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[To Todoroki-kun <3, 5:46 PM]: MINA I REALLY FUCKIN MESSED UP

                                                 :LIKE, REALLY REALLY MESSED UP

[To Midoriya, 5: 46 PM]: what

[To Todoroki-kun <3, 5: 47 PM]: I REALLY WANNA DIE LIKE GIVE ME A FUCKING OSCAR FOR BEING THE MOST FUC-

                                                   : wrong person sorry

Todoroki glances at his phone with a confused look on his face, which changes dramatically into distress after waves of sudden realization hit his brain, and the grip on his phone gets tight as Todoroki sighs loudly and leans back on the wall, his arms limping to his sides as his brain replays the events of the morning as they had gone.

During lunch, Midoriya, a flushed mess, had limped towards him, looking nervous and literally on the edge of craving death itself, and had told Todoroki that he liked him. Like, liked him. Not the I Love You Friend kind of like. And Todoroki had responded with, "Oh." Todoroki Shouto had started World War III between Midoriya's emotions thanks to a simple 'oh', not that he knew it, of course, and before letting himself process what had been said to him, Midoriya had started shaking and with a 'be right back', had dashed to his room and locked himself there for the past few hours.

It was only then that Todoroki realized what Midoriya had meant by 'liked', and couldn't do anything about it now, really. All he could do was somehow hope that his friend felt better till they could easily talk out things and make him aware that what Todoroki responded with was not how he really wanted to respond, anyways.

And before Todoroki had decided to go back to his own room to think about how to make Midoriya feel better, Bakugou Katsuki had grabbed his arm and pulled him over to him just enough so he could casually lean in to whisper in his ear; "Don't even think about telling Deku now how you feel, because the thing that I do know about him is that when he feels that he's lost something, he won't ever try for it again. And really, you're just gonna make him feel worse, and even though I give absolutely 0 fucks about that, you wouldn't want that, right?"

The words he had said to him rings in his head repeatedly, again and again, and he wants to say, I will make this right, but he can't.

For once, Todoroki Shouto deems Bakugou Katsuki to be right.

[To Ashido Mina, 6:52 PM]:  mina, i really wanna die

[To Midoriya Izuku, 6:56 PM:] IZUKU BABY ARE YOU ALRIGHT DO I FIGHT SOMEONE FOR YOU

[To Ashido Mina, 6:56 PM]: no i just, i messed up on the confession

[To Midoriya Izuku, 6:57 PM]: aw nooo, what did he say?

[To Ashido Mina, 6:57 PM]: 'oh'

[To Midoriya Izuku, 6: 57 PM]: thats gotta be the worst possible outcome come @ outside my room

But Midoriya is already outside her room, and when Mina comes out, she gives him a small smile before opening her arms, and Midoriya had never felt himself run towards someone as quick as he does towards her, wrapping his arms around her tightly, instantly releasing small sobs and frustrated noises, and Mina shushes him and pats his curly, messed up hair soothingly, muttering 'there, there', over and over again,till he stops. But Midoriya doesn't let go, because he's so fucking glad that Mina exists, he's so glad that there are so many people like her willing to listen to his problems and help him no matter what, and the emotions of everything get to him at this very moment and it makes him so sad; it makes him so fucking sad that he's, to his friends and to, to everyone in general, absolutely nothing except for a crying, reckless mess. And he's saying this out loud, and Mina constantly assures him it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be fine.

But everything is not, to Midoriya Izuku, peaches and cream. To him, nothing is 'fine'.

When Midoriya heads back to his room, his jeans pocket vibrates and lazily, he slips his hand inside his pocket, dragging out his phone and looking at the screen. 

Todoroki-Kun <3, 7:14 PM: Are you okay?

                                            I'm sorry about what happened earlier, and I feel like we should talk about it, so I'm outside your room, and I guess it'd be nice to ask                                               permission before coming inside.

And when Midoriya looks up from his phone, sure enough, a dual colored haired boy stands outside his room, tapping his chin repeatedly and slightly bouncing expectantly, his eyes staring right at the door. 

Midoriya's breath hitches, and his face goes red, and stumbling around with his phone, he quickly texts back.

[To Todoroki-kun <3, 7:16 PM]: im in the bathroom ill be right there

[To Midoriya, 7:16 PM]: why do you have your phone in the bathroom

It takes an approximate five whole minutes for Midoriya to run around the building, and climb in his room through the always-open window of his, and hastily throws his phone on the bed before making a whole show of making turning lock noises before stumbling towards his door, and the thought that Todoroki Fucking Shouto , his dream man, boy, whatever the fuck, is right outside of his room, makes his cheeks flame in both embarrassment and excitement, and his hand slowly turns the knob before peeking outside, and holy shit, Todoroki stands there in a lazy, unintentional model-like pose, his eyes half-lidded, his forehead and neck bearing the smallest traces of sweat from the heat, and Midoriya feels his cheeks burn and wills himself to calm the fuck down before saying, 'Come in, I guess' to Todoroki.

And he does. But as soon as he does, Todoroki straightens his back and puts his hands on his hips. Midoriya gulps. 

'OK,' he says in a commanding tone, 'Sit.'

'On the floor?!'

'On your bed, obviously.'

The tone of voice he uses is suggestive enough, at least to Midoriya, already, and the word sequence Todoroki uses only brings more heat, if not enough, to Midoriya's cheeks. But he does as he's asked, sitting cross legged, back straight on his bed, staring at Todoroki for his next word.

'Spread your arms.'

Midoriya almost loses every ounce of his shit, and he stutters 'what' and 'excuse me what' repeatedly, looking from Todoroki to his arms to his legs to his hands before burying his face in them internally screaming, and Todoroki says,

'Oh wait, I meant open your arms-'

'Are you trying to kill me?'

'Jesus, Midoriya, you're acting like I told you to spread your legs.'

'Oh, you really want me to die, don't you?'

'Just open your arms.' And so Midoriya does.

Todoroki climbs on the bed next to him, sitting cross-legged as well before opening his own arms, and Midoriya's face goes blank. Todoroki's face is already blank, so Midoriya feels the need to do what instinct tells him, and slowly drags himself towards Todoroki and sitting what feels like an inch far from him.

And Todoroki fails to give any warnings before leaning in and wrapping his arms around Midoriya's body, using one hand to push Midoriya's startled face into the crook of his shoulder and resting his chin on top of his, before muttering, 'I'm sorry.'

Midoriya's almost on the edge of crying again.

'I'm sorry about that dumb response,' Todoroki says, 'And I'm sorry for making you feel dumb and stupid, but your'e not. Honestly, you deserve way better than me-'

'Don't say that,' Midoriya responds, his voice barely audible, 'You're worth more to me than anything in the world.'

'Am I?' he questions, 'Will I be worth to you more than anything after what I say what I should say?'

Midoriya doesn't want to answer him. He doesn't want to hear anything that he wants to say. He knows he won't like it; just by the way Todoroki phrases his words lets him know he doesn't want to hear anything, because if he does, he'll regret it, he'll probably regret his life. But sole curiosity gets the better of him, and instead of clearly stating out that he does not want to hear whatever the hell Todoroki wants to say, he says, 'What should you say?'

Todoroki looks at him with a sad expression, the small smile on his face wears off instantly.

'Midoriya', he says, and trails off almost instantly, like his smile, and Midoriya musters up enough courage to slowly move his hands to cup his cheeks softly; they're so close, it hurts. They're so close, Midoriya could just lean in and kiss his thin lips without any warning, but he shakes off his train of thought to say, 'It's okay, Todoroki.'

Todoroki looks at him almost eagerly, and his expression says don't make me say this, but Midoriya wants to hear it.

'Midoriya, I don't think I can like you the way you like me.

Ever.'

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All Midoriya can think about is A) How he wants to die so badly B) How Todoroki is still hugging him C) How he's being so fucking stupid by literally clinging on Todoroki and internally asking him to not let go.

Even though all he wants now is to just lay down and stare at the ceiling for god knows how many hours, with a blank, peaceful mind, he instead thinks about how and when things went wrong for him, and the worst part really is how he buries his face into Todoroki's chest for a moment just because he feels that hey, I won't be able to feel things like this for a long time now, so why not take the opportunity as it is, and Todoroki responds with backing away from Midoriya.

He reasons by saying, 'You're only going to make things worse for yourself.'

Midoriya hates to think that he's right, even as his heart and brain assure him that he is.

That evening, Todoroki leaves as soon as he thinks it should be safe to do so, leaving Midoriya to sullenly wave at him as he closes the door of his room behind, and slowly walks towards the living room to join all his fellow classmates in whatever the fuck they are doing.

But everyone's seated on the large couch, and everyone looks at him expectantly; even Bakugou, who's probably blackmailed by Kirishima for it. Probably. And they're all giving him the you-better-not-have-messed-up-dude so he doesn't exactly wanna say that hey, I metaphorically took Midoriya's feelings and threw them in the trash, but he says he's alright, so I didn't exactly do anything about it, which is just great because if you know about this you would probably fight me.

Kirishima is the first to speak up: 'So what happened?'

'You all knew about this?'

