BNHA Soulmate AU

Part 2: Minasero

Sero's POV:

"Dude, just ask her out. You never know, she may actually be your soulmate. What's the worst that could happen?" Kaminari says as we sit in his dorm after attempting some of our homework.

It's Monday afternoon, a few days before the Soulmate Dance on Saturday. I've literally planned out the entire dance in my head, the only problem is, I'm too much of a wimp to ask out my crush.

I've had a pretty big crush on... this person for a while now, but the only one who actually knows is Kaminari. He's been pushing for me to ask her out since I told him, but I've always refused. Now that this dance is coming up, I finally have a reason to and it won't be as awkward as it would be otherwise.

"Bro, you know I want to, but like, what if she rejects me?" I reply, looking up at the ceiling with a sigh.

When I look back down, Kami is looking at me, a judging look on his face. "Why the hell would you care? It's Ashido, dude, she's not gonna embarrass you with a rejection or anything. You could handle it, if it came down to it. Plus, I really don't think she'd reject you. Even if she doesn't like you like that, I feel like she'd give you a chance. I'm just telling you, bro, I'd give it a shot if I were you."

I think over everything that he said in my head. He's right, I would be able to take the embarrassment of a rejection pretty well. The only thing is, I've liked her for a while now, and I don't know how well I'd be able to handle the emotional side of it if she rejected me. Still, though, maybe it is worth a shot. I don't say it out loud, because Kami would let being right go straight to his head, but I think that I might give it a shot and ask Ashido to the dance.

With a grin, I look at him and say, "Enough about me, what about you? Who are you gonna ask to the dance?"

He shrugs and lays back on his bed. "I dunno, man. I don't really like anyone like that right now, you know?"

I snort. "Buuuuull shit, dude," I say, holding it out for emphasis, "I see how you look at Jiro sometimes in class. You wanna ask her out."

He snorts right back and says, "Nah, I just think she's pretty. I mean, not that I'd mind if she asked me out or anything, but I just don't like her like that enough to ask her out myself."

I nod along. Kaminari is always pretty upfront with his feelings, no matter who they're about. I admire that in him. "Alright, fair enough then. So, there's seriously no one?" I ask, still skeptical.

He shakes his head. "Nah, I don't think so. There's just no one in school that I really feel like is my soulmate, y'know?"

I nod. I know that feeling. I honestly felt like I didn't even have a soulmate before I came to UA, and I was pretty cool with that. When I first met Ashido, though, I felt something different with her. Like, she was a lot different than most girls I had met before. She was a lot more fun and more easygoing and just everything I would look for in a soulmate. I could very well be wrong, but I just really feel like she's my soulmate. And, now that I'm thinking about it, the Soulmate Dance is the perfect way to find out if I'm right. In this moment, I officially decide that I'm gonna ask Ashido to the dance.
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For the next few days, I plan out how I'm going to ask Ashido out. I want to keep it kind of low-key, not too exciting or anything, but I wanna make sure I get my point across and tell her how I feel. On Wednesday night while I'm laying in bed trying to go to sleep, I decide that the best way to do it is to just go up to her when she's free and just talk to her about everything. I don't want to delay anymore, so I decide that I'm gonna do it the next day, on Thursday.

Rewinding just a little bit, on Tuesday, Kaminari was asked to the dance by none other than Jiro. Apparently, I mixed up who was checking out who in that situation. Needless to say, he accepted her invitation to go to the dance happily and now they're going together. I have no clue if they're actually soulmates, but they seem to like each other pretty well, so it'd be cute if they were.