"Are you guys excited to go to Kyoto!!" Denki Kaminari shouted like a 5-year old to his classmates. Some share the same energy as him, and some were just indifferent. But nonetheless, they were all curious on what will happen today.
Why? Because Class 3-A and Class 3-B of UA High, is going to Kyoto for a field trip. It was quite weird at first because they are all 3rd years now, and 3rd years mostly focuses on internship.
But with Nezu, the Principal of UA, convinces them to have a field trip, they couldn't say no, more accurately, they have no say to this whether they like it or not.
But some of the students warmed up on Nezu's idea.
"Shut up, Pichu!!" Katsuki Bakugo retorted. He was the only one who wasn't pleased to joined the trip, as he felt that it was unnecessary for them at this point.
"Don't be such a killjoy." Kaminari replied. He knew Bakugo is a bit grumpy.
"Yeah Bakugo!!" Eijiro Kirishima, the manliest man in Class 3-A, said as he patted Bakugo's back. "Let's loosen up once in a while. We'll be pros in a few months anyway, so let's enjoy our youth as much as we can."
Bakugo just let out a sigh. He wasn't having any of this, but with majority of his classmates and schoolmates are looking forward to this, he has no choice but to play along.
"That's right, Bakugo-kun. Once in a while, we need to have fun." It was the Class President of Class 3-A, Tenya Iida, who said this. It was surprising to see someone who's uptight like him getting excited.
"What's your deal? You're the rules guy, so you should be against this, right?" Bakugo retorted.
Iida just smiles, and puffs his chest. "You see, for three years, I learned that we heroes need breaks and enjoyment in life. We need to be in top condition if we want to perform well. That includes having proper rest and stable mental health. Being a hero is stressful. So we need to have enjoyment from time to time."
It was quite shocking to hear that from Iida of all people. But this lead Bakugo to surrender, and just play along for today.
"Damn, I'm guessing that nerd is enjoying this the most." He thought. The nerd that he's talking about is Izuku Midoriya, Class 3-A's Problem Child and Bakugo's childhood friend. He knew Midoriya all too well, and he knows that Midoriya likes these types of activities.
But little did he know, that his childhood friend is hiding a secret.
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"Alright everyone, behave yourselves for today, as Kyoto's gonna crowded today. Stick together and enjoy your trip. Come back to the hotel at 5pm." Shota Aizawa, Class 3-A's homeroom teacher, said with boredom. He doesn't understand why his students need to go to Kyoto, when they're now in their last year of High school. He's not a total killjoy, but he believes that this trip is unnecessary for his students.
"Yes sir!!" Class 3-A and Class 3-B responded. Some were excited for this trip, while others are just tagging along.
But Bakugo is quite pissed. His patience didn't even last a second, and now he wanted to go back. "Guess I need to walk around this place." He thought, as he started to walk.
He was just wandering around Kyoto when he bumped into someone.
"Hey!! Watch where you going, idiot!! You just bump into my sister!!"
Bakugo got mad, as someone just called him an idiot. He didn't mean to bump the person, so they don't need to get mad.
He then looked at the person he bumped into, and he was surprised to see that the person was a girl.
She has a long hair, and her face is not special. She has a headphone wrapped around her neck.
"I'm sorry."
"Strange, she wasn't the one who shouted at me." Bakugo wonders, as the girl who he bumped into, wasn't the one who called him an idiot. In fact, her voice was quite shy. It reminded him of a certain friend.
"Miku, you shouldn't apologize to that bastard!! He was the one who bumped into you!! Where is Fuu-kun when you need him?"
There it is, the one who shouted at him. So, he looked to see where she is, but...
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"Calm down, Nino. Let's not get heated here. It's not like he intentionally bumped into her."
"Ehh, look at his face!! He's quite scary!!!"
"Yotsuba, don't say that. You know he's in front of you, right?"
When he looked up, he saw 4 other girls. They have an identical face and hair color. The only thing that differentiate them is their accessories and haircut.