'We heard Midoriya screech when you told him to spread his legs.'

'I clearly said 'arms', Kirishima.'

'Yeah, whatever. So what happened?'

Todoroki ponders over his answer for a moment.

'Stuff', is all he answers with, before searching for a way to go to his room, and it's then that Uraraka speaks up, 'How's Deku?'

The question itself stops him in his tracks. How's Midoriya?  How is he feeling? What is he feeling? Obviously, being rejected, he's sad, overall - but Todoroki had not bothered asking if he was really okay, he did not bother asking if he could do anything to make him feel better; all he had come to do was state the obvious in the most fucked up manner, and had probably broken his friend into pieces. 

Todoroki wonders where he could go to get lessons on 'how to stop being such a dickhead' just for the sake of Midoriya's mental sanity.

And while he thinks, Iida also says, 'I hope things went well.'

And Todoroki really wants to spit out, that hey, things were well, until i decided to come along, but he just nods at him before making way towards his own room.

[To Todoroki-kun, 12:26 AM]: hey i thought over things

                                               : so i guess we can still be friends right

                                               : im sorry i was acting really stupid dhdvdjks

[To Todoroki-kun, 12:47 AM]: todoroki-kun?

                                               : you respond almost instantly to me most of the time so

                                               : are you okay?

                                               : im serious

                                               : are you ignoring me?

                                                read, 12:50 AM

[To Todoroki-kun, 2:26 AM]: really now

                                             : shouldnt i be the one ignoring you considering what happened

                                             : are you really going to

                                             : ugh

                                             : im sorry, ok?

                                             : im sorry i let my feelings get @ me

                                             : we can still be friends if its o kat with you

                                             : okay*

[To Todoroki-kun, 2:56 AM]: TODOROKI

                                             : SHOUTO

                                             : ANSWER ME

[To Todoroki-kun, 4:23 AM]: fine

                                             : im sorry i love you

                                             : except you dont

                                             : now, i dont even care

                                             : i dont think i can

It's Sunday, and normally, Midoriya goes out with Uraraka and Iida to spend some time together as relief after a hard week of studying, and normally they buy ice cream and normally they talk a lot and normally, things are okay.

But when Midoriya messages Uraraka that he's sick and probably won't be able to make it today, Uraraka, by instinct itself, knows that things are wrong, and so tells Iida to wait a while just for today, before rushing towards the dorm to Midoriya's room, opening the door without any given warning, and sees Midoriya lying on his bed, eyes closed, arms limping to his sides, and she notices the tear streaks on his freckled cheeks.

'Deku,' she whispers softly, slowly going towards him and sitting down on the floor next to the bed, her hand moving up and stroking her friend's hair soothingly before patting him a bit intentionally to wake him up.

And when Midoriya opens his eyes, even a bit, it's as if Uraraka can notice the dullness; his eyes are usually bright and responsive, but now, they're the dullest of orbs she has seen.

'Hmm?' is all Midoriya can come up with before lying face front on the bed, closing his eyes again. 

'Is everything okay? You can talk to me about it.'

'Everything is peaches and creeeeaaamm, I'm absolutely sleeeeep deprived'

'Why didn't you sleep?' Uraraka questions, but then realizes that was probably a bad idea.

'Oh, you know...stuff happened,' is what Midoriya can say before giving her a fake ass smile even she can decipher, 'I just want sleeeeee-'

'I'll tell Iida that you can't join us today,' Uraraka says quietly, 'But when I come back, you better spill your beans, alright?'

'Whatever you say, mooom.'

'Yeah, well,' Uraraka sighs loudly. 'Take care of yourself.'

'Of cooouuursee, good night.'

'....good night, I guess.'

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Eijiro Kirishima added Katsuki Bakugou and Izuku Midoriya to the group chat.

Eijiro Kirishima changed Katsuki Bakugou's nickname to Kacchan.

Eijiro Kirishima changed Izuku Midoriya's nickname to green bean.

Eijiro Kirishima changed his own nickname to dad.

Kacchan: change my fucking name or im leaving

dad changed Kacchan's nickname to mom.

mom: kirishima i swear to fuck

dad: im not changing i t

mom: K I R I S H I M A

dad: u dont even use messenger a LOT this is just for today and now

mom: ugh whatever

read by green bean, 7:08 AM

mom: come out deku you lil bitch

green bean: its 7 AM in the morning i will absolutely not deal with this at 7 AM in the morning

dad: ITS OK MIDORIYA SHONEN I HAVE A GOOD PLAN

green bean: if it involves you calling me midoriya shonen i will absolutely not participate

green bean: if it involves kacchan in general i will absolutely not participate

mom: FIGHT ME YOU LIL BITCH.

dad: fight my fucking hardened dick in the shower you explosive fuck and let me speak

green bean: y'all can keep your gay profanities to yourself im leaving

dad: MIDORIYA LISTEN

green bean has left the chat.

dad added green bean to the chat.

dad: listen.

mom: yeah listen you lil shit

green bean: call me lil shit/bitch one more time and im going to whoop your ass with my detroit smash

mom: .

mom: if this is what 7 AM deku is like i like it

dad: baku thats gay

dad: is anyone willing to listen to me

green bean: yes

mom: eh

dad: so

dad: SO

dad: ur into todo boy, todo boy isnt into u

dad: its obvious what u gotta do

green bean: what

dad: u obviously gotta fake date and make the boi jealous B-)

green bean: w h a t

mom: oh yeah? and who's gonna fake date deku? you?

dad: thats actually perfect omg

mom: KIRISHIMA DONT YOU FUCKISYDSIUDd

dad: ill date u midoriya shonen

green bean: what about my mental and physical health considering who you actually date

dad: we both will date u

dad: we'll come out as poly or some shit

mom: me ? d a t i n g this l i l s h i t?

green bean: kacchan open your door

mom: kiris w me

green bean: open the fucking door.

Bakugou instantly tells Kirishima to open the door instead, but the spiky red haired boy shakes his head and tells him to go, and even though Bakugou would rather kill a man, he grumbles to himself before letting his hand rest on the door knob, taking in a long breath for a string of profanities he's planned to let loose on Midoriya's face, and when he opens the door, he's greeted by the sight of a very-tired-looking Midoriya who looks like he hasn't slept in weeks, and for someone like Bakugou, it's weird how quickly the tiniest bit of concern rises up his chest and he asks, 'The fuck you been doing?' which is as nice as Bakugou can get.

'Being sleep-deprived, crying the shit out of myself, craving death,' Midoriya responds with the same tone as his, 'And now dealing with your bull at 7 fucking AM, thus being cranky and shitty as well.'

'Jesus Christ', responds Bakugou, before grabbing his shoulders and pushing him inside, quickly closing the door behind them.

At least Kirishima still seems happy, Midoriya wonders to himself, as said person greets him with a 'Wow you need help' as quickly as Midoriya slumps next to him on Bakugou's bed.

'So, what's this...7 AM plan...about...some fake dating stuff?' Midoriya mumbles, closing his eyes and resting his head on his knees. Kirishima sighs and pats his head, saying 'You don't really get it, do you?' and Midoriya nods.

'Basically, you're going to fake-date us in hopes of somehow making Todoroki jealous, so then he'll want your love bla bla bla and whatever. How does that sound?'

'Yeah, whatever', is what Midoriya responds with, yawning very loudly.

'Alright!' Kirishima looks at Bakugou gleefully, and Bakugou shoots him a i'll-fuck-you-up look, and grabbing one of Midoriya and Bakugou's hands each in his own, he pumps his fists in the air, yelling, 'Operation make Todoroki want to commit, go!'

'That's a cringe-y fucking name, Kiri!'

'I have absolutely 0 fucks to give, Kacchan!'

'CALL ME KACCHAN ONE MORE FUCKING TIME, KIRI!'

'KACCHAN!'

'FUCK YOU!'

'NOT NOW! ITS TOO EARLY!'

Bakugou finds it okay to respond by screeching at the top of his lungs in Kirishima's face, and Midoriya, clutching his ears as if for dear life, says good morning to them before going back to his own room and falling asleep instantly on the cold floor.

mom: do you thinks its ok?

dad: think whats ok

mom: what if we're just wasting dekus time

mom: since todoroki obviously doesnt love him romantically

dad: go to sleep bakugou

dad: or come to my room

dad: we can sleep together til class starts

mom: sounds suggestive but ok

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[To Midoriya, 1:40 PM]: i'm sorry i couldnt respond in time

                                    : actually i was talking w yaomomo about school stuff

                                    : and if u stop talking w yaomomo in a middle of a text lecture basically ur asking for death

[To Todoroki-kun, 1:40 PM]: SO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME

                                            : that u left me on READ

                                            : BECAUSE UR AFRAID OF A GIRL??????????????????

[To Midoriya, 1:41 PM]: u sound anti-feminist i may have to bring u down

[To Todoroki-kun, 1:41 PM]:  oh fight me u lil bitch.

