In any other circumstance the scene Mina was watching would be hilarious. She was sitting at the head of their kitchen table. Her father on her right; was in his best suit asking All Might dozens of questions about his hero career. Thankfully the retired hero was taking it in stride. Her mother on the other hand was in full 'mom" mode. Pacing all around the room making sure fresh tea, and that a dozen of different snacks were available to her teachers. To top it all off Aizawa was looking more and more disgruntled. Mina wished she could find all of this funny.

It wasn't though. This house visit was to determine if her parent's would allow Mina to return U.A, and live in the new dormitories. Mina had also stayed up chatting with Izuku; so she was tired, and she had woken up early for this. Having enough she spoke up. "Mom? Dad? I'm guessing Mr. Aizawa and All Might have the rest of my class to get to today. Can we get to the point?" Mina had to inwardly groan at her tone. It had been a bit grumpier than she meant to be.

Her parents and All Might turned to look at her; causing her to blush. Her father coughed into his hand. Her mother took the seat next to him, and across from her homeroom teacher. Aizawa gave her a look that she assumed was gratitude.

"Mina is right. We shouldn't take up too much of your time." Mina watched as her father begun to scratch his horn; which grew right in the middle of his forehead. This was what he did anytime he wanted to stall for time. "If I read the pamphlet that was sent to us correctly; because of the increased villain activity you want students to live on campus from now on?"

"Yes. Since the League of Villains has targeted the students on multiple occasions now. We feel this is the best route to proceed with." Aizawa's response was quick, and spoken smoothly. Clearly he had rehearsed; expecting to get this question many times today.

"Even though it was under your watch most of these incidents have occurred? Including the Summer Camp you assured would be safe?" Mina flinched at her father's tone. He was normally so cheerful; much like Mina herself. So to hear him like this was unnerving to her.

"I understand your hesitance. The principal has already personally seen to upgrading all our security protocols. Several of my colleagues are also staking their own reputations to ensure that our past mistakes are not repeated." Aizawa then looked her father right in his eyes.

Her father held the eye contact for a minute. Then gave her mother a side glance, and let out a relieved sigh. "Alright sounds good. We'll allow Mina to continue attending school." Her parents then gave both teachers wide toothy smiles.

Mina, All Might, and Aizawa were unprepared for the attitude shift. "R-really? Just like that?" Shota Aizawa was clearly not prepared for the Ashidos to hand over permission so easily.

"Yup. Honestly my wife and I both think this will be for the best. While Mina has not been targeted specifically in any of these incidents; there's not much either of us could do should they come here for her. My quirk is largely cosmetic. This horn breaks if I so much as bump into a door." As if to emphasise the point her father knocked on his horn with his knuckles, and a crack began to form.

"And my quirk makes my drool acidic, but it's so weak. It barely rates below neutral on the ph scale." Mina's mother picked up from there. "So while we have reservations about Mina leaving home. Those are normal concerns though. Especially when she'll be living with that boy she spends all night talking with."

Mina had to look away from her Mother's teasing grin. "Moooom!" Turning to face All Might she was surprised to see he had a similar knowing look on his face. Which left her slightly confused.

"Now Mina dear; I just want you to be safe. In every meaning of the word."

"MOM!" Mina was so embarrassed. While sex had never been a taboo subject in the Ashido household. Her teachers were the last people Mina wanted to have this conversation in front of.

Her mother laughed into her hand before changing subjects. " Now while we give permission; we still have a few questions about the arrangements. The pamphlets showed a kitchen in the dorm layout. Will the students be required to cook for themselves, and if so will they be given a stipend to shop with?"

Aizawa shifted in his seat a bit. "During the school week the school's chef Lunch-Rush will provide breakfast and lunch for the students. On the weekend, and at dinner students will be encouraged to cook for themselves. We are working a deal with several on campus clubs for students with vegetation based quirks to provide fresh produce to the dorms. Anything else will have to be provided by the students themselves."

"That's more than I thought they'd provide. That was my main concern; what about you honey?"

