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Today was the day.
The day you were going to confess your feelings!
Sure, there’d be other people there, friends too, but that wasn’t going to deter you.
You gave yourself a determined look in the mirror. “I’m going to confess to Ashido Mina today no matter what.”
“Hey! You ready?”
You jumped with a high-pitched squeal.
Speak of the devil.
Mina surged forward, steadying the tittering mirror. “Woah, you good?” She gave you a once over. “You looked flushed… are you sure you can come with us?”
“I’m fine! I’m totally fine! Wouldn’t miss it for the world. Now,” You stepped around her, grabbing your bag. “Let’s go!”
The way to the skating rink should have been filled with nonsensical chatter about your holiday plans, but instead your thoughts were filled to the brim on the confession.
When would you do it? Closer to when it’s time to go, or in the middle?
How would you do it? Pull off a few cool moves, or simply hold her hand?
What would you say? A simple confession, or something more drawn out?
Would you do it alone or with people around? Near the boys or around strangers?
Where would you do it? On the rink or on a bench?
Why are you doing it?
Why were you doing it?
Sure, you liked her, what wasn’t there to like, but you?
You frowned.
You were… average. You’d never been as great as Mina, and she deserved better than you.
Enjirou nudged you. “Everything good?”
You pulled the frown into what you’d hoped was a believable smile and said. “Yep! Just a little nervous is all!” He believed it, giving you a reassuring pat on the back, and left it at that.
The skating rink wasn’t as packed as you’d thought it would be yet was still lively enough.
Just before your group headed over to the desk, Mina called for your attention. “Okay guys, one more time before we go in. Absolutely no quirks.” She gave Katsuki a hard look, “Am I clear?” He rolled his eyes with a grunt, and pushed past her, with Enjirou chasing after him.
In Katsuki-speak, that meant “Yeah, yeah, I got it.”
Mina rolled her eyes. “Anyway, I have a few moves I want to show you guys.”
“Oh?” Hanta raised a brow. “Is it gonna be like what you showed us in class?”
“The break dancing stuff? Nah, that’d be too dangerous.”
“So, like, actually figure skating stuff?” Denki tried.
“I’m not telling!” She stuck her tongue out. “So you’re just gonna have to watch me!”
You’d watch her till your dying breath.
It had been awhile since you’d last done any ice skating, so you were a little shaky on the ice, but after about 20 minutes, you’d found your center. Since then, you’d been following Mina around the rink, simply watching as she pulled off actual figure skating moves ever so gracefully.
You wondered, if Quirks never existed, could the two of you live normal lives? Mina as a dancer, and you as her biggest fan? You would have met her at one of her performances, hitting it off from there? Living happily ever—
“Ah!” You weren’t watching where you were going and ended up slamming right into the wall. “Ow, ow, ow…” You rubbed your thigh, which you had landed on pretty hard.
“Oh my gosh!” Mina slid up beside you. “Are you okay? What happened?”
“I, uh, wasn’t watching where I was going, and I ran into the wall.”
“Can you stand?” She helped you up. “Come on, let’s take a break.”
“No! Don’t let me stop you. I can go sit by myself.” You tried to pull away from her, but she pulled you back in.
She puffed her cheeks. “I know you’re hurting. You need to sit down.”
Ever so slowly, she pulled you off the ice and over to a bench, then went off to get something cold for the swelling and snacks.
Leaving you alone, just you and your thoughts.
If you had just been paying attention, this wouldn’t have happened.
If you hadn’t drawn attention to yourself, she wouldn’t have noticed.
If you had only lied better, she wouldn’t have stopped.
And you could have kept watching her.
You only felt the tears after a cold breeze stung your cheeks.
You tried to wipe them away but—
“Oh no! Does it hurt that bad?”
Mina. Always so caring.
And for her to care about someone like you—
“Should I call someone—?”
“I’m so sorry!” You shouted. “This is all my fault! If I hadn’t fallen, none of this would have happened.”
She sat beside you, placing the cold water bottle on the afflicted part of your thigh. “Accidents happen. It’s okay.”
You shook your head. “But it’s not! If I hadn’t been so stupid, I wouldn’t have made you stop. If I wasn’t such a baby, you wouldn’t have to worry about me.” You sighed. “You really do deserve someone better than me…”
“…what?”
You sighed again, looking away. Might as well get this over with now. “Today was the day that I was going to confess my feelings for you, Mina.”
“H—huh? You like me?”
You gave a dry laugh. “Yeah, but don’t worry. You don’t have to answer me. I already know your—”
“I like you too!” She grabbed your hands. “The whole reason why I learned those moves was to impress you! I wanted to confess to you today too!”
“You…” She, “like me too?” liked you too?
“Yep! Which means,” She took a look around the area, “I can finally do this.” then leaned in, giving you a peck on the lips.
You passed out from overheating.
It was definitely worth it, though.