A few days had passed since the fiasco Mina had experienced with Kirishima at the amusement park. She had been ignoring him completely and had been more clingy to Izuku than she was before. More displays of public affection such as kissing the boy, hugging him or just standard cuddling became more and more frequent for the pink girl. Most people just assumed she was being cute and affectionate with him but Bakugo, Kirishima and the pink girl herself knew she was making a statement.
Other than that everything else was rather normal and flowing rather nicely for everyone. They were all still rather annoyed at the extra class they had to take still though. The students didn't let the extra work slow them down though even if it was annoying. They all continued to push themselves.
Speaking of pushing themselves, Izuku and Mina were currently under going the supposed extra credit the boy had set up for them with All Might. They were both in their U.A. gym clothes as they performed some rescue procedures on mannequins that were spread all over training ground alpha. All Might had simply been sitting back in a chair in the monitoring room as he watched the two run around together as they saved the fake people in distress all over the training ground.
The former symbol of peace was making sure to write down and take notes on how the two acted as a team to save the practice dummies that were in dangerous spots through out the training grounds. The teamwork they showed he thought was, okay. Typically they ran around together until they came to a new building. After approaching said new building they split up. Izuku would leap upwards and bounce off what he could to get higher until he was close to the upper half of the building where he would then tackle through the glass of a window and begin searching through the building's upper half looking for the fake distressed citizens.
Meanwhile Mina skated around on her acid and searched the bottom half of the building. It wasn't the most original form of team work but it was working for the two alright. Whenever one of them found a trapped mannequin that would be easier for the other to get to they would radio each other on the headsets All Might had given them. For example one was trapped under some rubble that was too heavy for Izuku to lift even with his full cowling so the pink girl had to rush up and melt a path out of the debris so they could get the mannequin out safely.
After they had saved thirty mannequins in a little over two hours All Might called for the two of them to head on back and that was the end of their little extra credit work. As the two teens over heard for the former hero call for them back the pink girl perked up and smiled at her boyfriend as she wiped some sweat off her forehead and shook her hands of any acid still on her, " Does that mean we got em all ya think? I bet we're gonna get a great big score probably Izuku!"
Izuku smiled softly at his girlfriend and shrugged his shoulders before letting out a tired yawn, " I dunno anything about the score really Mina. It might be pretty small."
Mina puffed her cheeks up some in dissatisfaction hearing that and began walking with the boy toward the monitor room before she grabbed held of his arm and leaned on him as she snuggled into him. She brushed her horns against his cheek lightly and blushed at the touch, " Hmmm...I hope it isn't small. We spent like two hours at least here and that's like forever when you think about all the other stuff we coulda done with that time ya know?"
Izuku blushed himself as the girl's horns rubbed against him. He had touched every part of her body by this point several times but her horns. He always figured they might be sensitive. Going by the blush she had on her face and the timid look she now had as she kept brushing and rubbing them against him it was safe to say he was right about his guess of them being sensitive to the touch.
As the two approached the building that housed the monitor room the couple saw All Might standing out ready to meet them as he waved the two over with a clip board full of notes he jotted down of what he thought of the pair's performance. " Young Ashido and young Midoriya! You managed to save all thirty of the faux citizens with pretty good time too." He removed the paper filled with notes from the clipboard and handed it to the couple. He found it curious how Ashido was still latching onto Midoriya as the boy reached out and took the sheet of paper. She seemed more clingy than before he thought to himself.
Izuku took hold of the paper and held it between himself and his lover so they could both read it together. Izuku seemed pleased with their results but Ashido let out a disappointed sigh after reading through it. " Average display of team work and quirk synergy? Damn it."
Izuku shrugged before smiling lightly and turning the paper over to see the extra point total they earned. In big giant red ink it read, " Four."
" uh..A-All Might it only says four on here for our point total. Is that for each of us or do we divide it between us or?" Izuku asked mildly confused.
All Might chuckled some and crossed his arms with his trademark smile on display even in his skinny form, " Since this was a team effort it gets split up between the two of you. So once your final grades for the semester come around you'll each have two extra points added to your final grade! Pretty awesome right?"
