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Asui Tsuyu noticed over time that she felt differently about Uraraka than she did her other friends and classmates. When Uraraka was so determined to win the sports festival she did not think it was scary or interesting nor did she think it was quite cute. And she finds that whenever Uraraka looks determined or has a look of fierce concentration on her face she can’t help but think that her friend is adorable. When she catches a whiff of the shampoo that Uraraka uses, she thinks it is captivating. The scent of strawberries and oranges just enraptures her. She often thinks that she is trying to use her enhanced senses to bewitch her. And to be honest she doesn't mind at all if that is her goal.
One day, when Midoriya and Todoroki are in the kitchen, she walks in on them standing there looking at each other fondly and she asks a question.
“How did you two get together, kero?” her questions startles the two boys out of whatever devious thoughts they were having. They both contemplate their answers to the question for a minute. Todoroki is the first to recover from his thoughts to answer.
“I just went and asked Aizawa-sensei but he redirected me to Midnight-sensei from there.”
“The same happened with me as well, also she asked me to spread the word if others have questions about love to ask her and not Aizawa-sensei,” Midoriya states in a half ramble-like state.
“I see, thanks for the help of Midoriya-chan, Todoroki-Chan,” she says as she nods to them both. Then without another word, she turns and leaves the two boys to wonder what that was about.
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When Friday rolls around Asui decides now is a good time to talk to Midnight. So she makes her way to the teacher’s lounge thinking out what she wants to say ahead of time so as not to get distracted when she asks questions.
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There is a knock on the door to the teacher’s lounge. Aizawa was not sure what he was expecting but it was not Asui. To his knowledge, she was doing well in her classes and she is one of the more socially experienced kids in the class. With that thought comes alarms because if she needs help a student is dying somewhere. What he is not prepared for is when she asks if Midnight is there.
“Uh… Yeah, Midnight is here.” Aizawa now has more questions with answers he does not want to know.
“I heard my name, what's happenin’” came a call from behind Aizawa.
“Asui is looking for you” comes Aizawa now back in his usual monotone voice. And after those words, he walks to his desk to continue grading Midoiya’s 15-page analysis that was only supposed to be 5-pages max.
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“What did you need little frog?” at the nickname Asui tilted her head to the side a little and let out a small ‘kero’
“I’m sorry if you don’t like the nickname, it just came to mind!” Nemuri said in a panic after realizing that she had said that.
“I’m fine with it, it reminds me of Aizawa-sensei’s ‘problem child’ for Midoriya-chan kero” with those words relief washes over Nemuri. She is glad she did not offend the student that came to her for help.
“So, what did you need, little frog?” Nemuri says
“I have some questions about love, kero.” The blunt statement caught Nemuri off-guard. She had never expected someone to just outright say they need help with love in a room full of other people.
“ Oh… Let’s uh take this to a more private place” as Nemuri and Asui start to walk to a private meeting room the other teachers in the room start to mutter to themselves.
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“I got 500 yen on Tokoyami” comes Vlad King
“No, 500 yen on Uraraka,” says Power Loader
“I got 500 yen on Jirou,” says Cementoss
“You three are grown-ass men, why are you betting on teenager’s crushes, especially the ones in MY class?” Scolds Aizawa.
“We only get so much entertainment as teachers gotta take it when it comes,” says Vlad King, the only one of the three men willing to talk back to Aizawa.
“Shou just leave them alone, they need something to do since they have small classes thanks to you.” comes Hizashi before Aizawa can retort.
“Whatever, I’m leaving I’m done in here anyways” Aizawa states tiredly and walks out of the room.
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“You said you have questions about love?” Nemuri questions
“To be frank, I am told that I am very blunt and straight-forward about everything,” Asui says
“ And the thing is I want to tell Ochako-chan that I’m in love with her but I am afraid my bluntness will scare her away. kero” she continues
“ Okay, I understand the problem but from what I have seen Uraraka does not mind you being so straight-forwards,” After Nemuri says this a soft ‘kero’ can be heard from Asui.
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“ So you don’t think that my being blunt is off-putting to her, kero?” As Tsuyu says this she tilts her head to the side.
“No, in my opinion being blunt or straight-forward is a great quality to have in a partner.” Midnight says in a gentle and sweet tone. “ You said ‘questions’ what else do you need?” Midnight inquires.
“ Would it be better for me to just find her in the dorms and confess there or do something else like a love letter, kero?”
“I think it would be better for you to write a love letter confessing your feelings rather than just finding her and telling her outright, this will give her time to think it through and not put unnecessary pressure on her to give you an immediate answer.” Midnight says
“I understand Midnight-sensei thank you for the help,” Tsuyu says with a bright smile on her face.
