Tododeku
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THIRD POV
A tall boy with pure white hair and bright green eyes is looking at a building full of kids. These kids are students to the famous hero school. Pretty cool right? The boy smiles and activates a quirk. What's his quirk? Who knows. A black fog like cloud seeps into random rooms before the boy walks away.
??? POV
I wake up due to an alarm blaring a song on my phone. I turn it off and sit there for a few seconds, staring at nothing before I eventually sit up. I stretch and yawn. When I yawned, I'm instantly hit with the smell of... well basically everything. Someone's in the kitchen making food, someone is using a lot of hair spray, there's the scent of wet dog, and I smell a hint of smoke and fire but nothing is on fire.
That's new.
I shrug it off and get dressed then I make my way to my bathroom. When I walk in there, I notice something sorta strange. I'm paler than I was and my ears are pointed.
That's also new...
I grab my toothbrush and open my mouth. My canines are sharper.
That's new
I go to brush them when my canines retract and long slender fangs replace them. I drop my toothbrush and fall backwards in shock.
THAT'S DEFINETLY NEW!
I look back in the mirror. Pale skin, sharp senses, and sharp teeth. Vampire? Makes sense I guess. How can I see myself in the mirror though? I thought vampires can't do that.
Wait
Can I fly?
I decide to test that later. Well I can say I'm sick. This... This'll wear off right? Yeah. It'll wear off. I need to make up look like I'm even more sick though. I grab my phone.
How do sick people look? Pale. I got that down. Dark circles under the eyes.
I look in the mirror again. No dark circles. Whelp I'm going to hate this. I look through my contacts until I see Momo's number. I sigh and text her.
Jirou
T: Hello?
Hi? :J
T: Can I ask a favor?
What? :J
T: Do you have any dark eyeshadow or something like that but without the sparkles?
... :J
Yeah why do you need it? :J
T: No time to explain. Can you bring it to my dorm?
Okay but I'm getting an explanation :J
I sigh and face palm. This is idiotic...
I hear a knock at my door and I open it. I see Jirou standing there. Why's she here? I tilt my head in confusion.
"Yes?" I ask
"I got the eyeshadow. What do you need it for?" She asks, holding up the container. I freeze for a second then I check my phone. Sure enough, I texted the wrong person. I feel my face heat up as I face palm.
"I... Whatever. This is fine. I'm fine. Everything's fine..."
"So what do you need it for?"
"I need to act sick so I can stay here for today." I explain opening the door more so she can walk in. She mutters a 'thanks' and sits on my bed.
"So you're skipping?" She asks with amusement in her voice. "I didn't think you had the guts, Todoroki." She smiles.
"No! I'm not skipping. I just need to figure something out. What do you know about vampires?" I ask like it's a casual question
"Real or fake? There's two types and I know stuff about both." She answers back calmly, getting the eyeshadow. Glad to know she isn't suspecting anything.
"Real." I answer while she puts it in under my eyes. This is humiliating. "I can do it."
"I know but you won't do it right. Now they're different than the movies. They would be able to see their reflection now a days because mirrors are made from aluminum and not silver like they were back then. I don't remember why silver did a thing but it did. They can't go in the sun so they actually drink blood because they need vitamin D. So if a vampire ate a lot of stuff that had vitamin D for a while, they wouldn't need to drink blood anymore. Why? Are you one or something?" She finishes.
"How did you know?" I quickly put a hand over my mouth and she stops smiling.
"Woah wait what? Really?" she asks surprised. I just show her my fangs. "How?" She asks, interested.
"I don't know. I just woke up like this. That's why I wanted to stay here." I explain, slightly panicking.
"I'm getting Mr. Aizawa. Take that eyeshadow off. I'll be back." Jirou then leaves me alone. I bring up my sleeve and wipe it off. There we go.
*time skip*
I'm sitting down thinking about jumping out of a window but Jirou and Mr. Aizawa walk in. Jirou starts laughing.
"You just smeared it. Here," she walks into my bathroom and comes out with wet toilet paper in her hand. Aizawa is not amused. She hands it to me and I actually take it off.
"Now what happened?" Mr. Aizawa asks, raising an eyebrow. We shrug.
"I guess I'm a vampire or something? I don't know. I woke up like this and everything was different." I explain.
"A lot of people were missing today and that's probably why. Bakugou, Kirishima, Midoriya, Kaminari, and Iida are also missing. They probably have a similar situation. Let's go." Aizawa walks out with us following.
We walk to Iida's room first. Before Aizawa could knock, the door opens and Iida slams into Aizawa. "Sorry!" He bows then he realizes it was Mr. Aizawa. He looks like Frankenstein's monster. His skin is all green and he has black hair instead of the usual dark blue. There's parts of him that looks like it was sewn on and he has bolts on the side of his head. "I'm so sorry! I woke up like this and I was trying to find out why then I looked at the time and I realized I was late." Iida explains.
"It's alright. Just go to class and explain that I'm getting the other students. I'll let it slide this time." Aizawa says before walking to Midoriya's room. Iida bolts out of his room. Heh. Bolts.
Aizawa knocks. Nothing. "Midoriya can you open up the door?" Aizawa asks. Still nothing. "I'm opening up." Aizawa opens up the door and we see he's still sleeping. His alarm goes off and he hits snooze, obviously still asleep.
"Midoriya!" Aizawa yells. He jumps up and screams. Then he sees us in his room. His face takes on a puzzled look. "What are you guys doing here?" He asks very confused.
"You didn't show up to class so I came to see if you we're affected by a quirk that's probably going around." Aizawa explains.
"Oh. I feel fine. I just overslept. S-sorry Aizawa." He smiled weakly. Aizawa nods and moved on to the next room.
Kaminari's room. We stand at his door. This is where the smoke and fire smell was coming from. Did he blow a fuse or something?
He knocks. "Kaminari. It's Aizawa. Open the door." He says, clearly not amused. He never was really. Kaminari opens up the door enough so we could only see part of his face.
"O-oh. Hi Mr. Aizawa. I'm sick ya see so I can't go to school." Kaminari gives a fake cough.
"If you're going to fake being sick then you should at least try. There's a quirk that turns student's into monsters and I need to know if you we're affected as well." Aizawa sighs, bored of giving the same speech over and over. Kaminari sighs and opens the door all the way. He has dark red horns and a red tail that ends in a point. Basically a demon.
"There. Are they affected too?" He asks. I nod while Jirou shakes her head.
"Go to class. I'll will make an announcement about this situation when we get Bakugou and Kirishima." Aizawa walks away, leaving Kaminari to get ready.
We arrive at Kirishima's room. "Kirishima. It's Aizawa. There's a quirk going around turning students into monsters blah blah blah." Aizawa just doesn't care anymore.
The door opens so we can only see Kirishima's face. "Hi Aizawa!" He says cheerily. "Now, I don't think I was hit by that quirk. I... Have a different situation." He says embarrassed.
"Whatever it is I'm sure it's not bad. Just open the door."
"But-" he sighs and covers his face before opening up the door all the way. He's wearing a red and white dress.
"Cool dress but that doesn't explain anything." Aizawa seems unfazed.
