"You want me to be your valentine?" Mina asked, surprised. You nodded, and it seemed like she tried not to laugh. "I'm sorry... but no. I won't be your valentine, Kirishima." You swear you could hear your own heart shatter like glass. You didn't even have time to ask why before she walked off.

Of course... Of course... It's always you. Always you to have something go wrong. You'd dealt with failures and feeling like nothing... but this hit harder. You'd known Mina since your middle school years, she had been a good friend, and now she rejected you. In front of all the other girls in Class 1-A too. You had even gotten her favorite chocolates, but now that was money wasted.

You walk back to your dorm, head down and silent, trying not to cry. You go inside and sit on your bed, staring into nothing processing what happened.

After a few hours of wallowing, Mina knocks on your door. "Kirishima?"