Izuku felt the attitude of U.A. high school change as graduation grew near for the current third-years, which included Nejire, Yuyu, Mirio, and Tamaki. At least the ones he knew, though the others were all going to graduate, their presence would be missed much more than the others. Especially Nejire and Yuyu.

Ever since their last trip to the beach, time seemed to fly by like a blur, and it was already spring. It was a lot to take in, but Izuku wouldn't want it any other way. He couldn't wait to see Nejire, Yuyu, and the others grab their diploma and fly off into the real world to become heroes, but on the other hand, he wished they could stay two more years until he graduated on his own.

Izuku tapped his pencil on the math sheet he was working on and sighed. If all the memories he made could stop being so nostalgic, maybe he could finish all this homework he was assigned, which was due tomorrow. Still, it wasn't a bad thing.

Actually, it was! He was going to be left alone for the next two years without Nejire. How was he expecting to survive without someone at his side always pestering him and helping him enjoy every second of his life?

"Oh, no... Nejire's spoiled me." Izuku muttered as he buried his head in his arms with a groan.

Izuku rested his head on his arms and stared at the All Might posters and merchandise in front of him. He lifted his hand to fix their positions. It's been a while since he touched anything on his desk and it spoke volumes with the way some of them were shifted from their original location.

It didn't take long before he dove right back into his homework. When he finished up, he stood up from his seat and walked over to the balcony to take a breather, but when he pulled back the curtains, he found Nejire outside, staring at the stars all by herself with a comfy jacket over her to protect herself from the chilly nights.

He jumped in shock but quickly recovered as he opened the sliding door to his balcony. "Nejire, what are you doing here?"

Nejire turned around to see him standing there with a perplexed expression planted on his face. "Hey, hey! That's no way to treat your girlfriend and soon-to-be future wife!" Nejire responded, diverting from the original question with a teasing remark.

"W-We're going that far?"

"Of course! We have to plan for our wedding soon!" Nejire laughed as Izuku stared at her in disbelief. "Anyway, back to the question at hand! I wanted to let you know I am hosting a sleepover in my room and you're the only person invited because you're my boyfriend! And that's other than Yuyu, but that's beside the point!"

"Er... That still doesn't explain what you were doing outside my balcony, almost like a stalker."

"Hey, don't lump me in the category of a stalker!" Nejire exclaimed as she gently slapped him on the shoulder while he held back his laughter. "I couldn't help but notice how beautiful the stars looked while I flew here, so I took a few minutes to look up at the heavens, but that was when you stepped onto the balcony. It was merely a coincidence!"

"Oh... That's nice to hear." Izuku responded as he leaned on the railing next to her to look up at the stars, winking down at them from above. "So what's this about a sleepover, though?"

"Well, you see, I thought it would be a great idea for us to hang out one more time before we graduate within a week. Things have been getting busy for us third-years as we integrate ourselves with society and the hero agencies we signed up with."

"That's right! How have things been going with that?" Izuku asked as he headed back inside his room to gather some of his belongings to take over to Nejire's room while she plopped down on his bed.

"It's great! Lately, I've been working with Ryuko closely as the day we leave U.A. grows closer, but I have also been looking into working with Hawks because we both can fly and I feel like he can teach me something I never learned before, which is something I look forward to! Perhaps I could also look into joining The Lurkers team and learn from three top pro heroes at once!"

"That wouldn't be a bad idea," Izuku muttered as the gears in his brain spun around rapidly. So far, he's been training with Endeavor for the past hero work studies, but he also wanted to go in the direction Nejire was heading by training under a myriad of different heroes who could teach him valuable lessons about hero work. It would be an ingenious idea to expand his horizons.

"I can't wait to graduate and go out into the real world, but I'm scared to see what's waiting out there for me. I just hope U.A. high school prepared us enough to tackle the reality of it, but if not, I hope the heroes I work under can help me through it!"

"Yeah..." Izuku responded though he stopped listening when Nejire said she couldn't wait to graduate.

Nejire glanced over at Izuku as a sly smile crossed her face. "Are you gonna miss me?"

"It would be weird if I said no."

"Well, don't worry about it! I'll visit you with Yuyu and text you whenever I get free time!"

Izuku nodded his head. That comforted him even if only a little, knowing she would still interact with him through the next two years until they came up with a plan after he graduated from U.A. high school.


Izuku was inside his sleeping bag to avoid Nejire's efforts to paint his nails with fancy colors and put some makeup over his face to beautify him like a model. This situation was something straight out of a nightmare.

