"You WHAAAAAT?!"

"I knowww!" Hado said with a flustered face, said face buried into the cusp of both palms as she and Haya sat on the former's bed across from each other. The latter threw her head back with a hearty laugh as Hado dragged her hands out to the sides of her face to reveal teary eyes of blush. "I don't know what I was thinking! I just, I just...UGHHH! I hate myself!"

"Alright alright let's just calm down here let's calm down." Haya insisted as she removed the hands from Hado's face after she buried herself into her palms once more. "No need to be hating ourselves for something so tiny."

"Tiny?!"

"Well, you know what I mean. Still though a kiss on the cheek before you two parted ways? Honestly I can't even begin to think what kind of stuff would be going through his head right now. Wow...you ACTUALLY, kissed him on the cheek holy crap."

"Ugh god, now I don't even know how I'll be able to look at him let alone even be around him anymore. It's gonna be so awkward and I know there's a good chance he'll ask me about why I did what I did."

"Why did you do what you did? Surely you got an answer for that right? You didn't just kiss him on the cheek for no reason I doubt that."

Hado sighed. "I don't know, I just...I just don't like how he believes there isn't a chance he and I could be together. Cause apparently his classmates keep messing with him about he and I are a thing since we hang out so much? And he tells them that we're not a thing we COULDN'T BE. He doesn't know that, but I didn't want to tell him upfront cause I'm still not sure about all this. But I also didn't want him to go to sleep tonight thinking it wasn't ever possible so, I thought maybe kissing him would-"

"Give him a little hint that he does have a chance." Haya finished with her friend nodding. "Ahhh I see I see. So that was it then? Little peck on the cheek and you just walked away."

"Yeah, it felt like I was about to explode if I stayed a little bit longer. But now looking back to it I don't think it was a good idea for me to just leave him by himself like that. Who knows what he must have been thinking when it happened."

"Well now that you kinda stepped over the boundary of friends and something more, think it might be time to try and shoot for the stars?"

Hado hummed with her thumbs nervously and rapidly tapping against each other before she shook her head in denial. "Isn't this a little too soon? It hasn't even been half a month yet before we've started using each other's first names doesn't it feel like everything is moving too quickly between us?"

"That's pretty much something only you can answer to be honest. You're the one with feelings for the chia pet not me."

"I really, REALLY wanna see and try something out for the first time with Izuku but I don't wanna make him feel like he's under pressure with something like this. I already come off as overwhelming to people and Izuku's said it before that it's no different for him. Suddenly springing on the idea that I wanna maybe kinda sorta try for something more? I don't even wanna think about his reaction."

"He'd probably crumble." Haya chuckled. "Right down to little smithereens."

"Plus, we don't even know if he likes me for certain. You said that you THINK he likes me, and that's all we've been going off of so far. There's nothing concrete about his feelings."

"Hmmmm...you know his phone number?"

"Yeah?"

Haya reached into the left pocket of her shorts and pulled out her phone. "Cough it up."

"Wh-, Why?"

"Cause you wanna know if he likes you for certain right? Only one way to find out."

"WHAT?! N-No we can't do that! He's gonna sniff it out as something suspicious it'll be totally obvious Yuyu."

"Oh relax I'm the perfect liar. Remember when I got you to think Eraserhead couldn't see through his goggles so you made googly faces in front of him thinking he couldn't see you?"

"THAT WAS NOT FUNNY. He was so scary right after!"

"*snort* Ohhh man, to this day I still think you peed yourself a little when he noticed you. Look Nejire, there's only one straightforward way for us to find out if Midoriya's got the feels for you and that's to hit the source right in the dead center. No other way to put it. He won't even have a hint that I'm doing this for the sake of you knowing trust me. Do you wanna find out if it's appropriate to try for the next level? Or no? It's up to you."

Hado pouted as she anxiously rocked back and forth on her butt while holding onto the shins of her crossed legs. She really, REALLY would like to know if Haya's belief about Midoriya's feelings for her were true but at the same time as she said earlier was this not progressing at a rapid pace? There have been guys in the past who she's known for months years even before they attempted to crack the ice of simple friendship. Midoriya? She hasn't familiarized herself with him for more than two months before hitting the mark of wanting something more. What made him different? What made him make her feel like there were ants in her pants?

To find out, or not find out. That is the question.