The pink girl groaned and frowned at the answer. " Dang it I was hoping for like at least five extra points. Two doesn't even really make a difference really. Ugh...we could have spent this time doing something more worth while Izuku!" She said out in a disappointed and tired voice. " We coulda studied some, watched a movie or talk about wedding plans or something." She said before snuggling into the boy more as she leaned on him.
Izuku's face blushed lightly before he turned his head to All Might who had lost his smile as soon as the horned girl mentioned the wedding plans. He rose an eyebrow and gave Midoriya a questioning yet annoyed look, " While we're on the subject of how to spend our time...Midoriya I need to speak with you privately. If you don't mind of course Ashido."
The pink girl let go of her hold on the boy and stretched her arms over her head, " Yeah it seems like you two always gotta talk about something. " She gave the boy a quick peck on his cheek, causing him to blush madly at the affection displayed before his mentor. " I'll be in the rec room watching TV okay? We can do our homework once you come back, so take your time okay? " She began walking off before turning back around and reminding the boy, " I love you!"
Izuku's face turned a bit redder as this all went down in front of his idol and he waved bye to his girlfriend, " Love you too Mina..." As the girl was out of sight the freckled boy turned to his mentor and looked a bit worried. " Wh-what did you want to talk to me about All Might?"
The former hero sighed and placed a gentle hand on the boy's shoulder, " So...wedding plans Midoriya? I'm going to take a wild guess and say you didn't talk to her about how foolish it was of you to make such a massive promise to her. Am I on the nose about that?"
Izuku began twirling his thumbs around each other as he looked down. He had broken his promise to All Might in order to try and keep Mina happy. " It's just...I don't see the point in telling her I shouldn't have promised to propose one day you know? I l-love her All Might...I don't want to be without her." He looked up and saw that his mentor's face was unchanged.
" Midoriya." he said calmly. " Do you trust her with keeping One for All a secret? "
The green haired boy's eyes widened slightly hearing that. His heart sped up a bit. " I haven't told her anything about it if you're wondering about that All Might!" he assured his hero. " She doesn't know a single thing about the truth between you and me I swear."
" I didn't ask if you told her Midoriya. I asked if you trusted her with the secret. And really think about it before you tell me." The former number one hero told the boy while keeping his calm face.
Izuku looked down and began thinking about it over. He didn't really know how well Mina could keep a secret if he was being honest. She seemed to keep embarrassing things to herself like when the boy went off pre-maturely. But this wasn't something that was an embarrassment to the boy. This was all about how he was to be the next symbol of peace and how he was a target for the league of villains because of it. If Mina let it slip to even one person who knows what could happen.
Nevertheless the boy trusted her when he thought about it. He looked back up to his mentor and nodded with confidence, " I do. She wouldn't tell a soul unless I gave her permission. I'm sure of it All Might."
The blonde haired man smirked at the boy's answer before clapping his hands together. " Alright then. If you and Ashido reach your, let's say six month anniversary, I give you my blessing to let her know everything you want her to know about the truth Midoriya. No sooner though. I know you're convinced you'll be together forever still, but remember. I was your age once too. I really do wish the best for you two but you need to remain realistic Midoriya. First relationships rarely last my boy. "
Izuku let out a nervous breathe of air as he rubbed his left arm with his right hand. "...Right." he said in a worried tone.
The symbol of peace then chopped the boy on his shoulders and said in a more upbeat tone, " But don't go sulking about it! Just don't plan so far ahead in the future when it comes to something that can change so easily. Maybe the two of you will make it last, I'd be more than happy if you did my boy. But maybe one day the two of you will go through what so many couples do and just became annoyed by the other's presence. You need to keep a realistic head about this Midoriya. "
Izuku nodded as his only response before he tightened his fists some in resolve. He shot a forced smile to his hero and told him with complete conviction, " W-well...I plan on being as committed to her as I am about about becoming the next you All Might! Is that realistic enough? "
The former symbol of peace couldn't help but smile at the boy's attitude. He didn't want to say it but he was actually becoming convinced the boy did have actual love for the pink girl and not just the fake teenager type of love. " Well that's certainly quite the statement my boy. You should go on and head back to the dorms now though. Don't want to keep Ashido waiting on you too long do you?" He said in a soft friendly tone.
