Mina listened as her friends talked about how excited they were to be tutored by Momo, and how cool her place was going to be. She was a little hesitant though. She trusted Momo to do a good job; she was top of the class after all, but with four others Mina wasn't sure just how much individual attention she'd get. Being at the bottom of the class she knew she'd need it. Looking at the other students who were at the top of her class she tried to think of who she could ask for one on one help.

She immediately crossed Bakugou off the list as he was already going to help Kirishima, and honestly she didn't feel like tolerating his attitude more than she had to. Next to go was Iida. While Mina knew the class president would put his all into helping her; she also knew their personalities would clash, and they might not get much done. Todoroki had warmed up to the rest of the class since the sports festival, but he would probably say no if she asked. That left Midoriya; which made Mina smile. Midoriya was smart enough that he knew his stuff. Patient enough to walk her through the material. His thoroughness was well documented so even if Midoriya had to pound the books into her head Mina would learn the material. Finally the boy was cute enough that when her bad study habits kicked in she had someone fun to mess with.

Mina looked around to see if the green haired boy was still in the classroom, and saw that he had just walked out the classroom door. Quickly giving her friends a goodbye she gathered her things and moved to catch up with him. "Hey Midoriya wait up! Can I talk with you for a minute?"

Izuku jumped when he heard her calling him. Clearly he hadn't expected anyone to stop him as he was leaving school. Turning to face her confusion was clear on his face when he saw who had stopped him. Mina didn't blame him for being confused they hardly talked outside of class. "A-ashido?" Izuku took a second to calm himself. "What do you need?"

Mina replied between breaths as she had just ran after him. "I wanted to see...if I could ask you a...big favor." Izuku nodded to show he was willing to listen. "Do you think you could help me study for the exams?"

Her request confused Izuku. "Weren't you going to be tutored my Yaoyorozu; why do you need my help too?"

"Because as much as Yao-Momo would help my grades I'm still worried about how she'll split focus between everyone she'll be helping. Frankly I'm surprised I was above Kaminari at all so I'm going to need some serious one on one help, and I was hoping that you'd help me?" She knew it was playing dirty but she decided to give him the best puppy dog eyes she could; not aware Izuku had already decided to tutor her the second she asked for help.

"I-I'll tutor you A-ashido just stop giving me that look." Mina was so overjoyed that he'd agreed she started to do a little dance in the hallway getting stares from the handful of students loitering in the hall. "Ashido calm down it's not that big of a deal." Izuku was beginning to become embarrassed by how many people were watching them now.

"Of course it is, not everyday does a cutie like you agree to teach me." Mina almost broke out laughing at how fast Izuku's face turned pink. "Oops did I say that out loud?" Unable to speak Izuku nodded at her. "Hehe relax Midoriya just teasing you a little. Let me see your phone so I can give you my number, and we can figure out how to schedule the next week of studying." A quick registering of numbers later, and the two parted ways with the promise of talking later that day. Mina now knew she had to break the news to Momo. She hopped the other girl wouldn't take it too hard.

Izuku settled into the study room he managed to grab in the library not that far from UA, and got his notes ready while he waited for Mina to arrive. They had to work on some of the tougher subjects while they had the time on the weekend, and then once school started again use that time to cover the other subjects. Izuku was concerned at how well he'd be able to teach, and how well Mina would do. He was confident that they'd both manage that come the time of the exams next week she would pass though. Hearing his phone go off he saw a text from her letting him know she made it to the library. So he went to find his temporary student. Spotting her at entrance he got her attention and showed her to the study room. "Did you have trouble finding this place?"

"Nah your directions were perfect. Good job getting a room by the way. So let's get cracking teach!" Doing his best to ignore the nickname Izuku went over how they'd study once more. He would go over everything that was expected to be covered on the written exams; once they finished the review Mina would take a mock test. Then they would fix any mistakes she made, and repeat until she passed. Izuku had decided to start with her weakest subject, math, would be a good starting point. Mina was ready to show those dumb numbers who the real number one was.

