Fandom We Fight to Forge a {connection} | A MHA RP

It was nice to dance with someone other than Ruka or her dance partners or skating partners. Shota was a welcomed change and she had to note he wasn't too bad. She wondered why he didn't dance more often. Girls loved that. But if he was to only dance with her? She would be happier that way hehe. Despite his need to look unphased, Mela was very sure Shota was thinking some very interesting things now that they were alone on the dance floor, enjoying one another. Mela was beyond eager to get Shota back and lock him up. Yes, that would be his reward eheh. She thought he was very sexy and needed to be reminded how much she adored him.

As he dipped her, she let out a small noise, her leg moving up to lock around his waist for a moment. She bit her lower lip, her mind racing. That gaze and those words of his. Why did they have to wait any longer? She stood back up and continued to dance with him, unable to stop giving him the look of a hungry lioness. This was her man. Hers. And she wouldn't dare entertain the thought of someone else. She leaned up and traced her lips with her tongue, teasing him. "I don't want you to hold back." She said simply. Of course once she got her cuffs around him, settled on a safeword, she wouldn't hold back either.

Surely he realized in leading, it meant she would take control of tonight? And she wouldn't give in like last time! Mela arched against his touch as they danced together, passion quite present between the both of them. Mela knew people were watching, almost waiting for Mela or Ruka to do something troublesome and yet the music ended and everyone seemed okay. Mela glanced off to look for the exit but instead saw Ruka and decided to make Shota wait a bit longer. She walked over and held out her hand for her best friend. "My darling, please allow me." She bowed. "I can't let that terrible man steal you away." Of course she meant Todoroki, not Ryohei.

- - -

The guy was a leech. Something to be dragged through the mud, like something caught on the bottom of your shoe. He hoped the guy left Ruka alone once and for all. He had to wonder if there was any true validation to what he said though. Why did he keep having to endure heart attacks when people said they were engaged to Ruka? Hell, part of him was still unsure if Yukito had been kidding back during the festival. He felt a bit sick and wanted nothing more than to grab Ruka and run off with her. They had surely made enough of an appearance to the point of being able to leave and not make a scene or insult the host.

Before Shoto grab Ruka and run for the exit, he blushed at her words. Ah yes something sweeter than cake? He had one or two ideas and he wanted to go have a taste of her right away. Yes. He had been patient enough right? Shoto licked hips lips, his eyes locking with hers, trying to communicate just how much he wanted her. She was his and he was getting pretty tired of so many guys ignoring him and coming onto Ruka. Could he blame them? No...but it was annoying. Really annoying. "Dance...?" He muttered. He didn't want to dance. He wanted to go. But he had to put on a smile and look like a good young upstanding gentleman from UA. Or something.

In reality he was a horny teenager who wanted to reclaim Ruka as his in the most primal of manners. Heh. A hand took hers firmly, giving it a kiss before his other moved to her waist. Shoto began to lead as she expressed thanks for saving her. "Anytime, my love." He said softly, but he knew she didn't need saving. She was very strong even without his help. A low groan left his lips as he stared into her eyes, getting lost. "You think I'm sexy?" He asked teasingly. "I'm only sexy for you, remember that." He smirked as he pulled her a bit closer as he guided them along. Dancing wasn't something he was good at but he did watch videos on it. "I can't wait to get you alone and get you out of that dress" He purred. "And then get into you."

AiAi

Their dance was becoming something more than a simple dance...it was becoming an exchange of hungry stares and teasing movements. Every spin, every dip, and curve, Shota's hands would graze over Mela's body as his eyes expressed what he truly wanted. All he wanted was Mela and Mela only. He would be quite satisfied and happy with just her. Hearing her words, Shota felt himself nearly losing his self-control and just kissing her like mad then and there. He doesn't have to hold back, is she truly meaning that? Because if so, then she should watch out for tonight. He smirked down at her, making his intentions known to her as he whispered into her ear as the dance ended with him pulling her flush against him, "then you better be prepared for tonight...you're not going to be getting any sleep." He smirked down at her. This dance was quite the thrill as there were people watching yet they were exchanging such naughty words. Heh.

The rather passionate dance was finished as the music came to a lulling stop. Shota felt his heart thumping in his chest as he was looking forward to something else a bit more passionate. He looked over at Mela, about to suggest to her that they could perhaps get going back to the hotel when he caught her looking elsewhere. His eyes followed her movements and Shota held back a sigh as he saw her looking at Ruka. Seriously? Well, at least it wasn't the other Kurotsuki so guess he can just rest for now. Shota grabbed a glass of red wine, deciding to just lean back and enjoy the show. He nearly spat out his wine as he thought back to Mela and Ruka's fight just last week. He downed the rest of the wine, not wanting to think any further about it. No no...they were just dancing and nothing else. Shota gulped, the room suddenly feeling a bit too hot for his liking.

As the music ended and Shota thought they could finally head over to their room, Yukito just had to make his appearance. He felt his eye twitch and before he realized it, he was now dancing with Ruka. Shota felt his eye twitch even more as he glared down at the Pinkette, how the hell did this happen? Ruka explained calmly, "during this part of the dance we switch partners...how unfortunate that I have to be stuck with the geezer." Shota held back a sigh as the two danced rather silently though Ruka added at the last moment before she was whisked away by Yukito, "if you do anything to Mela that she doesn't like...I'll kill you." It was quite obvious to Shota that Mela has told Ruka about whatever has happened with her ex. Shota was more than relieved to have Mela back in his arms or so he thought but he ended up with a stranger as Mela was dancing off with Todoroki. He can only assume the trade of partners would end once this song was finished.

As the seconds ticked by, his desire for Mela was growing more and more. So once the song was finished, Shota dashed off to where Mela was, grabbing her hand and leading her out of the ballroom without another word. They have overstayed their time spent there. Shota was in a hurry to just have a taste of Mela and to enjoy her sweet voice calling out to him. Thankful that their hotel was close to this one, Shota pressed the elevator button that would lead up to their floor before he pulled Mela over to him, leaning down to capture her lips as he kissed her with need. Pulling back, Shota smirked down at her as he picked her up, entering their hotel room as he gently laid her down on the bed. Undoing his tie, Shota told her in a teasing yet serious manner, "your dress would look lovely on the floor my dear..." recalling those words that disgusting pig told Mela not too long ago. Perhaps him saying it would cancel the effects and hopefully change those words to something more...better? Well, either way, "I'm not letting you sleep tonight." Shota whispered out as he leaned down to kiss her on the lips.

- - -

To Ruka, Shoto was her hero. Because despite her being strong enough to take care of herself, Shoto would still arrive and protect her. Most people would just brush it off saying that she's strong enough to handle it on her own, but not Shoto. No, he would make sure that she was safe and honestly, that made her feel so treasured and loved. She couldn't get enough of him. As they danced, Ruka blushed as Shoto teased her. Her lips stuck out in a large pout as she told him, "yes, you're sexy and of course~! I do hope you're only sexy for me." She grinned up at him as she moved closer to him. Though as she spun out of his arms and twirled back in, she blushed at his words, a soft whine leaving her lips. Was he teasing her? Oh yes, he was teasing her. Her eyes shined with want for him, though as soon as the music was finished, she couldn't get him away fast enough.

Ruka stopped as she turned to face Mela. She giggled at Mela's words, turning to Shoto to let him that it would take until after this song and soon the two girls were dancing away like always. Ruka grinned over at Mela as they danced along, "I hope he's been a good date to you. How are uncle and auntie?" She briefly saw Mela's parents, but she didn't get the chance to speak to them yet, "I saw father and then he gave me permission to see mother...thankfully I haven't seen Yukito yet..." or she spoke too soon for the moment the song was finished, Yukito came waltzing over. Turning around while scooting away, Ruka pushed Mela to him first, as she somehow ended up dancing with Aizawa.

A large frown settled on her lips as she glared the entire time at him. How did this happen? Oh, wait, this music...Ruka held back a sigh as she explained it to Aizawa before making sure that if he dares hurts Mela, she will burn him to the ground. Before Ruka can try and get out of this mess, she found herself soon in Yukito's arms as he smiled down at her, "hello Ru-chan~ I knew that dress would look perfect on you~!" Ruka glared up at him as they began to sway to the music, "Yukito...you knew about the arranged marriage didn't you? Why didn't you say anything?" Yukito looked off as he let out a slight chuckle, "ah well you know...how can I go and say something like that to you...? Even I'm opposed to that but you know how Father can get." Ruka held back from making a few more biting comments as yes...that was very true. She couldn't fight that, darn.

After getting out of Yukito's grasp somehow, Ruka made her way over to Shoto, immediately hanging off his arm as she began to lead him out of the ballroom. She looked up at him as she led him out to the courtyard, the sky was dark and Ruka just wanted to be back at their hotel. Turning to Shoto, she wrapped her arms around his waist, leaning her head against his chest as she just took a moment to enjoy him. To enjoy the peaceful night air and Shoto. Closing her eyes, Ruka spoke up, "thank you for coming with me to the party...it may not be the most memorable moments I'm sure...but I'm so so glad you came along with me...now then..." smirking, she pulled him down for a rough kiss as she bit his lower lip before whispering out, "shall we get the real party started? Remember the cake I told you about~? Well, I have some just for you~" She winked over at him before tugging on his tie, pulling him out through the courtyard as she told him, "there's a way out through here hehe." As they left the hotel in secret, the two hurried back to their hotel. As they entered the elevator, Ruka let out an impatient whine as she nibbled on Shoto's tie, "mmm hurry~" Really, she's been a good girl, right?

Genkai

Friday was spend mostly in the hotel room as Shota had somehow convinced Mela to just stay in bed for the majority of the day. They enjoyed the privacy and the solitude, neither having to worry about Shota being called off for hero patrol or Mela being preoccupied by Yukito or Ruka. All in all, it was a very relaxing day for them both. Without the worry of school looming overhead, they enjoyed room service as well as each other. That night, they managed to get dressed and head out for one final night in Tokyo before they left Saturday morning. The train ride was uneventful with Mela doing some reading for Monday while Shota was napping against her. Glancing out the window, Mela wished the visit had been longer bu perhaps next time when her parents hosted their own celebration.

Upon getting back to Musutafu, Mela headed back with Shota to his place to say hello to Mi. It had been so nice to have Shota all to herself for a few days and perhaps Mela just didn't want to say goodbye yet, even though they'd see each other on Monday. To her, it was a pretty big thing to have gone away with her boyfriend for even just a few days and not get sick of each other. On the contrary, they were probably even more smitten than before they left for Tokyo. After some convincing, Mela decided to stay over for the night, though it was just to keep Mi company and had nothing to do with her persuasive boyfriend. Come Sunday, Mela decided it was time to finally leave and let Shota catch up on his own work as Mela needed to do some cleaning at her place. Kissing him deeply, she headed back home.

It felt so strange going back to school but everything looked to be repaired. For this weeks teams, Mela was paired against Uraraka-san while Ruka was paired off with Jiro-san. Kaminari was paired up with Midoriya, Todoroki was paired up with Iida, and Bakugo was pitted against Ashido. After the practice fights, Mela and Ochako were pretty even but Ochako managed to deposit Mela out of the ring. Argh. Mela knew come Saturday, things would be different with her arrows. The week itself progressed smoothly with Mela managing to steal Ruka away from Shoto on Tuesday so they could spend some much needed girl time together. It was then that Amagawa-sensei happened to walk by them chatting and giggling at a table by themselves in the cafeteria.

With Saturday upon the class of 3-A, it was time for the rematches. Mela still had her white knight costume and ended up beating Ochako this time, having enjoyed shooting her down as Ochako tried to float herself to put distance but it was that distance that gave Mela all she needed to win. Ochako's injuries were shallow so they didn't need urgent medical attention as the other fights continued. Mela noticed the mysterious healer was back again, sticking close to Kaminari. Mela watched as the blond ended up beating Deku with his volts. It was a shocking upset to say the least. As the rest of the matches finished without any real distress or drama, Mela enjoyed hanging out with the three teachers. When they all left to go get changed back into street clothes, Mela found herself being stopped by the principal.

"Uede-san, you're close to Toshinori, correct? Ah I mean Yagi-san." He looked to her. Mela crouched down and nodded. "Well tomorrow is his birthday and I'm afraid he doesn't really have family in the area. I think he'd quite like a visit from a friend like you." He smiled before he excused him. Mela stood up and scratched her head, wondering why Yagi hadn't mentioned it yesterday as they had lunch. But she then remembered she had something for All Might, a cupcake as requested. It was red velvet with tangy cream cheese frosting like the first one she gave the guys on her first day at UA which felt forever ago. "I won't see you tomorrow, All Might. So happy birthday!" Mela smiled, handing him the cupcake, ignoring the look Shota was giving them. She handed him the box and smiled before she went off with Shota to get some lunch.

Saturday was quite nice, she and Shota spent the afternoon together before she said she needed to head back before it got dark, wanting to make preparations for Yagi. No one should spend a birthday alone! So she was going to make it super nice. She kissed Shota before she headed back home, stopping by a few shops on the way back. Sending Shota a text, she told him she'd be busy tomorrow with a friend but she'd see him Monday. Somehow it seemed weird to mention that friend was the caretaker of the school so she didn't mention it unless he asked directly. That night, she and Ruka had dinner together before Mela went back to her apartment to work on her prep. As she waited for her cakes to cool, she found it interesting that Yagi and All Might had the same birthday. Maybe that was why Yagi liked All Might?

- - Sunny Sunday - -

Waking up, Mela got dressed in a pleated black shirt and a black tank top with white buttons down the front. Around her neck was a loose silk ribbon tied into a bow. She brushed her hair out as she gathered her things and slipped into some black flip flops. She was worried it was going to get a bit cool come nightfall but she didn't feel like bringing a jacket or scarf so she just headed out the door. Mela recalled where Yagi lived and took the bus there, finding his apartment to be tucked away somewhere nondescript. She walked up and pressed her lips together, hoping this would be a welcome surprise. She also hoped he was actually home. Mela knocked on the door and stood back. After some waiting, the door opened and she threw some confetti. "Happy birthday, Yagi-saaan!"

Mela gave him a wide grin as she noticed he was indeed surprised to see her this morning. "I hope I didn't wake you up." She said, too excited to wait before coming over. Birthdays were meant to be spent with loved ones so for today, she could be his loved one. Mela stepped inside and set her bags in the kitchen after kicking off her shoes. "I have a whole day of fun planned for us!" Hopefully he didn't mind or have other plans. Mela loved spoiling people and she had to think for Shota's birthday, she'd spoil him quite a lot but he'd have to wait. He couldn't lie, she knew when his birthday really was. "Oh there's one gift you should have now before I accidentally break it." She dug through a bag and pulled out a medium vertical box as she handed it to Yagi, it was wrapped in shiny blue paper, just like his eyes. Inside, there was a rose encased in thin glass.

As he looked at it, Mela decided to explain. "It's from my family's land. The technique essentially coats the flower in a special glass that prevents it from dying or wilting. It reminded me of you." The long stemmed rose was golden yellow but the tips of the petals were a bright ruby red. It was certainly a hybrid flower and quite beautiful. "I just thought with all the work you do, you might want to come home to something pretty you didn't need to take care of." She smiled, she had some other things to give him but she was quite proud of this gift in particular. She had read online that guys wouldn't mind getting flowers once in a while and she was sure Yagi would appreciate it. "I also have cake! But I also brought brunch makings too so I can cook for you." Sadly as much as she wanted to believe it, cake wasn't a meal.

"Or I could take you out!" She then reconsidered, not minding either scenario. "What do you want to do?"

- - -

The getaway to Tokyo had been rather enjoyable for Shoto in so many ways. He had been able to see the sights, enjoy Ruka in her stunning sapphire dress, meet her parents and then have Ruka to himself. There were no more prying eyes upon them which meant Shoto could finally relax and let his guard down around his beloved. Their Friday was spent mostly in their room, though their activities ween't tied to the bed. A few instances, they moved to the wall or the desk in their room, or even the bathroom. Needless to say, they were enjoying their freedom. Again and again. Eventually Shoto admitted it would be nice to see Tokyo at night since he had missed it yesterday. And on their first night, he had been a bit distracted by a certain young woman that he had just wanted to get back to their hotel and unwind.

The pair had a good dinner out and retired to their hotel room. Shoto was surprised neither of them were too tired for dessert. Come Saturday morning, they rejoined Uede and Aizawa to take the train back. The young man held Ruka against him, content to enjoy her warmth a little bit longer. They exited the train and Shoto was invited back to Ruka's for lunch. After a quick cab ride, they had arrived back at her place. Somehow it felt like it had been ages since they had been there. He helped prepare lunch, eager to learn more of her tricks in the kitchen. Thankfully he waited until after they ate, before he trapped her on the counter and had something a bit sweeter. Shoto ended up staying the night, the two watching a movie and exchanging kisses, the physical labors perhaps catching up with them.

With the arrival of school, Shoto arrived early and spent some time with Ruka walking around campus, holding hands. By now news of his relationship status had made it around the school. Many hearts, mostly female but some male, were broken. There was no real concern for this from Shoto's point of view. The school was buzzing as everyone seemed envious of 3-A victory at the food festival and how their dance was going to be so fun. It went without saying but the only person Shoto would ask out, would be the one he loved, whose hand he was currently holding as they went up to their classroom. As they sat down, Shoto listened to hear who they'd all be paired up against. He was against Iida-san huh? He was confident he could just freeze the guy's engine pipes so he spent that lunch worry-free with Ruka in the courtyard.

On Tuesday, Ruka went off to eat with Uede, which was fine with Shoto. He didn't want to keep her from her friend or give Mela anymore reason to dislike him. While Ruka was off, Shoto ate with Deku, Iida and the others. During the week, he and Ruka enjoyed one another greatly. With a new layer to their romance, he felt very close to her. They were a couple. They had each other entirely. They could both let their guards down and for that, Shoto was very happy. He never thought he'd be happy to let someone see into his true self, his true soul, but he felt no judgement from Ruka. Only love. There were moments during the week he had to just stop and remind himself this wasn't some dream. This was real. Come Saturday he was itching for a lengthier time with his love.

His mother expressed interest in seeing Ruka and her son again, curious about how the party had gone. So Shoto decided tomorrow they could have a full together, breakfast, shopping, seeing his mother, perhaps dinner and a movie. A whole day just like in Tokyo. It sounded perfect. Shoto had no idea his father had other plans. Shoto changed into his costume and watches the fights take place. He eyed a few people who were still giving Ruka looks, their minds probably back to when she and Mela had their rematch. Shoto's face turned red as he felt his chest tighten at those thoughts. When it was time to go against Iida, Shoto came out the winner pretty quick, just as Monday's fight had gone. Though with Iida's suit, it wasn't as quick as the bout on Monday.

Going off to change into a pair of tan cargo shorts and a blue and white stripped polo shirt, Shoto came back out and headed over to Ruka, congratulating her on her fight. Planting a kiss upon her pink head, he headed off with her so they could go get something to eat together. The pair went to a small Mexican joint and talked about their week. "I was thinking tomorrow we should have a whole day together." Shoto said, voicing his ideas. He wanted them to have a day to reconnect and enjoy one another. As great as the intimate moments were, he wanted other memories with his girlfriend. He wanted to see and try new things with her. Not just in bedroom heh. "I'll pick you up tomorrow morning." He said as he left her house that night after having enjoyed their evening together at her place. "I love you."

- - Sunday: A day for romancing your sweetheart - -

Shoto knew if he stayed at her place, neither of them would dare get out of bed for their day of romance. So he had to go home and make plans. Sunday morning was spent making sure things were going to be perfect. He packed a nice breakfast in a basket and called his mother to make sure she was still open to having lunch with them. Shoto had called the institute ahead and asked if he could take Rei out for an hour, wanting to take her someplace new but also quiet. He picked a garden cafe which was never very crowded and called ahead to make sure they weren't going to be busy for the afternoon. Shoto was hoping to have a nice breakfast with Ruka in the park, then go shopping and perhaps see a movie before they met up with his mother for lunch. Then he wanted to go to a museum that had a visiting display on Greece.

And to top off the night, he'd cook for her back at his place. Enji however, was already planning on cooking for his son and his girlfriend. The number two hero had overheard his son's conversations with his mother and grinned to himself. In Endeavor's mind he was doing his son a favor from one man to another. And perhaps as a father, he was excited to hear his son had a girlfriend. And it was Kurotsuki? He was all the more intrigued and was determined to entrap his son, er cook for his son and get to know the couple more. Heading out the door, Shoto called Ruka and said he was on his way. Though he said he was just calling to say good morning, he also just wanted to hear her voice. He took the bus over and on the way, maybe an appointment to finally take his driver's test. How could he have a girlfriend and no car?

Upon reaching her door, he knocked and smiled. Shoto had on basic blue jeans and a long sleeve loose fitted grey shirt. He offered her his arm as he held up the picnic basket in his other hand. "I hope you're hungry." Shoto smiled as he walked with her back down to the street. "You look amazing." He said, kissing her cheek as he guided them to a park a few blocks away. Even though they had been together for almost a month, he still felt the same butterflies in his stomach and he hoped they never went away. Seeing Ruka, always made him so happy. He laid out a white and red blanket and took out the food he had bought for them, a fruit tart, some roasted potatoes and bacon, scrambled eggs, chocolate covered strawberries and a mug of tea.

Reaching for a chocolate covered strawberry, he held it out for her, knowing it's what she would want to try first.

- - -

Taking care of Mi had been so fun. Ayumi took so many pictures of the cute ball of fur. As tempted as she was to keep the cat ears she had found, she didn't, knowing it would only piss Aizawa off and she would never get to see Mi-chan again. Ayumi did clean up a bit and left a note, telling him how shameful his messiness was. How was anyone going to date a guy who was so dirty? She grinned a little, figuring some girls would like that. She locked up on Saturday morning, having stopped by to feed Mi before she headed off to her own apartment, it not very far at all. Ayumi thought about Uede and Kurotsuki, still under the impression they were in fact a couple. Her beliefs were only confirmed as she saw them on Tuesday together, looking very much in love.

- - Time for her treat on Sundaaaay - -

Having woken up, Ayumi decided if Aizawa wasn't going to pay her directly for her cat sitting services, she would just have to go and make him take her out. If she wasn't going to be paid in money, she would take food as a decent substitute. Ayumi dressed in a pair of black jeans and a deep red halter top before she put on her long robe and grabbed her hat. Flying out her window, she flew over, using her broom to appear as though she were flying. A few people pointed to her and she returned them with a friendly wave before she landed in front of Aizawa's house. Ayumi put her hands on her hips, expecting quite an uphill battle to get Aizawa to go out with her. While it was just as friends, she wondered if he was single. He had to be right? Even if someone told her about him and Uede, she wouldn't believe it at all.

Gripping her broom at her side, she knocked on his door and waited. She looked around. Was he sleeping? It was just after 9. Who was still in bed on such a lovely day? Summer was almost over, why waste it in bed? Knocking again, she sighed and let herself in, surprised the door was unlocked. She shook her head. Men could be so careless. Maybe he wanted to be robbed? "Oi, Aizawa!" She called out, lifting herself off the ground, she hoovered as she floated around the living room, noting her hard work had been undone. "I'm here for breakfast. You can take me out after I took such good care of your cat." Her voice ensured it wasn't a question as much as it was a statement of fact. If anything, she deserved a reward for not keeping Mi all to herself. "It's the least you can do!"

- - -

While others spent the sudden time off either traveling or goofing off, much to many's surprise, Denki Kaminari spent his time studying. He felt very behind and he knew with midterms getting closer and closer, he had to make sure he wasn't going to flunk out. He would hate to see his hard work get discarded after so long at UA. Denki did manage to hang out with Eijiro and Namie on Friday night, the three heading to the movies. It was very fun and Denki found himself smiling a lot more. Maybe it helped that he wasn't around Ruka anymore, with the school under repair. Maybe all the blond needed was space? But also time. When school resumed, he spotted Ruka and Todoroki walking around school Monday morning before class. There it was. The pain was back. He pretended to be reading when they walked in, still a bit shy.

