Firsts

Part 1/? : Day One

It's your first day in a new town, and you're starting at UA High today. You feel nervous but hopeful for your fresh start and working toward your goal of becoming a hero. When you arrive on UA's campus, you're greeted by the two cheeriest future heroes, Izuku and Mirio. You become friends with both of them pretty quickly and they show you around. While being given a tour of campus, Tamaki notices you with Mirio and instantly is mesmerized by you. He hears your voice and laugh and gets super bashful, so he hides to avoid you noticing him. When you leave for class, he immediately finds Mirio and asks him about you. Mirio excitedly tells him about you and watches his best friend's reactions, knowing already that he has a crush on you. He doesn't call attention to this, though, because that would make Tamaki more nervous. Instead, he waits for lunchtime. He calls you over from across the cafeteria and invites you to eat with the Big Three. You accept, and sit down across from Tamaki. He tries to introduce himself to you, but gets too flustered to even say his own name. Thankfully, Mirio and Nejire are there to help. They explain that he has a lot of anxiety and you reassure him that you know what that feels like, because you do too. He lights up a little bit and then is able to actually respond to you. He tells you that you don't seem like you have anxiety because of how confidently and openly you carry yourself, and that he really admires that. You look at him quizzically for a minute, since this is the first time you've seen him. He realizes that you didn't notice him watching you with Mirio and his face turns bright red. Mirio chimes in to say that Tamaki had noticed you earlier in the day and had asked him about you. You start to blush and he smiles shyly.

Mirio and Nejire notice the tremendous amount of chemistry that already exists between you, and they subtly find a way to leave you two alone to eat. You ask Tamaki about his quirk and he excitedly shows you - he had some takoyaki in his lunch. You are fascinated by this and you tell him how incredible his quirk is. He asks about yours, and you explain it to him. You have the ability to make people feel calm by touching them, which makes you a great candidate for a sidekick, since you could calm anyone who is being attacked or watching a villain in action. The only downside to your quirk is that it doesn't work on you, so your anxiety always remains. Tamaki's eyes widen and he asks you to use it on him. "Are you anxious right now?" You ask him. "Well, y-yes...I don't talk to p-people besides Mirio and Nejire very often..."

You smile at him and reach for his hand. As soon as your hands touch, his face flushes red but he doesn't look away from you. "D-did you do it? I s-still feel kinda anxious, " He says. "Not yet," you say, "but I can if you want me to!"
His eyes widen and he takes a deep breath. "Y-you know, I don't think I want you to. Not y-yet, anyway," he says softly, still holding your hand. "But I...I also want to keep holding your hand, i-if that's okay." You smile, feeling your own cheeks burning. "Of course it's okay. I like holding your hand."

You and Tamaki spend the rest of lunch getting to know each other, and you find out that you have very similar interests and personalities. He works up the courage to ask you if he can take you out after school, and you excitedly say yes. As soon as you leave the cafeteria, Mirio and Nejire find you and ask about how things went. You tell them that he asked you out and they're both so excited that Tamaki found someone who seems to be so perfect for him. They each give you their phone numbers because they want updates on how your date goes (and because they both really like you, too). You then head off to your next class.

Tamaki finds his friends and tells them that you have a date after school. They brainstorm ideas of things you can do together while they go to class. He decides that he wants to take you to his favorite restaurant, since you're new in town, and then go for a walk in the park. You spend the rest of your day unable to focus on any of your new classes or classmates, you're too busy daydreaming about how nice it felt to hold Tamaki's hand and how excited you are for your date.