No one's POV:

Izuku was smiling to himself as he packed his bag to head home, after a great first day of school. He made new friends, he showed his skills and he showed all his hard work paid off. Today was a great day.

"Midoriya!!~" Minoru yelled out to Izuku as he was gathering up his things.

"Oh Mineta. Hello! Did you need something?" The green haired boy smiled.

"Yes! Time to scout some chicks!" Minoru smirked.

"Sigh....Figured you were actually serious about this. Okay fine." Izuku sighed. 

"YES!~"

"BUT. 3 rules. 1. No invasion of personal space. 2. No inappropriate staring. 3. No dirty or suggestive comments!" Izuku said sternly to him, trying his best to mimic his master.

Minoru shivered a bit at Izuku's tone.

"Yeah, yeah you not it bud..." He rubbed the back of his neck.

"Thanks for agreeing. Alright, let's do this I guess."

"Awesome! Let operation: Scout Skirt begin!" Minoru pumped his fist up in the air.

"( What have I gotten myself into? )" Izuku thought to himself.

The two boys then started walking around the school grounds checking out the girls that were still sticking around even after school had ended.

"Hmmm. Pretty good, If I do say so myself.~" Minoru smirked checking out a cute blonde girl.

"She's okay." Izuku replied nervously.

"Personally, I like the pigtails. VERY cute."

"Eh...I like pony tails better. Her eyes are nice too." Izuku added.

"Ahhh, not a pigtail guy. I get it. So what's your preference Midoriya?"

"Um...well. I like long curly hair, a like for green, confident, forward, has brains." Izuku said quietly while blushing.

"Hehehehe!~ I see.~ You want a dominate girl!~" Minoru teased.

"W-What?! No!" Izuku was flabbergasted. 

"Hahaha, it's okay man!~ I ain't kink shaming.~" Minoru nudged his arm.

"Sigh..." Izuku heaved a great sigh.

"Well we've been scouting for a good 15 minutes. I think that's enough." Izuku says.

"Awww, come on! Just a little longer? Pretty please?" The shorter boy begged. 

"Agghh, fine. 5 more minutes, but that's IT."

"Yes! See this is why you're the best Midoriya. You let people be themselves." Minoru smiled widely.

"Well I try my best to do that."

"Well it's good enough dude." Said Minoru patting Izuku's back.

 "Now let's seeee....what else do have around here? OH!" Minoru then spots two girls speaking together. 

There was one average height girl with large upturned dusky green eyes with long lower eyelashes, and notably long and pointed teeth. Her hair is a dark moss green, collectively reaching just below her shoulders aside from a short clump that hangs in the centre of her forehead, and it grows wavier and thinner the lower down it gets.

The other girl has chin-length, pale gray hair, parted to the right, hanging down over her eye and obscuring the majority of the left side of her face. She has dark bags under her blue eyes, and a small mouth with full lips. Her hands are usually held up as high as her elbows, with her hands draped down.

"Psss, yeah dude. Check it out. Those two. SUPER cuties.~"

"Um...yeah. The g-green haired one looks really nice." Izuku spoke nervously.

"Personally I'm digging the grey haired one. Though her posture is a bit weird and what's up that stance? Eh, it's whatever. Tsuyu does something similar." Minoru shrugged it off.

"Her chest isn't HUGE but decent. I'd say grey hair is a B cup. Rough estimate though." Minoru pondered.

"Siiigh, really?" Izuku raised an eyebrow.

"Oh come on. It's only between us."

"Whatever. Proceed."

"Thank you, her eyes are pretty. Though one's kinda covered it's pretty. Like her hair too. Smooth, simple and shiny. Also those lips look GREAT. What say you my dude? What ya like about green girl over there?" Minoru smirked.

"Um, well first off. I like her eyes, her curly green hair, her sharp tooth smile is kinda alluring." 

"Ahhh. I see! Well looks like you've got your target locked and so do I. Okay then. Let's go talk to em."