"No, Nejire! Leave me alone!" Izuku howled as Nejire rolled him around in his sleeping bag until he was pressed up against her bamboo drawer with no room to escape.

"Never, we have to see what you look like with make-up, Izuku! Isn't that right, Yuyu?" Nejire looked over at Yuyu, who buried her face in her hands and looked down at the ground in shame. "I'm sure Yuyu agrees with me~!"

Yuyu deadpanned at her last sentence. "Even though I came up with the idea a few months ago, I think I'm going to have to agree with Izuku because he looks uncomfortable right now." Yuyu flashed Izuku a thumbs-up to show she was backing him up.

"Aw, man... What a party pooper." Nejire mumbled as she crossed her arms across her chest and pouted. "I bet Izuku would have looked beautiful like I do. Though I lean more towards being a natural beauty."

"I think he's already cute enough with no enhancements on his outward appearance, but I guess my opinion doesn't matter." Yuyu vocalized with a laugh.

Izuku stared at Nejire, who continued to pout in their presence. "Well... Maybe we could do make-up for me just one time. But only that!"

"Yay! Come here, Izuku! We have no time to waste!"

Izuku suddenly felt a shiver go down his spine. "Maybe this was a bad idea."

Nejire flew over to grab the wide array of make-up and held some of them close to her face and smiled. "Too late!"

She was determined to paint his face and probably make him look like a clown, but Izuku was fine with that if he got to spend quality time with his girlfriend. It wasn't long before she stepped foot into the real world, but it was sometimes fun to tease her a bit by rejecting her hilarious requests.

Still, it was a bummer she graduated long before he did. If he could turn back time to a specific moment in time, it would be the time he called her big sister by accident.

Nejire dipped the eyeliner in the small glass vial after she shook it to ensure it was mixed up. Black liquid coated the tip of the eyeliner brush as she wiped some of the excesses down on the edge of the bottle before she gently swiped it across Izuku's eye while he patiently stayed still.

"How does it feel to be beautiful, Izuku?"

"Well, we're only beginning, so I don't feel much yet. If I have makeup, will girls surround me and fall head over heels for my good looks?"

"Absolutely not because I will be the only one falling head over heels for you, and if they do, I'll... Um, I'll fight them! Though it probably won't be a good look for me when I'm a pro hero. If someone does flirt with you while you're in your second and third year at U.A. high school, text me because I'll be there in the blink of an eye to fend them off!"

Izuku laughed when Nejire dipped the brush back in the bottle to perform the same to his other eye, so she wouldn't smear the eyeliner across his face by accident. "I will, don't worry!"

"What about you, Yuyu? You'll be there to protect Izuku from any unwanted attention too, right?"

Yuyu took a good second to stare at Izuku before she answered. "Of course, anything for our little brother. But don't quote me on that when I'm busy!"

"Yay! Izuku's two older sisters are here to rescue him from any trouble he faces, especially other girls!" Nejire held up a bottle of sparkly pink nail polish. "Now for the star of the show!"

Izuku watched Nejire swish the soft ends of the brush on his nails. A cool sensation wrapped itself around his fingertips and traveled its way down to the base of his fingers as his nails turned from a dull color to a cheerful pink.

"And now the finishing touches!" Nejire exclaimed as she gently applied the glossy lipstick over his mouth. "I would like to apply foundation on your face, but I don't know how it would react with your skin, so I'm going to avoid it for now."

"That's good. I wouldn't want too much make-up on me."

Nejire stuck her tongue out as she finished up. "And done~! You definitely look beautiful now!"

Nejire held up a mirror for Izuku to study the odd person staring back at him. No matter how much he tried to change his mind into liking it, he found himself grimacing at the abhorrent reflection staring back at him.

"I don't know if I like it..."

"Yeah, maybe I went overboard on some of the stuff like the eyeliner and lipstick."

"I look like a clown."

Nejire burst out laughing as Yuyu stared at her with a nervous smile crossing her face. "Sorry, Izuku!"

"Since I dabble with make-up constantly, maybe I should have been the one to do it." Yuyu mentioned, but it was too late now for Izuku.

Nejire took one more good look at Izuku as an evil grin formed on her face. "Nah, he looks better this way! Time to take a picture, so I could set this as my wallpaper and wake up to it every morning!"

Izuku gazed into her eyes in shock as his heart sunk to his stomach in dread. "P-Please don't!"