"Whatever I put on, it turns into this dress. Watch." Kirishima grabs a UA gym uniform and walks into his bathroom. When he walks out, he has on the pants then He puts the shirt on. It turns in the dress. "See?" He says, covering his face.
"Put a blanket over it or something then head to class. I need to get Bakugou." Kirishima's head shoots up.
"That's a bad idea. Don't do it." He says but we don't listen. He sighs and shakes his head.
We walk next door and Aizawa knocks. It smells like there's a dog inside. "There's a quirk going around and students are turning into monsters. I need to see if you're one." Aizawa recaps. I scowl at the door. There's something about something that makes me want to rip Bakugou's throat out. I have no idea what though.
"Go. Away." I hear Bakugou's voice. I want to hurt him even more. An animistic growl comes from his room. I hiss at his door. "Shut it Icy hot!" He yells.
"How about you open up, fuzzball!" I yell back.
Aizawa and Jirou stare at me and the door confusingly as we start yelling at each other through the door.
"Alright enough. Bakugou I'm opening up the door." Aizawa opens the door and we are a very angry Bakugou with dog ears and tail.
I move to jump on him but Jirou holds my arm. I just tear my arm away and hiss at him while he growls at me, revealing sharp teeth like Kirishima's. My fangs appear as I hiss again.
"So this'll be a big problem. I'll have to change up the seating chart." Aizawa sighs as we have a staring contest.
"If you let me attack then you'll have one less idiot to deal with and you won't have to change the chart." The fuzzball smiles while I growl.
Like that'll happen.
"I'm the one who got in on recommendations so I don't think that'll happen puppy." I snarl
"I will not allow that. Only in battle training but I will intervene if it gets too aggressive." He warns us. He scoffs and looks away. "Head to class now."
"No! Can you even see me?" Bakugou growls while glaring at Mr. Aizawa
"Yes I can. Now let's go or I'll make you." He warns. Bakugou scoffs and walks to class mumbling. I smile in triumph. I win this little battle and he knows it.
"Todoroki," I look at Aizawa as he continues. "Do not get in fights with him. I know you guys are opposites and blah blah blah put still. It'll be less paperwork for me. Now do you know a way for you to get to UA?" Aizawa asks. I shake my head. "Very well. I guess we can get a blanket and try that."
*time skip*
I walk to the glass doors. It's filtering in some sunlight.
I wonder...
I hold my hand out and immediately pull it back, hissing in pain. My hand turns red as I hold it.
"What did you think would happen?" Jirou pipes in. I shrug.
"This is my fire side and it can't handle that." I ice my burned hand until it cools down. Luckily it didn't scar like last time I was burned.
"That's fire and it's different than the type of stuff from the sun. I think." Jirou adds. I walk back and sit down. Aizawa throws a gray blanket at me.
Will I have to do this forever?
I swing the blanket over.
"Do you think it'll work?" I ask. I probably look like Aizawa but with a gray blanket instead of a yellow sleeping bag.
"It should. Now let's go." He starts walking out with Jirou following. I pull the blanket over my face. I can't see but my face won't be burned even more.
"Can someone lead me?" I ask after hitting the door frame with my face. Someone grabs part of the blanket and pulls me along. It's Jirou. I'm glad my face is covered for two reasons.
1. I can smell other people around and this is sorta embarrassing.
2. Even under this big blanket, I am still slightly burning under it.
We walk through some doors and I rip the blanket off. There. I put it in my locker and go to class.
The second I walk in, I hear growling coming from the back. I look to see Bakugou is in the far corner while my seat is the one closest to the door. Kirishima is sitting by Bakugou, still with his blanket. I think that was on purpose because Kirishima is always the voice of reason when it comes down to Bakugou. Midoriya is next to my seat. He's probably there for the same reason. I try to ignore Bakugou and sit down.
"Everyone's here? Good. Now as you can see, some of your fellow students are monsters. We think it was caused by a quirk that turned them. Not too sure though. This doesn't mean they're different and all that so don't act like it. Try not to get in any fights," he stares right at me and Bakugou. I hiss under my breath as he growls. "Class will resume as normal, monster or not. Now-" he starts to continue class as usual. Not much happens. Not a lot of whispering or anything. I'm half surprised.
That is until a note lands on my desk. Since Aizawa was turned around, I quickly open it and pretend it's a paper from my notebook.
Who do you think is affected?
I look to see Midoriya paying attention to the teacher but he was the one who wrote it. I know his handwriting.
Bakugou, me, Iida, Kirishima, and Kaminari. Basically everyone but you who was late. Can't you tell?
I pretend to stretch and yawn as a drop the note on his desk. He yawns as he reads the note. His expression changes to a sorta surprised one as he reads on. He quickly starts writing down. He waits until Aizawa turns around to write again before he places it on my desk.
No. I was even later and I just walked in like right before you so I didn't pay attention. What are you?
I sigh at the question, but I answer it anyway.
Vampire. Not like the typical movie ones though.
I quickly toss it over and I swear I thought I saw Aizawa see the note but he continues talking and acting like he didn't see it. Midoriya doesn't notice as he scribbles down some more notes before reading the note and writing on the paper. He hands the note to me under the desk as we both pretend to work and pay attention.
That's actually pretty cool! So You're not allergic to the sun or drink blood or other stuff like that?
I set the note down and continue to work until the bell rings.
"Todoroki and Midoriya. May I talk to you?" Aizawa asks. I stand up and slip the note into my pocket while Midoriya freezes in his seat. Everyone but us three leaves before he starts talking.
"A little warning for the next time you want to pass notes in class. The next time I see that, I'll read it out loud." He says, holding up a neatly folded up paper. I take the one out of my pocket and open it. It's blank.
How?
"Now go on before you're late." He says and we leave. We don't talk until lunch.
I sit down with my tray at Midoriya's table. Uraraka, Iida, and Midoriya are there already.
"H-hi Todoroki!" Midoriya waves. I wave back as the others also say their hellos. "Sorry to bring this up but, you never answered my question earlier." Midoriya fidges a little.
"Oh! Sorry. I forgot about it. From what I've experienced so far, I am allergic to the sun. I actually had Jirou lead me to school with a big blanket over me so I didn't burn even more." I explain, taking a bite of food. I immediately regret it through because I suddenly get the feeling to throw up. I quickly stand up and run out to the nearest bathroom. I can hear footsteps behind me but I don't care at the moment.
I finally make in into a stall, shutting and locking the door. I spit out the food I just ate and sit down for a second.
Midoriya knocks on the door. "Are you okay?" He asks.
"I feel fine now." so why did I just get sick? I stand up, flush, then open up the door to see Iida and Midoriya standing there.
"Maybe we should take you to recovery girl." Iida concludes. I nod and we walk out of the bathroom. Uraraka is waiting out of the bathroom.
"Are you alright?" She asks and I nod.
"We're taking him to recovery girl." Iida says. I'm very confused.
I never really get sick so why did I this time? The food wasn't bad. Everyone else ate it and they're okay. So why me?
We finally get there and tell her what happened from the quirk earlier today to walking over to her office. Recovery girl listened intently, frequently nodding. When we finish, she sighs.
"Well, your body's rejecting normal food. Maybe it needs something else. You said you're now a vampire right? Maybe blood would work. I don't know how we'll try that though. I doubt you want to intentionally hurt your classmates." Recovery girl states.
