"Hey, Izuku? You can wake up anytime you feel like it. Rise and shine, sunshine." While her voice had plenty of banter in it, Mina's voice was sweet and comforting, tender at the same time, almost like she was dealing with a baby. She was gently shaking Izuku, trying to prompt him into waking up, but such was the slumber he was in that even though he knew that she was trying to wake him, he didn't open his eyes, or even feel like pretending that he was about to.
In fact, he didn't make any movements whatsoever. He just remained there, motionless, like he hadn't heard her at all. He knew that she would be able to tell he was awake in a few seconds, but he gripped onto the wonderful embrace of sleep for as long as he could.
"Damn. I don't think I've ever seen Midoriya this tired."
"What the heck did you even have him doing last night, Ashido?"
"Not whatever you're thinking, Tooru. Stop thinking it." Mina responded with good humour, before she actually started shaking Izuku for real. "C'mon Izu-kun, you gotta get up." Ceasing being gentle, she tried to snap him out of his blanket of darkness. That wasn't working, so Mina decided to try something else. Lowering her voice a little, she gave a joking, but sinister threat to the boy who was rested on her shoulder. "Don't make me use irritant Acid on you. I'll make you itch for the next three hours, I swear it, Izuku."
The threat alone was enough to break him. Irritant Acid would definitely... Definitely... Not be fun. "...Please don't?" He asked, his exhaustion evident in every word he said. Not even tired enough to stutter, he was just rolling with whatever he wound up saying at this point.
"Gotta get up then." Repeated the pink skinned girl, patting Izuku atop his fluffy green head. She did feel bad about making him feel this tired. This was her fault in a particular sense, so she felt almost responsible for her boyfriend today, like she was supposed to be babysitting him or something.
Somehow, Izuku had managed to get through the day without falling asleep at his desk, and had even managed to make some valid, good, usable notes on the subject matter at hand.
The second the lunch break began though, and he'd sat next to Mina, he was out like a light, instantly asleep. In doing this, his body had instinctively leaned to the side, where he felt he was safe, to rest his head on his girlfriend's right shoulder. In the brief moments before his consciousness left him, he felt how soft she was, even with her full uniform, and how she told him gently with a soft voice that he was okay and that she'd wake him up when he needed to be woken.
He'd managed to fall asleep with a smile on his face.
And now he was being so roughly awoken. He knew that he had to have expected this. He had been asleep the majority of the lunch break, but still, now that it was nearly oven, Izuku felt nothing but the desperate urge to do nothing but sleep. If he didn't sleep, not only would he be rendered inoperable, but he would also lose concentration and that could affect his grades if he didn't rest. He was screwed either way.
Reluctantly, he lifted his head up and yawned, opening his left eye to look around him, and immediately found himself sent into a scarlet blush.
"Man, and I thought you were some kind of academic based machine." Kaminari commented with a smirk on his lips. The Electrification Quirk user took another bite out of his food, using wooden chopsticks, lest his Quirk accidentally cause conduction through a any other set, and spoke again, while he chewed. "Good to see at least see those of you at the top of the class are as human as the rest of us."
"No, he gets good grades because he studies. Unlike you." Tsuyu bluntly stated, her head rested on her folded arms. Anyone who didn't know here might assume that she was going to sleep, though she just did this because she found it comfortable. Her brutal honesty earned her a few laughs, much to the despair of Kaminari.
Ah, Izuku remembered, awkwardly lowering his head and laughing nervously. Now he remembered exactly where he was. He might have managed to get away with how he'd just acted when it was just him and Mina. Not in front of about half their classmates, all of which were looking at him and doing their absolute best not to burst out laughing.
Befitting how their social groups had sort of merged together, Izuku and Mina usually found large tables to reserve seats for their friends, or for whoever it was they could manage. At the absolute maximum, they'd normally share the tables with Uraraka, Iida, Todoroki, Asui, Hagakure, and occasionally they were joined by Kirishama, Kaminari and Jirou, all of which excluding the Ear Jack Quirk holder were here today. With finals for the semester upcoming, it felt like it made sense to huddle together, bounce questions back and forth in the event someone felt unsure, and overall use one another as a more entertaining alternative to textbooks, essentially.