The freckled boy gave an understanding nod to his mentor as he smiled up at him. " Yeah, I guess I should. See you tomorrow All Might, and thank you so much again for the extra credit!" he said to the former hero before walking off.
As the boy made his way back to the dorms he saw a familiar bit of spiked red hair resting against a tree in the school's courtyard. " Kirishima?" the green haired hero asked as he walked closer to his classmate. The red head looked over and stood up off the ground. Dusting off his uniform and gulping rather hard as he gave Midoriya a very peculiar look. He almost looked like he was upset and was having a hard time.
Maybe he was still upset about that argument he and Mina got in Izuku told himself. She never went into detail about it, she only said he was an asshole and was totally wrong about what they argued about. Even still the boy was still their friend and he looked like he needed a friend right now.
He came face to face with him and gave the slightly taller boy a concerned look. " Are you okay Kirishima? what are you doing out here? You look upset."
The boy bit down on his lower lip and shut his eyes hard as he looked away from his shorter friend. " Mi-Midoriya, I'm just...out here thinking." he said in an almost broken sounding voice. " I'm sorry man." He opened his eyes and gave Izuku the most pitiful, almost self loathing look he had ever seen. " I need to tell you something. "
The rec room was currently empty all except for a pair of two girls who were in the midst of channel surfing. Momo and Jiro had finished their homework and studying at a much faster speed than any of their classmates. It had become routine for the two to come down to the rec room to watch TV and socialize with their classmates until they felt like going back to one of their rooms.
Right now the two were watching some old tv show about people conducting research about urban myths regarding monsters or rare animals in certain areas around the world. The monster of the episode was a giant thunder bird large enough to carry a man away. Jiro couldn't help but snicker and laugh at the poorly acted re-enactments the show put on as someone recounted their experience with the beast.
As soon as a very poorly CGI replica of the bird appeared on screen Jiro began holding onto her gut as she pointed at the screen, " Holy shit! Look at how bad it is! it looks like play doh! Hahaha!" She wiped a tear away as she leaned onto her girlfriend and her snickers and laughs continued.
Momo blushed lightly as her girlfriend rested against her side. She still wasn't the best about showing her physical affection toward the earphone jack hero. Sure they kissed and hugged plenty but never anything beyond that. The rich girl even became self conscious in the changing room when they got ready for gym and the hero course. Jiro had told her a few times now how she was the most beautiful girl she'd ever seen, and now she felt like she had to keep up that level of appearance and beauty for the shorter girl.
She even began wearing light amounts of make up from time to time just to try and continue to keep up to the standard Jiro had placed for her. Her train of thought then got caught off as a very back woods looking man began talking about how one of these giant birds carried him away as a child and raised him as its own for a month. Hearing that come out of someone who looked like they injected chewing tobacco into their veins for fun caused Jiro to keel over as she laughed so hard it was beginning to hurt.
" OH MY GOD! HAHAHAHAHA! I CAN'T! I CAN'T! YOU GOTTA TURN IT OFF, HAHA MY GOD!" The black haired girl giggled lightly at her girlfriend's display of laughter and quickly shut the TV off to save her from herself.
With the TV off Jiro relaxed back onto the couch and let out a few more laughs as she calmed down. " Whew man...that was some good shit." She turned to Momo and smiled lightly, " So are you excited for the concert Momo?"
The rich girl with a bit of a concerned face nodded her head, " Well, I've never been to a rock concert before. Only recitals, operas and symphonies. So going straight into a heavy metal show will be quite the experience I suppose."
Jiro gently rubbed her jack along the girl's hair as she warmly told her, " You'll be fine. It's a lot of fun trust me. It's the best kind of place to just let loose and rock out. And if it ends up being too much for you." She seemed unsure of what she was saying next, like she was hoping it wouldn't come to this, " If it's too much for you we can just leave okay?"
Momo smiled gently and placed her hand over the other girl's own. " Kyoka, I appreciate that, but I know you've been wanting to see this band for a long while now. It would be selfish of me to deny you the experience. Besides if Midoriya and Ashido tag along like we want it'll be a lot easier for me I think. Just having more people I know nearby. Plus..." the rich girl blushed as she reached into her pocket and took out four tickets, " I've already bought all our tickets. It'd be a shame to let them go to waste."