Oooooofffffffff course.
"Maybe it was just an upset stomach. I'm fine now though. I doubt it's that. Let's go back to class." I stand up and start to walk out but someone grabs my hand. I turn to see it's Midoriya and all of them have the same grave expression.
"You sure?" He asks, letting go. He didn't grip hard and seems like he did that on instinct. I nod and the others look at each other with worried glances before believing me. I hate lying but I don't want to do that. It's no big deal. Just try my best to keep everything down since it's obvious that she's right.
"I'm not that hungry anyway." I lie even more. I know this'll haunt me. Oh well.
*time skip*
I get to my locker and I grab my blanket. I look out the glass doors. I can't even get too close to them. Will I ever be able to see a real sunset again?
"Need help?" A voice asks behind me. I turn to see Midoriya.
"Yes actually. I can't go into the sun so I need to wear this. Can you lead me so I don't bump into anything?" I ask. He smiled and nods, walking more towards me.
*short time skip*
We walk into the building and I take the blanket off.
"Thank you."
"No problem. I was just helping a classmate out." He says nervously. "So did you test out Recovery girl's theory?" He changes the topic and secretly hopes I won't bring it up.
"No I'm not that hungry anyway. I can wait for food still." I say. I'm actually really hungry since I skipped lunch but I'm just praying to the gods that my stomach doesn't rumble or something.
"Alright." He doesn't seem convinced but he doesn't continue. "So what are you going to do?" He asks, changing it again.
"Start homework."
"The teachers didn't assign anything though remember?" I realize he's right.
"Oh yeah. Well I don't know then. Probably read or something then see if I have anything else vampire related like flying or something like that." I explain.
"Yeah. Plus we have like all night to do it since it's Friday." Midoriya smiles. The door opens and my good mood is instantly torn down.
"Bloodsucker." Bakugou mutters.
"Mutt." He stops and slowly turns around.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" He yells but I don't even flinch. Instead, I grab the object nearest to me and throw it, making Bakugou run after it. I start laughing like it's the funniest thing I ever saw as he chases whatever I threw. It was a pillow.
"Todo, that wasn't very nice." Midoriya says despite him smiling himself.
Before I could do anything or mention how he called me 'Todo', the pillow hits my face, knocking me to the ground, and there's pressure being applied to it. I can't breath. I try to get the pillow off but the person is too strong and I was caught by surprise. The pressure released quickly and I tear the pillow off, gaining my breath. I turn around to see Midoriya tackled Bakugou. He tried to kill me! I hiss at him and try to jump at him but Kirishima holds me back. I had my fangs and everything ready to beat him back.
"STOP! BOTH OF YOU!" Kirishima yells. This makes Bakugou stop screaming and look up to see a very angry Kirishima. "Calm yourselves! Not just Bakugou and not just Todoroki! If this happens again, we'll have to tell Aizawa or someone." He threatens, trying to make us stop. I sit down and softly growl. Bakugou does the same thing. I look around to see shocked faces everywhere.
"WHAT ARE YOU LOSERS LOOKING AT?" Bakugou yells. I rip away from Kirishima and walk to my room.
I wasn't the one who tried to kill someone.
*time skip*
It's night time. Earlier after the fight, Midoriya promised he would help me and that would be best to do at night. So we waited and now we're getting ready to go onto the roof. I'm not going to jump off of it if we're not sure if I could even fly.
We're sitting up, staring at the sky, taking a break from climbing the stairs.
"Tonight is so beautiful." Midoriya says under his breath, staring upwards.
"It is isn't it?" I agree, looking up too.
"Now should we start?" He asks, standing up and stretching. I wanted to sit some more but we're wasting night light. I nod and stand up.
"Alright. How should we start?" He asks. I shrug.
"Maybe just think about flying?" I suggest, closing my eyes and thinking about floating, space, stars, rooftops, sitting here with- off topic! I get back on the subject of flying and I feel myself actually start raising up. I open my eyes to realize I'm still going up. I start slightly panicking and trying to grab Midoriya's arm or something so I won't float away. Before I could float out of range, he grabs my hand and pulls me down.
"Thanks." I say, trying to stop floating upwards.
"No problem." He says, letting go. I go to try and grab him again but I'm in place and not going anywhere. I sigh before I try moving.
I try everything. Swimming in the air, putting my mind to it, and even leaning. I still can't really go side to side. It's still been pretty fun because Midoriya was there to encourage everything.
"Alright, how about we try this," He grabs both of my hands and starts to move me in the air gently. He smiles a little as he tries to help. For some reason my chest hurts a bit and my left side is heating up a little. I ignore it. I can feel like I'm floating more but I don't care. At least I'm moving. I smile at his attempt that actually ends up working. I realize we're both floating now but not that high anymore. He doesn't even notice it.
"So I should just walk in the air like you?" I ask, half smiling. He looks confused before realizing he's flying now too. He starts panicking and clings onto me. "We're not floating and we're not that far from the ground." I point out. He looks down and realizes I'm right.
"Oh. S-sorry." He says, looking away.
"Nothing to feel sorry for. I think I have the hang of this." I chime in, actually moving now. "Want to test it?"
"How?"
"We go flying." I suggest. He thinks about it for a second.
"Okay but on this roof and not that far from the ground. Alright?" He asks and I nod. He holds onto my arm as we glide around in the peaceful night.
"This is actually pretty fun." He admits, letting go a little so blood can actually flow in my arm again. I smile a little. He yawns which makes me yawn.
"Should we stop? We can go back inside if you're tired." I say but he shakes his head.
"The air will wake me up." He says. This gives me an idea. I've got the ropes of this.
"Do you trust me?" Midoriya gives me a very suspicious look.
"Why?"
"Do you?" He thinks for a second then clings more to my arm. With a nod, I start flying closer and closer to the edge until I fly right off. Midoriya makes a noise and tightens his grip. I look at the roof. I could take him back inside or I could take him on a little adventure. I choose the second one and I continue slowly flying further and further.
"Just focus on the stars or me. Don't let the height get to you." I say. I looks up at me and looses his grip a little. I smile and continue to fly. I circle the building once and I never strayed more than ten feet away from the closest side. We land back on the rooftop.
"Was that fun?" I ask, making sure we weren't still floating.
"Yes but I still don't think you're experienced enough to do that. We still need more lessons before we tour the city or something big like that okay?" He smiled. I nod in agreement.
"When I get better at this, I could take you flying around." I promise. He smiles at me.
"I'd like that." He yawns again, making me yawn.
"Wanna go inside?" I ask, pointing to the door. He shakes his head.
"I'm not that tired." He lies.
"Alright. I'm going to continue practicing though." I say floating a little off the ground.
"Are you staying on the roof? Well above it?" He asks, concerned. I nod and he relaxes. He sits down and goes from giving me advice to looking at the sky on his back.
I check on him and he's still laying down on his back. I float down to look at him. A smile falls on my face again when I realize he fell asleep. I pick him up, careful not to drop or wake him, and carry him back to his dorm.
*time skip*
I'm in my room practicing flying now. The roof is boring without Midoriya so I just started practicing in here. It's still not the same without him though. I hear a knock at my door.
