Mina felt great.
It was hard to imagine that just half a week ago, she had truly, utterly felt like complete shit.
Not all of that had gone away… In particular, there had been a dream about… Chasms… That she really, really hoped she would not get again. And there was the aftermath of her just going to town with her Xeno-acid as well, as her skin still screamed whenever she tried to summon even the tiniest bit of acid.
It would be well over a month before she fully got back on her feet in that regard.
She also really did not like thinking back on that night, and every single time someone brought it up she would suddenly start to feel sick.
Thankfully, the girls and the rest of her classmates had been blessedly devoid of interest in that topic. Instead, the only thing they had cared about since her return to school, was the reason that Mina's mood was so chipper in spite of it all.
Her new Bae♡
Romance had always been one of Mina's greatest passions in life. She had adored romance, whether in real life or in fiction since she was old enough to understand it.
There had rarely been anything during her younger years that had piqued her interest as fast as when her friends had crushes or asked someone out.
Frankly speaking Mina(Especially in her younger years) had always dreamed of a relationship of her own.
Admittingly, her one and only attempt at romance before high school had ended in flames, but whatever! That was in the past.
This was the now. And the now was burning bright!
And it was a now that was just as good, if not even better than she had always imagined!
She loved being able to just be with someone who just made her feel great just by being besides her! There were a lot of things she loved about Izuku, but on the absolute top, was that. That being with him, whether it was teasing him, watching a movie, or in her darker times, the adorable boy lit up her life!
She was in such a good mood, that when Aizawa during their last class for the day tried a bit of "Rational Deception" to Troll his students, she completely missed it.
Which was rare. She was usually amongst the most gullible of the entire class in that regard.
"…Summer Vacation is at hand soon."
He said it in that monotone tone of his that a small number of the class had begun to notice being just slightly off from his usual tone, signifying that he was either being serious, about to have some fun trolling them, or both.
"Of course, it would be absolutely irrational for all of you to take a whole month off…"
For a moment, almost every member of the class was struck by horrible fear that summer vacation was about to be canceled in favor of horribly tough summer training here at Yuei.
"Which is why you'll be doing a training camp in the woods."
The tension burst to pieces immediately, as the mundanity of the fact that they would be spending a regular high school trip in the woods took the edge off their fears.
Had they been wiser, they probably would have recognized the fact that a "Training camp" by Yuei standards was not the regular kind of school trip.
Mina for her part had only been partially been paying attention to what he was saying, and as the class began talking amongst themselves(With Aizawa for the moment not doing anything to quiet them down), she chimed in with her hope for a rousing round of "truth or dare" amongst others such as "Fireworks", "Hot Springs" and "Curry".
She grinned. And she'd get to go to the woods with her boyfriend too! This was going to be fun.
After about a minute of letting the class talk amongst themselves, Aizawa finally put a stop to it.
"However…" He said, with a voice that cut through all the talk and enforced silence almost immediately.
"Anyone who does not pass the upcoming Final Exams for this term…"
He grinned one of his parodies of a sadistic smile.
"Is in for summer school hell, right here."
That immediately restarted the panic, and this time Mina was amongst them. The fact that the final exams were so close was something that had completely slipped her mind. Crap.
However, this time Aizawa did not let the silence build up.
"Also… Speaking of trips… In the first week between the Exam and the training camp, there is another trip… This one is optional though."
He pulled out a sheet of papers that was quickly passed around the class.
"The trip will be a week-long excursion to I-Island in the Atlantic. Which I know all of you are well versed in, as it is going to be a big topic on the history portion of your exam."
As it was, she actually was, in comparison to most stuff anyway. Her cousin lived on the island… Well more technically she was Ben's cousin, but Mina had never cared much about the fact that she didn't share blood with Peni and her father. They were her family, blood or no blood.
As it was though, she got really excited at this news.
I-Island had always sounded like an awesome place to visit. She got to meet Peni, and just like the camp, she'd get to spend time there with her boyfriend! Win-win!
In the excitement over that thought, and listening to Aizawa telling everyone who wanted to join the trip to get their parents' signatures, as well as get the mandatory stuff outlined on page 4 if they wanted to participate in certain events on the island, Mina completely forgot about the fact there was an exam coming up.
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The class finaly moved out, leaving behind only Mineta who was left with Aizawa for "Discipline training".
She sauntered up to Izuku as he closed the door behind them. She had both her hands behind her back in an innocent way, resisting the urge to grab his hand.
After all, she had something much more fun planned at the moment.
"So Midori… I heard it was you who dealt with our little pervert back there."
She motioned with her head back towards the classroom.
Izuku blushed, and one of his hands went back to scratch his head, clearly flustered.
"O-oh you… Heard that?"
"Sure did. I have pretty good hearing."
Izuku froze as he realized that what she actually meant was that she'd heard the whole debacle directly through the wall. He blushed even more at that, which was what she knew he would.
She left out that it was actually Jiro who had been the one to inform the girls exactly what had happened, and how.
Mina actually had a whole plan to tease him even more, involving a bit of surprise chocolate she had in one of her bag pockets, and some flowery dialogue about chivalry, knights, and ladies, but the fact that the whole class moved around them, and forced them to move forward and on their way out to towards the exit kinda put the kibosh on that.
Bother.
That hadn't really been a problem during their half week at the hotel.
It wasn't like she minded teasing and flirting with Izuku in public when there were other people around… On the contrary, she liked showing off their relationship. Make it clear for all to see that he was hers and she was his… But there were lines she just could not cross with other people around.
Not without taking her teasing and flirting from playful romance, to humiliating and hurtful.
Though Mina didn't know it, in this regard she was very much her mother's child.
It was the same dance her mother had danced in both her only two serious relationships. The question of how far to push, when, where, and how? The thrill of pushing all the way up to the boundaries, and seeing juuuust how close you could go without going over that invisible line.
The partner was different, and the steps were new, but the dance… The dance remained the same as it had been 40 years back in time, when a young woman and a vigilante with the same name that Izuku now bore, had danced this dance across the rooftops of New York.