Later that day, Denki went up against Deku and lost. But throughout the week, the two friends trained together as they both sparred, their minds not lingering too much on romance or the upcoming dance. As Saturday rolled around, Denki was getting changed into his hero costume as Eijiro came up to wish him good luck. Denki knew Namie would be watching again and he was going to win this time! He'd be a hero! He'd impress Namie, Ruka and even that jerk Todoroki! As it turned out, Denki did win against Midoriya, was too overwhelmed by Denki's power to get close to make a direct hit. Denki jumped off the stage and threw Namie a thumbs up. Hearing her cheers had been quite the morale booster. When everyone was done for the day, he spent the day with Eijiro and Namie just hanging out. The three decides to meet up again tomorrow morning.

- - A lightening bolt idea on Sunday - -

Eijiro suddenly fell ill as the two boys were getting ready to go meet Namie at a diner for breakfast. Denki was concerned and going to all the outing off but the redhead insisted Denki just go on his own and have fun without him. Denki frowned but was pushed away before he could protest. Denki headed downtown and got off at the right stop and saw Namie outside the diner. He suddenly felt nervous. Why did he feel nervous? Was Eijiro's sickness getting to him too?! He jogged over, in jeans and a yellow short sleeve hoodie which had a black lightening bolt on it. "Morning Namie-san!" He smiled. "Eijiro is sick sooo it's just you and me. Maybe later you can work your magic on him?" He smiled. Though Eijiro had sent Namie a winky face just thirty minutes ago. "Should we go eat?" He opened the door for her, a few sparks coming from his cheeks.

AiAi

Their time spent in Tokyo was quite nice, Shota would probably view his time in Tokyo a bit differently compared to before having met Mela. Now Tokyo had a bit more life in his eyes as he spent Friday with Mela mostly in their room, but decided to actually do something while they were out in this city. Though even before they left on Saturday, Shota made sure to make a few more memorable moments for the two as they spent a great deal of time just caring for each other and making sure each was given plenty of attention. Heh. All in all, Shota would say that the trip was well worth it and very stress-free...except for the party where a lowly human attempted at being called Mela's fiancee. Yeah, not with him around. Shota made sure to get the message through and if he dares showed himself up again, Shota will have to make sure the man can't move...not even a finger. Hmph.

As they arrived back to Musutafu, Shota was able to keep Mela around for the rest of Saturday though for Sunday he had to let her go to her home, unfortunately. Thankfully, the house was rather tidy and Mi was still around so that was good. Shota will have to thank Ayumi for that someway though somehow the idea of texting her a thank you just...seemed wrong. He could already tell it would make Ayumi keep this over him for quite some time and he can only imagine she would never let it go...tch. He tried to think of something to repay her with, but he didn't want to really ask Mela to bake her something only because he wasn't even sure how his girlfriend would react to Ayumi having taken care of Mi. Weren't all woman a bit...territorial and well...scary about those things? Or maybe it was just the thought of being pinned down by Mela's arrows while receiving a cold shoulder that made Shota stay quiet about this. Well, he did tell Mela someone watched over Mi, so he wasn't really hiding anything, right? Nah, he just wasn't specific, that was it.

As Sunday came by, the week flying by rather quickly with him able to spend as much time with Mela, well Shota was quite tired and so he decided to sleep in. There were no plans made for him and Mela so he thought he can just be lazy until nightfall when he will be doing his hero work...but it seems like there were other plans already made for him. Hearing the door open, Shota kept laying in bed, wondering if Mela had a change of plans and came over to play with him? He smirked at that idea but his eyes remained closed as he slept rather peacefully in his bed. He wasn't ready to get up just yet. Having forgone his shirt for the night, Shota laid clad in just his black jogging pants hugging his hips as his messy hair covered his eyes. He heard a feminine voice calling out for him and that was when he realized something was off.

Standing up, Shota walked out to the hallway where he was met with the sight of Ayumi floating around his living room. His eye twitched slightly as he looked over at her, "what are you doing?" Here? In his house? On a Sunday? No, scratch that, what was she even doing here? He scratched his head, combing through his messy locks as he looked down at the shorter brunette, "please explain yourself as to what made you enter a man's house unannounced?" And no less on a Sunday, his day off. He could already feel a headache coming as he stood there, staring down at Ayumi.

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Since the little mishap at U.A due to the support course students getting a bit too passionate with their experiments, Yagi spent his days off helping with the repairs at U.A but with Nezu's insistence, he took an actual holiday as he did some hero work during the day but relaxed come night. Due to not being at school nor spotting the brunette wandering around town, Yagi was able to get his mind off of his heartache for Mela and instead focused on himself for once. Or well, just going back to his usual routines before he met Mela. The days off did him some good as he felt a bit more cheerful and back to his usual old self once again.

So come next week when school was back in session, Yagi was more than ready to interact with his precious students and watch them all grow. The week went by rather splendidly and he was even able to have a normal lunch with Mela as well. When it was Saturday, All Might was surprised to receive a gift from Mela, but he accepted it regardless, trying to ignore the happy feeling growing in his chest. But with how Aizawa-kun was looking at them, it was more than enough to snap Yagi out of his cloud nine moment. He was surprised, to say the least that she remembered his birthday, but he was happy nonetheless. Despite it being his birthday the very next day, Yagi didn't really have much planned if anything at all.

As Sunday came rolling in, Yagi was sitting on his bed, unsure of what to do for today. It was his birthday yes, but who would celebrate with him? No no, today was a day off for everyone...he shouldn't go bother them. Plus who would even want to spend a day with him as Yagi? As All Might he may receive a few happy birthdays from super fans, but other than that, no one really knew of his birthday. Maybe this was for the better? Regardless, he was quite used to this solitude and so after having changed into a pair of dark green cargo pants with a simple white v-neck shirt, Yagi was making his way out of his room when he heard the door.

Curious, he walked out to open it only to be surprised as confetti was tossed into his face. He jumped in surprise before looking even more surprised as his mouth hung open as the confetti cleared only to reveal Mela. "M-Mela-chan!?" Yagi squeaked out in surprise as he had no idea what she was doing here for. Baffled, Yagi can only move to the side as he let her in as she began to ramble on about his...birthday? He stared at her in complete disbelief, did she really come here to celebrate his birthday...? She even made him cake? He stared at the rose given to him by her as he listened to her explanation. She went through all this trouble for him...? He couldn't quite believe it yet his heart was soaring as the fire he tried to extinguish for Mela was just growing back even stronger as she came in like a wildfire. He couldn't get over her...can he?

Trying to hide the tears of joy that were threatening to escape past his eyes, Yagi gave her a wide smile as he told her, "oh well, either is fine really!....I...I'm just happy to see you today Mela-chan...I thought I would be spending it by myself again haha." He rubbed the back of his head, unsure why he just told her the truth like this...but he was happy. Really really happy. "I would love to just have brunch with you though!....oh but I don't want to make you go through so much trouble...you've already done so much for me...hm. Oh, I know~! Why don't we cook brunch together then?" He gave her a smile, just happy to have her here. Really, here he was trying to get over her and she just came right back into his heart.

- - -

Ruka never liked her family parties until now. This time it was nice. She enjoyed it very much so and was even able to talk to her mother all thanks to Shoto. Really, what can she do without him? The two spent a rather adventurous night and spent the most of Friday just relaxing in their hotel room. She didn't really have much energy to go out anyways hehe. Though once it became nighttime, Ruka took Shoto out to see the views of Tokyo during the night, it was once again a lovely evening spent with him. She wished the two can just spend as much time as possible together and the small vacation they took was just proof of what can be a daily thing for them. Ah~ She was now just daydreaming now. Silly Ruka.

As the two arrived back to Musutafu, they spent some more time together and only parted once it became a school night. The week went by rather peacefully with Yukito back in Tokyo busy with work and Ruka having her place back for herself and Shoto hehe. She was placed against Kyoka for the week and the fight on Monday she lost due to the sound waves sent her way. Her ears bled quite a bit that day and she spent Monday just recovering with Shoto at her place, her hearing sort of gone for a few days. She spent the next few days just training and finding ways around Kyoka's quirk though at times Ruka can feel a hint of coldness from the short-haired girl. Was it due to Kyoka and Denki being good friends? Well, Ruka can't blame her for anything so she didn't really bring that up. As Saturday came, Ruka was stuck in her angel outfit much to her displeasure though she did manage to tease Shoto with it as she spun onto the stage, her wings appearing to be fluttering as she landed on the stage.

She was able to beat Kyoka during the rematch as she was quick to bring out her flames this time around. She was not going to go through another few days of not hearing her Shoto's voice. No, that was just pure torture and she'll be damned if she let that happen again. She was sorry for Kyoka who received a few minor burns, but Ruka wasn't one to just give up in a fight. Once changing into a simple floral dress with a cardigan over it, Ruka greeted Shoto and the two headed off to hang out for the rest of Saturday. She was glad to see him and congratulated him on his fight against Iida. At the mention of spending the entire day tomorrow, Ruka smiled happily over at him, instantly agreeing with his idea, "sure! I would love that hehe."

When it was Sunday, Ruka was woken up with a phone call from Shoto which instantly woke the Pinkette up. She got dressed in a wine red long sleeve shirt with a high waisted black skirt that went down to just above her knees with ankle length leather boots. The skirt was a high to low style with ruffles on the ends where one side was mid-thigh length while it went down diagonally to just above her knees. She tied the ends of her hair and placed it over her shoulder as she went out to meet Shoto. Spotting the basket in his hand, Ruka's smile widened as she leaned up to kiss him good morning, "hello to you too my love~" As they walked hand in hand to a park, Ruka let out a happy sound as she sat down on the soft blanket, her eyes immediately zeroing in on the strawberries but it seemed like Shoto already knew that hehe.

She gave him a sheepish smile as she took a bite of it as she held out a bite of eggs with some bacon for Shoto, knowing he would want something not too sweet, save for herself hehe. "Am I that easy to read?" Ruka teased out as she held it out for him to take a bite from. The day was already starting off great and Ruka couldn't wait for what else was in store for today. Leaning against Shoto, Ruka teased out, "my boyfriend is so so sweet~ I'm just the luckiest girl, aren't I? I loove my boyfriend hehe" She smiled up at him as they spent the first half of the day together, just enjoying each other's company. Come lunchtime, Ruka questioned Shoto as they walked hand in hand, "so what else are the surprises for today?" She knew they were meeting up with Rei and when they did, Ruka was quick to greet the older woman, receiving a loving hug which made her a tad shy as they headed off to the cafe for some lunch.

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For some reason, Namie kept finding herself meeting up with Denki more and more. She'd be lying if she said she wasn't looking forward to the days she would hang out with Denki. Each day passing with her longing to see him growing stronger by the minute. It was strange, they didn't know each other much, yet since the day she stumbled upon the sad blonde, her heart has been set on seeing him smile. And whenever he did smile, a lightning bolt would strike Namie and she would strive to see him smile more and more. She hoped that one day, his heart will be healed and he can smile from the bottom of his heart once more. She would see to it that he was happy and she was glad to know he had such caring friends as she was given an invitation to go see their matches on Saturday once more thanks to Eijiro haha.

Namie was there on Saturday, cheering Denki on loudly as she did not really care for the various stares she received. She was just here to cheer for her friend, what was wrong in that, right? Though it seemed like the students of class 3-A have become quite used to her presence thanks to Eijiro inviting her out often to meet up with them and hang out. Namie was thankful for the invites and could never refuse it. And so when she was given an invitation to eat lunch with them on Sunday, how can she not to that? She gladly accepted and now she found herself waiting outside a diner to have breakfast with Eijiro and Denki.

For the little outing, Namie decided to wear a pleated white skirt and a pink tank top with a navy cardigan over it. Her short sage colored locks were held back from invading her face with a small flower clip on the side of her head. As Namie was heading out of her house to go to the diner, she received a text message from Eijiro which was only a winky face. She was confused at first but when she spotted Denki outside the diner, it all made sense. She giggled as she greeted the flustered blonde, pushing back a short lock as she told him, "good morning to you too, Denki-kun. Oh is that so?" She held back a giggle as she recalled the message she's received from Eijiro as she told Denki, "hmm I'm not sure if my quirk can work on a cold, but I would be glad to try and help in any way possible." But she was sure by then Eijiro would be completely recovered hehe.

Smiling widely, she entered the diner as she lightly poked his cheek while saying, "you know, you remind me of Pikachu sometimes hehe, how cute." He would make the cutest Pikachu there is if so hehe. As they took a seat, Namie looked through the menu, deciding on a plate of some Belgian waffles and a side of fruit for her breakfast as she spoke up, "so anything new with you? Ah, is there any place you would like to go after we eat?" She smiled over at him as she told him, "I would love to spend today with you hehe." Was she being too forward? Oh, but she was only speaking the truth, "your fight yesterday was amazing by the way! You did such a great job."

Genkai

Mela tilted her head at Yagi, quite happy that he was happy to see her. She knew things were a bit weird between them for a while so she was never sure how to approach him. She didn't want to stir up feelings or make things worse for him. But since they were eating lunch more frequently again, when she could escape Shota's wandering hands. So she thought things were getting back to normal for them. Plus, it would break her heart to know he was spending a special day alone. And again? If only she knew him sooner, she would never let someone spend their birthday alone. It was against the law!

"Aww I like going to trouble for people I care about. That's the best kind of trouble!" She was sure someone with a certain erasing quirk begged to differ there eheh. Her heart threatening to break in two at the thought of someone so nice sitting alone all alone with no one make them happy. She really had no idea why Yagi didn't have some doting little wife to tend to him. Who could his soulmate be? It had to be someone really nice and thoughtful. "Oh you want to cook together?" Well how could she say no to the birthday boy? This was his day and she would be the bubbly catalyst for the best birthday ever!

"Sure!" Mela agreed quickly. She unpacked some of the things, "I thought French Toast maybe?" It was kind of like baking. "And some sausage and a fruit compote." She said, her stomach grumbling at the mere words. It took awhile for her to settle on what to bring over, she had such a hard time deciding. "Or we can make bread pudding with the same ingredients I think..." Mela trailed off, begging to doubt her choice again. When they settled on what to make, Mela fried up the sausages in a pan while Yagi mixed the eggs and cream together for the french toast mixture. "So Yagi-san, if you don't mind me asking...how many birthdays have you...spend by yourself?" She pouted slightly. "No family or friends around to spoil you...?"

- - -

The purchase of the strawberries had been for Ruka's pleasure and he was glad she enjoyed them. He found his fingers a bit sticky and licked them clean before he opened his mouth to accept the scoop of eggs. Yes, this was the kind of Sunday Shoto could get used to. "Hah yes I think you are, my Queen of Strawberries. But it makes shopping for you much easier." He teased her. If something as simple as a ripened red berry could bring joy to her face, then Shoto would go to any length to make sure she had them. Though he hoped she liked him a bit more than strawberries.

Leaning in, he took an offering of the strawberry, licking licking his lips. It was very juicy but he still preferred something sweeter but sadly he couldn't indulge in the park. At least not during daylight hours. He could wait, of course he could. Today was a day for relaxation, tonight after dinner he could enjoy his love. "Ahh well your boyfriend must love you very much." Shoto said as he held Ruka against him as they ate a nice breakfast together. "And I'm sure he's just as lucky as you are." He added playfully, kissing the back of her neck before they soon packed up and headed off to go to the mall to look around the shops and see if any movies playing, looked any good.

Shoto bought Ruka some strawberry lip gloss which he was happy to have a taste off before they eventually made their way over to see Rei. Shoto held Ruka's hand as his mother greeted them. She had on a plain white dress to match her hair. She didn't have a lot of clothes so she hoped she didn't look too plain while out in public. "Please tell me how the party went." Rei said as they sat down at the cafe, there was only two other patrons across the room. She reached over and placed her hands on Ruka's. "Was my son a worthy date?" She asked the young girl. Shoto frowned slightly but let Ruka answer. "If you have pictures, I would love to see them." Rei added softly, her eyes shining. Shoto eyed the menu, deciding he'd have a simple salad though he hoped this outing would be okay with his mother, he was sure with Ruka, Rei would feel at ease.

- - -

A long grumble fell from her lips as she shook her head. Men. She set her feet back on the floor when she heard someone emerge. She blinked a few times at Aizawa, her face turning red before she quickly cleared her throat. Ah don't stare, Ayumi. Be a good guest now. Although Aizawa wasn't being a very good host himself. She folded her arms. "You didn't even lock your door. There's crazy people out there." Ayumi insisted, not counting herself as one of them. "You need to be more careful. But more importantly you need to take me out." She told him flatly. "I was very very patient with you I think..."

"I waited a week for you to do something for me and yet if I want something done, I should do it myself so I'm here to make sure you take me out. Or pay me. Either works for me." She shrugged. "Don't look so grumpy, I'm giving you a chance to cleanse your soul and repay what you owe to me. I could have just given Mi a better home. Plus I'd love a cat. She'd really pull my whole image of a witch together, you know? Also what's with the cat ears in your bedside stand? Do you like cat girls or something? Do I need to give Mi a safe place to live?" She teased him. Aizawa was so fun to tease. The more he resisted, the more amusing it was.

"Anyway, go get dressed. I'll wait here." Ayumi waved her hands at him, shooing him back to his bedroom. "Don't make me come in there." She threatened, using a motherly tone as she turned back and started to pick up after him, wondering what it was about men that felt not need to pick up after themselves. Ayumi floated and sat atop the back of the couch as she waited. After several minutes, Aizawa appeared looking somewhat presentable but Ayumi was too hungry to tell him to go change. "Since you're treating, you can pick the spot." She said as she stepped outside and slipped her broom under her, motioning for him to get on. "I'll take us~" She really enjoyed her time with him. There was just something about him that was very intriguing.

- - -

It was sad to think Eijiro would be at the dorms, miserable and sick. It hadn't occurred to the blond his friend was just being a prankster. Denki had to take things and people at face value. It was both a flaw and a blessing. It was a shame her quirk may not work on the sick but he had to guess quirks all had their limits. "It doesn't hurt to try right?" He considered with a smile before he felt her lips against his cheek. More sparks followed and he hoped he didn't wind up shocking her unintentionally. "S-sorry!" Denki blushed. "P-Pikachu?" He blinked and followed her. He would take that as a compliment though it wasn't the first time he had been compared to the Pokemon.

Smiling, he sat down across from the healer, he opened the menu and decided on steak and eggs. He licked his lips before he looked up to listen to what Namie was saying. She wanted to hang out afterwards? He couldn't say no to that kind of an offer though he was just surprised she found him to be good company. Kyoka liked to joke that he was an acquired taste heh. "Oh not much is new with me." He replied, wishing he had more interesting things to say but he had just been playing video games and studying. The usual. "Ah after this? Hmm we should go to the Zoo or maybe the movies?" He suggested.

"I know it sounds a bit lame considering it's Sunday but I'd also be down to see where your school is." He suggested to Namie. She had been to UA a few times now and he felt it was only fair for him to see where she spent a good deal of her time. "And thanks!" He rubbed his neck, he figured he may have tried extra hard for her but surely she didn't want to hear that? It was silly. "It's really great to have someone cheering you on." He told her as someone came by to take their orders. He sipped his orange juice as they were left alone again. "Thanks for coming and watching." He added, quite glad to have her in his corner. "By the way um...you know that festival where we kinda met...well our class won a dance for some reason...but um...would you want to go with me?" He asked her, he didn't think he could call it a date exactly but he did want her to accompany him. Was that okay?

AiAi

The best kind of trouble huh....for some reason Yagi could find himself asking for this trouble as often as he could ask for. But only because it was Mela and he would do anything to see her. Hiding his shy thoughts, Yagi began to help Mela with the bag of food before they decided on French toast with some sides. That sounded really good and anything Mela made was delicious in his opinion. As Mela was cooking on the stove, Yagi stood next to her by the counter, whisking up the egg mixture for the French toast. His eyes widened slightly at her question as he nearly dropped the bowl he was holding.

"A-ah how many...?" Even if she asks him that...Yagi can't really recall the last time he went out to celebrate his own birthday. He's been too busy working as a hero and saving others that he rarely took time for himself. He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as he honestly told her, "well, even if you ask me that...I don't really know. I've always been just busy wanting to help others out...kind of like a hero I suppose. I've often heard a saying that a hero's job is never done, right?" He gave her a small smile before continuing as he became a tad shy, "but um, if I have to say which is my best birthday so far? Then...I um guess it'll be today..." urgh now he sounded corny and probably making her uncomfortable. Not wanting to put any burden on Mela, Yagi added, "a-ah plus! You know! I'm always busy trying to find All Might on this day that I uh usually forget that it's my own birthday! It's so awesome to think that I share the same birthday as All Might!" Yeah!... That uh...totally made sense...right?

- - -

After picking up Rei from the institution, the three headed off to a nice garden cafe that Shoto picked out. Ruka still believed that the boys of class 3-A had really good tastes in cafes and Shoto wasn't disappointing her in that part. Sitting across from Rei, Ruka smiled over at the older woman as she told her, "the party was wonderful and Shoto was a lovely date hehe. Everyone couldn't keep their eyes off of him. He looked quite dashing in his outfit." Most parties were something Ruka disliked, but this time it was an exception as Shoto just made it all better for her. At the mention of a photo, Ruka's smile widened as she kept this a little secret from even Shoto as she wanted to surprise him as well.

Fishing in her purse, Ruka pulled out two white envelopes as she spoke up, handing one each to Shoto and Rei, "ah, I'm glad you mentioned photos because I just received these in the mail today...but these are photos taken during the party courtesy of my elder brother. I was wondering if you would like a copy?" Ruka looked questioningly over at Rei as she handed her the envelope. At the beginning of the party, the pair did take a photo and a few more photos of them were taken during the party. Well, she'll have to thank Yukito for this since her brother had a strange hobby of taking photos so there were quite a few where Ruka and Shoto were close to each other. Her favorite must be the one where they were just staring into each other's eyes lovingly. It made her heart flutter just looking at the photo. She gave Shoto a teasing smile as she continued explaining the party to Rei, "he even met my parents and he was quite the gentleman hehe. You have a wonderful son, Todoroki-san." Ruka smiled over at Rei, happy to indulge the older woman on the party and their sightseeing in Tokyo.

- - -

Shota blinked a few times. Ah, he probably forgot to lock it after kissing Mela goodbye yesterday as it took quite a lot of self-control to not pull Mela back in and just have his way with her again. He rubbed the side of his neck, holding back a sigh as he somehow felt like a child being scolded by his mother. He looked over at Ayumi, holding back a twitch of his eye as she did have a point. He did owe her for taking care of Mi and he was thankful the woman didn't go stealing his cat. It would look bad if he brought down the witch in broad daylight, right? Hah. As he stood there listening to her speak, the more she spoke, the more he became restless. She was pointing a lot of things out that he did not want to answer her of all people. She did not need to know that those cat ears belonged to his girlfriend and was used for special activities..no. Just no.

Sighing, Shota walked back to his room as he simply muttered under his breath. Women were just trouble no doubt. Getting dressed in black jeans with a dark grey shirt and his signature scarf over it, Shota walked back out to the living room as he followed her out the door and made sure to lock it this time. He stared at her as she motioned to her broom. Was she being serious here? He was about to open his mouth to complain but held back as he realized he would probably end up hanging off the broom via his scarf if he refused. Sighing loudly, Shota sat down on the broom as he gave her directions to the nearest cafe, not really in the mood to argue with her. A cafe was a good place right? Girls liked those kinds of places, right? He glanced questioningly over at her as if silently asking if she approved or not. Wait, why should it even matter if she cared or not? She was the one invading his Sunday, to begin with. "Let's just get this over with." Shota muttered out as he opened the door for her.

- - -

Her smile widened at the mention of the zoo. That sounded really fun! She opened her mouth, ready to agree to go to the zoo when he mentioned her school. She blinked a few times in surprise before telling him happily, "we can stop by my school if you really want, but it's just a normal school with a small hero course really, oh but it's on the way to the zoo so maybe we can go to the zoo afterward?" She thought going to the zoo with Denki would be really fun. If anything, she was certain him being there would make it all the more fun. After ordering, Namie held back a frown as she wondered if he didn't have anyone else cheering for him? Well if that's the case then..."I'll be glad to always cheer you on, I think you work really hard and you deserve it hehe."