Who's up this early? Or late?
I drop down and answer my door. It's Midoriya. His hair is a mess which makes it look like he just woke up. Adorable.
"Hey Todo, want to go get some food?" He asks, pointing to the elevator.
"Already? Isn't it too early?" I ask, tilting my head a bit.
"No we're actually going to be late of we don't hurry." He says. I look at my watch.
10:42 AM
"Oh. I didn't know it was this late. Let's go." I grab my blanket and we start to walk towards the elevator.
"Hey do you know how I got to my dorm last night?" He asks, rubbing his eyes as he trudges along next to me.
"Yeah. We got caught so we're on house arrest."
"Wait what?!"
"I'm kidding. I carried you there. You fell asleep on the roof and I wasn't going to leave you up there." I shrug.
"Oh. Well, thank you." He says, walking out of the elevator with me following. We stop in the lobby so I can quickly throw the blanket over myself.
We make it safely in the cafeteria. Midoriya gets his food while I just get a coffee since I didn't sleep. While he's in line, I try to drink some so I can stay awake but I spit it back into the cup.
I can't even drink anything!
I try again even though it has the same effect. I just dump the coffee out and lay my head on the table, waiting for Midoriya. A tap on my shoulder freaks me out and I jolt up. I see Jirou.
"Hey how you doing?" She asks, sitting down.
"Badly to be honest. I'm tired and turns out the only thing my body probably won't reject is blood but I'm not about to do that." I answer, laying my head down again. "Plus I stayed up all night last night. Bakugou almost killed me yesterday too." I add.
"Wow, that's rough buddy. What were you doing all night?" She asks.
"Flying."
"Wait really?" She asks, surprised. I nod.
"Don't expect any piggy back rides or anything though. I just got the hang of it." I lay my head back on the table and I cover up with my arm. She puts her hands up like she was a criminal getting caught. Momo calls for her so she leaves, saying a quick goodbye.
"So you're friends with Jirou now?" Midoriya asks, setting a tray down full of food.
"Sorta. More of acquaintances. She was just checking up on me." I admit, setting my chin on my arm and looking up at Midoriya. The food smells really good and makes me more hungry but I try my hardest to ignore it.
"You're not getting food?" He asks a bit concerned.
"Had a coffee. I'll be fine for the day." I yawn and he copies.
"Ya sure? I have enough if you want something." He starts shifting the tray closer to me but I nod so he stops.
We start a conversation and I was only half listening so I was only really half replying. Most of my answers were nods or 'yeah'.
"Are you alright? You seem... Out of it." Midoriya says.
"Yup. I'm alright. How about you?"
"Todoroki,"
"That's good. So what should we do?"
"Todo,"
"Seems cool. May-"
"Shouto." I look up at him surprised. "I want the truth. You can be honest with me and you know it. Right?" He says, sounding a bit heartbroken. This makes me want to protect him from everything and anything and make sure he never sounds or looks like this ever again.
"Sorry. I'm actually not that well. I didn't sleep, I can't even drink a sip of coffee anymore so I had to throw that away. It's kind of awkward to walk up to someone and say, 'Hey, I can't eat so can I have your blood?' so I can't do that. I'm forced to starve until this quirk is reversed. Plus I'm still tired from last night. I lost track of time so I trained all night instead of sleeping. I'm more lively at night now. Probably another part of this stupid quirk. I wonder what's next. I'll probably end up getting a detention or something because the most active thing I want to do right now is beat Bakugou to a pulp which his another thing. Someone had to literally hold me back yesterday. I can't ever see a sunset again. I'll probably die before this can be reversed to be honest." I mumble, looking back at the table.
"Shouto, don't say that. We'll get you through this. For sleep, we don't have to do anything but sleep for today. I'll be honest and say I woke up a few hours ago but I couldn't go back to sleep. For Kacchan, Kirishima and I will make sure you won't get in fights to the best of our ability. As for food... You can use me." He says calmly before eating more food. I look back up at him in surprise.
"No. No way. I won't do it." I say, shaking my head.
"You have too! I don't want you to die because of someone's quirk. I don't want you to die at all! So you have too." He argues. We have a mini staring contest before I speak again.
"No. I'll die before I'll do it."
"And you will! This is day one so it's not as intense but thirst will kill you first actually. In three days. Three weeks for hunger. If you won't do it for you-"
"Don't pull that on me-"
"Do it for me."
"What did I say Izuku?" I say, throwing my arms in the air.
"If you don't.... I'll go on strike too!" He says.
"You wouldn't!"
"Yes I will! I-I'll start right now!"
"Don't do that. You'll-" before I could finish, Izuku gives me a look. "Fine. I won't like it though." I huff while Izuku sits up proudly with his adorable, smug face. Wait what?
"Good. I wouldn't want you dying on me." He smiles.
"So he's going to be a real vampire? Thought he would die to be honest. Oh well. I can get rid of him myself." Bakugou says from behind me.
"Can I not have a good breakfast without it being disturbed by a mutt?" I ask, turning around.
"Hey, let's not get in a fight and not go to detention." Kirishima says, running over.
"Y-yeah Kacchan. Just walk away." Izuku says calmly but fear is still in his voice.
"Did I ask you Deku?!" He yells.
"HEY! Leave him alone puppy. Just walk off. I'm not in the mood for detention at the moment." I stand up and slam my hands of the table.
"So you're afraid?" He asks, smiling. I roll my eyes.
"I'm not afraid of you idiot. I don't want to get in trouble. I'd win and you know it." I hiss.
"Like the sports festival?" He asks.
He knows he's pushing my buttons. He wants a reaction. He just wants a reaction.
So why not give him one?
I punch him right in the nose and sit back down again. Kirishima ran over to him while Izuku is yelling at me but I don't care. I win again.
Bakugou stands up and gets ready to attack me again but Kirishima stops him.
"It's not worth it. Come on let's go to Recovery girl." Kirishima says. Bakugou grumbles but he follows Kirishima anyway.
I look at Izuku who's furious. "What? I didn't even hit him that hard! There wasn't even any blood or anything." I try to defend myself but he shakes his head and rolls his eyes.
"That's not the point. The point is you hit him. Now you'll probably get a detention because he's going to recovery girl. Don't you think he'll tell her what happened?" He has a point. I groan and slam my head on the table.
"Hey I didn't tell you to hit him. You did that. I told you not to."
"He clearly wanted a reaction so I gave him one. Now whether he liked it or not, he still got one." I pout. "Plus, why are you defending him? He's a bully and he started it! I only finished it." I cross my arms and sit back.
"Just because he wanted a reaction doesn't mean you give him one. I learned this a while ago. As for defending him, that's because that wasn't very heroic of you. We're in a school to turn into heroes while you're acting like he's a villain. He goes to this school too. He even refused to join them! Now I'm not saying what he did was okay. It's not. He came here to pick a fight and you responded. You'll be lucky if you don't get a detention." Izuku retorts. I snort out air like a bull and look away sourly. He sighs.
"Come on. Let's go back to the dorms." Izuku says, throwing away his trash and we walk out.
*time skip*
We walk into the building and I take the blanket off. "You don't realize how much you like little things like walking without a blanket on your head every since time you go outside until you have too." I say, throwing the blanket down.
