Then I see you
You're walking cross the campus
Cruel professor
Studying romances - Campus by Vampire Weekend

We walked back to campus, Kaminari keeping the conversation flowing nearly single handedly. He peered at me as we entered the grounds. "What's up?"

"Sorry," I shook my head and giggled, "It's nothing. I've never done anything like that before. I guess I'm just feeling a little overwhelmed, that's all."

"Oh. That's cool," Denki flashed his ID at the gates, and they moved aside for us and we continued to Alliance Heights. "I really had a lot of fun, Ochaco-chan."

"Me too, Denki-kun," I said with a genuine smile, even if I was a little tired. "I really enjoyed our date."

He smiled wider, and opened the front doors. It being Saturday night, and not even that late, most of our class was still loitering in the common rooms. The big doors thudded shut and nearly 19 sets of eyes turned toward them to see Kaminari sling an arm around my shoulders to give me a hug and a small hip check that made me stumble to the side.

"Kamaniari-kun!"

"Sorry, sorry, couldn't resist!" Most of the class laughed it off, just more Denki brand fun, and turned around. "There," he said quieter, "No need to be freaked out." He looked up, and his smile wilted a little, "Your protector is coming. We should totally do this again some time." He pressed the envelope we'd won into my hands and sauntered off to plop on the TV couch.

"Do I sense a love connection?" Mina's smile was wide and showing teeth.

I shook my head, "We have a good time..." I shrugged, "A very good time, but no."

"It's fine." She replaced Kaminari's arm with hers, "Tomorrow-"

I interrupted, my tone colored with mock disbelief.

"I have another date? How crazy!"

"I know, right?" She laughed at the joke, "Sero-kun asked me what you like to do. He'll be down in the common room at six sharp."

"Oh? And what does Sero-kun want to do?"

It was her turn to shrug as she pulled me into the kitchen after her, "I have no idea. I'm going to make us tea. Tell me how it went!"

Sunday Night, Six... Sharp...

Sero was in the common room, but he was decidedly not ready to do much of anything. I tipped my head, walking toward him, and he slumped forward, his hair hanging over his face as he bowed.

"I am so, so sorry!" He started, "I should have just said something, or rescheduled or anything!"

"You'll have to start at the beginning," I chided him.

He straightened, "I can do that." He flopped into a long couch, and I sat gingerly beside him. "A couple of days ago, I asked Mina-chan if I could get a date with you. It was all set up, you know?" I nodded, "Right. So fast forward to Friday, and that stupid history test."

"Oh." I smiled at him, "I barely passed. How'd you do?"

"No barely about it. I didn't." He shook his head sadly, "I've been trying to finish all the extra credit and make-up work, and I couldn't! I tried!"

"Well..." I pressed my hands to my knees, falling forward to match his posture and catching his eye, "We can work on it together. We'll call it a..."

"Study date!"

"Perfect. You go get your homework, and I'll go get snacks." I tipped my head at one of the empty tables bordering our kitchen, "Meet me over there."

He stood, a broad smile lighting up an otherwise plain face, "You're a life saver, Uraraka."

By the time Sero had come back, a stack of books under his arm, I had set up with paper, pencils and a bowl of nori crackers. He smiled, his grin making me return it like always. No one should have such an infectious smile.

"Snacks!" He plopped into the seat, slamming his books down, making the rest of the students loitering in the common room turn to look.

I giggled and pushed the bowl toward him, "Dinner after, but nori is brain food."

We both snagged books, this was as good a time as any to bone up on my history too. We quizzed each other over the material, and in time, drew a small crowd of on lookers. Izuku had pulled up a chair and Bakugo was shouting answers from the game area. The atmosphere was so lively, it was almost possible to forget our "date" had been infiltrated.

"No, it doesn't work like that," Mina reached past and ruffled the pages. "Look. See, it says right here that the reign of the Pharaohs was ended with Cleopatra simply because it was long in decline. The world had moved past that."

"It's more romantic to think that it was because of love," I rebutted with a smile.

Sero looked at me curiously, "You think love could do that? End an empire? Reshape human history?"

"Maybe not end an Empire," I gestured at the books, "But change the course of human history? Yes. Absolutely."

Izuku's eyes turned inward, "Well, why not?"

"Nonsense." Bakugo turned up the tv, but we all looked at him anyway before returning to the conversation.

"Here I am, sitting with people I love, and who knows what'll happen because of it."

"Romantic love," Sero interjected, "If these people weren't here, it was just say, you and I, could we change the course of human history?"

"To borrow Midoriya-kun's words, 'why not'?" I gave him a different smile, and his grin was suddenly softer, more intimate, "Yeah. We fall in love. A villain only we can defeat..."

"We save the world."

"Human history changed." The rest of group cracked up, and left to get whatever was necessary for comfort, but Sero stared at me. "What?"

"I never noticed before..." He began to chew his underlip, "The way you think is so nice."

I cocked my head, "Thanks?"

"I mean it. Sometimes it isn't about what history books say, or other people, or even myself. Sometimes, it's thinking that two people falling in love could move history. Thank you... Ochaco-chan."

I smiled, "You're welcome. I'm happy we could do this, I think this is one of the best evenings I've had in awhile."

"Yeah." Sero's face settled, "It's kind of a lame..."

"Don't say it, you'll ruin it. It was a great date, Sero-kun. Let's do it again sometime, okay?"

AN/ Next up is Shoji! I lost my list and timeline... but fortunately have all the chapters *named* and written down on this doc. At least I sort-of remember my ideas for them! *dies* Thanks for reading, please feel free to leave a comment. A thank you shout to Tasia'sENDLESSDreams for helping me! Please read her Muse Academia! It's a lot of fun!