Disclaimer: My Hero Academy is not my property; it belongs to Kohei Horikoshi.
But you already knew that.

Day 0.

Love was. . . A total bitch.

It all started on a winter afternoon, the usually harsh weather was actually quite pleasant that day since there was no wind that chill in the bones, just a slight cold that, with some clothes, you could be comfortable in the open for a while.

Through the fields of the UA walked a curious couple, couple in the sense of two people since there wasn't a single hint of romantic implications between them: Kyoka Jiro and Denki Kaminari, the most unique duo that you could imagine since the boy's cheerful personality contrasted completely with the serenity of the girl and, even so, since their first year at the UA, that was almost two and a half years ago, they had become the best friends one could imagine.

—I still can't believe it—The girl murmured as she rubbed her hands together to try to keep them from getting more numb. The topic of their conversation was particularly interesting, a strange epidemic situation had attacked the AU in recent times, the worst kind of possible . . . An epidemic of confessions.

—It's not that strange if you think about it, I say, Todoroki can be cold as ice, but he keeps passion inside him that burns like fire—Those Quirk jokes were never funny but he was lucky that she refused to take the Extensions that she had of her hat or surely his eyeballs would pay the price.

—We're still talking about Todoroki. I mean, Yaomomo obviously was in love with him, or at least had a little crush on the guy. We all knew it . . . But that he invited her out of nowhere and in fact made her become his girlfriend in such a short time after left her aside so many times. —It was not that she wasn't happy, Kyoka was really happy for her best friend, Yaoyorozu liked the half fire boy a lot, but the fact that he, out of nowhere, took action about those feelings seemed strange to say the least.

—Well, what could you expect with such a good teacher? —The strange arrogance in the tone
of Kaminari made the girl raise an eyebrow.

—The hell are you talking about, Kaminari?—When she called him by the last name he knew that he should avoid saying something stupid and measure his words carefully.

—Isn't it obvious? Who have two thumbs and taught Todoroki the keys to conquer Yaomomo? —The blond raised both hands showing his thumbs up, pointing to the face—This bad boy—She did not know whether to laugh or hit him, but because of the weather she preferred the first one and laugh in his face making the blondie groan softly —Hey! —He just wrinkle his nose at the laughter of the girl.

—Sorry . . . — She pass a hand across her face, avoiding any further laugher, mostly because the cold air coursed into her throat —But. . . Do you want me to believe that you, Kaminari Denki, of all people were the one that helped the boy chosen as the most attractive of our generation to conquer a girl? —Well, when you put it like that. . .—

—Let me tell you Jirou—Surname alike, he was offended—Being attractive isn't everything, women want to feel conquered and I have an infallible method to make any woman fall in love—He nodded repeatedly, this offended her a bit because it sounded as if he said that she did not know what a woman wanted even she was in fact a woman.

—And what exactly is what a woman wants, oh, almighty and wise of women? —Ironized while crossing her arms, it seemed that the blond did not know what he was getting into, especially when he shook his head gently.

—It's a super-secret, I only say it to those little sparrows that seek to fly—The fact that he spoke in plural dislodged her a little.

—. . . Who else have you taught this bullcrap? —She asked in disbelief and the fact that he smiled even more made her hesitate a bit.

—To Midoriya, Tokoyami, Ojiro and my friend Eijiro of course—Now she was utterly surprised, without doubt it shock everyone when the young green haired man managed to confess his feelings to the zero-gravity girl last semester. Not to mention the massive heart attack that cause the sight of Tokoyami walking by the hand with the amphibious girl and in more recent times Todoroki and Kirishima relationships with Momo and Mina respectively, could all this be truth?

—Then—She made a slight pause, this joke was beginning to feel too real—You are the one to blame for this fever confessions fever. . .—In any other situation she´ll be dead of laughter, but the evidence began to feel solid.

—That's right, even if you don't believe it—He boasted, the proud smile came back to his lips—Incredible, isn't it? Midoriya was difficult, but deep down inside the guy knew what to do and just needed a little push—wink an eye on one of those typical flirtatious gestures in him, Kyoka could not understand what was more paradoxical in this situation.

—It just doesn't make any sense that you of all the people help others to get a couple. Haven't you been single since forever? —She try to point out the facts, but this only cause the blonde shook his head repeatedly.

—I dated Ibara during second year—He pointed out trying to keep his pride after such question.

— Didn't you break-up with her when she tried to exorcise a demon out of you or something? —A smile came to her lips when the memory of Denki arriving to her room at three in the morning saying that the plant girl shower him in holy water.

—Yeah. . . but you know what they say about the crazy ones— He laugh about it, Denki remembered that in a good way— I just haven't found a girl that interests me enough, you get me? This plan is certainly infallible, but is not meant to make any idiot hook-up; Its only to deeply make a woman fall in love—Nodded repeatedly to his own words, that tared gesture always made the opposite smile.

