____1st Person POV_____

"Do I really have to go?" I groaned out to Nemuri (Midnight) as we sat there in the car. Looking at the house that had about, what looked like, 50 cars sitting outside of it.

Currently, Nemuri and I were just chilling in her car as we waited for me to gain enough courage to go inside to the party. It was a small party, yes, but it felt as though all the heros decided to show up, even though it was for the UA staff,

"Yes, you can't chicken out now. You never know," she elbowed me a bit, "Hizashi is probably waiting for you,"

I blushed up at the thought of him. I turned to look at her, hitting her arm away as I was reddening, "Shut it!"

Obviously, my dumb shy self accidentally started to fall for the loud blonde even before we both started teaching. I've had a crush on him since... well since we were both in UA ourselves. It was weird honestly. He was so loud and outgoing, while I have always been shy and reserved, yet I somehow found myself falling for him as soon as we met.

Adjusting my ugly Christmas sweater, I played with the ends of it as I let out a sigh, "Fine. Let's go,"

And with that, we both hopped out of the car. Nemuri opened the door to the backseat, grabbing out the drinks she was asked to bring while I grabbed out the platter of mixed sweets that I had put together. As we both got our stuff and I gained enough courage to actually walk towards the house, we started our course,

"Tell me again how you're a hero?" She laughed out and I shook my head at her, mocking her,

"'Tell me again how's you're a hero'-" I imitated her and walked up to the door. Midnight was just about the only person I actually didn't feel shy around, surprisingly. She was super chill around me, even when we were in the same class, we've kind of always been friends. So talking to her like this was normal, but if you throw me to anyone else- God I'm an awkward mess.

As we got to the door, I knocked and almost instantly, the door was opened by none other than the blonde we spoke of before. Seeing him, I could feel my face growing red at the sight of him with his hair down. It was a different look, but d*mn did he pull it off well,

"(Y/N)! Nemuri! You two made it!" He cheered and reached out to grab the platter of treats I had, "Let me grab this for you!"

Letting him take it, I walked inside, seeing that there really wasn't that many people here. There were most of the teachers I expected to make it, plus a few +1s they had brought with them. Looking around at them, I took note of those who were chatting with one another, those who were (probably) gambling at the table with one another, and those who were busy doing whatever it was they did. It was quite different than last year's party that Hizashi had thrown as there were more people and more activities to do.

Walking around, I followed Nemuri to the kitchen as she took the drinks there of course. As I walked in, I could see a certain lazy black haired man sitting at one of the tables, chatting with a certain skinny blond man. Smiling a little, I shifted over towards the table, seeing both Shouta and Toshinori turn to look over to me. I could see Toshinori smile a bit at me as he looked up,

"Happy holidays," he cheered to me and took a sip of whatever was in his cup,

"I'm surprised you decided to come," I could hear Shouta cackle a little at me as he mentioned that. Most of the teachers and heros understood my shyness, and while some respected it, there were some (like Shouta) who liked to criticize it,

"Says the guy who sleeps all day," I rolled my eyes to him as I spoke. Letting out a bit of a giggle, I could see him give me a look of annoyance. Turning towards Toshinori, I gave him a small smile,

"So how've you been?" He asked and I shrugged,

"I'm enjoying the break, that's for sure," I cheered a bit, liking the fact I got to have a little 'me-time' during the holidays this year. As I said that though, I could see Shouta tense a little as he wiped whatever was in his cup,

"What's a break..." He said in a monotone tone, his eyes shifting their gaze to me, "I had one of my students ask me twice if they had homework over the break... To which I responded twice saying 'no'... They didn't take that as an answer though,"

I looked at him with a bit of pity, but that was cut short as I felt a hand being placed on my shoulder. Glancing over my shoulder, my face grew hot as I saw Hizashi standing there with a smile on his face. His hand fell from my shoulder as he looked at me with curiosity,

"Since you're such a great baker and all, I was wondering if you could give me a hand in the kitchen?" His voice was a bit gentler than usual, but I didn't pay too much attention as I gave him a quick nod, not saying much. Looking back, I saw both Shota and Toshinori giving me smirks, which put me into a state of confusion. But, I pushed it aside as I was basically being drug into the kitchen with Hizashi.

As he let me go, he looked at the items laid out on the counter, as did I, only to see it was clearly stuff to make a fruitcake. Looking up to Hizashi, he looked at me with a begging look,

"I may have forgot to make the fruitcake this year, so could you please help me!?" He held his folded hands out in front of him as he looked down at me. Not thinking twice about it, I gave a small nod,

"S-sure," I internally cursed at myself for stuttering, but just went with it as he cheered and began to grab at everything lied out in front of us,

"It shouldn't take long, but we need to start on it now if we want anyone to eat it!"