Several hours later the numbers had revealed that they were still on top when it came to Mina. She had been stuck on the same problem for an hour now, and nothing she did gave her the right answer and she was frustrated beyond belief now. "Dammit why won't this stupid equation work! What the hell am I doing wrong!"

Izuku sighed at the pink girls outburst. This was the third time she'd made that complaint, and he had no idea how she kept getting it wrong. His own frustrations were beginning to boil over too; no matter how much he explained how the equation worked Mina still had yet to get it right. He wouldn't take it out on her though as he knew she was trying her hardest, but they were both nearing their wits end on how to figure their respective problems out. Izuku decided to watch how she was working maybe that was where the answer was. Then like the fog had cleared he noticed what may be the problem.

Mina would take her time during the first few parts of the problem. Once she neared the end she had a bad habit of rushing through the rest, and started a domino effect of mistakes. Izuku couldn't believe he hadn't noticed this issue sooner. Now he need to figure out how he could make her slow down, but first he felt they both could use a break. "Ashido, I think we both could use a ten minute break. Why don't you go stretch your legs for a bit while I think of something." She tried to tell him she didn't need a stinking break, but he was surprisingly adamant that they stop so she decided to take a trip to the restroom.

Splashing some water on her face Mina looked at her reflection in the mirror. "This couldn't be going worse." She only had herself to blame too as Izuku was the perfect tutor in her mind. His notes were so detailed and organized she had no doubt she was learning something, but she was having so much trouble applying it to the mock exams he had her do. Izuku also had the patience of a saint in her mind. She had lashed out several times in the last hour, and all he did was smile and ask if she wanted him to go over the notes again. Once this was done Mina promised to give him the biggest thank you in her life; she just had to make it though today and tomorrow, and hopefully it'd be smooth sailing for the rest of the subjects.

When Mina walked back into the room she noticed Izuku had a big smile on his face and honestly it made her feel a hell of a lot better. Maybe a little teasing would lift her mood a bit more. "That smile means you either figured out what I'm doing wrong, or that librarian with the short skirt walked by. I really hope it's the former." Mina had decided she liked getting Izuku to react like this; she found it cute how he'd wrap his arms around himself in embarrassment.

"A-ashido! T-that wasn't why I was smiling! I f-figured out what you were doing wrong, and a way to stop it from happening again." He watched as she sat in her seat ready to hear what he figured out. "I noticed you have the bad habit of once you get part way through the math problems you begin to speed through the rest of it so you can move on to the next one. I know it's easier said than done, but you're going to have to take your time with the next test as it is the last one I prepared for today."

Mina looked at her tutor with a blank expression before blinking. "Oook so how do you figure you'll get me to focus and break this habit?" When a blush started to form on his cheeks Mina found that she was going to like whatever idea he thought up.

"Well I figured that if you managed a passing grade on this test, and any of the tests I give you the rest of the week. I'd reward you by doing whatever you wanted after our study sessions." Izuku paused so what he was offering could sink in. "Within reason of course and I want to be able to veto the choice if it's something I'm not comfortable with. So what do you think?"

The pink girl was shocked at what Izuku was offering. He was already doing her a huge solid by tutoring her, and here he was offering to do more for her if she could buckle down and focus. "Well Midoriya you drive a hard bargain but I'm game. I hope you are ready for this cause 'The Alien Queen' is going to pass no problem this time." Mina was feeling her confidence from earlier return.

"Wait I thought your hero name was Pinky though?" was Midoriya's innocent response as he handed the mock test to her.

"Sh-hut up Midoriya and give me that."

An hour passed, and Mina was waiting for Izuku to finish grading the mock exam. She had done her best to take her time; made sure she was doing the math equations properly, but she knew she had still gotten some wrong hopefully not enough to fail was all she hoped. The waiting was beginning to make her anxious. Izuku put his pencil down and let out a sigh. "So Midoriya how did I do this time?" His silence was beginning to drive her mad.

