It wasn't a problem at all. It really wasn't. At least that's what Izuku kept telling himself, but now the number of people thinking he was actually Nejire's brother was worrying.

First, some boys from Class 1-B came up to him and performed an actual interview with him. They asked him a dizzying amount of questions about Nejire and his life with her, making his brain spin from all the voices overlapping each other. If it wasn't for Class 1-B's sister, Itsuka Kendo, his brain would have fried.

"Stop asking him so many questions and prying into his private life! If you guys want to know more about Nejire, then go ask her yourselves!" Kendo expressed her empathy by flashing him an apologetic smile. "Sorry about that. I guess these guys are just curious about one of the most popular students in U.A. high school."

"No, I get it... It's fine." Izuku feigned a smile but mouthed a quick thank you to her before heading off to his class.

Then on his way to lunch, some of the second-years came up to him to ask if he was truly the sister of Nejire. Luckily, a girl who interestingly wore cloud-shaped earrings. She quickly introduced herself as Mawata Fuwa before she politely told them to get lost.

Finally, at the end of the day, while walking home from an exhausting training session, he stumbled upon Mirio and Tamaki, who were apparently searching for him. And Izuku guessed it correctly. They were trying to ask him questions.

"So, Izuku! I heard Nejire Hado is your sister!" Mirio elaborated further, causing Izuku to smile awkwardly. "You know, the only girl in the Big Three group?"

"Er... Yeah, I know her. But she isn't my sister, Mirio." Izuku responded.

Judging from Mirio's surprised reaction and Tamaki's indifference, Izuku figured Mirio was in the dark about the fake rumors while Tamaki somehow already knew Izuku wasn't Nejire's sister, which was pretty obvious.

"I know, surprise...!" Izuku trailed off as he yawned. He was ready to go home after dealing with all the people that came up to him to ask ridiculous questions.

"Wait, so Nejire was pulling my leg when she told me you were her brother?" Mirio asked with a perplexed expression.

Tamaki let out a sigh of disbelief, one that contained a rich amount of frustration. "And you're figuring out that just now? How could you not tell Nejire was joking around, as she always does?"

"Seriously? She was?" Mirio let out a laugh while he rubbed the back of his head.

Within a few seconds, his laugh died down and an awkward silence replaced it. Izuku glanced around the area much like Tamaki, wondering what to do next until Mirio broke the silence again.

"So... Is she actually your sister or not? You know, just to clarify."

Izuku breathed out in miserable defeat. It was hopeless, and it seemed like Tamaki shared the same sentiment because he smacked his palm on his forehead.


On the same day, after Izuku ate dinner and closed himself off in his room, he heard a knock at the door. Cautiously opening it, he found Shoto standing outside with the same nonchalant expression he always wore. "Um... Yes? Did you need something, Todoroki?"

"No, I don't need anything. But your sister needs something."

Izuku winced as he heard the word sister for the hundredth time today. It was getting old quickly. He couldn't wait for the truth to spread from Nejire's mouth because anytime he tried to deny it all, it only got worse. "Alright then, what does she need?"

"Well, Yuyu told Nejire, who met me, to tell you to say that they both wanted you to come over to Nejire's dorm room. And if you don't listen, Nejire will hug you to death?"

Izuku groaned as he looked over his shoulder at the notebook sprawled over his bed. Sometimes, he wondered if Nejire actually wanted a younger brother like him just to tease the ever-living life out of him.

Izuku shrugged his shoulders and stepped out of his room with a smile. "Then I'll be back later tonight, depending on how long she holds me hostage."

Shoto looked at him with worry reflecting off his face. "Your own sister is going to hold you hostage? Should I call the police?"

"Gah, stop taking things so literally!"


Izuku stood right outside Nejire's room with an unfathomable amount of reluctance shooting through his mind. This was ridiculous. What was he doing here?

The moment he stepped through the front entrance of Class 3-A's dorm, everyone dropped what they were doing to ask the same question everyone's been asking him since the accident; is Nejire really your sister?

It was so weird being the center of attention, but now he knew he wasn't too fond of it despite the dream of being a great hero was going to bring tons of attention to him was coming soon.

"Ahh... What am I doing here? The situation only got worse... At this point, the entire school thinks we're siblings." Izuku ruffled around with his hair in agitation, fighting an internal conflict with himself, whether to leave or stay. Though maybe it wouldn't be so bad.

"Oh, you're here."

Izuku traced the sound to its origins and found Yuyu standing a few feet away from him with a board game in her hands. "Y-Yeah! Apparently, you guys wanted to see me? Er, I mean girls, not guys!"

With a snicker, Yuyu dismissed his mistake with a wave of her hand. "It's fine. You don't have to be so stiff around me though. I'm not like Nejire, where I'll tease you to death or lie about being siblings."

Izuku laughed nervously before he shoved his hands in his pocket. He wasn't being stiff, he just didn't know Yuyu enough to continue any long conversations with her. It was slightly awkward since Nejire seemed to be the catalyst for both of them to even acknowledge each other.

"So you wanna join us in playing this board game? I wanted to invite you over because I thought it would be a better way for us to get closer and break the tension between all three of us or whatever."

"Sure? Was that all you called me here for?" So it wasn't Nejire who requested to see him. But at the same time, she told Shoto to tell him he was needed in her dorm room as soon as possible.

"Yeah, besides, Nejire nagged me, saying she was bored, so I thought of this wonderful idea to call you over and play a board game with us... Well, you can guess what happened next. Her face said it all. The joy was overflowing from her eyes."

So Nejire actually requested to see him. Of course, she did. What did he expect? "I can imagine that." Izuku chuckled, imagining how the scene could have gone.

