Izuku sprinted out of the club as fast as he could, trying to avoid all of the prying eyes that were on him. He busted out of the front door of the club and got away from the venue. He reached an ally that was across from the club and finally stopped to catch his breath. Voices still echoed through his head, all shouting and yelling harsh phrases. Quirkless, worthless, unworthy of One For All, horrible boyfriend, these were the thoughts that plagued his mind.

He slammed his back against the wall and tightly gripped his hair and began to shake his head, as if trying to shake the thoughts away. He sat down and kept trying to calm himself down, attempting to ignore the venomous words that haunted him.

He took deep breaths and tried to remember any praise that he had gotten over the last year, which was hard since he had fourteen years disapproval and disregard. Despite that, the green haired boy dug deep inside and remembered every word of encouragement he had gotten from friends and family.

"You can become a hero."

"I misjudged you. I hate to admit this, but you're better than me."

"Your analytical skills are amazing Deku!"

"Dark Shadow and I will protect you, we trust you."

"You're the best, you know that Izuku?"

"Dude the way to took out all Might was so manly!

"Midoriya you faced off against All Might and won. Of course we're impressed, ribbit."

With each deep breath, and every positive thought, he slowly began to calm himself down. After a minute of deep relaxed breathing, Izuku reflected on what happened. As he remembered seeing the others laugh at him he felt shame and embarrassment at the way he handled the situation. He basically ran away from the problem, something he knew he shouldn't have done. Heroes don't run from problems, they solve them!

The hero in training rubbed his face and then slowly got back up. He looked at the club and tried to think of a way to get back in without embarrassing himself even further. Sprinting out of a building like that had to lead to the bouncer thinking a fight broke out or something. Not to mention he had to go apologize to Mina…

"Mina!" Izuku practically yelled. He forgot all about her throughout that entire ordeal. He didn't want to make her worry. As he headed back into the club he was ridiculing himself for forgetting about the person he was doing all of this for. As soon as he was on the other side of the street however, he saw a familiar pink skinned girl. Mina looked a little down which he can't blame her for. Still, he walked up to her and had a small smile hoping to apologize for what happened..

"Hey, sorry about that," he said as he caught up to her. Mina had her arms crossed and was looking at the ground. She shot a nasty glare at Izuku which caused the young man to freeze in his tracks. The two stayed still for about five seconds before Mina looked back at the ground and began walking away.

"I paid for our food," She mumbled. "Let's just go." He swallowed a lump in his throat.

"R-Really? I mean don't you think it's a little early?" Izuku tried to smile but with Mina switching between staring daggers at him and at the ground it was a very awkward one.

"Let's go." She was very forceful in her tone.

"Uh… yeah, okay…" Izuku knew better than to push the subject at this point. The two began to walk around the city in a heavy silence. Mina kept her eyes on the ground and arms crossed while Izuku kept fidgeting nervously. You could cut the tension between the two with a knife.

"So uh…" Izuku started. He cleared his throat and took a deep breath. "D-do you wanna go see a movie or something?" Izuku was hoping changing scenery would perk her up. He was also hoping that doing so will make her forget about the whole ordeal in the first place. He was wrong.

"No," Mina huffed. Izuku tensed a little bit.

"Uh, then how about checking out one of the arcades around here?"

"I said, no."

Izuku could tell that she was furious at him, and it's not like he could blame her for how he acted. He's rarely ever seen Mina angry, but when she was like this he knew poking the bear would only make it worse for himself. So, he stayed silent as he followed Mina who refused to even acknowledge him unless he talked to her.

As they continued to walk he realized that they were heading back to the dorms. They've only been gone for about an hour, which for them was short. With Mina dates can drag onto three or four hours depending on how excited she is that day. There was one date where the two of them went to an arcade, went to a park and walked around, watched a movie, and went back to the arcade. Not only did they lose a lot of money that day, it was a whole eight hour day. It was one of the best times Izuku has ever had.