One has a short hair and an earring. One has twin tails and two ribbons. One has a short hair and a green ribbon wrapped on top of her head. And one has a long hair with two star-shaped hairpins.
(In canon, they have the same hair color. They just have different hair in the anime so we can differentiate them.)
"Guess they are quintuplets." He thought. He was quite shocked to see one in real life. He also wonder what Quirks they have. "Deku might ask them what Quirks do they have. I can already see him being giddy from asking these sisters."
"Hey mister."
His thoughts were snapped when the girl with short hair approach him.
"What is it?" Bakugo asked. He was quite confused as to why she approach him.
"You forgot to say sorry to my sister. We promise that we'll leave as soon as you apologize. We're also in a hurry, you see." The girl said nicely. Bakugo was glad that she wasn't the rude girl.
He then looked at the girl with headphones and bowed his head.
"I'm sorry."
The girl smiled, and waved her hands. "Don't worry, it's also my fault for not noticing you. Have a nice day."
After the girl responded, she and her sisters left. But before they left, the girl with twin tails glared at Bakugo, which made the Explosion Quirk user pissed.
Bakugo let out a sigh, as he wasn't expecting this to happen. Meeting a quintuplet is quite rare, so he feel a bit blessed to see one. But because of this, he didn't notice that someone is calling him.
"Bakugo!!"
It startled him. He wasn't expecting to get yelled twice in one day.
"Who said that???" Baguko asked, yes asked. He changed a lot in 3 years. If this was his old self, he would of straight yelled at the person.
"Me."
He then saw Itsuka Kendo, Class 3-B's President and Big Sister. He wonders what's her business with him since they were never been close throughout their high school.
"What do you want?" He asked.
"I just want to ask where is Izuku?" She replied. But he noticed that she was nervous. She twirls her hair, and never looked at his eyes.
"Weird, why is she asking where is Deku? And why is she calling him by his first name? When did those two became close?" Bakugo thought, as he was surprised to see Kendo finding Midoriya. He wanted to ask her about it, but decided not to. "What's your business with him anyways?"
"Well, Izuku is missing, and I thought you might know where he is. But I guess that's not the case. Sorry for disturbing you." She said with a sad tone. Her face looks defeated.
Bakugo was curious to know why she is sad, but then he realized she said that Midoriya is missing.
"Deku's missing?? Where did that bastard go?" He thought. He wanted to ask Kendo some questions, but she already left. He just let out a sigh and looked to the sky.
"I guess today's gonna be an interesting day, for better or for worst."
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"Why did I run away?" Izuku Midoriya thought. He went to Fushimi Inari Shrine, since he wants to reach the summit of Mount Inari. But there's more to it.
"I remember, it's because I don't want to see her." He then frowns, as he realized the reason why he ran away. It is something he can't talk about with his classmates.
He was about to reach the summit, when he saw a girl with headphones run away. He couldn't see her face clearly, but he caught a glimpse of her mouth, and she was sad.
He wanted to catch up to her when...
"Hey!! Watch out!!"
He heard a shout, then suddenly he felt two pairs of marshmallows hit his head.
He quickly activated his Quirk, One For All, and boosted his strength to not fall down and catch the girl.
"Are you alright?" He asked, as he held the girl carefully. He wouldn't admit it, but he was quite attracted to her.
"I'm fine." The girl replied. "Thank you for catching me."
Midoriya then carefully let the girl go. When he looked at her, he noticed that she has the same hair color as the girl that ran away.
The girl however, was panicking. "I forgot I need to catch up to Miku!!!"
The girl then looked at Izuku, and bowed her head. "Can you give me a piggyback ride and catch up to the girl that ran away moments ago?"
Midoriya couldn't help but smile. For just this moment, he forgot why he ran away from his class. He then lowered his back. "Sure, let's catch up to her."
The girl smiled, she was grateful that she met a nice guy today. "Sorry for the inconvenience."
Izuku then gave her a piggyback ride. "Hold on tight, as I'll go as fast as I can." He then looked at the girl with a smile. The girl nodded, which gave Midoriya the green light to go.