When Izuku had fallen asleep, no one had been there aside from Mina. Now literally everyone was there. He wasn't entirely certain what he had expected, of course they would all be there. Most likely, he hadn't been awake enough to care one way or the other. Now though, his boiling cheeks regretted that carelessness.
"You uh, have a nice nap there, Midoriya?" Kirishama asked, revealing his sharpened teeth as he spoke, unable to suppress a grin, like Kaminari had been incapable of doing. The scene amused him way too much.
"Hey, come on Kirishama." Uraraka was the next one to speak up. Once Izuku managed to open both his eyes and regain the clear vision required for walking in a straight line, he glanced to his right, noticing that the Zero Gravity Quirk user was right next to him, and Kirishama was directly opposite her. "Deku works harder than anyone I know."
"I know, I'm just messin' with the guy." The Hardening Quirk user defended light-heartedly, grinning again as he leaned back into the rest of his seat.
Tilting his head over, Todoroki, who was located right at the edge of the table, questioned, "You think maybe it's because you joke too much your failing your academic subjects?"
"Damn, you're cold, Todoroki. Words hurt!" Kirishama responded with a smirk, although he looked like he was internally screaming at the fact he was probably right about that. The unintentionally harsh response given by the classes strongest seemed to have affected Mina and Kaminari as well, both now slightly uneasy.
Though she was Izuku had studied for the majority of the previous night, the information hadn't completely stuck to her brain. She sure as hell felt a lot more confident, and it had helped her immensely, but when starting from level one, practically anything was an improvement. That didn't change the fact that without a dramatic increase in her grades, she was going to wind up being in a whole lot of trouble. She supposed that she could ask Izuku again...
But taking a look at him, she couldn't even begin to think of it. Not after he'd ended up in this state because of her. She liked to mess around, joke, and do silly things, but when it affected the people around her, especially the ones she cared about, then she knew that she needed to make a change. Right now, that change involved not causing Izuku anymore undue stress and fatigue. At this rate, they'd both fail, and that would be far from a good thing.
Plus, at this rate... "Still, to be so ill prepared for the day ahead... I expected far better from you, Midoriya!" ...And there it was. "Do the trials we all endured to attend this fine institution mean nothing to you?!" Iida's serious school president personality, the one he kept up during school hours. According to Izuku, he was far less wound up than he seemed, but to imagine him loosening up in any capacity was a stretch for Mina's imagination.
He almost seemed to act like the older brother to the class at times, the kind of brother who would pound it into your heads the importance and responsibility that the person in question had. Of course, malice was far from what he was trying to convey, the furthest thing in fact. It was far more accurate to
Tired, Izuku didn't feel like arguing in his own defence right now, so he just nodded sleepily. "I know, sorry Iida."
"Hey, don't!" Mina quickly spoke up, glancing from Izuku back to Iida, and then to Izuku again. "It's kind of my fault anyway. I was the one who you wound up losing sleep 'cause of. I kept you up studying. You shouldn't be apologising, Izu-kun." Of fourse, Mina knew that Iida was one of Izuku's closest friends here at the school, and that he'd know him longer than he'd known her, but still, the accusation that it was Izuku's fault was just unfair.
Iida seemed to blink a few times before he actually processed the sentence that had been spoken to him. Looking at Izuku's state, and how surprised he was at Mina's sudden reaction, Iida concluded that Mina wasn't lying in any way. "I see." The second he'd finished saying that, he bowed apologetically with such speed, he almost slammed his face right into the table, prompting Kirishama to instinctively activate his Quirk to defend himself if Iida wound up misjudging this entire thing. "I wholeheartedly apologise!"
