. In that moment, it felt like he and I were the only two people on the planet..." She smiled as she started to think and relive that moment in her head.

Momo snapped her fingers "Mina? Are you ok?"

Mina quickly snapped out of it "Oh! Sorry hehe... But um, other than that. We haven't really been able to do much. I mean, we have the responsibility of watching 2 kids and honestly... We both kinda enjoy it, though I do wish he and I could go on actual dates and stuff."

The girls were both happy and sad for Mina, they were glad she was enjoying her time with Izuku but they knew that she wasn't being her usual boisterous self around the kids. She had to suddenly limit that and be more responsible.

Momo suddenly raised her hand "What if I watched them one day for you. Then you and Midoriya could go on a date sometime"

Uraraka smiled at this "Yeah! We can even take turns!"

Toru's outfit began to shake "Oh! I wanna do it too!"

Mina chuckled "Guys, you don't have to do this. Izuku and I have plenty of time to figure stuff out. I mean, we do things at home a lot! We play video games, help each other cook and clean, we snuggle, we cuddle. All that jazz! So don't worry!"

"Mina" Tsuyu started "I think you're forgetting the fact that everyone here loves Eri. Kota is pretty cute too. So really, we don't mind at all" she said with a cute froggy smile.

Mina looked at all her friends determined faces and quickly smiled "You guys are fluffing awesome." Mina then kept across the table into her friends arms.

Her friends barely caught her before they fell down in a heap due to the imbalanced distribution of Mina's weight. However, everyone was still smiling, laughing and having fun. Mina's joyous nature was just that infectious.

At the same time, Eri, who held Deku's hand while he held the ukulele in the other, was walking down the stairs with him and noticed the pile of humanity and laughs.

Eri quickly separated from Deku and ran to them as the quirk inheritor chuckled at the pile.

"Mama? Are you okay?" Eri ask politely as she walked up to the girls.

Mina chuckled as she immediately brought Eri into a group glomp "Com'ere ya little cutie~"

Eri let out an excited yelp as Mina hugged her unicorn in a cuddly fashion, rocking back and forth with her.

Kota turned to see what was going on and let out a light smile since it was clear they were all having random fun.

Izuku though, he looked at Mina, at her smile... He wanted to protect that smile at all costs but more than that... He wanted to make her smile on his own merit.

After a while, the young family went back home, ate some food and rested up. Mina told Kota to ask Eri about Deku's old toys and so he went upstairs to ask. Leaving Izuku and Mina alone on the couch.

Izuku was wondering how he should approach this idea, should he just bring it up suddenly? His mind raced as it often does but Mina looked to Izuku from across the couch and smiled "Midori, don't overheat too much. You are well within foot teasing range." She teased with a flex of her socked foot.

Izuku snapped out of his mind-muttering and gulped "W-Well... Mina... Do... Do you remember what I brought up a few days ago?"

Mina raised an eyebrow and pursed her lips "Uhhh oh! About wanting to go on a date?"

Izuku nodded "I was gonna ask Aizawa if he wouldn't mind watching the two while we went out somewhere. I know it's a long shot but I feel like it's worth a try."

Ashido merely giggled "Oh my sweet sweet green bean. I already took the liberty of bringing this up to the girls and they said they wouldn't mind watching those two. How cool is that?" She said excitedly

Izuku was definitely surprised and glad to hear that "That's amazing news! I hope Aizawa is okay with us doing this... But I remember he did say that this was a whole class project so... I think this would work!"

Mina chuckled "Let's hope so. It's been a while since I've gotten some one on one time with you my dude. And lemme tell ya, I wanna go on a buncha dates."

Izuku loved her enthusiasm and smiled as he said "Any place you wanna go first?"

Mina smiled wide "Glad you asked baby! I wanna go to an arcade!"

Izuku tilted his head "An arcade? I didn't figure those places as being very romantic"

Mina waved her hands "No no no. This is gonna be a fun date. Just you and me chilling at a cool place. The next date can be all lovey dovey, kissy kissy n whatnot." she finished with some light air kisses in his direction.

Izuku giggled "Alright then. I'll call Aizawa and ask him about it before today ends." He then scooted closer to her and the two instantly got in a cuddle position with Mina's head on his chest and his head resting on hers. "Thank you for being so patient with me Mina."

Mina smirked "The life of a hero isn't easy... But it's the one we chose... And I plan on seeing it through with you until the end... I love you Midori~"

"I love you too, Mina~" he said effortlessly.

Auth-or-Treater "Suuup. Was trying to get this out by Halloween but thanks to depression from car and money troubles. It was incredibly hard to do. Anyway, love you guys, stay safe, and may God bless all you beautiful people"