"Breaking news straight out of Tokyo! The 'Hero Killer' strikes again. Early this morning, the pro hero Mr. Brave was found severely wounded in the eastern part of the city after a brief run-in with the known serial killer. As of right now, he is still in critical condition and there has been no word yet on any possible leads pertaining to the whereabouts of the man calling himself "Stain". Citizens in the area are encouraged to stay vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the local authorities." The voice of the announcer could be heard on the television in the living room.

'Damn, another one?' Tokage thought as she walked through the hallway.

"Also, yet another mysterious bombing in Ishikawa prefecture. This makes three in the last month and police have yet to identify those responsible for these atrocious acts of villainy."

"Holy hell!" Nanao Tokage said from her spot on the couch as she scarfed down a handful of pretzels. The woman had the next few days off from class and decided to spend her free time back home. "Things sure are getting out of control aren't they?"

"I'll say." The younger Tokage sibling agreed.

"So...what'd you get all dolled up for?" The woman asked in a slightly invasive tone. It was a rare sight to see the girl in anything other than a pair of gym shorts and a t-shirt when she didn't have school. And judging by the way she was dressed, she was definitely looking to impress somebody.

"Nowhere, just hanging out with some friends." The younger sibling kept her answer simple and attempted to rush out of the door. Knowing her sister, she was going to try and pry into her personal life. And the last thing she wanted was for her to find out that she was going on a date of all things.

"Sure you are…."

"Anyways...I'll see you later. Have fun freeloading, and make sure that you restock dad's pretzels before he gets home."

"See you later, runt!" Was all she managed to say before Tokage closed the door behind her.

Without missing a beat, the elder Tokage sibling pulled out her phone and scrolled over to her contacts list. She already knew that her sister was up to something based on how she was acting. And there was no way in hell she wasn't about to find out what it was. With a quick swipe of the finger, the green haired college student pressed the "call" button on her phone and held the device up to her ear.

"Hello?" The voice of Tetsutetsu said on the other side of the line.

"Tetsutetsu, how ya' been?! Have you gotten those eyelashes trimmed yet?"

"I'm doing well, Nanao…. What do you want?"

"Why did you automatically assume that I wanted something? What, a girl can't just have a friendly chat with her favorite iron-eating little brother?"

"We both know that's not how you operate."

"Yeah, you're right." The woman conceded. "Anyways...you wouldn't happen to know what Setsuna is doing today, would you?"

"No…" The silver haired boy slightly hesitated. To his credit, Tetsutetsu was a very honest guy. But that also meant that he was a less than stellar liar.

"You're not lying to me, are you?"

"Of course not."

"Look Metalhead, we both know that the runt tells you everything. And if she's not spending the day with you, that means she's going out with someone else. So, either you come clean and tell me where she's going. Or...I show your mom that picture I took when I caught-"

"Okay, okay, okay!" The silver haired teen hastily sputtered out. "I'll tell where she's going. Just for the love of God, don't do that to me."

"Excellent!"

Time seemed to drone on as Midoriya patiently waited for Tokage to arrive. The two of them agreed to meet at the water fountain near the festival entrance and it was getting closer and closer to their scheduled rendezvous. In hindsight, the boy probably should've have arrived a full thirty minutes earlier than he was supposed to. But he didn't want to run the risk of being late.

Overall, it seemed to be a perfect day. The sun was shining, the mid-afternoon air was smooth and there was just the right amount of cloud cover. From what he could hear, there was a lot of excitement going on in the festival. The green haired boy had never been to one before. But from everything he knew about them, there were supposed to be a ton of concession stands and games. So there was definitely a lot of excitement to be had.

'Maybe I should've worn something more...appropriate.' The boy thought to himself while looking down at his outfit and wondering if he should've tried putting on something more traditional. At the moment, the green haired teen was wearing a short sleeve, black button up shirt, some khaki pants and his signature red shoes. He would've preferred wearing one of his regular t-shirts. But according to his dad, he needed to look at least somewhat presentable. Luckily, he was somehow able to make it to the barber shop before it closed last night.

"Yo, Izuku!" A familiar voice called his name. The 'telekinesis' user turned around and was met with the sight of Tokage rapidly approaching him with a smile on her face. As it turns out, the girl also decided to forgo traditional clothing and opted for something more modern. Tokage was wearing a sleeveless blue shirt and a white skirt along with a pair of black socks that came up to about the midpoint of her thigh.

"Hello S-Setsuna." The boy nervously greeted with a wave.

"What's up? Wow, you got here pretty early. Were you looking forward to our date that much?" The girl wasted no time in getting the fun started.

"I uh...w-well, I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't late is all."

"It's cool. I must admit that I was pretty excited about today. I even made sure to catch an early train all the way over here."

"That's good to know." He replied.

"Um Izuku…" She began with a devious smirk and striking a pose. "This is the part where you're supposed to compliment my outfit...go ahead."