As she took a sip of her earl grey tea, Namie nearly spat it out in surprise at Denki inviting her to a dance. She stared up at him with wide teal eyes before a blush covered her cheeks. She looked down at her teacup as her hand played with her hair as she murmured out, "oh wow congratulations! A-and if um you're okay with someone like m-me then I would love to go!" Oh what was she getting all flustered and shy for, it wasn't as if he was asking her out or anything like that! Composing herself, Namie smiled over at Denki as she told him, "I would love to go! When is it exactly? Also, do you know if there is any theme to it or is it just a normal dance?" Somehow the word normal didn't seem to fit U.A hehe. Why was her heart fluttering and she was feeling oh so happy? He just asked her to come over that was all..nothing else, right? As their food arrived, Namie happily took a bite of her waffle as she held one piece out for Denki to try, "would you like a bite?" She smiled over at him, tilting her head to the side in question.

Genkai

Yagi seemed to hesitate in answering her question. Did he have to count so many? She frowned even more. Aww, that was so sad. She fought the urge to bring him into her arms and hold him tightly against her chest. But she focused on her cooking, knowing that would be a bit improper heh. She listened as he continued to speak, explaining he was always but but doing what, he didn't really say outright. One should always make time for themselves, hero or not. "You shouldn't push yourself so hard, Yagi-san. The people you look out for wouldn't want you to sacrifice your happiness for theirs." She tried to point out. For a moment it felt like she was talking to All Might. When he said this was probably his best birthday, she blushed, her heart skipping a beat. But she hadn't done a whole lot yet. Poor, Yagi-san.

From now on, she would make sure he didn't have to celebrate his birthday alone ever again! "Ah!" At the mention of All Might, her worries faded into the background. "Yes, I was thinking about that too! You're so lucky!" Mela smiled as she helped start the french toast in the frying pan once she set the sausages aside on a plate. "I hope he's not spending the day doing too much work. You both work way too much." No wonder they were so single! Though if All Might dated anyone, she'd probably try to throw herself in front of a train. Or something. No no, happy thoughts. She finished the meal and brought it over to the table so they could dig in. "I was thinking after this I could take you a botanical garden or maybe a movie? Or we could just stay here and watch whatever's on tv. It's up to you~"

- - -

Shoto watched the two women talk. It did warm his heart to see Ruka and his mother talking so freely. He hoped someday Ruka may be able to do the same with her own mother, Haruka. But for now, he was just happy to have met her himself and that Ruka in due time, may be able to feel capable of meeting her mother's gaze. The two were very striking. And he had to wonder if Haruka was any indication of Ruka in the years to come, he was quite looking forward to spending his years with his beautiful soulmate. But he may just be getting ahead of himself now, lost in his thoughts. He blinked as Rei smiled, "Oh I am sure the boys were turning heads to see who the lucky boy was on your arm." Rei teased lightly. Rei leaned forward at the mention of photos and copies. "I would love that, thank you, Ruka-chan."

The photos would brighten up her room, surely. Rei was impressed to hear Shoto had met Ruka's parents. That was a very big step. Though Rei didn't think she'd be able to meet them anytime soon. She still hadn't seen Enji face to face in many years. Shoto reached out, touching the side of his mother's face. "I'm so relieved to hear that things went so well." Rei smiled to Ruka. "You take such good care of my son, I don't know how I could ever repay you." She said. "Tokyo sounds so exciting." "It was a very memorable trip." Shoto agreed, giving Ruka a smile as someone came by to take their orders. "I must say the way you two look at each other...it must be real love." Rei couldn't help but gush a little at the pair. She was a bit envious but more happy for them, than anything else. "It truly warms my heart." Rei said, trying not to get teary eyed.

- - -

She was not taking no for an answer, one way or another he was getting on her broom, even if went up his tight ass heh. Though he often roamed the school like something was already wedged up in there hehe. She made no comment though, not wanting to be flung into a building or something because she was sure with the look he was giving her, that thought had crossed his mind. When he got on, she took off, taking it nice and easy, in the beginning at least. She looped an arm around his arm as she felt off, as per his instructions. At the mention of a cafe being their destination, she let out a hum. How interesting. Was this city known for its cafes? Ayumi landed safely and when Shota hopped down to the ground, she walked inside. "Thank you~" She winked, giving her hat a small tip in his direction.

"Oh yes, love the attitude." She giggled sarcastically as she found a booth and slid in. She grabbed a menu and looked it over. How much could she get away with ordering? Maybe she could get enough food to last her the week? Glancing to Shota, she decided on some pasta as well as a sandwich and salad. And if she had leftovers, so be it. And she also wanted some cool white wine too. Why not? "You know if you smiled more, you might land yourself a pretty little lady. If you need advice, you can visit me during my office hours." She offered him."Speaking of romance, isn't it so nice to see two young women in love? Uede and Kurotsuki look like they're really enjoying themselves." Ayumi commented as she sipped her wine as it was set down in front of her.

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It was agreed upon then, her school and then the zoo! That sounded like a neat afternoon trip to him. Though he did have Eijiro and Kyoka and even Ruka cheering him on but for some reason, Namie's cheers of encouragement seemed to reach a bit further than the others. It was strange to explain. But he was happy to have her support and he hoped someday he could repay her for her friendship. But he had to wonder why wasn't she with a boyfriend or something? Was she into guys? Or did have a boyfriend and didn't mention it? Gah, now he was beginning to overthink things. He stopped himself when Namie considered his offer. Denki didn't want to be Eijiro's date but he also didn't want to show alone and have everyone laugh at him.

Plus, he felt Namie did contribute somewhat to their victory. And on top of that, she was cute and fun to be around and he was sure with her at the dance, he'd be able to enjoy himself. And not sulk in the corner as Ruka and Todoroki made out. "I-I really don't know." He blushed at her questions. He wished he had more information but he'd pass it along when he knew more. "I'll let you know when I do though!" It was a weight off his shoulders to know he wouldn't be alone at this looming dance. "Thank you, Namie-san!" He bowed his head, almost going face first into his pool of gravy. Hopefully she didn't see that. "Oh, s-sure!" He leaned over and took the fork, slipping it into his mouth. It was soft yet crunchy. "Nice! Want any of mine?" He asked, not yet giving her her fork back incase she did. He cup up a piece and held it back out to her, his hand shaking slightly. This felt...kind of couple-y heheh.

AiAi

Sacrifice his happiness for others huh...he smiled a bit at her words, somehow her words reminded him of a motherly person and it warmed his heart greatly. But he knew that was impossible. He was a hero and heroes must always put others before themselves. That's what being a hero is or well that's how he views it. Maybe it was wrong of him to think that way, but it was fine for him at least. There wasn't anyone waiting back at home or worried over his well being. No loved ones. No one that would get in danger by being held important by him for everyone is important to All Might. That's how things are and that's how things should stay...no matter what his heart was truly screaming out to him for. No, because as a hero, he wanted to see her smile before anything else.

Setting up the table for their brunch, Yagi gave a light laugh as he told her, "we both just love the school and the people. We want to help as best as we could." Yes, he just wanted to make the city a better place for everyone so they can rest assured. As he sat down, admiring the delicious looking food, Yagi looked up at Mela at the mention of some ideas of what to do today. He looked thoughtful as he nodded his head while saying, "the garden sounds really fun! Oh, but a movie would be nice too...um if you don't have any plans for today...then maybe we can do both? A-ah if you're not busy that is!" He didn't want to keep her to himself if she was busy...but if not, he would love to just spend the day with her. Can that be his birthday wish? Just this once? Taking a bite of the french toast, Yagi let out a happy sound as he told her, "it's delicious! Ah, home cooked meals are the best haha!" He gave her a shy smile as he continued to dig into the delicious meal.

- - -

Ruka waved her hands in front of her as she told Rei, "a-ah no! Please...it's um...more like I should be thanking you." Pausing, Ruka glanced over at Shoto, suddenly feeling rather shy about expressing her feelings about him despite everything they've done and said to each other, "um well you see, I never really found myself worthy of being with someone else, I never really felt love you can say, but since the moment I met your son, Shoto...well I guess you can say my life has been changed and color has been added into my dull life hehe." She smiled happily as she found more confidence in her voice as she told Rei, "so, please let me thank you for letting me into your's son's life...because surely I would have never been able to smile this much otherwise." Really, meeting Shoto has changed her life so much, for once she looked forward to the future in store for her.

After giving their orders, Ruka's entire face turned red at the mention of true love. Yes, she indeed does love Shoto quite a lot, but to hear it from someone else so directly made her quite flustered. Seeing the teary eyes of Rei, Ruka panicked as she reached out and placed her hand on Rei's as she told her, "a-ah um t-thank you!" But really..there was no need to cry, right? Ruka was beyond flustered and had no clue what to say or do. She looked over helplessly at Shoto, her own face quite red and hopefully there wasn't smoke rising from her head right about now. Though thankfully their food arrived and saved Ruka from this situation. She was never good when people cried, she never knew what to do as she herself rarely cried.

- - -

How on earth did he get trapped into this situation again? Oh right, because Mela was worried about leaving Mi alone and he couldn't trust his few friends that he actually has. He held back from glaring at Ayumi as she walked in, ignoring her wink as he let out a sigh. It was still early and he was this tired...when can he just go back home and sleep? Taking a seat across from her, Shota looked over the menu, deciding to just stick with coffee and a sandwich. He wasn't that hungry plus he just needed to wake up really. Though flying through the sky like that earlier was refreshing...if not for the arm holding his reminding him that he can very well plummet to his death at any given moment. Ah, what a mood killer this woman was. Tch.

Eye twitching at the amount she ordered, Shota refrained from commenting that she had quite the appetite as he instead decided to enjoy the hot coffee. Though as soon as Ayumi mentioned him needing a girlfriend, he was ready to make a smart comment back when she mentioned Mela with Ruka. At this, Shota nearly spat out his coffee as instead, he swallowed the hot liquid, burning his throat and mouth in the process. He coughed into his hand as he looked incredulously over at her, "Uede and Kurotsuki!? What sort of sick joke are you making?" His eyes narrowed over at her as he was more than ready to just tell her that Mela was very much his and only his. Like hell, those two were a lovey-dovey couple! "Those two are just childhood friends, nothing more." He let out an annoyed huff, wiping the side of his mouth as he coughed lightly into his hand. That burnt...in more ways than one.

- - -

Hearing his uncertainty, Namie gave him an understanding smile as she reassuringly placed her hand over his while telling him, "it's okay, just let me know hehe. Either way, I'll be happy to go hehe." She was already excited and she didn't even know when it was yet! Namie knew she had one thing to look forward to as each day passed from now on hehe. Seeing him bow his head like that, Namie couldn't help but giggle lightly. He was just so cute in his actions and he seemed really honest about his feelings too. Namie couldn't understand why the girl he liked didn't like him back...though a part of her was quite glad she didn't...Namie blinked a few times. No, that wasn't what a friend would say. Bad Namie.

She pouted slightly when he just took her fork. He was supposed to just eat from it~! So when he held out a bite of his steak using her fork, Namie's eyes shined slightly as she gave him a sweet smile before leaning forward and taking a bite from it. Then she took her fork back, her fingers lightly brushing Denki's as she gave him a victorious smile. Now, that's how one should take an offered food hehe. "Mmm that's quite yummy~! I might steal a bit more hehe." Namie jokingly pointed her fork over at him before the two continued eating their meal. Somehow, the meal tasted a lot better, was it because they were eating together? Hehe, must be. Smiling over at Denki, Namie asked him curiously, "hey what's your favorite video game?" She bought a game system not too long ago and wanted some new games to play...it wasn't because of a certain blonde-haired boy that she bought it or anything like that!... Just that a certain red-head gave her a good suggestion...cough.

Genkai

Observing the blond as he thought about the day, she hoped those ideas sounded okay. She was trying to figure out what he liked and didn't like but for next year, she'd have a better idea of how to really knock his socks off. "I'm glad you like it!" She gave him a wide, slightly shy smile back. He was so cute when he smiled. "Ah and we can do both today, no problem. I cleared my whole day to spend with you if that's okay!" She explained. Yep, for now Shota would have to wait. He was so good at being patient too hehe. Hopefully he was behaving himself but she knew this early, he'd still be in bed with the cat. "I know you said you're not a cat person but they're pretty good company." She smiled to him. She personally felt that way due to other reasons of course. She just didn't want Yagi to feel so lonely when he got home. At least Mela had Ruka.

"You know you can always call me to hang out. Don't ever feel like you're alone." She told Yagi as they ate. When they finished up, she cleaned the dishes and set them out to dry as she turned back to Yagi, deciding to save the cake for after dinner. "By the way, I got you a souvenir from Tokyo." She pulled out a small box of chocolates. She and Shota enjoyed tasting them and she was sure Yagi would also approve too. "We can have them with our movie." She said as they headed out into the late morning sun, Mela putting the box in her purse as they headed off to the garden. It didn't take long to catch the bus over to the gardens which thankfully wasn't too crowded for a Sunday. Mela walked along with Yagi, eyeing the exotic plants. "Do you dance, Yagi-san?" She asked, thinking back to how nicely Shota had danced. If Yagi didn't know, she'd be happy to teach him for his birthday. "A random thought I know but I like my gifts to be more than just tangible or edible. I like to teach someone something new." She explained. "Or I should teach you how to bake?" Yep, she liked to shower the birthday person with not just sweets or items, but also drop a useful knowledge bomb. For one of Ruka's birthdays, Mela taught her friend how to make strawberry macarons.

- - -

It really was sweet for Ruka to give Rei credit though the white haired woman felt a bit undeserving. She had only been in Shoto's life for a small fraction of time before she snapped. She wished she could have helped her son more, done something to stop Endeavor's brutal exploits of her youngest son. She blushed and found herself getting all the more emotional Ruka's words. It seemed despite her lack of presence in his life, Shoto had avoided becoming anything like the man Rei had come to fear. "You're so kind to say such things." Rei said as the girl reached out for her. It brought the mother such joy to know her son was with someone so honest and considerate. "I thank you for coming into our lives as well." She told the girl as she wiped the threatening tears from the corners of her eyes.

"I'm sorry for getting so emotional." Rei apologized, not meaning to make Ruka uncomfortable upset. Shoto reached out, placing a hand on Ruka's back, she was doing fine. At least to him. Her words also made him blush a bit but he hoped it wasn't too obvious. With their food now sitting in front of them, they all began to eat as they discussed how school was progressing. When they were done, they began to head back to the institute. "Thank you for including me in your day." Rei said. "I love seeing the two of you together." She couldn't explain it but it gave her a lot of hope for the future. She knew they would make great heroes. As they got to her room, she hugged her son goodbye and brought Ruka into her arms as well. "Please know, you are very worthy of being loved, Ruka-chan. I'm so glad my son has been able to make you smile. You're so beautiful when you do. My son is a good judge of character and I know he picked a good one with you." Rei said softly. She stepped back. "Please, have a wonderful day." She bowed her head. Shoto gave Ruka a smile and took her hand, heading out. Shoto brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. "You're so wonderful." He muttered against her skin. They grabbed a bus to the museum he was hoping she'd like given their exhibits on Greece and mythos.

- - -

Ayumi raised a brow at the man's reaction to her comment. What? No she wasn't joking. She was very much serious. Uede and Kurotsuki were a couple, it was the only logical conclusion she could make given their display at their rematch two weeks ago. Not to mention they were so close and transferred together to UA. It made sense girlfriends would want to stay together as they became heroes. It was sweet. "It's not a joke. I mean it." Ayumi said to Aizawa who looked oddly annoyed by her assessment. "I mean that's how it starts out, childhood friends. You have sleepovers, you see each other so much, you're so close and comfortable with them...not to mention Kurotsuki and Uede put on quite the display during their rematch." She pointed out.

"I mean if that's not lingering sexual tension, I don't know what is." She grinned. "They seem to genuinely have a thing. It's so cute." She said, figuring she'd need to say something to the girls herself soon. They probably had enough support around school but she wanted to make sure they were okay. "Anyway tell me more about yourself." Ayumi waved a hand as their food soon arrived. She didn't follow pro hero news or anything so she had no idea who his pro hero persona was. She only knew of a few big names despite beginning to break into the realm of pros herself, she wasn't one for hero worship or obsession. She took a bite of her salad, it had raspberries, walnuts and a nice dressing. Very light and seasonal. "You can have some if you want." She gestured to her array of food. "You're so thin, you need to eat more." She said to him. The witch leaned back as she observed Aizawa, rather proud of herself for getting him out of his house. She had expected she'd have to smack him out of bed with her broom and that would not have been pleasant for him. "By the way, what's the deal with Hizashi-san?" She asked Aizawa. "He's into rock music and stuff right? Is he single?" She asked him. She knew he went by Present Mic but that's all she really knew.

- - -

When Namie leaned over and put her mouth around the contents of his fork, he blushed even harder. A surge of electricity flooded through him but thankfully Namie sat back before he could shock her through the fork. It quickly released as she took the fork from him, their fingers brushing against each other. Denki let out a nervous laugh at her comment about stealing more. "P-please, be my guest." He said before thinking for a moment. "B-but as a hero in training, I don't let just anyone get away with stealing haha. You gotta be pretty cute." He joked before he realized he had just called her cute. W-what that okay? Blinking, he looked off for a moment, wondering where the filter on his mouth had suddenly gone, only to realize he never really had such a thing to begin with.

Thankfully she mentioned video games and his nerves quickly left his jittery mind. "Oh! I really like racing games and fighting games." He told her. "And even RPGs too. But fighting and racing games really let me unwind after a long day at school." He explained excitedly. When he got back to the dorm, playing for a few minutes let him take out his anxiety and annoyances with Todoroki. If she got a new gaming system, he'd love to go over to her place and play a few games with her or just give her some pointers. He didn't see Ruka being too interested in that and he was getting tired of Kyoka beating him so much. "But you mentioned Pokemon yeah? There is a new RPG coming out in a few months that I'm looking forward to." He said to Namie. "We should get the other version and then we can battle and trade." He suggested to her. Making plans so far in the future didn't seem too strange to the blond as he assumed she'd be in his life for a long time. Why not? She was so great! He saw no reason for them growing apart. Denki continued to eat, eyeing her stealing another bite or two. "By the way if you ever wanna train together, we can use the UA gym if you want." He knew she wanted to be a hero and he was sure he could help her work out, if she wanted. Though to him, she already looked pretty great.

AiAi

When Mela mentioned cats, Yagi's heart gave a painful squeeze, a sudden reminder of who she was with. That she wasn't really alone so to say. He kept a smile on his face regardless as he spoke up, "a-ah cats? I think I may prefer a dog...cats never seemed to like me ahahaha." He rubbed the back of his head as an image of a hissing Aizawa came floating to mind. Yeah, cats never liked him hah. As they finished eating, Yagi thought back to what Mela said during their meal. To call her up to hang out anytime huh...if only things were that simple. He helped Mela wash the dishes before the two were ready to go to the botanical gardens. He blinked in slight surprise when she gave him yet another present...really, she was spoiling him now.

Giving her a wide smile, Yagi told her happily, "thank you so much Mela-chan! I'm really happy!" He really was happy. So very happy. Was it alright for him to be this happy..? Was he allowed to enjoy this happiness? Oh, but it was only for today, huh and from tomorrow Mela would be back in the arms of her lover. A painful stab continued to remind Yagi of the reality of things even as he spent time with her, having her beside him was both painful and sweet. Bittersweet he supposed was the correct way to describe his feelings at the moment. As they arrived at the botanical garden, the two walked through the paths, surrounded by exotic plants that one wouldn't usually see in normal gardens. He couldn't help but wonder if Mela suggested this place because he was always taking care of the flowers at U.A? She even gave him a flower as a present as well..a smile came to his lips as Yagi realized that maybe he does like flowers heh.

Looking at a rather unique looking flower, Yagi was so engrossed in reading the details of it that he nearly didn't catch what Mela just asked him. Looking up at her, he looked a bit surprised at her sudden question. Did he dance? He thought back to all the times he's been invited to parties, but he hasn't really danced formally per say...if anything he would just use his super speed to just keep twirling his partner around until they got sick of dancing with him but that was as All Might. He can't really recall a moment as Yagi that he would engage in dancing with anyone. Rubbing the side of his neck, Yagi gave her a small smile as he told her, "ah, I actually don't know how to dance...b-but it's okay! Y-you don't have to teach me!...I may step on your feet you know?" He would love the opportunity to dance with her, but he didn't want to hurt her either. Hm...does he have to go and get dance lessons or something now? But...smiling he told her, "that's a really neat idea of a gift, that's much more special to them huh. You're very thoughtful and sweet, Mela-chan." He smiled kindly over at her as he lightly ruffled her hair, just for today he'll indulge in the sweet treat by the name of Mela Uede.

- - -

Ruka can only give Rei a small smile as she told the older woman, "I'm merely telling the truth." It wasn't about whether she was being kind or considerate, she was just telling the truth or that's how she viewed it, she was simply telling Rei how she felt towards Shoto, that was okay...right? Judging from how happy Rei seemed and Shoto's reassuring warm hand on her back, Ruka guessed it was alright what she just said. The three enjoyed the rest of their time together as they ate and talked about various topics. Whenever Ruka saw Shoto with his mother, somehow a very warm feeling entered her heart and she hoped that one day, she can take Shoto to just converse and be with her own mother. She hoped that such a day would come true. As they took Rei back, Ruka was a bit baffled at the sudden hug, but she hugged Rei back, feeling the warmth spread through her.

Hearing Rei's kind words, Ruka felt rather shy as she can only give the older woman a smile as she bowed her head while telling Rei, "ah, no it was a pleasure to spend time with you today and I do hope to see you soon." Standing back upright, Ruka smiled widely over at Rei as she told her, "thank you very much for your kind words...it really warmed me up hehe." Rubbing the back of her head, Ruka couldn't quite explain it but she can somehow imagine that this was what it felt like to have a mother's love. It was nice. After saying goodbye to Rei, the two headed out towards the bus stop for their next adventure of the day. Ruka blinked up at Shoto as he kissed her hand, a sudden blush appearing on her cheeks as she simply waved her hands as she lightly nudged Shoto, "w-what are you saying all of a sudden!?" It made her feel way too self-conscious. Pouting, Ruka wrapped her arms around Shoto as she hid her face into his chest as she mumbled out, "you're teasing me now...I was just being honest..." Seriously, at times Shoto just made her heart burst with happiness that she had no clue what to say or do at times.

As they got off the bus in front of a museum, Ruka looked rather excited as she dragged Shoto inside. Her eyes were shining at all the displays of the special Greek exhibit that they were currently showing. Having read almost all Greek related myths, Ruka was quick to point out each and every statue and their stories while also marveling over the paintings. She sounded like a walking book from all the knowledge that was spouting excitedly out of her mouth. Halfway through the exhibit, Ruka realized she was getting a tad too carried away and can only give Shoto a sheepish smile as she told him, "ah sorry, I got a bit too excited hehe." Leaning up, she kissed his cheek as she murmured out, "thank you, I really love this." She gave him a sweet smile before looking around.

Her breath was caught in her throat as she caught sight of a painting, one that she's been longing to see. It was of Persephone. The painting was half painted in dark colors while the other half was light. Ruka walked forward, staring at it in silence as she wondered if she could still consider herself as Persephone...? No, but maybe she is. She was shrouded in the darkness for quite some time...but now she was in the light. Hopefully, she won't be like Persephone where she must go back to the darkness after a certain time spent in the light. She glanced over at Shoto briefly, her heart feeling a sudden painful squeeze as she couldn't imagine herself separating from her source of light. No...that won't happen ever. Giving him a sweet smile, Ruka spoke up cheerfully, "so, you mentioned eating dinner at your house, should we get something for dessert on the way to your place or..." She gave him an innocent smile as she asked, "or did you have something specific in mind already?"