As they went down, the girl spoke. "Sorry for not introducing myself, but I'm Itsuki Nakano. You can call me Itsuki."
"Nice to meet you, Itsuki. My name's Izuku Midoriya. You can call me Midoriya." Izuku replied. He now know the girl's name. He was careful not to hit other people, while going as fast as he can. "By the way, why are you chasing that girl earlier?"
"It's because that was my sister. Her name is Miku Nakano." The girl, now known as Itsuki Nakano, replied.
"I see. That's interesting to hear. I thought she was just your friend." Midoriya said. He is now curious as to why Itsuki's sister ran away. "Why did she ran away?"
Itsuki frowned. She don't know if she can tell the reason without shedding a tear. But she has to, for Midoriya to understand the situation.
"You see, I have 3 other sisters besides Miku. We're quintuplets and all look the same. We may have our differences, but we always have each other's backs. But earlier, one of my sister's dressed up as Miku. I don't know why she did it, but all I know is that it might be the reason why Miku ran away." She answered. Midoriya could tell that it hurt Itsuki. He now wanted to cheer her up, at least for a moment.
But before he could come up with that, Itsuki saw her sister.
"That's Miku!!! Let's hurry up!!" Itsuki shouted, as she finally saw her sister. "Miku, wait up!!!!"
Miku turned around to see her sister getting a piggyback ride from a stranger. She wanted to run away, but she is not the most athletic of the sisters. Suddenly, she trips.
But before she hit the ground, black tendrils was wrapped around her and stopped her from hitting the ground.
"I'm glad that I reacted on time." Midoriya said, as he used Blackwhip to save Miku from hitting the ground. He then carefully let go of Itsuki, and went straight to Miku to check if she's hurt.
"Are you okay? Did you sustain any injuries?" Midoriya asked, which made Miku flustered. She wasn't used to interact with people. So, this was quite hard for her to handle.
"I-I'm fine. I don't h-have any injuries. Thank y-you for your c-concern." Miku replied. She was quite nervous talking to a stranger.
"I'm glad to hear that." Midoriya said with a smile. He's happy to help people, as Toshinori Yagi, or better known as All Might, will do the same. Heck, even his childhood friend Bakugo will help them too. Although he's not sure how that'll turn out, but he's certain Bakugo will help.
After that, Itsuki quickly rushed in and hugged Miku.
"Miku!! Don't do that again!!" Itsuki cried, as she was really worried for her sister. She didn't know what her other sister was thinking to pull that stunt, but she is certain that it relates to their tutor.
"I'm sorry, Itsuki. Can we go back to the hotel? I'm not feeling well." Miku said, as she looked down. Itsuki understand that Miku needs some space right now.
"Sure, let's go back to the hotel." Itsuki replied. She understands that Miku's not in the mood after what happened today. But then she remembers that Midoriya's still here, and she didn't want to trouble him.
"I'll tag along, if that's fine with you Itsuki-san." Midoriya said, which caught Itsuki off-guard. She didn't expect for Midoriya to accompany them. But she didn't want to reject him, after all, he helped her today. She wanted to treat him as thanks.
"Thank you, Midoriya-kun."
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After 30 minutes, Itsuki, Miku and Midoriya arrived at the hotel where the sisters will reside for this trip. Oddly enough, this is also the hotel where Midoriya's group will stay as well.
Once they arrived, Miku immediately locked herself in their room. Midoriya wanted to comfort her, but Itsuki stopped him. So, the two settled on the lounge for the meantime.
Currently, Midoriya is sitting at a bench, waiting for Itsuki. As he wait, he looked back at events that unfolded today. He was glad that it happened, or else he might remember her.
"I'm thankful that I bumped into Itsuki-san today. If not, then I don't know what'll happen to me. I might think about her again."
"Again?"
Midoriya's thoughts were cut-off, as Itsuki had just arrived. "What are you talking about, Midoriya-kun?"
Midoriya was sweating bullets now, as he didn't realized that he uttered his thoughts. He couldn't tell if Itsuki heard all of it, but he wishes that she just heard the last part.
