Dokusei and Midoriya were discharged at the same time, so the two walked together. They didn't speak but Midoriya could tell that something was on the toxic boy's mind.

They reached the school exit seeing Iida and Uraraka waiting for them. The latter brightened up upon seeing them. "Guys, I'm so glad you two are ok!"

Midoriya went meek and blushed. "Y-Yeah, I'm good as new..."

"Thank you for the concern, Care Bear." Dokusei looked at Iida. "Good work on getting back up, Mr. Roboto; it really saved Mordy."

Iida fixed his glasses. "As class president, it was my duty to help my classmates."

"Even though you were reluctant to leave us?" Uraraka ratted out Iida, who went stiff and tried to explain otherwise.

As the two had their small argument, Dokusei let out a quick chuckle, and Midoriya soon joined in. It wasn't long till the two were in a full laughter. Iida and Uraraka took notice and hopped on in the laughter as well.

"Let's g-get going." Dokusei waved towards the direction of the train station, his laughing subsiding. "Don't want to miss our trains, do we?" Everyone nodded and went.

A few minutes later Dokusei sat on his train, looking out the window alone. "I hope Mina is ok..."

"What's wrong with Ashido?" A familiar bubbly voice spooked the toxic boy. Looking towards the aisle, he saw Uraraka standing next to his seat. "Oh sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"I didn't know you rode the same train as me, Care Bear."

"Yeah, I found out yesterday, but I was already off by that time." She sat down beside him. "So what's wrong with Ashido?"

Dokusei looked away, disheartened. "I..." He sighed as the words never came to help him deflect this. Looking at his friend, he saw genuine concern. "Promise you won't tell anyone about this?" Her response was to give him her pinky finger. "I'm serious." He was not amused by the gesture.

"Pinky promises cannot be broken; they are sacred." Uraraka kept her pinky out. "I promise, I won't tell a soul."

Dokusei looked around. The train car shook and bobbed every now and then; not many people were in this car, which wasn't too surprising at this time in the evening. He looked back at Uraraka's hand. He sighed and caved, his pinky locking in hers.

"Was that so bad?" Uraraka smiled at her friend. "Now what's wrong?"

Dokusei leaned in closer, and Uraraka did as well. "I broke her heart..." Even with the two leaning in, she barely heard him. "She's in love with me, but I don't have those feelings for her." He leaned back into his seat and stared up at the ceiling. "I dreaded the day that I'd have to tell her no. Now she's a mess and I don't know how to fix it."

Uraraka sat there as he told her a quick rundown of what happened. She put her hand on top of his shoulder. "Sumiteru, only time will tell if you two can bounce back from this. I say stick with her, but don't pretend that this didn't happen." She looked at the boy's eyes, clearly thinking. "Give it time and I'm sure you two will be back to normal! Somewhat..." she added that last part.

Dokusei let out a chuckle. "Who knew you'd be a therapist, Care Bear."

Uraraka tapped her finger against her chin. "Hmmm... Dr. Uraraka... I think I'll sick with hero work."

"There's nothing in the rules saying you can't do both. A lot of people suffer from PTSD after a villain attack," Dokusei clarified. "You could save people's lives and their minds from the horror of villainy."

"I'll think on that." The PA system sparked up, announcing the next stop. "That's me." Making sure she had everything, she looked back at Dokusei. "What're you going to do about all this?"

Dokusei sighed once more. "I'm giving her space today; I'll check on her tomorrow since school got canceled." The train stopped and Uraraka got up to leave. "And Care Bear..." She looked back to the toxic boy. "Thank you for the advice."

"No problem! That's what friends do, right?" With that, she left. It didn't take long for Dokusei to see her waving at him from outside.

Dokusei returned home, with a little hesitation when he passed the street that led to Mina's. When he entered his home he had just enough time to take off his shoes before his mother tackled him in a hug. "Oh my god! My baby boy's home safe and sound!" Higa squeezed her son harder. "When I got a call from UA I tried contacting you but you never answered!" She pulled him out of the hug then looked him straight in the eyes. "Do you have any idea how worried I was!?"

"Higa, darling, I'm sure Dokusei has a very good reason for not being able to answer," Robun tried to save his son.

"Yeah... this happened." He pulled out his phone. It was completely destroyed; it was surprising that it was even still somewhat in the shape of a phone. The screen was cracked in every way imaginable, the whole body was bent, the back was missing, and any buttons it had were gone. "I found out it was destroyed when I got my clothes back."

His mother looked at the phone. "What happened? All I heard was that there was a villain attack, and that you got hurt." She quickly looked him over. "You're ok, right?"

"Yeah I'm fine; Recovery Girl fixed me right up." He rolled his right shoulder. "Arm is a bit sore, but other than that I'm good." Dokusei tried to give his best smile.

"Can you tell us what happened?" Robun asked. They decided to move to the living room. Robun and his wife sat on the couch while Dokusei sat on the loveseat.

Dokusei told them a run down version of the attack. How he dealt with the White Vipers and how he broke his arm. "Seeing All Might take on the Nomu was amazing to witness in person." Dokusei shook off the goosebumps before continuing. "Then not long after that, the rest of the pros showed up. Me and another student were stent to Recovery Girl. Stayed there till the sun was beginning to set." Dokusei finished his story with a shrug. "Now I'm here with a day off from school."

The two parents looked at each other. "Mina called about thirty minutes before you got home; she sounded upset," Higa spoke. "Did something happen?"

Dokusei leaned back and let out a groan. His face showed defeat. "She told me, mom. Mina finally told me."