"WHAT?! What do you mean talk to them?! I thought we were just SCOUT! As in observing from a DISTANCE. Where did this talking thing come up?!" Izuku questioned frantically. 

"Well of course we're going to go talk to them. I mean, why wouldn't we?" Minoru raised an eyebrow.

"Mineta look. I'm not good at....flirting okay? Or even talking to girls in general."

"Ya talked to Ura-chan and the other girls in our class just fine earlier. Just act normal dude." Minoru tried reassuring him.

"I still don't know." He rubbed his arm.

"Sigh, Midoriya if you really don't wanna, I won't twist your arm about it. Though girls would REALLY like you man! Your so totally awesome! For real!"

"Thanks Mineta. Really. Okay I'll give it a try." Izuku smiles slightly.

"If it goes bad, I'll never ask you to do it again." Minoru shoves his hands in his pockets.

"Thank you again. I'm happy you can be serious about situations."

"Well after training with my mentor, I learned to get serious when I gotta." Minoru chuckled a bit.

"Hehehe, good for that! Okay! I'm ready!"

"Let go woo some babes.~"

With that the too boys made their way over to the two girls.

"Hehehe! Gotta say Yanagi-chan, UA is pretty freaking sweet! Rad people, rad teachers and just rad everything really!" The green haired girl laughed with her toothy grin.

"I guess it's fine Tokage-chan." The grey haired replied with an emotionless deadpan voice and face.

"Jeez, ghost girl. Up your SPIIRTS why don't ya?! Hahahah!"

The girl did not reply and merely stared at Tokage with the same expression.

"I'll get you to laugh and or smile one day. ONE. DAY. DO. YOU. HERE. MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?" She spoke in a dramatic raspy hissing voice

"Yes, I hear you quite well." Yanagi replied casually.

"Well she sure is lively." Minoru spoke coming up to them along with Izuku who was smiling very nervously.

"Hmmm? Well, well. Lookie what we got here. Walking broccoli and a small grape." Tokage smirked looking at the two boys.

Minoru's left eye twitched at her comment, while Izuku only seemed confused.

"( Okay was the small remark really needed?! )" Minoru roared in his mind.

"Hahaha! Just kidding boys!~ Wassup?" She crossed her arms.

"Ahem, well um. Me and my friend here thought you two girls seemed pretty cool, so we thought we'd come and say hello. Right Izu-buddy?"

"( Izu-buddy? Whatever. ) Y-Yes Minoru." Izuku replied. 

"Ahhhh, that right now? Hear that Yanagi? These boys wanna make marry with us.~"

"We speak if you'd like." Yanagi said.

"Awesome! Well first off. Names. I'm Minoru Mineta. Heya."

"I-I'm Izuku Midoriya...h-hi..."

The green haired girl noticed Izuku's blushing and flustered state. She smiled and took advantage of this to have some fun.

"I'm Setsuna Tokage, but YOU can call me Setsu Freckles.~" She smirked and winked at him.

"U-U-UM, I. O-OKAY." Izuku wheezed out.

"( Jeez dude, what are ya trying to do? Talk? Or lay an egg? )" Minoru cringed.

"I'm Reiko Yanagi. Hello." The grey haired girl spoke still in her emotionless tone.

"Are you okay Yanagi-chan?" Minoru asked.

"Yes I am. Why do you ask?"

"Nothing you just. Well, kinda seem gloomy." 

"I'm always like this." She replied.

"Wow, really? Hmm. ( Okay that makes her a tougher nut to crack. That other girl has her eyes set Midoriya, so I'll try my luck with this one. )"

"Hey, lookie here. You've got green curly hair just like me!~" Setsuna played with Izuku's hair.

"U-Um....y-yes, I d-do. I'm h-happy you like it...( OMG, OMG, OMG. She's TOUCHING ME!!! )" Izuku was a blushing mess.

"Like it? I LOVE it.~ We're hair twins!~ ( God I can't help myself, this boy is so cute!~ )" Setsuna coed.