Jiro smiled and giggled lightly as she brushed her ear jacks over her shoulder, " Yaomomo, you know I was planning on buying mine myself. But, thanks. It's awesome that you did that. Now I guess Midoriya and Ashido can't say no to double dating with us since we already have their tickets."
The rich girl blushed lightly still and nodded her head with a nervous smile, " Right, I really want them to be there. I'm still, more comfortable when another couple is with us. It makes it feel easier if that makes any sense."
The purple haired girl rose an eyebrow in curiosity, " Easier?"
" You know. It's like we have more people to work off of. " The rich girl placed her hands on her cheeks as she covered up her rising redness in the face. " It's not that I don't want to be alone with you in public. It's just easier when we're with them."
Jiro at first didn't really get what she was trying to imply at first. Then an idea struck her. " Yaomomo...have you told anyone outside of class about us dating? Are you trying to keep, us a secret?"
The rich girl tuned her head away and let out a deep sigh. " I'm just not...comfortable with too many people knowing yet. Our classmates are fine. I know they don't judge us for this, but if my parents were to learn they would surely be disappointed. That's a big reason why I want to make sure we double date with Midoriya and Ashido. People would probably just think of us as a friend group and not think too much about it. "
Jiro leaned back against the couch and began clicking her jacks together in a nervous fashion, " I...I guess I get you. Not everyone's parents are as chilled as mine."
The black haired girl then placed a gentle hand on her girlfriend's shoulder, " I'll get around to telling them some day Kyoka. I just need to be ready."
The shorter girl turned her head back toward the taller girl and made eye contact. She could tell Momo was genuinely not ready to tell her possibly unaccepting parents about the fact she had a girlfriend. " Feel free to take all the time you need. I don't want to rush you."
The onyx eyed beauty smiled warmly as she held eye contact with the hearing hero, " Thank you. " She leaned in slowly and shut her eyes as she puckered her lips lightly. Jiro closed her eyes and opened her mouth slightly ready to accept the coming kiss.
The black haired girl gently placed her lips against the purple haired girl's and brought her hands onto her shoulders and held the gentle caring kiss they shared. It may not have been a passionate kiss but Jiro still thought it felt perfect. She thought everything her girlfriend did was perfect.
The romantic moment didn't last long as Jiro began to over hear someone approaching the rec room. She quickly separated from the kiss as Mina came walking in and plopped down on the other end of the couch next to them. The pink girl looked over to the two with a small smile, " Oooooh, what are you two doing alone in here?" She asked eagerly.
the rich girl blushed brightly and turned her gaze away, " We were simply watching TV and discussing the upcoming concert Ashido. " the black haired beauty then flashed the tickets to the pink girl, " I know you haven't given us an answer on it yet but I went ahead and bought the tickets for you and Midoriya. "
Mina blinked a few times in surprise looking at the tickets. " Wow...that's certainly something you did. I appreciate the thought but from how Izuku talked to me about it I don't think he would enjoy it too much...so it may be best to return them. Sorry."
The rich girl quickly shank back into her seat and looked utterly disappointed. " Oh...alright then. I wouldn't want to make him uncomfortable..."
Jiro quickly grabbed hold of Mina's hands and looked her dead in the eyes, " Please talk it over more with the guy. It'd be awesome and we'd really appreciate it if you two tagged along. Come on Izuku's crazy for you! I bet if you really want to go and you tell him that he'd be more than happy to give it a try!"
Mina seemed to think it over for a second before she shrugged. She had never seen Jiro be so apparently passionate about something before. " I guess I can talk to him some more about it. You did already buy us our tickets so it is pretty rude of me to just say no like that. " The pink girl still felt like her lover wouldn't be too big on it, but he would feel obligated to go since Momo had already spent the money on their tickets.
Jiro and Momo both perked up as the shorter girl released Ashido's hands and fist bumped her girlfriend who gave one back awkwardly. Before the trio could continue talking a blonde headed boy with an explosive personality came walking through the room on his way to the kitchen. Mina remembered the deal she and Bakugo had made about her hanging out with the squad more and in return he'd back off Izuku. Then Kirishima practically forced himself onto her and she left their hangout several hours early. SHe felt worried that their deal was in jeopardy.