"H-Hrmmm...gimme." Haya placed her phone into Hado's right palm for the latter to put in her junior's phone number. Once done Hado stared at the number placed into the phone pad before handing the device back to Haya. "BE CAREFUL with him, please. I don't wanna make him more nervous than what he might already be."

"Relax." Haya assured. "I've got this in the bag. I make butter look like gravel, nothing to worry about."

BEEP*

Haya pressed the call button and set the phone to speaker mode, Hado's breath hitching in tension as the two girls waited in silence.

BRRRR*
*BRRRR*
*BRRRR*
*BRRR-*

Here went nothing.

"Hello?"

"Heh-Heyyyyy Midoriya dude, how's it going?"

"Uh, who is this?"

"Haya, Nejire's friend. Short pink hair? Studs in the ear?"

"O-Oh Haya-senpai! Hello, how are you?"

"Fiiiine I'm fine." Haya answered as she placed the phone over her right knee and leaned back onto her hands with a cool manner. "Not much when it comes to living the life as a third year, it gets pretty easy once you make it here."

"Sorry but how do you know my phone number?"

"Nejire gave it to me a little while ago, said I should have it in case something goes up with her and I gotta contact you for emergency."

"Oh...O-Oh! Oh is she okay?! Is she fine what happened?!"

Haya quirked both eyebrows up as Hado buried her flustered face into her hands again. "Ahh don't worry she's fine, ain't an emergency this time."

"Oh, that's a relief."

"Seem a little worried there Midoriya, strung up about something?"

"A-Ah well, I just thought maybe something was wrong and you were calling to tell me about it. Thankfully thereisn't. So, why are you calling me?"

"Eh just wanting to know how that little banquet thing went for you guys. Nejire won't tell me a thing cause she's 'too tired', pfft. As if there's ever a thing about being too tired with a girl like her."

"Oh it was great! Well, n-not really GREAT great I-I didn't really do so well when it came to the interviewers. I uh...kinda gave some dumb answers if I'm being honest."

"Nervous?"

"Not used to people coming up and asking me questions for the media."

"Yeahhh, unless you're working under a big time hero or somebody who's around media a lot you don't really get much experience with the press. Kinda sucks they don't have something here at U.A that lets us have a chance to get close to them. I bet Nejire was able to cruise without a sweat though what with her being Ryukyu's sidekick and all."

"She was awesome! She answered every question so effortlessly and freely it was like breathing for her, and she always had this big smile on her face like it was permanent for her! A-And-And and she just managed to keep this energy about her that made her likable and approachable and-"

'Just stop talking about me so much.' Hado pleaded in her mind as Midoriya continued to praise her over the phone, Haya quietly snickering in the background. Each form of praise was like a critical hit to her heart, butterflies fluttering faster and faster with every hit that landed. 'Stop giving me so much praise you dummy.'

"-around probably the best one there was at the banquet. Nejire's just...She's just really awesome in general."

"Tell me about it. And honestly speaking here? When you take everything about her into account and think about it? It really isn't that hard to fall for somebody like her isn't it?"

Hado perked her head and ears up.

"No, not really. She's really pretty, and really kind, and all around the kind of person I feel like anybody would fall for. Whoever she decides to fall in love with and have feelings for, hmph. I'd think their Quirk would be called 'Best Of Luck' or something along those lines."

"And is that sparing you from being bunched in with the rest?" Haya asked. "I know all that time spent together has managed to fester up something no?"

"M-Mmm...it's...it's, not something I would put a lot of faith into."

"Oh? And why would that be?"

"It's...It's nothing."

"Nahhh come on, it can't be nothing if it's something. I ain't gonna tell Nejire if that's what you're worried about, feelings are secret stuff meant for top privacy. You got my word that I won't spill anything."

"Huhhh...it's just a matter of differences."

"Differences?" Haya questioned as she raised the phone up for both girls to lean closer to it. "How so?"

"It's just, I mean you look at Nejire and she's just so, well, Nejire. She's beautiful, easy to get along with, fun to be around, kind, soft hearted, easy to make friends to I mean who wouldn't fall for a person like that? She's the kind of person that puts the sunny in a sunny day everythingabout her just makes the world feel bouncy and fun to be in. She can fit in so easily with anybody and any kind of situation it's like she was made in this perfect mold for everybody to be happy with. So, then you look at somebody like her and compare it to somebody like me? I'm...I'm the one part of the puzzle that doesn't fit with her.