It didn't take too long to rid himself of the debauchery painted over his face. Just a little patience did the trick. Izuku rubbed his face with soap and washed it with water after using some oil-based cleaners to remove the makeup.

Izuku took the time to brush his teeth just in case he fell asleep while Nejire and Yuyu stayed up longer than he wanted to, but he doubt they would, considering they had school the next day. They joined him a second later while Nejire poked him in the face multiple times to tease him.

Nejire finished first and rushed out of the bathroom, taking Izuku by surprise. When he stepped out of Nejire's bathroom after he finished brushing his teeth, she was already in her pajamas, waiting for him by making herself at home in his sleeping bag.

Nejire poked her head out to look up at Izuku. "You know, your sleeping bag is really comfy. Or is it just me?"

"I think it might just be you because I chose a pretty cheap one from a nearby store."

Nejire patted the sleeping bag for a few seconds to confirm his words, but couldn't make her verdict. "Makes sense, but it still feels nice and fuzzy."

Yuyu approached both of them with her hands on her hips and pointed at Nejire. "Hey, we should get to sleep before we wake up like zombies tomorrow for school."

"I forgot we have school tomorrow… But I think I'll sleep with Izuku tonight." Nejire responded.

"Oh..." Yuyu let her arms fall to the side and shifted her gaze to Izuku. "You okay with that?"

Izuku's heart raced around. Even though they spent months together, he still found it hard to calm himself down at the prospect of being so close to her. "Y-Yeah, that's no problem! She's my girlfriend, after all!"

"Yay! Yuyu, you can claim my bed for the night while I bring my own sleeping bag next to Izuku's!"

Yuyu gave Nejire a thumbs-up. "Don't stay up long. Apparently, we're training first thing in the morning because we have some heroes dropping by to unload some bombs of knowledge on us. They also want us to sign some contracts with the government and whatnot, so get a good night's rest."

"Yes, mother!"

"Oi!"

Nejire laughed at Yuyu's reaction while Izuku put a mouth over his mouth as muffled laughs echoed throughout the room. Yuyu shook her head at the two of them and turned off the light without warning.

Yuyu flopped down on the bed with the help of the minimal light shining through the window's curtains as the moonlight waged war on the fabric blocking it. "Good night, you goofball. And good night to you, Izuku."

They returned the farewell while Nejire made her way over to her closet, shuffling around to find her sleeping bag with the help of the sole light, hanging from the ceiling of the closet.

Izuku walked over to his sleeping bag and entered it. Staring up at the ceiling, Izuku let out a content sigh and watched as Nejire dragged her sleeping bag over to his position after turning the lights off in the closet. She grabbed an extra pillow for Izuku and herself as she settled beside him with a smile.

Nejire shifted her body closer to him and unzipped the side of her sleeping bag to free her arms enough to hug him. Izuku dare not say anything just in case he incurred Yuyu's wrath, but a squeak escaped his lips.

After a few seconds passed by, Nejire muttered into his ear. "You know, I'm gonna miss you when I graduate…"

Izuku was about to respond but realized the significance of her words. Why did he think Nejire's graduation was only going to affect him? Nejire was also disconnecting from his presence when she left.

He was going to be alone, but if Nejire was also going to suffer, it told a different story. His perspective on this matter involved two people who wanted to stay together while the world pushed them away. But it wasn't with the power of force and they could still meet up, but the visits were going to be infrequent compared to the times they spent together while Nejire was still here.

"Yeah… I'm going to miss you too."

Nejire cuddled with him as Izuku freed himself to put an arm around her. It felt natural at the moment to do, but there was still a sense of melancholy between them as their feelings came to light and the memories they made passed by their minds.

Suddenly, Nejire broke the silence with a simple question. "Hey, hey. Have you ever kissed anyone, Izuku?"

"Um... My mother?"

"Do you wanna try it with me?"

"Uh..."

Suddenly, Yuyu's voice echoed throughout the room. "Don't make me come down there and knock you guys out to sleep!"

Nejire giggled at her friend's threat while Izuku dove under the protection of his sleeping bag. Nejire did that on purpose, didn't she?

Author's Note: One more chapter to go and we are done! Hopefully, I can do the ending justice and make you guys happy you read this story!

Thanks so much for reading all the way up to here, everyone! It gives me great joy to see so many people loving this story! Also, it's currently the longest story I ever published yet at a whopping 13 chapters, so yay!

With love from your favorite writer, Out4Lunch!