"Oh uh, it's nice. You look really cute." He admitted with a wobbly smile.

"You think so? I had a hard time picking out what to wear last night. I'm not really into wearing kimonos, so this is what I went with. Tell me, does this skirt make by butt look flat?" She "innocently" asked while posing with her hips out and a hand behind her head.

"This is one of those questions where no matter what my answer is, you're going to tease me about it right?"

"Hmph." Tokage folded her arms indignantly while slightly smirking. "You're finally learning, good." She continued before grabbing the boy by his hand. The small gesture being enough to cause his heart rate to jump. He already knew that Tokage was pretty forward, but he wasn't expecting hand-holding right out the gate. As much as this surprised him, he didn't make any effort to let go. "You look pretty nice too. And I see you even cut your hair again. It's nice to know that you got all dolled up for little ol' me."

"Thanks."

"No problem." She replied. "Now, there's a ton of stuff to do and we got all afternoon to enjoy this place. I remember you saying that you've never been to a festival before, so allow me to be your guide."

"So what are we going to do first?" He inquired.

"We're gonna go play some games and win us some prizes!" The girl announced with a slight gleam in her eyes.

True to her word, the game section of the festival was the first spot where Tokage took her date. As expected, the area was absolutely filled with people of all ages running around and having a good time. Midoriya quietly gulped as he looked around. Like he had said many times before, the boy wasn't exactly good with crowds. He was so used to being by himself for most of life that the idea of being in such a densely populated area was a bit nerve wracking.

"Alright, now where should we go first?" Tokage asked, unaware of the boy's growing anxiety.

"No clue, I'm not really sure what goes on at these things."

"Good point. Most of the games here aren't too difficult, but we should start with something simple." She tapped her finger to her chin. A few seconds passed as the girl's eyes scanned across the area before spotting an empty stand a bit further down the path. "How about ring toss? It's pretty easy and they have some good prizes." She pointed.

"Yeah, sounds like fun." He smiled.

"Well then what are we waiting for? Let's go win us some cool stuff!" The girl announced before once again grabbing his hand and pulling him forward. This time however, Tokage took the liberty of interlocking their fingers together.

"You're cool with me holding your hand, right?" She asked, genuinely curious if she was moving too fast.

"Y-yeah, of course." Was his honest answer.

"Good." She gave him a toothy smirk.

Once the young duo were at the ring toss stand, they took a moment to look things over. It wasn't uncommon for games like this to be rigged in some sort of way. In fact, Tokage could remember this one time she went to a festival as a kid where all of the prizes for the shooting games were actually glued to the shelves. But, everything seemed to be in order from what they could tell. And some of the prizes actually looked really cool. More specifically, there was dinosaur plushie that the girl had her eye on.

It didn't take long for the two to pay for their rings and get started. The rules were pretty simple, you start with ten rings per person and that was how many attempts that you were given. The bottles themselves were stacked in a giant square on the table and were color coordinated between clear, green and black. Clear bottles would get you a small prize, green would get you a medium, and naturally black would get you a large one. The catch though was that there were significantly less black and green bottles than clear ones. On top of that, all the bottles were made of glass, which meant that the rings would bounce of them pretty easily.

"Alright, here goes nothing!" Tokage announced with confidence as she made her first attempt. Only for her ring to bounce in between a few clear bottles before flying off the table. "Dang…."

"It was a good throw." Midoriya attempted to reassure her. "You almost had it."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence." She sarcastically replied. "Now it's your turn."

The green haired boy took a deep breath before setting eyes on his target. He decided to aim high and make an attempt at one of the black bottles near the center of the table. He had no idea if there was a specific kind of technique that he should be using. But he figured that he might get lucky. With a rather smooth underhand toss, the boy made his attempt. For a brief moment it seemed as though he was going to score the black bottle, however the ring bounced off as soon as it made contact. Fortunately, lady luck was on his side today and the ring ended up landing on one of the green bottles.

"Winner!" The woman behind the counter announced. "Wow, and on your first toss too. Nice job kid. You get to pick out any medium sized prize that you want."

"Lucky." A slightly jealous Tokage elbowed him on the arm.

Midoriya looked behind her to where all the prizes were hanging up on the wall. To be honest, there was nothing available that caught his eye. But there was one item that he would be able to get his hands on.

"I'll take the dinosaur plushie on the left." He told the woman while pointing to the item in question. Earning a rather surprised look from his date.

"Good choice." The lady clapped her hands together and walked over to the prize wall.

The green haired girl then took the moment and lean up a bit closer on her date and whisper to him. "Why that one?" She asked.

All Midoriya could do was blush and awkwardly rubbed the back of his head. "I noticed you eyeing it a minute ago and it seemed like a nice pick."

"Aww…" The girl gushed dramatically. "Aren't you just the sweetest fluffball ever."