[To Todoroki-kun, 1:41 PM]: are you high or am i high or are w

[To Midoriya, 1:42 PM]: e're both high

Midoriya looks up from his phone and glances at Todoroki, who's sitting on the other end of the couch in the living room. There's a hint of a smile playing at his lips, and Midoriya feels happy to have been the reason for it. He still doesn't feel like he can talk to Todoroki face-to-face, considering all the accusations he piled on him the night before, but he looks like he doesn't care about it. Instead, he's just as fine as he was before with Midoriya, even now.

It's like he didn't take them seriously, and if so, Midoriya's glad he didn't. Honestly, Midoriya thinks to himself, Stop being so stupid sometimes.

And then Todoroki, looking up, makes eye contact with Midoriya, who flushes and ducks down behind his knees, and the next thing he knows is that Todoroki gets up and sits beside him, bringing up his own knees on the couch, and tapping his fingers on them restlessly, as if wanting to say something. After what feels like 5 whole minutes of pondering, he says, 'So I heard you're dating Kirishima and Bakugou...?' He asks this in a tone of a question, as if he isn't very much sure, and Midoriya bites his lip down very hard, swearing at himself for almost grinning triumphantly out loud (for some reason even he can not decipher), and instead of saying anything, he just nods, pretending to look away in embarrassment.

Todoroki shrugs in response. 'Well,' he says, with a sigh. 'I'm glad you're happy, at least, though....' He leans forward to Midoriya's face, next to his ear, and whispers, 'If Bakugou is an absolute asshole, you know who you can count on to murder him, at least.' He goes back and grins in good nature, completely being unable to see how Midoriya's cheeks have absolutely heated up to levels Midoriya considers very extra, and Midoriya dumbly replies with, 'W-who? All Might..?' And Todoroki makes noises in utter disbelief at him, making dramatic gestures towards him and himself, looking at the ceiling for the extra measures of extra-ness.

'I cannot believe this,' he says in a dramatically neutral tone. 'I cannot believe you forgot I exist.'

'How can I ever?' Midoriya says, now laughing audibly, and Todoroki laughs with him, clutching his knees tighter and looking at Midoriya with an expression he isn't sure what consists of. It feels like eternity since he'd last had this much fun with him, and him alone, and Todoroki almost wishes he wasn't the way he was, just so he could've experienced the full potential of fun with Midoriya.

'Hey..' Todoroki interrupts the silence, a few mins after they're done being high, 'I wanted to tell you something....I completely forgot..'

Midoriya hums in response, resting his head on his knees, eyes closed and..at peace. It's been long since he felt himself at peace, content with how things are.

But as soon as Todoroki opens his mouth to continue, the living room door bangs open and Kirishima and Bakugou, followed by what Bakugou calls the 'Baku-Gang', enter, and Bakugou shouts, 'Sorry, half-n-half shit! Gotta borrow Deku for a while!' And without any warning given Bakugou swings an arm around Midoriya's waist and picks him up, swinging his light body on his shoulders, before going towards his room, and Kirishima, Kaminari, and Mina wave at Todoroki with a smile, and Todoroki responds with slowly just raising his arm in an attempt to wave back; but he feels like he's lost the energy to do so. He can hear Midoriya cry out, 'Kacchan! Put me down!' repeatedly, and it oddly irks at him.

Todoroki isn't sure if its supposed to irk him like this.

'Deku', Bakugou starts off. 'What the hell were you doing?'

Midoriya thinks. 'Bonding with Todoroki?'

Mina lets out a frustrated groan and comes towards him, taking in a dramatically deep breath before putting her hands on each shoulder, staring at Midoriya deadass in the eyes. 'You were some sort of fucking apple, your face was so red.'

'Is that a bad thing- wait, you guys were spying on us?'

'More like, waiting to barge in if Bakugou felt like you were flipping out too much-' says Kaminari, and Bakugou punches him square in the jaw, dropping him to the ground. 'Shut the fuck up, dunce-face,' he whispers threateningly, and Kaminari gives a weak thumbs up in regret.

'I can't believe this,' Midoriya says, eyeing Kaminari on the floor.

'It was for your own good,' Kirishima says, 'You're supposed to be dating us, not being in love with Todoroki anymore- all for the plan, alright?' Midoriya knows he's just trying to bring up a solid reason, and honestly, it is a solid reason. He just doesn't know how to deal with it, and so Midoriya says, 'I'll try' and earning Kirishima's sigh of approval almost instantly after his words.

[To Dipshit, 3:12 PM]: the fuck we gonna do about this dipshit he's just gonna mess up

[To Explosive Fuck, 3:12 PM]: dont worry ba b yyyy

[To Dipshit, 3:13 PM]:  dont baby me this is critical

                               : i wouldnt be messaging you during class if it wasnt

[To Explosive Fuck, 3:13 PM]: aizawa can catch us anytime tho

                                             : i mean he's right behind u

[To Dipshit, 3:13 PM]: no he fucking isnt

Bakugou looks behind him almost instantly, and Aizawa is staring at him without a word deep into his eyes. Bakugou stares right back at him, and Aizawa says, 'And who might you be messaging, Bakugou?' His tone is very threatening. 'During class, I wonder, how many so much important things are there....' H glances down at the phone, and pushes his hand out. 'If you may.' And Bakugou thrusts his phone into his hands roughly, muttering to himself before returning to take down notes he meant to take down after texting Kirishima. But then Aizawa looks at the phone, and up again. 'And may I ask,' He says exceptionally loudly, 'Who bears the name 'Dipshit' in Katsuki Bakugou's contacts?'

At this, the entire class except for Kirishima snorts, who's turning as red as his hair dye and staring at his blank notebook with beads of sweat casually making their way down his body. Aizawa notices him almost instantly, and says, 'Regarding your results this year, Eijiro, I did think you'd like participating in class more....' And with this, he makes his way back to where he initially stands, his eyes gazing out at every student in the room now and then while giving his lecture.

'I CANNOT BELIEVE', Bakugou screams, 'THAT HE HAS THE GUTS TO BRING ME DOWN'.

'He did it very gracefully, as well,' Todoroki says softly, and everyone listening snorts again, which makes Bakugou pissed.

'Who gave you authority to speak, half-n-half piece'a shit?'

'Myself.'

At this, laughter erupts from Midoriya and Mina's throats, and they're both clutching their stomachs and rolling on the ground uncontrollably, tears protruding from their eyes and rolling down their flushed cheeks. The scene itself ensues laughter from everyone, and Bakugou snorts at them, saying, 'You look so fucking dumb.' 

And Midoriya responds with, 'That's the nicest compliment you've given me, sweetie,' And everyone loses their shit, even Todoroki, who has to look away to hide his grins. It feels good to laugh like this, to be carefree like this.

It's the nicest thing ever.

[To Yaomomo, 6:42 PM]: do u ever feel like

                                      : ur the worst mistake in ur life

[To Shouto, 6:42 PM]: todoroki are you ok?

[To Yaomomo, 6:44 PM]: no, why

[To Shouto, 6:44 PM]: first of all you're typing like a drunk

                                 : and you're calling yourself a mistake for the umpteenth time

                                 : just what happened?

[To Yaomomo, 6:45 PM]: nothing

                                      : just wantedto tell u that

                                      : ur my bff and i appreciate

[To Shouto, 6:45 PM]: whatever happened to 'princely' shouto who did not use 2012 memes?

[To Yaomomo, 6:46 PM]: oh i dunno

                                      : what are memes?

[To Shouto, 6: 46 PM]: ok who tf are you and what tf are you doing with shouto's phone

[To Yaomomo, 6:47 PM]: I AM SHOUTO TODOROKI AND MY BEST FRIEND IS YAOYOROZU MOMO 

                                      : BC SHE IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT I CAN BE RELAXED AROUND W

                                      : OTHER THAN MIDORI ofc wow i crave death

[To Shouto, 6: 48 PM]: did you just call midoriya midori

                                   : dont tell me

                                   : n o

                                   : ur not that messed up

[To Yaomomo, 6:48 PM]:  BACK BACK TO THE BASIC MICROPHONE CHECK

[To Shouto, 6:49 PM]: stop attempting to sing cypher pt.4 i am serious

                                 : are you....? didnt you...?

[To Yaomomo, 6:49 PM]: reject

                                      : yes i did

                                      : i dont know myself

[To Shouto, 7:43 PM]: you dont realize the real value of things youve lost until you lose them...

                                 : i dont know why, i felt like saying this

                                 read, 7:45 PM

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Midoriya can tell that Kirishima and Bakugou have a lot of fun platonically flirting with him till he's almost on the edge of bursting out of embarrassment whenever Todoroki decides to pass by them. At this point, he's even gone far enough to be sure that even Todoroki passes them now each time on purpose, just for the opportunity to see Midoriya all flushed over and internally screeching, just for his own advantage.

And he can't help thinking that it may somehow please Todoroki to see him this way. But then again, Midoriya thinks a lot of unnecessary things, so he pushes the thought away.

On one particular morning, however, there's a difference in what Todoroki usually does.

'Quick, grab Midoriya's ass!'

'Shit, he's coming this way, grab his hands!'