The pink girl quickly got up and followed the blonde boy into the kitchen. As he stood at the fridge picking out some meats and veggies to cook Mina poked him on the back of his shoulder. " Bakugo! Hey, can we talk real quick?"
The blonde turned around and looked mildly annoyed at the interruption. " About what?" He asked in an irritated tone.
" Well, I just wanted to know if our little deal was still legit. I'm sorry I had to leave early it's just...Kirishima was being an asshole and I had to leave you know?"
The boy glared slightly at her before he plainly said, " He wasn't being an asshole. He made a move on you and you burned his shoulders."
The horned girl looked surprised at how casually the blonde spoke about this. " Oh, I guess he told you then. Honestly I don't even know what got into him! What gave him the idea that was okay?"
" I did raccoon eyes. " The explosive hero said in another irritated voice.
Mina's eyes opened a bit wider than usual in shock and surprise. " Wha- why?!" She glared at the boy and asked again in an annoyed and angry voice, " Why would you do something like that?! Did you make him do it?"
" I told him to do it but I didn't force him." he said before moving over to the stove as he began pre-cooking as if this was a casual conversation to have. " You and Deku are really annoying together you know? Everyone talks about you and then because you couldn't keep it in your pants we have an extra class and it's the dumbest fucking class in the world. " he then turned his head back to the girl and glared, " Plus you dating the dork really hit Kirishima personally. Guy's losing what little confidence he had."
Mina shook her hands up and down quickly in an aggravated manner. " So you just, told him to make a move on me?! You were never going to follow through on our deal were you? It was all just a set up to try and get Kiri to steal me from Izuku wasn't it? God you are such a fucking asshole Bakugo!"
" Cut the crap." He said as he thew a slab of meat onto a skillet as he began cooking it slowly. He moved over to a cutting board and began slicing and dicing some peppers and onions, " As if you and Deku are actually something special. You talk about getting married to him and how in love you are. Give me a fucking break you guy's haven't even dated for a month yet. You're just another high school couple who's gonna break up and move on with no fucking problems."
" That's not true!" She said back to him harshly. The girl then grabbed his shoulder and forced him to turn around and look at her. The blonde seemed absolutely livid at her touching him and interrupting his cooking process. His face was reminiscent of when he recovered from Izuku tossing him over his shoulder during their first combat training. " What Izuku and I have is special Bakugo! And you tried and FAILED might I add, to try and ruin it. So fuck you!"
Bakugo continued glaring at her and clenched his fists some in anger. " Alright..." he said in a growling bitter voice. " If you two are so damn in love with each other. What's his big secret?"
Mina scoffed and rolled her eyes. As if she'd tell this asshole Izuku's secrets. " What makes you think I'd tell you anything?"
Bakugo then with the same rage filled look made direct eye contact, not looking away for even a millisecond as he told her, " Because I already know what it is Pinky. He told me a while ago and gave me the full story just a few weeks ago actually."
Mina looked at him with a surprised look now. He couldn't be serious. He was obviously lying she thought. She crossed her arms and glared back at him saying in a sarcastic tone, " yeah right. And what just happens to be his big secret?"
" I made a promise not to tell a soul so you're out of luck. " He said before smirking devilishly, " If you actually have something special with him he woulda told you all about it by now. But you're totally fucking clueless aren't you?"
He had to be playing mind games with her she thought. Just trying to make her second guess how close she and Izuku actually are to try and divide the two of them for his own sadistic amusement. It sounded just like something he would do. But why was she curious if he was telling the truth about Izuku telling him his biggest secret?
Her silence was a dead give away to Katsuki. His anger leveled down more to a sick joy. " Yeah, you are fucking clueless. Go on, try to ask him and see what happens. I guarantee he won't tell you because someone like you can't be trusted with it."
Mina still didn't believe he was really telling the truth but it was certainly making her mad. She flew up her middle finger and in a bitter voice told the explosive boy, " You're the absolute worst! Leave Izuku and me alone alright!" she brought the rest of her fingers out and formed some acid in her hands, " If you try anything again I'll burn you worse than I did Kirishima!"