"But I don't want you to burn and die. These are things we have to deal with sadly." Izuku says, getting the blanket off of the floor and setting it in the couch. "What now?" He asks and I shrug.
"Maybe just go to one of our rooms and do nothing really. I could practice flying more but I have the hang of it now. I could still improve though." I suggest.
"Alright. We can go in your room. Race you there." Izuku starts running to the elevator with me slowly catching up. He gets in and shuts it, waving a goodbye as he goes to my floor. I go into the stairwell and fly up to my floor before running into my dorm. I shut the door and leave the light off so he doesn't suspect that I'm there. A thought hits me.
Can I turn into a bat? I probably can if the rest is true.
I think about it and sure enough, I was right. I hear the elevator and running. I quickly fly up and hang on the ceiling right above the door. It bursts open to reveal a panting Izuku. He looks around and smiles triumphantly. I lean down and silently freak out as I realize I'm shutting the door. I was not expecting the 'wall' to move! He notices but he doesn't see me. He turns around and stared at it slowly close. I turn back and fall from the ceiling. He becomes relieved and helps me up.
"Are you alright?" He asks and I nod. "Good. I win! I can't believe I won though. The elevator was slow so I surely thought you were already here!" He says, gleaming with pride. I couldn't crush his spirit. He's like a little puppy being praised.
"Yup. You beat me. Good job." I say which makes his smile even more. I flip the switch on and fall into my bed.
"Oh wait. You never went to sleep yet! You need it. I'll go get my laptop so we can watch movies and basically have a movie night to help you sleep. I'll be back with popcorn and my laptop." Before I could object, he runs out excitedly. I smile at the thought though.
I am pretty tired. A movie won't hurt. Wait is this a date?
A while later, Izuku walks in with four bags of popped popcorn and a laptop. "I got us two each be... Oh wait. I-I'm sorry I forgot." Izuku drops the popcorn and I remember what happened and why I really wanted that popcorn. Because I can't have it.
"It's alright. I don't need popcorn anyway. We can still watch a movie." I say, trying to brighten his spirits again.
"Okay." He walks over with his laptop and sets it near the end of the bed and goes to Netflix before sitting near the wall crisscross. "What should we watch?" He asks, getting a blanket and wrapping it over himself. I sit next to him and take some blanket as well.
"How about... Spirited Away ((don't know if that's in Netflix but it is in this book also I never watched it before but we just got the movie not that long ago)). I heard it's a good movie." I suggest.
"You never watched it before?" Izuku asks, shocked.
"Nope. I never really watch a lot of movies." I shrug.
"That is the saddest thing I ever heard. We're watching this. Next you'll tell me you never watched Ponyo." Izuku says, looking up Spirited Away.
"Ponyo? Is it about horses or something?" I ask and Izuku freezes.
"You haven't watched that either?!" I shake my head.
"We're watching that next." Izuku says, clicking on Spirited Away.
*time skip*
The movie ended and the credits are rolling. "Hey Iz-" I turn to see he's sleeping. I slowly shake my head. I can't sleep anyway. I get off of the bed and cover him up before I shut the laptop. My eyes land on the bags of popcorn that were discarded earlier. I could try to eat it. I need to try at least even if I already know the outcome. I walk over and grab a bag. It still smells good and fresh.
Do I really want to try and fail?
I sigh and set it down. I don't really know what else to do. I sit back up on my bed and click another random movie, not caring what I chose.
*time skip*
The sixth movie ended and I'm convinced that Midoriya could sleep even if he was on a plane runway. I have cried, screamed, and yelled at the movies I've watched and he's still sleeping. Well there was one time he woke up because I screamed but he went right back to sleep. I watched mostly scary movies. Most didn't live up to their title but there was like one that's still on my mind and I have to have my back to a wall or I'll panic. I look at my watch.
6:53 PM
I should wake him up so he can have dinner.
I tap him.
"Midoriya."
Nothing
I slightly shake him and he jolts up. "Y-yeah?" He asks, stretching and yawning which makes me yawn as well.
"Do you want to go eat or sleep some more?" I ask and he gets up.
"Eat. Want to come with me?" He asks, grabbing one of my jackets and putting it on.
He's still in the twilight zone and not really thinking. I'll let him wear it I don't really care.
"Yeah let's go." I say, getting up and stretching myself.
"Good I'll meet you there." He says, walking into my closet and shutting the door.
"What are you doing?" I ask, walking over.
"I'm... I'm going to the cafeteria."
"Midoriya that's my closet."
"Oh" I open up the door to see he fell asleep on the floor. Cute. I shake my head. We have popcorn to eat when he really wakes up.
I get the laptop and join him in my closet. I click the first scary movie I see and watch it.
*time skip*
I start drifting off during a stupid horror movie. It's not even that scary. Someone in the movie screams. "Why can't you die peacefully Jessica?" I ask no one. She screams again and Izuku and screams too, scaring the hell out of me. I jump out of my closet and roll onto the floor. I was not expecting screaming next to me.
"Oh are you alright?" Izuku asks, getting up.
"Yeah. I was just not expecting that. Sorry." I apologize and look at my watch.
10:47 PM
I look out of my window to see it's dark outside. We could go watch the stars and fly around some more.
"Aw man. We missed dinner." Izuku whined.
"We still have popcorn plus I woke you up earlier. You said you'll go eat, put my jacket on, and fell asleep in my closet." I smile at the memory.
"Oh. S-sorry about that. At least we have popcorn," he grabs a bag and opens it, "want some?" He asks, pointing the bag at me. I shake my head. He doesn't remember but that's okay.
"Want to go to the roof and star gaze again?" I ask, grabbing two blankets this time.
"Sure!" He gets up, grabbing the popcorn and we make our way up to the top.
*short time skip*
We reach the top quickly since I flew us up. I set one blanket on the ground, and I throw one on Izuku.
"Guess I'm a spooky ghost now. Better watch out." He starts running around. (Cough Cough)
"Wait! Be-"
"Don't worry, the blanket is thin enough so I can see. I'm not that reckless." He says, taking it off and puts it over his shoulders like a cape. I get an idea.
"Hey can you sit in the middle of this blanket?" I ask, pointing to the one on the ground. Confused, he sits down and I grab all four edges. Now he's not big at all but it takes me some effort to lift him in the blanket. "Don't worry, I won't go off the roof." I say when I see him freaking out a bit. He calms down and peers over. It's the same height as him so if he fell, he wouldn't get too hurt. After like ten seconds, I set him down. It's more effort to do that than just carry him.
"So did you sleep nice?" I ask, floating down next to him.
"Yeah though I can't remember what I dreamed about though. How about you?" He asks, looking up at the stars.
"Well... I guess." I lie. I don't want him to worry about me.
"That's good. You still need sleep even if you are part of the undead." He says, still not looking at me.
He looks so adorable and peaceful and happy.
The night is very pretty and it was always my favorite part of the 'day'. I'm glad we can sit up here and watch it.
*time skip*
We sit in comfortable silence for a while until we see an explosion in the distance. We both quickly stand up and get as close to the edge as we could. Part of the city is on fire.