With Mina wanting to go back to the dorms so early, he knew he screwed up. Badly. Since he knew that she wouldn't talk to him no matter what, all that was left to do is just wait in awkward silence until they got back to the dorms. Hopefully by then one of them would be ready to talk.

The two eventually got back to Heights Alliance after what felt like hours when really it was only a few minutes. Izuku could already tell people were going to ask what was going on. They know the two of them don't come back from dates this early and with the way the two of them were acting their friends are going to want to know what was going on.

They entered the common room to see the same group watching TV when they left. When Mina slammed the door behind her it caused them to turn towards them. They saw that Mina was fuming while Izuku was rubbing his arm awkwardly.

"Hey is everything..." Tooru started but Mina began walking away ignoring everyone and everything. Izuku mouthed an apology to her and followed Mina. Kaminari inhaled sharply as he saw the event take place.

"That doesn't look good," Sero commented.

"Should we check on them or something?" Kaminari asked. He was standing up as he asked that but Jirou jabbed him in the side with her jack causing him to keel over and sit down again.

"Don't stick your nose into their relationship," she said. "Especially if you're going to make it worst."

"What makes you think I'm going to make it worst?!" Jiro jabbed him in his ribs again to stop him from yelling. Kaminari massaged his ribs and groaned.

"Dude have you even had a girlfriend?" Sero asked. Kaminari shook his head. "That's why." Kaminari was about to protest but knew he had nothing to stand on and admitted defeat.

"Besides, whatever it is I doubt it'll last long," Tooru said. "The two of them are inseparable! I remember when I saw them sleeping on the couch one morning. It was so cute!"

"Please tell me you took pictures," Jiro said with a mischievous smile.

"It was too cute not to!" Tooru said getting out her phone. She began to scroll through all of her photos to find the ones she took of the two lovebirds. When she found it she showed it to the purple haired rocker.

Midoriya was sleeping on the couch with one leg draped over the side and one leg stretched out on the couch. Resting between his legs was a sleeping Mina who was snuggling up on the green boy's chest. She had one hand tucked underneath her head and her other arm wrapped around his body. Midoriya also had one arm around her waist almost as if he was protecting her while the other one dropped lazily to the side.

"Send that to me. I need some blackmail on Midoriya." Jiro let out an evil chuckle as she said that. As Tooru began to send the picture to the rocker girl, Sero gave a deadpan look.

"What did he do to you?" Sero asked. Jiro waved her hands and shook her head.

"Nothing, but I know Mina'd be willing to pay for this pic since I know she'll use it to embarrass the poor guy. Meanwhile he'll do whatever it takes to make sure it doesn't get spread around so I can probably get him to do some homework for me or something. Still, that's only if they get through whatever's going on between them."

"How do you think it's going?" Kaminari asked.

Awkward. The answer is very awkward. The two of them were waiting on the elevator that lead up to the different floors. Mina was not in the mood to climb four sets of stairs. So, the two had to wait in awkward heavy, long, moody silence before the elevator came. While Izuku could go right to his dorm on the second floor, after every one of his dates he would walk Mina to her room. It was something his mother taught him on his first date with Ochako, which he carried over with Mina. Even if it was uncomfortable and unwanted this time, he'd still do it.

The elevator finally dinged and the doors opened up. No one was on it, which meant no one would ask questions about them and Izuku was thankful for that. The two of them entered it and Mina pressed her floor number. The two of them stayed at opposite ends. The elevator seemed to take forever to close and when it did Izuku finally said something.

"Mina,' he said. He reached to touch her shoulder. "I'm sorry for…" as soon as he put his hand on her she shrugged it off and continued to ignore him. Izuku held his hand out for a moment before slowly letting it drop to his side. He knows he deserves it. That doesn't make it sting any less.

The elevator stopped on the fourth floor and Mina rushed out of the elevator. Izuku took a moment and followed her. As they were walking Mina was digging in her pockets looking for her keys and Izuku cleared his throat.