I'm not anything special to look at. I don't have jokes Ican't make people laugh a good laugh. I try to be an easy person to get along with but sometimes I have trouble figuring out how to make a conversation continue if I'm not familiar with their interests. You speak to Nejire about something she's not familiar with and she'll pick up on it like she is familiar with it. Me? I'm, I'm not talented like that. I feel, tiny, compared to her. I-I know I'm taller than her but, when it comes to who we are as a person it feels like I'm a cheap candle being held up next to the sun. I can't compete with anything that Nejire brings to the table I'd have better luck making people believe I'm All Might.

Nejire's Nejire, and I'm me. And unfortunately, me isn't something that I see myself having a chance of being with Nejire. I know there's better people out there who are more compatible with her than I am."

"So is this an admission to the question that you have feelings for her?"

Hado held her breath.

"Yeah. Without a doubt. But, again, they're not something I have much faith on. Nejire deserves to be with somebody who would make her world feel just as special as she makes somebody else's world feel special. I'm not anything like that."

"Hrmmm..." Hado pouted as she rocked back and forth on her butt, wanting to say something to the first year but knowing that would only blow the purpose of the call. But at least with this she knows, she knows now the feelings that she has for Midoriya are mutual and the same. He likes her. He really likes her.

Haya smirked at her friend trying to hold back her words before turning back to the phone. "Well try to look at things on the brighter side, you never know when life will decide to throw you a bone."

"Hmph, yeah. I never will know."

"AAAAAAnyways I'm sure you're tired from the whole banquet thing, best for me to not keep you up so late. Take it easy okay dude?"

"Goodnight Senpai."

"Peace."

BEEP*

Haya tossed her phone onto the space between her and Hado, propping her right elbow onto her knee to support her head as she looked to her friend with a smug grin. "Well? Now you know. So now the question is what are you gonna do now that you know?"

Yes. That now becomes the question that weighs heavy over Hado's head. What will she do now? The anxiousness. The fear. The impatience. The second guessing. So much to consider, so much to take into account. Was it time? Was it not? Is she overthinking it? Is she not thinking enough about it? What to do what to do, what ever must she do to simmer the butterflies down in her chest?

The answer? Dead center to the source, no other way to put it.

(Tomorrow Afternoon)

Haya: Yo. You busy after school today?

Midoriya: Senpai?

Haya: If you got the chance meet at the rooftop once classes are over, got something that needs discussing with you. Super secret Don't tell Nejire.

Midoriya: Are we even allowed to be on the rooftop?

Haya: Nope. Not unless you're cool with the teachers like I am . Rooftop after school don't miss it.

Midoriya: Got it. I'll be there.

Up up up the staircase to the third floor went Midoriya as the last of the third year herd migrated past him, the first year coming to a halt at the top and looking down both directions of the hall. All the way down the corridor to his right he spotted the sign of the stairs leading to the roof over a single black door with a push handle, pivoting his feet and moving to that direction. With hands grasping the straps of his backpack he pondered over the thoughts in his head while oblivious to the teacher who appeared out of their classroom and leaned against their door frame with a mug of coffee in their hand and a straw in the mug.

"*AHEM*. Son."

Midoriya halted in his tracks and turned to face Snipe who stuck the straw underneath his mask for a sip. "Snipe-sensei hey. I uh, I-I was just going to the-"

"I know, I know." Snipe interrupted. "Haya told me all about it you're fine. Though before you trot yer way on up there, do a favor for me."

"Yes?"

"Make that young lady up there a happy one will ya? She deserves it by now."

"Uh, o-okay?" Accepted Midoriya with a curious eyebrow and the obvious hint of 'I have no clue as to what you're talking about' in his voice. Snipe gave a small lift of his cowboy hat to the first year before said first year nodded back and continued on his journey down the hall. 'What was that all about?'

Arriving to the door leading to the stairway up he pushed through with his right shoulder and entered a very dusty and very small stairway that was merely two short flights tall, the tapping of his shoes rapidly echoing off the walls in the tiny area. What was this all about? Why did Haya want to see him in such an odd place such as the rooftop? On top of that, why was this being kept a secret from Hado? Was this a surprise? Were the two of them uniting to coordinate a surprise event for the Big 3 member for a birthday or special occasion? Or was it something serious? He really hoped it wasn't.