Higa's shoulders dropped along with the expression on her face. "And what did you say?" Robun looked down. To the parents Mina's feelings for their son was clear. Higa was the one who told Dokusei of Mina's, at the time, possible feelings.

"The truth."

The family was silent. Higa got up and sat next to her son, giving him a hug. "I'm sorry, baby."

"I-It's not your fault..." Dokusei's voice was fighting him. "It not like you were the one to break her heart."

Dokusei felt another hand on his head. "No, but we can try and help our son fix his friendship," his father suggested.

"I've got somewhat of an idea."

"Well that's better than nothing." Robun rubbed his son's head. "We'll get you a new phone some time tomorrow." Dokusei nodded at that.

They got Dokusei's new phone first thing in the morning. "Thank god all of data was saved." He looked through the phone, seeing a picture of him and Mina. Looking at the bag in his hand then up at the door in front of him, he realized he had been standing here for ten minutes.

Putting his phone away, he lifted his hand to knock when the door opened. In the doorway was Mrs. Ashido. "Oh Dokusei. I didn't know you were coming over."

"Hey, Mrs. Ashido." Dokusei did a little bow. "I just wanted to check up on Mina. Is she ok?"

"As ok as one can be after getting their heartbroken. She's been in her room since returning from school." She looked back inside for a moment.

"She told you?" Dokusei rubbed his neck.

"Honey, I've always known-"

"Were we that easy to read..." The thought passed through the toxic boy's head.

"-and I've always known that you didn't return her feelings." She gave a sigh. "I tried talking her out of it, but she gets stubborn ." She saw the bag in the toxic boy's hand. "What's in the bag?"

Dokusei lifted it up. "My last minute, half ass apology/feel better bag." A chuckle left him at his explanation. He brought the bag closer to her.

"Don't you want to give that to her yourself?" Mrs. Ashido asked.

"I-I don't know if that's best." The boy shifted on his feet. "I want to give her space but I don't want to pretend that this didn't happen." Dokusei's posture dropped. "I just don't know what to do."

Mrs. Ashido shook her head. She grabbed Dokusei's arm and dragged him inside, giving him some time to remove his shoes, then dragged him to their living room. "MINA ASHIDO! WAKE YOUR PINK BUTT UP; YOU GOT A VISITOR!" she yelled as she sat Dokusei on the couch before going to her daughter's room.

"MOM!" Mina yelled as her mother dragged her into the living room. "I don't w-" her words stopped as her eyes locked onto Dokusei.

Before Dokusei could say anything, Mina managed to escape from her mother and back into her room, slamming the door shut. Mrs. Ashido tried to open the door but couldn't. "Mrs. Ashido, thanks for the effort and the thought, but it's clear that Mina isn't ready to see me yet," Dokusei said as he got up and walked to the mother. "Give this to her and I'll see her tomorrow at school." He handed her the bag and took his leave. Mrs. Ashido looked at the bag then put it on the door handle of Mina's room.

Dokusei walked the city mindlessly, eventually stopping at a building he hadn't been to since the start of the school year, his old dojo. It had a for sale sign on it. He went up to the door and saw a note saying they moved locations. "That's on the other side of town." He looked inside seeing that all of the equipment was gone. "Master Howl didn't tell me they were moving..." He pulled out his phone to check something.

"Dokusei?" a voice spoke up.

He looked at the new voice, seeing a man in his late fifties. "Master Howl! I was just about to call you."

Howl had graying brown hair and brown eyes; he wore a black T-shirt with a white over-shirt and blue jeans and tennis shoes. "I'm here meeting a potential buyer. I'm sorry I forgot to notify you about the move."

"It's ok, Master Howl."

"I told you to call me David when we're off the mat."

"Sorry, sir..."

"How's UA? Heard what happened yesterday."

"It's... different, that's for sure, and yeah, me and my class were in that. We're all fine by the way."

Howl looked at his student. "Then why does it look like you're not?"

Dokusei sighed. "You remember Mina Ashido?" He nodded. "You properly know that she has a crush on me."

"Ah, girl trouble, I take it you didn't return those feelings and now you're wracked with guilt?"

"Yeah..."

"My best advice is to get up and move on. Time will tell if you're still friends."

"Does giving her an I'm sorry gift help?"

"Depends on the girl, but from what I remember of her, you should be fine as long as you gave her the right stuff."

"A plush of her favorite foreign hero, I was going to give that to her for a birthday anyways, her favorite chocolate, and a dart board."

"Why a dart board?"

"So she can hang my picture and throw darts at it if she doesn't want to forgive me."

Howl burst out laughing for a few minutes. "At least you put thought into it!"

"Yeah..." Dokusei looked up at the sky; it was nearing lunch. The weight of uncertainty lifted a bit, but it was still there. "I'll find out tomorrow."

Several hours had passed before Mina took the bag into her room. She saw the dart board first. "I should probably set that up just to scare him." She saw the plush of a white horse with a translucent horn and red eyes. "I only mentioned her once; he was always good at remembering stuff like that..." She saw her favorite chocolate. "Damn bastard." She immediately opened the box and took a sweet treat. "He thinks I hate him... I don't, I'm just disappointed at... everything..." She sat on her bed and hugged her teddy bear. "Why couldn't I take mom's advice sooner..."

A knock came from the door. "Mina, dinner's ready," her mother spoke through the door.

"I'll... be right out..." she said as she looked at the stuff Dokusei gave her.

She didn't come out until about ten minutes late and had a quiet dinner with her folks.