"I was j-just deep in m-my thoughts. Nothing s-special." Midoriya replied, as he waved his hands. But Itsuki wasn't sold by this.
She then gave him a bottle of water and a hamburger. Midoriya found Itsuki cute, as she was flustered while she gave the food to him.
She then had a seat next to Midoriya. "Uhm, this is my thanks for your help today. I hope you like the hamburger."
Midoriya gave her a smile, and took a bite. The hamburger was delicious. "This is delicious!! Thank you Itsuki-san!"
Itsuki was glad to hear that Midoriya likes it. But she didn't forget what Midoriya uttered earlier. She couldn't hear it clearly, as she only heard the last sentence. She contemplated whether she should ask him about it or now. But she wanted to help Midoriya, as she could tell that he has his own problems.
"Midoriya-kun, I don't want to pry on to your private matters, but I heard you said you don't want to think about her again. Who is that?" Itsuki asked, which made Midoriya tense. She saw this, and immediately waves her hands. "It's okay if you don't want to answer, but I just want to know. Hiding your problems won't do good, you know. I know Miku's doing the same thing, but I just want to hear your story."
Midoriya let out a sigh. He knew he can't escape from this no matter what. Besides, Midoriya could tell that Itsuki is the type of person who can keep a secret. So, he calmed his nerves and faced Itsuki.
"You see, I had a girlfriend. Her name is Itsuka. We've been dating for 2 years now. At first, it seems that we might not get along due to our different personalities. But slowly but surely, we became close to the point we promised to stay together for the rest of our lives. But after a year, our relationship became stale and slowly deteriorating. Then a week before the Kyoto trip, she broke up with me. I can understand why, because I've been failing as a boyfriend." Midoriya confessed. He finally opened up to someone about this. He couldn't tell this to his classmates, nor to his mother. He didn't know why, but he can't bring this up to the ones he holds dear to him.
But now he opened up to someone, he felt that a weight has finally been lifted.
"To be honest, I don't want to break up with her. But I don't want to force a broken relationship at this point." Midoriya then started to cry. It still hurts for him, because he truly love Itsuka, his first love.
Itsuki then comforted him. "It's okay, let it all out. I know it's painful, but that's why you need to open this up. You need to let go the pain that you're feeling right now. It might not solve everything immediately, but slowly, you will heal."
Midoriya was thankful to Itsuki. He was glad that he open this up to her. So, he continues.
"I just want to have a proper closure before I can finally let her go. I just want to end our relationship with no grudges or confusion." Midoriya then looked at Itsuki. He may not see what he looks like, but he knew he's a mess. But he didn't care, as he finally let out all of the things he had bottled up.
"Thank you, Itsuki." Midoriya said, and gave her a smile, which Itsuki appreciated.
"That's the spirit. Sometimes, everything won't work out on the first try, but eventually, you'll meet your fated someone. Maybe that's me, but who knows. All I know is that you're now on the right path." Itsuki said with a smile. She was happy to help Midoriya.
Midoriya then stand up, which surprises Itsuki. "I gotta go to your sister. As you said earlier, she's in a similar situation as mine, so I want to help her out even just a little."
Itsuki smiled, and appreciated the kindness of Midoriya. She was really glad to meet someone like him.
"Good luck Midoriya-kun. My sister is really shy to strangers, so be careful on her, okay?" Itsuki said, which Midoriya responded with a smile and gave her an okay sign. He then dashes away to go to Miku's room.
After Midoriya left, Itsuki let out a sigh. "Witnessing Midoriya-kun opening up to me makes me want to open up my feelings for Uesugi-kun. Maybe I'll ask Midoriya-kun for help once he's done helping my sister."
Itsuki then stand up and left the lounge, with a smile on her face. But little did she know, someone was eavesdropping to their conversation.
"So that's what Izuku truly feels, huh?"
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A few minutes later, Midoriya finally arrives at the front door of the sister's room.
"Okay Izuku, you can do this." Midoriya thought, and calm his nerves. He don't know if he can actually help Miku right now, but he wants to try.
