It was a warm, Friday afternoon, after school. Mina Ashido was bored. So bored that she thought her quirk would somehow activate and melt her to death as some sort of subconscious escape from boredom. She could study. She certainly would benefit. However, she decided to raincheck that and go explore. She told her parents she would keep in touch via cellphone. She remembered seeing a newspaper article a while back about a beach that had recently been cleaned up, sometime before classes at Yuuei had begun. She hadn't been to the beach in ages and, while she was more of a social creature, she didn't mind exploring it on her own. It was apparently a popular dating destination now and, while the pink girl wasn't exactly experienced there, she considered herself a romantic at heart. It was enough to pique her curiosity at least.

Mina brought her backpack, which was white, but with a paint splatter pattern all over it, giving it a more colorful appearance, which was just Mina's style. In it, she had sunscreen, her black two-piece bathing suit (with pink accents), black and pink flip-flops a bottle of lemon soda, a beach towel with a sweet 80's color scheme that she loved, and her hot pink star-shaped sunglasses. She also managed through sheer will and awesomeness to fit her boogie board that she bought on summer vacation two years ago, just in case. After all, she was bored and ready to boogie. She was also sad nobody was around to hear that brilliant joke. It was too good to have no audience.

When she arrived at Dagobah beach park, it was a bit later. The sun looked like it would be setting soon, with that beautiful blend of orange and blue befitting of teen romances and surf rock album covers. The humor of a girl who looked like an alien arriving at a beach named Dagobah was not lost on her and she again lamented not having someone to joke about that with.

"Man, I should call Tooru. She would love my jokes." She pondered to herself.

Once she set foot on the beach, she was truly able to drink it all in. It was gorgeous and pristine. It was certainly hard to imagine this place being a garbage dump not too long ago. Now there were seabirds calling in the distance amongst the soothing crash of the waves. The sea sparkled in the afternoon sun. Not too many couples had shown up yet, but there were a few here and there.

"Who knows." The acid-quirk user grinned widely, eyes a twinkle. "Maybe I'll find myself a cutie here."

Not that she was actively looking, but she was open to the idea. She decided to set up her blanket, find a place to change, and then go for a swim. There were changing rooms nearby, so she took advantage of them and slipped into her swimsuit. Once she had it on, put on her flip-flops, and her other clothes were folded and placed in her bag, she was ready to hit the beach like it was a supervillain and she was licensed to do so.

"COWABUNGA!" she shouted gleefully, pumping both fists in the air and smiling widely. She picked up her bag and ran for her towel, placing her bag on it before making a mad dash for the waves. Some of the couples looked a bit annoyed to have their silent moment broken by this rambunctious teenager with pink skin, black sclera, and two horns, but they decided to just ignore her for now. Mina ran for the waves until she stopped in her tracks. She saw someone at the far side of the beach, sitting alone. She thought he was just waiting for his date, but she soon recognized who it was: Izuku Midoriya. The two of them didn't exactly speak very often, but they got along well enough. Still, she was excited to see someone she recognized. She ran towards him, shouting his name.

"Hey, Midori! What's up?" she waved wildly as she ran towards him. She then paused, lit up, and stopped. She ran back towards her stuff, packed it up, and brought it closer to where he was sitting.

When Izuku was sitting on the beach, drinking in the sound of the waves and the seabirds, the glistening water, and the smell of the salt air, he couldn't help but smile. He was proud of this place. It was hard, grueling training, though Yuuei would make that look like child's play as it went on. Still, he felt like he accomplished something. Not only did he get All Might's quirk, train his body, and enter Yuuei, he did a public service. He truly felt like his dreams were coming to fruition. He was at peace right now, on his corner of Dagobah. However, that peace soon shattered when he saw a pretty girl running towards him, saying his name. He was pretty sure he was awake, so he got very flustered and turned red quickly. It got even worse when he recognized the girl.

"A-Ashido? W-w-w-what are you doing here?" he sputtered awkwardly.

He certainly didn't expect a girl from school to come up to him outside of classes, except for possibly Ochako. And even then, he never expected a girl in a bathing suit to come up and say hello. He was pretty sure he was going to die, either from overheating or somehow getting a nosebleed, getting embarrassed, and then dying. She set her towel up again, this time, right next to Izuku's.