- - -

He could not believe it. Shota stared at Ayumi baffled as she was honestly, dead serious about Mela and Kurotsuki being a couple. H-how can she be so confident in that?! Just because of the little match or show more like, that Mela and Kurotsuki performed during the Saturday rematches!? No, that was just impossible...or is what he would love to say, but he knew that some of his students were still believing that Mela and Kurotsuki are actually a couple in love and that Kurotsuki being with Todoroki was just a cover-up or something like that. How his students came up with such ridiculous ideas was beyond him, but he supposed some are naive enough to be tricked into believing it after seeing such a performance by the two transfer students. And apparently, Ayumi was one of them. Shota let out an annoyed tch as he wondered if he had to punish Mela for this. Because now he had to do some serious convincing to Ayumi that his two students are not in such a relationship.

Lingering sexual tension...more like a freaking tease show for their two boyfriends Shota thought in annoyance. He knew that Mela and Kurotsuki did that with half the mind of teasing their boys which included him and boy did that work out well. It not only brought out sexual frustration from both males due to their lack of interaction with the girls during that week, to begin with, but it brought out the sexual tensions from all the male students. Much to the displeasure of Shota. He did not need to know what his male students fantasized about and if it involved Mela in any way or form, Shota was ready to just turn their fantasy-like dream into a nightmare. He will be their monster under their beds, gladly. He can only look at Ayumi in disbelief. This woman...she was really serious about it and he couldn't tell if she just knew of his relationship with Mela and was saying such things on purpose to tick him off, or if she was seriously believing that those two girls were a couple. And honestly? Shota did not want to know.

Thankfully, their food arrived. Shota took a bite out of his sandwich, wanting to occupy his mind with something else and food seemed like a wonderful distraction. He eyed her plates of food with slight surprise. How can someone so thin eat so much? An image of Mela came to mind and Shota decided that he really shouldn't question women. They were just full of surprises and mysteries. As he took another bite of his sandwich, he looked over at Ayumi thoughtfully. Why was this woman so insistent on getting to know him? He really wasn't the type to get along with others and just did as he pleased. Hizashi was the only exception as that blonde and Yagi would just stick off of him since their high school days.

Swallowing, Shota answered her, "there isn't really much to know about me. If you want to know something, then just ask and be specific." Though whether he would answer her was another story heh. He wasn't about to go telling her his life stories or something like that. Why should he? And then she goes off speaking like a mother by her tone and her word choices. He gave her a blank look as he told her, "I'm fine, thank you for the offer though." He wasn't that thin, he was just lean. As he sipped his coffee, Shota lifted a brow at her interest in Hizashi. Oh? Was she interested in the loud blonde? Now that was rare. "Ah, Present Mic? What about him? Rock music...? Ah, well that's just how he's always been. He's always the loud one you can say and yes...he is single. Why? Are you interested?" He gave her a slight smirk, finding that idea to be quite entertaining. He was certain Hizashi would be ecstatic and would probably ask her out right away. "I didn't think your type of guy would be the loud ones." Hah, now take that Ayumi he thought with a smirk dancing across his lips as he took another sip of his coffee.

- - -

She watched his reactions to her little gestures, wondering how he would take it and to her delight, he was flustered. How cute hehe. She smiled over at him, more than happy to reach over and steal another bite of his steak when he mentioned her being cute. Hm? That's what he was implying, right? Namie giggled behind her hand as her eyes lit up happily, she was quite flattered to be called cute by someone so cute hehe. "Why thank you, I'm cute enough then?" She gave him a teasing smile as she fluttered her lashes at him, reaching out teasingly with her fork before going back to her own plate as she told him, "well, I only let cute guys take a bite of my food, so feel free to reach over anytime hehe." The way his cheeks would spark was just adorable in her opinion. Plus a little spark here and there wouldn't hurt her. Her quirk was meant to absorb pain anyways.

As Denki began to list off the many types of games that he usually plays, Namie nodded her head, making a mental list of what to check out later that day. Or maybe, she can just ask Denki for suggestions and go shopping with him on another day? A smile came to her lips at that thought. Yes, another day to hang out with him sounded quite nice to her hehe. At the mention of Pokemon, Namie blinked over at Denki. Ah, yes. She did mention that earlier...but that was only because of how he reminded her of Pikachu so very much. At the idea of getting the same game but different versions brought a happy smile to her lips as she eagerly agreed to it, "oh I would love to do that! We can be trainers together hehe." Her eyes shined at the idea of being able to hang out with Denki like that and so she couldn't help but ask, "um, say next time on your day off, maybe we can go to a video game store together? I would love for suggestions and then we can play the new games at my place?" She tilted her head in question towards him, hoping that he'll say yes.

As the two finished eating, with Namie stealing a few more bites from Denki's plate, she looked up at him at the mention of training together. Her eyes shined at the prospect of being able to train at a U.A facility but to also be able to train with Denki? That sounded like a sweet deal! "I would love that! Oh but....my quirk isn't a very offensive styled type." She rubbed the back of her head as she honestly told him, "I'm not the best at close combat if I must be honest ehe." Though Namie will admit that she can get reckless in fights mainly due to her ability to be able to heal rather quickly meaning she relied on wearing out her opponent if anything. Smiling she told him, "but if you don't mind helping me out, then I would love to train with you!" That would be fun plus she gets to see Denki up close and personal hehe. As they finished eating, the two headed out with Namie leading the way as she told him, "I really don't know why you want to see my school, I mean it is nothing compared to U.A" but she'll show him if he wishes. Smiling she said, "it won't be as grand as U.A, but I do hope you enjoy it."

Genkai

It was quite a good day to be out and about. In the back of her mind, she hoped Shota wasn't sleeping in too late. Should she text him to make sure he and Mi were eating something? No no, he could handle himself. Looking to Yagi, she was a bit disappointed he didn't think he'd be very good at it. To her, pretty much anyone could dance, if they had the right style and partner. But if he didn't want to, she wasn't going to push it. it was a gift for him so she decided she'd have to find something that did pique his interest. If not dancing nor baking, she'd have to figure out something else to enrich his life. Each year, you should learn something new. Last year she taught herself how to how start a fire without matches or a lighter.

Smiling, she gave him a light nod as he patted her head. "I'll think of something." She replied. In her mind though, if he wasn't too interested in dancing, he probably wouldn't like the idea of ice skating or gymnastics heh. They continued to wander around, Mela thinking Ruka may like this place, given her family's specialty. Maybe they could come back together and have a nice Mela-Ruka date. After looking around, they headed off to the movies, after a bit of back and forth about which the other wanted to see, Mela insisted Yagi pick because it was his birthday. Once a movie was selected, they headed in and sat down. Mela pulled out the chocolates and handed them to Yagi. Who didn't like a movie and chocolate? Or anything and chocolate?

When the movie was over, Mela stretched her arms out. It was very good and she had only gotten teary eyed once. Walking out with Yagi, she figured they could get lunch somewhere before heading back to his place to hang out before she could present him with his awesome cake. Upon settling on a nice deli, they sat down with their sandwiches to eat. "You know if I can't teach you anything," given he was a bit older than her it did make sense what she knew, he already knew. "maybe you could teach me something?" It was a bit backwards but maybe passing on knowledge to someone was the same as learning something new? "Although it is your birthday so any requests you may have, please let me know! Is there anything you want?" His birthday needed to be extra special because he hadn't had a good one in so long!

Reaching over, she scooped up a bit of his potato salad and took a bite. It still made no sense why he didn't have anyone to spend his birthday with. Yagi-san was so sweet. Taking a few bites of her sandwich, she thought about maybe helping him get a girlfriend who was just as nice as he was. But then again, she wasn't sure if she really liked the idea of him dating someone. Mela would have to vet them personally. That's just what friends did for each other. Though she could have given him something All Might related, that was too obvious and she didn't want to risk getting him something he might already have. "So after this we can go back to your place and I can order us dinner after we lounge a bit?" She suggested as she snuck another bite of his salad.

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Shoto wanted to comfort Ruka, just in case, as he thought about what she had said to his mother and it made him quite saddened to think she had been under the impression she was unlovable prior to meeting him. He could understand more, given what she had told him. But he wanted to make sure Ruka understood how special she was. For her to have the approval of his own mother, made her all the more wonderful in his mind. Ruka made him quite happy and he hoped he made her just as, if not more happy. Today was going so well, he couldn't see ihis mood ever dampening. No, today was perfect and there was nothing he would change. "I just don't want you to forget how much I love you or how wonderful you are."

He felt a bit bad she thought he was teasing her. No, he wasn't. He was just being honest and he hoped she'd accept his compliments instead of brushing them off. It was very reassuring to see someone he loved, get along with someone else he loved. It gave him a bit of hope for the future since he was pretty sure Ruka's step-father was a bit indifferent to him and Ruka's relationship. But her mother seemed to like him which was good. But then there was his own father. Shoto didn't want to think about that. He'd probably approve but he still wasn't sure if he wanted the man making a big deal of this. What would his father do? Suddenly offer him and Ruka jobs at his agency? Want to challenge Ruka to a fight? He really didn't know.

And that worried him. They headed around the museum as Shoto was bombarded with facts, it almost felt like he in school heh. But he enjoyed Ruka's enthusiasm. It was very cute. And impressive. "It's okay. I'm glad you like it." He said as they stopped in front of a painting. He noticed Ruka studying it. Ah yes, Persephone. Shoto frowned, hoping she didn't truly think of herself as someone in such a situation. She was Ruka, herself: someone he loved and someone he would't let get taken away. He smiled lightly, "We can pick something up but I do have something else in mind." His smile turned into a light smirk as he took her hand and headed out. "Remember, I'm making this dinner for you. So hands off." Of course if she wanted to put those hands on him, he wouldn't be opposed to that. Leaning over, he kissed her softly as they waited for the bus, his arms around her waist.

They headed onto the bus and Shoto kissed along her neck. Well if he was going to accused of teasing her. He may as well tease her right? Once off at their stop, he guided her back to his house. Maybe they could have a bit of fun before he made dinner? Yes, he could take her back to his room and then enjoy his girlfriend and then go make dinner while she rested in his bed. Perfect. As he opened the door, he was a bit worried as to why it wasn't locked. He heard someone in the kitchen and slowly approached down the hall. Turning the corner he saw his father cooking, using his fire quirk to heat up a wok. Shoto almost fell over. "W-why aren't you at work?!" "I wanted to meet your new girlfriend!" Enji laughed, turning. "She's hardly new." Shoto muttered, his mood suddenly dropping. "So you're the girlfriend, Kurotsuki-san? I'm quite impressed. You must really be quite the fighter to best my son in battle and then ask him out." Enji laughed. Shoto shot Ruka an apologetic look. Why was this happening to them?!

- - -

Aizawa was a lot like a porcupine. She had to wonder how anyone got close to him but she did enjoy a challenge. Maybe it was him resisting that made her all the more curious about him. Perhaps it was because he dressed in black and looked almost like a witch himself that made her drawn to him. She couldn't help but be drawn to the mysterious types. At the same time, she did like the loud crazy types. Those were just as fun. Why limit yourself to just one type of guy? While she didn't take any of the soulmate marks seriously, she enjoyed dating the old fashioned way, just talking to people and seeing if they clicked or if any chemical reactions started happening.

Alternating between her sandwich and salad now, she had to wonder what Aizawa's type was. Well male or female? Or neither? he looked like he was into some kinky stuff, just based on the aura he was giving off. How fun. But then again so did Hizashi and she was always on the lookout for someone to keep her company when work ended for the day. Someone to grab drinks with and forget about the stresses of life. "I might be interested, yes. I mean he seems like he'd be fine company." She decided. Besides if she ever needed him to stop talking, there were ways to silence him heh. She gave Aizawa a sly smirk at his second comment. "What? You think my type is someone like you?"

Ayumi would have a lot of fun with Aizawa if that was the case. Still, she wondered why he thought she wouldn't like the loud ones. "I think I will ask him out." She decided, not needing a lot of time to mull it over. She'd prove Aizawa wrong while at the same time, she'd have some energetic company. Besides, hizashi was a bit intriguing. Surely there was more to him than met the eye. Plus, she was pretty sure he wouldn't grumble as much as Aizawa when she wanted to fly him around town. She finished her food or what she could of it, and got the rest packed up. Now that dinner was taken care of, she could enjoy the rest of her day without worrying about that.

"Well I suppose your debt has been repaid." She stood up, smiling to Aizawa. "You're free to go back to your cave." She laughed. She picked up her broom, it weighed about 150 pounds so if he pissed her off, she would have no trouble smacking him around. Though hopefully he knew her holding onto him was more for his safety than it was to scare him. After all, if he fell off the broom, she'd be able to hold onto him much easier since it wasn't how she felt and additional weight only made it harder to navigate. But she looked so cool with it, she enjoyed working out enough to have that kind of upper body strength to carry around a heavy object or some passengers. "You don't need a lift do you?" She couldn't help but ask, though she was pretty sure he wasn't interested.

- - -

When Namie asked if she was in fact cute enough to steal from him, his face turned even brighter as he felt another rush of charged volts running through him. "I...I i th-think so!" He gave a small eep. "Ah...th-thanks!" He stammered a bit more as he looked off. Ahh were they flirting? No no. He didn't know about that. They were just talking. Denki looked off for a moment, not sure why he felt so hot all of a sudden. It had to be the exertion of his quirk right? He gave a nod at the idea of them being trainers together. That would be fun. Plus Eijiro and Izuku would probably want to do the same thing so they could all hang out together. They liked Namie's company.

When she mentioned that they should go check out some video games together, he gave a nod. "That would be really fun! Sure!" Though he thought they could hang out tomorrow after school. But perhaps a full day off would be easier for her?He'd be happy to go shopping with her and see what games she might like. He could see her doing well with RPGs or maybe even puzzle or novel types? He snuck a bite of hers as she had taken a few of his. he enjoyed the mixture of their items. Sweet and salty. He paid for them, not wanting her to pay because he was a gentleman. And a gentleman didn't let a girl pay right? Even though they were just out as friends. She could pick up the tab next time heh.

"But that's why you need to train even harder!" He grinned at her. "To be a hero, you gotta be a bit tough right?" The last thing Denki wanted was for Namie to be in a position where she could get hurt. This was his way, he hoped, in helping her realize her dream. Denki walked along with the young lady. "I mean if you can throw a few punches, you'd be unstoppable right?" He laughed a little. She'd be a tiny little surprise, fearless and able to heal others. That was a pretty cool hero in his book. They walked along, him following behind, finally relaxing as his sparks had dissipated into the air. "I wanna see where you go to school, I know it's a bit weird but I'm curious." He nodded to her.

"I mean, UA is the best but uh it's okay." Maybe he only thought that because he had been going there for so long and it lost its charm. To him, it was just school. "But I'm sure your school is pretty good too. I mean you're from there." He pointed out with a grin. Once they arrived, he looked to her as she showed him around. It was pretty neat. He couldn't explain it but he found other people's schools a lot more interesting than his own. Still, he knew he was lucky to have the kind of education that UA offered but he also had to believe that other schools were good too. In his mind,. a hero was who you were, not the school you came from. "So what are your classmates like?" Denki found himself asking her, wondering if they were as weird as his. Or maybe if she had some close friends or guy friends perhaps. Hmm. "Anyone one uhh you're close to?"

@AIA

Honestly, he didn't mind the idea of being taught how to dance by Mela as that would mean he could see her more and well hold her closer. His cheeks flushed at the thought and were glad that they were heading towards the movies so there was something he can distract himself with. After finally deciding on a movie as the two were going back and forth for a bit, Yagi decided on a sweet romance movie that he has been secretly wanting to watch, but it was strange for just a single male to go and see it right? He'll have to thank Mela for coming along with him and in the end, he was bawling his eyes out on more than one occasion. It was just a good thing there was one person sitting on his other side that was crying way louder than he was thus keeping his sounds to a sniffle. As they exited the theaters, Yagi was surprised to know she was still thinking about more gifts for him. He gave her a small smile as he told her, "then...why don't we grow a plant together?" He blinked a bit at his words before continuing as he blushed, "a-ah well...you wanted to learn something and we-well I like growing plants and um that is if you want!" Now he was a flustered mess and had no clue what to say or do. Though the idea of watching a flower bloom due to their combined efforts sounded sort of neat to him, "oh, but if there's something you want to learn, just ask away!" He gave her a thumbs up before the two headed out for lunch.

As they were eating at the deli, Yagi blinked a bit at her words before smiling at her, "sure, that sounds great to me." Honestly, he didn't mind what they do, all he wanted to do was spend time with her. It truly was a special birthday and he was happy that she came over to visit him. He didn't think she would remember that it was his birthday, ah well she can't when it's the same as All Might...which is also him ahem. Thinking back to her question as they ate, Yagi knew the answer to what he really wanted for his birthday. It was a simple yet impossible wish. He just wants to spend time with Mela and be with her...but he knew it was impossible when the stabbing pain of reality would continuously beat his heart, reminding him that she and Aizawa were happy together. After eating, the two headed back to his place. Sitting on the couch, Yagi gave her a sweet smile as he told her, "I'm honestly fine with anything, so please just order whatever you want to eat, Mela-chan." If she could feed him dinner, my goodness Yagi would just roll over and die of happiness. Hehe.

- - -

The more she thought of it, the more she found similarities between herself and Persephone all over again. She was living in the darkened side of life where she didn't have many friends asides from Mela and she was always shrouded in self-doubt, unsure of where her origin was from and of her own powers. But then when she moved to Musutafu and met Shoto, things seemed to have brightened up considerably. Ah, how she hated herself for making such comparisons. Though thankfully, Shoto was able to distract her away from her own thoughts as her own smile grew at his smirk which hinted for a special and yummy dessert. Holding his hand, Ruka followed him out the museum as they headed towards the bus stop, "oh? I can't wait then~" Oh, but he didn't say she can't tease him while he cooked, right? Hehe. As they waited for the bus, Ruka was happily leaning against Shoto and can only let out a small whine and pout when he teased her during the bus ride. He was such a tease! Her tease though~

Ruka followed Shoto to his house. She turned a questioning gaze to him when he paused a bit at the doorway. Hm? Taking her shoes off, Ruka was a few steps behind Shoto as he entered the kitchen, his startled voice causing her to worry. Hurrying, Ruka entered the kitchen as well only to be greeted with the sight of Shoto's father...in a frilly apron...cooking? She blinked a few times, unsure of what to say or do until Enji turned his attention to her. Standing up straight, Ruka hastily bowed to him as she spoke up, "a-ah hello to you too sir!" At his words, Ruka blinked a bit. So Shoto told him that she won against him in the rematches? But that was all just luck on her half, she was certain of that, "a-ah yes, I am his girlfriend..." she blushed a bit more, feeling shy to state that to his father of all people, but with a smile Ruka told Enji, "you have a very wonderful son and I am grateful to be a part of his life." Seeing Shoto's look, Ruka can only give him a sweet smile while gently squeezing his hand in a reassuring manner, sniffing the air, Ruka smiled as she asked Enji, "something smells delicious." Well, that meant while he cooked, she can have Shoto to herself, right? Ah, but it would be rude if she didn't offer her help huh, "um if there's anything I can help with, please let me know."

- - -

At her words, Shota nearly choked on his coffee again. That was dangerous. He placed the cup down, wiping the corner of his lips as he gave her a slight glare. She was dangerous to be around and he made a mental note to never be drinking anything hot near her as it somehow wounded up with him choking and burning his own mouth. Tch. Yes, it was a slight surprise to hear that any woman had any interest in the loud blonde Hizashi, but Shota would be happy to see his friend happy. And if that was in the form of a witch, then he supposed he'll have to get used to that. A loud mouth and a witch...how would that work together? Though that wasn't what made him nearly burn himself again. No no, it was more of the fact that she just turned the tables onto him when he was trying to throw her off her game. He gave her a slight glare as he told her then with a smirk, "no, I would much rather you not be interested in the likes of me." That was just asking for trouble and if he could avoid trouble, Shota would gladly do so.

Paying for the meal, Shota stood up along with Ayumi, noticing the metal broom. It made him wonder just how heavy that piece of stick was, but he didn't want to know at the same time. He didn't need to know that Ayumi had a weapon always on hand to smack him with and something told him that she would gladly smack him for any given reason. Once outside, Shota's eyes squinted slightly at the sudden brightness. He looked over at Ayumi as she offered to take him back, or was that even considered an offer? Well, she dragged him out here so she might as well take him back. He gave her a slight smirk as he told her, "actually, I would like a lift to my place." It was the least she could do, right? He walked over to stand right in front of her, his tall height looming over her as his height cast a shadow over her slightly. Staring into her chocolate brown orbs, Shota lifted a brow as he smirked, "well? Aren't you going to give me a lift back?" In the back of his mind, he was wondering what Mela was up to. She did mention something about going out with a friend and he can only hope that friend was Ruka and not the other Kurotsuki or some other guy. The more he thought of it, the more it bothered him and so Shota would take any form of distraction right now...even if it was in the form of a witch. A very troublesome witch.

- - -

Teasing Denki was quite fun in Namie's opinion as his reactions were just the cutest thing ever! The two conversed about video games to just their daily lives at school while eating. Occasionally stealing a bite from each other's plates. She couldn't help but wonder if this was what it was like to be on a date? Surely, to others they must look like they are on one, right? But Namie knew better than that. Denki was still getting over that pretty girl and Namie honestly can't blame him for that. She seemed to have it all compared to Namie. Guys liked really pretty and composed girls like Kurotsuki-san, right? She smiled at his words as she nodded her head, "yes! I will train even harder! And I do hope you can help me hehe." Training together was sounding more and more appealing to Namie and for once she was glad she didn't have extracurricular activities and such at her own school so she can just go see Denki right after school. Ah, she made it sound like she was going to see her boyfriend or something...oops.

As they arrived at her school, Namie fought down the blush as her heart did a little skip, ah, there he goes again with his sweet words that just made her feel so special. Smiling, she began to show him around her school. Namie looked over at Denki when he asked her a sudden question. Hm? Her classmates? Looking up thoughtfully, Namie answered him honestly, "hmm I don't think they are as freely spoken or open as your classmates, but I think they are all very nice." She smiled over at him as she told him so. She was friends with most of her classmates, but she wasn't really close to anyone in particular. She was always too nice as put by others that they didn't know how to approach her at times. Or so she overheard at school. At the mention of being close to anyone, in particular, a sudden flash of soft black locks came to mind with a sweet gentle smile. She blinked once then twice as she pushed away that image as she told him, "no, no one in particular really..." not anymore at least, "hmm unless you count as one?" Namie asked him as she smiled up at him. Once they were done walking around her school, the two headed towards the zoo. Namie seemed rather excited as she asked Denki, "so which animal did you want to see first?"

Genkai

The idea of growing something together sounded so perfect! Why hadn't she thought of it before?! She was almost upset she hadn't but since Yagi had, it was okay! "Yes, let's do that!" She just hoped she didn't kill it. Mela was quite happy for the movie selection. She loved a good romance, it just made her fall more in love with the concept of well, love. She knew Shota and Ruka would probably roll their eyes but she was glad Yagi didn't mind at all and he also seemed just as invested in the fictional couple as she was. It was really sweet to know some guys weren't shy about showing their emotions. Yagi was a lot different than most guys, that was clear. It continued to chip away at her heart that he looked so lonely, even when he smiled. She wanted to go yell at everyone else in the city for not wanting to date this cutie. Once back at his place, Mela settled on the couch with him, sliding through her phone and she wasn't sure what to order. Pizza? No. Tacos? No. Kebabs? No. Sushi? No. This could take a while. Hmmm. Mela glanced up from her phone. It would be better if he decided but she made a face, figuring burgers would have to do.

Yes. She ordered them some burgers, fries, and shakes before she sat back, putting her phone on the table in front of them. Leaning over, she gave his long sidebang a playful tug, "By the way, I have one more present for you~" And it wasn't the cake. She got up, patting his head as she walked back over to her bags and pulled out a small box wrapped in yellow paper with white polka dots. She walked over and handed it to him. It was a simple keychain with both a UA logo and a sunflower. "Well I wanted to make sure you feel part of UA, you're just as important as any of the teachers. And you're always so happy so...I thought sunflower...?" Mela tilted her head. She got him something he could eat (well two somethings), something decorative (a glass encased rose), something tangible (a keychain) and they'd make something together. That checked a good amount of birthday boxes! Plus she got to feed him a good day's worth of food. "Happy birthday, Toshinori-san." She leaned over and she kissed his cheek. There was a knock and she quickly got up to get it, paying the delivery guy before shutting the door. "Food's here~" Mela hurried over and took things out of the bag.

