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Everything is fine.
Is normal for people to run a little late, Mina runs late all the time! Well not an hour late but it doesn’t mean something is wrong, does it? No, he probably is just as nervous as she is. It is their first date after all and they don’t really know each other, so it would be perfectly reasonable for him to take just a little longer.
Mina waits another hour before leaving the coffee shop, slightly disappointed that her dreamed boy didn’t show and annoyed at the thought of a wasted afternoon. Is fine though, the Baku squad is waiting for her back at the dorms and they can come up with a fun plan. She is just turning the corner when the laughter reaches her.
“Can you believe she actually showed up?” the laughter continues and Mina stops, hiding behind a wall to listen. She recognizes the voice instantly, he is the 2nd year who asked her on the date. “God! How can someone be so stupid?”
“Did she even see you in the back?” another guy asks, Mina bites her lip furious at the group who keep ridiculing her.
“No” the group keeps laughing “She kept staring at the door like a kicked puppy, like I would go on a date with a dumbass who can’t even pass her practical exam. Can you believe it?”
“Now what?”
“Now we go get girls we actually like” they round the opposite corner and disappear along with her resolve to confront them as she hurries back to UA.
Mina tries not to cry, she really does but by the time she closes the front door of the dorms tears are already rolling down her cheeks, those words replaying in her head like a broken record. Getting stood up is one thing, she can deal with a bruised ego just fine unlike some other classmates, but her feelings being a joke to others is too much.
“Mina?” Kaminari is already pausing the game when she closes the door behind her. Her face crumples, breath hitching while she tries to suppress a sob. Kirishima has his arms open, a sad smile on his face and Mina runs to her friend. Sero scoots over and Bakugou stares, head tilted sideways.
She starts sobbing.
“Oh Mina” Kirishima hugs her tightly, slowly leading her to the couch where Bakugou was sitting. “Hey, what happened?
“He stood me up” She cries “And then made fun of me for showing up. He called me stupid and then left saying he never even wanted to be with me in the first place!”
“So fucking unmanly” Kirishima growls, squishing her even tighter.
“That bastard” Sero replies
“Don’t listen to that asshole!” Kaminari says, hand rubbing comforting circles in her back.
“Don’t cry” Sero tries “Please Mina you know that means nothing.”
“He made fun of me for losing the practical exam.”
“Fuck him!” Bakugou snarls, something slams against the coffee table and Mina turns, sobs turning to small hiccups. “Look raccoon eyes you are crazy, weird and maybe a little dumb but all of that makes you the fucking amazing pink alien being you are and if that shitty bastard thinks he can even glance in your direction to make you feel inferior he will fucking die! YOU HEAR ME?” Mina nods slowly “Good, now quit your goddamn crying and eat the fucking ice-cream”
Bakugou goes sit on the far end of the couch after shoving the plate into her hands, mumbling about shitty 2nd year bastards and exploding them. Sero puts on mean girls, much to Kaminari’s protest and they settle in some sort of comfort pile. She is finishing her bowl of ice-cream when Bakugou finally looks at her and shoots her a small smirk, she smiles back.
“Tch” he rolls his eyes and turns back to the screen but Mina can see the small smile he tries to hide.
“Thanks guys”
And if by next week Bakugou happened to blow up a 2nd year while Kirishima kept watch well, it is just a weird coincidence that’s all.