Izuku decided to drop the charade, and gave her a smile. "You barely passed, but you did it!" With that Ashido let a loud yell out that made Izuku glad these study rooms had a slight degree of sound proofing, or the librarian would probably be kicking them out over her excited cheers. "Hey now Ashido calm down we still have a lot for you to work on; this is still just day one after all." He hated to be a party pooper but he needed her to calm down. "That can wait till tomorrow I guess though. So any idea for your first request?"

"You bet I have an idea. While I was walking here I noticed an arcade, and I want to relax with some games. You know what they say 'all work and no play make Jack a dull boy'." Izuku gave her a blank stare, and under his breath she could hear him say 'who's Jack?'. Clearly he had never seen The Shining. "Just a movie reference Midoriya now let's go last one there is a rotten egg." Mina then threw all her stuff into her bag and sped out of the library.

"Ashido wait, I still have to check out this room, and I don't even know where the arcade is. Ashido!"

Mina was tired both mentally and physically when they left the arcade. The first thing she had wanted to do was play one of the dancing games. Izuku had tried to keep up with her but had bowed out after a few songs, but Mina played until she had left her name on the high scores. After that they tried out just about every game in the place; only stopping to eat some of the food the place supplied. Mina planned on just resting on her bed till she fell asleep but a call from Jirou put a stop to that. "Hey Jirou, what's up?"

"Just wanted to see how your study session with Midoriya went. Did you actually get anything done?" When Mina had told her that she wouldn't be attending Momo's lessons Jirou had been suspicious that she had planned on goofing off the whole time.

"Wow really feeling the confidence girl, but yeah I actually did get a lot done. Midoriya was everything I expected him to be as a tutor." All Mina got in response was a 'yeah right' from her friend. "Hey I'm not lying. He took a lot of time explaining everything for me. Then when I started getting mad he stayed calm, and helped me figure out what I didn't know. He even thought up a great way to make sure I focused."

"Oh? What did he think up? Must be real good if it got you to sit still and study."

"He told me that for every mock test he gave me that I pass he'd do whatever I wanted to after our lessons. It actually worked too. Managed to pass the math test he gave me." The pride Mina was feeling was obvious to her friend.

"Nice so what did you make Midoriya do for you?" Jirou listened to Mina as she explained the trip to the arcade. "Sounds like a good time, and hey if it works for you good. I'd hate to see you miss out on the trip."

"Same it's only been one day, but I'm feeling good about my chances. So how about you; how were Yao-Momo's lessons?" The two talked until they both started to feel tired. "Alright Jirou I think I'm gonna turn in Midoriya is gonna be going over science with me tomorrow, and I'll need all the rest I can get. Night girl."

"Night, and good luck."

Izuku was impressed. While Mina was still struggling with the science problems he had given her; she was doing much better compared to last night. She hadn't passed one of the mock tests yet today, but it was clear she wasn't going to take as long as she had on math to pass. "Alright Ashido that's time lets see how you did on this one." Collecting the paper he began to check it against the answer key he had made.

"So Professor Midoriya did I ace it this time?" Mina's confidence was high today after a good night's sleep, and owing to the fact that only a few questions on the exam required her to do math. She felt like she had today in the bag. Her confidence remained even when she saw Izuku writing on her paper meaning she had not aced it, because she knew he'd make sure she aced the next one. "Sooo, pass or fail?"

The green haired boy shook his head. "Fail, but just barely. You actually got the ones that had you calculate forces all correct so I'm glad you took yesterday to heart, but you struggled to answer too many of the questions that asked you to define things. I'm surprised you got the ones about identifying acids wrong too; figured that would be your ace in the hole Ashido."

Mina blushed at getting questions about acids wrong but had a good explanation for that. "Well it's not like I can produce specific acids with my quirk I really just think of how strong I want them and my body does the rest and gives me what I want. Putting that aside walk me through the rest of my answers, and give me that test I have it this time I know it." Izuku honestly believed her. He was starting to realize that when she truely put her mind on something Mina was determined to get it done. He then whipped out his notes; explained how her answers were wrong, and made sure she knew the right definitions for the terms they would be tested on. A short break later, and Mina had a new test in front of her. Cracking her knuckles she picked up a pencil and got to work.