Kirishima and Bakugou simultaneously grab both his ass and hands, and Midoriya lets out a squeak that he considers too loud, and already is about to die from embarrassment before Todoroki even makes his move to pass. Burying his face in his one free hand, he lets Kirishima and Bakugou do their thing; Bakugou's hands move from his ass to his waist, and both his arms hold him tightly, his chin resting on one of Midoriya's shoulders as Kirishima moves his own hands to Midoriya's cheeks, grabbing them in a way as to block out any view of their 'kiss', which is Kirishima just leaning in real close and closing his eyes; they practiced this movement a bunch of times before carrying it out for the first time, and so they do it perfectly, and when Todoroki passes by, he almost thinks they're in it for real, giving Midoriya a really confused look.

He never really thinks that Midoriya can be bold enough to hold someone's hand romantically, or go as far as actually kissing them without being paranoid about it first.

But he realizes that like he should've been, Midoriya isn't red in the face as he usually is, and that's saying something. The possibility that his fellow classmates are only on to make him jealous, somehow, has irked to him before, and it irks more than ever now. So he considers asking, hoping for a positive reaction; leaning near Bakugou's ear, and clutching the strap of his bag as if for dear life, Todoroki says, 'You'll have to try a lot harder to make me feel something you want.' And Bakugou's reaction is perfect; he turns to glare at him, beads of sweat forming on his forehead, and replies, 'The fuck do you wanna say, half-n-half bastard?'

Todoroki learns to smile at the face of danger, and so he does.

But the feelings Todoroki feels after this small event get to him. He's not supposed to feel like this. He isn't supposed to feel anything like this. Especially towards Midoriya, considering he had told him, with a clear voice, 'I don't think I can ever like you the way you like me, ever.'

And so Todoroki does the only thing he finds logical.

He messages Momo.

[To Shouto, 9:17 AM]: so you're telling me

                                  : that katsuki and eijiro are trying to mess w you?

                                  : by pretending to make out with midoriya every time you pass?

                                  : ohmjyg god 

                                  : shouto if you get triggered by this im disowning you

[To Yaomomo, 9:18 PM]:  i am not triggered

                                       : im just

                                       : i get these weird feelings like

                                       : whenever i see midoriya with them, he looks so in love

                                       : and i get these thoughts

                                       : shouldn't he be giving me all that kind of attention?

                                       : i dont care if i sound selfish

                                       : but i dont want him to give that kind of attention to anyone

                                       : ,,,

[To Shouto, 9:20 PM]: that, my friend, is called jealousy

                                  : or ur just sadistic and love being worshipped

[To Yaomomo, 9:21 PM]: NO, I DONT

                                      : IT JUST FEELS RLLY WEIRD MAN

                                     : what about me what do i do now

                                     : obviously i cant just go up to him

                                     : pin him up against a wall

                                     : and like some shonen protagonist 

                                     : say, 'your love is only for me, midoriya'

[To Shouto, 9: 21 PM]: you sure thought a lot over it

[To Yaomomo, 9:22 PM]:  dont judge me

[To Shouto, 9:22 PM]: just go and confess what u feel like 

                                  : im sure u can handle it well

                                  : also its pretty obvious theyre in a fake relationship so u should have no trouble

Todoroki cannot, absolutely, definitely, possibly, undoubtedly, unquestionably, handle it well.

He absolutely can't do shit when it comes to stuff like this. But Midoriya is in Bakugou's room, probably with Kirishima too, probably going over a plan to make Todoroki's heart start beating out of his body, and he hates to think about it. And riding on the hatred of the thought is what gets him going, because he's knocking on Bakugou's door rather harshly, and a harsher smell emits from the room when the door opens, and Todoroki faintly catches a shirtless Midoriya with Kirishima on top of him, probably put on for show, through the smallest crack Bakugou offers him. And Bakugou says, 'We're busy, fucktard. What the fuck do you want?'

'If Midoriya isn't wrecked enough and can still move, hopefully, I'd like to talk to him,' replies Todoroki, unfazed by Bakugou's words. And then he realizes Bakugou's smirking, and he says, 'He can still fucking move, alright. But not tomorrow, he won't'. He's deliberately using a husky voice, and it's irritating how Todoroki fails to even flinch at his words, much less look like he could kill a man over anger. And then Bakugou yells, 'Deku! Your boyfriend's come to get you,' and a snort erupts from the boy, as he makes way over, pulling a shirt on, and pretends to give Bakugou a light kiss on his cheek, just inches away from skin, and this is what makes Todoroki flinch, and he grabs Midoriya's arm so roughly he thinks he'll break him if not cautious enough.

Todoroki tells himself to stop overthinking basic bitch things, and drags Midoriya onto the couch, throwing his surprisingly light body on it, and Midoriya looks up at him with a flushed face, one of his hands clawing at his own hair is nervousness, and Todoroki thinks, yes, this is how it should be, before resuming his position in the same unintentional model-like pose he'd assumed the day he'd first heard Midoriya confess to him, and uses the same voice and tone he used while talking to him about it for the first time he had done.

'Sit', he hisses, unintentionally making the sound, and Midoriya gulps and sits up straight, back straightened, legs crossed. Just like that day.

'Open your arms,' It sounds like almost routine now, the way Midoriya immediately responds to him, and Todoroki can feel eyes on him, eyes protruding from doors to see what the ever loving fuck was going on on the couch, and Todoroki breathes heavily, not sitting next to Midoriya like he did that day, but walking forward and sitting down on the air, arms resting on his knees, in a crossed motion, and he can notice the small beads of sweat on Midoriya's body, his flushed, red, freckled cheeks, and he wants nothing to do with his emotions and embarrassment anymore.

And so, straightforwardly, Todoroki says, his voice low, 'I don't ever, ever, want to see you give anyone that kind of attention; not to Bakufuck, not to Kirishit, even if it's all games.'

And with this, he gets up, eyeing Midoriya one more time, before coolly leaving him to be, before he can lock himself behind the safety of his privacy in his room to hold his own head and think over the potential shit he's caused.

But it's all worth it.

At least, to him.

[To Yaomomo, 9:55 PM]: i did it

[To Shouto, 9:55 PM]: shouto what the fuck thatw as the gayest shitive s e en

                                 : youve officially broken izuku thanks to just sexual tension great going

[To Yaomomo, 9:55 PM]: thanks

[To Shouto, 9:56 PM]: seriously though, that was hardcore

                                  : u sounded like some sort of anime fuckin protagonist that was wild shouto

                                  : i dont know whether to be terrified or happy for you

[To Yaomomo, 9:56 PM]: be terrified, most of all

                                       : because im terrified

                                       : and ill probably start crying

[To Shouto, 9:57 PM]: DONT CRY

[To Yaomomo, 9:57 PM]: I DONT KNWO WHY IM SO OVERWHELMED

                                      : DONT*

                                      : I CANF EVEN TYPE NOW IM SHAKING

                                      : CAN'T**************

[To Shouto, 9:58 PM]: its gonna be ok, shouto, just chill

                                  read, 10:01 PM

Midoriya lays his head on the back of the couch, his head revolving around what Todoroki had said, repeatedly, repeatedly...

I don't want ever want to see you give anyone that kind of attention. Ever.

It sounds so oddly tsundere, and Midoriya brings a hand over his face, hiding his own flushed mess from himself.

And then Bakugou and Kirishima come out of their room cautiously, and Kirishima's snorting and grinning so loudly at the same time, and Bakugou only comes up with, 'Thank God I don't have to fucking go through that again, because I've had enough.' But he pats Midoriya roughly on his head anyways, mostly because if anyone, he has him to thank for the satisfaction to be able to see Todoroki go absolutely nuts. Bakugou couldn't have had enough of that scene. He could talk about it 24/7 now.

And while Midoriya glances at Bakugou's satisfied face, he thinks, can things go wrong any further?

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Todoroki lays on his futon, staring up at the ceiling of his traditional room; it's as if the ceiling light stares back at him, and he's tempted to make conversation with it - but he shakes the thought away - it's too unreal, too unlike him to be like this. It hadn't ever occurred to him what people expected to him to be like before.

And now, the thought brings up levels of insecurity he thought impossible for someone like himself.

People always told him, that you're princely, dignified, more than anyone else they had ever met, and this quality is appreciated in modern times, Todoroki finds. But then again, it's only expected of him, being the son of the No. 2 Hero, Endeavor. Anyone else, he thinks, and they'd disregard the quality as easily as anything else. And so Todoroki, walking on solely expectations, maintains himself. 

But around Midoriya, he finds himself to be completely another person. He tells himself he's probably like that since Midoriya's the only one he'd been comfortable with to let out his few valuable secrets to, but this isn't the only reason. It's his behavior in itself; the happy, fresh personality, which never gave up on whatever it aimed for, which always made sure to let everyone feel at ease around it, that makes Todoroki act like he does around Midoriya. If anyone else, he would never act carefree, and free of any responsibility of expectations bearing on his shoulders, around any other than Midoriya. It's because he's tried to understand him in ways no one else would care about.

He's grateful for that.

People tell him, that according to how Todoroki lives, his world is simple; it's black, and white.

And Midoriya's is color.

It's all the color Todoroki possesses.