—Your infallible plan that made Yaomomo, Tsu-chan, Mina, Ochako and Toru fall in love, right? What a great power, you should use it responsibly—She said with pure sarcasm, it wasn't that surprising when you think about it properly— Maybe if you told me that you helped Mineta to get a girlfriend, I would say it's a feasible thing, but since you only helped boys conquer girls that were obviously in love with them you lost a lot of points there—She shrugged slightly causing a grimace of disgust in the blonde followed by defiant eyes.

— Is that a challenge, Kyoka? —Questions haughtily getting a raised eyebrow of the purple haired girl in response.

—No, it's not a challenge. It's a fact—She pointed before turning around to face him, he had stopped his steps just in front of the entrance to dorms to see her at the eye—You dont have an infallible plan to make a woman fall in love, period—Kyoka finish the conversation with that statement, or so she thought.

—Okay then, challenge accepted, tell me the participants and I will make them fall in love in. . . Let's just say—He thoughtfully and bent his lips, raising both hands with his fingers up. —Ten days—This was too easy; the girl shook her head.

—Moron. . Well, since you put the rope around your neck I will help you, the girl in question . . . Will be myself—With that she assured her absolute victory because she knew that no UA boy could make her fall in love with, much less in that little time frame.

—Wow, you put the game in Legendary mode, huh? —The boy said with a groan, but he did not look less motivated to do it —I accept your condition, but I´ll choose the contestant in this case —Kyoka did not know what he was up to, but it should not be any good.

—Well, it seems fair. What are you planning to lose, Kaminari? — This would be fun without a doubt, fun because she would win without problem.

—More like; what do I plan to win? —Cue the wink without ever losing his signature confidence —If you win; you can ask me whatever you want—Well that didn't sound bad, she nodded approving the idea—What I will I win will be a surprise —He wasn't going to ruin the surprise yet.

—Well then Sparky, you have 10 days to make me fall deeply in love with whomever you choose—She almost did not contain a laugh at such phrase—How many days do you need to choose your "Gladiator"? —Ironized the way to say it, but the boy just shook his head.

—I don't need time, I have the ideal person ready and its right in front of you—This made her blink several times, he could not mean. . .

—You . . .? —Kyoka didn't knew whether to laugh or grieve for such a thing, it was laughable to imagine Kaminari trying to conquer her, they were best friends, they knew each other for years so seeing them as a couple became hilarious in seconds.

—That's right, you said it was ridiculous to help others conquer girls because I've never had a relationship, well; I'm going to prove you wrong with the best test subject—He crossed his arms decisively, she was not intimidated of course.

—Very well Kaminari, challenge accepted—Earphone extended a hand intentionally because she knew that the boy crossed his arms to look tough, so she wanted to ruin the gesture.

—Some rules. First: You cannot refuse to go out with me or do things just to win—Instantly she groans, the blonde knew her so well—These 10 days you'll be dating me so we'll have to do things together, without excuses—This made her curse.

— Aren't you asking too much? —A couple of quick shakes with his head made her growl—Very well, I accept. But you can't do anything that I don't want, don't think to take advantage of this—

—What do you expect me to do exactly? —He complained instantly because the comment seemed severely offensive —I'm going to make you fall in love with me, Kyoka, I´m not planning to cause you any harm —The heroine didn't knew why, but that he said "Fall in love with me" cause her to feel a little embarrassed.

—I was just saying, to be clear—Then the blonde shook her hand but not too hard.

—We have a deal then— After this she squeezed his hand lightly.

—Another rule. . . If you fall in love with me first: You lose—This would be easy, the boy was a walking love struck so it shouldn't be a problem for her to win with that condition but surprisingly the blonde shook his head.

— No, I refuse to that rule —Jirou move her head to the side instantly wondering why he reject that rule— It would be unfair because. . . —Kaminari approached her slowly, what was he doing? Without warning she felt the boy's forehead bump into her hat, their noses brushed gently— I´ll lose from the start. . . — There was no cold on the earth that will prevent her blushing now, what the fuck had just happen? Denki parted with a radiant smile, one of those that illuminated dark rooms—Day zero finished, I have ten left—Pointed at her with the index fingers as guns before he entered the building that was his dorm.

Kyoka remained fossilized in place, her brain kept trying to understand what had happened, how it had happened and especially why it happened without having an answer full of violence towards the transgressor. She swallowed hardly, for a second, just for that short second she thought that maybe it wasn't the best idea to accept that challenge. . She shook her head; it was all part of Kaminari's mental game.

—You're not going to make me fall, Denki—Clenched her fists with courage now, maybe he took her off guard there, but that would not happen again, much less leave him win: She was going to defeat him, no matter what.

The challenge had been launched, there were ten days for the joker Kaminari to conquer the heart of the always severe Kyoka, a double challenge considering that she knew the objective of the blonde, but this did not seem to discourage him in the least because, on the contrary, he just smiled with greater joy.

And then, came the first of those ten long days. . .