Unlikely As It May Seem (An Izumina Fanfiction)

Ch. 8: Reward and...Would this be Considered a Date?

Izuku and Mina were still in the classroom as the rest of the class made their way out. Izuku, unusually enough, had moved seats to sit in the desk beside Mina's as they waited for Aizawa to let them know their reward. After writing some things down, he looked at the two.

"First, I want to congratulate the both of you on a job well done," he began. "I've given this project sporadically through my teaching career, and you're the first group to both get everything correct, while being able to fool everyone as to who your partner was. So, your reward is as follows:

"I will let the other teachers know, but from tonight (Friday) to next Saturday, the two of you will be given an extension on your curfew. Along with that, you'll each be allowed to have another of your classmates receive a pass for a one night extended curfew. This does not have to be the same person every night. You can also choose not to exercise that on any given night." He paused as he let the information sink in.

"However...." there was always a 'however' with Aizawa. "should you break the extended curfew, start slacking in your school work, or otherwise do anything that reflects negatively on UA, this reward will be revoked, and you will face...severe punishment. Understood?"

"Yes, sir!" Both students, equally terrified of the Pro Hero, gave a quick response.

"Good. Now both of you are dismissed." The two quickly made their way out of the room, with Mina chatting excitedly to Izuku. Aizawa gave a small smile as he watched them leave.

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"So, I know Mr. Aizawa said we could have other people tag along, but I think tonight, it should just be you and me," Mina was saying to Izuku as they made their way back to the dorms. "Y'know, as kind of a celebration kind of thing. Unless you had someone else in mind to take out tonight." She gave him a wink, and sly smile as the boy was turning beet red, though that had started the moment she had suggested the two of them going out alone.

"Um, y-yea. I think it could just be us tonight," he stammered. Would it be considered a date? No. Since she implied that I would be taking someone else out. I guess I was right to think she wouldn't be interested in a guy like me. He was muttering, though luckily, Mina couldn't make out what he was saying.

"Dude, you're mumbling again," she said, poking him. He looked up, and was about to apologize before she started giggling. "It's actually kinda cute." OMG, what did I just say?!

"Oh, um, th-thanks?" Izuku didn't really know how else to respond to what she said. There was a moment of awkwardness between the two that was finally broken as Mina thought of something.

"Oh. How do you think the others will handle the news of our reward?" Izuku thought for a moment, actually using what he had learned about the others in the last few weeks.

"Well, some people will be jealous," he started. "Others might be happy, especially when we tell them the part that we get to take people with us. Of course, that'll mean some will probably beg to be their picks." Mina laughed at the last part.

"No kidding right?" she said. "I'm totally calling out the biggest begs to be Toru, Kaminari, and probably Mineta." The last person made her noticeably shiver, something that, as oblivious as he was, Izuku didn't miss.

"If it makes you uncomfortable, I won't bring Mineta," he said. "I do consider him a friend, but, some of the stuff he says and does...." he let himself trail off as he looked up. "Oh, we're already back."

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"You get to do WHAT?! " "No way. That's so awesome!" "Please pick me!" The reactions of their classmates had more or less been what the curly haired pair had expected. Mina took the lead on it, since she could tell Izuku was starting to get overwhelmed. Luckily, their classmates had seen it, too, and were backing off a little.