"Should we investigate?" Midoriya asks. I nod and grab hold of him before flying over. I know he wasn't ready for that because he clings to me for dear life as we soar through the air.
We get close to the fire and see it's a gas station with people inside. There's six villains and two normal people. The villains seem like they're yelling at the bystanders.
Should we save them and get in trouble or-
"TODOROKI AND MIDORIYA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" A voice yells behind us. It's Eraserhead.
"We heard so-"
"I don't have time. Just to back to the dorms! I'll handle you when I get back." He says, running in.
"I want to help though." Izuku says, looking very helpless.
"I do too but we have to go back." I sigh, still standing there. None of us move until a villain runs out and grabs both of us. I'm too shocked to do anything but go limp while Midoriya is yelling and hitting the villain.
"Shut up and maybe you'll live." The villain says as he fly's away.
Aizawa never noticed that we were kidnapped.
We end up underground somehow. I don't even know how. He throws us both to the ground. I stand up, ready to take him on.
"Adadadada! If you even try to attack me," he suddenly gets a hold in Izuku, "I'll kill this one."
"Fine. What do you want me to do? Give you something?" I ask, lifting both of my arms.
"Kill him yourself or watch him die." He says, pointing to Izuku. I freeze in place. I don't even blink or breathe.
"It's alright Shouto. I'll be okay." Izuku says, smiling like nothing is wrong. There's no fear in his eyes.
Does he want to die?!
"No. I... I can't. I don't... I... No! How about me instead?" I suggest but the villain shakes his head.
"It'll be alright. Everything will be okay. Trust me Shouto." He chimes. The villain let's him go and he stands in front of me, showing no sign of moving. He starts walking closer to me and I back up until my back touches the wall.
"Shouto. Shouto! SHOUTO!" He starts yelling my name and shaking me.
"I don't want to! I won't watch you die. Please! Just... Stop acting like that!"
Why is he acting like this?? This isn't like him at all. Does he actually want to die or does he have a plan? I have no idea what his please would be.
He seems so happy about this subject. Why?
He yells my name one more time and I wake up. We're on the rooftop still. Izuku was shaking me and he has concern in his eyes.
"Are you okay? Did you have a nightmare? You were only asleep for like two minutes and you started talking about not wanting to do something. I got scared so I woke you up." He explains. I just hug him tightly and don't let go for a while. He hugs back.
It was a dream calm down. Stop being a baby. You're alright and so is Izuku.
I wipe my eyes and let go. "S-sorry. I had a nightmare. I'm fine now though so no need to worry." I say calmly.
"What was it about?" He asks. I just shake my head and he understands that I don't want to talk about it. We go back the way we were before I to fell asleep and we watch the sky slowly move.
*time skip*
We didn't fall asleep again and we watched the sky until it turns a lighter shade of blue. Not a big difference but it's going to be day soon. "We should go back inside before you burn." Izuku says, standing up and yawning. I stand up and yawn with him before we walk to the kitchen in the dorm building.
"It's Sunday so we should stay up all day and sleep at night so we can fix our sleep schedule." Izuku suggests, sitting down.
"Alright what should we do?" I ask, grabbing a water bottle from the fridge and drinking it all in one go. It feels like I haven't had anything to drink in years or something. I throw it away and Izuku stares at me like I was some magical creature.
"What?"
"WATER! The the THE WATER!" He says excitedly.
"Yeah what about it?"
"You can drink it!" He says and I stop to think. Wait, he's right!
"Yeah! Maybe the quirk is going away." I suggest with a shrug.
"Good. I can tell it was bumming you out. So if the quirk really did go away, want to go get food at the cafeteria or just eat what's here?"
"Here. We're eating all of the popcorn." I say, throwing the box onto the table. There's only two bags left but I'm still happy. I make the first bag and put the other in the microwave.
*tiny tiny time skip so the popcorn is done and is not scolding hot*
I open up a bag and eat a handful of popcorn. It doesn't work well like the water did. I cough it up into the trash.
"Aww. We were so close! I'm sorry Todo." Izuku says sympathetically.
"It's not your fault. At least we know I won't die from thirst." I say, taking another water bottle.
Izuku takes a deep breath and lets it go. I watch him with one eyebrow raised as I drink more water.
"I said you would use me remember?" He asks a bit embarrassed and tense.
"Yes and how you bullied me into agreeing with you?" I ask, setting my water down and making sure the cap is on.
"Here." He extends his arm and screws his eyes shut.
"Not now. I'm fine for now." I mutter, spinning my water bottle out of boredom.
"No you're not. You're starving and we talked about this. You can't back out of this deal!" He retorts back and I sigh. Fangs replace my canines as I continue to play with my water bottle. I pick my bottle up and bite it's side until my teeth go through. Water goes everywhere and I show Midoriya.
"I don't want that to happen." I say, setting the bottle down and getting paper towels to clean up the water. He gulps.
"I don't want you to back out of our deal. Now you're just trying to make me chicken out of this." He states.
"Good job on catching on." I say, cleaning up the spilled water and throwing the bottle with the paper towels away.
"So you're the one who's afraid?" Izuku asks.
Say the truth Shouto or I'll punch you
"Yes." I admit, looking at the table. Now I wish I didn't do that to my water bottle. It could've been a distraction for me.
"What are you afraid of exactly?" He asks.
"Losing you, becoming a murderer, you dying, you leaving me because I'm different now, me accidentally killing you. You know, usual stuff." I mumble, resting my head on my arm.
"Oh. Those are good reasons to be afraid but if you die then you'll be breaking a promise and leaving me." He counters, staring at the table.
He's right...
I grab three water bottles from the fridge and walk to the doorway. "Follow me." I say before continuing to the elevator.
We walk to my dorm and turn the light on. "Are you absolutely sure?" I ask and he nods, closing his eyes real tight and extend an arm like last time. Then I realize I don't know what to do. Izuku opens one eye and looks at me confused.
"What's wrong?" He asks and I shake my head.
"Nothing it's just... I don't know if I'm able to do this." I admit, staring at his arm.
"Just act like it's your water bottle from earlier." He tenses up and looks away.
"You have to relax. It's like getting a shot. You can't tense up or something bad would happen." I explain. He relaxes a bit. I grab his arm and hold it closer to me. I open my mouth and look at his arm. I hesitate and close it. "Are you positive?"
"Yes. Just do it."
I bite down and almost instantly I feel better. Real food. A new side of me appears and tries to take over. An aggressive side, a side that only cares about myself and feeding. I would continue but the door opens up.
"Hey Todoroki, Aizaaaaa..." Jirou walks in and stops. "I'll tell him you're busy at the moment." She says before turning around.
"No I'm not. It's not what... Nevermind, just hang on." I walk away and go into one of my drawers to grab a bandage for Izuku.
"Wait which one of us are you talking to?" Jirou asks while waving a hand around to her and Midoriya.
"Both. Hold still." I start wrapping Izuku's arm up with the bandage.
When I finish, I look up at Jirou. "Okay where is he?" I ask. She tilts her head out the door and starts walking. Izuku and I follow her.
We walk into the common room and Aizawa is standing there with Bakugou and Kirishima.
Oh yeah, I punched him.
