Izuku climbed into his repaired bed on a Saturday night, aiming for a healthy amount of 8 hours before the sun rose, preventing him from accruing any more rest. Maybe he should've gotten blackout curtains to ensure his sleep goes uninterrupted, but in the rare case his alarm doesn't wake him up, he wasn't going to risk it.

Izuku didn't know when it happened, but several gentle knocks on his window woke him up from his sleep. He sat up on his bed and rubbed his eyes as he pulled back the curtain to find Nejire floating outside his window.

With wide eyes, he looked around his room for no reason, partly because he was still paranoid that someone from his class would catch him hanging out with her in the middle of the night, but there was no one. Of course, there would be no one in his room. Still, if they caught him with Nejire in the middle of the night, it would seem pretty suspicious.

Izuku opened the sliding door connected to his balcony and flashed her a nervous smile while glancing over at the time on his All Might-themed alarm clock. "Uh... What are you doing here, Nejire? It's about one o'clock in the night..."

"Izuku, I have something super cool to show you, so follow me! I know it's late at night, but I'll somehow make it up to you!" Nejire sounded excited. Besides, Izuku couldn't deny that he was interested in what Nejire wanted to show him, even though it was late at night.

"I'm not sure anything could make up for my sleep..." Izuku muttered as he rubbed his eyes sleepily and yawned. He thought about changing his clothes but finalized his decision to not keep Nejire waiting.

"How about I sleep with you tonight?" Nejire offered, not a single thought behind the question. Just her seemingly pure innocence.

"S-Sleep with me tonight?" Izuku asked, caught off guard.

"Oi, not that type of sleep together," Nejire said as she eyed him with a twinkle of mirth shining in her eyes. "I'm talking about just sleeping in the same bed together, not the other type!"

"R-Right, of course!" Izuku exclaimed as a big drop of sweat rolled down his neck and down his back. Of course, he would misinterpret everything when Nejire was next to him. Still, how was he supposed to construe the true meaning behind her words when there were multiple explanations to her offer? "But please, don't phrase something like that in the first place!"

"How else would I capture your attention?"

"What?! There are so many other ways to do that!"

"Nah, we call this special technique the N.A.G. method! The Nejire Attention Grabber!" Nejire chirped triumphantly.

"What a ridiculous name for such a nasty technique!"

"It worked though, didn't it? It worked when I kept nagging you about me being your older sister!" Nejire pointed out with a laugh.

"Ugh... I have no objections." Izuku replied as he laughed along with her.


Izuku didn't know why Nejire needed to carry him in an embarrassing position, but being carried bridal style was something he should've expected. It was an easy position for her to carry him in, just like the time they came back from the date at the park.

Luckily, the view as they flew over the city was incredible. The city lights illuminated the dark atmosphere in the sky. The bright specks down below would travel and flicker from the cars and traffic lights, changing constantly with every second that passed by.

Izuku absorbed every detail he could get until his eyes hurt. There was probably a big reason light pollution was considered a bit of a problem, especially nowadays with heroes who took to the sky to catch criminals or villains roaming the street during the night. But where there was a problem, there was also a solution to it, like using goggles or shades to block the harsh light from entering their retinas.

It reminded him of a certain someone who was currently carrying him. Nejire Hado was a flying hero, but knowing her, she would most likely operate during the days.

Speaking of Nejire, Izuku wondered what she was going to do in the future. Was there a possibility that he could be a part of her future when she graduated from U.A. high school?

He wanted it, but did she? Nejire had a close relationship with him, but that was mainly attributed to his blunder when he called her big sister by accident. They were close enough to be called friends, but was it greedy to want something a little more than that? To see something beautiful bloom between the two of them?

Now that he was next to her and neither of them was speaking, his mind rushed around with questions slapping him across the face every other second. Izuku never thought he would be serious with this, but here he was, thinking things that shouldn't be concerning at the moment since he still had the League of Villains to worry about and mastering One For All.

There was so much to do, but little to no time to accomplish them while dealing with the mess that Nejire had left for him to face, but he was somewhat immune to it by now. And he didn't mind it too much anymore since he's been avoiding them. But giving it a thought, there was a chance he could ask her to train with him.

Or something along the lines of that. He never fought someone of her caliber, so maybe there was something to learn from her. Or he could just invite her to Gym Gamma with Bakugo to train while she does whatever after he gets permission from Aizawa.

Nejire led him to the edge of a tall building and helped him sit down on the ledge while she sat beside him by snuggling up close to his body.