- - -

Shoto's eye kept twitching. This was horrible. He ground his teeth together. Why was his father doing all this? And what the hell was he wearing?! Shoto felt suddenly very sick. Even though Ruka gave his hand a reassuring squeeze, Shoto felt like he was having some awful out of body experience. Yes. He was dead right now. He was floating above, watching this all happen. The words spoken were faint and he felt like he was floating away, far away to someplace less embarrassing. Why was his father doing all this? Couldn't he just stay out of Shoto's business? Surely the man didn't really care right? That was impossible for someone like Endeavor. "My boy!?" Enji looked to Ruka when she complimented Shoto. He let out another hearty laugh, almost finding her to be a jokester. "Oh no no! You're a lovely lady, our guest. Please don't concern yourself with these matters! I have everything under control hahaha!" Enji laughed as he looked back to his food and made a face. Hm. Maybe he could try again? He really wasn't the cooking kind of fellow. That was always Rei's area of expertise.

"Go on, I'll call when it's ready!" He yelled as he fumbled with some spices next to the stove. Suddenly Shoto was pulled back into his body as Ruka led him back to his room. Shoto was rather pale and quite annoyed. This night was supposed to be a romantic dinner for them. He was supposed to cook, not his oaf of a father. Shoto grumbled as he shut the door behind him, not feeling the romantic mood from the bus any longer. "He was supposed to be working." Shoto sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. Something told the boy this would only get worse too. He wondered if he could go out, pose as a villain to lure his father out of the house, then come back and enjoy some alone time with Ruka? No no that wouldn't work. Would it...? He glanced out the window and noticed the sun hadn't set quite yet. He moved over and sat on his bed. This night felt so ruined. But maybe it could be salvaged somehow? He wasn't sure if he wanted his father barging in on them like last time though. Walking over, he decided if they were going to have some alone time, it had to be someplace different. He decided to take them into the backyard, it was very traditional and had a lot of trees and rose bushes, well manicured and perfect for hiding.

- - -

"Pfft, you'd be so lucky to have a woman like me in your life." She smirked at his words. He was very fiesty. "Someone should do something about that smart tongue of yours." Ayumi was about ready to take off before he strode over to her and stood rather close. She was tempted to push her broom's handle right up and break that jaw of his but she didn't. No no, she could be nice. She gave him a sarcastic smile. "So pushy." She huffed. Of course she was actually quite happy to know he still needed her services, even if he mocked her with those eyes of his. What a petulant boy he was. Someone should teach him how to speak to women heh. "Don't make me shove this up your ass, Aizawa~ Though you do walk around school like something is already up there~" She snorted as she grabbed it and floated both of them off the ground. She grabbed him before she took out, flying much faster now, unable to stop from laughing, her bag of food hooked around the front of her broom. "Thanks again for taking me out though I don't need to really thank you since you took me out to thank me." She considered.

Landing back in front of his doorstep, she let him down and set her own feet back on the ground. "Oh I should say goodbye to Mi-chan before I go!" She pushed herself in once Aizawa was done unlocking the door. She headed inside and found the ball of fur on the couch sleeping away. How content, unaware of all the horrors of the world. Oh how, she envied animals. Well most that didn't get eaten anyway. She sat down on the couch and gave it a few pets. She picked up at the cat when she stirred and cradled it in her arms, giving it a nice hug, not minding the cat hair on her robe. "She is so lovable!" Unlike someone else. "I never would have pegged you for a cat guy." She said to Aizawa, thinking about the cat ears he had hidden away. "Hmm maybe you should come visit me and my pet komodo dragon." She joked. Though that would a badass pet. She gave Mi a kiss on her head and set her back down on the couch. "What other secrets are you keeping? I could cast a spell on you to find out~"

- - -

Denki would love to help Namie, plus he'd love having a gym partner other than Eijiro who just screamed loud words of encouragement but then got distracted by the girls in their tight pants as they walked by. At least Namie wouldn't be so easily distracted right? Heh she did have a point though, his classmates were pretty wild. Some more than others but he supposed during the food festival, she had seen the crazy dynamics at work. If anything, he was surprised she was still interested in UA after all the chaos she was unfold. Heh their class in butler and maid outfits, wasn't really the best first impression. "I'm glad they're nice." And hopefully more normal than UA's third year hero class too. "Well I bet you have tons of friends. You're so nice!" He smiled as they walked around before heading towards the zoo. It was a bit of a walk but Denki didn't mind if Namie didn't. "Oh um I think the koalas would be nice. And maybe the giraffes?" He looked to Namie, thinking about it for a moment. "I also like the stingrays." he added.

Once at the zoo, they got in at a discount thanks to their student IDs. Denki looked around, it was rather busy for the day but it was to be expected. "I used to go here a lot as a kid." He commented to Namie as they grabbed a map and looked it over. "By the way if you wanna get any snacks or anything, let me know." He said to her. Personally, he thought some cotton candy or an ice cream sandwich sounded pretty good. "So what animal do you think you're most like? Like uh spirit animal?" He asked Namie as they came to an enclosure of pink flamingos, as it was the first exhibit on display in the zoo as people first walked in. He took out his phone and snapped a picture and then pointed it at Namie. "Say cheese!" He took a picture of her bosing with them. He looked at it before he moved next to her and extended his arm, taking a picture of them both together. "I feel kinda bad Eijiro-kun isn't here with us." He said to Namie. Was going out like this okay?

AiAi

Hm, what sort of plant should they grow together? It'll be rather neat if they can grow some sort of tree, maybe a cherry blossom tree? That way, when it was all big and planted in the backyard, the two can enjoy it together and just reminiscence of when it was just a tiny little sapling. Urgh, what was he thinking!? That was as if he imagined he and Mela were together as more than friends! Friends don't go doing that...right? But now he really can't get the image of the two under a cherry blossom tree that they grew together. Ah...what a life that would be. Shaking his head, Yagi suggested to Mela as the two got comfortable on his couch, "what do you think about a rose bush? Or maybe sunflowers?...or um maybe a cherry blossom tree..?" He quietly whispered the last part out as he wasn't sure how she would react to that. Trees took a whole lot more time than flowers would. Perhaps he should have just stayed with flowers.

Blinking as she tugged on his hair, Yagi held back a blush at her close proximity and instead tilted his head to the side when she mentioned she had another present for him. Another one!? Honestly...she was spoiling him way too much and now he felt like the happiest and luckiest man on earth. He had such a sweet person willing to spend the whole day with him for his birthday while showering him with attention and gifts? Yagi didn't know what to say. As she handed him a keychain with a cute little sunflower on it, he couldn't help but smile. She saw him as such? That was good. Smiling, Yagi murmured out softly, "thank you so much Mela-chan....I'll treasure everything..." including today's memories. Before he can say anything else, she leaned over and kissed his cheek. That was more than enough to bring a full on blush on his face as his peachy skin turned bright red. Thankfully, Mela went to go get the food as he did his best to cool himself down. That took him by surprise and now he wasn't sure if he was still alive or not. Today was just too great. As they sat down to eat, Yagi's eyes shined at the burgers. He always did like burgers so he won't say no to that, "oh they look delicious! Thank you Mela-chan...really...thank you for everything today." He gave her a kind smile as they began to eat. Ah, if only his everyday life can be this great.

- - -

Ruka can only watch as Enji looked quite...lost in the kitchen. The chef side of her was itching to walk over and take care of everything, but that would be rude. No no, she'll do as told and be a good girl. She was a good girl after all, right? Nodding her head, she bowed her head before taking hold of Shoto's hand and leading him out towards his room. He seemed a bit pale, was he alright? As they entered the bedroom, Ruka watched him as he took a seat on his bed, but the way his eyes seemed to not be focusing on anything was a bit concerning for the Pinkette. Just as Ruka was about to cheer him up in some way, he grabbed her hand and led her out into the backyard. Huh? She's only passed by the backyard when she visited him before and so she never really got to get a good look at the beautiful traditional garden that they had. Oh, it sort of reminded her of her family's home. Sitting among the many bushes, Ruka looked around in slight awe, "they're all so pretty..." she commented.

Turning around to face Shoto, Ruka smiled softly, a small giggle escaping her lips as she wrapped her arms around his waist. Staring up into his mismatching eyes, Ruka grinned as she told him, "your parents care for you huh." Sure, he may not have as great of a relationship with his father, but at least his dad was putting in some sort of effort. Leaning up, she kissed his cheek before trailing soft kisses along his jawline up to his earlobe where she bit lightly before whispering into his ear, "don't go spacing out when your girlfriend is right here beside you~ Now stop making such a sour face and let's enjoy our time together hm?" Pulling back, Ruka smiled up at him as she told him, "anytime spent with you is a good time for me. So come on, smile for me~" Somehow with her trying to cheer Shoto up, Ruka found herself sitting on his lap as she had her arms hanging loosely on his shoulders as she stared into his eyes, "I'm sure your dad's cooking isn't that bad~" Or so she hoped, but the glimpse she caught earlier told her that maaaybe dinner might take a bit longer, but that's okay. That meant more time spent with Shoto hehe. Her eyes shined as she asked him, "maybe you'd want dessert before dinner~?"

- - -

A woman like her? Shota wasn't sure if he ever wanted a woman like her in his life, though the sudden image of Mela flashed through his mind. No no, Mela and Ayumi are not alike at all...though that evil smirk was sort of familiar in an odd sense. But to him, Mela's troublesome-ness was something he has come to adore. She was his trouble and no one else's'. As he took a seat on the broom, he gave her a slight glare. What did she just say? Holding back a sigh, Shota simply muttered under his breath, "just go please." He wasn't about to make an argument with her. No no, that was just too much trouble. He can already see that Ayumi is stubborn in her own way, perhaps very stubborn actually. When she suddenly grabbed onto them as they began to levitate off the ground, Shota was about to voice out his complaints when she flew off at a much faster speed than earlier. Oh, well then. He kept quiet as he decided to just wrap an arm around her waist instead of her holding onto him like some sort of baggage. Just the idea of him falling off the broom and her holding him like some sort of human dummy was an unpleasant image.

As they arrived back at his place, Shota jumped off before heading over to unlock his door. He thanked Ayumi silently with a nod though before he can see her off, she decided to enter his home instead. Shota's brow twitched in slight annoyance. What was she doing? Walking in after her, Shota found Ayumi holding Mi and he gave her a slight glare. Was she going to catnap his cat now? In front of him? His eye twitched as he saw her cooing over Mi as if that was her cat. When she asked him the question he was hoping she nor anyone else would ever ask, Shota simply replied as, "am I not allowed to like cats? Everyone likes something." Okay, he can understand though. He really didn't look like an animal person whatsoever. As he was about to suggest she leave now, she had to go and ask more questions. Great, when is she going to go home? Rubbing the side of his neck, Shota told her, "cast a spell huh?" Smirking he looked over at her as he challenged her, "then show me this great spell of yours. Go on, cast it and see what else I have hidden." Though really the only other thing he wouldn't want anyone finding in his home would be Mela's cat ears.

- - -

Ah, yes. There they go again with describing her as nice. Namie kept her smile on her face, wondering if that was a good or bad thing. Being nice was good, right? But she also felt that being too nice was always her downfall. People kept taking advantage of that or they would just brush her off because of her kindness, but somehow hearing it from Denki made her happy. She nodded her head as he listed off the three animals. Smiling, she told him, "those all sound so interesting and cute!" even stingrays hehe. She added in her own two cents, "I also love koalas so we'll definitely hit there first~ Oh, but I also love river otters and zebras hehe." Once the two arrived at the zoo, Namie entered with Denki and was looking over the map with him. Smiling at his words, Namie told him, "I used to come here often too! Oh, how about we get some cotton candy then? We can share it?" She grinned over at him before the two headed off to start their day at the zoo.

Spirit animal? Namie paused from taking a photo of a flamingo as she looked over at Denki. She wasn't sure. What would her spirit animal be? Hm, she would probably be..."I think I would be...a river otter!" She smiled over at him as she explained, "I think? Um, I'm not sure to be honest hehe. What do you think I would be? And what about yourself?" She can see herself as a river otter only due to her rather playful nature and how cheery the otters always seemed to be. But they can also bite when they must hehe. As the two took pictures, Namie was surprised to see him point the camera her way. She posed like a flamingo, lifting up one of her legs as she folded her arms. She grinned over at him but before Namie can get a photo of him, she felt his arm around her and then the shutter of his camera was heard. Her heart skipped a beat at the sudden closeness, but a small shy smile was in place when the picture was taken. She blinked over at Denki when he mentioned Eijiro. Oh, right...he was 'sick'. Smiling, Namie took hold of Denki's hand as she gently tugged him towards the koala exhibit while saying, "I'm sure he would want us to enjoy the day instead of just feeling bad for him, right? Plus, we can get him a totally awesome souvenir! I'm sure he'll love that hehe." The least she can do to thank Eijiro for this nice day hehe. "Now come on~! We have more animals to see and more pictures to take!"

Genkai

Had she known she was going to be making up for other lackluster, lonely birthdays, she would have brought a lot more gifts. Or about a dozen more cakes. She loved giving things to people and treating them to something. She thought about what they could plant as they dug into their food. Mela wasn't sure. A rose bush would be very pretty, almost poetic in a way. But a sunflower would be very fun to watch grow. Those could get rather tall right? Though a cherry blossom tree...didn't those take years and years to develop? She was already impatient and wasn't sure if she had the patience for such a time consuming project. "Whatever you want to do, I'd love to help in some way." She smiled as she ate a few fries and dipped them in her vanilla milkshake. "You can pick." She assured Yagi, since she had to pick dinner, she was going to make him pick the plant hehe.

They finished up dinner quick enough before Mela cleaned up quickly and headed back to get the cake. She put a candle in it and lit it before she headed over and set it down in front of him. "I-I'm not singing for you." She told him. No no, that would be a bit weird wouldn't it? And she didn't think she sang very well, no need to ruin the night by singing. "Make a wish." Mela waved her hands at him. She watched him as he blew out the candle, she gave him a smile and pulled it out before she served them up a small slice. The cake chocolate hazelnut with with a chocolate frosting. She licked her finger clean and handed him a plate and fork. "I hope your wish comes true, Yagi-san." Mela smiled as she took a bite of her cake, humming happily. Hopefully this day had been a good one for the blonde. Mela took another bite, thinking about All Might and how his day may have gone.

- - -

He needed someplace private and someplace his father wouldn't bumble around looking. He rubbed his head, getting all the more annoyed. But the fresh air was very soothing. And there was even a gentle breeze. And he had Ruka. Yes. The world wasn't ending was it? "Oh ah yes I'm glad you like them." He replied, his voice still a bit distance. His parents cared? Maybe one did. But his father? Shoto still doubted any of these was sincere. You couldn't abuse your family and then act like it never happened. No. Shoto had yet to forgive his father for what he did to Rei and he doubted he ever could. He sighed softly, not really wanting to dwell on his father right now, not sure what cooking looked like to the number two hero. Shoto blinked as she kissed along his jawline. Ah yes, heh Ruka was still with him. He settled down on a bench by the roses as she whispered into his ear.

A shiver ran down his spine as he slowly smiled. Yes, he needed to just enjoy this time away from everything. She was like his oasis. His arms moved around her waist as he held her close against him. If anyone could help him, it was this woman right here, right now. He kissed her softly, "Mmm it probably will be bad." Heh, he kissed her again. "Dessert huh?" He kissed along her neck, doing his best to stay positive. He didn't trust the setting to allow him to really enjoy his dessert but he could warm his dessert up a little bit heh. Shoto nipped at her neck, breathing in her scent, finding it so soothing yet exhilarating. "I love you." He whispered into her ear, his hands moving up and down her back. Shoto nipped at her lobe, kissing her ear lightly. "Don't ever forget it."

- - -

Aizawa liking cats was so weird. It was almost a joke. It had to be right? Ayumi shook her head, thinking it had to be some sex-thing. Yeah, he was very strange. "Ahh that's not how it works." She waved a finger at him. "No no, it's a gradual thing, I can't just wave a wand and let it happen, it takes preparation and time." She nodded. "Anyway I suppose I've overstayed my welcome huh?" She glanced to him. "Let's do this again sometime." She winked as she headed off. "Caio." She grabbed her broom and flew out backward, her legs locked around the end of her broom, hooked above her broom's bristles as she held onto the handle and flew off toward her own home. Ayumi got back quick enough and put her food away, putting her hands on her hips. Now she had to ask Hizashi out because of Aizawa. Oh well, he had to be fun in bed right? He had to be a screamer hah.

Putting her had on the counter, she ran a hand through her brown locks and threw off her robe as she lounged on the couch and flipped through some tv channels, settling on some game show. Ayumi laid on her back, a hand coming behind her head as she thought about Aizawa. He was very strange but she liked strange. He was single, surely. If he had a girlfriend, she would be curious as to who he deemed fit for him. It had to be some grumpy, loner type who had some kind of feline based quirk. Sighing, she wondered why she cared. She didn't. She was just looking for some kind of comfort in a new city. She was applying to agencies and knew she could do hero work as well as teach. Maybe if she got hired, she would be too busy to annoy Aizawa. That would be sad for her. She closed her eyes, wondering if she should go get some cat ears of her own and make them part of her costume.

- - -

The fact that Namie also liked koalas was pretty promising. To him, they were an underappreciated animal. He would love to see one in the wild someday. Australia would be cool to visit someday. "Oh yeah cotton candy!" Suddenly the image of Ruka flashed through his haid. Her hair was kind of the color of cotton candy. He refrained from making a face, trying not to dwell on the sadness that threatened to fall and crush him. She was with her soulmate. It wasn't him and it would never be him. No. He had to accept that. And someday maybe it wouldn't be such a painful concept for him. "A river otter?" He looked to her though she didn't seem to have a reason for it. But they were cute right? "Umm I don't know either...maybe a jelly fish?" He looked to her. They were pretty relaxed and shocked people. That was kind of like him right? He texted both pictures to Namie as well as Eijiro, figuring they'd like them.

Holding her hand, he grinned. This was really nice and suddenly he didn't feel too sad anymore. What was it about Namie that got his mind floating away from his pool of sadness? "Ah yes you're right!" She was so thoughtful and smart. He would be lost without her guiding light. Denki walked along with her, lacing their hands together as they headed right for the koala exhibit and spotted a few of the fuzzy creatures. "I bet they're really fun to hug." He commented, though he wondered if that was odd for a guy to speculate. "I er...uh anyway, smile!" He put an arm around her, taking another picture of them together, his head brushing against hers. "I think the zebras are close by and the giraffes." He told Namie. "Then let's grab that cotton candy?" He suggested to her, grabbed her hand as they headed off, weaving around some of the others. "We should find one of those photo booths too!"

AiAi

Hm, his choice huh? He looked over at Mela, wondering if he can just pick the cherry blossom tree, but no no. He wanted to share a moment of happiness with her right away, not years in advance. Oh, but he can grow a tree himself and hopefully when it blooms, he can invite Mela over and the two can watch the petals? Yes, that sounded like a good idea. Nodding his head, Yagi told her, "hm alright, then how about we grow sunflowers together?" He gave her a smile, yes sunflowers seemed quite appropriate for them. She was such a ball of sunshine, he was positive she would outshine the flowers herself, but he can enjoy both Mela and the sunflowers then hehe. He held up the keychain as he told her, "I think sunflowers are very nice flowers hehe."

After cleaning up once the two were finished eating, Yagi watched with almost child-like excitement as she brought forth the cake. He stared at the candlelit cake in silent awe. How long has it been since he celebrated his birthday like this? He once bought himself a cake and had a candlelit on it, but somehow it only made him feel all the more lonely and so he usually keeps himself busy on his birthdays, but this year it was different. This year it was special and he really really was happy. He looked over at Mela, finding her flustered side rather cute as he smiled over at her before closing his eyes, already knowing what wish he wanted to make before blowing out the candle. He gave her a soft smile as he nodded his head, "yeah...I hope it comes true as well." He wished that he could be with Mela for a while longer. Any time spent with her was a happy moment for Yagi. After the two enjoyed the cake, they decided to just relax on his couch for a bit, watching some t.v. Yagi could not focus on the show at all as he was more focused on the girl who was currently rather close to him as she has decided to cuddle up to him. His cheeks were red as his eyes kept wandering over to Mela's.

As the show ended, Yagi jumped slightly as he spoke up, "a-ah looks like it's over huh..." he wasn't sure what to say but when she turned her gaze to meet his, he couldn't stop himself. Staring into those chocolatey orbs of her's, Yagi felt himself lost in her gaze. His eyes dipped down to her soft plump lips, reaching out his thumb lightly caressed her lower lip as his body moved on its own accord and he felt himself getting closer and closer to those delectable lips. As if lightning struck him suddenly, Yagi's darkened blue hues snapped open as he hastily moved up to press his lips gently against her forehead. He pulled back and averted his gaze, unsure of what just happened. "S-sorry..." he muttered out, unable to meet her gaze. He had no clue what just overcame him there.

- - -

Sitting comfortably on her boyfriend's lap, Ruka was happy to see his eyes return back to the present as he faced her. She let out a small giggle as she felt his arms pull her in even closer. She happily kissed him back, her hands moving up to comb through his short locks. His hair was silky soft and she just loved the feel of it as it ran through her fingers. She giggled at his words, yeah his dad's cooking wouldn't be the best, but Ruka will still commend him for trying and will praise his cooking for just that. As he kissed her neck, a soft sigh left her parted lips as she moved her head to the side to give him more room. Closing her eyes, Ruka enjoyed the peaceful moment, just resting with her lover.

A soft moan escaped her lips as she did her best to keep quiet when he nibbled her earlobe. Her eyes snapped open at his words. Pulling back slightly so that she can look into his eyes, Ruka gave him a sweet smile as she caressed his cheek, softly murmuring out, "I love you very much Shoto. Don't you forget that hehe." Leaning forward, she bumped their noses together as she stared into his eyes, a cheeky grin dancing across her lips as she kissed him once before murmuring against his lips, "I'll always love you, no matter what." So please...whatever may happen, whatever she may say she hoped her feelings will always convey to him. For surely, couples would get in a disagreement at one point or another, right? That was some inevitable, but something she hoped won't break them apart.

Snuggling into his chest, Ruka leaned her head on his shoulder as she let out a happy sigh, leaning over to place a chaste kiss on his neck as she murmured out, "this is really nice...so very peaceful." The calm before the storm she supposed as she can only imagine dinner to be quite interesting. Ruka gave a small smile as she mused to herself that it was her turn to spend some sort of time with Shoto's parents just like how Shoto had to meet her parents during the party. Now then, how is Enji going to be like? Rei was a nice person but Ruka still wasn't sure of Enji just yet.

- - -

Shota let out a slight huff. Yeah, he didn't believe she had magical powers anyway. All she can do is fly, he already assessed that the other day by canceling her quirk after all. Heh. He watched her finally take her leave, his shoulders slacking the moment she was out of the door as he let out a loud sigh. That was just tiring. Straight up tiring and troublesome. He hasn't felt this way in ages. Sighing, he closed the door and went to lay on his bed, not wanting to get up and move about. Heck, he didn't even change out of his clothes as he simply fell onto his bed, Mi coming to sit next to him. Looking over at the small brown fluff, Shota reached out and petted her head, recalling that was where Ayumi kissed Mi.

A frown settled on his lips as he rubbed Mi's head a bit more, wanting to get rid of any traces of Ayumi. "What a troublesome woman..." and it wasn't the good kind of trouble either. Letting out another sigh, Shota hoped Hizashi would say yes so that he can get her off his back. Otherwise, he can already imagine his Sunday's being ruined with her coming by, claiming that she wants to see Mi or something like that. Rolling around in his bed, Shota pulled out his phone, wanting to text or call Mela, but he refrained as he didn't want to sound needy and get teased for it. Nor did he want to bother Mela and appear to be some jealous and possessive boyfriend. Possessive and jealous he could be, but it wasn't to a bad extent as he would like to say for himself. Another loud sigh escaped his lips as he sat up, might as well finish his paperwork.

