Miles Has No Game (Story by Mugiwara N0 Luffy)


"Busted again..." Mineta mumbled through bruised cheeks, his face a swollen mess. He sat in the lounging area of the UA dorms. Kirishima, Denki and Izuku sat around him, the former two laughing in amusement while Izuku looked on with a bit of sympathy, despite the fact that Mineta's current state was entirely deserved.

"That's what you get for tryin' to peek on the girls, man. You've gotta learn," Kirishima chuckled, shaking his head in disappointment.

"I will... never... relent..." Mineta weakly defied him, shakily holding a fist up in a show of determination.

"I'll admit, you've definitely got balls for trying to peek so often even knowing what'll happen. I've had the thought cross my mind a couple times, but I'd hate to think of what Jirou would do to me. Even if I'm not peeking for her..." Kaminari shivered at the thought, causing Kirishima and Izuku to sigh.

"You better never let her hear you say that..." Kirishima muttered.

"S-Still, you guys should really try to keep from going too far. You don't want to cross any lines..." Izuku tried to reason, only for Mineta to snap his head toward Izuku.

"I've only just begun, Midoriya! Don't doubt me!" Mineta's proud declaration only caused the others to shake their heads.

"Okay, seriously, Mineta? You need to learn when to quit."

Izuku smiled as he looked over his shoulder to see Miles Morales walking up to them, the transfer student giving Mineta disappointed look.

"Hey, Miles!" The others greeted aside from Mineta, the grape shifting his head to the side to avoid his gaze.

"What would you know?" Mineta grumbled indignantly.

"Well, I know in some countries, stuff like that would be considered sexual harassment," Miles pointed out, causing Mineta to flinch hard. "But setting laws and boundaries aside, don't you think you're takin' the wrong approach to all this?"

"What do you mean?" Kaminari asked curiously.

"Well, Mineta did say that he wanted to become a hero to be popular. Well, peekin' is definitely not gonna get him there," Miles explained, causing Mineta to slowly look back at him. "The ladies are cute, I get it. But you gotta treat 'em with respect and be a lot more chill. Try to work some charm instead of makin' the girls hate your guts."

"That's probably impossible for Mineta at this point," Kirishima half joked, though all present company didn't doubt the validity of the statement.

"Still, you make it sound way too easy, Miles. What do you expect guys like us to do?" Kaminari asked with a small bit of desperation. "We're not like Midoriya who apparently gets girls to come at him naked, even during tests!"

"E-Eh?!" Izuku blurted, his face lighting up as he remembered the fight with Camie.

"I still haven't forgiven you for that, bastard..." Mineta glared from behind purple cheeks.

"Dude, you guys are blowin' it way outta proportion! You're treatin' the girls like these untouchable objects!" Miles said, bringing attention back to him. "They're people, as hard as that might be for you to believe. They like guys just as much as we like girls, you know?"

"Oh, so are you saying that you could act all cool and chat up the girls like nothing?" Mineta huffed in doubt.

"Of course! Girls like confidence. Someone who plays it cool but knows when to stop," Miles smirked, moving to sit next to Izuku on the couch. "In fact, my uncle back home taught me a killer move for how to get sparks goin'!"

"Your uncle did? W-What is it?" Izuku asked, understandably curious. Kirishima and Kaminari were eyeing him with an equal amount of interest.

"It's simple. You just gotta walk up to a girl, and do the shoulder touch, like this, and be like..." Miles raised his arm, placing a gentle hand on Izuku's shoulder. He tilted his head ever so slightly and gave Izuku what he would call his most suave smile. "Hey."

Izuku felt in a strangely awkward position while the others stared for a moment before bursting out into laughter, Miles quickly joining them.

"N-No way, dude! There's no way somethin' like that works!" Kirishima laughed, wiping a tear away.

"I'm tellin' you, in the words of my uncle, it's science!" Miles defended, though he couldn't help but share their amusement. "My uncle, he's real smooth with the ladies! I've met a couple of his girlfriends."