"Sooo, Yanagi. How are ya liking UA?" Minoru asked with a smile.

"It's interesting." She replied.

"Ah I see. Anything about it you find interesting? ( Gotta draw out more answers with people like her. Other wise the conversation will end WAY too quick. )"

"The students and staff intrigue me." She said.

"I can see that. Same here! Cool pro hero teachers and cool students! What's there NOT to like eh?!~" Minoru smirked.

"I guess your right, though things could easily turn sour." 

"Ah, well yeah. You've got a point there, but HEY! That's what friends are for right? When going to a new school, you find out who you can trust right away. Soooo, when thing do get sour, you got someone watching your back." 

Reiko seemed somewhat affected by this but barely. 

"Yes. That is a good thing. Though trust is something that is earned over time and is not easy to bestow easily and freely." She stared into his eyes with a calm glare.

Minoru kinda shivered a bit by her stare as if she had gazed right into his very soul. He could tell she's had her trust betrayed in the past. She just has that look in her eyes, it's familiar to him because well...he'd been there before. Both on the receiving and giving end.  It sucks immensely either way.

"Trust me, I know. Though Yanagi-chan. You can trust me. I swear. I won't lie I've been a moron in the past and well, even a little now but I've gotten better." He said sincerely. 

She stared back at him for a few moments silently as if judging his words.

"It takes a brave person to admit their own faults openly like that. So I think I can take your word for it. I hope to learn more of you Mineta-kun, so that we may become friends." Her stoic face remained but there was a slight lightness to her voice this time around.

"( Not a smile but hey I'll take it! ) Same here Yanagi-chan. Anyways um, maybe see you around?" Minoru said shyly.

"Very well." She said plainly. 

"Oh really? Neat! ( Half expected her to either reject/slap me. )" He sweat dropped a bit.

"S-So Setsu, you must b-be very skilled to b-be here." Izuku stammered. 

"Yeah, I'm PRETTY badass. I was actually recommended here." She smirked in a cocky manner twirling her hair on her finger.

"Really?! Wow that's amazing! You must be super strong!" Izuku beamed with excitement.

Setsuna chuckled at his dorky reaction, she found it adorably endearing.

"Hehehe, well thanks for the compliment Freckles. However..." She then got close to his ear.

"Flattery will only get you so far with me.~" She teased.

Izuku's face turned beat red and steam fumed from his ears.

"Hahahahaha!~ I like this guy! Really, I do!~" Setsuna laughed hysterically.

"O-Oh happy, you do." The boy pouted.

"Hehehe, okay, okay Izu-kun I'm sorry.~ All joking aside your really interesting and I totally would not mind chatting you up again." She said earnestly. 

"R-Really?" 

"Yeah dude! Your funny and cute!~" She flicked his nose.

"C-Cute? Oh wow, thanks. ( *Internal incoherent squeals of happiness.* )"   

"Yep, cute.~ Hehehe.~ Alright, I gotta get going. Fun talking to ya."

"I as well must take my leave." Reiko spoke up.

"Awww, well we'll both see you girls around! Stay awesome!~"Minoru gave the finger gun hand gesture to them with a smile.

"U-Um y-yeah stay cool." Izuku tried his best to flirt while smiling. 

"As long as you stay so freaking cute Freckles.~" She winked making Izuku hide his face in his hands. She laughed as she walked off.

Reiko merely nodded and walked off as well.

"Well, that actually went well!" Minoru smiled.

"Y-Yeah, oh man my face burns." Izuku grumbled rubbing his face.

"You weren't kidding when you said you hadn't done this before." Minoru have a sympathetic look.

"That's what I've been saying." He finally regained his composer.

"Yeah well, don't worry. It'll get easier eventually." Minoru assured him giving him a thumbs up.

"All things are hard before they're easy." Izuku added with a smile.

"Hehehe! There ya go pal."