"I g-guess."

"So tell me…" She pulled him in close and lowered her tone. "Did you use your quirk to score that prize?"

"What?! No!" He whisper-shouted so the woman couldn't hear him. "I couldn't do something like that. That's cheating. Besides, Recovery Girl said I shouldn't use my powers until after tomorrow."

"Yeah, I thought so." The girl shrugged. "You're way too much of straight shooter for that."

"Alright, here you go!" The woman suddenly appeared in front of them and presented the young duo with their reward. It was a red and blue doll in the shape of velociraptor. Coincidentally, this just so happens to be Tokage's favorite type of dinosaur. Midoriya took the item from the woman and then proceeded to hand it to Tokage. Who graciously accepted it before hugging it close to her body and grinning like a madwoman.

Hoping to capitalize on their success, the two greenettes used their remaining rings to try and win another prize. Unfortunately for them, the rest of their throws didn't yield the results that they wanted. With no more rings left, the two decided to cut their losses and take another look around the area to see what the festival had to offer.

After a thirty minutes of walking around and trying their hands at a couple of more games, the young duo came upon a mask stand that didn't currently have any other customers.

"Hey, we should get some masks as souvenirs." Tokage happily suggested while pointing to the vendor.

"You think so?" The boy turned his gaze over to the stand in question. They were close enough to where he could see the wide array of cartoonish and traditional style masks hanging up on the rack behind the counter. And from what he could tell, most of them looked really cheap.

"Heck yeah! Come on!" She wasted no time in pulling him along.

Once they were right in front of the stand, the two took a moment to get a better look at what there was to offer. There was a wide selection of masks of all ranging from old era cartoons to custom ones that looked to be hand painted. Midoriya could recognize a lot of them from some of his old comic books and shows that he watched as a kid. But there were others that he had no clue about.

"I think you should pick that one." Tokage patted him on the shoulder and pointed to one on the center shelf. The item in question was a plastic, white rabbit mask with the image of a tree painted onto the right side of the face. The boy would be lying if he said that it didn't look nice, and it was well within his price range since it was only five hundred yen.

"Why that one?" He asked the girl.

"Well, the kanji you use to spell your name means "green valley", right? It seems like it would be a good fit." Was her response.

"That makes sense." The boy acquiesced.

"Which one do you think I should get?" She followed up, causing the boy to look around the shelves. The green haired teen took a moment to think about his selection before pointing to a blue and white "devil" mask with a white monobrow and large canine teeth at the top.

"That one."

"Why?" She asked, genuinely curious about his decision.

"It's...got a lot of personality. Kinda like you do." He smiled.

"Geez Izuku, when the hell did you become such a smooth talker? I'm starting to think the whole timid, shy guy routine was just an act." The girl began laughing. Loud enough to draw the gazes of a few passerbys.

Seeing as they were pretty happy with the selections, the two students quickly paid for their souvenirs. Well actually, Tokage was the one that paid for them. Midoriya tried to protest, but the girl insisted on covering the price since he already got her the dinosaur plushie back at the ring toss stand.

"Hey, I gotta go to the little hero's room. Be right back." Tokage told Midoriya as the two made their way past the event stage where some local high school band was performing.

"Okay." He nodded.

While the girl made her way to the bathroom, Midoriya moved a bit further down the path and planted himself under a large tree that provided him quite a bit of shade. The green haired boy was having a really good time so far and he was happy that Tokage appeared to be as well. He was absolutely certain that he was going to mess things up at some point. But up to now, everything was going smoothly.

"Oh shit dude, you were right!" A male voice suddenly announced from nearby.

"See, I told you that it was him!" Another said in response.

Midoriya directed his attention to where the outburst came from and immediately jerked his head in the opposite direction. For a split second, the green haired boy panicked and thought about walking away. But he knew damn well that he couldn't just abandon his date like that. Once he got himself recomposed, Midoriya simply pretended that he wasn't paying the individuals any attention. Unfortunately for him, the two of them had other plans.

"Yo, Deku!" One of the boys called out to him.

The two young men in question looked to be about his age and were still wearing their school uniforms. One had short, brown hair with droopy eyes. While the other looked pretty normal with his black hair and black eyes.

"Oh man, I haven't seen you in ages!" The black haired one waved at him, only to be met with silence.

As luck would have it, the two boys didn't get the hint and walked right up to the green haired teen. To his credit, Midoriya tried to act as cool as he could. But considering the fact that he was now within arm's reach of two of his former bullies, he could already feel his body begin to tense up.

"Yo Deku, how have you been man? How long's it been? Like almost a year, right?"

"What do you want?" Midoriya asked in a dry tone while not bothering to look their way.

"We thought we saw you earlier and just wanted to see if it was really you. Not a lot of people are running around with green hair and freckles, so it was a pretty safe bet." The brown haired one laughed.