- - -

Namie smiled widely at the image of Denki being a jellyfish. Oh, that was actually very fitting and very very cute! "Jellyfishes are so cute and cool!" She winked over at him before walking with him hand in hand towards the koala exhibit. She fought down the blush threatening to make it's way to her face as she realized they were acting like a couple, holding hands while out on a date at the zoo. Though of course, it wasn't a date and they weren't a couple. She knew that much, but hey a girl can dream, right? She received a text from Eijiro that was just a thumbs up emoji. She held back a giggle as she simply gave a saluting emoji back to the red-head. Yes, she will have to get him a really nice souvenir as thanks for today hehe.

Spotting the koalas, Namie let out a small squeal as she nodded her head in agreement, "Oh I bet they are! They're just so fluffy and cute! Who wouldn't want to hug that?" She grinned over at Denki, her heart doing another flip when he pulled her in close for a photo. She was going to be so distracted by all the photos they would have by the end of today. Following Denki through the crowd, Namie lightly squeezed his hand, happy to still be holding hands as she nodded her head in agreement, "sounds like a plan to me!" The two took a few pictures with the giraffes, Namie taking one of Denki posing with one and then moved onto the zebras. She had to hold herself back from jumping onto the back of a zebra as she instead opted to take a selfie with Denki, her arms wrapping shyly around his as she smiled for the camera. After getting some cotton candy to share, the continued walking around when Namie spotted the photo booth. Pointing at it, she told Denki, "oh look! There's a photobooth! Shall we?" She grinned over at him, having fun just hanging out with him and making silly poses for the camera as they mimicked each animal.

Genkai

The cake was very good, probably one of her best ones but she had put a whole lot of effort into making sure it was perfect. She was glad Yagi seemed to like it, it was so hard to hone in on the taste preferences of other people. Once they were done, Mela settled on the couch with Yagi, kicking her legs up as she leaned against the lanky blonde, finding him to be quite comfortable for a human pillow. The show was quite nice though Mela still thought about All Might and Shota. They had to be out doing hero things, stalking bad guys in the night eheh. Maybe someday she could join them?

Yagi's sudden jumpiness did make her worry. Maybe it was time she left? It was dark at this point. She sat up and glanced to him, blinking a few times as she felt his thumb brush against her lip. Her face turned bright red as it suddenly felt about 2000 degrees hotter all of a sudden. What...what was he doing?! Though for whatever reason, she was too stunned to really ask or do something. His touch was gentle and her mind was completely blank as she found Yagi suddenly moving to kiss her forehead but it was clear he had wanted to kiss her someplace. She moved her hands to rest on his shoulder. "I-I-I uh...i-it's okay." She stammered nervously.

Was she nervous because he almost kissed her and it was wrong or because maybe she wouldn't have minded? No! She was seeing someone! He knew that! She glanced down, the point was he didnt kiss her though. That was important. Mela brushed her forehead against his, not wanting him to be upset or anything. Nothing happened right? "Honto yasashi~" She muttered, smiling lightly. "I should probably get going, it is a school night." She got up, kissing the top of his head before she headed back to gather her belongings. "I'll see you tomorrow. And I hope we can grow some amazing sunflowers together. Happy birthday!" She waved as she slipped on her flip flops and headed out. Mela headed off to get home, she was quite impressed with Shota's lack of bothering her today. She half expected him to hunt her down but it was good they could do their own thing.

- - -

If Shoto was being honest, he'd prefer Ruka just tell his father the food was terrible. Shoto would be subjected to his cooking more if the ma was actually encouraged to burn food with that damned quirk of his. And of course Shoto would much prefer to be enjoying a meal he or Ruka cooked. Somehow this day had taken a turn for the worse but he had company and misery did love that right? Shoto stared up to Ruka, knowing without her, he would surely have lost his mind. Feeling her giggle and touch his cheek, he gave her a bigger smile. Yes, without her, he would be very lost. And a lot more miserable. She had really opened his eyes to life around him.

"No. Never." He smiled, feeling his nose and hers touch as she told him not to forget how she felt about him. At certain points during the day, it's what kept him going. He held her close, wanting to enjoy this moment for as long as possible. Maybe out here, no one would find them. The sun was beginning to set but he had no intention of moving from his spot, their warmth mingling together. "Shoto!" Someone bellowed. "Dinner!" Shoto almost dropped Ruka as he let out a groan. Shoto carefully let Ruka down on her feet as he got up. The tall, broad shouldered hero called out again. Shoto gave Ruka a look. They could still run away.

But they decided to head inside, the man motioning for them to join him at the dining room table. Enji sat down and so did the teens. The food was very...dark. Shoto had to guess this was his father's attempt at a simple stir-fry. He prodded the rice. It was underdone and the meat and vegetables were overdone. How amazing. "I was so surprised to hear about you two but I am quite pleased. Of course you may have bested my son but I would love to test your skills myself." The father declared boldly. He decided he'd have to train Shoto even harder though. "For a while, I was worried my son wasn't even into girls-" "Father." Shoto hissed. "You must come over again more often, we have dinners together like this every week!" Enji insisted as Shoto just stared at his plate, face burning. "Don't be so shy, Shoto! Look at your cute girlfriend." He laughed, causing Shoto to flinch and look, mouthing an apology to Ruka.

- - -

Glancing to the tv, Ayumi let out another sigh. What could she do for the rest of the evening? She was a bit sad she wasn't spending it somewhere with someone. She was a fairly social creature. Sure she didn't mind being alone, but she also enjoyed people watching and hanging out with them. Ayumi pushed herself up and ordered some pizza. Maybe she should get a cat too? Hopefully that would give Aizawa some incentive to come over? She giggled to herself. Yes a cat would be perfect. She decided she'd stop by the pet shop after school tomorrow. But she also wanted to see what the deal was with Uede and Kurotsuki. Maybe Aizawa was right? No no, her intuition said those girls were a thing! Maybe she could approach them some time tomorrow and have a nice chat?

- - -

When Namie initiated the photo this time, he threw up a peace sign, quite happy to know she'd have some pictures too. It somehow made him happy to think she could look back on this day and enjoy it, despite the fact they were missing Eijiro. For their next photo opportunity, he gave her a thumbs up. Yes, this was a very good day, all things considered. He only thought about Ruka a few times, each day he felt like he was getting better. Maybe in some way they could be friends? But that might take a while. Still, he didn't want Ruka out of his life. He'd rather be her friend than nothing at all.

The cotton candy had been very sweet and melted in his mouth, and even got on his fingers, which he tried to lick without looking too rude heh. As they cleaned up, Namie found them a photobooth to use. Denki made a few faces and uses his hands to mimic the ears of other animals. Once they were done, he gave Namie half while he kept the other. He looked at the glossy vertical image and put it in his jean pocket. "Let's find Eijiro something." He suggested. They found a stuffed koala which they both agreed, was perfect. Denki headed out with Namie, his heart rather on cloud nine. The whole day had been very good. It seemed like ever since Namie entered his life, he had begun to feel less weighed down. "Thanks for hanging out with me today, Namie-san." She was a great friend. "Can I walk you home?" He asked her, rubbing his neck a little. Would that be okay?

AiAi

Stupid stupid stupid! What was he thinking!? Why did he do such a thing!? Yagi was feeling quite disappointed and mad at himself. He shouldn't have just acted out on his desires like that yet his body just moved as if it had a mind of its own...which he really couldn't blame. The way Mela's eyes shined was just too mesmerizing, how could anyone resist that? Thankfully, before he can mentally kill himself, Mela reassured him that everything was fine. He looked over at her, opening his mouth to apologize once more when he felt her brush her forehead against his. Any words that were about to leave his mouth just died in his throat as he stared up at her with wide deep blue eyes.

Why? How can she just forgive him that easily...? Yagi can only watch Mela get up and leave, giving him a kiss on his head as a farewell. He can only wave goodbye to her, his heart conflicted. What he did was wrong, what he really wanted to do? Even worse. What kind of hero, no..what kind of man was he to do that to someone's girlfriend? He would be upset if someone tried to kiss his girlfriend. Yagi silently apologized to Aizawa-kun and decided to make it a point that no, he cannot just let his feelings get the best of him. No no...he must keep his distance from Mela. But he knew that the more he avoided her, the more he was sad. So he must resist her charms while staying as her friend...it shouldn't be that hard, right?

Yagi went to bed that night filled with both happiness and a bittersweet taste. He stared over at the encased rose that he placed on his bedside table. The way the petals shined underneath the moonlight gave it an ethereal glow as Yagi held back a sigh. Yes, tomorrow he will do better and show Mela that he is fine. A hero must always smile to assure those around them...right? Oh, he must also go and buy some sunflower seeds too...perhaps he can do that before school? With that thought in mind, Yagi fell into a restless sleep filled with Mela and her sweet smile. Was it just him or did she smell like vanilla?

~ Monday, the start of a new week! Plus Ultra time! ~

Yagi woke up the next day feeling a bit more energized than how he was when he went to bed last night. Yes, his dream was filled with Mela and Yagi knew he was in it deep, but no! That wasn't why he was energized for the day! It's because today he will show Mela that he is perfectly fine! He so did not mean to try and kiss her on the lips yesterday, no no! That was just a friendly kiss on the forehead! Friends can do that..., right? On his way to work, Yagi stopped by a flower shop as he bought some sunflower seeds, he decided that he can wait on buying the pots as he wanted to ask Mela whether she wanted to plant this in a pot and keep it at one of their homes or if she wanted to plant it at school. He smiled as he had one thing to look forward to today. Though at seeing Aizawa-kun during the morning meeting, Yagi felt his excitement crushed as reality slapped him in the face. No, punched him in the gut and face would be the more correct feeling. Keeping his eyes on the ground, Yagi listened to the morning meeting as best as he could before he headed off to his desk until class was in session.

- - -

Ruka smiled back at Shoto, a happy warmth spreading through her as she just stared into her lover's eyes. Life was so strange, she never expected to be so in love with her soulmate, yet here she was enjoying every second spent with Shoto. Really, he has her heart by this point and Ruka was both scared and thrilled. Scared that someone meant so much to her that they could easily break her if they so desired yet at the same time she was thrilled, happy to know that she too has someone she can love and that they love her back. She had Mela and Yukito, but their love and Shoto's love was different and she was happy to have both. She wished that time can stand still so they can just enjoy their time together like this, but at the sudden deep voice calling out for Shoto, Ruka gave him a small wistful smile. A squeak left her lips when he nearly stood up with her still on his lap, but that didn't happen as he, of course, kept her in mind. How sweet hehe.

Holding his hand, Ruka gently nudged him inside and the two sat across from Enji. Ruka blinked a bit as she stared down at the dark food placed in front of them. Huh? Was this...food...? Her smile stayed on her lips as she looked over at Enji, "thank you very much for the dinner." Ruka thanked the older Todoroki before picking up her chopsticks and easily eating the burnt food. Her smile never left her lips even as she swallowed it. Yes, this was much more edible and tolerable than Yukito's cooking so Ruka can easily down this. Ah, she never told Shoto that huh she thought as she noticed Shoto's stare. She gave him a small wink, reassuring him that she was fine. Ruka's attention went back to Enji as she placed her chopsticks down, her eyes widening at his open statement of wanting to challenge her to a match. Ruka shook her head as she waved her hands, "a-ah me going against a pro-hero? No, I would definitely lose! Plus it was by chance that I beat Shoto in the match as well..." she was certain Shoto could have frozen her if not for her distracting attire.

Ruka can only give a small laugh when she noticed Shoto's apologetic face while Enji continued laughing and talking merrily. Dinner with Enji is interesting, to say the least. At least Ruka now knew that whenever Enji invited her for dinner, she will cook for them...one way or another. After dinner, Enji retired to his office to finish up some paperwork while Ruka decided to finally grant Shoto his dessert for the night. She also explained to Shoto that she was just fine after consuming Enji's burnt food and told him about Yukito's awful cooking skills. It was beyond inedible for Yukito's case. Kissing him goodnight, Ruka headed for her home as tomorrow was school. It felt so long ago since they last attended class, but now they had more subjects to catch up to thanks to their sudden days off. She was both thankful and not thankful to the support course as she can imagine this week's homework to be a lot more than usual. Ruka talked with Mela for a bit as the two girls chatted while having some dessert, noticing how Mela seemed a bit out of it.

~ Monday, a good day to go to the library hehe ~

The next morning, Ruka woke up rather sleepy. Very sleepy. She barely slept last night due to many things, one of the main issue being that Yukito who was staying up all night working on a design had the nerve to call Ruka and keep her on the line for hours on end. She can never understand him, but she'll let it slide only because he was her brother by name. Tsk. And so, after breakfast, Ruka hanged off of Mela on their way to school and even after exiting the bus, Ruka held onto Mela's hand so as to not bump into anything. Hm...where did Shoto tell her to meet him today? She can't really remember as her brain was still on autopilot as she trusted her best friend to lead the way. As they were entering the school grounds, Ruka spotted Ayumi-sensei, the newest addition to the staff passing by them. She can only give a sleepy nod in greeting as she left it to Mela to greet Ayumi-sensei the right way. After parting ways with Mela, Ruka headed up to the library as she read over the text, recalling where she was going to meet up with Shoto before class.

As she entered the library, Ruka's bright blue hues swept the vast area before heading towards the innermost corner of the library. This was her and Shoto's favorite spot to hang out as it was so quiet and nobody rarely passed by. Spotting Shoto up ahead, Ruka smile as she wrapped her arms around his neck, leaning over to kiss his cheek and ear as she whispered out a soft, "good morning Sho-kun~ Missed me?" She gave him a soft smile as she sat down on the chair next to him, nuzzling her head against his shoulder as she tried to wake herself up. But seeing Shoto did make her mind more awake as she laced their hands together, "mmm you're so warm Shoto~" Ruka mumbled out.

- - -

Before going to head out for the night to patrol, Shota gave Mela a call to see how her day went. He then told her to meet up with him after his morning meeting since there will be some extra time before class. He ended the call with a teasing comment, "I'll make sure your mind is full of me for the rest of the day." Smirking, he told her goodnight as he hanged up. Once done with that, Shota got up and left to go do some hero work. It'll keep his mind occupied at least though hopefully, a certain brown-haired witch does not do night time patrols as well. Now that would be troublesome. Paperworks were finished and his night patrol went smoothly. Shota could happily say that he did well and now he can sleep for a few hours until he had to get up early for the damn morning meetings. Though thankfully, he had something to look forward to as he was eager to see Mela after a whole day of not seeing her.

~ Monday, work work work ~

As he woke up, Shota let out a groggy sigh, ruffling with his messy locks before dragging himself out of bed to get ready for work. After taking a quick shower, Shota headed off to U.A where he entered the teachers' lounge and greeted the other pro-heroes as the morning meeting commenced. There wasn't much to discuss except for the winner's special dance coming up soon. Principal Nezu spoke up, "is there any other teachers willing to come to spend Friday night at the dance to help Aizawa-sensei watch over the students? I'll need two more please." Once that was settled with All Might and Ayumi, the meeting was dismissed. Shota held back a grumble as he wondered why of all people it was those two? He much rather have Present Mic and Midnight over those two. He was positive Principal Nezu had something against him.

Not wanting to think any further about it, Shota spotted Hizashi and simply pushed the loud blonde to Ayumi before Hizashi can even try to drag him into some morning hangout before lectures. Yeah, no thanks. He had plans already. Walking out, Shota headed to his office where he told a favorite student of his to meet at. Entering the room, he smirked as he spotted her already inside. "Sorry I was late, some people were too chatty," Shota mumbled out before pulling Mela up into his arms, hugging her close for a minute before he leaned down to capture her lips. He missed her.

Pulling away, he smirked down at her as he held her close, "were you a good girl yesterday hm? Or did you go causing trouble for someone again?" He was teasing her of course, but he was curious about what she had done all day yesterday. Pulling her onto his lap, Shota sat back on the couch as he let out a long sigh, he was tired and class didn't even start yet. "Care for some extra lessons before class?" Shota purred out the words as he rubbed her back gently. He needed his dose of Mela to get through the day. Smirking, Shota told her, "I'll give you something to think about for the rest of today until after school."

After his morning with Mela before class, Shota went to class a bit after Mela where he gave a rather unique announcement for the week's schedule, "so for this week since there is the dance on Friday, I'm going to give you guys a more flexible schedule. You can team up with any of your previous partners and work with them for the week. There won't be any class on Saturday because of the dance so you guys are lucky. Also for today's matches, you will be going against someone new. That's all. I'll see you all later in the afternoon." With that Shota left for his office to get some sleep. He smirked as he hoped that Mela will pick him for training. He would love to see her in her hero costume up close once more heh.

- - -

The time spent at the zoo was very fun. She will probably look back to this day with fondness and happiness. The pictures they took would also be a great memory as Namie giggled at the photos they took together and of each other. And of course the animals too, but she did manage to snap a picture of Denki eating some of the cotton candy. He looked so happy it just made her happier in turn. She hoped that day by day, Denki will soon get over Kurotsuki-san and that perhaps one day he won't be sad anymore? She hoped that Denki's heart wasn't that too deep in love with Kurotsuki-san, Namie hoped that she wasn't Denki's first love...but does it really matter? No no, Denki was just her friend, but it was exactly because he was her good friend that she didn't want him to be sad...right?

After finishing the cotton candy up, the two took pictures in a photo booth, them making silly faces to poses. Namie smiled as he gave her half the photos. These were going in her album hehe. At the mention of Eijiri, Namie nodded her head. Yes, they must fine Eijiro an awesome gift in thanks to everything Eijiro has done er she meant because he was sick and couldn't come with them today...yes that was it. As the two looked at the gift store they decided on a koala plushie for the sick red-head. Namie and Denki agreed on that immediately. It wasn't biased at all, koalas are just good, that was it hehe. As they were heading out, Namie bought something as well before they left the zoo.

As they headed out, Namie sent Denki a wide smile as she told him, "no thank you~! Today has been a wonderful day and I just had so much fun! I hope that we can do this again hehe." Ah, with Eijiro of course, but maybe the red-head will be busy that day as well? Hehe. She blinked a bit at Denki's sudden offer before she smiled widely over at him, wrapping her arm around his, Namie cheerfully spoke up, "sure! I would love that!" As they headed over to her place which was a small cozy home. Upon arriving, Namie turned to Denki and smiled over at him, "thanks for walking me home, I had a really fun day today...ah please tell Kirishima-kun to get better soon! Also...um here...this is for you." She handed him a small koala keychain as she held up an identical one as she explained, "its just something to remember today with hehe. Ah, well have a good night!" Leaning up, she lightly kissed his cheek before hurrying inside her home. Smiling, Namie headed off to shower as she hummed to herself. Today was a good day and she hoped that she can see him soon again.

Genkai

Once home, Mela found herself still a bit flustered. Putting a hand to her lips, she thought about Yagi and why she was so nervous around him. That's how she first felt around Shota-kun too. Or was this a little different? Sighing, she went to wet a cloth and cool herself off. Yes, that would help. Mela looked in the mirror and frowned, no friends kissed each other on the face right? The French did it all the time! But perhaps she shouldn't take romantic cues from the French? Heading over to Ruka's, they had dinner and chatted, though Mela couldn't stop thinking about Yagi. What would she have done if he had kissed her? Well stop him obviously. Right...? Once done, she hugged her friend and headed for bed, still pensive. Though getting a call from Shota snapped her from her fretting as she told him she had a great day and that she hoped he had too. Though there was a hint of guilt inside of her but she had nothing to feel guilty about. nothing had happened. Still, it was nice to hear him and upon his comment about meeting him early to ensue she thought of him, her face was once again, bright red. "A-aah okay!" She blushed and hung up. What was he plotting? Hmm.

- - - Monday Hooray! - - -

Ruka was quite tired so Mela was more than happy to be her support as they made their way to UA. She held Ruka's hand and put an arm around her friend, keeping her close. Mela was intrigued by her lover's words last night but she was also excited to see Yagi-kun and see what he thought about their new project together. Could they have joint custody of a plant? Or was that silly? But if they kept it at school, something could happen to it, like the support class blowing up the grounds. Her sunflowery musings were interrupted as she gave a wave to Ayumi-sensei who insisted her students refer to her as a first name. "Morning~!!" Mela shouted. The witch pro hero gave a wave right back, though her smile seemed a bit more gleeful than cheerful.

Letting herself into Shota's office once she and Ruka parted ways, Mela paced around. She glanced out the window but hadn't yet spotted Yagi-kun yet. She walked back over to his desk and sat on it, her legs hanging off as she waited. It was only a few minutes before she heard the door open. Smiling, she hopped down and hurried over to Shota. Chatty huh? Probably Present Mic hehe. She settled with Shota on the couch. "No no no! I was sooo good yesterday!" Maybe too good. She smiled, quite pleased with how yesterday had gone. He could even ask Yagi but she hoped he didn't heh. "Extra lessons? Yes please." She giggled as she locked her arms around him.

After their quick refresher course, Mela certainly had Shota on her mind as she hurried off to class, hoping she looked fairly presentable. Sitting down, she waved to Iida-kun and listened as Shota explained how this week would go. Ah yes the dance! But who would her date be? Surely not a chaperone hehe. How interesting, so they were going to have rematches this week? And they could change each day? Interesting. She already knew who she wanted to go against first hehe. When Shota left, Mela turned around and pointed at Ruka, "My darling! Let's team up together!" She declared dramatically. "Let's dazzle our class with more seductive tactiiiics~!"

There was a muttering among the males as everyone began to pair off. Shoto found himself with Bakugo. Great. And Denki was with Ochako. How fun this would be. Mela began to laugh evilly as the day progressed. With lunch upon them, she headed off to go see Yagi before she would hunt down Shota and tell him about her epic partnership with Ruka. He'd be happy right? Mela located Yagi and handed him a small bento she made. "So about our project, we should probably do it at your place? I mean er I could visit you a few days a week after school? I think you get a bit more sunlight than I do." She laughed a little, rubbing her neck. "But I'm really looking forward to it. You're so smart, Yagi-kun!" Mela hoped he had a good birthday but she also hoped All Might did as well. She didn't get to see him but that was understandable. He was busy. Though she did wonder what sort of trouble Shota-kun got up to.

- - -

The fact that his father's cooking hadn't seen his girlfriend running was impressive. But still, he hoped this hadn't put too much of a damper on their plans. but the more he listened to his father, the more sick Shoto began to felt. His father was not going to actually fight Ruka was he? He knew Ruka was strong but not enough to handle someone like Endeavor. His father wanted to challenge anyone who posed a threat or could put up a good fight and in Endeavor's mind, Ruka's 'victory' over his son, had planted some kind of seed in the man's head. Once dinner was over, thankfully, Shoto was able to have a bit more alone with Ruka who was very capable of getting his mind off his father. They headed back to his room while his father worked. Shoto kept his arms around Ruka as they laid in bed. Ruka was so supportive and understanding, though he wasn't too happy to know Yukito cooked for her but it made sense. Still he didn't want them to think about either Yukito or his father. Shoto kissed Ruka along her neck, before rolling her onto her back so he could have his dessert. If there was one thing he wanted to eat, it was Ruka heh.

- - - - - urgh Monday? Not again -

The morning was both a blessing and a curse. Last night, Shoto had texted Ruka to make sure she got home okay but to also get her to come to the library before class. He had only a taste of her last night and he wanted a bit more heh. The boy got ready for school but his peace was disturbed by his father who handed him a lunch. Now the man thought he was some Iron Chef? He grumbled, taking it before hurrying out the door. He still didn't care for his father or his stupid attempts. He also knew the man had more time around the house so it would mean more training for Shoto as Endeavor wanted to make sure his son was at the top of his graduating class.

