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"Hey, Y/n!"
A familiar voice was heard, along with two boys entering the room in the support course. Looking up from the project you're doing, you saw where the voice came from.
It was from your friends in the hero course, the lightning quirked blonde named Kaminari Denki and the purple haired guy, Hitsoshi Shinso.
You felt the pace of your heart at the sight of the second guy, the guy who used to be in the general studies department. The thing is, you have been eyeing Shinso.
It started back in the first day of school, you found him in the hallway. And maybe it's your type? The kind of guys that have heavy eye-bags? That's funny.
But it's the truth.
At some point when you saw him back then, you even gathered up the courage to ask for help,. Wondering where the support course department was at, despite actually not being clueless about it
You saw the way his eyes widened when you talked to him, which made you wonder why. You even hoped you didn't seem creepy suddenly talking to him, but he was kind enough to tell you where it is.
That's when you thanked him, leaving him there in the hopes that you'll see him again.
To your disappointment though, you didn't. He wasn't in the hallways and no matter how many times you scanned the cafeteria, he wasn't there either.
You really wondered what department he's in, you wanted to see him again!
Until, the day of the Sports Festival. The festival that many of you students really looked forward to, students would compete and may show their skills and quirks for the internships.
But at that time, you couldn't care less when you saw him compete against that Midoriya kid on the One-on-One Tournament.
Your heart skipped a beat when you saw that familiar tuff of purple hair, you felt excitement even more when you heard Present Mic announce his name.
"From the General Studies Department... Hitoshi Shinso!"
Fuck, you're so lucky. Not only did the hero announce his name, but also what department he's in!
But the excitement seems to die down the moment his quirk was revealed, Mind Control. Not that you were afraid, but it was the whispers you heard from the people around.
"What? Mind-control? That's fucking scary, what if he uses it against you?"
"I know right? That's perfect for a villain's quirk, hope he doesn't switch sides."
Their words made you remember how his expression looked like before, how his eyes widened when you interacted with him on the first day of school.
Maybe that's why he was so shocked? Because he had to deal with such words from people, he had to deal with pointless fear from people when they don't even know anything?
It irritated you that time, to the point that-
"That's rude. What makes you think you say such things? A villain's quirk?" you lean over the classmates that were sitting in front of you "Watch your mouth."
You saw how their sweat dropped, looking up at you with a sorry look. Seems like they had their own realizations of their words, but you just sighed as you leaned back into your seats and turned your attention back to the stadium.
You felt bad that he had to go through such prejudice from people. After his fight against the kid from the support course, you went inside to go look for him.
You remember finding him at an empty hallway, you assumed he was about to go to the locker room.
"Shinso!" you saw how he stopped walking and turned to face you.
His face, once again, looks shocked to see you talking to him.
"Uhm, do you need anything?" he was hesitant to reply to your words.
In fact, Shinso wondered why you were even speaking to him in the first place, especially after the reveal of his quirk.
He knows that people are going to be really cautious from him, afraid they'll get controlled. Shinso wonders that maybe you didn't see the fight just now?
You chuckle at his question, "Nothing, I just wanted to say congratulations on the fight you had earlier"
So you did watch.
Shinso is still questioning the reason why you're talking to him "Thanks, I did lose though" he says, rubbing the back of his neck with a chukle.
But you just smile "Still, uhm..." you hesitate before you raise your hand forward and you saw how his eyes locked to your hand "I'm L/n Y/n, by the way"
He paused, and it was at that point when Shinso realized that you didn't want anything from him.
You were just kind and he guessed you wanted to be friends, and for some reason, he warmed up at the thought that you're not afraid of him and his quirk.
And so he shook your hand "Nice to meet you, L/n"
"What are you guys doing here?" you took off your goggles to look at them while you remained seated.
It was still lunch and you're the only one left in the room, most left to eat and your friend Mei had to go and ask something to the teacher.
"Nothing, I'm just tagging along with Shinso 'cause he said he wanted you to check his mask" Denki answers.
Shinso hands you the Artificial Vocal Cords for his hero costume and you accepted it before starting to examine it, with furrowed brows you wondered what's wrong with it.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with this, Shinso" you commented after you finished scanning it.
You watched as he awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck "Oh... it suddenly stopped working, so I wanted you to check. Thanks anyway" he says.
All these times when you became friends, you still notice how he's sometimes awkward with you.
What you did not notice though was the faint blush on his cheeks as he talked to you.
"Also, guess what!"
Oh yeah, Shinso remembers the plan he had with Kaminari.