"Is that all?"

"Yeah." The boy replied, slightly taken aback by how the greenette was speaking to them.

"If that's all you wanted, then you can go on your way and leave me alone."

That comment was more than enough for the two boys to give each other a set of curious glances. They were absolutely certain that the guy they were talking to was Midoriya. The green hair and freckles was more than enough proof of that. The last time they had seen him, the boy was still a nervous and stuttering mess. Now he was acting all cold and aloof.

"What, now that you're some big shot U.A. student you think you're too good to talk to us? Y'know, it was a surprise seeing you of all people in the big Sports Festival. Your match with Bakugou was pretty…crazy."

"Seriously. None of our classmates believed us when we told them that we used to go to school with you guys. We all knew that Bakugou was amazing, but you pretty much stole the show." The other boy's tone then shifted slightly "So…your quirk. How long have y-you uh…"

"None of your business." Midoriya quickly cut him off. His voice now laced with a very noticeable amount of venom.

"Geez, what the hell's your problem dude?" The brunette teen scowled. "A couple of classmates drop by to say hello and you can't even bother to look our way? You think that because you're a hero candidate now you can just look down on the rest of us?"

"That's pretty funny coming from someone who used to torment me for being quirkless."

A brief moment of painfully awkward silence passed between the trio as those words sunk in. Midoriya's comment was enough for the other two to pause and give each other a series of uncomfortable looks.

"Look Midoriya." The black haired teen started. "We're really sorry for how we used to treat you-"

"No you're not."

"Huh?"

"If you were really sorry then you wouldn't have done what you did in the first place." He told them. In truth, the fact that they even bothered to give him some half-assed apology irritated the green haired boy quite a bit.

"Look man, we know what we did to you was wrong." The black haired teen continued. "Running around with Bakugou and letting him pick on you all the time was not cool. But c'mon dude, you know how scary that guy can be. If we said anything, then he would've tried to blow one of us up."

"Plus you kind of brought it on yourself for always talking about wanting to be a hero in front of him when you didn't even have a quirk yet. We all know the guy has a massive ego. But I guess that doesn't really matter now since you it turns out that you're actually pretty powerful, huh?"

"So, the fact that I do have a quirk now makes it all okay?" The green haired teen finally faced the brunette boy and looked him in the eye. He held his gaze for a solid five seconds before letting out an exasperated sigh. "Look, I'm going to tell you the same thing I told Bakugou. I've done some growing up recently, and I'm not the same pushover that I used to be. There was no point coming over here and trying to apologize to me because I don't accept it. The only reason you even bothered to do this was because I now have a quirk. I doubt you'd feel the same way if you thought that I was still quirkless."

Both boys were taken aback by how blunt Midoriya was being. They were so used to the boy being jumpy and feeble that the way he was speaking to them made him sound like an entirely new person. Neither of them expected him to be totally forgiving. But they certainly weren't expecting this. Hell, they would go so far as to say that his personality was totally different.

"Hey Deku, just because you-"

"Oh, there you are babe!" The voice of Tokage suddenly interjected, much to Midoriya's relief. The green haired girl wasted no time in putting herself right in the middle of the three boys and grabbing onto Midoriya's hand with her own. "I was wondering where you ran off to." She continued with a smile.

"Babe?" One of the boys said in a curious tone.

"Sorry for taking so long, hot-stuff." The girl said.

"It's fine." The green haired boy replied.

"So, who are these guys? Are they...friends of yours?" She asked while putting extra emphasis on that word in particular. Thankfully, Midoriya was able to catch onto what she was doing as was more than happy to play along.

"No...not at all." He calmly answered.

"Oh, too bad." Tokage shrugged before turning towards the two teens. "Sorry boys, but me and Izuku are in the middle of a date right now. Catch you later."

Before either teen could say a word, the girl started walking down the path with her date in tow. Leaving the two boys completely gobsmacked by what just happened. Not only was the once shy and meek Deku now super strong with a flashy quirk. Apparently he had a hot girlfriend to boot. Whatever happened to the guy in the last year, he certainly did change a lot.

"Thanks for that." Midoriya said to the girl once they were a good bit of distance away from his former classmates.

"I saw how intense your face looked when I was walking up. Obviously you wanted to be as far away from those guys as possible." Tokage replied.

"Yeah, you're right about that." He said with a weak chuckle.

"So what was up with that anyway?"

"They were just some guys that used to go to school with."

"Oh…" Was all she said. Obviously there was a bit more to it than that. But she wasn't going to pry into it too much. Instead, the girl just wanted to get back to having a good time on their date.

Thankfully, her and Midoriya were on the same page in that regard. "So, what did you want to do next?"

"Let's grab a bite to eat. All this walking around has worked up quite the appetite."

"Sounds good to me." He smiled.