After checking the library, he settled down at a table far away from where anyone may stumble upon him and Ruka. he grabbed a book off the shelf. it was about the American Civil War but he paid it little mind. He felt arms move around him and he quickly closed it. He had other things to focus on now. Oh yes. "Of course I missed my Queen." He replied sweetly as he looked to her, his eyes already undressing her. It hadn't even occurred to him that she may be missing an article of clothing. Shoto grabbed a pen by his closed book and tossed it under the table. "i think I need to get that." He smirked to her as he decided to get distracted while in search of said pen.

Their morning was spent quite well, Shoto enjoying his Ruka before they had to shuffle off to class. Shoto held Ruka's hand on the way back. He thought back to the dance and he hoped no one had the nerve to ask Ruka. Not when she was obviously taken. Though he hoped Ruka didn't end up going with Mela. His eye twitched as he sat down and listened to Aizawa talk about the week. So they could team up with someone of their own choosing? His eyes moved to Ruka, shining. yes, he would love the excuse to train with her more. And maybe unwind a little at the same time. he licked his lips but before he could say anything, some nosy brunette got in the way. He looked to Ruka still, surely she'd rather train with him than Uede right?

Sadly his partner wound up being Bakugo which only ticked Shoto off. Now he needed to find Ruka during lunch to relieve even more of this stress. Class ticked by at an agonizing pace as he noticed the males itching to see how today's sparring matches would end up. And the duo of Mela and Ruka was surely the cause of this wildfire of whispers. When lunch sounded, he looked to Ruka, before grabbing her hand, not planning on having Mela steal her away again! He headed back up to the library, his face a bit red. At least this week they had the dance to look forward to. In the elevator, he looked to her, pushing her against the wall. "Would you like to go to the dance with me, my darling?" He asked her, propping an arm above her head as he leaned over her, his gaze locked with hers, quite heated. No one could ask her if he asked first right? Obviously it went without saying but he thought it only right to ask her out formally before he had her to himself. What a good lunch this would be heh.

- - -

The Monday morning was very bright and cheerful as Ayumi decided that yes, she'd get a cat. Not just to lure Aizawa to her place but because she was sure it would be a puuurfect companion for her. Plus it gave her something to snuggle come the dark chilly autumn nights. She headed off to school, flying with ease before she landed in the courtyard and saw Uede and Kurotsuki looking very close together. She smiled to them, yes they had to be together. They were so cute! Ayumi decided they had to be more than friends! At the meeting, she glanced to the other teachers but paid them little mind as she thought more about Kurotsuki and Uede. With all the pervs in the school, she'd need to defend their young love from guys who were hoping to get in on the action. Hmph. Boys.

Before she or Hizashi could pested Aizawa, he took off literally pushing Hizashi to the young witch. Ayumi let out a sigh and smiled, so Aizawa was playing hard to get huh? She did love the chase. But for now, she could fool around with Hizashi, finding his quirk to be very intriguing. What else could he do with it? Her classes went well. She lectured her classes on the issue of saving one person versus many. How could you weigh one life against another? A hero would have to make that call. It wasn't an easy choice to make, not matter how many times you were put in a position but still, the students had to figure out what variables they would used to judge each situation.

As lunch rolled around, Ayumi waved to her students as she headed out to go find Hizashi again. Though given that hair of his, he stood out quite well as she found him in the main break room. She set her hat and broom down by the door, hooking her hat on the top of her handle as she fixed her hair. She let out a sigh and grabbed the sandwich from the fridge she had labeled before she turned to Hizashi, spotting Aizawa beginning to emerge from his fluffy yellow cocoon. "Oi, Hizashi-san." She walked over to the blonde DJ. "We should get drinks tonight after work." She suggested to him with a smile. The blond looked shocked before he had to wonder if this was some trick set up by Shota-kun. No way was he going to fall for it. Hizashi was pretty clever hehe and folded his arms, Shota would have to try better than this! "Hahaha I'll have to pass!" He said proudly.

Ayumi's eye twitched. Seriously? Her eyes traveled back to Aizawa. He had to tell Hizashi her plan and make him turn her down?! How petty was this weirdo?! She marched over and kicked him a few times. "What the hell did you tell him?" Ayumi glared. It slowly dawned on Hizashi that maybe this wasn't some prank. But before he could change his no to a yes, Ayumi was already grabbing her broom, intending on pummeling Aizawa. For all she knew, Aizawa said some horrible thing to Hizashi. Now who was she going to get drinks with and blow off steam? Surely not Ecoplasm. Sure, she had been rejected a few times but this seemed like such a sure thing.

- - -

Feeling her arm loop with his, another few sparks flew from his head. Why was he like this with every woman? He gulped and tried to focus on something else but her skin felt so soft. Calm down, Denki. Calm down. The walk back was quiet and the street lights kept them company as they chatted about school and the possible dance. It had to be happening sooner or later right? He had never been to a dance though. Even growing up as a kid, his school didn't really do dances and if they did, he doubted any girls would go with him. But he had Namie now. And that was good right? He gave her a nod, yes it would be nice to hang out again soon. he took the key chain and looked it over. It was very cute. He'd sport it with pride. "Thank you so much, Namie-san!" When was the last time a girl had given the boy anything? Other than stinging rejection? Hmmm.

Just then he felt her lips against his cheek. Like a butterfly's kiss. "I-I uh...th-thanks. G-good night." He suddenly felt a large volt shoot out of him, thankful that Namie had gone inside or he would have fried her as well as himself. Laughing quietly, he looked at the cute key chain again before he hobbled home. Once back he saw Eijiro eating his cookies and laying in his bed. "Hey!" Denki huffed, throwing the gift at his clearly, very healthy friend. "Nice date?" Eijiro teased. "It wasn't a date!" Denki blushed as he yanked his friend off of his bed, pulling on the guy's leg. Eijiro fell onto the floor and got up. Why was Denki so ungrateful? "Well based on the pictures and the cute stuff you brought back and you red face, it had to be a date." Eijiro teased as Denki pushed him out the door and locked it, muttering to himself. It...it wasn't a date, was it...?

- - - Mondays are Mandatory - - - - - - -

Getting to class, on time I might add, he settled down in his seat. Almost ready to learn! He spotted Ruka and gave her a smile and a thumb up, his smile not traveling over to Todoroki though. After spending the day with Namie, he felt so much better! He still wasn't convinced it was a date but maybe Ruka would be able to help him figure that out? No no bad idea, Denki. He decided Kyoka could be a good judge there heh. When he heard they could go against other, he hoped he could try and snag Ruka. Yes, he'd like another rematch and to train together. But Mela made it clear no one was getting near Ruka today. He sweatdropped and decided Ochako would do just fine. Come lunch time, he got up and headed off with the others, everyone quite eager to discuss Uede and Kurotsuki's strange affection for one another. Mela was single, or seeing Ruka. And maybe Ruka and Shoto were just together as a cover? Or maybe it was some threeway relationship of sorts? The mind had to wander...

AiAi

For most of the morning, Yagi spent his time outside as he tended to the flowers. His mind kept going back to yesterday's events and the sunflowers that he and Mela promised to grow together. A blush dusted his cheeks as he tried to convince himself that it was only a birthday gift and it was nothing else! He already bought the sunflower seeds and he ordered the cherry blossom sapling which will be ready for him tomorrow to pick up. Pulling out the packet of seeds, Yagi fiddled with the bag as he looked over the blooming flowers. He really wasn't sure what overcame him yesterday. As he was lost in his thoughts, Yagi jumped in surprise as he heard Mela's voice. "M-Mela-chan!" Yagi let out in surprise as the blush settled on his cheeks once more. Ah, she wasn't mad at him..? He was expecting the cold shoulder or something, but she seemed rather happy. Taking the bento box from her, he gave her a small smile as he thanked her. Sitting down on the nearby bench, Yagi looked up at Mela's suggestion for their plant, "oh my place? Um sure I don't mind as long as you're fine with it." Heck, that meant he can see her a few times a week always? His heart skipped a beat at that thought. No no no! Stop getting so happy over such a small thing Yagi! No, he shouldn't get excited over it...yet his thumping heart said otherwise. Smiling, he told her, "alright! I'll buy us a pot after school then unless you wanted to help me pick one out?"

- - -

Her morning spent with Shoto before class was quite a refreshing way to start the day and somehow by the looks Shoto gave her, Ruka can safely assume that this may become a regular meeting hehe. Holding his hand, the two headed back to class after making sure they looked presentable. Taking a seat, she spotted Denki smiling over at her to which she returned a smile back before her attention went towards Aizawa as she listened to the schedule for the week. She blinked as she registered his words. So they were allowed to partner up with any of their previous ones? So many people came to mind as Ruka considered Shoto first before the idea of burning Mineta came pleasantly up to her mind and then there was Mela too and then Denki...Ruka's thoughts trailed off for as soon as Aizawa left the room, Mela turned towards her. Ruka blinked a few times before she felt Shoto's stare on her. Oh boy, was she this wanted? Smiling gently over at Mela, Ruka winked at her best friend as she told her, "of course I'd love to. I wonder who'll turn out on top~" a few more grumbles could be heard after Ruka's statement. She gave her friend a wicked smirk before turning her gaze to Shoto. She gave him a sweet smile as she thought that he could wait and be a good boy for a little while longer. Hehe.

As the lunch bell rang, Ruka found herself suddenly pulled into the elevator by Shoto. She blinked. That was quick. Looking up at Shoto, Ruka opened her mouth to tease him further about what happened earlier when she was suddenly backed into the wall, staring wide-eyed up at him. Her mouth parted open then closed as she felt her heart thumping wildly in her chest. The way he was staring at her to how he trapped her against the wall, Ruka gulped as she calmed her beating heart. Smiling, she wrapped her arms around his neck as she leaned up and kissed him sweetly on the lips, "mmm, of course, I'd love to go to the dance with you~ And don't worry, Mela didn't ask me yet." She giggled up at Shoto. When the bell rang, Ruka grabbed his hand and led him to the library as her eyes shined, "now let's enjoy our lunch, right~?"

- - -

The morning went by rather quickly as Shota rested in his sleeping bag until lunchtime. His morning spent with Mela before class was nice, but he needed more. He was getting hungry again, heh. Waking up from his sleep, Shota wondered if Mela will want to spend time during lunch today? He should probably move over to the office if so. Ah and then there was the dance...Shota stood up as he wondered if he should ask Mela to the dance? Surely, they would go together, but she'd probably like it if he asked her out, right? As he was mulling over these things, a sudden fiery presence caught his attention. Jumping back in surprise as Ayumi began to kick him, Shota's once groggy eyes were snapped wide open as he dodged her kicks. W-what was going on!?

Hearing her hissing words, Shota caught her broom before it can connect with his face as he grunted at the weight of the metal stick, "calm down, what the hell are you talking about?" What did he say to who? Sensing someone's eyes on him, Shota glanced to the side to see a mumbling and pale Hizashi. He lifted a brow at this before realization dawned on him. Shota let out an annoyed tsk as he realized Hizashi just rejected Ayumi. He chuckled lightly at that thought as he smirked down at Ayumi, "listen, you probably won't believe me, but I didn't tell him anything....if anything he just rejected you just because." Probably because of him, but hey he didn't say anything to Hizashi, to begin with. Now, this was just amusing though her broom was getting awfully close to him.

- - -

Her day spent with Denki was quite wonderful and even as she was stuck in class on a boring Monday, Namie found herself smiling as she toyed with the koala keychain. Her smile grew wider as she hoped that Denki also had his keychain with him as well. As she was lost daydreaming about her time yesterday, her phone suddenly buzzed. She blinked down to see a text from Eijiro as she read it, Namie giggled slightly as she smiled widely, oh so the dance was soon huh? Now then...what should she wear to the party? Maybe Eijiro can give her some suggestions or go shopping with her Namie thought with a small laugh. Hopefully, she can see Denki soon.

Genkai

"Hmm. I think I trust I your judgement." She didn't think she'd be much help picking a proper pot out. If anything, she may just take too much time. Plus after today's bout against her beloved Rukie-chan, she had a feeling she may be a bit busy after school. The last thing she wanted was to make a promise she couldn't keep. But then again, it would be funny to just run off after teasing Shota. "Oh you have my number right?" She looked to Yagi, pretty sure he didn't. "I'll give it to you just in case, that way you can just call or text when I should come over and help. I'm not gonna let you do all the work." Mela smiled. She wasn't sure why, but she had an odd feeling about Shota-kun. Maybe it the sixth sense of being soulmates? Pulling out a pen from behind her ear, she grabbed his hand and wrote down her number for him. "I'll see you later!" She smiled before she headed back inside, deciding to see if Shota was okay or if she was just worrying over nothing.

Heading inside, she did some searching before she heard some kind of commotion. Opening the door to the lounge, she poked her head inside and quickly ran in, surprised to see Ayumi-sensei about to murder her boyfriend, er teacher. "Ayumi-sensei?" Mela called out, just as she turned around. Mela ducked and laughed a little. "Um wh-what's going on?! Aizawa-sensei, what did you do?" Of course her mind jumps at the idea of Shota doing something to deserve this. But was she so far off base?

- - -

At Ruka's comment about Ruka not having been asked by Mela yet, Shoto's face turned an even brighter shade of red. That was not funny! But also secretly a relief. But then would Yukito have the nerve to swoop in and ask Ruka? His eye twitched. Urgh this was getting out of hand. He shook his head a little, needing to focus on Ruka and none of the other rivals for her attention. None of them could do what he did to her. That was a fact.

He kissed her back but his mind was on more sinister, more fun things. He headed off the elevator with her, still fuming at the idea of Mela being picked before him. And he knew Ruka was doing this to tease him. "Oh we will be enjoying something alright..." He growled. Well she would regret her choice to perform such a lewd display in front of everyone again. He shook his head, feeling his urges stir once more. This woman was too feisty and he wondered if there was even the chance of taming her. Well he was going to try. "Explain yourself, missy." He pouted as he gave her butt a light slap as he followed her into the library where no one could disrupt them. "You just want to rile me up don't you?" He held her close before pinning her to the bookshelf, his eyes locked on hers. Of course no matter what his pretty little pet said, Shoto knew she was just doing this to get some kind of reaction. Well, now she had it and would have it again and again. Right here heh.

- - -

"You are so petty!" Ayumi yelled at Shota. Yes, this was his fault. She was quite a catch, damnit! Suddenly she turned around to see a concerned looking Mela. She lowered her broom and slammed it down with a hard thud, making quite the dent in the floor. "Oh it's nothing for you to worry about Uede-chan, though where's your girlfriend?" Ayumi smiled. Mela looked between the two. So Shota really was keeping things private still huh? Well, she'd just go with it then. "Oh Rukie-chan and I are going to eat together in the greenhouse. It's very private. We're also fighting again today~" Mela giggled, putting on a sweet smile. "Young love fills me with such hope. Aizawa here thinks you two are just friends." "No way! Ruka and I love each other very much!" Mela insisted. Ayumi smirked and pointed her broom at Aizawa now. "See, leave these lovers alone!" Ayumi demanded. "By the way, you owe me a date." Ayumi told Aizawa simply. "I could have some fun with you." It was clear the grump needed to get laid.

Mela's eyes widened as she blushed. Ayumi-sensei was asking out Shota-kun now? She looked to Aizawa, not sure what he'd say to that. Ayumi-san was very beautiful and so mature. And so fun too! Mela pouted slightly, not sure what to do. But she was pretty confident Aizawa would turn her down but then Mela would feel bad. For some reason. But surely he'd say no and she had nothing to really worry about right? "I'm just uh gonna go then...er to find Ruka." She said quietly, quickly backing out of the break room. It was very strange to joke about her and Ruka but it was another thing to have someone approach your boyfriend, believing him to be single. But she knew Shota was private, not one for a lot of PDA around school so she wanted to respect still, it did flatter/bother her to hear Ayumi being so forward about it. Hmm.

AiAi

How can one get away with murder as a pro-hero...? Shota was seriously considering just silencing Hizashi for life as he was literally face to face with Ayumi's wrath in the form of her metal broom. He glared over at Hizashi who can only stare at the scene with his mouth hanging open. Shota was tempted to just tell him to use his damn quirk if he was to keep his mouth open like that. Would he get in trouble if he knocked Ayumi out right now? The many thoughts that ran through Shota's mind were all rather dangerous and well...violent. He dodged another swing and was ready to stop her when the angelic voice of his girlfriend rang through the chaotic room. Shota's head snapped to the side as he spotted Mela by the doorway. He blinked for a moment as he realized two things. One, he was late to meet up with Mela for lunch and then two she just witnessed her boyfriend nearly dying by a stick by a crazed witch. Wait, did she just question what he did wrong?! Shota paused to give Mela a glare. He was the victim here! Not the one at fault!

Before Shota can run to the safety of his girlfriend's arms, he glared over at Ayumi and then over at Mela as the two girls began to converse about Ayumi's strange idea and obsession about Mela and Kurotsuki being lovers. That was not true! He was Mela's lover for crying out loud! Shota opened his mouth to refute Ayumi's claims when Mela just played right along with it. He sent her an exasperated look as his eye twitched in annoyance. Did Mela just say that she was fighting against Kurotsuki today? Oh, hell no. The images of their last fight came flashing through his mind and Shota felt a bit warmer all of a sudden. He let out an annoyed tch as he took a step towards Mela to speak to her about her choice for fighting that damned Kurotsuki. But before Shota can so much as let out a sound, the metal broom suddenly appearing in front of him caused him to stop.

Shota just about had it with Ayumi's interruptions when she suddenly said something that caused him to just stare at her with wide eyes. What...? Did she just...? His mouth opened then closed as he realized what she was implying. Was this woman out of her mind!? Shota glanced over at Mela as he watched her take her leave rather quickly. Oh, no...that was not a good sign. Letting out a loud sigh, Shota turned back to face Ayumi, his face void of anything close to happiness as he looked rather peeved if anything, "why do I owe you a date? If you want a date, go ask Hizashi." Shota gave her a light glare as he added, "even if Hizashi says no, my answer will still be a no." Letting out a sigh, he walked past her as he hurried out the lounge in search of a certain brunette. He was not planning any of that to happen at all.

Shota shook his head as he deemed that all witches must be crazy and that she was single for a reason. As he was mumbling something along the lines of hormonally crazed teacher that is a fan of pairing students into odd relationships, Shota ended up walking to his office. If Mela were to go anywhere, he assumed she would be here. Hopefully, she didn't actually go looking for Kurotsuki since that'll just only encourage Ayumi even more. Holding back a sigh, Shota opened the door to be greeted with the sight of Mela. He stared down at her for a moment as he entered the office before making long strides towards her. Trapping her in between the couch and himself, Shota wasted no time and tilting her chin up to capture her lips in a deep kiss. His hands pulled her closer to him as he began to kiss along the shell of her ear to her neck.

"Where did you think you were running to hm? But thank goodness...I thought that crazy witch was going to kill me." Shota murmured out against her lips before he began to kiss her once more. His need for her growing as he just wanted to forget about the witch and her broom...that broom was really heavy now that he thought about it. Women are just frightening.

~ ~

After reassuring Mela and teaching her a quick lesson during lunch, Shota went to class 3-A as he met them outside the building where the training rooms were located. He looked over at them all, his eyes lingering on Mela before narrowing into a glare at Kurotsuki as he spoke up, "Alright, so this is how things will be. For the first hour and a half, you will be training against your partner of choice and then for the last hour and a half, we will be having timed matches against the pairs. So once the time is up, I will see you all at the gym." With that Shota dismissed each pair, his eyes lingering on Mela's form as he somehow had a bad feeling about her pairing up with Kurotsuki again. He held back a sigh as he realized he needed to talk to All Might.

Seeing as he had a whole hour and a half to kill until he must be there, he went in search of All Might. Sighing, Shota spotted the ever so mighty hero in his lanky form. Walking over to him, Shota spoke up, "oi, All Mi-" his words were cut short as Yagi placed a hand over the now glaring Aizawa's mouth. Yagi placed a finger against his lips as he whispered out, "I-I mean Toshinori, Aizawa-kun!" If they weren't at school, Shota would have punched this man by now. Taking in a breath, Shota spoke up once more, "fine, then Toshinori. We'll be having matches every day on the last half of the afternoon lessons, come by if you want...though you may have to attend since you've been there for almost every matches anyways." Shota gave Yagi no chance to argue back though he knew he would regret saying this, he somehow felt the need to say it, "Mela is going against Kurotsuki again..." maybe it was to seek comfort as he was not looking forward to that rematch. Okay, a part of him wanted to see it, but another part was strongly against it. That seemed to have been the trick for as soon as Shota mentioned that, Yagi's face turned red as he can only nod his head, incoherent stutters leaving the lanky blonde. Shota gave him a slight glare but said nothing else as he turned to head off towards the gym. Maybe he can just sleep there until it's time? Hopefully, that Witch was not going to attend.

As the practice time ended rather quickly, Shota found himself waiting all the more anxious as he watched his students enter bit by bit, his eyes forever searching for Mela as he wasn't sure what she had planned up her sleeve for today's match. Oh, how he hated himself yet at the same time quite the eager one. After all, he did allow them to wear their costumes and use gear as necessary. Shota greeted Yagi silently as he waited for everyone to arrive. He wasted no time to call the pairs.

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Ruka found his pouting face to be adorable, but a small squeak escaped her lips as Shoto just smacked her butt. She placed a hand over it as she blushed slightly, well then. As they entered the library, Ruka noted that there weren't that many people here. Hm. She followed Shoto to where they usually would hang out but she was suddenly pulled close to him as they entered one of the many aisles of books. Feeling her back hit the bookshelf, Ruka looked up at Shoto, noticing the look in his eyes. Oops, looks like she pushed him a bit too much. "Rile you up? No, never. I just thought..." wrapping her arms around his neck, she grinned up at him as she said, "that you would enjoy a show, right?" Eyes shining with mischief, Ruka wrapped her arms around his neck, leaning up to kiss him sweetly on the lips. "Though knowing Mela, there may be a lot more touching this time around hehe." But really, knowing Mela, her friend probably had plenty of ideas in mind.

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It was safe to say that Ruka enjoyed her lunch with Shoto very much. Though now she was feeling a bit sore. Heh. As the two made it back to the classroom, they were given instructions to meet their sensei at the front of the building. Or well that was what the piece of paper said on the door. Holding Shoto's hand, Ruka gave him a pout as she did indeed feel very much sore. A small whine left her lips as she nudged him with her shoulder, "you owe me a massage." Or maybe she can just ask Mela? Ruka bit back that comment as that would do her no good right now. As they stood outside the building, Ruka listened to what Aizawa had to say before everyone broke off into their pairs. Ruka waved at Shoto as the ever so grumpy Katsuki walked ahead of her boyfriend. She looped her arm with Mela's as she gave Shoto one last look before sending a smug smirk towards Aizawa's direction.

Walking in, Ruka changed into her hero costume, she was thinking about the first one but in the end, she stuck with the one she wore when she fought against Denki. Ruka winked over at Mela as she told her friend, "if the angel in me can't do the trick, then what about my more...devilish side?" She grinned wickedly as the two girls began to stretch and go over what they would be doing. Ruka made some suggestions as she groaned when Mela helped her stretch, "hmm how about we do a bit more touching?" Ruka ran a hand through Mela's hair as she said that. She grinned over at Mela as the Pinkette stretched out on the ground, "I'm sure a bit more close contact and touches would drive the boys wild hehe." She can be a tease when she wants to be, she usually just leaves those things into Mela's trusty hands though. The two girls continued their conversation unaware of the fact of that all the males in their class were looking forward to their rematch. She was not aware of how eager they were that was for sure.

Ruka was surprised to hear from Mela about Ayumi-sensei asking Aizawa out on a date. Really now? Though for her friend's sake, Ruka didn't openly state that was a good idea. No no. Mela and Aizawa were soulmates...whether she liked that idea herself or not. Ruka smiled over at Mela as she lightly poked her friend's forehead, "I'm sure its fine. You and Aizawa are soulmates right?" The two then went on to conversing about many other things including their so-called fiance that they met during Ruka's family party. Ruka couldn't believe Mela's dad would choose such a guy for her precious Mela! Maybe she can suggest someone better...? She was quite glad for their time together as the two girls talked over about many things including their routine for the match which was coming up soon hehe.

