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The movie night/party had just been a normal one.
At least, as normal as it could be with a trigger happy explosive maniac threatening to blow up the dorms every week they played a Disney movie.
"But Kacchan, true love conquering Maleficent is so pure! How can you dislike it?"
"Piss off! It's just some sappy sentimental crap!"
"Like the type you get up to with Kirishima." The whole class oohed at Todoroki's diss as he entered the room with a large mysterious package.
"CAN IT, HALF 'N HALF, OR I'LL BLOW YOUR FACE OFF!"
"Midoriya, do me a favour and fast forward to the scene where the prince kisses Aurora."
"With pleasure."
"WHY YOU LITTLE SH--" Kirishima used his arms to restrain Bakugo by the shoulders while using one of his hands to muffle his mouth.
"Sorry, guys! I'll go and talk to him." With that, the two of them left the room, leaving Todoroki to put down the bag.
"Well, thank God he's gone," Todoroki said. "He wouldn't have liked what I had in store." He took out the package.
It was sake.
"Whoa whoa whoa. Isn't bringing alcoholic beverages to school illegal? Iida, tell them."
The tall boy merely shrugged.
"Alright, who are you and what the hell have you done with the real Tenya."
"Hey, don't be such a spoilsport, Izuku. And thank god Bakugo left with Kirishima. After all, I'm sure that none of us would want to see him drunk, right?" Mina argued.
The class let out a collective shudder at the thought of the trigger happy maniac getting drunk and imploding the school.
"Anyway, let's start, shall we."
The room devolved into chaos as everyone grabbed a bottle.
"But, isn't this against the..." Izuku's blood ran cold at the sight of the most terrifying thing Todoroki could produce.
A smile.
Dear god, what the hell is entertaining him?
He didn't have to look far.
Sitting quite comfortably on a chair, Tenya was calmly sipping the beverage from his bottle.
Fucking Tenya!
Has Todoroki been hiding a brainwashing quirk for the past two years?
"Umm...Izuku, let's get out of here..." Ochako scooted closer to Midoriya, finally frying the part of his brain capable of higher reasoning as he stared blankly at the chaotic scene in front of him.
Tsuyu went over to Izuku, holding two bottles in her hands.
"Uraraka, why don't you try some?" She took a sip from the opened one while extending the other to Uraraka.
"Uh... no thanks, Tsuyu. I think I'll go back to my do--" Tsuyu leaned into her ear and whispered into her ear.
Ochako turned beet red as she listened to her friend.
After Tsuyu finished whispering what Deku assumed to be a Satanic language that hypnotized people, Ochako took the sake tentatively.
Izuku's eyes widened as he saw his friend preparing to give into temptation.
"Wait, Ochako. Don't...don't you think this is a bad idea?"
"Well...ummm, Deku, uhh... you only live once."
With that, Ochako downed the drink. I
zuku facepalmed and groaned to himself.
This was going to be a very long night.
***
"Izuku, I'm not druuunk!" Uraraka drawled.
Her fair skin was flushed red as she clung on Izuku's arm, the two brown spots on her round cheeks turning a light brown, almost beige colour.
"C'mon, let's get you back to your dorm." He shot Todoroki a glare.
The dual-quirked boy merely shrugged, his calm composure covering the maniacal delight at the success of his plan.
As they walked (read: one walked while the other clung to the ground dragging her feet like a petulant child.) back to their dorms, Ochako looked up at Izuku with her wide, dilated brown pupils, sparkling with innocence.
"Hey...umm, Deku, do you like me?" Izuku nearly dropped the bubbly girl.
"WHAT?! I mean, it's not like I don't think you're a good friend or a good person or anything like that, but uh... Izuku continued rambling on and on as Todoroki peeked out from behind a corner, staring daggers at the panicking boy.
"Goddamn it Izuku you better not fuck this up." Todoroki muttered as he prayed that the money wouldn't go to waste.
"Well, uh, but which type of 'like' are you talking about, Ochako."
Izuku breathed a sigh of relief as he managed to temporarily regain control of his own composure. Ochako somehow turned even redder.
"Silly Izuku." She bumped his nose playfully with her finger, causing his composure to abandon him once more. "Of course I meant whether you were interested in me romantically. As in if you wanted to go on a date with me, wanted to hold hands with me, or wanted to make ou--"
Todoroki nearly exposed his location as he muffled his mouth, trying to not to laugh at the drunken girl.
Izuku, meanwhile, had turned as white as a sheet as Ochako continued listing out the thing she wanted to do together.
"--like going out for a coffee, to the park, watching old movies..."
With Ochako spilling all her secrets out, Izuku couldn't help but wonder.
"Hey..uh, Ochako, why...why would you like...like me?"
She tapped her chin thoughtfully.
My God, her cuteness is going to be the death of me.
"Well, there's a lot of reasons, Deku-kun. Your motivation, for one. You do it because you want to help others. You're smart, you're brave, you're selfless. And plus," She reached up to ruffle Izuku's hair. "You are kinda cute."
Izuku's brain exploded.
"Deku? Dekuuu!" Ochako shook Izuku's leg, snapping him back to reality.
"Oh. Yeah. Um... Let's get you back to your room."
"Actually, you still haven't told me whether you like me yet."
"Well...uh..."
"At least tell me what you like about me!" Ochako pouted.
Holy crap, if cuteness could kill, I'd be dead ten times over.
"Well, uh..." Izuku felt his cheeks burning. "I think you're empathetic towards your friends and especially your family. You're also smart. I mean, the way you used your quirk against Bakugou at the Sports Festival was kick-ass! And how you wear your heart on your sleeve, and you're nice to everyone you know. Also...well, you are pretty cute." Izuku's voice trailed off as he stared at Uraraka.
"But, do you... love me?" The previous questions all sounded drunken and sluggish, but not this one.
There was almost startling clarity in her voice as she asked Deku the question that would change their lives.
In that instant, soft green met warm brown, intertwined together. And in that instant, the two of them realized, like a tree and it's leaves, neither could live without the other.
And neither of them wanted to.
Ochako stood up and smiled at Izuku, who smiled back.
"Izuku Midoriya, will you kis--" The short-haired girl fell to the floor, Izuku barely picking her up in time.
"Jeez, the hangover must be kicking in right now." He looked up from the sleeping girl to see--
Fuck.
The list of things that scared Todoroki was very short. After tonight. It just got a bit longer.
***
After Izuku had finished 'taking out the trash', he finally made it back to Uraraka's dorm.
All the way, she clung on to his back, snoring softly. It was peaceful, tranquil.
Izuku, like the gentleman he was, opened the door and carefully laid Ochako on her bed, making sure not to disturb the sleeping beauty.
Thank you, Ochako. You're smart, kind, and breathtaking. As to whether I like you, well, we'll talk about that in the morning, shall we?
With that mental promise, he leant down and pressed his lips to Ochako's forehead, gently brushing aside a strand of hair that covered her wide brown eyes.
"Sleep tight, Uravity." Izuku whispered softly.
He left the room and closed the door, though not before taking one last peek at the kind girl that had welcomed him to UA on his first day.
***
"This was all part of your bloody plan, wasn't it, Todoroki!"
"Well, mine and Tsuyu's. And Tenya's."
"Goddamn it. I don't know whether I should punch you or thank you right now."
"Do neither. We have school tomorrow."
Izuku's eyes widened.
Oh, shit.
"Crap crap crap." He pointed a finger at his eyes, then back at Shouto.
"This conversation is not over."
As he watched Izuku leave his dorm, he smiled.
Good luck, Izuku and Ochako.