Izuku took this time to do his own studying. While helping Mina certainly counted since he was still going over the material. He'd be lying if he said he wasn't slowing his pace down so she could keep up. IZuku was so into his own review that he didn't notice that Mina had finished her test, and had been trying to get his attention for a few minutes now. She was amazed at just how fast he was writing in his notebook, but she wanted to see how well her test went. 'Ok Midoriya is in his own world right now. Drastic times call for drastic measures.' Mina got up from her side of the table, and walked over to the boy who still hadn't took notice of her and stood right behind him. She took a moment to collect herself because what she was about to do would embarrass the both of them, but knowing Izuku it would at least be funny. Mina then bent over so her head was level with his. Then gently blew on his ear.

His reaction was instantaneous. Leaping out of his chair, and over to the other side of the table. He turned to face her both sporting blushes although Izuku had a darker blush going. W-w-what w-was t-that for Ashido?"

"I finished my mock exam while you were nose deep in that notebook, and I've been trying to get your attention for like ten minutes dude. Figured I'd play a little prank on you, but I never thought you'd leap over the table to get away from me Midoriya. You're going to break this maiden's heart." Mina knew she was pushing things by laying it on so thick just to hide her own embarrassment from the slightly intimate act, but she couldn't help herself.

Izuku was trying to form a response to that. His mind was just drawing a blank though, and all the words he tried to use came out jumbled. How in the hell was he supposed to reply to that.

Seeing how the boy was reacting made Mina take pity on him. She knew he was bad at dealing with girls, but not this bad. Mina went over to him to give him a hand to help ease his embarrassment. "I'm sorry Midoriya; I crossed a line there. Let's get you back up and working again." He quickly accepted the apology, and once they were seated in their original spots Izuku immediately started checking Mina's answers. He was too flustered to do anything else.

Wanting to break some of the tension she had caused Mina asked a question that had wormed its way into her thoughts. "Say Midoriya is helping me out keeping you from studying the way you normally do? You were going over your notes like three times faster than you did with me, and I can't help but think I'm holding you back."

Stopping his grading to compose himself Izuku decided to be honest with Ashido. "I guess you are just a little." Mina felt guilty at that admision. She had gone and asked him for help, and rather than boost her grades she might end up only hurting his. "But it's not like I mind. You recognized you would need help and asked for it. I respect that. If making sure you pass and get to come on the trip with everyone else means I do a little worse...well I'd make that trade in a heartbeat. I said it the other day in class that I want to go to with everyone; that means you too Ashido."

Said girl had to look away to hide the new blush that had formed after he said that. It was one of the sweetest things anyone had ever told her. 'Man how can he say that with a straight face. If I didn't know better I would have thought he was confessing to me. I swear my heart skipped a beat when he said that.' A small grin started to form on her face. "Thanks Midoriya" a smile and a mumbled welcome was the boy's response.

"Alright Ashido I'm done grading." Looking up from her phone and locking it Mina put her full attention on Izuku. "You got 78% right that's so much better compared to yesterday; well done."

Mina was excited at that grade. While still on the lower end of passing; there was no doubt this time as opposed to yesterday where she had only 'barely' passed Midoriya's math exam. "I hope you brought your wallet today Midoriya cause I'm hungry, and you have to pay cause that's my second request."

Izuku had in fact brought his wallet since he had expected Ashido at some point to ask for him to pay for something. He even asked for an advance on his allowance. Explaining the situation to his mother had been something else. She had practically forced a handful of bills into his pocket through her tears and cries of 'my baby is growing up', and sent him on his way. "I have it. I'm guessing you have a place in mind then?"

"Yup it's a little burger place that does these amazing milkshakes. I've been craving one since I had the idea to make you buy them so hurry up."