[To Todoroki-kun, 1:54 AM]: do u like

                                             : read fanfics

[To Midoriya, 1:55 AM]: excuse me

[To Todoroki-kun, 1:55 AM]: im jst

                                             : conflicted af

                                             : like ur words

                                             : sounded like some angsty fanfiction shit

[To Midoriya, 1:55 AM]: i

                                     : i am offended ?

                                     : those words came from my heart, genuinely,

[To Todoroki-kun, 1:56 AM]: yeah right

                                             :'I don't want you giving any attention like that to anyone.'

                                             : very

                                             : very dramatically tsundere

[To Midoriya, 1:56 AM]: i s2g momo called me a tsundere too stop

                                    : can we like

                                    : not talk about that

                                    : ill love u 4ever if u stop

[To Todoroki-kun, 1:56 AM]: i want to win your love genuinely

                                              : not like th isss

[To Midoriya, 1:57 AM]:  you already have

[To Todoroki-kun, 1:57 AM]: what

[To Midoriya, 1:57 AM]: what

                                     read, 1:57 AM

[To Midoriya, 2:00 AM]: g oodnight ?

In fact, Midoriya isn't asleep. He's too busy pressing his phone to his heart and screeching loudly enough for only himself to hear - and probably the neighbor, and probably the entire dorm, but he fails to care. He knows Todoroki was probably kidding around, like he does a lot, but it still makes him extremely flustered. He should stop, he knows it, but he can't help it.

[To Todoroki-kun, 2:03 AM]:  IM STILL AWAKE

[To Midoriya, 2:03 AM]: hello

                                    : in all honesty we should sleep

                                    : class starts early tomorrow

                                    : not that i care very much

                                    : as long as youre here

                                    : jk i'd rather fight momo than give up class

[To Todoroki-kun, 2:05 AM]: she'd defeat u 1 on 1

[To Midoriya, 2:05 AM]: she probably would

Midoriya can hear himself snort, and it sounds weird. Maybe the sleep-deprivation is getting to him, but he doesn't mind. It's awfully dark, too, he notices, a shiver crawling on his back. Midoriya isn't afraid of the dark much, but it still gets him uncomfortable, and so he usually sleeps with his phone light on, but it's about to die and he wants to spend the last few moments of its survival talking to Todoroki.

[To Todoroki-kun, 2:08 AM]: its so dark here i dont like i t

                                             : should i sleep with a torchlight near my face

[To Midorya, 2:08 AM]: wanna camp out in the lounge

                                   : we can sleep on the sofa

                                   : im already here so if you wanna hmu

Midoriya hasn't felt himself run as quickly as he does now, unlocking his door instantly and stepping out carefully, moving through the hallway slowly as to make as less noise as possible, and when he grabs sight of the couch, he spots Todoroki sitting right in the middle of the three-person-couch, looking at his phone; the phone light emits on his face, and to Midoriya, Todoroki glows. His dual colored hair falls on his eyes, and his posture is relaxed, and his face bears a small smile that makes Midoriya's heart thump loudly, and he reluctantly steps forward, praying he doesn't mess up and also thanking God for Todoroki's existence at the same time.

And when Todoroki looks up in response to his soft footsteps in his direction, his eyes locking contact with his, all Midoriya can think about how he looks so fucking ethereal, the moonlight from the small window on top of the wall behind Todoroki replacing the phone light, making his soft, smooth looking skin look like a faded blue color, purple hues creeping up from below, and it must've been pretty hot in the room, because from Todoroki's right side the smallest snowflakes Midoriya has seen flutter, and all Midoriya wants to do is take up photography lessons just in case he witnesses something like this again, because hell, he wants to take a picture of Todoroki like this and tape it everywhere in UA, and preach about his beauty.

Though he can't really get away with pasting pictures of Todoroki everywhere; otherwise, he would've done it asap.

So when Todoroki motions for him to come to him, he moves almost automatically, and stands there, staring at him.

And without a second thought, blurts out; 'You're ethereal.' Todoroki blinks at this, and then instantly looks away, bringing up a hand to hide his smile before patting the empty spot beside him, and Midoriya almost literally jumps on it, grinning at Todoroki. 

'Since when were you, out of all people, scared of the dark?' mumbles Todoroki, his gaze returning to his phone, and Midoriya defensively waves his hand at him, something Iida would usually do, he guesses, and says, 'I said a little! a little!'

And Todoroki hums in reply, and Midoriya sighs to himself. He restlessly plays with his hand, considering there's nothing really to do with his phone almost dead, but then he says, 'Okay but, when you called Kacchan Bakufuck, I almost died there.'

Todoroki snorts, 'Kirishit.'

Midoriya smacks his arm lightly, whispering, 'Kirishima is a good boy.'

'You sound like a proud father.'

'I sound like a proud son.'

'Yeah, that too.'

Silence follows.

'....Wanna watch a horror movie?'

'Nah, I was thinking,' Midoriya looks at Todoroki with thoughtful eyes, 'Have you ever seen that one meme...uh, it was called, uh, Mad Tea Party? The explicit language one?'

Todoroki shakes his head, and searches it up. There's a link straight going to YouTube, and so he goes there.

'Keep the volume low,' advises Midoriya, having experienced seeing the video before, but Todoroki brings out earphones out from his pajama pockets, and gives one to Midoriya.

They watch the video in silence, Midoriya sometimes snorting, but Todoroki's face is so blank it in itself makes Midoriya want to cry. He can not come up with any other valid reasons. But then a woman in the video yells, 'I'm gonna shit on your dreams!' And Todoroki snorts loudly, looking away to hide his wide grin, and Midoriya's quietly laughing, slapping his own knee countless times before saying to Todoroki, 'What the ever loving fuck are we doing?   And this makes Todoroki laugh, his hands stifling his mouth in case it gets too loud, and Midoriya is so out of breath that he falls on top of Todoroki, burying his face in his chest while laughing uncontrollably, and Todoroki's doing the same, holding onto Midoriya just as a caution so he doesn't end up falling.

And in the midst of it, an angry, sleep-deprived voice says, 'Deku.' 

Midoriya looks up to see Bakugou standing there, looking as if he were able to kill a man now if he wanted to do so, and says, 'Kacchan.' in an equally threatening - and somewhat mocking - tone, and Bakugou glares at him. 

'What the actual fuck -' He pauses, glancing at Todoroki, who's staring at him without context, '- are you doing at three fucking AM, with him?'

Midoriya blinks, looking at Todoroki, and then back at Bakugou. 'I couldn't sleep,' he says truthfully, 'And we're awfully sorry for ruining your sleep, so we're gonna go back.' And it's Todoroki's hand that slowly creeps up to Midoriya's, his fingers - rather reluctantly - linking with his, and Midoriya's breath hitches. 'We're going', he repeats, stammering on his words, and Bakugou rolls his eyes before going back, muttering profanities to himself about fucking deku and his fucking friends with no fucking respect for sleep, and as soon as he's gone, Midoriya glances at his hand, linked with Todoroki's fingers.

'T-Todoroki-kun?' 

And all Todoroki-kun does is get up, leading him by the hand to his own room, saying, 'You can spend the night here,' He carefully considers his words, 'And I can sleep out on the sofa. At least there's a little light in there.'

And Midoriya just shakes his head, the thumping in his heart getting louder. 'It's okay,' he says wholeheartedly; his grip on Todoroki's hand gets slightly tighter, 'I spent an hour goofing out with you, and I feel like I'm sleep-deprived enough to not care about any sort of darkness.'

Todoroki looks at him with an expectant expression, and Midoriya unlatches his hand with his, before waving it at him and disappearing in the dark hallway.

And all Todoroki wants, he realizes, is to hold his hand again.

Midoriya's hand is warm, and it brings comfort.

He wishes he can hold it again, as he lays back on his futon, staring at the ceiling, just as before.

Midoriya realizes he hasn't been able to sleep so comfortably and with such ease in weeks.