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Saturday evening Uraraka is making her way to her room on the fourth floor from the common room. When she gets to her room she finds an envelope on the door with only ‘ Uraraka Ochako’ written on the front of it. She grabs the note from her door and takes it into her room. She is surprised when she opens the envelope to find a pink piece of paper inside. When she gets over her momentary shock she reads the contents of the letter.
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To Uraraka Ochako
I am in love with you. I have been for a while and I only recently noticed it. When you looked so determined to win the sports festival I couldn’t have found your face anything but cute and beautiful. The way you are always so bubbly and cheerful always overwhelms me when we talk. And the way you can do your best and never give in is inspiring. When I smell your shampoo with my enhanced sense of smell always enraptures me in bliss and joy. And just being around you lifts my mood no matter what happened before. You are the best thing that has happened to me. - Asui Tsuyu
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After reading the letter full of honest feelings and love, Uraraka is speechless. She never would have thought that her friend was in love with her. She did not think that Asui reciprocated her feelings. And now after reading the letter given to her by her crush she is filled with overwhelming joy and happiness. And the first thing she does is text her best friend.
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Gravity Who?: OMG Deku you won’t believe what happened!!!
Green Bean: What happened Uraraka!!
Gravity Who?: I got a love letter from Tsu!!! :D :D
Green Bean: OMG that is so great!! :D :D:D
Gravity Who?: I know right, I'm Gonna talk with her about it right now!!
Green Bean: YESS!!! Good luck :D :D :D
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After that, she checked the time her phone read the time 6:20 PM. After that, she texted Asui asking to meet her on the roof and she made her way there as well. When Uraraka got to the roof Asui was already there waiting for her.
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“You wanted to talk kero?” Asui says questioningly.
“Yeah, I want to talk about the love letter.”
“Oh… okay” the words from Asui leave tension in the air surrounding the two girls like a balloon threatening to pop. And the longer the silence between them dragged on the tenser it got. Then one of them finally spoke after the tension grew too great.
“I am in love with you too.'' At those words, the tension in the air vanished as if it was never there and Asui’s eyes got impossibly larger. She was so happy that her crush also liked her.
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“I’m so glad kero” And slowly the two got closer together wrapping their arms around each other in a tight embrace. Their hug lasted for a few minutes as neither of them could seem to let go. But when they did it was to see a beautiful sunset across the horizon. The golden yellows, oranges, and reds filling the sky. They stood there captivated by the sunset, they watched it set for the next five minutes until it became so dark they needed to turn on their phone flashlights to make their way back inside.
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Once they got back inside they went to Uraraka’s room on the fourth floor to talk.
“Well, since you already asked me to call you by your given name you can call me by mine,” Ura-Ochako said
“That is fair,” Tsuyu said
“Should we tell the others about us like Deku and Todoroki did?” Ochako questions as she tilts her head.
“No, I say we let them figure it out on their own, it's more fun that way,” Tsuyu says playfully.
“Well, Deku already knows since I texted him about the love letter, oh are we going to hide it or just not say anything about it because those are two different things,” Ochako says in all seriousness.
“We’re just not going to say anything and let them put two and two together,” Tsuyu says
“That’s fine, I’d rather not have the more outgoing people in our dorm try to throw a surprise party like what happened with Deku and Todoroki,” Ochako says
“Well it might not stop them but it will delay them since most of them aren’t really observant.” Tsuyu says.
“Yeah, that’s true they aren’t that observant, I wonder how long it will take them to figure it out?”
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Two weeks later
“Hey, are you and Uraraka dating, or have you guys just become really good friends?” Mina questions
“ Ochako-chan and I have been dating for the past two weeks,” Asui states blankly
“WAIT WHAT!? You have been dating for two weeks?!?!?!” Mina says flabbergasted about hearing this.
“Yeah, we were cuddling in the common room during movie night last week. We thought you guys noticed.”
“No way we completely missed that!?” Mina says even more surprised. “Oh no, we gotta plan your party AS-”
“We don’t want a party,” Asui says cutting Mina off
“Oh, why not?” Mina says dejectedly
“We would rather not want to get yelled at by Aizawa-sensei. Like what happened at the one for Midoriya-chan and Todoroki-chan.” Asui says flatly.
“ Yeah, I guess that makes sense, but I still want to do something for you guys.” mina says
“We thought about that and decided if you all wanted to do something we would be okay with a game night,” Asui says
“ Okay, we can work with that!” Mina says excitedly.
“Well, then I guess just let us know when you want to do it and we’ll be there,” Asui says.
A few nights later everyone in the dorms minus Mineta and Bakugou gathered in the Common room to play games, some being video games like Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart and some board games like Monopoly, Sorry! And Yahtzee. There was even Twister and Giant Jenga. After all the games had finished it was time for curfew so they all cleaned up and went to bed.