"So many options." Was all Izuku could think as he studied the selections for the milkshakes Using the time to stretch his shoulder after being dragged here by Mina. After hearing the alien girl order a 'grasshopper' milkshake he wanted to try something just as intriguing but the flavors were all fairly normal sounding besides that one so he defaulted to getting strawberry. Once he paid he joined Mina in sitting at the counter, and waited in a comfortable silence for their shakes.

A few minutes later and both of their shakes were placed in front of them; his a bright pink with an actual strawberry on the rim of the glass, and hers a light green with a hand full of what looked like chocolate chips on the top. They took a few sips and Izuku had to admit it was a delicious treat. "This is great Ashido! I don't think I've had a milkshake like this before."

"What you've never had a strawberry milkshake before? I know you're a pretty plain guy but I would have never thought you were that plain Midoriya." Was Mina's teasing response in between deep sips of her milkshake.

Izuku's cheeks turned a little red at her comment. "T-that's not what I meant and you know it. Hey if you keep taking such large gulps you are going to give yourself a headache."

"Puh-lease I have these all the time I'm not going to get a dumb brain freeze especially with how hard I've been working the thing the last two days. Watch and learn." Mina looked Izuku right in the eyes for a second, and moved to down the last third of her shake in one big gulp. As if responding to her overconfidence the ice cream god struck her with the worst brain freeze she had ever felt. "Ah damn it. Stupid brain why did you have to call my bluff."

"I suppose you earned that." Normally Izuku wouldn't poke fun at others misfortune, but after being proven right he wanted to show her he could be funny too. "Besides is that ice cream really so good? I never would had thought something called grasshopper would be so tasty that you'd be gulping it down."

"Oh laugh it up dude. If my brain dies of hypothermia it just means you have to reteach me everything." That made Izuku stop his laugh. "And if you're so curious about what it tastes like give it a sip." Mina then shoved her milkshake right into his face. "Go on don't keep me waiting Midoriya."

"Bu-but Ashido t-that would be an…" indirect kiss. The words died in his throat not being able to even speak them with how embarrassed this was making him.

"But nothing Midoriya I'm not moving till you take a nice big sip. Consider it part of my reward!"

The longer she stared at him the more Izuku felt awkward. Screwing his eyes shut he put his mouth on the straw and did as he was ordered taking a big gulp of the milkshake. It took a moment to recognize that despite it being called a 'grasshopper milkshake' it was just mint chocolate chip flavored. After that though Izuku stopped drinking it, and turned to face away so Mina wouldn't see just how much he was blushing. 'Gah how can she ask me to do that with a straight face. Dammit I'm making a fool out of myself with how big of a deal I'm making this.' Opening his eyes he noticed the employee that had made their drinks giving him a thumbs up as if to say 'well done kid.' 'Don't congratulate me for that! We're just friends!'

What he didn't notice though was that Mina was just as affected by their exchange. 'AAAAAAAAH! Why did I practically force him to have an indirect kiss with me! Stupid! He's gonna get the wrong idea if I do stuff like that.'

Coughing into his hand Izuku broke her out of her thoughts. Although neither were looking at the other just yet. "Uhm that was p-pretty good thanks. Though they should just called it mint chip or something less confusing."

"You're welcome; maybe they could call it something else, but that's half the fun. Look at it this way now you can say you had a grasshopper shake and freak people out." Feeling her phone vibrate Mina took a second to see the time and realized she had to go. "Ah if I don't leave now I might miss the train sorry to pull a chew and screw, but I'll see ya tomorrow in class Midoriya."

"Don't worry about it, go, I'll see you tomorrow. Don't forget to bring your notes on history. That's what we're working on after school." Mina gave him a exaggerated wave and thumbs up as she ran in the direction to the station.

Unfortunately on day three of their study sessions Mina would fail to get a passing grade on any of Izuku's mock tests. She was able to answer provide the basic answers to the questions, but when asked to give detailed answers she would flounder. No matter how generous he graded Izuku couldn't pass her. Seeing how dejected Mina was after he finished grading her last test had made him want to pass her, but he knew that wouldn't be fair in the long run. Their teachers would not be that merciful. Izuku did his best to help her afterwards, but he could tell she was beating herself up over this. He had no idea on how to cheer her up. All he could do was hope that this was just a small set back and tomorrow she'd be back in business. After all how bad could she do in Japanese?