Eventually Midoriya and Tokage found themselves walking through the concession stands. There were so many options to choose from that the young duo didn't even know where to start. For Midoriya, the boy wasn't craving anything in particular. However he was hoping to avoid any junk food if he could help it. As for Tokage, the girl wasn't really in the mood for something sweet. So she was determined to find something savory to satisfy her hunger. With some luck, they might even find a place that sells some yakitori.

For the next few minutes the two greenettes wandered between different concession stands in hopes of finding something good. Most of what everyone was serving was either some type of dessert or candy. Which made sense considering that it was what most people prefer to eat during the summertime festivals. Especially in the middle of the afternoon. Just when the two were about to give up, a familiar voice caught their attention.

"You two look like you're having trouble."

Midoriya's head turned so fast that you could almost hear the vertebrae in his neck crack. Sure enough, the boy's suspicions were confirmed when he found himself staring into a set of pink eyes. "Unohana-san?"

"Brainboy?" Tokage echoed, calling the quirkless teen by his new unofficial nickname.

"What's up?" He smiled at the two while giving a polite wave.

"What are you doing here?"

"Uh...working." He quickly pointed upwards to the sign that read "Yukihira Udon" in big bold letters above his head.

"I didn't know you worked at an udon shop." Tokage said to the boy jokingly. "I assumed you'd be working in some sort of lab with high-tech lasers and robots flying all over the place."

The black haired teen let out a quick laugh at the girl's words. "Well, I'm only sixteen. They don't exactly let people our age around stuff like that."

"Good point."

"I didn't know that you were going to be here." Midoriya chimed in.

"Yeah, my boss got us this spot at the last minute and I'm working the afternoon shift. It's technically my day off, so he's paying me double for doing this. And I couldn't exactly refuse the extra cash." Unohana explained.

"Can't argue with that."

"So how have you been?" Tokage asked the boy. "You getting a lot of customers?"

"Business has been pretty steady. The only problem is that it's starting to get pretty hot out here." He replied while pretending to fan himself off with his hand.

At the moment, Unohana was currently wearing a long sleeve, black t-shirt underneath his apron. Tokage was about to make a comment about how his choice of attire was only contributing to his current predicament. But the girl's mind flashed back to that time when she first met the boy during their internships and how she noticed the very deliberately placed scars on his wrists. So for the moment, she just held her tongue.

"So, what are you two up to?" The black haired teen then asked.

"We're on a date." Tokage answered without missing a beat.

"Wow, you actually convinced Midoriya-kun to go out with you on an actual date? Oh man, now I've seen it all."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Midoriya asked, only slightly offended.

"Only that you're the most socially awkward person that I've ever met in my life." Unohana retorted.

"He's got a point, Izuku?" Tokage added on with a not-so-subtle smirk. After a few more laughs at the green haired boy's expense, Unohana decided to switch topics.

"So, you two looking for something to eat?"

"Yeah." They both said in unison.

"Well you're in luck. I just so happen to know of a place that serves some pretty good udon noodles. From what I hear, the guy serving them in pretty cool too."

"That was a pretty nice sales pitch, Brainboy." The girl laughed. "So what've you got?"

"Well, we have a few selections. But our special is the new chicken udon that we've been serving at the restaurant for the last couple of months. The stuff practically sells out everyday during the lunch rush."

"What's so great about it?"

"Aside from the noodles themselves being good. The chicken is marinated in a freshly made spicy peanut sauce and grilled the morning of. It's got a nice bit of kick to it, but not enough to overwhelm your senses."

"How long did it take you to rehearse that little spiel?"

"I'm actually the one who wrote it." The boy shot back to the girl's joke.

"It does sound pretty good." Midoriya interjected. "I remember you saying that it was one of your more popular dishes. And I actually wouldn't mind trying a bowl, what about you?" He then turned towards Tokage.

"Count me in!" The girl smiled.

In practically no time, Unohana whipped up two fresh bowls of udon noodles and served the two greenettes their meals. To say that the dish was delicious would be a gross understatement. After one bite, it became very apparent as to why the stuff sold out as much as the boy claimed it did.

"So, how'd your presentation go." Midoriya asked in between bites.

"A total success!" The quirkless boy beamed confidently. "I've already got a few offers from some pretty big schools. And I'm actually heading to I-Island tomorrow to get an early peak at the big expo. It's the reason why I'm working today. Everything's going to be paid for, but a little extra spending money doesn't hurt."

"That's great!" The green haired teen almost shouted. He knew that the boy was pretty busy with this thing for the last couple of months. But he was happy that all of his hard work finally paid off.

"Well I'm happy to hear that everything went smoothly." Said Tokage after slurping down a few more noodles. "So what was your big presentation about anyway?"

"Nothing serious. I just created a new water purifying chemical that can be used on an industrial level." The boy answered nonchalantly.

