Prologue
At U.A, one cozy winter evening Izuku had just finished up his workout routine, his homework, and filled his last hero notebook, and he was dead tired.
The workouts required to build his body for One For All's true power were exhausting, and the dance practice in the late afternoon didn't help the soreness in his legs.
"Damn I need to rest for a bit." Izuku thought as he took a seat in the common room.
He started to make a list. "I gotta get new notebooks, pencils and-" Izuku started talking to himself about all the things he needed.
Meanwhile, Mina had been skipping over to the common area to relax and make herself something to eat. Hearing Izuku's rambling through the wall however, gave her an idea.
"Heya Midoriya!" called a certain pink bubbly girl.
Startled, he half shouted "H-Hey Ashido!"
Mina, being the prankster she is decided to test out something she overheard from Ochaco, because according to her "Izuku gets flustered real easily."
With a devilish glint in her eyes and a wide smile, she began to mess with Izuku
"Awwww Midoriya, you really missed me that much? It's only been a couple hours since practice ended."
Izuku could feel the burning sensation creep onto his face, which was starting to turn red. "W-W-W-Wait tha-that's not what I-". Izuku managed to stammer out.
Seeing his face going red and him starting to fidget in his seat, she laughed a little bit.
"I know Midoriya, you're just so easy to fluster and it's funny seeing you turn into a tomato".
She proceeded past him into the kitchen, where she boiled a pot of water for her noodles, all the while still messing with Izuku.
"You know, pink and green go really well togetherrrrrr, wanna be a pair this Christmas?" She sung from the kitchen.
Izuku could only react by getting redder and redder and trying to hide his face behind his book.
Mina looked over the countertop to see him so red that he was now starting to look like a VERY ripe tomato.
She started laughing hard, so hard that Izuku could hear it very clearly through his headphones that he had put on.
At this, Izuku felt a slight twinge of annoyance. So he decided to play her game.
He waited for her to throw another joke at him, and waited for his revenge
"Say Midoriya, how come you don't blush that hard around some of the other girls?"
To which he replied," Well t-that only happens with the p-pretty girls like y-you A-Ashido."
Mina, unprepared for his comeback, froze, spilling some of the hot water from her pot onto her feet.
"FU-!" she yelled, but she didn't get to finish her words, as she slipped up on the tile floor. "Oh my god I'm so sorry Ashido!" Izuku began. "I didn't mean for this to happen!"
He used One For All to rush over to her and get an ice pack on his way there.
Mina looked up at him, confused as to what he apologized for . "Chill out dude it's fine, you didn't do anything."
"B-But I caused you to get distracted!" Izuku nearly yelled.
"Midoriya." Mina said with a relaxed look,"You are fine, it was my fault."
Before Izuku could respond however, Mina (not missing a beat) said," I was just flattered that YOU of all people found me pretty."
At this, Izuku thought back to what he had said, and realized now that he couldn't take it back. His face turned redder than anyone thought possible.
"W-w-w-wait I-I," Izuku began mumbling and at this sight Mina held in a laugh. "I totally broke him now didn't I." Mina thought.
"Oh well time to try and fix this." She began to get up but stepped back into the puddle and fell backwards and time seemed to move slowly, but she never hit the ground.
She wound up in the arms of Izuku Midoriya, who caught her with the power of One For All
They locked eyes, and stared into the beauty of the other's eyes.
For Izuku, he stared in to a universe of black, illuminated only by those golden irises.
For Mina, she saw a brilliant emerald, unflinching, unbreakable, and as bright as a star.
He held her in his arms for a second, staring into her eyes. "Her eyes," Izuku thought.
Mina for her part, was caught in the same trance, but was brought out of it when she heard Izuku mutter something under his breath.
"Uh, Midoriya?" Ashido said. "I'm okay now, could you please let me up?" she asked, sheepishly, unlike her normal self.
"O-oh yeah sorry about that." He replied with the same shyness.
Izuku let her up, so Mina got up and took a second to breathe. "Why was I caught in his stare?" she asked herself. However, she thought back to when she was staring into the gentle green eyes of the boy who had caught her.
"He's a great guy, but I never talk with him much." She thought about Izuku for a second, trying to recall any hang outs or events they had done together. On the other hand though, Izuku was profusely apologizing for the staring, but Mina was too in her head to notice him.
She half consciously went back to get another pot of water for her noodles, with Izuku sitting there awkwardly. He sat there nervously watching her, wondering if he had upset her enough for her to give him the silent treatment.
"I don't remember hanging out with him at all, but he seems like a cool guy." At this, she decided to try and learn a bit more about him, and maybe even get a new friend.
As she was finally brought back to the real world, she turned to see Izuku sitting down, fingers crossed and head hung low.
"I-I swear it won't happen again Ashido, please forgive me." Izuku said ashamedly.
Mina just looked at him blankly, confused as to why he was apologizing.
"I shouldn't have done that, and I'm so sorry that I held you like that without your permission," he said matter of factly.
Mina just kept staring at him and thought "Does he always do this?"
Mina sighed, annoyed that he needed an apology for catching her,"Dude it's fine, you caught my fall besides-" quietly adding,"I was staring into your eyes too."
Quick Author's Note - So, that was the rewrite of the prologue, I hope I got rid of some of the more questionable parts of the story before. On the other hand though, thank you all for being so supportive and maintaining interest in this while I was gone. Originally, I thought about deleting this and making a new series, but I have decided to just rewrite the remaining chapters to fill in inconsistencies and put this on a better path.
See you guys soon!
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