"S-So uh… I'll talk to you t-tomorrow then?" Mina grunted but more out of annoyance of not being able to find her keys than to answer Izuku. She finally found her keys and stuck them in the keyhole. She opened the door to her room. "Goodnight…" and slammed it in Izuku's face. "Mina." The hero in training sighed and walked away.

He covered his face with his hands. Today was a little stressful to say the least. Not only was he out of his comfort zone for the entire duration of his date, but he also got his girlfriend mad at him in the process. He couldn't even apologize for running away because she was that mad at him. Still Izuku has had these spats with Mina before. He just needed to wait until tomorrow when she's calmed down.

Izuku goes down the two flights of stairs, goes to his door, unlocks it and enters his room. He locks the door and jus before he collapsed on his bed, he stared at the magazine he had gotten advice from. He wasn't sure whether to burn the thing or keep it in case there were other ways it could help him out of this mess. The green haired boy sighs, collapses on his bed, flips over, and stares at the ceiling as dread fills over him. He likes Mina a lot. Heck, he loves her. That's what made this all hard for him.

He knows that he can't take back what happened, no matter how much he wishes he could. Still, he'll apologize once they both taken some time away from each other. He's confident that tomorrow will be a better day.

Mina meanwhile, wasn't so sure. She was still angry, embarrassed, and even a little sad about what happened. Angry at the fact that Midoriya would run away in the first place, embarrassed by that because he basically said no to a dance with her in front of everyone… and sad because of a thought that's been haunting her.

She knows it isn't true. She loves Izuku and knows he loves her back and will go to the ends of the earth to prove it. Yet that thought kept popping up in her head like a hydra. Every time she tried to forget about it, it came back even worse. What was the outlandish thought that kept Mina worried?

"Is he not happy about us?"

Mina knew it was a stupid question. Sure Izuku could be shy but he isn't the type to lead her on. He may get flustered but he would never actually… hate dating Mina. So again, why couldn't she get that question out of her head?

The reason was because there was proof of it. It was small bits, that if anyone else were to look back at it they would almost seem insignificant. Despite that, they swarmed Mina's mind like locust and poisoned her thoughts.

She recalls the time she fed him the chocolates he got her in the hallway after their study session. It was a month after they started dating. She thought it would be cute to feed one of the chocolates to him. It was also to kind of show the world "This is my adorable boyfriend! Hands off!"

However he didn't seem too keen on the idea at first, something she knew he wouldn't be. She had to push a little to get him to agree. The thing was, he didn't seem to agree with it until there was literally no one that could see them. Sure it was still cute, but it lost half of its meaning at that moment.

It wasn't an isolated incident either. When she started that random dance party for no reason one night in the dorms, he refused to dance with her. She thought it was just for his fear of dancing but maybe it was because he didn't want the others to see them together.

Then there was the first time she asked him to the club. He almost seemed scared to go in the club. Again she thought it was his fear of dancing. Or, maybe it was because he couldn't stand the thought of people looking at them as they danced. Not to mention when he went back inside to make sure they paid for their food, he probably had to talk to the cute waitress. He probably said something like they were only friends and tried to hang out with the waitress instead or something.

Finally, there was tonight. She saw somewhat how he was acting before he ran off. He was nodding his head, tapping his foot and was even swaying to the beat a little bit. So it wasn't a fear of dancing, it was a fear of people looking at them, together. She didn't want to believe it, but the way Midoriya acted opened Mina's eyes today. She groaned into her pillow.

She knows that she may be overreacting but she can't be sure about the two of them anymore. The pink skinned girl had to admit, these insecurities were growing, tonight was just the bloom. She doesn't know what tomorrow will bring, so she's scared. Scared of severing ties with someone she's grown fond of over the few months of dating, scared of whether or not she was overreacting or if her worries come to fruition. Those thoughts haunted her mind until she fell asleep.