"Yeah...that sounds way too complex for me to even want to understand." The girl deadpanned. She already knew the guy was a genius, but something like that sounded like it was a major scientific breakthrough. "Oh my god, these noodles are amazing! I can see why they're so popular."

"Seriously. And the chicken it cooked to perfection." Midoriya agreed with his date.

"I'm glad you like it. We make tons of this stuff everyday. The only downside is that clean-up is a hassle."

"Why is that?"

"The sauce itself is actually pretty flammable because of the peanut oil that we use to make it. We need to scrub down the stoves and grills extra hard to avoid any potential mishaps back at the restaurant." He explained.

"Sucks."

"It is what it is."

After a few more minutes of talking and catching up, Midoriya and Tokage decided to continue on with their date. Business started picking up at the udon stand and they didn't want to bother the quirkless teen anymore while he was trying to work. With one final wave, they bid him farewell and promised to show up at the orphanage after their summer training camp was over with.

Now that they had some food in their guts, the two teenagers found an empty bench in a less populated area of the nearby park to sit down and relax their feet. Both of them had been having a wonderful time so far and were really happy with how their first official date was turning out.

Seeing as the two of them now had a bit of privacy, Tokage decided to take advantage of this moment. The green haired girl scooted closer to Midoriya and leaned her head on his shoulder while interlocking their fingers together.

"I've had a really great time so far, Izuku."

"Me too." He answered honestly. Under normal circumstances, being this close to a girl would leave him a fumbling mess. But considering that they had spent about half of the outing holding hands of all things, Midoriya found himself actually being able to keep his cool for once.

"Thanks again for getting me this adorable raptor plushie. I can't wait to add to my collection."

"Collection?" He tilted his head in confusion.

"I...may or may not have a collection of dino-themed dolls and figurines in my room." A barely noticeable tinge of pink appeared on the girl's cheeks at her admission.

"Oh, cool." The boy replied. A brief few seconds of silence lingered in the air between them before Midoriya finally worked up the nerve to broach a topic that had been on his mind all day. "S-so uh...I know this is probably not the best time to ask this. B-but uh...so are we like..."

"Dating?" The girl finished his question for him. "Well, this is our third date. And it's pretty obvious that we're both into each other. So I don't think that saying we are is too off the mark."

"Third?" A confused Midoriya stated.

"Yeah, I'm counting those first two "not-dates" as well." She shrugged.

All the boy could do was give out a slight laugh at the girl's bluntness. "I guess that makes sense."

Tokage couldn't help the slight smile that formed on her face at the boy's words. In truth, she was glad that he was the one to bring up the topic because she herself planned on doing it later on in the day. But now that they were finally having the talk, there was no point in beating around the bush.

"But a-are you sure that you w-want to date me though?" Midoriya continued on while twiddling his thumbs.

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, I'm not really experienced when it comes to this kind of stuff. I mean, I've never really had friends before let alone tried my hand at dating. And honestly, I'm not really the best looking guy out there."

"Well...as long as we're being honest, I don't really have too much experience in dating either. I mean, the only real frame of reference I have is watching my aunt strike out with my dad every other week. And my sister has pretty terrible taste in guys, so she isn't exactly the best example to go by."

There was a minor rumbling in the bushes a few meters away from them, but the two teens just chalked it up to some small animal or something.

"Still…" Midoriya continued on. His face slowly getting redder by the second. "I'm not exactly entirely opposed to the idea of us dating."

"Well obviously not." The girl shot back. "Otherwise you wouldn't have agreed to go out with me."

"Good point."

"Has anyone ever told you that you're absolutely adorable when you get all embarrassed like that."

"Yes, you have...multiple times."

Silence once again fell upon the two students and the last few minutes finally caught up with Tokage's mind. On the inside, the girl was doing her best to remain as calm as possible. She was telling the truth when she said that she had next to no experience when it comes to whole romance thing. But if all those old movies and American soap operas that her and her sister used to watch were anything to go on. She had a pretty good idea about what her next move should be.

"So…" The now blushing girl began twisting a strand of her hair with her index finger. "I'm going to kiss you now."

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"W-what?" Midoriya sputtered out after rebooting his brain. Did she really just say that? Like, with actual words? Did Tokage really just say that she wanted to kiss him?

"A kiss." The girl repeated. "I mean, we've already held hands. It's pretty much the next logical step if you ask me. I was going to go for it anyway, but I figured that I should at least give you a warning."

"O-oh uh...I g-guess I can't really argue with that logic." He gave the girl a weak laugh while nervously scratching the side of his face.

"So, did you maybe want to give it a shot?"

The green haired teen hesitated for a moment as he thought about his answer. Was he ready for this? In all honesty, probably not. But as much as he wanted to just fold under the pressure. Part of him really wanted to give it a try. He may have briefly considered the possibility of this happening when he was getting ready for this date. But now that he was actually in the situation, there wasn't any going back. "Y-yeah, sure."