"D-Don't worry about it." Izuku assured his friend with a weak, sleepy smile, before squeezing his girlfriend's shoulder and telling her, "That's just how Iida is, Mina, i-it's nothing like - It - It's okay."
"Yeah, I... I know. Sorry, Iida." Mina quickly apologised, guilt already setting itself in. She stood by what she said and felt, but still felt Iida had been a bit too harsh towards Izuku.
"Not at all." Iida accepted without hesitation. Sometimes, like he shifted gears for his own Quirk depending on the speed he wanted, it seemed like he could shift his personality from being critically serious to more relaxed and friendly. It seemed to work well for someone like him, who was incredibly serious about both school and becoming a Hero. Almost useful in a way, when he was just around people in a more casual manner. "Don't fret about it, Ashido. Your care for Midoriya is well noted."
Now it was Mina's turn to go a bit lilac in the face, but she was nowhere near as embarrassed as Izuku had been just moments ago. She smiled and openly chuckled lightly as her faint blush came into sight.
Since they had revealed to their classmates their relationship, and grown closer and more comfortable together as a pair themselves, while Izuku was far more reserved, Mina had no problems showing her affection towards him. She was quite open with how she felt about him, and her nicknames displayed her fondness of her boyfriend clearly, and the fact Izuku did call her by her first name, never really referring to her as Ashido anymore showed that despite his shyness to say so, he was equally as fond of her. On the rare occasions when he did show how soft and sweet he could be with her while in view of others, all questions and doubt were ceased. The loyalties of the two were never called into question.
Although it did seem to royally piss off Bakugou when people mentioned it to him. To his credit though, he had never done anything to try to separate the two, though he never treated Izuku or Mina any different than he normally treated them individually.
Something Mina did not exactly appreciate when it came to how he treated Izuku.
"You two are adorable!" Tooru squealed, excitedly agreeing with Iida, and clapping together her invisible hands rapidly. "And you were so shy when we mentioned it to you, Ashido!"
"Shy?" Izuku blinked before looking at Mina, suddenly unable to hide his amusement. "Mina, you were shy?"
"Thanks, Tooru." Mina sighed sarcastically, though she couldn't help but lopsidedly smile.
"Mind if I ask something?" It was Todoroki who perked up next, though it was pretty obvious he wasn't too concerned regarding the relationship. As far as he was concerned, that was private business, and he wouldn't say anything unless he felt it was necessary. His line of sight indicated he was speaking to Tooru, someone he rarely conversed with. "This might be a bit of a topic change, but I do have a question for both you and Ashido."
"Go for it."
"Is there any particular reason that Ashido refers to you by your first name, but you don't refer to her by hers?"
"'Course there is!" Chimed the invisible girl energetically. "Only Midoriya gets to call Ashido by her first name cuz he's her boyfriend!"
"Ah."
"I didn't even notice that." Kaminari muttered. "How perceptive even are you?"
Before he could get an answer, regardless of if he was serious or not, Uraraka suddenly stood up with her tray in hand, sliding her way from her seat. Though there was only a few minutes left before the bell eventually rang, it was unlike Uraraka to just up and leave before anyone else. Usually she'd leave when someone else did, if only to speak to them on the way out of the room, but her leaving first was, well, a first.
"Hey, Uraraka, you're going already?" Kirishama asked before she got out of vocal range, his scarred eye a bit wider then his uninjured one.
"Oh, yeah, I'm just gonna go on a little walk before classes start." Answered their classmate with a gentle smile. "I'll see all of you in class in a bit!" With that, she turned around again, dumped her tray in the nearest rack, and left the dining hall immediately.
Even a sleep deprived Izuku was able to notice that something wasn't quite right.
"What's up with Uraraka?" Kaminari questioned, placing down his utensils and leaning back as far as his seat would allow him to.
"Something's bothering her." Commented Tsuyu, letting out a frog-like croak from her neck as she tilted her head. "Hard to tell with her, when she puts on such a tough face whenever she's upset."