Chapter Text

dad added Izuku Midroiya and Shouto Todoroki to bakugang.

dad changed Izuku Midoriya's nickname to green bean.

dad changed Shouto Todoroki's nickname to icyhot.

dad: i cannot absolutely come up with nice nicknames rn so dont sue me

icyhot: im taking this case to the high court

dad: y'all want me dead i swear to god

green bean: www

green bean: what is this about now

icyhot: 'now'? you mean to tell me this has happened b efore?

dad: respectively not in the bakugang gc

icyhot: izuku honey im going to take this case to the high court see you

green bean: bye shouto

alien queen: I HAVE ARRIVED

alien queen: I SENSE GAY

alien queen: 'HONEY' TODOROKI WYDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

alien queen: i can t believe im  witnessing this god is real

dad: i see u two call each other by ur first names now hmmmmmm

dad: coincidence???????????

icyhot: its called platonic friendship also

green bean: SHOUTO HAS A VIRTUAL PET NAMED HONEY THIS MEANS NOTHING

icyhot: i didnt know u can adopt pets virtually?

green bean: SGUTTHE FUK UP

alien queen: i am on the verge of tears

alien queen: my izuku baby has grown

dad: congrats on ur marriage tododeku

mom: congrats on ur marriage homos

alien queen: CONGRATS

electricity: i dont know whats going on but congrats

electricity: is sero still sleeping its like 5 pm

alien queen: leave him b e

green bean:  HOLD THE FUCK UP

green bean: TODODEKU???

dad: yeah its ur 

mom: """ship""" name i dont know what the fuck they mean by that

dad: im offended baku we have such a cute ship name...

mom:  kirishima we dont even own a fucking ship

icyhot: i am absolutely terrified ?

alien queen: are u @ court

icyhot: no im filing a report

alien queen: pics or it didnt happen

icyhot sent BAKUGANG an image.

alien queen: TODOROKI WHAT THE FUCK

icyhot: see u guys in court :-)

alien queen:  KIRIHSIMA CHANGE HIS FUCKINHG NAME

mom: 'KIRIHSIMA' IM CACKLINF

dad:  WHAT DO I CHANGE IT TO

alien queen:  ANYTHING OR WE'RE GONNA END UP IN FUCKING JAIL

dad: FUCKSJSSJG

dad changed icyhot's nickname to prince.

prince: was that the best you could come up w

dad: i took your looks into account

alien queen: a true homosexual

mom: yeah fo r  me

alien queen: no offense but everyone is gay for todoroki at some point

green bean: i can confirm

alien queen: YEAH IZUKU IS LIVING PROOF

prince: should i be flattered or terrified i cant tell

green bean: both?

prince: everyone that says they like me just want to fuck me in the end im uncomfortable rn

green bean: do they actuallysay that to u.

prince: a few d id

green bean: do u want me to punch their ass all the way up to the seventh sky

prince: nah i can do it myself but u have the permission

green bean: ok brb

prince: dont kill anyone honey

alien queen:  thats so sweet

prince: what

prince: i hear asui-san call uraraka-san call honey

prince: its supposed to be a platonic pet name rigtj

alien queen:  OF COURSE

mom: hahahhaahha fucking obviously half n half shit

dad: YEAH,,,,,,,

alien queen: todoroki u do realize asui and uraraka are gay for each other

prince: I JSUT THOUGHT THEY WERE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS

alien queen:  REALLY GOOD FRIENDS DONT CALL EACH OTHER HONEY AND KISS EACH OTHER ON THE LIPS 24/7 

mom: IM FUCKING LIVING HOLY SHIT

dad: TODOROKI HOW THE FUCK DID YOUNOT REALIZE

prince: IM HAVINF A MOMENT LEAVE ME BE

green bean: im cryinfh hoyshit dont touch me

alien queen:  YOU MADE IZUKU CRY BECAUSE OF YOUR DENSITY

prince: LEAVE ME BE HOLY SHIT

prince: IZUKU DONT CRY IM DJGYDDGYG

prince: IM COMING 2 U HANG ON

green bean:  NO WAIT IM FIN E

green bean sent BAKUGANG an image.

alien queen: i cant believe he broke your door 

mom: im chokinfs

dad: i havent cakcled this hard since 3rd grade

prince: nah the door is fine

prince: this is izuku btw i accidentally smashed my phone against the wall in fright and it died

alien queen: rip izukus phone

mom: at least he cant watch porn now

dad: oh yea we dont have to worry about protecting him from that now

alien queen: are u like his illegitimate parents or some shit

dad: baku worries 24/7 not me

mom: I DO N O T

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prince: do u ever think

prince: that when ur gonna die

prince: what will happen to ur spirit

prince: like will my spirit remain

prince: or will i eternally disappear

green bean: shouto its 4 AM go to sleep

prince: then why are you awake hmmmmmm

green bean: bc im trying to kill myself with sleep deprivation

prince: ok same

green bean: no u go to sleep. 

green bean: dont die on my dead body

prince: i want to remain

prince: i want to dream more

green bean: if u want to dream then go to sleep and stop quoting bts songs

green bean: wait hol d the fuc k up

green bean: you listen to bts?? im disappointed in ur music taste??

prince: yaomomo and i happened to marathon their songs instead of studying this one exam night

prince: dont say shit about them holy shit who r u....

prince: see when u dont get sleep u sprout nonsense

green bean: excuse u 

green bean: muse & aqours are better than bts

green bean: and they dont even exisT

prince: whats that some gay lesbian anime about idol girls

green bean: ....thats about it

prince: izuku , out of every possible thing you couldve done ,

prince: u listen to lesbians shrieking?

prince: im so

green bean: listen to psychic fire and come back 2 me

prince: hmph

prince: bet its gonna be shittier than bts

green bean: yeah we'll talk about that

[5 minutes later]

green bean: hmmmmm

prince: i am having a crisis

prince: what the fuck

prince: i love the blonde whos the blond

prince: the blond can step on me and choke me

prince: why does the loli keep saying nico nico knee

green bean: nii*

green bean: glad u can come to believe in our lord and savior, eli ayase

mom:  CAN YOU GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP

mom: WEEBS LIKE YOU ARE CANCER TO THE EARTH

mom: ITS ALMOST FUCKING 5 AM

mom:  I GET THAT YOU HOMOSEXUALS ARE BONDING BUT THERES SOMETHING CALLED PM

mom: SO GET LOST OR GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP

dad: baku didnt take his chill pills im sorry go back to being gay tododeku ill handle him

green bean: i

prince: thanks kirishima

dad: np! have fun being weebs you fucking dumbasseshn

dad: thatw as bakugou on my phone im sorry 

green bean: we may as well not survive tomorrow @ shouto lets kill ourselves tonight

prince: agree

Kirishima smiles like a proud father reading their messages. While he's constraining Bakugou, his arms wrapped around the angry blond's waist, his head buried in the redhead's chest, trying to get him back to sleep, he can't help grinning a bit, to which Bakugou responds, 'Are you gonna sleep?' in a muffled, annoyed tone. 'Or are you going to join those fucktards?'

Kirishima slaps his arm lightly, a frown replacing his smile. 'Try being nice, for once.'

'Being nice is too hard.'

'Have you ever tried?'

'I'm telling you, it feels like trying to swallow poisonous butterflies.'

Kirishima rolls his eyes, and leans down to softly kiss Bakugou's forehead. Bakugou stiffens, but relaxes into Kirishima's body a second later. And then Kirishima moves back up, saying, 'How did that feel?'

Bakugou looks at his response options in his mind. '....Nice,' is what he comes up with, responding quietly, reluctantly.

'Now you try.'

Bakugou moves his head up from Kirishima's chest, looking at him with dull, sleepy eyes. 'Do I have to?' His voice sounds annoyed again, but Kirishima nods anyways. And so Bakugou moves forward, and instead of going for his forehead, he envelopes Kirishima's lips into his own, tasting small traces of mint on his lips, courtesy of the ice-cream date they'd gone to tonight. Closing his eyes, Kirishima cups Bakugou's cheeks in an attempt to bring him closer, but Bakugou moves away before he can attempt anything, and he's expecting Kirishima to be whiny about it, but all he does is look at Bakugou with a 'called it' expression, and says, 'Wasn't that nice?'

And Bakugou sighs into defeat, saying, 'Yeah, it was,' before moving to kiss Kirishima again.

prince: izuku

green bean: hm

prince: i cant sleep

prince: i tried to but

prince: its like theres this unstoppable force, stopping me from dreaming,

green bean: thats a dramatic way to put it

green bean: what do u usually do to get urself to sleep

prince: its embarassing

green bean: i wont minD but if u dont wanna tell its ok

prince: can i come into ur room

green bean: what

As if on cue, a soft knocking noise echoes in the silent room, and Midoriya gets up to open it, greeted by a sleepy Todoroki, who waves his hand lazily at him, saying, 'Hi,' before falling on Midoriya, and as if on instinct, Midoriya's arms move quickly to catch him and rest on his waist.

'God, Shouto, you don't stay up late very often, do you?' He grins at this, and Todoroki only hums in reply, shifting his head from his shoulder to his chest, his own arms wrapping around Midoriya in the same manner as his, and Midoriya carefully steps back, pulling him on his bed, and they both lay next to each other, barely inches apart, staring at the ceiling, hands itching to touch the other's.

And for some reason, this feels okay. Not completely sure, but the peacefulness of it gets to the both of them.

'Do you want to hold my hand?' Todoroki questions, softly.

And so they do. Midoriya feels a rush of emotions in his veins, but he ignores them, just to be in the moment.

And Midoriya's eyes droop, and close, and the world goes black sooner or later in his eyes, occupied by Todoroki's soft humming. And Todoroki doesn't know what gets to him, but he looks at Midoriya, takes out his phone, and takes a picture of him sleeping. And of their linked hands. And sends them to the BakuGang GC.

Just for the memories.

