Sunday morning. That was the morning in which Midoriya had taken on a new weekly habit: running around Heights Alliance as long as it took for the sun to rise. Since it was still quite cold, he would wear a jacket or coat until his running considerably warmed him up to some degree. As he was so discrete about his actions, none of his classmates were aware of his Sunday escapades. Not even Bakugo, who was already in on the One for All secret. But then the bubble popped, and everything changed.

One particular morning, Midoriya had just finished his run. Normally, he would head straight back to his room and catch up on some sleep, but this running session was really tiring. He had worn himself out so much the first thing he did was slump on the sofa in the salon. A considerable amount of time would pass until he was woken up by the sound of his fellow classmates, who would gather around for some TV, games or even some chilling time. Figuring he had already spent enough time there, he got back up and walked to the kitchen in the hopes of finding a little breakfast snack to re-energise him. As he reached for a small bag of oats, so did someone else.

'Uraraka!' he yelped.

'What's up, Deku?' she asked him, beaming as she did so.

'Oh nothing, just getting these little oats.'

'What's up with you? You look like you've been training and running for 2 hours.'

'What? No, no. I've just been meditating with Todoroki, is all. Apparently, he never told me that he subconsciously activates half of his quirk when he's in a state of serenity.'

'Well then, how do you explain the sweat stains on your shirt?'

'Like I said, Todoroki's subconscious activating his fire side.'

'Yeah right, and in a locked room? In the middle of winter, with windows that aren't thick enough?'

'Well, yes.'

'Deku, do you think I'm stupid? Did you really think I would fall for your excuse, just like that?'

'Look, it's not an excuse, I am not lying! I really did do something with Todoroki, believe it!'

'Never believed it anyway. Now go take your oats and run.'

For the rest of the week, Uraraka had started checking up on Midoriya each morning, waiting for the moment where she would strike oil. Borderline stalking, one might say, but she felt like she had to get to the bottom of it all. On Sunday morning, Midoriya's personal alarm woke him up, springing into action. By this point, Uraraka had already dropped her investigation and instead resorted to looking outside the window in the middle of the night. While this was a habit she had hidden from her classmates, last week's conversations amped it up to 11. Before she could tell herself that Midoriya wasn't lying after all, she just happened to find a solitary figure running around the area. Could it be him? Had she finally done it? There was only one way to find out.

Unbeknownst to the green-haired kid, who had already run a considerable distance from the 1A dormitory, Uraraka was sitting by the steps of the dormitory. Compared to last week, the sun was rising somewhat faster and earlier. Midoriya only stopped running whenever he needed to catch his breath, until the sun was well visible in the horizon, or until he exhausted himself. This week, it was because he tripped and couldn't conjure up what little stamina he had to keep running. After taking a lot of time off, he headed back to the dormitory when he saw Uraraka sitting by the steps.

'I thought… I was the only one... who was up... at this time,' he panted, barely but slowly regaining his breath. 'What… brings you out… here?'

'Oh nothing,' said Uraraka, in a half matter of fact, half playful tone. 'Just wanted to see you at work.'

'But how did you… know that I… would be doing… this sort of thing?'

'I just had a hunch. I've been curious about what it was you did after our little talk in the kitchen. Next thing I know, I wake up in the middle of the night, take a peek outside and just happen to catch you running.'

'I guess… you got me, Uraraka. This is what… I've been doing… the past few weeks.'

'But why would you want to run around the block so early? Couldn't you just do it in the afternoon or better yet, after everyone's up?'

Midoriya sat down next to Uraraka, opting to watch the sunrise with her. By this point, he had managed to regain part of his breath, to the point where he could talk coherently.

'Because I heard that it's best to run before sunrise, and because I thought it would be fun to run for as long as sunrise lasts,' he said, having recovered.

'Oh,' that was her response. Well, part of it. 'I thought your reason would be something along the lines of "the best heroes have top stamina" or some other crap. I know you have an insane drive, but I didn't think I'd hear that from you.'

'I figured that since you've come all this way just to watch me run around the place, maybe you should try it out then while I get to do the watching.'

'As if. I'm miles away from you and some of the other guys. Hell, I still puke from spending all my time in the air.'

Sure enough, Uraraka did give it a try. She didn't go as far as Midoriya did but running 3 laps was an achievement for her. Every other Sunday, the two kids would go running around Heights Alliance together. The reason being that sometimes, you just need to get out a bit and stretch your legs.