Izuku's body went stiff as he continued to keep his eyes focused on the city. It was quite a beautiful sight to see something he's seen every day on the ground in the sunlight transform into a different scene during the nighttime. And this was from the view of a bird, so it was a perspective he never considered.

He glanced over at Nejire and quietly mustered up the courage to ask her a question that was important to him.

"Uh... Nejire, do you want to date?" Izuku asked. He wasn't sure how to articulate his feelings well towards Nejire, the person who he loved, but maybe telling it to her straight was the best idea.

He had little clue about romance, but there was a general idea from watching other couples around him as he performed hero work and some at school. How did relationships come to be? There must have been a mutual agreement between the couples he saw, and if he was a man as Kirishima truly said he was a while back, then he was going to be the first one to start it.

"That was a long time coming!" Nejire exclaimed a few seconds later, popping his thought bubble. She looked down from the building they were on and slowly leaned her head against his shoulder and let out a content sigh. "Honestly, I wasn't sure you were going to ask me and I was going to have to ask first, but imagine my surprise right now! And I accept, but with a condition that I can call you brother once in a while!"

"Then no," Izuku stated right away without a second thought.

"I'm just joking!" Nejire laughed at his quick response, but let the silence return to their conversation.

"But why are you glad? Like any reason?" Maybe he should have seen her reason from a mile away, but his racing heart was beating so quickly that he couldn't concentrate.

"Come on, Izuku! Don't let me spell it out for you, though I wouldn't mind." Nejire looked into his eyes and then back down to the lights sparkling down below. "Well, for one reason, you're cute! Second, your reactions are top-notch, but I guess those are just superficial reasons. Honestly, I'm not sure what made me attracted to you, but there's just something about hanging out with you that makes me feel like myself. Usually, people see me as this perfect person, but their perception of me is just wrong! I'm a human just like them and I don't like how I have to follow their standards! You know what I mean?"

"And I'm one of them that doesn't make you feel like that?"

Izuku didn't expect to be a person Nejire relied on to feel normal again. Still, he couldn't blame her. It was hard being the center of attention all the time. He felt it multiple times when his skill of being a selfless hero shone through, but he couldn't imagine the pressure on Nejire when it was like that for her every day.

"Yes! Yuyu, Mirio, and Tamaki are exactly like that too! But there were a few people I noticed from your class that had already judged me in their mind, but what were their names?" Nejire scrunched her face as she went into deep thought.

Izuku looked up at the sky and scrutinized every person in his class; only two names came up out of all 20. "Kaminari and Mineta?"

"What do they look like?"

"One of them is an electric wizard, and the other is a hanging vine of grapes." If they had heard Izuku define them in such a way to Nejire, they would have buried him in insults. Luckily, he could get away with it because of their absence.

"Yeah, those two!" Nejire said before a perplexed expression crossed her face. "Wait... Is Kaminari actually an electric wizard?"

"No, but I felt like that described him pretty well," Izuku answered, a smile planted on his face.

"That's a great way to describe him!" Nejire pointed out with a laugh. "Anyway, we should go back to our dorm rooms to get some sleep. I know we don't have school tomorrow, so what do you say we go out on another fun trip?"

"I might have to spend the rest of the day tomorrow fighting all my classmates and tell them I'm dating you when you come over, so we'll see what happens... Do you want to help me fight them tomorrow instead?"

Nejire giggled as she sat up to look at him. "It's a deal! And afterward, we can visit a sandwich shop with Yuyu! Or we can go there all by ourselves because I want you all for myself." She said slyly.

Izuku felt the temperature in his face rise as he rubbed the back of his head. "I choose the latter."

"Yay, sandwich shop! Here we come after beating up some of Izuku's friends!"

"Wait, we're not trying to beat them up or anything!"

"Don't worry, Izuku! I can beat up anyone who bullies you!" Nejire threw out a few punches mixed with her quirk out into the sky in a demonstration of her abilities. The yellow spirals fizzled out after they traveled a few meters.

"I-I didn't mean to literally fight them!" Izuku repeated himself, hoping to get his message across to her.

"Oh, then I'll mentally beat them by insulting them!"

Izuku dragged his hand down his face. She was doing this on purpose, but he didn't think he wanted it any other way. Hanging out with an oddly optimistic person was nice.

Author's Note: This was a long time coming, but I think I accomplished it in the way I wanted it to be presented! So hooray, Izuku and Nejire are dating now!

I have the next few chapters planned out for this story! All I have to do is write them down, edit them, and post them in a timely fashion!

As for the ending, I don't have one in mind, but I really hope I can nail that too when the time comes!

With love from your favorite writer, Out4Lunch!