"Yes thanks, also Mineta. Can I speak to you about your power for a moment?" Izuku looked serious.

"What is it dude?" The shorter boy looked concerned.

"I know your power is great but...PLEASE. Don't let it go to your head and make you drive you to make a big mistake." Izuku spoke.

Minoru stared back at him with a rather unreadable face. Izuku was rather unease by this. Minoru then turned away and began to speak.

"I know Midoriya." His voice has this sharp seriousness to it. Izuku was surprised to hear this kinda tone from Minoru.

"From the moment I came into this power, I already let it go to my head. I was so excited to have this power. I was thinking everything was gonna change for me just like that. That I was gonna be some top tier badass."

"When people come into their quirks. It's like a dice roll. You have a chance to roll a quirk that pretty much useless, helpful, strong, or god like. With this new latent quirk. I felt like I got a lucky god roll but, the thing is."

"As powerful as it is. I can't fully control it, I learned that the painful way. Totally mangled my arm on my FIRST attempt using it. Then I realized, I got a long way to go. If it wasn't for my mentor and a friend of his, I could have been in serious trouble. All because of my stupid ego." Minoru clenched his fists.

"There's no easy way around this. I have to go bit by bit with this power. I have to learn to grow it and myself. To be honest. I'm GLAD I can't use 100% of this power just yet. Because to be honest, I'm afraid of where I could have drifted off if I could have. No. I'm just gonna take it slow and earn this power bit by bit." His sharp tone lessened. 

"I don't care how long it takes, I have to stick it out. Just like my mentor who spent 10 months sticking my annoying antics out to help me become something better. He did so much for me and I've finally made him proud. I'm not about to just turn around and spit in his face."

"So you really don't need to tell me not to let things go to my head. I already learned that lesson Midoriya." He finally turns and gives him a deep stare.

Izuku could only stare back in silence. He was so taken back that Mineta, this goofy friend he made that always acted like such a jokester could get so serious so quickly.

"I see. So you have. Well then. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to try and lecture you. Please forgive me." Izuku the bows.

"Sigh, it's okay dude. I get it though after all that in that quirk test. Me pushing my body and stuff and laughing off the pain. I get how you would kinda get that impression. I was just trying to show the others what I could do, you as well. I was just...trying to prove I belong here." Minoru's voice dropped as he ducked his head.

Izuku walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Mineta. You've already proven it. The fact your willing put yourself through agony to show your potential, speaks volumes about you." Izuku smiled warmly.

Minoru looked up and smiled back at Izuku. He felt his resolve return.

"Thanks man. You're the best!" Minoru leap up and hugged Izuku.

Izuku was surprised by hugged Minoru back as well.

"No. YOU'RE the best!" Izuku laughed.

Unknowingly to them, All Might was passing by and witness the whole scene between them. This could only bring a smile to the man's face. Maybe he had been worrying for nothing. This Midoriya really was a upright fellow. Just someone wanting to do the right thing. Then Mineta, he thought he'd have to watch him extra closely here but...

All Might: "( It seems he already has someone to watch his back. I think those two will push each other quite far. )"

All Might: "( But I'll always be here for them both and point them in the right direction. Maybe I should have a proper talk to young Midoriya in person soon. Yes, I think that would be good. Mineta as well. Just to check on him. )"

All Might chuckled to himself and carried on with his business leaving the two boys in their touching moment.

Minoru let go of Izuku and landed back on his feet.

"Hey, before we part ways. Why don't we go get some ramen?" Izuku suggested.

"Sounds good to me!~" Minoru laughed.

"Hehehe, okay let's go!" Izuku smiled leading the way and Minoru followed close behind.

"Thanks for what you said Midoriya. Really. Made me feel more confident."

"No issue at all. I'm always happy to encourage others." The green haired boy replied. 

"Well I appreciate it a lot brotato!~"

This earned a very cheery laugh from Izuku and Minoru joined in on it. At this moment, these two knew they were destined to be friends. This school year was going to be one hell of party.