Nodding, Mina agreed with the Frog-Form Mutant Quirk holder. "Didn't she start acting a bit strange a while ago?... I'm getting worried about her."
The previous day, Izuku remembered Mina mentioning something about Uraraka seeming like she was off, like she seemed distracted for whatever reason. In truth, he had noticed it too, but hadn't had the time to ask her about it, otherwise he would have. As the weeks had gone on, he had prioritised Mina, schoolwork and studying above everything else, and his mind had slipped up on a few instances that he would have much preferred to have not failed in. Guilt had been racking him for a while now, and he'd wanted to ask about it. When he'd called her, she hadn't answered, keeping her phone off when she didn't need it, to save money apparently.
Being a Hero meant getting into someone else's business without them asking for it. That was a trait All Might praised Izuku for all the time, and he held those words close to heart, always.
Besides, even if it wasn't a Heroic tendency, he would have asked anyway.
"I'm gonna go check on her." He told his group, rising from his own seat and sliding out of the row. He needed just a brief moment to stretch his arms and rebalance himself after his nap. Once he'd done that, without waiting around, he made a beeline straight in the direction his friend had gone off in.
"He'd better be quick." Todoroki stated. "Aizawa-sensei isn't going to be happy with him if he's late for his next lecture." Physical Quirk type users, so people like Izuku, were the target of the lesson plan today, so it was something both he and Uraraka would benefit greatly from. He'd said as much, and had expected them, and other Physical types especially to be there on time.
"Hey, Iida, you spend a lot of time with Uraraka, right?" Kirishama asked, turning to face the class president. "You know what's up with her?"
"I'm afraid not." The Engine Quirk user admitted. "Her behaviour has been like this for a few weeks now, and she won't inform me as to why. She claims that she's worried for the semester's final exams."
"You don't think somethings wrong, do you?" Mina asked, still watching the door Izuku had just passed through, quietly hoping that any second now that he and Uraraka were going to just walk right back into the room with smiles on their faces.
Though their interactions had been limited as of recently, Mina and Uraraka were friends. Both of them had similar, social personalities that allowed them to get along very well, but since Mina began dating Izuku, they hadn't spoken as much. Mina did feel sad about that particular fact.
"Looked like she needed a shoulder to cry on." Kaminari commented. Though he was nowhere near as bad as Mineta, the blond teenager was known for having particular ulterior motives when it came to his female classmates. Thankfully, he was far less... Objective was perhaps the best word. "Maybe I should go check on her too."
"Don't be an idiot, Kaminari." Mina teased. "Even if she did, you'd just electrocute her once you started panicking."
"H-Hey, Uraraka, wait up!" Izuku was doing the closest thing to running without actually breaking out into a jog within the school corridors, weaving and politely getting past some Mutant Type second years. Luckily for Izuku, Uraraka hadn't been walking particularly quickly once she left the lunch hall, giving him plenty of time to catch up to her, which hadn't taken him more than a minute.
Hearing his voice, the brunette girl automatically turned around to see the source, stopping in her tracks. Seeing him, she cursed her natural reflex. Not because she disliked Izuku for whatever reason.
Right now, she just found it difficult to be around him.
Still, he was there now, barely even three feet from her, and he looked like he was concerned about her wellbeing, like a good friend would be. "Deku?" She didn't even need to hear what it was that he was after, because she already knew. He must have picked up on her general upset and wanted to know what was causing it. Uraraka scowled at herself for being unable to conceal her feelings better. He was sweet like that, she'd always thought that. He was a kind person to the very core of his being, never holding resentment against anyone, and showing concern where it wasn't always welcome. He was altruistic like that. Still, he was the last person Uraraka wanted to see at this exact moment.
"There you are." Izuku took a couple of deep breaths, reclaiming the oxygen he'd used getting here. It hadn't been particularly far, but Izuku had been going at walking speed Mach ten to get there before his friend disappeared into the maze that was Yuuei High.
"Is - Is something wrong Deku? What's up?"
