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Mina let out a sigh of relief when she felt Midoriya catch her in her strong arms. She’d tripped and fallen during another joint training exercise with 2B but had been saved by Deku being in the right place at the right time. She’d been teamed up with her again but this time with Shoto and Creati. She was a little sad she couldn’t watch Midoriya and Uraraka be cute together again but that was balanced out by Todoroki being a million times better than Mineta’s pervy fucking ass.
“My knight in shining armor,” Mina teased, causing Midoriya’s face to break out into the most adorable blush as she floated them down, “Thanks for saving me.”
“Y-y-you’re-“ Midoriya cleared her throat, “You’re welcome, Ashido,” the green haired giantess replied, finally getting the words out as she gently set Mina back onto her feet.
Mina thought for a moment as she took a good look at her hero. Izumi had had a BIG growth spurt since the end of first year. She’d gone from a pretty average 165 centimeters to a shockingly huge 211 centimeters, she was taller than Sekijiro-Sensei! And bigger too judging by the fact that she’d packed even more muscle onto her already beefy frame than she had even during their first year! She’d also been letting her hair grow out lately after keeping it on the short side last year, now she’d gone from a mop to… A longer mop but it looked really cute when she had it in a ponytail.
Uh oh. There it was. Mina thought she was cute. Oh well. No arguing with herself over it. Better to skip all the slow burn crap and get straight to the fun stuff.
“Hey Midoriya, after we kick Monoma’s butt, can we talk for a minute? There’s something I wanna ask you,” Mina requested.
Midoriya nodded. “That sounds great, Ashido! What’s on your mind?”
“Oh, just a personal question,” Mina replied, biting back a smirk. She knew this girl all too well, even the tiniest hint that she might like this girl she’d shut down on the spot and they’d probably lose their match.
“A personal question?” Midoriya repeated, looking suspicious, “well okay then, we’ll talk la- HEY WATCH OUT!” She shouted, pulling her in as Monoma launched a fireball with Todoroki’s quirk.
“Left is fire…” Monoma murmured in realization, his eyes going wide with horror as 2A’s gentle giant started looking not so gentle as she ran after him in a rage.
Mina chuckled. Kicking that arrogant jerk’s butt was going to take less time than she thought judging by the black tendrils dragging Monoma away while he screamed in terror. How someone so sweet and so kind and so cute could be so fucking scary was beyond her but Goddamn if it wasn’t fucking cool as shit. Watching Midoriya use black whip to drag away some poor bastard like Monoma was like an Evil Dead movie, it was so awesome!
“Give him hell Midori!” Mina cheered, a wide grin spreading over her face as she watched her new crush destroy the cocky little prick from Class B. Soon enough the weasel was locked up in the fake jail alongside his partners Tetsutetsu, Shishida, and Shoda, the three of which were also caught by Midoriya.
“Alright, 4 for 4! A clean sweep!” Izumi hollered in delight.
“All thanks to our jolly green giant.” Ashido teased.
Izumi’s head then turned into a strawberry with her dark green ponytail contrasting her crimson face, “I just locked everyone up, I didn’t do all the wor-“
“No, you did,” Todoroki replied, cutting off his closest friend, “My power was even a hindrance once Monoma got ahold of it,” The heterochromatic boy pointed out.
“I almost fell to my death but you and your epic guns saved me!” Ashido teased, slugging one of Izumi's 61 centimeter biceps. The pink girl then shook her hand a bit once she realized her affectionate act of violence had backfired on her.
Yaoyarozu chuckled a bit at that, “While my own contributions were less counterproductive than our fellow teammates, I have to agree, your brilliant planning combined with your incredible power single handedly won us the day,” The next tallest 2A girl then reached up and put a hand on her friend’s shoulder, “Be proud of yourself, Midoriya. You were an incredible asset to our team.”
Izumi started to tear up. Yaomomo, Ashido, and the 2B kids began to brace for the storm while Todoroki opted to reassure Izumi with a hug, “You were starting to get overwhelmed, weren’t you?”
“A little,” The giant girl admitted, chuckling a bit as she hugged her multicolored friend back as she started to calm down.
“Okay, since you’re calm now, can I ask you something, Midori?” Mina asked, smiling brightly as she walked into Izumi’s space.
“Oh yeah, you said you wanted to ask me something personal, what’s up Ashido?” Izumi asked, looking curious about what was on her friend’s mind.
“Well, do you want me to ask you right here or back at our dorms?” Mina giggled.
Izumi shrugged, “I already told everyone basically everything about me late last year, why worry about my privacy now?” The giant girl joked, making a reference to her letter from the year before where she’d told everyone the nature of her quirk and the fact that it was a gift from All Might because she was quirkless before then.
Mina shook her head lightly in amusement, “Okay then, so Izumi, would you like to go out on a date with me?”
Izumi blinked.
Yaomomo and Todoroki shared an amused, knowing glance. This poor girl.
“I’m sorry, Ashido, could you please repeat that?”
Mina giggled again, “Would you, Izumi Midoriya, like to go out on a date with me, Mina Ashido?”
Izumi’s face went pale and her posture went stiff. Izumi.exe had stopped working.
“I think I see where this is going,” Yaomomo whispered, turning back to everyone as she began creating a large mattress for Izumi to land on in the likely event her friend fainted.
“Midoriya, Ashido, just asked you out. It would be pretty rude to not answer her,” Todoroki teased, putting an ice covered hand to his friend’s neck.
The giant girl nearly jumped out of her skin feeling Todoroki’s cold fingers gently grasp her neck, “JESUS!” She yelped.
“Are you okay?” Mina asked, looking equally concerned and amused at this whole situation.
“I-“ Izumi stopped herself for a moment then took a deep breath and collected her thoughts.
Monoma glanced back at his teammates who all shared the same confused looks. How the fuck is this bundle of nerves the same person as the unstoppable, terrifying monster that beat us all?!
“Yes, yes I’m fine.” Izumi replied, “I didn’t expect someone so pretty to ask someone like me out.”
Mina’s face fell, “What do you mean someone like you?”
Izumi pressed her lips together and frowned. What did she mean by that? “I guess that's Aldera Izumi talking,” She conceded with a huff, “I spent a lot of time not thinking highly of myself because everyone told me I was useless and weak, and I guess sometimes I forget things aren’t like that anymore.”
Tetsutetsu nodded from inside the cage, “Self love and self acceptance are both incredibly manly, Midoriya.”
Izumi chuckled, “Thank you Tetsutetsu.”
“Class B Kirishima is right. You’re learning to love yourself and that’s a good thing,” Mina confirmed, gently pressing her hand to Izumi’s cute face.
Izumi nodded, “You’re both right. Thank you,” She chuckled.
“So…?” Mina giggled, giving her crush a mischievous grin.
“So wha- Oh! Duh!” Izumi laughed, “Yes, yes I will absolutely go out with you! Where and when Mina?”
“Hmm, Saturday night after classes, we’ll go to an arcade and I’ll kick your butt at DDR.” Mina decided.
“Let’s do it!” Izumi agreed, grinning widely.