So, he knocked the door. "Miku, are you still in there?"
There was no response.
"Figures." Midoriya then rested on the door. "Is it okay for me to say something before I leave?"
Inside of the room, Miku was still crying. She doesn't want to talk to anyone at this point. But she also knew that Midoriya doesn't mean any harm, so she'll give him time to talk.
"Please wait. I'll open the door." Miku said, which lead for Midoriya to stand up.
As soon as she opened the door, she invited Midoriya to have a seat at the bed.
Miku was nervous, as she never really interact with males that much besides her tutor. But Midoriya seems like a good person, because Itsuki interacted with him.
"You can talk now." Miku said, which Midoriya gave her a smile.
"Thank you Miku. I maybe barging in on someone's personal business, but I want to help you even a little bit. Because I can see you're suffering. It's okay if you don't want to tell why, I just want you to listen to me." Midoriya said, as he wants to assure Miku that he means no harm, and won't meddle too much on her problems.
"You seem confident. I guess I'll trust you." Miku replied, which made Midoriya happy.
"I got a little help from you sister, so I guess it's because of her, I want to help you." Midoriya replied. To be honest, he was still nervous, as he isn't sure if he can help Miku on her current situation. "But I genuinely want to help you."
Miku nodded. She is now curious to hear what Midoriya has to say. "Well, I have nothing to lose, so you can start now."
Izuku took a deep breath before he starts. He just hope that he can help her somehow.
"Before I start, can you tell me why you love that person first?" He asked. Miku then blushed, as she was too shy to tell the reason why she fell for her tutor.
But she mustered up her courage, and gave him an answer. "It all started back when he became our tutor. His name is Fuutaro Uesugi. He is very smart, but anti-social, strick and very stubborn. At first, I didn't mind him, but I don't want to get close to him as I assume he will quit immediately."
Midoriya wonders why do they need a tutor, so he tried to ask Miku. But before he could, Miku continues.
"You see, me and my sisters are idiots. We couldn't pass any test we took, and we need to take remedial exams to pass. I don't want to dive further into it, but in short, we are dumb and needed a tutor. So, Fuutaro became our tutor during our 2nd year. But only one of my sisters accepted him. The rest were either don't care or outright hates him. I was just indifferent of him, until he started to convince me and my other sisters to study. He was annoying, inconsiderate, and didn't try to understand us. I wanted him to leave when he started to convince me." Miku then pouted, as she remembers that time. Midoriya found her cute, but he payed close attention to what she says.
"So, what happened? If you didn't like him early on, what did he do to make you fall in love with him?" Midoriya asked, which made Miku flustered.
"Uhm, well he then tried to convince me using the one subject I love, which is Japanese History. At first, he failed to impress me. But he didn't quit. He came back and finally convinced me to join in his study sessions. At first, I thought I just had a crush on him. But over time, bit by bit, I fell in love with him." Miku then smiled. Remembering those days were special to her. "You see, I'm not confident in myself. I don't see myself succeeding in life because my sisters are amazing. Each and every one of them has a talent that they're good of, but I don't. I'm just a normal girl with no real aspirations in life. But when Fuutaro came, everything changed. When he praises me when I get a passing score, it made me happy. When he told to me and my sisters about his type, it gave me a goal, a goal to become his ideal wife. I want to be good at cooking. I want to have good grades. I want to try the things that will make him happy. I'm doing all of those because I want him to look at me, to pay close attention to me, and fall in love with me. Bit by bit, my desire to be with him became so strong, that I want to ensure that I'll win his heart with hard work." Suddenly, Miku started to cry.
This made Midoriya worry. But he didn't want to interrupt Miku, so he just promise to himself that he'll comfort her after this.
"But then, two of my sisters started to fall for him. One is like an unstoppable train that has no brakes, while the other is a talented actress. Both of them are amazing people that I can't compete. But one of them dressed up as me today. She was waiting at the summit, but then I arrived with one of my sisters, then Fuutaro came, then soon after, I just can't take it and ran away. It all happened in a flash, that I didn't noticed Itsuki. My entire body is just telling me to run away. It's just..." Suddenly, Miku hugged Midoriya. The boy was quite surprised by her actions, but he didn't mind. He understand that she needed someone to comfort her at the time like this.