Tomorrow would be eventful for the green and pink duo.

An All Might alarm woke a restless Izuku from his slumber. Izuku's night was not a pleasant one. Despite feeling tired both physically and emotionally, last night he could not find sleep until late into the night. His mind wandered between Mina, himself, and today. He had no idea how, when, and where to talk with Mina, and he had no idea what to say. Thankfully today was a Saturday giving Izuku all day to think of what to say.

Izuku looked at the clock to see that it said 7:00. He usually wakes up at five to go for a little jog but Saturdays are his resting days so he slept in a little bit. Truth be told he wanted to stay in bed a little longer and let the day go by so he wouldn't have to face Mina.

He shook his head. He needed to calm down. Getting some breakfast would probably be a good first step for this long day. Izuku had slowly risen from his bed and walked over to his drawers. He rummaged through them until he found a plain white T-shirt and dark green cargo shorts. After he dressed himself he took a step outside in the hallway. There he is met with a familiar blonde neighbor.

"Bonjour Midoirya!" Aoyama said with his usual sparkliness. "Has mon ami slept well the previous night?" Izuku gave a soft smile to his friend.

"Good morning Aoyama," he said. "And I can't say I had a good night's rest. I've been tossing and turning all night." The two of them headed down the stairs.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Izuku shook his head. Aoyama has been a good friend ever since the cheese incident. However this was something he did not want to bug any of his friends on. This was between him and Mina, no one else had to get involved.

"No it's fine. I'm fairly certain it was just for tonight only." Aoyama hummed.

"Tr s bien, know that I am here to help you through your troubled times." He bowed as he said that which caused Midoirya to chuckle. Aoyama can be such a drama queen sometimes. The two of them continued talking as they walked into the kitchen to grab something to eat.

As they entered the common area they took note that Shoji and Kouda were already up and watching something on the television. They greeted them as they continued to the kitchen to prepare their breakfast.

Midoirya wanted to have a bowl of cereal and was grabbing a bowl while Aoyama grabbed bagel from the cupboard. The two continued to make their breakfast and made small talk with Kouda and Shoji as they did. When they were done the two of them decided to join Kouda and Shoji in the living room.

A few minutes go by of the four guys talking, eating and watching the TV. An action sequence began on the TV causing the four boys to go silent and watch intently. Halfway through the scene though, Izuku got up to put his bowl in the kitchen sink.

As he entered the kitchen, the one person he had to talk to today, but was hoping to avoid until later, walked in at the same time. The two stopped and stared at each other for a second before Izuku gives her a nod. "Morning…"

"Hey…" she mumbled. Izuku goes over to the sink and puts his bowl in the sink as Mina takes some bread out and puts it into the toaster. Izuku began to wash his bowl, hoping that doing so would help him think of something to say to her. If not, then maybe get a chance for her to say something to him. Unfortunately neither of them spoke up and had to sit in awkward silence as Mina waited for her toast and Izuku continued to wash the already clean dish.

Izuku turned off the sink and placed his hands on the counter and stared into the sink. Due to the emptiness of the sink he saw a small reflection of himself staring up at him. It was almost as if it was judging him for not confronting Mina. The boy took a deep breath and turned to the pink skinned girl.

"Mina…" he started. "About yesterday, I…"

"Don't," Mina said. She sighed and looked down at the floor. "Just… not here." Mina stared past Izuku and over to the three others in the common area. Izuku knew what she meant. It was the same reason he didn't tell Aoyama why he wasn't sleeping last night.

"Okay then. Where should we…?" Mina bit her lower lip. She took a minute to think and then actually looked at Izuku for the first time since the incident.

"Just meet me in my room in ten minutes." Izuku could still hear the anger in her voice yet there was something else. Not only that, she had this look in her eyes that he couldn't quite place. It wasn't quiet sadness or anger. Was it annoyance?