"Todoroki and Midoriya." He greets. Izuku gulps as we walk forward. Bakugou growls at me so I hiss at him. He gets a confused look.
"Why are your teeth red?" Bakugou eyes me suspiciously.
I hiss at him again. "None of your business."
Mr. Aizawa stares at us before we stop our silent eye staring contest then sighs. "Whatever. It doesn't matter. So I was informed that you two had a fight. Is that correct?" He asks.
"It wasn't even a fight. He was taunting me, asking for a reaction, so I gave him one by punching him." I explain which makes Aizawa face palm.
"What did I say? What did I ask of you two? What did I say?"
"Don't get in a fight. It wasn't even a fight. I don't know why-"
"If you hit him, it's a fight. Now I'll let you off on a warning simply because I hate paperwork but the next time this happens, there will be consequences." Aizawa says before walking out.
"So you're not going to talk about how he almost killed me? Okay. That's-"
"Wait what happened?" Aizawa stops and turns around.
"On Friday he tried to kill me." I explain while Bakugou growls. I look at him with a smug while he glares daggers at me.
"No more fighting. Both of you stay in your dorms all day today. Midoriya or Kirishima will bring you food. Go." He sighs then walks out shaking his head disappointingly mumbling something about how he feels like a parent.
"This is your fault, bloodsucker." Bakugou says before walking away.
"It's a much as my fault as it is yours, puppy." I yell back. He flips me off as he gets on the elevator. I pick Izuku up and walk to the stairs before flying to my level leaving Jirou in the commons.
"Fine. Guess I'll go die." She mutters as she waits for the elevator.
*time skip*
I set Izuku down and inspect his arm. There's two pin points of blood on the bandage.
"Sorry." I apologize and sit down.
"It's okay. You and Kacchan are-"
"No I mean this." I raise his arm.
"It's okay." He dismisses it.
"It's not. I'm just some freak now. Why don't you go hang out with Iida or Uraraka? I hurt you and that's not okay." I sit down next to him.
"I always spend time with them. Plus they're both not here. They went to visit families for the weekend. They'll be back later tonight. Do you not like hanging out with me?" He asks, looking heartbroken.
"Of course I do. That's why I'm worried. I don't want to drag you down." I sigh. I look up at him and I see a shadow something in my room, right behind him. I freeze in place as it stares us down. It moves it's mouth, revealing sharp teeth. It's whispering things that I can't really hear.
"Shouto are you okay?" Izuku asks, looking behind him then back at me.
Can he not see it?
The creature is so tall it has to bend over to fit and it's bony back is still touching the ceiling. It has huge, thin claws that reach the ground. It's eyes are white with a big black circle in the middle. You can barely see the white in its eyes. You can easily see it in my bright room. It doesn't blend in very well.
How did I not see it before??
"Shouto? What are you staring at? It's... It's sorta freaking me out." Izuku trembled, looking over his shoulder then back at me.
I open my mouth to speak but I can't. I can only squeak and shake as I stare at it.
It's like that thing in that one horror movie. One of the real good ones. I'm going to die. I'm dead. This is it.
Izuku sits by my side and looks in the direction I'm looking at.
"Oh! A spider. It's alright I got this." He replies cheerfully. He goes behind the thing and it turns around to watch Izuku.
"DON'T HURT HIM!" I yell, falling backwards.
"Don't worry. I'll let him loose outside of your window and shut it so it can't come back in." Izuku says, still not in my view entirely. This thing is so skinny I can see Izuku behind it but not fully. I don't like it. I hear my window open and that thing reaches for Izuku.
"NO!" I run over to stop it but the thing disappears. I don't stop until I'm behind Izuku but I quickly jump back, hissing in pain.
Stupid sun
"Are you alright?" Izuku asks, quickly looking back.
"You can't see it?" I ask confused.
"See what? Oh stupid me. You're afraid of spiders aren't you? Don't worry, I am too but I didn't want both of us freaking out." Izuku explain.
"No not the spider. The.... thing? It was standing right behind you." I explain which makes him look at me confused.
"How long ago did you sleep other than those two minutes?" Izuku asks concerned.
"Thousands of days go." I smile.
"So basically since Friday?" He asks and I nod. "Shouto! You need sleep plus you lied to me!" He exclaims.
I don't remember this?
"I did? I don't remember so it probably didn't happen." I shrug.
"So you're saying I'm lying?" He asks angrily.
"No no no! Maybe you just... Made up the conversation or dreamed it. I know you won't lie. You're too pure for that." I dismiss.
"So you really think that I can't lie?" He raises an eyebrow and I nod.
"Izuku," he looks sorta shocked when I called him by his first name, "you are basically the class kitten. You cannot make a lie and actually keep it." I stare at him with a 'really' type of look.
"Really? Alright," he thinks for a second before continuing, "I have a red shirt on." He crossed his arms and looks at me with a look that says, 'you're move' because he has a white shirt on with a picture of All Might on it. I smile and point to the red on All Might's costume.
"I don't count that. There is red on that shirt. My theory of, 'You're too pure to lie' still stands on." I copy him and cross my arms.
"Alright. I never stargazed with you before and we probably won't tonight." He puts his hands on his hips. I know he's trying to lie so I pull this on him.
I put a hand on my heart and stare at him disappointingly. "We... We won't?" I ask in a sad voice. He starts to slightly panic.
"Nonononono! I was trying to lie. I actually like stargazing with you." He tried to cover it up while I smile at him.
"See? The class kitten doesn't have a single bad bone in his body." I pat his head as realization sets in.
"Shouto you played me!" He lightly hits my arm.
"Like the cheap kazoo you are." I try not to laugh at my joke while he smiles and face palms.
"I walked into that. I really did. Anyway what time is it?" He asks.
"Uuhhh about 8:11. The sun rises later since ya know it's October." I shrug when I suddenly realize something.
"IZUKU!"
"What?! What's wrong?"
"Halloween is soon! I know the perfect costume!" I say excitedly. His expression softens.
"A vam-"
"A vampire! I planned on being one. I even bought the costume like a month ago! Do you know what this means?" I ask.
"You don't have to be in a costume anymore?" He asks, confused.
"No. It means I'm on to something. Come on, we need to go ask some questions." I run out of my room and to Kirishima's. I knock for as long as I can before Bakugou's door opens. Kirishima steps out with a blanket over him.
"Wait weren't you supposed to stay in your dorm?" He asks. I walk in and see Bakugou sitting on his bed.
"What the he-"
"What were you going to be for Halloween? Both of you." I ask. They stare at me confused. Kirishima responds first.
"I was going to be red riding hood but a boy version. They sent me the wrong costume and sent me a girl one. Why?" He asks
"Now you" I point at Bakugou.
"Why the hell do you want to know?" Bakugou gets defensive.
"Just answer the question knockoff doge."
"The Big Bad Wolf. We were going to go with a theme. Why?" Realization hits him like a truck. "Our costumes... We need to tell this to Aizawa." Bakugou starts running out of his room, leaving us behind.
"I still don't get it." Kirishima says. I shake my head and chase after Bakugou.
On my way, I find Izuku and he tags along.
Anyone in the commons would get one weird sight as we all burst through the stairwell because elevators are too slow. I sister snatch my blanket and throw it over me.