"Cool."

Seeing as they were now on the same page, Tokage decided to take the lead and faced towards him. She knew that out of the two of them Midoriya was the least likely to make the first move. Of course, she didn't mind considering he was just naturally a shy person. And even though she probably wouldn't admit it out loud, she kind of enjoyed the idea taking charge.

Time seemed to slow down as the two's faces slowly came together. Midoriya's face was quickly turning more red by second and Tokage was pretty sure that her's wasn't much different. It was only now that she really how crazy this entire situation was. Her brain had pretty much been on autopilot for the last few minutes. But now she was acutely aware of exactly what she was about to do.

With no going back now, all Tokage did was close her eyes and lean forward a bit more. This was it, she was totally about to do this. Just a few more centimeters and both of their lips would be making contact.

"Just fucking kiss him already you damn spazz!" The voice in the back of her head yelled out at her, giving the girl that last bit of motivation she needed to commit to the act. It was weird how that voice sounded exactly like her older sist-

"What the hell?!" Tokage stopped and opened her eyes before looking to the bushes behind the bench. And and equally confused Midoriya quickly following suit.

"Dammit Nanao, you just had to open your mouth. Didn't you?" A very familiar adult female voice groaned in a hushed but annoyed tone.

"Sorry, but the two of them were taking forever and I'm tired of holding up my phone like this."

A sense of pure and utter dread suddenly washed over the 'lizard tail splitter' user's body. No way, there was no way in hell that this could be happening. And right now of all times. Electing to confirm whether or not her suspicions were true, Tokage stood up from her seat and march right over to the bushes. Once she was there the girl poked her head over the vegetation and sure enough, both Kayama and Nanao were doing their best to look an unassuming as possible.

"What the hell are you two doing here?!"

"Oh, hey Setsuna. Fancy meeting you here. How's your day going so far?" The elder Tokage sibling innocently asked while shoving her phone in her back pocket.

"What's going on?" Midoriya questioned as he walked up to join the girl to see what all the commotion was about. Only to pause at the sight of his hero art history teacher and a woman with short green hair crouching down on the ground.

"M-M-Midnight-sensei?!"

"Midoriya please, call me Kayama when we're outside side of class."

"Were you two spying on us?" Tokage grimaced. She had a pretty good idea about what was going on. But she needed the confirmation just to make sure.

"Spying is such an ugly word." Kayama stated while folding her arms and looking away from them. "I was simply monitoring this little outing of yours to make sure that nothing too inappropriate happened."

"What?!" Midoriya blushed at the woman's implication.

"Oh, I wasn't talking about you Midoriya. I know you're a very nice and respectable young man who would never try anything indecent. Unless...you've simply been pretending this entire time." The woman wiggled her eyebrows in a very suggestive manner.

"Well, I was definitely spying on the two of you." Nanao interjected without the slightest bit of shame in her voice.

"How?" Tokage almost hissed out.

"Tetsutetsu told me about your little rendezvous today."

Tokage made a mental note to have a little talk with her silver haired excuse of a best friend later. She knew that the guy was pretty good when it came to keeping secrets. And there was no doubt in her mind that her sister had done something to coerce him to spill the beans. But that certainly wasn't going to save him from her getting some type of revenge for blowing the whistle on her date.

Now that the jig was up. Nanao saw no point in holding back any longer.

"So...you're the guy the runt's been crushing on." The woman hopped over the bush and walked right over to Midoriya. The boy recognized the girl's face from the pictures around Tokage's house. Although they look very similar, the elder Tokage sibling's hair wasn't as fluffy as her sister's and she was a good five centimeters taller.

"H-hello." He gave the woman a polite bow.

Instead of answering, Nanao closed the distance between the two of them in a single stride. The next thing Midoriya felt was a pair of hands place themselves on his cheeks and found himself staring into a set of dark green eyes.

"Hmm...you've got a plain face, but still pretty cute. And you have nice hair." Said the woman while examining his features. She then grabbed his shoulders and ran her hands down his arms. "Surprisingly good definition under that shirt." The greenette then felt around his chest and abdomen and nodded as if satisfied. Without any warning, the woman took a couple of steps back before detaching her head from her body and floating it to the other side. "And you have a pretty nice ass."

"Okay, that's enough!" A now annoyed Tokage grabbed her sister's floating head and held it between her hands. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't go around checking out my friends."

"What the big deal? I was just inspecting the goods." The decapitated body shrugged.

'Ah, so I guess their entire family is like this.' Midoriya thought to himself. Considering the fact that Kayama was a part of this group, he really should've expected it to be this way.

"Why are you here?"

"My little sister goes on her first official date and tried to do it in secret. Why wouldn't I be here? I'll have you know that it's my duty as an older sister to document this future reference."

"What do you mean, ''document"?'' Tokage quirked an eyebrow at her sister's head.