Bakugo scoffed and chuckled lightly seeing at how he had gotten under the girl's skin. He turned back around and resumed his cooking, " If you can tell me the secret sure I'll back off. I'll even fucking apologize. Now fuck off so I can cook."
Mina groaned in agitation at the boy. Before she left the kitchen she quickly turned the stove off as it just started being warm enough to start cooking his meat just to annoy the boy a little bit. She went back into her own room and waited on Izuku to come back as she wondered what was taking him so long.
Izuku and Kirishima stood under the same tree still. The freckled boy looked up to the taller hero in training and seemed confused, " Um, what do you need to tell me Kirishima?"
The red headed boy continued giving his green haired friend the most sorry look he'd seen. " I don't know what Ashido told you happened with me and her Saturday...but I know she's covering my skin to avoid any more conflict." He rolled up his sleeve and showed the now healed but visibly scared burn marks on his shoulders, " I deserved these Midoriya...and I deserve worse too."
The symbol of peace in training looked still confused at what he was saying, and even more so that he was sporting burn marks even if they looked healed. " Where did you get those?" There was notable concern in Izuku's voice.
The red riot brought his sleeves back down and in a somber voice told his friend, " Don't be concerned about it too much. I told you I deserved em man. Ashido gave them to me. A-after I kissed her."
Izuku's face of concern and confusion went away and was quickly replaced by one of anger. " You...what?" He growled out as he began grinidng his teeth against each other.
Kirishima let out a quick sigh and looked toward the ground in shame. " We were on the ferriss wheel, just me and her in one cart. I...I grabbed her by the shoulders and f-forced my mouth on hers. Then she burned my shoulders and asked what was wrong with me. She told me I should consider myself lucky that she wasn't going to tell you...because you'd do worse than burn me. Well I deserve worse Midoriya..." he looked back up and saw Izuku was breathing hard and heavy as he gave Kirishima a look of pure contempt and rage. " Go on man. Do what you want to me...I deserve it."
Midoriya wasn't thinking when he activated full cowling and when he grabbed Kirishima by his collar and slammed him against the tree. He winded his right arm back preparing to punch the boy as hard as he could. Then he really took a look at his face. There was so much shame and regret on the red head's face it snapped Izuku out of his rage just enough to let him think this over.
This wasn't heroic at all...losing your temper wasn't the trait of a hero and he had been doing it quite a bit recently. Midoriya thought to himself how often Bakugo held him by his own collar up against a wall before laying into him. He didn't want to be like that. It would be wrong to hit Kirishima now. He had already been burned by Mina during his forcing on her so he had already been punished. This would just be classified as assault.
Izuku turned full cowling off and dropped his arms down to his sides. He still sported an angry face however. " I'm not going to hit you...it'd be wrong. "
" But...I deserve it dude." Kirishima insisted before placing a hand on his chest, " What I did was unacceptable! It's the worst thing I've ever done to a friend before! "
Iuku then took one step forward and glared at the boy, " Then don't do it again. I don't know why you kissed her, and I don't care. If you like her...it's best to move on because me and her are staying together. Got that?"
Kirishima wiped his left eye and nodded to the green haired boy. " Yeah...I got it. " He kept the same look of shame and in a sorry and apologetic tone told his smaller classmate, " I'm so sorry Midoriya..."
Izuku let out a deep sigh and averted his gaze from the hardening hero, " Okay. " Kirishima felt like there was nothing else to say and simply began walking off for the dorms with his head hanging low in shame.
Izuku stood there for a few moments as he thought over everything that just went down. He was angry at Kirishima. Ashamed at himself for almost getting so violent with his classmate, and he felt hurt that Mina hadn't told him the truth about why she was so upset with Kirishima.
He planned to confront her and have a talk about it when he reached the dorms.
Author's notes
Well this was the hardest chapter for me to write. I'm so sorry it took so long but it proved very hard for me to get into the groove of writing this chapter. I want to give a shout out to TheCrampReturns for giving some writing tips to help me get this chapter out. I hope this chapter turned out good for you all and I'll see you next update.