Izuku first saw her at the beginning of his first year.

He had been in the class of 1-A for about three weeks, still struggling to figure out a working schedule and making friends with anyone he got the courage to talk to, which wasn't many people. He was nervous about keeping his and All Might's secret and even more nervous about the effects the shared quirk of One For All had on his body. Every time he used his quirk, he would break something. That tiny fact was enough to get him sent to the nurse's office nearly every day.

It was in the nurse's office, being checked and kissed by Recovery Girl, that he saw the most beautiful woman he's ever laid his eyes upon. Not to say that he hadn't seen beautiful women before, or that that's all he ever cared about! He thought many people were beautiful and diverse attention, not that he was giving anyone too much attention…

Anyway, Izuku sat on the edge of a stiff cot after his treatment as a tall, enthusiastic, and blue haired woman walked in, waving at Recovery Girl as if they were old friends. With the way Izuku's life was going, he might end up like that. Or like All Might, who gets hit by her more often than not. Probably the latter.

"Hey there, Recovery Girl!" She chimed like a songbird. "I'm here for my medicine." She said it as if she was asking for a handful of gummies, which was likely the result of this exchange.

"Yes, yes. I know why you're here." Recovery Girl patted Izuku's knee after turning back to him. "Don't move. I'll be right back." The older woman walked slowly toward the medicine cabinet and retrieved a small orange prescription bottle.

That's strange. Izuku couldn't immediately tell why this girl may need prescription medicine. Not that he was one to judge or laugh at anyone who needed medicine. You never know what people have to endure due to their quirks or simply from life. Maybe she was sick, or had a quirk that hurt her stomach, or-

"Why do you need medicine?"

Izuku froze the second the words left his mouth. He screamed three times -he counted- and began to shake like a leaf. He tried to apologize, but his lips sealed shut. Why on earth would he ask something so sensitive?! That was so rude! Now he's just embarrassed himself! What if-

"Oh, it's just for headaches. Sometimes, when I use my quirk too many times, it sends waves to by head and I get migraines. I can't always be taking breaks from field training when I work as a hero, so I just take these pills." She held up the bottle like a trophy.

"Really? What's your quirk?" Now he was interested. Headaches wasn't an unusual result to quirks, but the way she phrased it seemed like this was a unique quirk.

"I can convert my stamina into energy shock waves! It's not super complicated, but I'm not in The Big Three for nothing." She pumped her fist in a Plus Ultra style, her smile being a bit too bright for Izuku to stare at directly.

Izuku write imaginary notes into the air in front of him. He'd have to write this all down later. "What's The Big Three? Is that some sort of new hero agency or a club here at UA? You said your quirk uses up your stamina, does that exhaustion make it difficult to use for rescue missions? How long can you hold a wave for? How long can you use your quirk until you're too tired to continue? How long have you been at UA? Do you have a special tutor or something?"

Two fingers appeared in front of his face, both literally and figuratively snapping him out of his thoughts. Had he been muttering? Oh no! She probably thinks he's crazy! Or just a nerdy first year, which, he couldn't lie. He kind of was.

"You sure talk a lot for a quiet kid." She giggled, offering her hand. "I didn't quite get all of your questions, but I'll answer a few easy ones. My name is Nejire and I'm one of the top three best students in the hero course. Um, I'm not really sure what you're so curious about my quirk for, but I don't mind setting up a get to know you session. You're a first year, right?"

Nejire. Nejire. Nejire. He had to remember that. He also had to remember that this woman was very much three years older than him, not that he'd judge her for liking someone so young! It's legal and almost normal to have quite an age gap in relationships, it's just a bit awkward for someone his age. Not that-

"Here's my number." A white slip of paper floated down onto Izuku's lap. "Text me if you want to know anything or just want a friend. I know how hard it can be to make friends so early in the year, especially with how competitive 1-B can be. It's like Vlad-sensei is trying to start a class war or something." She giggles to herself before leaving. "Later!"

Leaving. She's gone and Izuku didn't even say goodbye. What kind of hero was he?! Saying goodbye to a beautiful woman was important, not that his validation should be treated like a truth! He just wanted to make her day…

Well, he did have her number, after all. He just had to brave through sending a text.

…

Izuku completely forgot about Nejire up until Aizawa opened the class to talk with UA's three best hero course students, The Big Three. It was in that moment, when he watched them walk in, that he remembered their single interaction at the beginning of the year and that he had, in fact, lost her phone number and forgotten about her. He couldn't remember if he even wrote down her quirk in his newest notebook.

Over the entire year, he's been studying and working harder than ever to get to where he wants. Between the Sports Festival, All Might's retirement and the attacks at both from The League of Villains, he's really had no time for himself. They had just barely gotten their dorms set up, which he almost never got the chance to do. His mother was seconds away from ripping him away from UA and the friends he's made, in front of All Might. Even thinking about it made him smile. He loved his mom so much. She was more like All Might then him, with her courage and love.

"Hey, I know you!" A familiar voice shouted and Izuku looked up to see Nejire pointing at him. She beamed, as if she had just found her favorite food. "You're that kid that's always breaking his bones, right?! Izuku Midoriya!"

Oh. Well, he was known for it. It wasn't something well hidden, given he broke both of his hands in the Sports Festival. His heart only stung a little, trying to ignore the thoughts that told him that she didn't remember him besides that. She didn't remember giving him her phone number and offering the secrets of her quirk to him. Now that he thought about it, it sounded kind of intimate. A bad and good kind of intimate.

"Yeah? I guess I'm famous now, huh?" He tried to laugh but it sounded forced and awkward. All Might was working with him on confidence and that was still a lot left to do. He could hear Kacchan huff in irritation at the simple fact that he'd spoken.

"Why didn't you text me? Didn't you want to do that study session together?" She asked, in front of the whole class, obviously taking up Aizawa-sensei's time and patience. Now the class was suspicious. He could almost smell the tension.

"I meant to, but I accidently lost the paper! I put it in my notebook and the next minute, it was gone! Sorry!" It had been so long ago. How could she remember something like that?

"Are you two done taking up my time?" Aizawa-sensei huffed, looking a bit more tired than he did before.

"Oh! Right! Meet me by the third year dorms then after class, okay, Izuku?" Nejire winked and went back to the front of the class, standing beside a very confused blonde and a shaking brunette. Or was his hair black? It was hard to tell in the poor lighting. Not to say that UA had bad lights!

Izuku released a long sigh and watched Nejire control the entire class's attention simply by her presence. She really was amazing, wasn't she? Maybe he could learn a thing or two from her.

Author's Notes: I've gotten a lot of suggestions for this ship but wasn't completely sure where to take it. I suck at writing one-shots for ship simply because I don't know where to stop it. I hope you loved it!