Valentines Day - Minadeku

Valentines Day

"Well... This... This could have... Uh..."

Mina looked at what she'd made, trying to think up some kind of positive notes of what it was that she'd made. Given how much of a mess the overall product was, she would have taken any notes, no matter how trivial. She would have been happy if it was the right colour. Instead, it was coal black.

There wasn't anything good to be said, and she knew that entirely too well. The simple fact was that this wasn't something that she was good at, baking and cooking. Back home, her mother was legendary in her family for not being able to cook worth even the slightest damn. Somehow, she made pre-made chicken tasted like mashed potatoes. And apparently, she had passed down the very same non-talent to her daughter. And she'd learned this at the worst possible moment.

What she had attempted to make was chocolate.

What she had instead made looked far more like charcoal.

"... This could not have gone worse, could it?" She asked herself, picking up a single piece, and holding it in her hand. The scent of burnt cocoa hung around them all like dreads very own stench. A scowl appeared on Mina's face without her knowing, hesitant to even attempt to try her own creation. Maybe the taste was better than the appearance?...

She took a bite.

It wasn't.

It wasn't at all.

"Ptoo!" Entirely on reflex, she spat out the small bit that she'd taken straight into the nearest sink. She felt herself shiver and her own skin crawl at the mere taste of it. Words couldn't describe it. "Oh, dear God, no." She cursed herself though a series of coughs that quickly came afterwards. She couldn't have learned this at a better time?

Not on literal Valentines Day.

Valentines Day had rolled around so much quicker than Mina had expected it to. A pile of assignments from Yuuei to complete over the winter break had utterly swamped her. Not that that was unusual for anyone who was in the Hero course. Everyone had a mountain of work that they had needed to complete... But for someone like Mina? Someone who's grades tanked throughout most of the first year?

Her second year, she wanted to fix that. She wanted to fix the many mistakes that she felt that she'd made over the first year. That was something she'd quickly come to accept when it came to her academic performance. That in her first year, she had truly botched it. She wanted that fixed. And to do that, she felt that she really had to put as much as possible into all of her assignments. To get them right. To start everything right come spring.

So, she'd been focused. Focused on trying to get everything done before the new year started. She'd worked as hard as she could to try to get everything ready, so she could walk into homeroom with her head held high.

Helping her out all the way though had been Izuku. His help had been totally invaluable, helping her get her phrasing correct, helping her find the answers that she needed, and coaching her on. He'd been emotional support, as well as a mentor, guiding her towards understanding, while never outright telling her everything that she needed to know. He'd taught her to a point where she could figure things out herself.

How long had they been dating now?

Doing a quick sum up in her head, Mina counted it to be about four months. Four months the guy had been practically the perfect boyfriend, and the longer they were together, the more he'd been able to loosen up, and the pair had been able to grow closer. He always had time for her. Always made time. Even when he was so focused, and so dedicated to getting his Hero career off the ground, he was always eternally available for her to approach with issues, problems, or just asking for help.