"We may or may not have taken about a hundred photos of you two while you were on your date."

"We?" Midoriya questioned while looking towards his teacher.

"I have no idea what she's talking about." Kayama feigned innocence. Even though she herself had already sent a pretty decent amount of photos to the girl's father.

Hoping to get some semblance of control on this situation. Tokage took a deep breath to calm herself down. In all fairness, she expected something like this to happen. It's the exact reason why she didn't tell either of them that she was going out on a date to begin. And if the last few minutes were any indication. She needed to wrap this up as soon as possible.

"I greatly appreciate you two coming all the way out here to ruin my life." She began with a heavy level of sarcasm. "But would you kindly leave us alone now?"

"As much I would love to do the exact opposite of that, it's getting pretty late." Nanao began explaining. "We were actually planning on taking you home after you wrapped up things up."

"That's unless you two planned on doing some...extracurricular activities." Now it was the black haired woman's turn to have a little bit of fun with this. Her words more than enough to cause Midoriya's cheeks to flush at the implication.

Instead of responding, Tokage simply grabbed the boy by his hand and began walking down the path to get away from these two headaches. The longer they stayed there, the more likely it was that Midoriya would burst in flames from embarrassment.

"We parked by the train station. Be there in fifteen minutes!" The elder Tokage sibling shouted out.

"That should be more than enough time to get the job done you two!" The "adult" of this situation followed up.

'How can she just say that out loud?' Midoriya thought. Legitimately wondering if either woman knew what the word "shame" meant.

After ditching those other two, the young couple found a nice and secluded spot a bit further away from the festival. But just to be safe, Tokage made sure to keep an eye out for any floating body parts.

"Sorry about that." The girl apologized with a weak laugh.

"It's fine." The boy replied before attempting to play devil's advocate. "I think they were just worried about you is all."

"No, they were just here to embarrass me. Believe me, my sister is way more off the handle than I am. Just be glad that I got you out of there before she started flirting with you."

"I'll take your word for it."

"Plus, they kind of ruined our moment back there didn't they?" The girl said as she took a step forward and closed the distance between the two of them.

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

For the next few seconds, the two teenagers gazed into each other's eyes. Unfortunately, neither of them could really bring themselves to take the next step. They didn't know whether it was out of mutual embarrassment, or the likely possibility that they were still being watched. But something about the moment just didn't feel right. Instead, Tokage opted to do the next best thing. The girl leaned up on her toes, wrapped her arms around the boy's neck and gently placed her lips on his left cheek.

"We can pick up where we left off some other time. Hopefully we'll actually be able to have some privacy." The girl feigned confidence while twisting a strand of her between her fingertips.

"R-right." A now blushing Midoriya nodded his head. All while trying to keep his heart rate steady.

"I had an awesome time today."

"Me too. I'm really looking forward to the next one."

"Oh wow, you're already planning out our second date? How presumptuous of you~." The girl teased.

After a brief moment of fumbling over his words, and a few laughs from Tokage. The girl wrapped the green haired boy in slighter tighter hug than usual. Ulike most times before, Midoriya actually reciprocated the act of affection by gently wrapping his arms around the girl.

"I'm glad that you're finally starting to get with the program when it comes to these hugs." She said in a joking manner.

"W-well, I figured that I might as well get used to it since we're uh...you know…."

"Good point."

After another few seconds, the two broke their embrace and gave each other one last smile before parting ways.

"I guess I'll see you on Monday."

"Yeah." Tokage nodded. "Do you mind if I call you this weekend?"

"Sure." He smiled.

"Cool." She grinned back. "Well, I better get going before those other two starting looking for us. Sorry again about that. I'll be sure to give Metalhead a piece of my mind later for screwing us over."

"It's fine, really?" The boy waved off.

"Whatever you say. Anyways, I'll catch you later."

"Bye." The boy said with a wave as the green haired girl made her way over to the train station.

Now that he was finally alone, Midoriya was able to release all the tension in his shoulders. Aside from a few mishaps, everything went surprisingly well. And judging by the fact that his date didn't immediately shoot him down when he threw out the idea of going out again sometime. It was safe to assume that Tokage was telling him the truth about enjoying herself as well and wasn't just being nice.

He tried his best to take his dad's advice and be a bit more forward. And that was definitely going to be a work in progress. But at least he took a step in the right direction. For now, the boy was happy with where they left off . He wasn't really sure if he could call this a relationship just yet, though. And he hoped that they could clear that up before something crazy happened. But he had a feeling that things were about to get really interesting between the two of them.

'I should probably head back home. I didn't tell Mom where I was going today and she might start freaking out soon if I don't hurry back.' Was the last thing Midoriya said to himself before beginning the journey back home.

Along the way though, the boy just couldn't get rid of the grin that plastered itself onto his freckled face.

'Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the next one.'