"I uh, I wanted to ask you that, actually." Izuku brought his green eyes to look at Uraraka's brown ones, placing a hand on her arm and pulling her to the side of the corridor, so they wouldn't cause any traffic issues for the students that were passing through. "Y-You've been acting kind of off lately. Everyone's getting worried about you, s-so I just wondered... I-Is everything alright?"
What was wrong with her? Uraraka didn't honestly have a clear answer to that question, because frankly, she wasn't sure herself. She'd known that this would happen, so she'd tried to downplay her emotions to try to avoid it, evidentially poorly and to none of the desired effect. Unable to really say what it was that was wrong with her, she could only shrug and offer a smile as awkward as one of Izuku's.
"Is it something personal? Something you don't feel comfortable talking about with people?"
"Sort of..." There wasn't any point in denying her state right now, so she decided to just be vague. He was half right, Uraraka admitted to herself, but he wasn't quite all the way there yet. Part of it was, in all honesty, his fault.
Of course, she knew that he wasn't doing it because He was aware of how it was affecting her. He wasn't that kind of person. If he knew, he'd cease instantly, refusing to ever do the sort of thing within her presence every again. And while she'd appreciate it... It wasn't fair on him.
Or Ashido, for that matter.
Seeing them the way they were was... Difficult. She was genuinely happy for the two of her friends, and she could very clearly see that they were as close as two people could ever be. Subtle things shouted out the loudest, from the way they spoke to one another, how they would always glance towards each other, and how they touched each other, how comfortable they were with each other... It was heart-warming to see two people who loved one another as much as they did able to be together.
Yet at the same time... It also made the Zero Gravity Quirk user uncomfortable in ways she wasn't sure how to describe. She found herself looking for inconsistencies in the way that they acted, little gaps and holes that stood out to her. Almost like she was trying to find flaws in their relationship, and the fact that she was doing this honestly sickened her. She didn't even know why it was that she was doing this, and had gone to greater and greater lengths to just stop herself. She hated it, and herself, for even doing it subconsciously.
What the hell sort of a friend was she?
"Y-You know..." His stammer had gotten better as his relationship with Mina had developed, and he was now able to string some sentences together coherently, yet he found himself stuttering here, mostly because he was struggling to find the right words to describe the situation, explain what he wanted to say as clearly as he could. Mina was his girlfriend, and he might have had feelings for her in the past, and to a certain extent still did, but Uraraka was his best friend, that hadn't changed whatsoever from Izuku's perspective. "Y-You can talk to me about anything you need to, right? I-I won't pry, a-and you don't have to say anything you don't want to... But if you need anything... I'm here."
He might have liked Uraraka in the past... But he loved Mina right now. He truly did love Mina, and it felt stronger with every day. Still, none of that diminished the fact that he did care for the first friend he made at Yuuei, his closest friend, and the love he had for his girlfriend didn't mean that he would stop doing whatever he could to comfort his friend right now.
The words brought a small smile to the face of Uraraka, her rosy cheeks heating up just a bit. Nodding in gratitude, she decided that she would confess at least half of what was upsetting her right now. "Promise not to laugh?..."
"O-Of course I won't!"
"...I kind of miss it just being us and Iida."
Blinking, Izuku couldn't help but smile. From his perspective, that made a lot of sense, especially given the personality he knew Uraraka to have. Ever since his relationship began, their small circle of friends had become more of a rectangle, expanding rapidly in a short period of time. He understood that she was social, but even she wasn't prepared to deal with their friend group expanding so rapidly in such a short time frame. It had shaken everything up a bit too quickly for her.
It made sense.
"Y-You know what I mean?" Timidly asked Uraraka, not sure if she was making any sense at this point. It wasn't the total truth, but it wasn't a complete lie either.
Izuku understood. She didn't need to elaborate any further. "Yeah, of course I do."
"So you're basically saying she's just sort of jealous and lonely?" There was a part of Mina that would completely admit, she did feel like kind of a jerk when she heard this word for word explanation. She knew it wasn't her fault, but she still felt as though it was.