Mina then tuned out her parents and teachers going over the intricacies of the dorm. She was suddenly full of relief. 'Oh man for a moment I thought they were going to say no. I can't wait to hang out with everyone. Hehe I'll be able to hang with Izuku whenever I want now.' Mina was giddy at the thought, but then a sobering memory came to the surface. 'Wait...oh no. I can't believe I forgot that his mom told me she was thinking of pulling him from U.A. This is the perfect excuse.'

Mina was shaken from her thoughts when her father started to ruffle her hair. "Before you two go I want to thank you both. I'm sure my daughter is quite the handful in class. If she's anything like I was at that age it takes a while to get her to learn anything. It means the world to me to know she has people at that school who are looking out for her."

'Dad...Wait did he say they're leaving? I need to see if they've gone to Izuku's yet.' Breaking free of her father's embrace Mina turned to her teachers. They were now standing in the front hall of her house. "Wait! I need to ask about...uhm." Mina hesitated for a few reasons. One being that she didn't want to let on how much she knew about the rescue operation. Nor did she want to interfere with what was ultimately Inko's decision. "It's about Izu...uhm Midoriya." Her hesitation caused the last part to come out as a whisper.

One that All Might was close enough to hear. "Aizawa I've got this! If you don't mind waiting in the car. It should only take a moment." Her homeroom teacher looked at them suspiciously for a moment before turning to leave. "Miss Ashido; We'll likely be visiting the Midoriya's later in the day. I understand why you might be worried, but worry not! I personally intended to ensure things go well with him." He then used his good arm to reassuringly pat Mina on the shoulder. Giving a final wave to the Ashido's All Might left to join Aizawa in their car.

All Might's confidence lifted Mina's spirits, but she couldn't help the doubt that was filling her mind.

Several hours later found Mina laying on her bed; staring up at her phone with her thumb hovering over Izuku's contact. She desperately wanted to message him and find out about his home visit. It was nearing dinner time, but there was no way to know if it had happened yet. Mina brought up a picture of the two of them; one that Tooru had taken of the two as they exited the forest during the training camp. Just as she was about to type out another message only to delete it; her phone began ringing, and 'Izuku Midoriya' popped up.

Mina was so surprised by the sudden call she dropped her phone right on her face. "Oww." Ignoring the pain Mina scrambled to answer her phone. "Midoriya!"

"Mina are you okay? You sound like you're hurt."

"Nothing to worry about. Just dropped my phone on my face. What's up?"

"Just finished my home visit, and wanted to know how your visit went. Has All Might been to your house?"

Mina felt her face heat up with a blush. She was flattered that Izuku was thinking along the same lines as her. 'Here I am hemming and hawing all day, and Izuku calls me the first chance he gets.' "Mine was fine. My parents agreed almost immediately, and spent the rest of the time bombarding All Might and Aizawa with questions. More importantly how did your's go?"

"Uh...well..it could have b-better. Things got real tense between my Mom, All Might, and I." Izuku was relieved his mother had given her permission, but it was undeniably tense before that.

"Oh no…" Mina on the other hand assumed the worst. That Inko had not allowed him to continue attending U.A. "W-what happened?"

"My Mom didn't want me to go back to school. Said that they had done a poor job of protecting the students; especially with how often I got hurt. I tried to convince her that all the times I got hurt it was my fault, but she wasn't having it. She stood her ground against All Might and I." Izuku let out a sigh. He had never seen his mother like that before, and despite how sad he would of been to no longer go to U.A he was very proud of his mother.

"Izu...We can still hang out even if you go to a different school." Mina hated the thought of not seeing him everyday, but was determined to make things work.

"Wha-?" Izuku was cut off by Mina before he could ask what she meant.

"And we can call each other all the time. That's not much different from what we already do either!" Mina wasn't listening to Izuku; all she was doing was running off every idea that popped into her head. "Besides you live fairly close to campus. I can stop by whenever."

"Mina I'm not-" Izuku having finally figured out Mina had assumed He would not be going to U.A tried to clear up the misunderstanding. Only to be cut off by her rapid questions.