Terribly was the answer to that. Izuku was flabbergasted at how poorly she had done. Clearly she was still feeling down over yesterday, and it had caused her to make many mistakes. It was getting him frustrated, not at Mina, but at himself. He had promised to help her, and he was failing to do so. He was running out of ideas on how to help her improve. Science and math being her weakest points; he had figured it would take longer to get them he hadn't really expected her to struggle in the other subjects so much. He could only hope that she'd break out of this funk because they were moving on to english.

In contrast Mina was feeling pretty worthless at what she felt was wasting Izuku's time the last two days. She had been riding so high the first two days that she hadn't bothered to study on her own for the history day. Figuring she could just rely on her friend to correct her mistakes, and she'd get another request in no time. It bit her in the ass though when she realized she had no idea how to properly answer any of the questions. Mina was quick to psyche herself out further when despite her best efforts she failed again. It was with a start she realized that she had begun relying on Midoriya's detailed explanations after the fact that she had forgone doing any real studying of her own. Despite how she felt Mina was confident she'd surprise her tutor when it came to english. Both students vowed to themselves that they would both meet the expectations they each felt the other had in them.

And surprise him she did when she was able to ace the mock english exam he provided her. "Ashido t-this is amazing! You got 100%; I don't think I've done this good on any of the english tests we've had in class." Mina felt herself swell with joy at his words and how proud he sounded of her. "I have to ask how did you do it? What study method did you use?"

"I don't really have a special method or anything Midoriya. I guess...ever since I was a kid I liked watching movies especially the sci-fi ones in their original english. So I guess I just knew the vocabulary." Looking at the green haired boy she saw the confusion and doubt in his eyes. "I'm telling you the truth. On a whim one day I decided to watch the movie Alien in english. and I ended up understanding a little of it so i just kept watching it till I understood. Before I knew it I had watched the whole series in english."

"Well if it works for you Ashido who am I to argue." Izuku just had to sigh at the absurdity of it all. "Anyway I'm glad you are smiling again. You've looked so down the last few days,and I had no idea how to help. Figures you'd do it without me really doing anything."

"Hey no mopping; I did enough for the two of us already. Besides I would have never even got this far without you Midoriya." Mina's words were able to lighten the mood and the two shared a smile.

"Alright Ashido any idea on what you want as a reward this time?" Izuku was willing to go with just about anything she suggested as she had truly earned it after the last few days.

"Well do you think you could start calling me 'Mina' instead of 'Ashido'. I prefer my friends call me by my first name, and I think you've been a real friend to me so I feel weird with you calling me by my family name." Mina could see that Izuku was flustered by this request. Mostly cause he hadn't expected such a simple request. So he might need another push to break his politeness. "Besides you call Tsuyu by her first name so I figure you can do the same for me right?"

Izuku had expected many requests but being told to call a girl by her first name was not one of them. She made a good point even if he still messed up and called Tsuyu 'Asui' on occasion. It would be tough, but Izuku knew he could do it. "Sure thing Ash- I mean M-mina." He barely caught himself before calling her Ashido, and had basically mumbled out her first name but he had called her Mina.

"There you go! Not so hard was it? From now on I will only respond to 'Mina' so make sure you practice saying it mister!"

"Understood M-mina!" Izuku practically stood up in salute to her tone of voice. They both left the library soon after both feeling warmth that wasn't because of summer's heat.

It was the last day before the exams were set to begin, and Izuku had decided that they would just do an old fashioned review rather than any last minute cramming. He would be able to answer any final questions Mina had. Izuku was proud of how far his temporary student had come in the short amount of time; he had his doubts at the start, but Mina had surpassed his expectations. He was also happy he had gotten to know the pink girl a little better over the last week, and had found himself enjoying hanging out with her and he was hoping they could continue after the exams. That said Izuku had noticed that as the time passed on their last lesson the more Mina seemed to withdraw into herself.

