Izuku's head had found itself rested on his pink girlfriend's lap, using it like a pillow to rest his exhausted body. He probably hadn't intended on passing out practically the minute that they retreated to her room, but it was to be expected. It had been a certainly long, hectic day.

A fun day, granted, but certainly a hectic one.

Mina counted herself lucky that she kept a bunch of blankets on her bed just in case she ever needed them. It didn't take much movement or effort on her part to grab hold of a pink and blanket, and wrap it around both her and Izuku, and to slide a pillow behind her to lean against the wall with. She didn't have the heart to wake Izuku up, just so she could lay down and be slightly more comfortable. As minor and silly as it was a reason not to, she felt that he had done more than enough for her today.

After all. She owed today to him.

In respects to how the two of them enjoyed celebrating their birthdays, they were virtually total polar opposites. Izuku enjoyed quiet, personal and simple events, and not having a big fuss made about him. And that was all perfectly fine. That was the sort of person that he was, and Mina had no problems with that. Despite that, she was the complete opposite of him in this respect in just about every single way.

She had grown up with lots of friends, no matter where it was that she had ended up. Elementary, Junior High, and at Yuuei, she'd always managed to make plenty of friends due to her sociable personality. She wasn't shy, and she certainly wasn't easy to miss by any means. All combined, it often put her at the centre of attention, and she'd never struggled to make any friends. It was because of that that she had found herself enjoying the social aspect of her life, and birthdays were the days that always seemed to get the golden medal.

Even in spite of his own indifference to that sort of thing, Izuku understood it perfectly when it came to her. And he had gone out of his way for her this year.

It was going to be their final year at Yuuei, so he wanted to make sure that it would be one that she would remember, and boy, had he succeeded. When Izuku went for something, he never messed around. He gave it his all, and that seemed to extend to preparing surprises and presenting gifts; A beautiful bracelet that was made of silver, with a gemstone at the front of it – A ruby, hers, and by extension, his – birthstone. Centuries ago, such a gift would have been incandescently expensive, but with the arrival of Quirks, such rare items tended to not be as valuable, since many creation type Quirks could recreate the precious stones. It might not have cost him as much as one would expect from just looking at it.

But the care that had gone into his gift was heart-warming. He even had requested a wider range for custom tighteners, so she could wear it around her horns, as she liked to do.

The two of them had gone out during the afternoon too, after Izuku revealed that he had managed to make a reservation at a restaurant for the two of them. It wasn't exactly a high end, hyper fancy, super rich restaurant, but it was somewhere Mina had decided that she'd wanted to go, and mentioned it in passing. A Eurasian style place that Mina had heard about from a few of her classmates, and some old friends from Junior High. Whenever she had suggested going in before in recent months, he'd always found a way o dodge the question, or persuade her otherwise – Now she knew why.

And when they got back – He'd organized a surprise party for her, with everyone in their dorm, and her friends from other classes, right there to surprise her as soon as they flipped the second-floor lights on.

Considering Izuku's aversion to those sorts of gatherings, it said a lot that he was willing to organize such a big thing for her just because he knew that she enjoyed it. Games, jokes, and laughter had followed for the last few hours, until finally, people were either passing out on the spot, or deciding to be smart and make their way to their rooms before the party caught up to them. Hence why Izuku had passed out almost the minute they had reached Mina's room.

Mina gently took off the bracelet that was wrapped around her horn, and just looked at it for a moment. The gemstone was carved into the shape of a love heart, a feature which made her laugh. Izuku was awkward as all hell, but he had an eye for the romantic when he wanted to.

It was adorable. And he was adorable. And she was grateful.

Grateful that he'd gone to all this trouble, even though he hadn't needed to in any way He'd gone that extra mile for her. She had to remind herself not to feel too guilty about everything he had done for her in comparison to how little she had done for him – This was the way he preferred it.

She smiled, and gently placed the bracelet on her bedside table, ran her fingers through her boyfriend's curly mess of a hairdo, and allowed herself to close her eyes.

And made a note to remember to thank him again for everything once they woke up.


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