"I heard about this beach and I was bored, so I decided to check it out. She grinned, jumping up in the air a little. "What brings you here, Midoriya? Um... Are you ok?"

"Y-yeah. Sorry. I just didn't expect to see you is all…... I'm just taking in the sea." ge replied, staring out at the ocean.

"Gotcha! Soooooooo, come here often?" she joked flirtatiously. Well, it wasn't a total joke. She really was curious.

Izuku blushed and stuttered a little, much to Mina's amusement, but he soon calmed down and stared absentmindedly at the ocean again, before answering her.

"I helped." Izuku smiled towards the sun, before reality brought it crashing down. Did he just give away his training with All Might to be able to handle his quirk?

"Helped with what?" Mina cocked her head to the side in confusion.

Izuku panicked at first, but then sighed. He would have to embellish a little, so he composed his thoughts. He devised a story that was mostly true but left out some details.

"I-I helped clean this beach up. Growing up…. I was a late bloomer. I didn't get… it didn't manifest until a little later. My quirk, I mean. All might…He…he noticed my quirk was a lot like his. So, he helped train me before I entered Yuuei. I was shocked…but very honored. I worshipped All Might as a kid. He inspired me down this path, even when I didn't think I had a quirk, so to meet him in person and train with him….it was amazing. I worked very hard to clean this beach and I'm glad it turned out this way."

Izuku didn't like lying. He would have told the truth, but All Might had trusted him with his secret. Honestly, mentioning the beach training probably saying too much. Still, even if it was painful and hard, that training was an important landmark for Izuku and he was proud of it, especially now that people used this beach again. He was so proud of it that he almost forgot he was telling all this to someone he barely knew, a girl no less. In her swimsuit. Izuku started to tremble upon that realization but tried to compose himself.

Mina moved in closer with a raised eyebrow. She was a bit closer than Izuku was comfortable with. He had never been this close to a girl before, especially in a swimsuit. The closest he had been in that regard was when he would go to the beach with his mom as a small child.

"That…is SO COOL! You cleaned up an entire beach! I mean, that sounds like waaaay too much work. I could never do that. Still, that's awesome." Mina cheered. "Maybe they should name it after you. Midoriya Beach!" Mina gestured with her hands as if making an invisible banner in the air.

Izuku shook his head and blushed. "N-no. I couldn't Dagobah beach is fine as is. I'm fine just coming here to think."

"I can see that. It's really pretty here. I love the beach! I don't go often enough though." Mina smiled, holding up her boogie board.

Izuku couldn't help but smile back sheepishly. He had started to calm down a little, though he tried not to look anywhere below her eyes. "Oh god, am I as bad as Mineta?" he thought to himself."

"You know, Midoriya, I always kind of thought you were an awkward dork with a quirk that keeps injuring him." Mina said sticking her tongue but, leading Izuku's head to sag.

"But man, you're pretty great, aren't you?"

"Me?"

"Yeah. You have freaking All Might tutoring you, you, cleaned up a beach on your own pretty much, and you just sort of embody the whole hero thing, don't you? You're a good guy." She said patting him on the back and smiling before jumping up and smiling at him with her arms akimbo. "Now let's go swimming. It's too good an opportunity to waste."

Izuku turned bright red again.

"What's wrong, Midori Forgot a bathing suit? Or are you too nervous to go swimming with a pretty girl." She said with a wink. This turned the boy into a lobster pretty much. Mina had made a mental note to talk to him more. He was fun to mess with and kind of cute. Besides, she had come here wanting to hit up the beach and she now knew she had him to thank for that.

"I-I, um…. I don't know."

"C'mon Midori, don't be shy. It will be fun."

Izuku did bring a swimsuit just in case. He did feel like taking a dip. Besides, he could always chalk this up as quirk training. You never know when you need to save people in an aquatic environment, like during shipwrecks or floods.

"Um…. dude? Are you ok?" Mina raised an eyebrow as Izuku started to mutter to himself.

Izuku straightened up and rubbed the back of his head. He probably should work on that habit.

"Sorry, Ashido-san." He bowed his head.

"Don't be so formal, Midori. You can just call me Mina. Besides, we're at the beach, not in classes or something." Mina stretched her arms out and lifted her legs, preparing to dash into the water.