After coming up with a rather quick routine in such a short amount of time given, the two were ready. Ruka gave Mela a smile as the two made their way to the gym. She realized her little mistake of choosing the outfit with no pants when she was wearing some not so appropriate panties at the moment. She blushed as she knew she'll have to be careful otherwise she'll be giving the class more things to look forward to when she and Mela fought. Walking in, Ruka spotted Shoto and gave him a small wave. She smirked as she wrapped an arm around Mela's, hugging close to her friend as she decided to keep teasing Shoto for now. Though she may just regret that later.

Deciding to let Mela run off to speak to All Might and the other teachers, Ruka was walking over to speak to Shoto or more like to tease him when she spotted Denki up ahead. She blinked for a moment, wondering if she should even try speaking to him, but ah, it won't hurt...right? Walking over, Ruka greeted Denki as she spoke up, "Hey Kaminari-kun, good luck today...I hope that we can go against each other again. I would love a rematch." She gave him a small smile before Kyoka began to jab Denki about something. Getting the silent message to leave them alone, Ruka gave Denki one last smile before finding her lover. She smiled up at Shoto as she spoke up, "is someone pouting~?" She didn't go hugging onto him or kissing him. Ruka's smile widened, no no. She must continue to tease her lover as best as she could.

As Aizawa began to speak up and call forth each pair, Ruka spotted Katsuki heading over. "Oh, looks like your partner is here, I should go~ Good luck Sho-kun, I'll be cheering for you~" She blew Shoto a kiss before heading off to find her own partner. The spark in Katsuki's gaze told her that he was in his competitive mode. She did not want to get riled up by the Porcupine, not today at least. Finding Mela, Ruka stuck to her friend's side as the matches began. She grinned over at Mela, wondering when their turn would be.

Genkai

This day was very strange. So strange. Mela wondered if she could find Ruka. In the library perhaps? Or in her lovenest in one of the courtyards off to the side by the south wing? Mela decided to just retreat back to Shota's office, a bit nervous that he might say yes. Ayumi was so cool, like an older version of her. Kinda? Mela wouldn't blame either one of them if they did go out. Yes, she would be rather heartbroken but maybe she just wasn't enough for Shota? He had been quite patient so far but...was he really happy with their relationship? She began to wonder as she paced around his office, almost jumping when Shota arrived looking quite bothered. before she could ask what happened or what he was thinking, she found his lips pressing into hers, his words tumbling over her flushed skin. "Sh-Shota?" She blushed deeply, her mind beginning to spin quite rapidly now. What a strange Monday this was...



With lunch over with, Mela did feel a bit more assured. Still, it did bother her a bit that Ruka and Shoto could be so close without worry. It wasn't like she felt like she was a secret in Shota's life but it did bother her a little that weren't as open about their relationship. Mela wouldn't mind if they were but she knew Shota probably did, just based on his profession. Her shoulders slouched as she curled her arms around Izuku, resting her chin on the boy's shoulder as they were told how the afternoon would go, her eyes moving from Ruka and Shoto, back to Aizawa. Maybe she should go to the dance with this green haired boy? Deku clearly didn't mind Mela hanging off of him.

Taking Ruka's arm once dismissed, Mela headed off with her friend as they changed and chatted. "Ahh you're hardly an angel." She teased her friend. Though she did enjoy the fiery red dress on her friend. It showed off a lot of Ruka's assets heh. They moved off to go stretch and train for a bit. "Yes more touching for sure. You're so bold Ruka." She giggled. Yes, this match would be a lot like their last one, in the sense it wasn't a real match but a display of sexy delights. Mela mentioned how Ayumi thought they were a couple and how she asked Aizawa out. It was such a shock. Mela felt so conflicted. She had no idea what to do. She changed into her first outfit, the one with the pink hoodie with cat ears, deciding that would be cute enough to tempt Shota.

"I suppose we're soulmates. Though we haven't exactly had sex yet." She sighed, rubbing her arm a little, feeling bad. "And we can't really hold hands like you and Shoto can. I don't know..." Ah the complications of dating your teacher. But she shook her head, trying to shake her worries from her head. Mela didn't want to complain so she wouldn't. "A-anyway things between you and Shoto are going well...?" Mela still didn't like the guy. Why couldn't Ruka just settle down with Yukito? Yukito could make Ruka so happy, if he'd let her. They continued to talk and practice, deciding to do whatever they could to make their respective boyfriend feel like he was losing his damn mind hehe.

Mela headed off with Ruka to the gym, her eyes moving over to Aizawa and All Might. So All Might was here too? Somehow that made her all the more excited for her and Ruka's performance. She nuzzled her head against Ruka, more than happy to help Ruka annoy Shoto. Mela kissed her friend on the cheek before she pranced off to say hello to the pro heroes. Glancing up above, she spotted Ayumi-sensei flying around, looking rather amused. Mela smiled to the guys, "I hope you guys will be watching." She smiled, putting her hoodie up, not too worried about the lack of pants this time. "Maybe you and I can have a rematch this week too, All Might." Yes, a fight where she didn't get flustered and let out moans heh.

The fights soon began and Mela watched with mild interest, finding herself torn between cheering for Bakugo or Todoroki. Since she couldn't decide which she hated least, she kept quiet during the match, happy if they wound up knocking each other out. Sadly that didn't happen. Interestingly enough, she and Ruka were saved for the final match of the day. Mela wore a smirk as she hopped onto the stage and looked to Ruka. Oh she could feel all eyes upon them and it lit her up inside. The spotlight was always a wonderful place to be. She almost swooned as she and Ruka started their match. Ruka readied her flames and flung waves of fire as Mela dodged them. Her hero costume wasn't fire proof but Mela knew where to dodge and jump.

Mela then did a series of front flips as she landed and wrapped her legs around Ruka's torso before coming down to straddle her. Mela's eyes traveled over to the people watching. She leaned down and licked along Ruka's neck and shoulders, her hands grabbing to lock Ruka's hands above her head. "Oh darling, I know you can't resist me." She allowed a hand to trail down Ruka's body to pause at her short dress. Even Mela was a bit annoyed at how short it was. Why was Yukito trying to tempt so many guys at their school?! Surely he knew what guys wanted. Ruka then rolled on top of Mela, feeling her friend comb through her shoulder length hair, though now it was a bit longer. Mela smiled up to Ruka who leaned down and kissed her.

Their bodies pushed against the other as a few manly groans were heard from the crowd. Mela wiggled free and jumped backwards, firing a few arrows at Ruka who burned them up like last time. Mela dashed toward Ruka who grabbed onto her and spun her around, pinning her to the ground, Ruka's chest pushing into Mela's back as Ruka used her teeth to pull off Mela's right glove and then her hands moved down to pushed her tights off her legs. Mela giggled. That tickled. After a few more teasing licks, Mela rolled over and pushed Ruka back down. She gave Shoto a smirk before she looked down at her Ruka. Mela's hands ran along the loose layers of her kimono skirt. "We should really get you out of this." Mela hummed. In the distance, a joyous cry from Mineta could be heard. Mela then pulled off one of the sleeves with her teeth, undoing the rope before tossing it aside. The two girls exchanged a sensual kiss, both their hands running along the other's body. Much to everyone's dismay, the time limit ran out, both declared losses instead of ties. Hmph.

With all the fights now done with, they went off to change, Mela attached to Ruka as she could feel eyes upon them and their disheveled costumes. Once in the locker room, Mela let out an evil giggle. That made her feel a lot better. Ruka was so sweet and gentle and soft. No wonder their boyfriends couldn't keep their hands off of them! Once back in their uniforms, they headed out, Mela's arm locked around Ruka's. "Don't even look at him. Resist the incubus." They had to just keep walking and not let the boys get anywhere near them. They had to wait haha! "Sorry boys, we uh have to go go do girl stuff. Byeeee!" Mela pulled Ruka along with her, grinning.

- - -

Urgh. The only show he wanted was one with Ruka. Just Ruka and him. No one else was invited or encouraged to see anything else. He didn't want to see his girlfriend kissing someone else. His mind didn't need such titillation. He looked to his beautiful tease and continued to glare. His gaze was dark and he knew his patience had reached its limit. He wouldn't wait any longer. His mouth dove for hers, sweeping her up in a rough passionate kiss. He would make sure when she was with Mela, that she was thinking of him and instead. And if Ruka knew best, she would keep the touching to a minimum! Otherwise Shoto would need to retrace their lesson from a few weeks ago and show her just how unwise it was for her to taunt him so. "You are very naughty, Ruka." He muttered against her lips. Yes, she was dangerous on her own but with a partner? He would have to make sure she didn't feel too compelled to move too much in her upcoming fight heh.



Lunch had been quite satisfying for Shoto. He had made a bit of a mess in the library but...that wasn't his problem. No his problem was the next two or three hours. He had to worry and wonder and fret about what Mela and Ruka would now cook up. He closed his eyes, already feeling himself getting a bit excited but now knowing he'd have to supposed wait until Friday? That was unacceptable. Shoto would make sure Ruka couldn't wait, she'd crack. She would beg for him and it would take far less than four days heh. He headed off, kissing Ruka deeply before they composed themselves and headed off to the gym.

They held hands and listened, Shoto leaned over to Ruka when she mentioned she needed a massage. Oh he could do that. After school. But it wasn't his fault she got him so riled up. She was the one putting a hold on sex for the time being. He had to make the most of it right? Besides he didn't think she was complaining too much. He was sore too! Still, he would be happy to massage her nice and thoroughly if she really wanted and he was sure by the end, she'd be begging for him. Yes, his hot and cool touches would drive her wild. They had to part to get changed, Shoto sighed as Mela and Ruka went off together, probably talking about him. His face turned red as he went off to change, the boys not shy about voicing how much they enjoyed the last encounter of Kurotsuki and Uede and how they were looking forward to this one.

Shoto made a face. Yeah he didn't want other guys jerking off to his girlfriend. He would break their hands one by one, taking great pleasure in it. Heheh. His smirk fell as he remembered he also had a fight to focus on. Bakugo huh? He had hurt Ruka and he would focus his energy on lighting that blond on fire. He came out and gathered with the others, his eyes shifted to Bakugo. Yes, he would make an excellent target for practice. Bakugo and Shoto trained, neither feeling chatty. Though both of their nature's were to just let their actions do the talking. The whole time, Shoto was worried about Ruka and what she might have in store for him and the rest of 3-A. He could only image.

When their time was up and it was now time for the sparring matches in front of everyone, Shoto rejoined this class, his eyes narrowed when he saw her outfit. It was her second one? He could see many marks along her shoulders and collarbone. He felt a bit proud of his work but he also didn't want the other guys getting some funny ideas about his girlfriend. But the more she was with Uede, the more she could tell his comrades were doubtful of him and Ruka's actual status as a couple. Hopefully with this dance come Friday night, there would no longer be any doubts. Ruka Kurotsuki was his. Not Mela's. Not Yukito's. Or anyone else's.

His eyes moved up and down her legs. Shoto also worried about her choice in panties. See!? This was why she didn't push her luck! And now she was hanging off of Uede still? He felt his pants tightly slightly as he tried to think of many unattractive things. Bakugo. Mineta. Old people. His father. Yes, all the things that would not get him in the mood to rip Ruka's clothes from her body and mount her in front of everyone on stage. She was his damnit. Shoto pocketed his hands, looking away. At a certain point, this was going to be a blow emotionally. Not being so close to Ruka was quite sad. He enjoyed her skin against his and he wasn't sure how long he could last without her. He loved her~

Denki looked up when Ruka approached him. "Oh!" He blushed. His heart suddenly flew way up into the sky. "Th-thanks! I-I would like that too." He nodded to her, thinking about how fun it had been to spar. While they got off to a rough start, he liked to think in the end, he blew her away. And he was glad to know she thought of that fight and wanted more. "I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun!" A spark or two danced around his twiddling fingers. Suddenly Kyoka as if sensing his heart swelling with false hope again. She and Eijiro were working hard to get this blond dummy to move on and enjoy a certain healer and they didn't want Ruka messing with their plans. Denki gave Ruka a shy wave as he swatted at Kyoka for being so nosy. Denki wanted to try talking with Ruka more. It felt nice. He had missed it.

"Heh it's a shame he's not you or I'd be having a lot more fun." He smirked to Ruka, trying to keep himself cool and collected. His own fight against Bakugo was quick, both boys giving it their all. Shoto was too angry to let the explosive boy get much of a window. The idea of Ruka teasing him and hanging off of another girl, made his whole mind turn to mush and he was using that determination to blast Bakugo away. They exchanged blows but in the end, his ice and fire was too much for the other to handle. Shoto won and gave Ruka a wink. He was sure the battle against her would have gone very differently if he had gotten pin her down and tease her. In front of everyone no less. The other fights continued and soon it was time...the fight everyone had been waiting for. Shoto stood back and folded his arms. He watched the girls, seeing Ruka quickly pinned, someone else teasing her and looking too happy. If only he could burn Mela to a crisp but he shouldn't. Ruka would probably consider that a deal breaker. And now Ruka was on top and kissing Mela! He tried to hide his blush as many of the other hormonal spectators began to shift and make small noises of both interest and longing.

Once again it was Ruka on top, pinning Mela to the ground, her face pressed against the arena. Shoto brought a hand up to his mouth, biting down on it. Why was this happening to him?! Ruka pulled off a glove and then pulled down Mela's black leggings. Why were they undressing each other?! Suddenly it got worse as Mela now undid one of Ruka's sleeves. Shoto walked over to Mineta who was sobbing and trying to get down there to be in that womanly sandwich but Shoto kicked him in the head and froze him in place. He looked back and saw them making out, and looking to be quite involved in one another. His face grew even hotter as he had to use his quirk to cool himself down. This was worse than torture or eating dinner with his father. Thankfully the fight was called by Aizawa while Ayumi let out a whine, having been there to keep anyone from ruining the fight it seemed. Shoto quickly changed, not bothering to shower like the rest of his male classmates. He headed out and searched for Ruka but found Mela dragging her off. "Ruka!" He called out, glaring. How could she leave him like this?! She was going to pay dearly come Friday. Oh yes. But maybe he should come over for dinner tonight and see if he couldn't change her tune on this whole...waiting nonsense.

AiAi

Why must his girlfriend be such a tease? Shota glared over at Mela as she kissed Kurotsuki on the cheek. They were starting it already? The matches haven't even started! He let out an annoyed sigh as he ran a hand through his hair, simply watching Mela as she came bouncing up to him and All Might. Shota's eyes looked to the side to see All Might's flustered expression before he turned to face Mela. He noticed she was wearing her first cat costume and it bothered him. That was for him to enjoy, not anyone else damn it. He noticed just how gleeful Ayumi was looking and that seemed to tick him off even more. No, stop it, Mela, now Ayumi's going to really believe that Ruka and Mela are together. Even if he told Ayumi that Mela was his, he doubted the witch would believe him. Shota held back a groan of annoyance as he called out the pairs, leaving Mela and Ruka last as he knew that he probably won't be able to focus after their match. Call it his sixth sense, but he knew he was not prepared at all.

As the final match and the one everyone has been looking forward was called, Shota watched silently as he wasn't sure what the girls had in mind. He could feel the looming threat of Ayumi's broom near him which told him that if he were to stop the match early, then he was going to be in a coma. Letting out a sigh, Shota watched the match start off normally...until the little Minx pinned Ruka down. Shota glared at Kurotsuki, why was she there? He should be there instead, receiving Mela's teasing touches. He let out a huff as he crossed his arms, ignoring the broom that was inching closer and closer to his head. As the two girls began to make out and slowly remove an article of clothing here and there, Shota could feel his pants tighten as his jaws clenched in frustration. That was just not fair! Seeing the Pinkette's hands running down his Mela's body, Shota glared. He may just have to give a failing mark for that. Thankfully, the time ran out and he ignored the groans and complaints from most of his students. He glared at his students, knowing that the males would have to go and take a cold shower now.

Once kicking everyone out the gym along with the other two teachers, Shota stalked off to go and find his prey. She had been very naughty and needed to learn her lesson once again. And here he was hoping she learned it a few weeks back, but apparently, it wasn't enough. Spotting the ever so bright hair of Kurotsuki's, Shota noticed Mela was there as well. Good. "Uede, Kurotsuki!" Shota called out, stopping the pair as he ignored Ruka's glare and instead looked over at Mela, "Kurotsuki, you can go, but Uede I need a word with you...it's about your grade." Not really, but it sort of was? He was determined to re-teach her the lesson on why she should never go kissing and touching other people, man or woman. He bit back his scowl as he simply reached over and dragged Mela off by her wrist. The images of the two in compromising positions were still fresh on his mind as he took the back route out of the school and towards his house. Yeah, meeting at his place, not the school since he was certain Mela's voice won't be kept down this time around.

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As expected, Ruka must give Mela props for the wonderful ideas as the two stuck rather close to each other while watching the matches. Of course, she cheered happily for Shoto, her heart skipping a beat when he winked at her. Aw, now she wanted to give him a victory kiss, but no! She must refrain! Instead, she gave Shoto a sweet smile and a lingering hug that was brief, but long enough to tease him. She made sure to keep his arms to his sides as she did so, but she was quickly back to Mela's side not too soon after. It seemed like their match was last as Ruka cheered for Denki and Izuku. As the pair were finally called forth, Ruka went to stand across from Mela, her smile widening as the two began their little...fight. Heh. Throwing a large wave of her black flames towards Mela, Ruka was quickly pinned down by Mela, a soft gasp escaping her when Mela licked over her neck and the bite marks that were obviously there. The boys in her class were probably assuming that Mela made them hehe.

Countering Mela, Ruka had her friend pinned down this time around, making sure to touch her 'lover' more while sensually taking off bits and pieces of Mela's outfit. She ignored the excited yell of Mineta as Mela began to undress her or well her sleeve. Her skirt rose up slightly as Mela was busy on top of her, making Ruka panic internally for a moment as she did not want others to see what sort of panties she was wearing. After sharing a few more kisses which turned out to be nearly them making out with a little usage of their tongue this time around heh, the match was called to a loss as the time ran out. Ruka was slightly out of breath as she looked up the platform, her eyes meeting Shoto's as she gave him a wink back. Standing up, Ruka fixed her hair as she gave Mela a grin.

After getting changed, Ruka was quickly swept away by Mela, the voice of Shoto calling out for her heard from behind. She glanced behind Shoto and gave him a small wink and blew a kiss his way. Don't be too mad now darling~ Ruka can only giggle as the two girls were almost successful in running away. But before they could, the damn old perv had to stop them. Ruka glared over at Shota who completely ignored her but when he used school as an excuse to get to Mela, Ruka opened her mouth to complain, but really...who can fight against that? Letting out a huff, Ruka leaned over and pecked Mela's cheek, her hand running through her friend's hair as she murmured out, "I'll go cook us a nice dinner then~ Be sure to bring some dessert." She winked over at Mela before turning around to get some groceries before heading home. She had to be careful since she wasn't sure if Shoto would persist and come over. But he wouldn't, right? It was only the first day and it just happened to be that she and Mela were partners. After buying some groceries, Ruka headed home. She took a quick shower and got changed into her favorite shirt, Shoto's shirt~ She smiled down at it, deciding that she'll need to get some more shirts from him hehe.

Genkai

It was clear that her saucy little rematch had been some kind of foreplay for Shota. Mela held on tightly to Ruka before being pulled off of her friend with considerable force. "Ruka, nooo!" She called out dramatically. Why was Ruka letting her be kidnapped. "Oh, I'll be sure to bring a very sweet chocolatey dessert!" Mela called out, looking to Shota with a smirk as he headed off toward his place, based on the route he was taking. Was he upset? Aroused? Both?! She giggled, mostly to herself. Maybe she and Ruka could do that all week? After she spent some time assuring Shota this was just a fun little...misunderstanding, she headed back to her place, feeling quite pleased with herself. She and Ruka made dinner and had dessert as they discussed how things were with their respective boys. Mela still had some nagging doubts about her and Shota but she couldn't quite explain them well enough so for now, she decided it was just a fleeting worry, nothing to dwell on.

- Tuesday isn't a Tease -

The next morning, Mela headed into school and classes for the morning progressed. They had English with Present Mic, Art with Midnight and Hero Ethics with Ayumi. When lunch rolled around, Mela ate with Yagi today, talking about how she'd go with him to his place after school so they could plant their seed and start taking care of it. Mela had selected Midoriya as her partner and she wasn't too worried about it. She would beat him this time and it would be an easy win. After they congregated in front of the gym, Mela noticed Ruka and Bakugo already getting a bit fired up just being so close to each other. They were quite competitive and she was worried he'd hurt her again. No, that wouldn't happen again. She and Deku headed off to practice together, no kissing was involved this time. Mela practiced her combat while Deku did his best to give her advice on how to best attack. It was so sweet of him to offer advice on how to beat him but Mela didn't want him to throw any punches. She wanted to beat him fair and square!

With training over, Mela and Deku headed back to rejoin the others, plus the instructors. Mela gave All Might and Aizawa a look that said it all. If they let things get out of hand again, she wouldn't be as forgiving as she was last time. She was in her second outfit this time, her plum and marmalade outfit with her striking red scarf. She had her bows and arrows with her as she watched the matches begin. Soon it was time for Ruk's and Bakugo's match. Shoto inched over to her and looked just as unsettled as Mela. "She'll be fine." Mela told him. While she liked her outfit, it made her feel quite badass, the scarf did allow her to hide some of the marks from yesterday's little lesson. She glanced to All Might and Aizawa and then to Ayumi hoovering on the other side of Aizawa. She held back a mutter as she watched Bakugo and Ruka take the stage. "Come on Ru-ka!" She cheered. "You got this! Kick his ass!"

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The afternoon following the matches, for Shoto had been a bit frustrating. Understandably so. He spent some time stalking downtown, trying to cool off from what he had just seen but it was impossible. Ruka was the only thing running through his teenage head. He wanted to be the one under or on top of Ruka. Not anyone else. He didn't like how his heart ached and then...other things ached too. Hm. He decided to pay Ruka a visit and did just that. He made sure she loved him and no one else, even her best friend. He spent some time at her place before he had to pry himself from her arms. Shoto kissed her lovingly before he went back to his house to take a cold shower. He came out and saw dinner had been made for him. He was hungry but even he had standards so he just ordered Thai and ate in his room, working on homework. He kept thinking back to Ruka, god she drove him wild. But she was all his and nothing would change that.

- Another day, another match - - -

Shoto got up early and ate breakfast alone, finding the peace to be quite soothing to his restless thoughts. Last night his dreams were filled of Ruka. Not that it was a bad thing but to start his day already so needy? He headed off to school and the morning classes were boring as usual. He had to wonder who would get paired up with who. He knew who Ruka wanted to go after but Shoto just hoped the blond didn't do anything reckless again or Shoto would freeze his eyeballs and crush them in his bare hands. Shoto picked Denki because Denki was a twerp and an easy enough target to allow Shoto to turn off a bit of his mind heh. The lunch time for Shoto was spent with Ruka in the courtyard. They were a bit too sore to do much but they did eat together and discuss their upcoming battle. Shoto knew Ruka would do well but he also knew Bakugo hated losing and as such, he'd come out swinging. As lunch ended, he pulled Ruka into his arms and showered her with light soft kisses. They then headed off to get changed.

Denki and Shoto headed off to train once in their costumes. Denki began to babble about Ruka and Namie but Shoto tuned out most of it, not really caring. Ruka was Shoto's and with any luck, this Namie girl would distract Denki and not let him get his hopes up. Even though Shoto didn't like Kaminari much, he did want the guy to move on already and find someone new. Namie wasn't better than Ruka, no way, but someone different, yes. As they ended their training session, they headed back to the gym to kick things off. Shoto's match against Denki was tough but Shoto still came out the winner, using his ice to freeze Denki who used his electricity to blast through the ice blockages. But in time, Denki's quirk blew out his mind and Shoto scored his victory. With Kaminari resting on the sidelines, Shoto joined Mela up front to see Ruka and Bakugo's rematch. "You can do it Ruka!" He said, confident his girlfriend would wipe the floor with Bakugo.

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