Making it to the top he again used his right shoulder to push through the door and arrive to the rooftop, feeling the sense of height hit him like a runaway train. Inside the school it didn't seem as if all those stairs were taking him any higher than what he thought but outside like this? WHOA. He felt tall, ginormous even. And to think Mt. Lady was numbers higher than this single building was mind boggling to think about. How was she able to work with a Quirk like hers?

"U-Um, hello?" Midoriya called out as he stepped further onto the roof and allowing the door to shut on it's own, unaware of the figure hiding around the corner to his left. "Haya-senpai? It's me Midoriya, I'm here."

"..."

"Hello?"

"...hey."

Somewhat startled by the tiny squeak of a voice close behind Midoriya pivoted on his feet to see Hado with a hand nervously grasping the opposite elbow and a timid smile on her face, her shoulders raised and head lightly tucked into her chest. "Oh Nejire, it's just you heh...O-Oh, Nejire! It's YOU-U-UHHH what-what are you, what are you doing up here?"

"Waiting for you."

"REALLY? Huh well isn't that weird I'm supposed to meet Haya up here instead of you so I really don't know-"

"Izuku. I had Yuyu message you to meet me up here."

"Oh. Well, why didn't you just message me yourself?"

"Because I didn't know how. And it's not because I didn't know we could meet up here or anything it's cause, I don't know how to go about this stuff."

"This stuff?" Midoriya repeated. "Nejire what are you talking about? What's going on?"

Hado took a big, deep breath in through her nose and sighed it back out the mouth. "I...I have some truths, that need to be spoken about to you. And, I-I don't...really know how to go about doing this in my own way so forgive me if this all seems choppy or, stupid. Do you remember when we first started talking you asked me about whether I was interested in being in a relationship? And I said I really wasn't cause it would be so confusing when mixing it in with high school and stuff?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, I kinda lied. I MEAN, I didn't lie I wasn't lying when I told you that I mean lying as in it's sort of, pretty much changed by then. I still think a relationship during high school would be confusing for me but, I kinda started to realize maybe it wouldn't be if I had the right person to realize that with. The kind of person who would support me the entire way through despite not having any kind of experience themselves. The kind of person who I like to be around with and, and do things with that make me laugh and always manage to put a smile on my face. The kind of person who shows me little hobbies that they like to do for fun or it's because it's an interest. The kind of person who...likes to draw."

Midoriya's world began to blur.

"Over the weeks I've, I've found that person. At first I wasn't certain that anything would change between us because I wanted to be focused on school and my future as a hero. I wasn't thinking about the possibility of being in a relationship this early because I didn't want it to be a distraction to me. Eventually I came to find out that it was believed this person had feelings for me and seeing that I didn't want to lose them as a friend I wanted to tell them what we are. Just friends. But, for some reason I couldn't. I coudln't find the courage within me to say what I needed to say. And as days went on and I spent more time with this person, things kinda started to unravel on me. Questions started to pop up like flowers one after another.

It really took a turn for me after I...I had a dream about them. It was a weird dream, a really weird one and, I couldn't stop thinking about it for the entire day I just couldn't get this weird dream out of my head I wanted to know what it meant. All dreams had to mean something right ANYTHING and, and I REALLY wanted to know what this dream meant to me. It caused these weird little feelings to flutter inside me like butterflies they felt weird but at the same time, comfortable. It felt, comfortable to feel this way. To feel so...light and funny."

That same world grew quiet spare for a voice.

"After that, things started to take drastic leaps for me." Hado continued as she took a step towards Midoriya. "The more time I spent with this person the more I started to really think about what it would be like if I just thought about it, you know? If I just thought about what it would be like if we just...were together. Simple little thoughts you know like, if the world was just meant for the two of us to have fun in and, what days would be like if we were always on the phone with each other."

That same world became dark spare for a glowing object.

Another step. "A-And, what I saw in my thoughts were thoughts that I really wanted to try and carry through on. Taking into consideration who this person is I-I, couldn't really see myself trying to fit somebody else into their place. Not Mirio, not Tamaki, not any other guy who I've ever met before. It's just them. They're, amazing, and sweet, and thoughtful and caring and just, everything that bundles somebody up to be what I think is a perfect partner. Again I don't really know too much about this stuff so I don't know what exactly sums up to be an ideal partner. But...they're the perfect partner for me, and quite frankly the, only partner I want."

That same world was now blue. Periwinkle, blue.