"Why are you calling me Midori?" Izuku asked.

"Because Your last name is Midoriya and because it's cute." She winked while sticking her tongue out. Izuku blushed and started to shuffle away.

"A-alright. I'll be back." Izuku nodded as he grabbed his bag and ran to get changed. He came out five minutes later in green swim trunks and flipflops that seemed to have All Might on them from what Mina could tell. She had waited patiently for Izuku. She felt it would be a jerk move not to. When she saw him without his shirt on and got a good look at how ripped he was, she was glad she waited.

"Hot damn!" She thought to herself. A light tinge of lilac came across her cheeks, but she brushed it off and grabbed Izuku's hand, causing him to blush in turn.

"Took you long enough, dude. Let's jump in!" She exclaimed with glee. This was going to be fun. Even if she barely knew Izuku, she was happy to have company. Besides, she had decided she would get to know him a bit better after this. While Izuku was taken by surprised and understandably nervous, he found himself feeling similarly.

The two Yuuei students splashed around and enjoyed the water. Mina played around with her boogie board and bounced an idea off Izuku about using her quirk with her boogie board to do sick jumps.

" I-I don't think we could do that in the streets until we get our provisional licenses." Izuku stuttered while floating on his back.

"Yeah. I know. Major bummer." Mina pouted while submerging herself in the water and popping up behind Izuku, spooking the poor boy, much to her amusement.

"W-what was that for?" Izuku exclaimed.

"Fun!" Mina smiled, after squirting a bit of sea water out of her mouth.

"Not for me." Izuku frowned. It was slightly funny, but he still wasn't a fan. "But yeah, that would actually be a pretty cool idea to explore. Maybe in a training situation." Izuku suggested enthusiastically.

"HELL YEAH! ACID SURFING!" Mina shouted with excitement, only to be set back with a shout of "Shut the hell up!" by one of the couples on the beach."

"Guess we're interrupting their date." Mina shrugged, though she did feel a bit guilty. Izuku could tell from the slight blush in her cheeks. He found it kind of cute, but froze when he found himself thinking that.

As it started getting darker, the two decided to watch the sunset together before heading home. Despite it being nearly night time, Mina decided to wear her sunglasses, just because she thought not doing so would be a waste.

"Hey, Midori." She exhaled, the beauty of the sunset and the sound of the waves relaxing her so much, she could see herself falling asleep here. She decided that would be a bad call though, so she would have to get going soon.

"Yes, Ashi…Mina?" Izuku asked turning to her.] as she moved her shades down slightly to show her eyes. This elicited a chuckle from Izuku. He was surprisingly relaxed too. He wasn't sure why though. Maybe it was just the beach. "What's up?" he asked.

"Wanna do this again tomorrow?" she smiled.

"A-alone?" Not that Izuku hated today. He had fun, more than he expected. He was just nervous because he was hanging out with a girl, alone, at a beach frequented by couples going on dates. Furthermore, they would have to keep in contact somehow, so she would probably give her number. Would she? He wasn't exactly an expert here.

Mina shrugged, playing it cool. "Only if you want to, dude. I could invite Kirishima and Tooru too. You can bring friends as well, like Tenya and Ochako." She was correct, though she certainly wouldn't mind just the two of them again. He was cute and fun to mess with. Besides, he was kind of a good example for what a Yuuei student should be, even from just his short time being there.

Izuku liked the idea of being with his friends at the beach and would have found that comforting and less awkward. It made much more sense. So, of course, he screamed internally in awkward confusion when he replied.

"S-sure. I can meet you, just the two of us." Izuku blushed, prompting a thumbs-up from Mina.

"Awesome, Midori! Can't wait! Hold on!" she grinned and cheered before drying off with her towel and digging into her backpack to find a pen and paper. She found a hot pink thin-tip marker and a receipt for sunscreen. Close enough. She wrote her number on it and unzipped Izuku's backpack, shoving the number in there.

"There you go. Just hit me up whenever." She chirped while giving a surfer dude hand signal.

They both walked to the changing stalls, bags and towels in tow, got dressed, packed up, and went their separate ways.

"Later, Midori!" Mina waved.

Izuku waved back. "You too!"

He dug for her number in his bag. He was still reeling. He had a girl's number.