"Do you have any idea what school you'll be going to instead? I'm sure you'd do well at Shinketsu. Wait you only just found out; you probably haven't considered what school to go to yet."

"Mina!" It was the last thing Izuku wanted to do, but yelling at her was the only way to get Mina's attention. She immediately quieted down after he called her name. "I was trying to tell you my mom eventually agreed to letting go back to U.A."

Mina felt a rush of emotion after hearing that. After everything Inko had told her; Mina was sure she'd take this chance to pull Izuku from the school. So stunned by this Mina could only mutter one word. "How?"

"Completely by accident." That only increased Mina's confusion. "I could tell she was serious, and I knew her stress over me was high since the incident with Shigaraki. All I wanted to do was to ease a bit of her worries by showing her the letter Kota wrote me."

"Kota?" Mina couldn't place the name despite it sounding familiar.

"Mandalay's nephew." Mina murmured out an 'oh.' "I saved him during that raid on the camp, and he wrote me a thank you letter, and apologised for uhm…"

"Hitting you below the belt?" Mina had almost forgotten how their first meeting with the young boy had gone.

"Yeah… Anyway I wanted to show my mom that I was someone's hero if only for a minute. That I was okay with her choice; because no matter what I'd be a hero one day."

'I told you Mrs. Midoriya. Izuku could never hate you for caring about his well being.' "How did that change her mind then? Sounds like you accepted her choice."

"I didn't change her mind. It was All Might. He actually got on his hands and knees to implore her to reconsider. He s-said he saw a lot of promise in me as a hero. That he understood her anxiety over how the school has handled things, but they are truly trying to change so they never happen again. All Might said he wanted to make sure I...that we don't follow the same bloody path alone. He wants to walk with us down that path. I think that was what really convinced her."

Mina was so stunned. The meeting with her parents had gone so smoothly it was incredible hearing how far her teacher had gone for Izuku. She was so busy processing this that she never picked up the slight slip Izuku made. "I...wow. That must have been intense. So then you're really sure that you'll be going back?"

"Yes; Mom signed the forms and everything. Now all that's left is whatever Mr. Aizawa chooses to do with those of us that went after Kac-chan."

Mina had to click her tongue at that reminder; no matter how true it was. Their conversation had finally gone to a lighter place, and Izuku just had to bring reality back. "Any idea how that is gonna go down?"

"No All Might wouldn't give me any hints. All he gave me was that it was Mr. Aizawa's decision alone. Regardless though; you said it earlier. We can still hang out no matter what. I-I like hanging out with you too much to let that get in the way."

That gave Mina a nice warm feeling in her chest, and they both used it to drift towards other topics. They spent the rest of the conversation talking about what they were planning to bring with them to their new dorms.

While Mina was busy admiring their new dorm; she was surprised to feel a body crash into her, and give her a tight hug. "Mina! It's good to see you. How come you never visited me while I was in the hospital."

Realizing that it was Tooru; Mina laughed as the invisible girl tightened the hug. "I tried a bunch, but they kept it to family only while you were out cold. My parents also wouldn't let me go everyday, or else I would have."

Tooru laughed her off. "I know. Just pulling your leg. This place is massive though. I wonder how big our rooms are going to be?"

Mina followed Tooru's sleeve as it gestured in the direction of the dorm. "I know! They really spared no expense with this place it seems."

As Tooru began describing some of the decorations she'd brought; Mina couldn't help but notice something over her shoulder. It was Izuku talking with the rest of the group that had rescued Bakugou. Judging by the serious look on his face he was informing them of what he told her; that Aizawa was aware of their activities. She couldn't fight the morbid curiosity as the other four reacted to the news.

Iida had taken off his glasses, and was pinching the bridge of his nose. He was clearly attempting to calm himself down. From what Midoriya had told her Iida had been very against them going in the first place. 'He's probably fighting back from saying I told you so.'

Todoroki was his usual stoic self, but Mina could see that his clenched had was shaking ever so slightly. 'I guess that means he's pretty pissed.'