And another step, now directly in front of Midoriya with her fingers timidly grasping and pulling each other with her eyes down to their shoes. "A-And, and originally I-I thought maybe...maybe it was bad that I was going too fast you know? Maybe this person would have been, shocked or, discouraged about the idea of how much I was really starting to like them. Until I found out yesterday when...when Yuyu called. And...and they admitted they had feelings for me. So, now would probably be the right time for me to admit that this person who I really really, REALLY hope we can make something work together and REALLY hope we can have a lot of fun together moving forward..."

Hado looked up to meet Midoriya's eyes.

"...is none other than you."

"..."

Hado took a big breath to her chest before asking the grand question of the century. "Will you go out with me, Izuku?"

THUD*

"Eh?! IZUKU!" Hado exclaimed after the first year fell flat onto his back like a plank of wood, the third year hurrying over to his left side where she dropped to her knees. Sliding her right hand under his head she lifted it gently enough to hold on her lap as his face was void of any and all color imaginable, his skin paler than a fresh piece of paper. "Izuku! Ohmygosh a-are you okay?! What's wrong you look like a ghost!"

"-likes me-..." Hado lowered her right ear close to hear tiny mutters underneath his choked breath. "My..crush...really likes me..."

Hearing that it was just an overreaction to his sensitive mind Hado sputtered before pulling back and giggling out of control, her free hand covering her mouth with droplets of joy inkling out of her eyes. The sound of her laughter was like medicine as color slowly began to replenish Midoriya's ghostly body, his heart slamming out of control when witnessing the same hand brush some strands behind her ear. "Of course I like you you dummy, you're everything that I didn't know I could ask for. I mean, you do kinda give me a scare when it comes to the more major information but, I hope we'll work on that later. That is, if..."

Midoriya smiled. "Yeah. I'd love to go out with you, Nejire."

Hado beamed. "I'm glad to hear that."

"So, what now?"

"Well now I, I think there's only one thing left to do." Hado leaned her head down once again towards Midoriya's, blocking the sun out from his eyes to show the perfect view of her face. "Can...Can I, kiss you...please?"

Midoriya gulped before nodding and bracing his entire body, Hado wasting no time in closing the distance and setting off the first kiss. Tingles. Tickles. Cuddles. Cookies. Hugs. Happiness. Everything and anything and anything with everything. His entire body sang and cheered for the concert of an explosion in his mouth as an energy filled his vessel with a want to get up and dance. Her lips were sweeter than any candy shop he's ever been to, softer than the touch of a cloud and kinder than an angel's caress. He was practically screaming out of sheer joy inside his head at the reality that the same girl who he's never thought to have a chance with in his life is the same girl kissing him right here, right now.

The same girl, that has now become his entire world.

Heartbeats drumming in unison their kiss lasted for what felt like forever before they ceased and took a moment to absorb what happened, Hado sitting back up with Midoriya inhaling deeply. "Nejire..."

Hado smiled as the hand underneath his head came out to the front of his forehead and smoothed over it. "Let's do our best for this relationship between us, 'kay? Izuku?"

He smiled as well, how couldn't he. "Yeah. Let's do that."

-

"Ughhhhhhhhh..." Snipe sighed as he leaned back in his chair at his desk, hands slapping over his armrests in boredom. "Damn this tension is killin' me, wonder if those two already tied the knot by now. What to do what to dooooo...Oh yeah. Still gotta look at that song Aoi mentioned to me. Knew I was forgettin' somethin'."

Snipe leaned forward and opened his browser to a video streaming platform, quickly typing in the name of a song that he had issues in locating but now knew thanks to the assistance of a student. Using the scroll wheel of the mouse he skimmed down the list of results that appeared. "Let's see let's see, now where in the hell is it? Ah there it is, tricky little thing."

CLICK*

Daft Punk
Digital Love

"Last night, I had a dream about you
In this dream, I'm dancing right beside you
And it looked, like everyone was having fun
That kind of feeling, I've waited so long

Don't stop, come a little closer
As we jam, the rhythm gets stronger
There's nothing wrong, with just a little little fun
We were dancing, all night long

The time is right to put my arms around you
You're feeling right
You wrap your arms around too
But suddenly, I feel the shining sun
Before I knew it, this dream was all gone

Ooh, I don't know what to do
About this dream and you
I wish this dream comes true

Ooh, I don't know what to do
About this dream and you

We'll make this dream come true"