"So that's why you ran away?" Midoriya asked, which Miku nodded in response. "Do you hate your sister for doing that?"
"No, I can't hate her. Even if it's okay for me to get mad, I couldn't. I just couldn't hate her. I always ended up blaming myself for everything. I blame myself for being weak. I blame myself for letting my sister get ahead of me. I blame myself for not finding the courage to confess my feelings. I blame myself for not being good enough for Fuutaro. It's all my fault." Miku cried out, which hurts Midoriya's heart. To hear her blame herself for everything hurts him. He just realized that she has no confidence in herself. So, he patted her head and started to respond.
"It's not your fault, Miku." Midoriya said, which caught Miku by surprise.
"It's not my fault?" She asked in confusion.
"Yeah, it's not your fault that you fell in love with someone. It's not your fault that you have a pure heart. It's not your fault that you care for your sisters. It's not your fault that you are a good person. I know that I shouldn't have barge in on your personal matters, but I want to say to you that you are an amazing person." Midoriya then stood up, including Miku, cupped her cheeks and looked at her in the eye.
"You are an amazing person Miku. Itsuki didn't talk too much about it, but she did tell me that you are hard working. You never give up until you achieve your goal. You never resort to cheap tactics to make someone fall for you. You are amazing Miku, and I want you to realize that. I know it's important to have someone that you truly care about, but you must learn to love yourself. I might be a hypocrite to say that, but you need to love yourself first." Midoriya said with a smile, which warms Miku's heart.
"Love myself?" She asked, wanting to know why he said those words.
"Yes, love yourself. You have to accept who you are. You are not one of your sisters, you are Miku. You are you, and that's all that matters. You don't need to be someone else to find a special someone. Just be yourself, and who knows, you'll find someone who will give you the love that you deserve. You don't have to rush it. Just take it at your own pace, and without you knowing it, you finally found the person who will love you unconditionally."
Miku then digested Midoriya's words into her brain. After a few minutes, she finally understand everything. She doesn't have to force herself to be someone different. She just have to be herself. She also doesn't need to keep on pursuing her love. She just have to love herself, and soon, she'll find someone who will truly love her.
"But that doesn't mean you don't have to improve yourself. You can still train, so you can be the best version of yourself. I know you'll do great things, so keep it up." Midoriya added while waving his hands. This made Miku chuckle a bit.
"When did you get that confidence?" Miku asked while having a smirk, which made Midoriya laugh a bit.
"Well, I have to thank your sister for that." He replied. Soon, the two shared a laugh for 2 minutes before they look at each other in the eye.
They knew that today has been a wild day. The two also knew that they have to handle some business. So, the two reach out their hands, and had a hand shake.
"Midoriya, thank you for talking with me. It helped me clear out all of my doubts. I now know what to do." Miku said, as she gave him a warm smile. The young boy returned the gesture with a smile of his own.
"Me too, talking to you helped me with my own problems. I never knew that talking to you will help me sort out my own emotions. I also knew what I should do. So..." Midoriya then looked at Miku with confidence. He didn't expect that this trip will turn out to be like this. But he's not complaining.
The two knew what they have to do. With this talk, it helped them a lot. So, the two took a deep breath and said...
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"Good luck on handling your 1st love. I'm here to support you. So, let's do our best!!"
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A/N:
Heyyas!! A new oneshot is up!!!
Yup, it's about Miku this time. I actually want to make this one because of the Anime. Although I didn't like that they rushed Season 2, they did execute Miku's "confession" well. And yes, I ended it on a cliffhanger. To be honest, I gave this one some time, and I thought that I need to make a part 2 of this. Don't worry, the next part will be the last one.
Also, I'll make one for the other sisters as well, so don't worry. I just want to make a Miku one first.
Hope you enjoy and have a nice day. :)