the copycat hero: Deku

Chapter 43

Mina swallowed slightly as she sat on the bath stool, pouring water over her back as she stared at the wall, the rest of the girls already chatting in the main bath. They'd decided to make the girls and boys bath times different after the incident on the first night, so no sounds were coming over the wooden structure.

"Thinking about Midori?" Toru asked, making Mina jump slightly as she spun around, almost hitting the invisible girl with her bucket, "Woah, careful there."

"S-sorry, Toru," Mina sighed, "Yeah, I guess."

"He's pretty great, huh?" the floating towel asked, making Mina start again.

"Wait…do you also…?"

"So you do like him!" Toru giggled, "I figured, considering how tightly you were holding onto him when he was carrying you!"

"I just didn't want to fall off!" Mina muttered, her cheeks giving her away as they turned dark purple.

"Yeah, right," Toru hummed, "Why don't you confess to him?"

"C-confess?" Mina gasped, "I…I couldn't! I'm pretty sure that there are other people that also like him!"

"And?" Toru asked, Mina feeling the hand pat her shoulder gently, "I wouldn't have thought that someone like you would be nervous about confessing to your crush?"

"It's just," the pink-skinned girl feeling her cheeks flush even more, "I've never done it before."

"Really?" Toru gasped, the water splashing around her feet as she hopped up and down excitedly, "Is Midori your first love? That's so romantic! You have to confess to him now!"

"What's going on?" Jiro asked as she walked over to them, "You two have been whispering for a while."

"Mina's going to confess to Midori!" Toru said excitedly, loud enough that the other girls heard, all of them turning to look at the three of them.

"N-no I'm not!" Mina said hurriedly, shaking her head, "I don't want to step on anyone's toes! I know that other people also like him!"

"But couldn't you just share?" the bath went silent as everyone looked at Momo in surprise.

"What do you mean, Yaomomo?" Tsuyu asked slowly.

"Polyamory is a perfectly legitimate form of relationship," the girl said calmly, "My aunts and uncle practice it."

"Poly-what now?" Ochako said, her face turning bright red as she sunk into the water, "L-like…more than two people in a relationship?"

"Yes," Momo replied, looking around in slight confusion, "Have none of you heard of it before?"

The girls all shook their heads as Momo began to explain, Mina blushing even harder as she thought about whether she'd be prepared to share Izuku. Or if he'd be prepared to share her.

It was the fourth day of the Summer Training Camp, and Mina was staring into the distance.

"Ashido!"

The shout startled Mina out of her thoughts, the girl gasping as she felt the burning sensation on her hand, dropping the glob of too strong acid on the floor, where it hissed violently.

"You're distracted," Aizawa sighed, "Why? Do I need to put you in the Remedial course as well?"

"No!" the girl squeaked, blushing hard as she remembered what she'd been thinking about, "Sorry, Sensei!"

"What's distracting you?" the older man asked, his usual tired expression morphing into one of worry for a brief moment, "You can tell me."

"I'd…I'd prefer not to," Mina sighed, looking away as she felt the blush return.