Surprisingly, Kaminari knows how to lie. You flinched when Kaminari suddenly broke your eardrums, you raised your brows at him while wondering what he's about to gossip.
"What's up?" was all you replied to the blonde.
"Someone is admiring Shinso!" he says, he had an excited look on his face as he says the news to you.
You saw how the purple haired guy blush, and you felt your stomach drop "Quit it, it's probably a prank" you hear Shinso mumble out.
"Really? You don't know that." you forced out a laugh before you leaned to Kaminari's way, interested in the topic.
"Also, what makes you say that, Denki?" you ask, probing.
You wondered who it was, what if they've got a chance with Shinso? Fuck.
"Someone sneaked a letter into his bag. Seriously, I can't believe it!" the blonde seems to be smore excited about it than Shinso though.
Like, he's the one receiving the letter.
"Ahh..." was all you said.
Shinso watched you, before he lets out a forced cough and gives Denki a look that you did not notice.
"Maybe you've really got yourself an admirer, Shinso" you teased him, still not detecting the way Denki returned a look to the boy.
"Ah! I need to go to the toilet, just a sec. I'll come back," Kaminari suddenly says, and without further ado, he was quick to leave the room.
You wondered what that was about, you just turned to the other. A heaviness in your heart cannot be ignored, and you hated the feeling.
Standing up from your chair, you handed Shinso his mask once again.
"So..." you started.
"Hmm?" Shinso accepts the mask you returned to him.
"Are you planning to reciprocate the girl's feelings?" you ask, one hand resting on the table and leaning your weight into it as you looked at him.
Shinso felt small under your gaze "Well, I- not like I even know this person" he says.
You stayed quiet for a bit as you thought about what words to say. Finally, you came up with something.
"But are you up for a relationship?" you asked him once again.
You're well-aware that you're overly probing at this point, but you couldn't care. The curiosity is getting the better of you. And Shinso was shocked with the question, you're chatty but even more at this moment.
"If I can balance it with the studies, I mean... why not?" was his answer.
A bit more silence fills the air, Shinso regrets making up this admiration lie and he regrets even dragging Kaminari along with it. But he couldn't think of any other ways to pursue you, instead of just manning up and tell you about it.
"But you should get to know them first, Shinso" you say, letting out a laugh as if you're teasing him.
He liked the way your laugh sounded, but really, he liked everything about you.
"Well... yeah, I will" he smiles at you.
But then, you suddenly took a step closer to him. He looks at you, but he was taken aback at the way you locked your eyes to him.
You walked closer, and he tried to inch far away from you but he couldn't. Because he wants to be close to you as well.
"Quite tiring to get to know someone though, might as well start a relationship with someone you already know enough." you shrugged your shoulders, slowly halting your movements when you were satisfied that you were close enough to him.
You look up at Shinso with a tilt of your head, Shinso gulped "...What do you mean?"
"I mean... me."
You're an extroverted person, a happy-go-lucky kind of person. And you... like Shinso, he was your time since from the start and you admired him even more, knowing that he deals with other people's judgements with an empty and strong look on his face.
Hearing that there's someone out there who's also out to get him, snatch him right away from you. It's an uncomfortable thought.
The though irritated you at that moment, to the point that-
"I like you, I have for a long time. Since I saw you at the hallway,"
"What..." you saw how a blush creeped into his face, from his ears to his cheeks "Like, back at the Sports Festival?"
"No..." you denied "The first day of school."
With that, he was left shocked with your words, your admission to your feelings, your guts.
"You're serious?" was what he said after you confessed.
It was at that moment when you realized that you were maybe too blunt about it, maybe you should've used the same trick that the mystery girl did? Love letters? Fuck.
"I- I am serious!"
Well, it was now or never, you already said it so there's nothing holding you back now.
"Listen... just say it if you don't like me back, it's not like I-m confessing to force you to be with me. Not like I said those words hoping you'll like me ba-"
You started to ramble, you were really just letting your mouth ran off with whatever words it lets out. But you were cut off when he suddenly hugged you, you stiffened at the feeling of him so close to you.
Fuck he smelled so good.
And fuck, you smelled so good after suddenly hugging you.
Slowly pulling away, "Finally, you stopped" he says, you awkwardly frowned at his words.
"I... like you too."
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"So it all worked out in the end, huh?"
Denki was finally back, he saw the way you two were awkward at the entrance of the his presence. But he did not care.
Laughing, he clapped his hands like a proud father "So I guess, you told Y/n there was no letter?"
"..."
"... What?!"