"That's it in the simplest terms, yeah." Izuku nodded the simplified version of what he had just explained to Mina, nodding his head as she made correct inquiry after inquiry. He rested his right hand on his desk, the cars and deformed fingers catching his eye. He'd grown used to them by now, and he rarely inspected them anymore, but when he did, he was reminded of just what it was he was doing, and why he was doing it. It served the purpose he wanted it to - To remind him why he wanted to be a Hero.
That same scar reminded him as well, that being a Hero wasn't just rescuing people, beating up Villains, and representing the peace. Sometimes, it meant just helping someone out in the smallest of ways. He felt lucky he had Mina. She was someone who was able to understand that.
"Okay, yeah, I get it." Mina admitted, throwing her arms behind her head and standing up straight. Since she was stood so close to his desk, Izuku could see the relaxed expression she presented clearly. A distinct lack of noise that came with there being no one else in the classroom made their conversing that much easier. "Yeah, go ahead. You didn't really need to ask my permission to hang out with Uraraka, y'know."
Scratching his green rat's nest of curly hair, Izuku sheepishly smiled. "It just seemed to be the right thing to do, you know? If it could help her before the exams, I think it's -"
"Stop explaining." The pink skinned girl just smirked and shook her head amused by his constant desire to elaborate in why he was doing what he was doing. Few people would keep justifying themselves after being told that their current plan was okay. "I think it's a good idea too. You know Uraraka's my friend too, right? I want her to feel better. It's not like I need to be worried, do I?"
Flinching, Izuku shifted his gaze elsewhere in the room. In truth, he hadn't exactly explained his previous crush on his best friend, as such an opportunity never seemed to arise, and it always felt inappropriate to just bring it up and bring the mood to a crashing halt, particularly when being around Mina basically equated to having a fun time.
No time felt more appropriate than right now though, so he decided to just go for it, steeling himself for whatever response he would get. Honesty, he decided, would pay off in the long run. "I-If you want the complete truth... I-If you hadn't... You know, asked me on that d-date... Then you... Might have had something to be concerned about..."
"Yeah, good thing I did then." Mina just completely skimmed past it without missing a beat whatsoever, continuing as normal. "Would've hated to miss out on that front to her."
"W-W-Wait a second, you knew?!"
"Guessed." A short pause, with Izuku's large eyes already wide enough that he resembled some kind of Chibi bobblehead. All he needed now was a chain-hook and Mina could have attached him to her set and called him a keychain. The image in itself made her laugh. "Oh, c'mon Izuku, you were as obvious then as Bakugou going wild in a freaking fireworks factory. I knew that you were crushing on her when I asked you out. I'm just surprised you said yes." Shifting her weight to her left leg, her smile just grew. "Gotta be honest, didn't think we'd end up like this, you know, the whole dating thing, but I ain't complaining. With that comes a lotta trust - And I do trust you, Izuku." She beamed. "Dunno how often I'm gonna have to explicitly say this, but I really do trust you."
Izuku's heart suddenly began to throb, like it had been sent into hyperdrive from zero to seven thousand and sixty-three. His cheeks began to burn like crazy, and he couldn't even bring himself to hide it. Uniquely, he didn't feel any nervous twitch to cover his face, look away, or start rambling like a lunatic on Nitrous Oxide. He didn't feel like he had to continue justifying the situation to her.
He just loomed at her, as she looked at him, his heart still racing, but none of the tension there. Along with his own cheeks, he felt his ears, and now his lips begin to heat up. It was difficult to tell if Mina was feeling the same way right now, since her pigments of skin made it difficult to tell a light blush from her natural pink tone, but he was sure he could see some lilac on there. His own lips feeling hot was a new sensation for Izuku, one he hadn't felt before, nor had even heard of anyone else feeling, but instinctively, he knew exactly what it meant.
He wanted to kiss her.