In previous lessons she would crack jokes whenever she could, grumble at the difficulty of a problem, and in general just had an energy around her that made these sessions fun for the both of them. Now she hardly joked even when he tried to set her up for them, barely spoke unless it was a question, and that fun energy had vanished. With the silence finally getting to him Izuku decided to find out what was bothering his friend. "Hey Mina, I'm feeling pretty good about tomorrow how about you?"

Mina looked up at the green haired boy and sighed at his question. "Not feeling good at all about tomorrow." She the looked back down at her notes from class taking note of just how many doodles she'd drawn in the borders today.

"What why? You've been doing great in our study sessions I'm sure you will be able to pass."

"That's just it! I've only been doing so well here. In class I can still hardly answer any questions, and I leave class feeling more confused than ever. I'm only doing well because you take time to dumb everything down to my level even if you'd never admit to it." Izuku was shocked by the accusation, and tried to tell her he hadn't dumbed anything down for her but she cut him off. "Midoriya you have to explain stuff to me like five times. Even if it wasn't on purpose you must of dumbed stuff down to get it through my thick skull." She finally met his gaze and Izuku was shocked to see tears beginning to form in the corners of her eyes. "I just can't help thinking that no matter how much I study the outcome is going to be the same, me failing, and only this time I'm dragging you down with me because I had to be selfish and waste both our times asking for help."

'So that's what this is about. She's still worried about me doing worse because I decided to help her over studying alone.' All Izuku could do was reassure Mina that he would be fine and that she would pass. "Mina I told you a few days ago that I didn't mind dropping down if it meant you would pass and I stand by that. You don't need to worry about me."

Rather that reassure the girl Izuku's words seemed to upset her more. "That's the problem I'm not going to pass Midoriya I just know it!"

"I know that you can pass. I made sure every test you took would be tough for me as well, and you passed three of them. With two of them being the subjects you struggled with the most." That was the truth. He had put a fair amount of effort making sure the tests were challenging to himself before presenting them to MIna.

"Then I went and failed two subjects I thought would be easy. I got all confident with your teaching I skipped on studying at home. I can't study worth a damn on my own I only did so well because of you Midoriya. You and you silly way of rewarding me. That and how bad I wanted to go on the trip with everyone were the only reasons I was able to pass those tests you gave me, and come tomorrow I will only have one of those." Mina finally started to cry at her frustrations. "I don't want to be the only one to not go."

Izuku couldn't believe what he was hearing; this level of self doubt reminded him of how he felt before All Might had helped him, and he would be damned if he let his friend suffer even a second longer. If him rewarding her was part of why she had tried so hard then surely it should help give her the boost again. "Then how about this; when you pass the exam portion of our finals I'll listen to any request you have."

Mina just shook her head. "If I can even pass the one request I can think of you'll probably just veto. Nothing I asked you to do so far made you use it but I've been holding back because I didn't want to make you uncomfortable."

"Mina I'm so sure you will pass the exam I promise that no matter what it is you want me to do I'll do it even if it makes me uncomfortable." He then took one of her hands into his and shook it. "See we even shook hands on it so I can't take it back now."

Despite the tears still in her eyes Mina couldn't take just how ridiculous the boy in front of her was. "Pft...Midoriya what was that. I can't believe you just made a deal on your own like that. Hahaha...I hope you know though I'm not going to hold back with my request now.

"It got you to cheer up so whatever it is will be worth it." Mina was touched at how much he cared. She could tell he truly meant he didn't care what it took he wanted her to be happy. While Izuku hadn't been her first choice in tutor she was glad he had been the one she went to for help. They had become better friends over the last week; she had found hanging out with Izuku to be fun, and if Mina had her way they would be hanging out more often. Especially if the warmth she was beginning to feel around him continued to get stronger.