"Yeah, she was like a little kid that was promised candy, so in the end, I told Nejire to go over herself and tell you. Did you meet her? Because I thought she would come back inside her room with you, but you took a while."

"No, she met Todoroki, who relayed the message to me."

"Of course she did..." Yuyu sighed but shook her head with a smile. "So do you wanna play a board game with us?"

"Sure!"

Yuyu grinned at his response and opened the door, where they both saw Nejire talking to someone on the phone while floating around and eating a cookie. From there, they all stopped and stared at each other as the voice from Nejire's phone rambled on.

"You made it, Izuku!" Nejire shouted, scrambling around to float right-side up.

"Uh... I sure did!" Izuku responded.

Finishing up the cookie, she landed on the ground while telling the person on the other side of the phone goodbye. "Did you bring the board game, Yuyu? Did you? Did you?"

"Yes, I did, sheesh. Now calm down." Yuyu replied, huffing in slight annoyance as she placed the board game down on the pink carpet Nejire overlay her room with. They followed suit and sat down with her.

As they set up the board game, Izuku looked around the room. It was a lot more girly than he thought it would be. Still, he was actually expecting it to be normal. Not filled to the brim with hues of pink and blue.

The curtains on the window were pink. The bed was majestically colored with different shades of blue and purple. And the bamboo drawer to store her clothes was painted green. However, the lamp next to her bed looked oddly average compared to the other furniture stationed inside the room.

Being inside a girl's room was way different from what he imagined it would be, but there wasn't anything that blew his mind out of the water. Izuku took a glance at the selection of make-up and rapidly changed his mind.

Nejire took a glance at what he was staring at and smirked. "That's all Yuyu's make-up there because she's into that kind of stuff, and I dabble into the trending stuff a bit to keep up with her. And sometimes, she lets me use them!"

Yuyu nodded her head while studying Izuku. "Maybe we can put some make-up on Izuku for fun or something."

Nejire's eyes lit up as she stared at Yuyu for relaying her thoughts out loud. "You're absolutely right! I feel like we can experiment with all those products we have there on him!"

"Uh, please don't…" Izuku squeaked.

"Sorry, sorry! Didn't mean to scare you like that!" Nejire exclaimed, a smile adorning her face. "But you guys wanna place a bet on this game we're playing? Whoever loses has to buy the winners some candy!"

"Eh, that's it?" Izuku asked, worried she was going to add on more if she won.

"Yup! Now come on, roll the dice, baby brother!" Nejire placed the dice in his hands.

"Can't you call him Izuku now? You know, since he's not your brother?" Yuyu asked, looking at Nejire while Izuku shook the dice in his hands, blessing it by whispering some incoherent words.

"Nah, I prefer calling him whatever I like! Besides, I already called him Izuku!" Nejire responded, sticking her tongue out at Yuyu, but winking at Izuku.

Izuku ignored Nejire while he rolled the dice onto the board, accidentally knocking down their character pieces. "Ah." Was all that left Izuku's mouth as Nejire laughed out loud.

"Hey, who said you could knock our character pieces down?" Nejire asked, pinching his cheek gently.

"Haha, it was a mistake, sorry..!" Izuku apologized as he quickly set them back up.

"Yeah, I know! I just think it's funny to tease you to death!"

"I figured."

A smirk lit over Nejire's face as she scooted over to where he was sitting, while Izuku glanced over at her with a worried look on his face. When Nejire got close enough, she rested her head on his shoulder.

The moment of silence between all of them was interrupted when Nejire opened her mouth. "Does this make your heart go boom boom?"

"B-Boom boom...? What does that mean?" Izuku stuttered, looking at Yuyu, who shrugged her shoulders.

"What do you think it means?"

After a few seconds of scrutinizing her question, Izuku understood it. Unfortunately, it wasn't for the better. "That my heart is beating fast because you're doing some kind of romantic action?"

"Bingo!"

Izuku's heartbeat drastically shot up upon confirmation that he was correct. Did she like him? As in romantically? But there was no way, he wasn't worthy enough to be liked by someone so beautiful and cute.

"So… If you know that, why aren't you reflecting it?" Nejire asked, a mischievous smile growing on her face.

"Er... What do you want me to do?"

"To put an arm around me, goofy!"

Izuku hesitated for a few seconds before he slowly wrapped an arm around her. The warmth of her wrapped around his body as if someone had hugged him. It felt nice, though it was short-lived because of Nejire's sudden outburst.

"Now, let's continue to play the game! We don't have all night since we have school tomorrow!" Nejire rolled on her turn and also ended up knocking some of the character pieces down, causing everyone to laugh at her folly.

When the game soon ended, Nejire floated out with him from their dorm to escort him back to the Class 1-A dorm. "Hey, do you want me to give this picture to you?"

"What picture?" Izuku asked, looking over at her phone.

On the screen, it showed Izuku, and his arm wrapped around Nejire. "Gah, did Yuyu take this picture?"

"Yeah, I asked her to do this so I could keep this as a souvenir of you when I graduate soon!"

They both stared in silence until Izuku broke the quiet atmosphere. "Yeah, can you send it over to my phone? It looks nice."

"Score! But for us to do that, we'll have to exchange contact information."

"Oh, that's right."

Author's Note: Left you guys hanging, didn't I? Sorry for the delay in chapters recently, though my writing hasn't been slowing down, my editing has.

I've just been dealing with physical pain here and there, so nothing too big, but still enough to discourage me from diving headfirst into some of the projects I want to post. I want to let my body rest, but I feel like it's detrimental, so I'm just testing out some things here and there for my body and seeing what works best!

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed today's chapter! If you did, leave a review!

With love from your favorite writer, Out4Lunch!