Kirishima's face looked like someone had just kicked a puppy. Mina felt bad for her middle school classmate, but it only went so far. 'It was his idea to go on that stupid rescue mission.'

Finally Momo was biting her thumb in worry, and impatiently tapping her left foot. Mina had to fight back a pang of jealousy when Izuku put a comforting hand on her shoulder. 'I shouldn't be jealous considering the circumstance. As nervous as I am Yao-Momo is probably twenty times more.'

"Damn girl. I thought we got past you staring at Midoriya during the camp. I figured when you two came back hand in hand things were looking good. What happened to set you back two steps?"

Tooru's voice pulled Mina from her thoughts. Mina let out a sigh. "A whole bunch I guess."

Sensing that Mina didn't want to go into detail around all their classmates; Tooru pulled her towards the back of the group so they could talk. "What happened?"

"I sort of confessed while arguing with him." Tooru almost let out a happy squeal, but Mina was quick to shush the invisible girl.

"Okay geez. What were you two arguing about?"

"I'm sure you'll find out soon, but I was trying to get him to be honest about something big. I got frustrated with him and let it slip. After that he was totally honest in answering my questions. After that he kind of never gave me an answer to the confession, and we've kind of been avoiding it when we talk."

"That no good jerk! Don't worry Mina I'll set him right."

Mina had to hold back Tooru before she made a scene. "It's not like that Tooru. Trust me there's a reason why I haven't pushed the issue yet. It will make sense soon. Besides after we talked that night he invited me to have dinner at his house. So it's not like I don't *know* how he feels...We just haven't talked about it yet."

That calmed the invisible girl down. "Fine. You know him better than me anyway."

Mina could tell she wasn't fully convinced, but it was enough for now. "C'mon I can see Mr. Aizawa coming from the dorm." The two then rejoined the rest of their classmates.

Their teacher stood in front of the group. Surveying them, and answering a couple questions about his status. "Now before I give an explanation on how these dorms will work; there's one matter I need to address. The provisional license that you were meant to get at the end of the training camp. This is important so pay attention. Todoroki, Kirishima, Midoriya, Yaoyorozu, and Iida." As he announced each name he looked each person's direction. "On that night, you five went to rescue Bakugou."

Mina tried her best to act surprised when she heard that. She could feel the intense stare Tooru was giving her over this revelation. So what she chose to do was keep her attention on Aizawa.

"Judging by your reactions; the rest of you were aware of their plan." He closed his eyes for a moment, and took a deep breath. " I've been shelving things, but allow me to make this clear. Had All Might not been forced to retire. Save for Bakugou, Hagakure, and Jirou; I would have expelled each and every one of you. The five that went go without saying. The twelve that knew, but said nothing would not gotten of scott free either."

The silence was deafening to Mina. She took a glance to her right, and felt her heart clench at the look of guilt on Izuku's face. This was his exact worse case scenario, and they only avoided it by chance.

"Whatever reasons you may have had it doesn't change that you've betrayed our trust. So from this point onwards; I would appreciate it if you rebuild our trust by going through the proper channels. That is all. Now for a tour of the dorms!" Aizawa then turned on his heel, and started walking towards the dorm."

There was a heavy atmosphere surrounding 1-A after that. It took Bakugou dragging Kaminari in to bush to interrogate him; forcing him to short circuit. Kaminari's stupified state was enough to raise most of the class' mood. For the rest seeing Bakugou pay back Kirishima for his night vision goggles, and the resulting debate on what to use it on was enough. With that 1-A entered their new lodging with renewed spirits.

After a quick walk through of the Heights Alliance Dorms everyone went about unpacking. Izuku had gotten most of his room decorated. He had his All Might sheets on his bed, an All Might rug rolled out, various hero books were in his shelves, and a litany of All Might posters covered each wall. Cracking open the box that held his All Might figures; Izuku began taking them out of the paper he had wrapped them in. A knock on his door made him stop.

"Yeah?"

"Hey Mi-Izuku; can I come in? I want to talk for a bit." It was Mina. Izuku jumped up to his feet to open the door.