He nodded his head and she nodded hers. Mina's toast popped out of the oven and she grabbed a knife, peanut butter and jelly and Izuku walked back to the living room where the others were sitting. Mina finished making her toast and headed back upstairs.

Izuku saw that Aoyama was giving him a quizzical look but could tell that he was not going to pry into it. He silently thanked the blonde. Despite sitting down and watching the TV, Izuku couldn't remember anything that happened because his head was filled with worry.

He didn't know what to expect in the next ten minutes.

It was too early for this. It was way too early for any of this. It was too early to feel so crappy, it was way too early to see Izuku, and it was way too early to discuss the elephant in the room with him. Yet Mina knew if she didn't get it done right away she would just put it off and get even angrier, sadder, or whatever it was she was feeling.

Right now five minutes have passed since the two talked in the kitchen. Mina did not want to eat in the kitchen in full view of Izuku and others. She needed time to think about what to say. It's not like she can say "Do you even like me?" and expect him to answer! She knew this talk would be very uncomfortable for both of them.

The pink haired girl had already eaten her breakfast and was face down into a pillow on her bed. She groaned as the seconds slowly ticked away on her clock, each tick reminding her of the dreadfulness to come.

"Please don't let it be true," she would tell herself. "Let this all be a misunderstanding." Despite telling herself this, every time she tried to think of a response to what Izuku would say, it always ended the worst way possible.

For instance, one question she thought of asking him was "Do you regret me asking you out?" And her train of thought told her he would answer yes but he would take fifteen minutes to finally tell her. The biggest thing bugging her was how… evasive Izuku could be. That's what was killing her the most. Sure, the fact that Izuku might not…

She shook her head. She can't keep assuming the worst.

Anyway, she can accept the worst answer Izuku might give. She would not like it but she could take it. The thing was, Izuku would not be blunt with her. It isn't him. He could say he was unhappy with things between them, embarrassed by her, that he was leading her on, he could yell at her in the most horrific way possible saying that it was some sick joke to play on her or that he didn't like her, and though she might cry, she could take it. But she knows Izuku wouldn't do that. No, he was too kind hearted.

She wouldn't be able to take the fact that he would try to let her down gently. There was something about that that made her feel worst. Almost like despite breaking her heart, he still cared about her in some weird way.

Mina sat up and slapped herself to knock some sense into her. She can't believe how much back and forth she is having. She can't even finish an internal conversation with herself about the whole thing. How is she supposed to talk with Izuku if she can't even have one with herself?

A small knock on her door made Mina shoot straight up in the air. It was a soft and gentle one that almost seemed hesitant. "It can't be ten minutes already!" She thought to herself. When she looked at her alarm clock she was surprised to see that the ten minutes were actually up. In fact fifteen minutes have passed since their conversation in the kitchen.

Izuku has always been a stickler for timing and organization. So why did he wait an extra five minutes before knocking? Was he nervous like her? Was he thinking of what to say? Was he telling the others about what's going on? These questions and more rang through Mina's head.

Another knock cleared Mina's head from those thoughts. Like it or not, this was the moment. She took a deep breath and walked over to the door. She slowly put her hand on her doorknob and let it rest there for a second. She couldn't seem to open the door. Despite her head telling her to twist it and get it over with, she froze in place. Something was stopping her.

Maybe deep down she just wanted to pretend that what happened was only a dream. Maybe she didn't want to ever face what happened. Maybe she just wanted ignore it until it went away. Maybe her heart was telling her she won't be able to take it and to just run from it. No matter what though, she knows she can't escape it. So there is no point in holding out any longer.

Mina slowly twists the doorknob and opens the door to see her green haired boyfriend standing in front of her rubbing his arm nervously.

"H-hey," he stuttered.

"Hi…" she muttered back.

To be continued.

A/N Sorry for the short chapter but I thought this would be a good stopping point. Especially since it's been a while since the last update. Anyway hope you enjoyed and all that jazz, let me know what I can improve on and hopefully the next chapter will come out soon-ish.