Since she was looking down on him, since he was sat while she was stood, the curly hair that usually twirled up to cover parts of her face was now dangling slightly. It almost acted like it was framing her like a portrait from a certain angle. From Izuku's angle, it only caused his heart to beat that bit quicker.
"You alright?" Mina asked, as Izuku slowly rose from his chair.
It occurred to Izuku that he'd never actually kissed Mina. He'd given her a peck on the cheek during their date, and he'd been kissed by her plenty of times, but he'd never actually taken the initiative and kissed her. Nerves, and his lack of any sort of idea whatsoever as to what he was supposed to do had crippled him in that particular department.
But she'd kissed him enough times, and he'd returned them when she had. He had a rough idea of what he was doing now.
"M-Mina..." Izuku bit the inside of the corner of his mouth, feeling his blood pumping now. Had this feeling kicked in a week ago, Izuku would have probably used his Quirk to break the nearest wall down and make a mad dash for literally anywhere else in Japan. Desire and genuine affection were keeping him here now, and kept him speaking. "I-I... I kind of wanna kiss you - I-If that's a-alright!"
It had been a while since Mina had been completely stunned by Izuku and his actions. Just when she thought she was starting to get used to him and his antics, he seemed to one up himself. Her own heart was beating hard now, but she recovered far quicker, and her eyes and jaw relaxed themselves far sooner than his ever did.
She was sure that she would have fallen for him even if he had never fought Todoroki, with how damn cute he was at times. "Go ahead." She smiled, closing her eyes gently and allowing her lips to curl into a smile. "You don't need permission for that."
"D-Doesn't hurt to ch-check..." Izuku found himself talking quietly to himself in some sort of effort to calm his nerves as he took a step forward to Mina, his hands awkwardly in the air around her, since he wasn't sure what was traditionally considered okay for a guy to rest his hands on when kissing a girl. It was the waistline, wasn't it? Just slightly above that, at the small in her back.
Gently, he rested his hands there, able to feel her body warmth through the clothing she wore, and nervously, he closed the gap between then, so that with a lean, he'd be able to press his lips onto her expecting ones, smiling at each cheek and patiently waiting for her boyfriend to deliver the kiss he had requested to grant her.
There wasn't really any serious anxiety in Izuku's system. Not enough to make him want to flee to preserve some of his dignity. He didn't feel any of that right now. All he really felt was a surge, what felt like lightning, telling him what to do next. Were it the chemical called love that the brain released, the evolutionary effect on his system responsible for desire, or something far more tender and sacred, he would never know, but nor would he fight it either, enamoured like he was... He... Didn't have an appropriate example, but he knew it was a simple matter of he was in love.
He wanted to touch her, feel her, hold her close to him. He wanted to kiss her.
Without slowing down for a second, although his heart was racing but fuelled on regardless, Izuku closed his own eyes tightly, and pressed his lips against the girl he was in love with.
It was different to being kissed, he found instantly. There was far more adrenaline pumping through his body, and every movement he made felt like it was bursting with electricity. Mina's lips and skin felt like fire. A wonderful, sweet fire that he just couldn't pull himself away from...
Immediately, Mina let out a loud humming noise of enjoyment when their lips connected, and pushed her lips and body back towards her boyfriend. Her lips only pressed back gently, allowing Izuku to continue to lead the kiss. Pressing her waist, stomach and chest against him, and wrapping her arms around his neck, she was as close as she could be while allowing him to keep kissing her.
Instantly lamenting her absence the second he ended the kiss, Izuku leaned in again, to kiss her once more, and met no protest from Mina, who kissed him again with a far deeper interaction. She tasted sweet, better than anything else he'd ever tasted, noticing this only subconsciously once they pulled away the second time,
"You're good at this." Mina complimented with a flirtatious smile, grinning as Izuku went scarlet. Her own cheeks were lilac, and she was more hanging off of Izuku than she was pushing against him. "Kiss me again?"
Without giving an answer, Izuku closed the gap and kissed Mina for the third time, with plenty of love behind each second of the kiss.