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prince sent an image to BAKUGANG.

prince sent an image to BAKUGANG.

alien queen: fuckdjh

alien queen: guys gyys looka t this

alien queen: i dont mean to crytype except that im actually crying@

alien queen: theyre so CUTE

dad: OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

dad: I AM YELLINGVDVG

mom: he really is yelling

mom: its like y'all have nothing better to do other than fucking scream over fucking homosexuals early morning

alien queen: shut thef uck up bakugou

alien queen: they're canon its canon tododeku is canon

mom: that isnt a very literate sequence of words

dad: sweetie

dad: no one gives a fuck

dad: ok i do but still

dad: try to remain Calm

dad: and let mina do her thing

mom: do what thing

mom: scream over homosexuals? not in my fucking house

dad: first of all this isnt your house

dad: second ur gay as fuck too dont shit on my existence you horse

mom: oh no i was called horse i am going to jump off a fucking cliff

dad: not on my watch sweetheart

dad: love u

mom: fuckidsh

mom: fuck u

dad: u did already last night

alien queen: EXCUSE ME

mom:  WE DID NOTHING OF THAT SORT 

alien queen: im telling aizawa that u have unadulterated sex in ur rooms

mom: MINA WE DIDNT DO JACK SHIT SHUT THE FUCK UP

alien queen: yeah righ t

dad: nah i was kidding

alien queen: SMH

prince: hello i am witnessing a lot

green bean: i wish i wasnt alive at this point

alien queen: HELLO CUTIES HOW WAS UR DAY DID U KISS

prince: what

green bean: ?

alien queen: TODO THAT PICTURE WAS SO CUTE

dad: midoriya looked so cute i cried inside,,,

mom: yeah he looked

mom: ok

green bean: first of all id like to ask

green bean:  did kacchan just compliment me

mom: no i called you a fucktard deku thats a fair ass compliment

green bean: thanks

green bean: second of all what pic.

prince: if anyone of u send it here again i will shit on ur dreams.

alien queen: too bad bitch i dont have any

alien queen sent an image to BAKUGANG.

green bean: ,,,,

green bean: thats,, hands

green bean: whos hands are they what does this mean

prince exited BAKUGANG.

alien queen added prince to BAKUGANG.

prince: LET ME GO

alien queen: :-)

prince: p l e a s e 

prince: stop exposing me,,

alien queen: todo sent that picture and a pic of u sleeping, izu

alien queen: it was the cutest shit

green bean: HHE WHAT

green bean: HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

green bean: GIVEME@ A MOMENT

prince: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

prince: FUCKDNHDY

prince: IZUKU ITS BEEN FIVE MINUTES DID YOU DIE

prince:  DONT DIE ON MY WEAK ASS 

green bean: if i die and go to hell sooner than im expected to u know who im blaming it on?

mom: todofuck

dad: todo

alien queen: todo

electricity: sero and i have been silent readers so far and we say midoriya

green bean: sero and kaminari have won the bet

green bean: kacchan, kirishima and mina each has to give them $10 

mom: you dont make the fucking rules, dipshit

mom: couldve made it $5 though..

electricity:  huzzah time to die

At this, Midoriya looks up from his phone to Todoroki, who's sitting on the floor next to him, ('Why are you sitting on the floor?' 'I'm contemplating on my life decisions') and his cheeks flush instantly, now aware of the fact that he has pictures of him sleeping.

It sounds creepy, and oddly cute.

And when Todoroki looks back at him, with the same flushed cheeks as his, Midoriya's heart skips a beat. But then Todoroki gives him a smile, the color rushing out of his cheeks as soon as it came, and Midoriya finds that he liked it that way better, instead. Todoroki gets up, stretching like a cat, a huge yawn releasing itself from his mouth, and he tries to pat back his messy hair.

Midoriya also finds that he likes his messy hair a lot more. And the urge to grab his hand to make him stop and let him marvel at his hair is overwhelming, but he restrains himself, until Todoroki looks at Midoriya again, his eyes looking refreshed as ever, and says, 'I should get going.' And Midoriya replies with, 'Yeah, you should,' but he doesn't want him to go; he wants to stay by his side and forget all the world's responsibilities in his touch, but he can't stop class from happening, either.

At least he'll see him again in class.

'You know,' Todoroki says, his hand reaching for the door knob. 'I'm going back home this weekend, and you should too.' He looks as if he's in thought, and then says, 'I have something to show you, back there.' And then he leaves. Curiosity plucks at Midoriya's mind as he does.

But he only has to wait over some 40 hours for it.

He can wait.

Hopefully.

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[From Yaomomo, 12:02 PM]: oho, you're finally gonna do it?

                                  : ,,, good luck, shouto

The day is humid, and the heat dulls Midoriya's senses, as he finds himself walking headfirst into a pole right after getting out of the bus that leads him home; he makes a pained noise and rubs his forehead, his half-lidded eyes looking up to spot his mother waiting, holding herself in a patient position, on the door. 

Midoriya Inko can't help bursting into a smile and walking as quickly as her body would allow towards her son, holding him in a tight embrace; Midoriya hugs her back, softly saying, 'I missed you,' even though he kept visiting her every possible time he could, and Inko only nods as she and him walk in the house, the door noiselessly closing behind them.

Midoriya Izuku throws his bag on the couch, releasing a loud, relaxed sigh, falling front on it, his eyes closed. Inko seats herself next to him, bringing up a hand to ruffle his messy hair, waiting a considerable time before asking, 'How's school? No more near-death injuries, I hope?' She laughs at her own attempt to joke around, and Midoriya groans, 'I told you I can take care of myself!' He looks up at her. 'So don't worry.'

'As a mother,' Inko replies back in a gentle tone, 'I have every right to worry over every thing.'

Midoriya sighs into defeat. 'I guess.'

'Do you want anything? Lemonade, milkshake..?' She wipes her forehead with the back of her hand. 'It sure is pretty hot today.'

'No, it's okay..' Midoriya suddenly perks up, looking at his mother with sparkling eyes. 'Shouto-kun invited me out to this new coffee shop today', he says, his voice bouncing with excitement, 'Can I bring you back something, if you want?'

At the mention of Todoroki's name, she brings up a finger to her chin thoughtfully. 'The boy....Endeavor's son?' Midoriya nods, and his mother says, 'The one you like a lot?'

And Midoriya almost jumps off of the couch at this, backing away a bit before asking in a hesitant, frightened voice, 'W-who told you?' Inko smiles at him gently, saying, 'I don't mind, Izuku. I've heard a lot of things..' She pauses, pondering on what to say, '..from a reliable source.'

'A reliable source?'

Inko breaks out into laughter at this, also breaking the tension in Midoriya's mind and soul. 'Ashido is a real sweetheart, isn't she?' She winks at Midoriya, who's mouth has dropped open into disbelief, and before going into the kitchen to make herself a well-deserved cold lemonade, she says, 'Close your mouth or it'll catch flies.'

green bean:  MINA YOU ASS

green bean: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING IM SODJXKSYJGAJYYAXGA

green bean:  I HAVENT FELT THIS TERRIFIED SINCE I ENCOUNTERED THE HERO FUCKING KILLER

green bean: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

alien queen: chill ur green nuts i didnt do anything bad smh

prince: what did she do

mom: ^

dad: ^

alien queen: i told his mom hes gay

alien queen: well not exactly i-

mom: WHAT THE FUCKGSX

mom: WHAT DID YOU SAY WHAT DID YOU EXACTLY SAY

alien queen: 'hello mrs midoriya'

alien queen: 'hello !'

alien queen: 'i think ur son likes todoroki a lot'

alien queen: 'yes i realize he has utmost respect for endeavor'

prince: he what

green bean:  i do not id rather watch him getting his head ripped off

prince: ah yes

prince: me too

alien queen: 'no i mean his son'

alien queen: 'the shouto boy? he's looks like a prince, such a sweet boy'

prince:  i want mrs midoriya to adopt me

mom: its ok todofuck we all do

dad: ^exactly

alien queen: 'yeah ur son really likes him'32

alien queen: 'of course he would'

alien queen: 'no not in the friendly sense'

alien queen: 'he hasnt told me hes..?'

alien queen: 'bisexual? i thought he did oh'

alien queen: 'maybe he's just stressed about it like most kids are'

alien queen: 'probably'

green bean: .

green bean: why would u expose me to my own mother without my permission

dad: AT LEAST SHES OK WITH IT

mom: theres no point in saying that kiri deku's SO fucking ungrateful

green bean:  I AM GRATEFUL

green bean: i was rll y stressed about this ok 

prince: well

prince: now we know ashido probably talked with all of our parents at least once

alien queen: yeah! i talked to endeavor once!

prince:  YOU WHAT

alien queen: i told him face to face to choke on his own piss!

mom: JESUS FUCKIHNG CHRIST

dad: HOLY SHIKSHYDUY

green bean: catch me crying in the club what the fuck mina

prince: ohm y go d

prince: whatd he do?

alien queen: he just told me to respect ur elders and went away

alien queen: I swear i heard him mutter 'this generation is so messed up' or some shit

alien queen: @ boi then what the fuck are u

prince:  ohmygod

prince: i owe you my entire life ?

alien queen: nah its chill buddy

alien queen: BAKUS MOM IS SO CHILL

mom: what the fuc k did that old rat say

alien queen: if shes a rat youre a fucking gorilla smh this generation has 0 respect for parents

mom: you fucking told a parent to choke on his own fucking piss you have no right

alien queen: i had every fucking reason to say that bakufuck now shut up and let me recount my conversation with ur chill ass mom 

alien queen: 'hello mrs bakugou!'

alien queen: 'oh are you one of katsukis classmates?'

alien queen: 'one of his good friends actually!'

mom: ur not my fuckin friend my only friend is death and rage

alien queen: shut ur emo ass and listen

green bean: i am having the time of my life seeing u both argue and mina winning

prince: ^

dad: ^

alien queen: 'i didnt know katsuki had the ability to make friends'

mom:  im throwing her rat ass in the fucking trash once i reach home

alien queen: bitch u cant even touch her

mom: fucking fight me

alien queen: oh i fuckingh will and ill melt ur ungrateful ass into the earth

prince: izuku are you coming th ere today ??

green bean: O SHOOT ITS ALMOST 5 GOTTA BLAST

alien queen: COMING WHERE TODAY

prince: places

prince: see you guys monday

[To Yaomomo, 4:46 PM]: momo im really terrified

                                      : what if i mess up

[To Shouto, 4:46 PM]: dont pull a midoriya and u'll be ok

                                  : jus, dont overthink a lot ok?