"Uh sure! Come on in." He didn't hesitate to let her in.

Thanks..oh wow. I knew you admired All Might dude, but this is just a bit much." Mina hadn't seen his room back home when he had invited her to dinner. So seeing the wall to wall All Might was slightly shocking.

An embarrassed blush overcame Izuku. "N-no I just look up to him is all." Izuku was waving his arms to try and hide his merchandise.

While he was doing that Mina couldn't help but notice the large burn scar on his bicep. She stopped his flailing, and gently moved her hand over it. Taking note of the other new scars that joined it. Before today she had only seen him with bandages covering them. "Do they still hurt?"

Izuku had to resist the urge to pull away as she traced his scars. "N-not really. The burn scar is slightly sensitive; so I'll have to wear something to cover it, but they don't hurt."

"O-oh sorry, and here I am touching it like nothing." Mina had snapped her hand away once she knew it felt something.

"No worries. It actually felt...nice when you did that." Izuku's blush had doubled, and Mina had a matching one.

'Ok file that away for later. I need to get back to why I'm here.' "Actually Izuku I wanted to ask you about something else."

Grateful for the changing of topics. Izuku offered Mina his desk chair, and he sat on his bed. "Sure, what's up."

Mina took a breath to give herself a moment to think about how to broach the topic. "Because of how worried you were about Aizawa knowing you guys went after Bakugou; I was willing to pretend it hadn't happened. After this morning your worries were justified too. Now that it's over though I can't wait any longer. I don't want to pretend anymore. What's your response to what I said the other day? You know...when I said I liked you."

'I'm honestly surprised she was as patient as she was with me about this.' Izuku never took his off of Mina's while he was in thought. He could tell from the look on her face that this had been eating at her. "First of all; thank you. What you did, pretending that things were still normal between us, gave me a sense of normalcy I needed leading up to today. Despite that normalcy though everytime we ended a conversation I found myself frustrated. Frustrated that I couldn't tell you what I was really wanted to.

Mina had inched towards the edge of her seat, and was feeling hopeful. "And what was it you wanted to tell me?"

"T-that I l-l-like you." Izuku closed his eyes so he could finish what he wanted to say. "That I felt like an ass when I realized that I never said it back that night. You said that I was all you could think about, and I felt the same about you. Even when I was fighting Muscular you were the first thing to pop into my mind when things got bad." He carefully opened one eye to see how she was taking his confession.

Mina had a shaky smile, like she was embarrassed by how happy she felt. She was also redder than Izuku had ever seen her. Before he could observe more Mina had leapt from the chair, and put him into a crushing hug. She wasn't say anything, but he could hear a happy high pitched giggling coming from her. Slowly he returned the hug, making sure to keep his hands in appropriate places, and Mina tightened her's in response.

"So what d-do we do next?" This was new and confusing to Izuku. He was still getting used to having friends in general, and now he was going out with someone.

"Well for now I want to stay like this. Are you okay with that?" Mina was aware just how unused to displays of affection Izuku was, and the last thing she wanted to do was push his limits. Eventually, yes, but it could wait. Izuku responded by giving her a gentle squeeze. "After that...why change what we've been doing. If it ain't broke why fix it."

Izuku couldn't argue with that logic.

Things settled into an easy routine for the two heroes in training. If they weren't hanging out with their own friends they could be found in one of their rooms. Reactions from their friends when they announced their relationship were positive. Some had been surprised they weren't already going out; having assumed they had been going out for since before the camping trip. Tooru had not so subtly said it was 'about damn time.'

During their super move training for the upcoming hero license exam they were both able push each other forward. With his detailed notes Izuku was able to provide Mina with new applications for her acid, and provided detailed notes on how she could improve her already impressive flexibility.

Once Izuku had remembered he could use his legs instead of his arms; Mina had provided several kick based moves he could incorporate. With the running form shown to him by Iida and Mina's moves, Izuku decided to dub his new technique 'shoot style.' Mina had failed in convincing him to name it 'spinaroonie style.' If only because he hadn't been able to hit the dance move it referenced.

