BNHA Soulmate AU

Part 3: Shinkami

Kaminari's POV:

"Buuuuull shit, dude. I see how you look at Jiro in class. You wanna ask her out," Sero says, giving me a look.

We're sitting in my room, Monday afternoon, talking about the Soulmate Dance coming up on Saturday. He really wants to ask Mina to the dance but is too much of a wimp to actually do it, so I had to talk him up to it. He didn't actually say it, but I think I convinced him. Now, of course, he had to bring up who I want to ask to the dance, and since I said the (truthful!) answer of no one, he's trying to call me on my non-existent bull shit.

I mean, sure, I think Jiro's pretty. I've certainly thought about asking her out before, but the more I think about it, the less I feel like it. Again, don't get me wrong, Jiro's wonderful in more ways than one, I just don't think she's my soulmate. I honestly don't know who it is and don't really expect to find out this year.

Then again, it'd be nice to have a pretty girl to go to the dance with, soulmate or not, and Jiro would be one of my top picks. Still, I don't wanna go out of my way and ask her just 'cause I think she's got a nice face and then possibly get in the way of her finding her actual soulmate. My final response to Sero is, "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."

After that, we continue to talk and joke for a while about soulmates and all that until we both get tired and he retires back to his room. Once he's gone, I get myself ready for bed and then lay awake for a while, staring at the ceiling. I think over what Sero said about me staring at Jiro in class. Do I really stare at her? Again, she's pretty and everything, but I don't usually find myself staring at her. Maybe I do and just don't notice. Maybe I do actually like her and just don't realize it yet. It's a lot to think about, and my brain is already tried from trying to do math homework with Sero earlier, so I eventually drift off to sleep as I think over everything.
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The next day, as I'm walking to class, Sero runs up to me and throws an arm around my shoulders. I chuckle as I say, "Oh, hey, bro, morning. What's up? You seem anxious about something."

He nods rapidly. "Yeah, I am. I decided last night that I'm gonna ask out Ashido."

I laugh and high five him. I'm honestly just proud that my advice actually worked. "Alright, dude! How're you gonna do it?"

With a shrug, he replies, "I didn't get that far. I'm gonna think about it tonight and hopefully I'll have a plan for tomorrow."

We talk as we continue to walk to class. When we get there, Jiro is already sitting in her seat, tapping a rhythm on her desk with her fingers. Sero's words from last night flash into my head and my face goes pink. Stopping a little ahead of me, Sero turns and looks at me, an eyebrow raised. "You good, bro?" he asks with a little chuckle.

Shaking my head to clear it, I smile and nod. "Yeah, just still waking up," I reply.

As we get to our seats, Jiro acknowledges us with a half smile and a small "hey". I smile back at her and give her a little wave. As I sit down and swing my backpack around from my back to my lap, she turns to me and, without any hesitation, says, "Kami, do you wanna go to the Soulmate Dance with me?"

I sit there, shocked, for probably about a solid minute. I look at Sero, who heard her since he sits right behind us, and he has the same same shocked expression I do. When he exchanges my glance, his confused look changes to humored and he shrugs. I give a small shrug as well and finally reply to Jiro, "Uh, yeah, sure! Sounds fun!"

She gives me another, slightly wider half smile and then turns back to face the front of the classroom. Once she's no longer looking at me, I raise an eyebrow at her in suspicion. Something about that felt weird. Like, Jiro's pretty upfront with her feelings, at least most of the time, but that just didn't feel like her. It's like there was nothing behind it, no feeling or anything. I could just be imagining things, but I'm just skeptical.