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Izuku had always thought the new guy at school was cute but he didn’t actually start to like him until he heard him speak.
The new kid was tall, blonde and athletic. With a strong jaw, spiky hair, broad shoulders usually covered by some black t-shirt and strong looking legs clad in baggy trousers, he was undeniably attractive. And it was clear Izuku wasn’t the only one who felt like this.
Katsuki Bakugou.
From the moment Bakugou had stepped foot into the school, he was immediately hit with confessions and asked on dates by boys, girls and everyone in between. And they were always rejected. Every. Damn. Time.
Although Izuku was undeniably attracted to the blonde man’s features, what got him was his voice. The first time Izuku heard that deep, husky voice he knew he was a goner. Bakugou had just been called on by the teacher to answer a question on mitosis, and from the quick and direct way, he had answered Izuku knew he was intelligent. And that's what got him. Izuku was a sucker for a pretty boy with smarts.
And so, just like that Izuku had developed a fat crush on the new and increasingly popular boy.
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“I just wanted to say. Fuck you, Todo.”
Izuku announced as he took a seat at his usual lunch table.
“Midoriya, you know I'm ace. And anyway, you’re cute but not my type.” Todoroki replied coolly, as he slid onto the seat next to Izuku and admired the soba in front of him.
“Do I really have to do this?”
“Yes! You can’t turn down a Todoroki dare. That's practically illegal!” Ochako answered Izukus question enthusiastically.
Izuku sighed and dragged his hand down his face before shaking his head and smiling.
“Well, if I’m gonna do it I better get started.”
With that, he pulled out the microphone and speaker Jirou had lent to him once she learnt of his dare. He placed the speaker on the table, flicked it on and did the same with the microphone. He stood up and made eye contact with Jirou who was sitting on another stable. A table with Katsuki.
Once Jirou caught Izuku’s gaze she shot him a thumbs up and pressed something on her phone. Soon after, the familiar backing music began to filter out from the speaker as Izuku climbed onto his table. People started to look around for the source of the music and soon stopped to pull out their phones when they saw the short green-haired boy standing on a lunch table with a mic.
Whispers began to circulate the cafeteria as more and more people turned their attention to the Dekusquad lunch table. The greenette cleared his throat before speaking into the mic in his hand.
“Hey, guys. My name’s Izuku and this is my Todoroki dare.”
With that, he looked down at the mentioned boy, who was smiling at his food and Izuku wasn’t sure if Todoroki was smiling at what he’d said or the soba itself. Probably the latter.
Once Ochako let out an excited squeal, Izuku began to sing.
“Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine
Gotta, gotta be down because I want it all
It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss”
A couple of people in the crowd whooped when they heard Izuku sing the well-known lyrics.
“Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his
Chest now, he takes off her dress now
Let me go
I just can't look, it's killing me
And taking control”
Izuku jumped off of the table as he began to sing the chorus, while Ochako laughed and danced wildly beside him.
“Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay, destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes, 'cause I'm Mr Brightside”
Izuku wildly played the air guitar as the instrumental played.
By the time he had started the second verse, most of the people in the cafeteria were singing along with him loudly and Denki Kaminari was showing the whole performance on Herogram live.
“Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his
Chest now, he takes off her dress now
Let me go
I just can't look, it's killing me
And taking control”
Ochako grabbed Izuku’s hand and dragged both him and the mic towards her as she joined him for the chorus.
“Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay, destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes, 'cause I'm Mr Brightside”
They both headbanged enthusiastically as they recited the words alongside the majority of their peers.
“I never
I never
I never
I never”
Izuku took the mic back for himself as he decided to slide on his knees across the cafeteria to finish the song. He stopped right in front of Katsuki’s table.
The cafeteria erupted in cheers and laughter as people praised Izuku for their impromptu lunchtime entertainment and he smiled bashfully as he stood up and dusted dust off of his knees.
“Midobro, I didn’t know you could sing like that!”
Ejirou Kirishima the redheaded jovial jock said smiling as he patted his large hand against Izuku’s small shoulder.
“Ah well. I had to put on a show” Izuku laughed whilst handing the microphone back to Jirou for her to stuff in her bag and secretly return to the music cupboard.
“I can’t believe Mr Rules and Regulations let you do that!” exclaimed Mina Ashido as she clapped happily from her seat at the table, dyed pink curls bouncing around her brown face.
“Iida’s not in. He’s on a family trip for the day” Ochako said as she popped up out of nowhere and gave Kyouka the speaker.
For a few minutes, Izuku and Ochako made conversation with the people at the table and at some point Shouto had joined them, slurping his soba happily.
The whole table was engaged in the Izuku praise. All except one person. Throughout the conversation Katsuki Bakugou had said nothing and just scrolled on his phone, not paying attention to anything around him. Abruptly Katsuki stood up and began to walk away from the table, and the rest of the self-proclaimed Bakusquad followed suit.
Katsuki had just walked past Izuku when he bumped into the smaller boy’s shoulder and lightly said.
“That wasn’t bad for a nerd. Not very punk rock, but it was cute”
Without looking back Katsuki continued to stride confidently out of the cafeteria with Ejirou and Denki laughing beside him.
Ochako snapped her head towards Izuku to gauge his reaction to Katsuki’s words and Todoroki subtly did the same, trying to feign indifference. But Izuku didn’t see any of that. He was trying very hard at keeping himself together and not screaming because Katsuki Bakugou had spoken to him. The Katsuki Bakugou had not only spoken to him but had also touched his shoulder and Izuku wasn’t sure if he was willing to wash that shoulder ever again. So he stood there, in front of the empty table with a dopey smile on his face.