_____Time Skip_____

By the time we had gotten finished with the cake, a few of the teachers had left, giving their goodbyes to us as they left.

The fruitcake was... Something edible (I guess). It wasn't bad, but it wasn't the best thing, yet Hizashi kept acting like it was the best thing he's ever had as he would take a piece every now and then, along with the treats I had brought. It didn't bother me though as I tried the fruitcake as well, giving it a 3 star rating. Surely it wasn't my best work, but it wasn't my worse so.

The rest of us that were still left at the party (there wasn't many) sat around the dinning room table, cards lied out across it. Nemuri thought it would be a good idea to play the game "BS" as she claimed she was a 'good liar'. So here we sat, me mostly winning the game as I wasn't the most talkative person during the game. I kept my eyes pinned to my cards and the card stack in front of me as we went around the table, one by one. As it got to Hizashi, I could tell he was nervous as he lied down one card,

"1 King," he said weakly, trying to keep his composure. Just then, Shota put his hand down,

"BS," he called and I could see Hizashi weakly give a nod as he flipped the card on top to reveal a 3 of spades instead of a king. I laughed a bit to myself as Hizashi picked up the overwhelming amount of cards that were in the middle. As it got to me, I placed down my two cards I had left,

"...2 aces," I said truthfully, waiting for someone to call it, and Toshinori was the one to put his hand down,

"BS," he called out and I shook my head, flipping the cards over. Everyone let out a groan as they put there cards down. I laughed a little to myself as I stood from my seat,

"I'm going to get another drink... anyone want anything?" I asked quietly, and saw Nemuri hold her cup our to me,

"Another round of Eggnog," she answered and I nodded, grabbing the cup.

Walking to the kitchen, I began to fill up the two cups. Of course I wasn't a big drinker, so I only had some flavored sparkling water (because regular water is boring). But Nemuri on the other hand... Let's just say I knew I'd have to drive us home. Filling up the cups completely, I out everything away before standing there and taking a sip of my drink. I let my thoughts run a bit as I began to feel anxious being here. It wasn't because of anything specific, even if I got anxious around Hizashi, it wasn't that. I just felt a bit uneasy, but that's nothing new.

Shaking off the feeling, I held onto both drinks tightly as I made my way back towards the dinning room area, only to meet Hizashi in the doorway. Looking up to him with a bit of a blush, I instantly gave a small apology. He apologized back for running into me, and was about to walk into the kitchen until a certain navy blue haired woman decided to stop us,

"Hey, you two! Look up on the doorframe," she slurred out a little, pointing her finger at us.

Some panic filled me as I turn around and glanced up, taking full notice of the mistletoe hanging from the frame. Just as I saw it, I knew my face was red as Hizashi looked at me with a bit of a blush himself. As I turned and glared at Nemuri, I turned back around to see Hizashi was now closer to me.

Without a warning, I felt lips connected with mine, causing me to tense up and feel myself growing hotter and hotter like I was melting. It was a quick kiss yet it felt like an eternity before he left my lips, leaving me feeling empty. As he looked down at me rather shyly for once, I could notice the pink on his face rising more as he gave me a smile,

"A little Christmas spirit for you," he cheered, "It was really nice actually,"

I looked at him in pure shock, "Nice?"

He nodded and I could feel him reach down for my hands, holding them in his own. As he did so, it felt like the rest of the world didn't seem to exist as his popping bright green eyes looked into my own eyes. The warmth from his hands seemed to warm my entire body as he held them gently,

"Yeah! Actually, I've been meaning to say this- and it's okay if you don't feel the same way! I get it, but uh..." For once in my life, I watched as the Present Mic, Hizashi Yamada, got flustered and nervous, his usual outgoing and loud appearance dropping as he looked to me, "I've liked- no- loved you for quite a while!"

Looking at him shocked, I could see his face dropping it's smile as he looked at me worried and panicked, but knowing he'd think I say no, i dropped my own usual appearance and reached up for the back of his neck. Pulling him down, I planted a kiss right back onto his lips again, feeling their softness and warmth once more before pulling away and smiling up to him,

"I love you too, Hizashi," I said out, and instantly our little moment together was ruined by the few claps that sounded through the room,

"Thank God!! Finally you guys admit it!" Nemuri cheered out,

"Took you two years..." Toshinori groaned out, looking at us rather happily. Turning to look at the others, I spotted Shouta wasn't even awake at the moment but instead passed out on the table.

Shaking my head at them, I turned and looked up to Hizashi with a smile, giving him once again a kiss, causing him to let out yet another loud cheer.