"Miss Uraraka, it has been brought to my attention that you have been," Midnight cleared her throat, "'fornicating' with a guard."

Ochako's face went bright red. This wasn't what she imagined would happen when her teacher called her in that morning. "W-w-what?!" She covered her cheeks with her hands.

Her teacher adjusted her hat. "While this isn't against school rules, I would advise against-"

"It's not like that at all!" Ochako interrupted. "We just talk! We don't f-f-f - do that!"

"Oh? I have sources that claim otherwise."

Was someone trying to get her in trouble? She couldn't think of anyone who she would have angered. Maybe they were playing a prank on her. "I swear, Miss Midnight, we're not like that. I can barely get two sentences out as it is…"

Midnight raised an eyebrow. "So you do want to fornicate?"

"Yes… I mean no! No! Can we please stop using that word?!"

"Do you want me to use another?"

"I don't want to talk about that at all!"

Silence descended in the office. Midnight looked unaffected by the conversation, but Ochako was a mess. She hid her face in her hands and shook her head as she tried to banish the word 'fornicate' from her mind. As well as the images of Izuku's shirtless body, his muscles shimmering with sweat as he sparred in the midday heat. She could only imagine what his body felt li-

"You okay, Ochako?"

Her head shot up. "I'm… no. Not really."

Midnight rested her chin on her fingers. "Is it safe for me to assume you like this boy?" Ochako nodded, too embarrassed for words. Midnight sighed. "Like I said earlier, it's not against the rules. Imagine us trying to repress the urges of over a hundred magically talented teenagers? However, relationships can be distracting, especially to the boy. He has a job to do."

"He's really responsible! He wouldn't be distracted at all."

"And you wouldn't attempt to?"

"No."

Midnight stood and took off her hat, letting her wild black hair free. "Ochako, I know what it's like at your age. Back in my day, I flirted with all the boys I could. I'm quite a catch, you know. But boys aren't everything. You still have a lot of time in your life. I wouldn't be where I am today if I didn't start focusing on my studies."

Ochako's fingers clutched at her robes. "I know my studies are important, and I always try my best. It's just… all this is weird. I've never felt like this before."

"You've never been told?"

Ochako shook her head. "My parents were always busy, so I never had time to ask. I know about my monthly… thing, and that it means I'm grown up. I don't know why though."

Midnight's look became sympathetic. "So this is your first love."

"I w-wouldn't say l-love. I fancy him, but…"

Midnight came to her side and put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay, Ochako. It's okay to feel these things." Midnight bent down to her eye level. "I brought you here to give you advice on abstaining from a relationship, but now I see my duties as a teacher must come first. Ochako, I'm going to give you a very important talk."

She tried not to be concerned when the door lock clicked into place.

Hours later, Ochako hid in the crowd, pale-faced and far too embarrassed to even look at Izuku. Not like they would have talked about anything other than the weather. When she got back to the dorms she ran straight for her bathroom to splash some water on her face. That talk with Midnight was extremely embarrassing and at times a little graphical. She now knew things about her teacher that she never wanted to know.

I feel dirty.

The things her teacher did before she straightened her act were disgusting, no matter how much Ochako was assured that they 'felt good'. Why would you even put that in there?

"Trust me, when you do this stuff you'll agree. Now that's over, let me tell you how to get your man."

She tried to keep her attention on the hundreds of books shelved against the walls, as well as the magical instruments in the corner, but Midnight had said some things that peaked her interest.

"As a woman, you have tools to draw their attention. Yep, those right there. You've also got a cute face that could be helped with some makeup. Try making your hair a little wilder too, like mine."

Before she knew it she was looking at herself in the mirror, hands fiddling with the bangs that hung either side of her face. What was wilder? A bit more poofy? Ochako could admit her hair was a little flat, but she put a lot of effort trying to get it down in the morning. She had a terrible bedhead. Maybe she should stop trying to get it down completely?

She put her fingers into her hair and gave a little shake, undoing at least half an hour's worth of work. Still, it didn't look too bad. Like her hair was floating a bit. It added a bit of shape to her face as well.

Next she looked at her tools. She knew that hers were a little bigger than the other girls'. Nowhere near Mina's level, but still pretty sizable. She went back to Midnight's words and puffed out her chest a bit, pressing them together a bit with her arms. Just looking at herself in the mirror made her blush, but she felt strangely confident. Over the next few minutes she tried several faces that she thought were 'sexy'. A little pout here, accentuating her lips there.

A part of her was tempted to go to Mina and ask for help with some makeup, but she knew she would be teased for the rest of the night. It seemed the universe wouldn't give her a choice.

"Supri - what are you doing?"

Ochako almost jumped out of her skin. Her feet landed back on the floor, but her body went backwards, her legs following as she tumbled into the bath, the small privacy curtain coming down with her.

Mina's laughter made her want to hide under it forever, but it was pulled away from her weak grip. Ochako ducked her head down as Mina continued to laugh, leaning against the doorframe for support. "Were you - were you posing?" Ochako shook her head. "You were! You were posing! I see the talk with Miss Midnight went well then."

Wait. "How did you know I talked with her?"

"Because I told her about you and that green cutey."

"That was you?!"

"I figured since nothing I said helped you, then a woman with a bit of experience could. She was quite a catch, you know."

Ochako stood in the bath and pointed at her friend. "She thought we were fornicating!"

Mina laughed. "That's the word she used? I said you were bumping uglies."

"Why?!"

"You think she would have taken you in if I said you were looking at him from the library window?"

Ochako felt like screaming. Just from the top of her head she could think of ten different ways to better go about it. Why couldn't Mina just think things through?

"I'm sorry if I annoyed you, Ochako, but you have to admit it worked a bit. At least from what I just saw." Mina came over and put her hands on Ochako's shoulders. "You just need confidence in yourself. I know you can do it."

Ochako looked into Mina's eyes, seeing nothing but support, as misguided as it was. "You think so?"

"I know so. Now, tomorrow we're gonna make sure he can't take his eyes off you!"

"Y-yeah."

"He'll fall for you on the spot!"

"Y-yeah!"

"He'll pull you in and ravage your lips with everything he has!"

"Yeah - wait, no!"

A/N: Thank you for reading!

It's nice to get back into writing after the past couple of weeks. I can only write when I'm in the mood, and the 'mood' recently has not been there. Got a lot to think about, as we all do at some point.

Regardless, I'm glad you're all enjoying the story and I thank everyone for their reviews. I don't know whether I've said this before, but this is my first attempt at 'fluff' and cutesy romance. It's one of the reasons I separate the past and present. The present being more mature in terms of everything and the past being the 'golden time' as it were.

So, Sergito, I'm happy you're enjoying both sides of the story!

Thank you as well Petyo. I think someone saying my story is interesting is the best compliment I can get, and I'm glad I'm on your radar.

And thank you for your review Air Reader. I'm glad you like both aspects too, and I'm a fan of your other works too. I hope I see more in the future!

Next past chapter will be the conclusion to this one, so stay tuned.