Primal Instinct Izuku

Todoroki Kills All His Love Rivals, Part 2

Izuku's POV (right after he left Todoroki)

Finally. I peer at the bomb from behind a corner. Sure enough, just as I thought, Mineta was guarding the bomb. At least, I thought he was.

"WHY ME!! Why did I have to get teamed up with Bakugo against two of the top three strongest in our class!?" Mineta wailed, letting his tears flow. "I ONLY WANTED TO PEEP AT THE GIRLS AND CHECK OUT THEIR AMAZING BOO-"

"OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH" I interrupt the purple perv, marching out of my hiding place. Mineta turns my way in surprise. "Huh?" He rubs his wide eyes, confused.

"Todoroki, I found the bomb. It's on the fourth floor." I report to Todoroki through our radio connection. "Copy. Good job" Todoroki's voice came back into my earpiece. I jumped, slightly startled. It was weird to hear his soft, reassuring voice in my ear... "Hey, Midoriya..." Mineta says, bringing me out of my thoughts.

"Yeah...?"

"Why are you blushing?"

I'm blushing...? Wait... I'M BLUSHING.

"Midoriya..." Mineta suddenly gets a super pervy look on his face (more than usual). "Are you thinking about how huge the girl's boo-"

"No." I reply bluntly.

Mineta looks at me disbelievingly, but I ignore it. The purple-headed pervert can think what he wants about me; I don't care what he thinks. I mean... look at him. He looks like the ripoff pervert version of Stewie from Family Guy!

"Whatever. I don't care what a perverted, dehydrated prune thinks." I stated matter-of-factly. Mineta sputtered, trying to find his words. Finally, he came up with "...I'm a GRAPE, not a prune! And I am NOT dehydrated!!"

"So you aren't denying the perverted part, huh?"

"Well... I mean... But that's..."

I lift an eyebrow.

Mineta got a nosebleed. I can only imagine why (which I really don't want to imagine).

"Alright I've had enough fooling around with you Mineta," I say. "Now the battle begins."

I quickly dart towards him, and before he can react, my foot lashes out and kicks him in his scrawny chest, causing him to fly backwards and hit the wall. "Oops. I tried to limit my power a lot so I wouldn't accidentally kill you, but I guess you're just too small and light... and airborne." I scratch the back of my head sheepishly.

"Urgh..." Mineta groans, pulling himself off of the wall. I hum, and say, "You should've stayed down. You're just buying yourself more pain."

Mineta slowly walks towards me, and I let my fighting stance drop. He's not a threat, after all. "Defeat is inevitable. You're just dragging this out! Katsuki is not going to miraculously come barging in here to save your ass, if that's what you're buying time for. I should know... he doesn't do friends." I grimace at the memories of Katsuki's "friendship" to me.

"I... I can fight too, you know. I'm not just a pervert!" Mineta's declaration surprised me a little, causing me to look up (or down, cuz he's small) at him. Looking me dead in the eye, Mineta had a fierce resolve shown in his face. I grin, thinking that maybe I misjudged him, and that he isn't just a weakling after all.

"I'm not just a pervert... I'm a pervert that will become a hero! In order to become popular with the girls, I MUST succeed!!!" Mineta proclaimed proudly. I just look at him. "Well... at least you have a conviction to become a hero, I guess. Even if your reasoning isn't that... heroic." I deadpan.