                                  : youre gonna be fine

[To Yaomomo, 4:46 PM]: considering my initial response to when he did it

                                      : i dont think ill be fine

                                      : i wish you were here with me rn

[To Shouto, 4:47 PM]: i had to stay back to catch up a bit on studies, yes

                                 : but its gonna be okay

                                 : ok?

[To Yaomomo, 4:47 PM]: yeah, okay,

Midoriya doesn't know what to do. Inko comes in and helps him pick out suitable clothes for the evening; a black t-shirt, jeans and black sneakers, and a light, faded blue jacket in case it gets cold at night and he's late. And once he's dressed up, and thinks to himself that yeah, I look okay, he isn't sure what to do next. It's like he's treating this as a first date or something, though obviously it isn't.

Like Todoroki had said himself, Todoroki just wants to show him something. Nothing more, nothing less.

So any trace of his high hopes melt into thin air, and Midoriya looks at the air with a blank face, as if he can see them melting. With a sigh, he shoves his hands in his jacket, reaching for the door knob.

'I'll see you later, mom,' he calls out, and doesn't step outside until he hears his mother's approval. It's going to be a long evening.

Fuyumi looks at her brother crouching down in front of the door, tying the laces of his sneakers. She holds her hands in a concerned manner, and says, 'What will father do?'

Todoroki doesn't say anything, except for, 'To hell with what he says,' before looking at her. She's expecting more of a response than than those 6 words, and he says, hesitatingly, 'I'll be fine. Take care of the house while I'm gone.'

'Okay,' she says, her voice low, her head bowed, staring at the floor as if it could respond to her and tell her what to do. The floor doesn't say anything, and by the time she looks back up, Todoroki has already gone.

'Good luck,' she whispers to the wind, hoping it'll take her message to him.

Todoroki clutches the small, light package in his hand tightly, looking at the sky. The sun hasn't gone down; it resides in the sky, but it's glow has faded, and a cool wind replaces the utter heat, signalling the start of evening, and eventually, nightfall. Todoroki breathes audibly in the summer air, shoving the packet in his jeans' pocket before making his way to the coffee shop, which is a five minutes walk from his house. 

There are small lights tinkering on its doors, and Todoroki steps in it rather reluctantly, his eyes scanning the wood interior on the left bearing the name, 'Coffee Planet', with a small planet with a ring around it bearing on the sign; the pale, brownish colors reflect Todoroki's aesthetics, and a waitress spots him, saying, 'Hello, sir!' in a cheerful manner, before directing him towards a table for two, and asks him if he has anything to order. But Todoroki shakes his head, asking her instead to keep an eye out for a green, curly haired boy, if it's okay to do so. And she promises to do as he asks, before making way back to another customer, asking for their order. 

Todoroki keeps an eye himself on the door, but his concentration wavers as he thinks about how his evening might go. He almost jumps when his phone rings once, and he takes it out, half-expecting Midoriya to message him about not being able to show up for some reason or another.

alien queen: hows ur date going so far ;)

Todoroki pushes back his need to sigh out loudly in exasperation, but he replies anyways.

prince: he didnt show up yet + its not a date

mom: if deku doesnt show up its gonna be the funniest fucking shit

dad: no it wont be 

Todoroki shuts off his phone, directing his attention back on the door. And then tries to find the waitress. And when he can't, he's confused. He almost doesn't hear the voice saying, 'Sir.' behind him repeatedly, and he jolts back to look at the waitress, rolling her eyes, a familiar, curly-haired boy beside her. The waitress pushes her faded orange bangs out of her eyes, her cat ears perking up. Todoroki assumes she has a quirk relating to some cat, but he doesn't dwell on it much as she says, 'He's here, just as you asked!' and holds a hand out, expectantly, and Todoroki hasn't been as quick as thrusting $5 dollars into someone's hand as he does now, and the waitress runs off with a triumphant smirk on her face. 

And then all he can focus on is the person standing in front of him, looking at him with the same expectant eyes as he does.

'Hey,' Midoriya sounds like he's trying to sound cool, but he looks uncomfortable. Todoroki notices this is is because his phone keeps on buzzing in his pocket, and he's itching to not take it out and yell at whoever must be messaging him. Midoriya notices Todoroki looking at his pocket, and he immediately says, 'Oh, it's Mina and the others,' he says this in a low, annoyed tone. 'They keep asking me if it's a date.'

'They asked me that, too,' Todoroki offers, sharing the same annoyance, before Midoriya sits down on the opposite end of him and looks around the place.

'Nice, isn't it?'

'Yeah.'

Silence follows, and then Midoriya says, rather quietly, 'What did you want to show me?' At this, Todoroki fumbles with the package in his pocket, and takes it out, offering it to Midoriya.

'Careful,' he says, 'It's kind of fragile.'

Midoriya takes the package in his hands hesitatingly, slowly, and blinks at it, looking back up at Todoroki expectantly. 

What Todoroki doesn't realize is how Midoriya's heart threatens to skip its beats, as he says, 'Open it.' As straightforwardly as he can get.

And Midoriya does. In his hands rests a small shape of frozen ice, with two letters bearing on it. 'I' and 'S'. There's a crack drawn out in the middle, and two chains are attached to it on the two different sides on which the letters are written.

'Momo made this,' Todoroki says, gazing at the gift. 'For us.'

'For us?' Midoriya can't help repeating, and he looks back down at it. Todoroki takes it gently from his hands, breaking the shape from where the crack allows him to, and gives the one bearing the letter 'I' to Midoriya, looking him straight in the eyes.

'This one's yours,' he mumbles, hoping his cheeks aren't visibly red enough for Midoriya to notice.

'What do these mean?' Midoriya asks quietly, and for Todoroki, all the audible noises in the coffee shop drown out in Midoriya's gentle tone, as he explains, 'Necklaces. To show that we belong...'

'..Belong?'

'To...to each other.' His eyes automatically close in embarrassment, and Midoriya's freckled cheeks are so red he thinks to himself if he looks like a tomato yet or not. 

'Eh?'

'Don't act dense now, out of all times, Izuku,' Todoroki says, with a hint of confidence in his tone which he does not know why or where it came from. 'It's only obvious what I want to say at this point.'

And Midoriya holds back any urge to flip out, saying, 'Then say it.'

'I love you.'

Midoriya knows it's impossible to hold back his emotion as he feels a small tear dotting his freckled cheeks. 'I love you too.'

The waitress looks at the boys in the corner of the coffee shop, rolling her money in her fingers, as the curly haired one cries out in laughter which sounds oddly tense, and a smile adorns her face, remembering herself in the boys as a customer besides her plays with her fingers, looking at the same boys as she does, and says, 'Kuro,' in a small voice, 'Remember?'

And with a smile, the waitress, Kuro, looks at the girl next to her, saying, 'Of course.'

The night is comfortably chilly, but not as comfortable as the warm hand that rests in Midoriya's, and he looks up to see Todoroki looking out at the crowded street, looks of disbelief etched on his face.

'It's okay,' Midoriya says to him, his head leaning on his shoulder, 'I don't believe this happened, too.'

'How will you?' Todoroki responds, his eyes turning to gaze at the boy's head.

'I don't know.'

'Then look at me.'

He does as he's asked, and Todoroki's face is instantly on his, his hands taking Midoriya's cheeks into his own. His kiss is soft, gentle, and his lips tremble, mostly out of hesitation, but Midoriya wraps his arms around him and pulls him closer, eager for more contact, and another tear spills out. He's wanted this for so, so long, and he's getting it the way he wanted it to. It's unimaginable. Almost.

And when Todoroki moves away, his half-lidded eyes gazing into his, he says, softly, 'How about now?'

'Hell,' Midoriya responds, 'I'll be able to believe in Santa fucking Claus if you tell me too,' which ensues laughter from the both of them.

'Christ,' Todoroki says, his cheeks red. 'Today has to be the best day of my life.'

'Mine too.'

'Only because you exist.'

Midoriya's lips tremble again.

'If you cry again, I'll die.'

'You're crying too, this isn't fair!'

'Oh, hell, it sure is.'