Puppet Master

Get Well C-

"Mina, calm down," Furuya sighed. Mina pouted, bouncing on her toes.

"ARG!!! They should be here already!" she cried. Hino put her hand on her hip. "Not really. We got here much earlier than usual because someone can't hold her horses." Mina blushed but finally settled down onto flat feet. She looked down at the card in her hand. It wasn't much and her handwriting was worse than a first years but she poured her heart and soul into it! Everyone had made a card for 'Zuku.

"Hey."

They all looked up. Shockingly, it was, "Yamamoto?" Furuya questioned. The snowy-haired boy shrugged. "You guys are close with the fr- with Izuku, right?" Mina stepped forward proudly and defensively. Sure, Yamamoto and Izuku seemed to be getting along somewhat well recently but this was the boy who had bullied Kiri and Mina wasn't about to stand for it if he were to try again. "That's right!" she replied in her sure-fire chipper tone, as always. Mina is the student body president and won those votes by being the goodwill, happy, fun-loving girl she is and her image does not falter.

Yamamoto nodded. He slung his bag around and rifled through it a bit before pulling something out and holding it out to her. "Could you give this to him for me?" Mina, no, everyone stared at the surprisingly cute card the boy held out.

It was light blue with white lace frills around the sides and the front read in a fancy font: IZUKU. Mina could only guess that the inside was just as pretty.

Mina looked up at him dumbfoundedly. "EH?!" He rolled his eyes. "J- just give it to him, k!" Yamamoto all but threw it at her before spinning around and storming off. "H- hey!" She had to scramble to catch it. Mina stared after the boy.

"Geeze. What an emotional constipated guy," she huffed, receiving a round of laughs from her friends.

"Mina! Furuya! Hino!" The girls all turned their heads. Kiri and 'Zuku were making their way to them. Mina grinned. "'ZUKU! KIRI!!!" She sprinted up to them. Yes, Mina saw the way 'Zuku flinched back and tensed up. She jumped, planted her feet in front of the boys, and held out her hands. "High five!" Kiri chuckled and lifted his own, bringing it down upon hers with a nice *SLAP*. Mina raised an eyebrow at Izuku. He stared down at her hands hesitantly. Mina smirked.

"'Zuuuukuuuu! My hand is getting tired here!" The boy deadpanned but nevertheless, raised his arm and gently tapped his hand against hers.

"I'll take it!" she chirped, standing straight.

Hino and Furuya caught up.

"Welcome back, Izuku," Hino and Furuya greeted. Mina hid her disappointment when the boy didn't respond verbally, only nodded.

"Hey, guys!" They all looked over to see Mori running up.

Mina nodded. "Now that everyone is here-"

"Ah!" Mori quickly whipped out his letter. Mina took it and added it to the stack to which she promptly extended to 'Zuku. The boy blinked and looked up, obviously confused. "They are for you," stated Furuya. "Get well cards or start feeling better or something." Mina grinned. "Yup!" Izuku faltered a bit.

That was odd. His face fell for a second before 'brightening up', as much as it could. It looked fake as if he were trying to be happy for them. Izuku took the cards hesitantly. He bowed his thanks.

Today is a no-talking day then...

"Let's go! We can't be late!" Mina held up her cheerful demeanor. When someone was feeling down, you also feeling down won't help them feel better.

Still, that doesn't mean that it hurt any less when she looked at her friend and saw that he looked like he was ready to crumple on the ground at the drop of a pin.