"Still, that's pretty hard for me to imagine working, too!" Kaminari dismissed, shaking his head.

"Hey, don't knock it 'til you try it," Miles reasoned.

"Well, if you think it works, why don't you show us then?" Mineta challenged with an eager grin. "I think I hear some of the girls coming. Show us how it's done!"

"Wh-What? Right now?" Miles blinked, suddenly feeling a nervous sweat come on as he looked over his shoulder with Izuku to see Mina, Tooru, and Jirou heading down the hall toward them.

"Yeah, come on, Miles! How do you expect us to do that kinda thing with confidence if you won't?" Kaminari egged on, a mischievous smile spreading across his face.

"C-Come on, guys. That's not really fair," Izuku laughed sheepishly, hoping to calm them down.

"Yeah, give the guy a break. Trying to get him to perform under that kinda pressure is a bit far," Kirishima chuckled, trying to be reasonable.

"N-No, it's cool guys," Miles cleared his throat, hopping up from the couch. "I will not have it be said that I did not step up to the challenge."

"Yeah, go Miles!" Mineta and Kaminari cheered, ready to either be impressed or entertained.

"Whoa, seriously? talk about manly..." Kirishima muttered, a bead of sweat rolling down his cheek.

Miles exhaled a nervous breath, straightening out his UA jacket before walking around the couch, the four watching him intently. He strode directly up to the three girls as they chatted, deciding on Mina as his target since, hey, she was cute and friendly. Jirou was cool but her reaction wasn't as likely to be quite as kind. Tooru was definitely friendly, but her being invisible made it difficult to know where to look exactly when addressing her.

Alright, Miles. You can do this. Smooth.

"Oh, hey Miles!" Mina greeted first, giving the boy a gentle smile as he strode toward them.

With resolve, Miles forced his hand forward and, gently, touched Mina's shoulder. The girls all blinked and hesitated, the pink girl raising a brow in surprise. Trying to contain his building anxiety, Miles gave the best, least forced looking grin he could muster.

"Hey."

Mina stared at him, disbelief coloring her pink face. Much to his relief, Mina actually gave a cute smile as well as a giggle, her cheeks turning a faint magenta. "He-hehehe. Hey~!"

Holy shi-It worked! Miles internally screamed, unable to see as the other guys in the room dropped their jaws. I did it!

.

... Now what?

"Well, Miles? We're waiting," Jirou asked, a knowing smile spreading across her lips. Mina shared the same look, and he could imagine Tooru was with the way she crossed her arms.

"Come on, come on! Anything else?" Tooru asked eagerly, likely excited to see where this was going.

"... N-Nothin'! Tha-that's all I had to say!" Miles laughed awkwardly, releasing Mina's shoulder as he started to back up. "O-Okay, I'll see you all later! Kay-bye!"

With that, Miles took off running, leaving the others to stare in shock and disappointment as he retreated down the hall.

"Smooth," Jirou chuckled, shaking her head.

"It was kinda cute, even if he's a big dork," Mina giggled.

"Too bad. I was hoping he was gonna drop a sweet line, too!" Tooru said, releasing a disappointed sigh.

"You tried your best, man. No one can ask more of you," Kirishima sighed, a single tear hanging at the edge of his eye.

"W-Well, he definitely made it farther than I would have..." Izuku sheepishly chuckled.

"I wanna make fun of him, but it seemed like it might have actually worked. I'm both annoyed and impressed, damn it..." Mineta bit his thumb in annoyance.

"Yeah, but we still gotta rag him for giving up right after," Kaminari chuckled.

And so the pervert duo did the next day, making the up and coming Spider-Man hang his head in shame for the rest of the week.


Note: So yeah, that was another snippet by Mugiwara N0 Luffy, the famous writer for the Persona 5/My Hero Academia fic Thieves Can Be Heroes. I greatly appreciate that he wrote this, and I highly recommend you guys read both Amazing Fantasy and his fic for some MHA goodness!