Currently Mina was lounging in the common room taking up an entire section of the sofa. They had been given the day off to allow their bodies to rest before the exam.

"Mina why are you taking up an entire sofa to yourself?" Mina craned her neck up to see the upside down face of Jirou staring down at her.

"Cause I'm bored duh." In an act of petulance Mina spread her arms and legs out to take up even more space.

Jirou shook her head and pushed Mina's arms out of her way, and took a seat. "Then why don't you bug your boyfriend. Where is he anyway?"

Mina smiled at the thought of Izuku, her boyfriend. Even a week later she didn't get tired of referring to him as such. "He went out for a run a couple hours ago ." Ever since he had switched to using his legs Izuku had found himself going for more runs to train them.

"Then stop acting like he's been gone for days."

"I am not. I'm just tired from all this super move training." The two stared each other down before cracking up.

"Have you figured out what to do for your 'official' first date?"

Jirou's question made Mina think. Izuku and her had decided to keep things on campus until after the license exam. After that though? She wasn't sure. "I'd like to take him dancing, but that might be too much for him. Maybe karaoke. Oh! Wait a minute. He showed me this beach the other day...yeah I think that will do the trick."

"A dance club is too much, but you in a bikini wouldn't be?" Jirou wasn't sure about her friends logic.

"Sure he handles us in our hero outfits well enough. Plus I'm not gonna spring some skimpy suit on him." The more Mina thought about it the more she liked the beach idea.

"Whatever you say." Jirou was still unconvinced.

Mina's text alarm went off causing the two to jump. The pink girl smiled when she saw the new nickname she had given Izuku pop up.

~Izu Izu~: Hey Mina, if you're not busy could you meet me over by the school gate? I'll be sitting on a bench under a tree. I've got a surprise for you!

Curiosity peaked Mina leapt to her feet, gave Jirou a wave, and sped toward the dorm's entrance.

A few minutes later she was at the school's gates trying to spot where Izuku was sitting. Spotting him under a nice shady tree she called out to him. "Izu! Where's my surprise!"

Izuku laughed at her over eagerness, and lifted a bad while tapping the seat next to him. "While I was out on my run I saw that place we got those milkshakes, and they had a new flavor advertised. When I saw what it looked like I knew I needed to get it. Out from the bag he pulled two milkshakes and two straws.

Mina noticed right away what Izuku meant by the shakes being perfect. They had a layer of green on the bottom, a layer of pink on top, and black flecks mixed into it. "It's you and me! What flavor is it supposed to be?"

"It's supposed to be watermelon, but as you can see I got it cause of the colors. When I passed by the store it reminded me of when you brought me there. Then I got to thinking how date like that ended up being...it was probably when I first started to develop feeling for you. So I got these to well commemorate us becoming a couple.

Mina was touched by how thoughtful Izuku was. "Izuku you are just so adorable! Back then I was worried I was giving you the wrong idea. With how things worked out; I'm glad I made you drink from my milkshake."

'I don't know how things will go from now on, but I'll always be glad I asked Izuku to help me study. It ended up having more perks than I ever expected.' Mina then put her head on Izuku's shoulder, and enjoyed their milkshakes in a comfortable silence.

AN: First of all for all of you that are still here I'm sorry for the incredibly long wait. I wanted this chapter out much much sooner, but every time I sat down to write nothing came out. Despite having the whole chapter planned out in my head I just didn't feel like writing. Thankfully that all changed and I regained my motivation. I learned a lot about what it takes to do a story that is more than just a one shot with this, and should I decide to do another one I am aware of my personal pit falls now. That all said I am proud of this short little story. It may have taken longer to finish, is very basic in presentation, but it's a complete multi chapter story. Hopefully a name drop isn't too cliche an ending though.

What's next for me? I have a couple ideas I am really hyped for. A third part of one of my existing stories, and a new chapter for Shades of Green that is very on the nose. In the mean time I do have a tumblr where I share just about anything I find interesting, you can find me at legendaryjellyfishfest.