"Hey Horn Buddy!" Mina laughed as she waved enthusiastically to Eijiro.

"Hey Mina!" he laughed back, stretching his arms as Midnight raised her whip, "Don't think I'm going to go easy on you just cause we're friends!"

"Wouldn't dare!" the pink-skinned girl shouted back.

"READY? START!" Midnight shouted as Eijiro wasted no time in charging straight at the girl, hardening his arms as he ran.

He just barely darted to the side as a glob of acid flew through the air, splashing on the ground behind him. He several droplets hit the back of his pants, hardening his calves to help protect against it as he continued to run forwards. Mina, on the other hand, was making a pointed of half jogging, half sliding backwards, managing to keep a good meter or two distance between them.

Eijiro gritted his teeth as he tried to catch up, swiping at her jacket and managing to hook it with his sharp fingers. The girl gave a startled gasp as he pulled her closer, before grinning widely at him. A thick glob of fluid suddenly dripped off the bottom of her chin, covering his hand as she kicked off his chest with one foot, sliding backwards on the trail of slime spraying from her other shoe. Try as he might, Eijiro just couldn't keep a grip with the slippery gel coating his hand, the stuff seeming to stubbornly stick even as he shook it from his hand.

"Not gonna catch me like that, Horn buddy!" Mina chuckled as she skated backwards, doing a quick pirouette, landing skillfully as she continued to skid across the arena.

"Well, you can't run forever! It's not manly!" Eijiro shot back, a smile on his face as he jumped at her when she skated dangerously close, the pink-skinned girl just laughing as she dodged out of the way.

Eijiro panted slightly as he stopped, watching as Mina slid across the arena around him, throwing good natured taunts and encouragement with the same breath.

"I'm going to win! Huh?" Eijiro shouted as he leapt towards her, blinking as his foot hit the ground, and kept going.

"WOAH!" Mina shouted as Eijiro shot forwards, sliding almost helplessly along one of her slime trails, catching her off guard as he slammed into her, his head instinctively hardening as it smacked into hers.

She lay on the ground, dazed, as Eijiro lifted himself off her, apologizing, before blinking in surprise, taking advantage of the situation to pin her to the ground. Her head ached, and she could already feel a bruise forming where they'd collided, so she didn't resist as Midnight called the end of the match.

"Sorry about that," Eijiro chuckled sheepishly as he hopped off her, holding out a hand to help her up, "Not the most manly way to win, but I had to take the opportunity."

"Not the way I thought we'd first "bang", either," Mina laughed, still feeling a little woozy as she was helped to her feet, laughing as Eijiro went bright red, "What? It was a joke!"

"A j-j-j-joke! Right! Of course!"

"OH! The pleasures of Youth!" Midnight shouted as Eijiro helped Mina over to the Medic Bots, the girl stumbling slightly as she leant against him.

"So, what's your relationship with Kirishima?" Hagakure asked in a sing-song voice as Mina sat down beside her, "He was bright red when he came up here."

"Hmm? Oh! We went to the same Middle School!" Mina answered.

"So, the two of you are childhood friends?" the invisible girl gasped, "How romantic!"

"Uhm, not really? I didn't really get to know him too well until the end of third year," Mina hummed, tapping her chin with a finger, "And even then, it was only after he came and told me he thought I was cool. I honestly thought it was a confession at the time!"

"So he's already confessed?!" Hagakure gasped, "No way! Are you two dating then?"

"He didn't confess!" Mina laughed, smacking the other girl on the shoulder, "He just told me he was going to try harder to be as cool as me or something. I mean, I wouldn't have minded if it was a confession, but I probably would have turned him down."

"What? Why?!" Hagakure gasped, her sleeves waving frantically through the air.

" 'Cause I was aiming for UA, of course! I had no idea he'd be doing the same!" Mina chuckled, "Anyway, it's not like we've had much time to have a relationship lately, is it?"

"So you want a relationship with Kirishima?" Hagakure asked quietly, making Mina blush slightuly as she turned her head away.

"Not really? I like just being friends with him," she said, "We're horn-buddies!"

"More like "horny-buddies" going by what Kaminari and the pervert have been asking him," Jiro hummed as she leant over the back of their seats, "Dude really looks up to you. In like, a non-creepy way."

"Oh!" Mina felt her blush intensify.