Izuku and Ochako made their way through town, both smiling but not talking to each other. Eventually Ochako tried to liven up the mood by starting a conversation.

"It's really nice out tonight huh Deku?" Ochako looked up at the stars and smiled. Izuku looked up as well.

"O-Oh, y-yeah I guess it is." Izuku looked forward again and kept walking, obviously trying to hide his red face.

Dang, they make it look so easy in movies. Ochako decided to not say anything for now, as they finally made it to the ramen shop, where she started phase 3 of the plan.

"Hey Deku look at this!" Ochako pointed at a sign posted outside of the shop.

Couples Night! Tonight only receive 50% off all food items with a date!

"Wow, 50% off for bringing a da-" Izuku stopped himself, turned to look at Ochako, and then blushed.

He's already figured out what I'm doing. Ochako smiled and tried her best not to blush like Izuku for the next part.

"I-I mean, we could p-pretend to be a c-couple, and g-get the d-discount…" Ochako looked down to hide her blush, as she awaited Deku's answer.

"I-Isn't that like, l-lying?" Izuku smiled nervously, he was obviously trying to get out of going through with this. Ochako responded,

"Well it's not really a l-lie if you think about it…" Izuku's eyes widened and he looked down to hide his blushing. Ochako thought about what she said and immediately started regretting it.

...AGHH! DID I JUST SAY THAT?!?! CRAP I THINK I JUST GAVE EVERYTHING AWAY!!!!

"Ah! And um, 50% is s-so much for just a little l-lie!" Ochako desperately tried to cover up what she just said.

"...A-Alright s-sure lets d-do it!" Izuku looked back up and gave a legitimate smile which made Ochako feel better about what she just said.

"O-Ok then!" Ochako then reached out her hand to Izuku. It took a couple seconds for him to realize what that meant as he brought up his hand and both of their hands met.

Aghhh, I'm holding his handdd!!! Ochako smiled back at Izuku as they walked into the restaurant. The host greeted them as they walked in,

"Hello, how many are in your party?"

"Oh, um t-two." Ochako said.

"And are you a couple?" Ochako blushed and responded,

"Y-Yes." She turned and looked at Izuku who was red as a tomato.

"Alright I'll show you two to your table!" The host the led them to a table off to the side of the restaurant, the two then sat down and looked at the menu. They both sat in an awkward silence for a couple minutes, with their menus up to hide from the other.

This isn't going very well…

Ochako put down her menu, only to see Izuku still had his up.

If I'm going to confess, I need at least to be able to start a real conversation with him! Let's think, what's a good conversation starter in this situation?

"...S-So, what are you going to get?" Ochako smiled as she saw his head peak out from above the menu.

"Oh u-uh… it's k-kinda weird… b-but I'm getting the v-vegan ramen… Not cause I'm vegan or a-anything! I just l-like the flavor of it…" Izuku ducked a little bit back into the menu, but kept his face visible. Ochako however quickly responded,

"R-Really?! I'm getting the vegan ramen too, for the s-same reason!" Ochako was pleasantly surprised and Izuku finally put down his menu.

"What! I've never found anyone else who likes vegan ramen like me." Izuku smiled at Ochako.

I'm doing it!

"You know I always wondered what it would be like to be vegan, I mean you can't eat beef, chicken, eggs… I mean that's pretty much all I eat!" Ochako blushed at the last part of what she said, but Izuku replied almost immediately.

"Yeah! But I mean don't they have like, vegan versions of everything, like vegan beef, or vegan eggs?" Izuku wasn't even stuttering with his words anymore, and by the time the waiter came with their food, the two had gone deep into conversation. After talking for a while, the topic of the conversation completely changed.

"So far U.A has been some of the best years of my life." Izuku said with smile.

"Yah, same here, especially with all the heroes just walking around." Ochako thought of the many popular heroes that everyone would pay to see, that she gets to see everyday.

"Yah, I've spent my whole life admiring All Might, and now he's one of my teachers…" Izuku looked toward the window. Ochako thought back to Izuku's room, which was covered in All Might stuff.

"So Izuku, you've got a big liking of All Might huh, exactly how much merchandise of him do you own?" Ochako giggled a bit as Izuku responded,

"Y-You know, I must confess, I've got probably over 200 posters of him." Izuku giggled with Ochako, as she realized something.

c-confess… CONFESS!

Ochako froze, as she had completely forgotten that the whole point of the plan was for her to confess to Deku. The mood she just made for herself, was destroyed in an instant at the use of that word.

Basically, the plan was that after dinner, she would take Izuku to the bridge looking across at the ocean, and while they look off into the horizon, she would confess to him.

I can't confess to him! Not after all this! What if he doesn't feel the same way, and we end up not being friends anymore…

"U-Uraraka?" Ochako fazed back into reality to see a confused Izuku staring at her.

"AGH!" Ochako jumped out of her seat, "Imgonnagousetherestroombyeee!" She ran as fast as she could into the girls restroom and locked herself in the stall. She put her hands over her face and stood there.

I did it again… the night was going so well too… there's no way he could accept my confession at this point, all I do is run away from him…

Ochako put her back to the wall, as tears rolled down her cheeks. She tried to remember what Mina told her.

I have to be positive… positive… positive… how can I be positive after embarrassing myself that much?

She thought back to how the night was going before, Izuku and her were talking and laughing, and smiling. Like a couple…

...maybe this can work. Maybe in a couple of days, we could go on a real date… Maybe in a couple of years, we could live together… Maybe if this all works out, we could get married… All of this can happen, if I walk out this door right now, I stand up straight, and I talk to him again, just like how I was a couple of minutes ago!

After a couple more seconds, Ochako wiped the tears off her face, walked out of the bathroom, and sat back in her seat. She looked at Izuku, who looked like he was in deep thought, so she tried to not disturb him until he finally noticed her.

"...O-Oh! Y-Your back! Are y-you ok? You were g-gone for awhile, I-I got worried…" Ochako blushed at his statement.

He worried about me…

"I-It's alright, the sink just got stuck and I had to turn it off before I left so the bathroom didn't flood." Ochako put her hand on the back of her neck and gave a nervous smile.

"O-Ok, well I payed the check already, s-so we can leave…" Izuku looked down at the last part of that.

"Deku! You payed for my food too? You shouldn't have…" Ochako blushed and gave him a friendly smile as a thanks. The two then got up and made their way out of the restaurant. Ochako knew she had to ask Deku to go to the bridge with her, but just before she could Deku asked her something.

"H-Hey… you wanna come and head to the beach with me? I know it's late and all, but I've been having a lot of fun with you tonight, and I don't really want it to end here." Ochako went super red and grinned to herself.

I-Is he, a-asking me out?

"Oh, yah sure, I'd love to go to the beach with you!" Ochako gave a blushing smile to Izuku, who looked up and made the same grin that Ochako had.

"A-Alright then! Let's get going!" Izuku then started to walk toward the direction of the beach and Ochako followed. The two then started talking, and Ochako smiled, even though she knew,

Everything was not going according to plan.

Ok I'm not really used to doing these author's notes things, but I just want to thank you guys for the feedback you gave on the last two chapters. The next chapter will be the last one, so be ready for that!