Mood whiplash was all Mina could feel right about now after finding out despite failing the practical portion of the exam that everyone would still be going on the trip. She had started out feeling pretty confident after yesterday's written portion. After Izuku's pep talk, and his offer of a reward she knew she did well on it. Then came the disappointment of failing the practical. Mina had only barley held back her tears in front of her classmates; begging Izuku to tell her about all the fun they would have on the trip. To the joy of Aizawa revealing it was just another logical ruse. Only then had she allowed her tears to fall in relief. Then there was the dread of remedial lessons which would likely be hell. Finally ending back on joy as the class, minus a few stick in the muds, were planning to use the free day to buy the required items on the list UA gave them. So yeah she was feeling drained in just about every possible way, and was ready to go straight home and rest. Then she heard her phone's chime go off. 'Huh who is texting me? I just left the group a minute ago.'

Midoriya: Uhm hey Mina; I know you said were heading home, but if you want could we meet up? I do owe you a reward for passing the written exam...only if you want to that is. It can wait till later if you can't.

She had forgotten in all the excitement of the day that their teacher had told them that everyone had passed the written portion; so that obviously included her. Mina felt herself grinning. This was the cherry on top of everything else. Izuku would do whatever she asked and he couldn't refuse, and she knew just what she wanted.

Mina: I can't believe I almost forgot. Meet me at the shake place we can celebrate there, and I'll tell you what I want and you better be ready to pay up. ;)

Mina could only laugh at her response but she changed directions and rushed to hopefully get to the restaurant first.

"Bout time you got here Midoriya! Any later and the shakes would had begun to melt." Mina had in fact beaten Izuku to the restaurant, and had gotten them both a shake. "This one's yours; consider this a small thank you. I may have failed the practical, but thanks to you I passed the written part. So cheers!"

Izuku took the milkshake offered and clinked his cup against Mina's. "Thanks, but don't discount all the hard work you put in Mina. You had it in you to pass the whole time I just helped a little."

"Please; you helped me a lot. Not just by teaching me, but by letting me cut loose a little afterwards." Mina took a moment to drink a little bit of her shake. "Which brings me to my reward. I really enjoyed going to the arcade with you, getting a shake, and hell even just sitting in that dumb library studying was fun. So I hope your prepared cause you and I are going to be hanging out a lot more."

"Ok so what about your reward? What do you want to do?" Izuku was just a little confused. He would gladly spend more time with Mina, but she hadn't really specified what she wanted them to do together.

"Man for a smart guy you can't take a hint can you." Izuku could only blink in confusion. "I don't have any specific thing I want to do other than hang out more with you after class and stuff. I like goofing off with you dude." Mina could see the dots connecting in Izuku's head but decided to throw him a bone. "But if you need a specific thing tomorrow when we meet up at the Kiyashi Ward how about you and I walk around together? I can use your muscles to carry around all my bags!" She laughed at the indiginat look that flashed on his face. "Just kidding! You should see your face! Really though how about it?"

Izuku only needed a second to decide. "I promised I'd do whatever you asked so I can't really say no, but I'll be honest I want to hang out with you more too. This last week has really fun for me, and I think I was hoping you'd ask for something like this. Besides I've never been to Kiyashi before so it it will be nice to go around with you."

Mina then decided to be a little bold and give Izuku a big hug. "Your the best Midoriya. I'll make sure your first trip to Kiyashi will be unforgettable." She then broke the hug but kept one of her hands on his. "Say would you walk with me to the train station?" Izuku nodded and the two left the restaurant hand in hand excited for what was to come tomorrow and in the future.

AN: This was surprisingly tough for me to write, this was supposed to be the beginning of a relationship between the two and it took me a while to balance their interactions. I'd been sitting on this general idea for a while now but had no clue on what to do for the rewards part, then I read just the fluffiest manga and got the idea for the shake scene and then I was able to flesh out the rest of the story. That manga actually gave me a few ideas to work with and I plan on adapting them in future stories so be on the look out. Lastly I want to thank everyone that has read my last two one shots and everyone on discord for encouraging me and helping me flesh these half brained ideas of mine into reality.