"IZUKU!" I yell, still running. He takes my hand and continues to run.
We burst into UA, I discard my blanket but I continue to hold Izuku's hand as we run. Blush spreads across both of our faces but we don't care.
We all four burst into the classroom after Bakugou kicked the door open, panting and tired. I look up to see a very shocked and confused teacher sitting there.
"Mr. Aizawa! We made a discovery!" I say, putting my hand on a desk. He blinks a few times before returning to his normal self.
"That you two are going to get in more trouble for not listening?" He asks
"No. The monster thing has a connection to Halloween. All of our costumes are what we are." Bakugou finishes, before leaning over.
"Did... Did you run over here?" He asks and we all nod. Kirishima lightens up.
"OOOHHHH! I get it now!" He smiles.
"You idiot." Bakugou comments, standing up straight again.
"That makes sense I guess. Thank you for that? At least we have more information." Aizawa just awkwardly goes back to writing stuff down.
"While we're here, we should take you to see Recovery Girl." I say, standing up.
"What did Deku do this time?" Bakugou grumbles.
"He did nothing and this isn't your business." I roll my eyes and try not to growl at him.
"Yeah I think we should. Then I don't have to keep this thing on. It's a bit uncomfortable." He holds the arm with the bandage. Bakugou rolls his eyes and lifts Izuku's arm up. If Aizawa wasn't there, I would probably punch him for touching Izuku.
"Did he actually do this?" Bakugou asks, looking at the two pin points.
"Let's go." I say, growling under my breath and pulling Izuku's arm away from Bakugou's grasp.
"Okay. Bye guys." Izuku waves bye as we leave.
*time skip*
We walk in and greet Recovery girl.
"Oh hello boys. What do you need?" She asks, walking over.
"Can you fix this," I take the bandage off of Izuku's arm and show Recovery girl.
"So did my theory work?" She asks and I nod. She sighs.
"This will be a hard thing to keep up with." She frowns while we nod.
"I don't like this." I admit looking down.
"I don't either but flying's pretty cool." Izuku shrugs.
"You can fly?" Recovery girl asks, surprised.
"Yeah. I can also turn into a bat. Everything a vampire can do except for not being able see myself in the mirror. That I still can do surprisingly." I admit.
"I see. Now can you give me your arm?" She asks. I sit on a bed and think while she heals Izuku.
*y'all probably hate me for so many time skips but-*
"Should we go stargazing for a bit tonight?" Izuku asks. I nod and get up. It's dark out now so it's safe for me.
I set down a blanket and we sit down.
"I really like stargazing with you. Everything is just so calm when I do it with you. It's not really the same with the others and I don't know why. It just is for some reason." Izuku admits, not daring to look at me. I look at him and I notice he's blushing and smiling. I look up at the stars as a small bit of blush crawls into my face as well.
"I feel the same way to be honest. I never really stargazed before though. I wasn't allowed out of the house after school when I was younger unless told otherwise and I didn't want to risk it here." I say, looking up at the stars.
"Yeah. It's calming to watch them." Izuku leans his head on my shoulder and I lean my head on him.
This is perfect. I wish we could stay like this forever.
I realize something.
Wait do I like him?!
I look down at him.
I mean I love hanging out with him and these past few days have been... Eventful but good since he was there. He made everything better by just being there. Plus look how adorable he is. There has to be some law or rule against it. His perfectly messy green hair, his bright green eyes, his smile, just him in general. And his personality is great as well. He never gives up even when the odds aren't in his favor, he's basically a ball of sunshine, did I mention his smile? It makes the sun jealous! Wait if I think like this does that mean...
I smile before putting my arm around him.
I think I do. I hope he likes me the same way.
"Todoroki, are you okay with me calling you Shouto? I know I've been calling you it but I never really asked." Izuku looks up at me.
"If I can call you Izuku." I respond happily.
"I'm fine with it Shouto." He giggles.
"Okay Izuku." We go back to watching the stars.
A few minutes later, we decide to go back inside. By we decided, I mean I found out Izuku fell asleep curled up next to me. I smile and roll my eyes while I pick him up, careful not to wake him. He looks so pure and peaceful when he's sleeping. He looks perfect. He is perfect.
I set him down on his bed and cover him up. I was going to walk out but I see that thing standing in his doorway. I hiss and back up to Izuku. The thing stares at me as I back up and continue to hiss at it. I actually feel my hair stand up a bit.
"Leave him alone." I demand harshly. It starts walking, well more like crawling, towards us. I hiss with more hostility and I climb on Izuku's bed.
Something grabs my hand and the thing disappears again. I look down to see Izuku sitting up. He hugs me and doesn't let go. I turn around and hug back, honestly ready to cry. That thing will attack us if I'm not up to chase it off.
How would I chase it off? My previous attempt didn't do anything.
I start to hyperventilate at the thought of it attacking us. That thing could kill us so easily. Izuku starts to hum and play with my hair. I calm down and let go after a while.
"Thank you. I just... The thing came back and it was going to attack. I don't want to go yet." I admit.
"It's alright. You're sleep deprived plus you watched horror movies not that long ago. There's no doubt in my mind that you'll see some scary stuff. Everything will be better after a good night's sleep." He yawns, letting go. I yawn with him.
"What if it's a thing that only you can't see and it kills you? I don't want that to happen to you Izuku. I don't want that at all. That thing has killed and it's not afraid to kill again." I say before realizing how childish I sound. "S-sorry I'm just shaken from seeing it again." I admit, looking away.
You idiot, he's right. I mean, this is a thing in a movie. Calm down and stop being a baby.
"It's alright. If you sleep, it'll go away. You can stay in here if it makes you feel better." He lays back down and I lay next to him, facing the doorway.
*time skip*
I jump awake from the harsh nightmare. Izuku is once again staring at me with concerned eyes while sitting up. With tears forming, I hug him like he'll disappear if I let go. He quickly hugs back and starts murmuring 'it's alright' 's and 'everything is okay' 's and 'I'm here now.' 's. I start crying in his shoulder and he tried to calm me down.
"I-I'm so- so sorry." I somehow mumble.
"You have nothing to be sorry for Shouto. It was a nightmare. You can't control it. All that matters is that I'm here for you now and I always will be." He whispers. I don't respond. Instead I just try to calm down from the nightmare.
After like 20 minutes pass, we break apart.
"Do you want to talk about it?" He asks.
Should I? I heard it helps but I don't want to tell him, 'Oh sure, you died!'.
"That thing came back and I couldn't move or anything. I just had to watch as it has this sick grin and kill you. I tried my best to move or something but I couldn't. I had to watch helplessly as you died in the claws of it." I explain, leaving out some details. Like the part where I actually killed him and not the thing.
"Everything is okay now though. I'm sitting right in from of you and I'm alive and breathing. It'll be okay. I promise." He reaches up and kisses my forehead before going back under his blankets. I sit there, absolutely shook.
Don't overthink things. He's still half asleep plus he probably didn't mean anything by it.
That's my logical side talking meanwhile, all of my other sides are screaming either from the nightmare still or because what Izuku did. I decide to go with logic and go back to sleep. This time I was nightmare free.
*time skip*
A loud beeping noise goes through my room as I wake up. I almost have a mini heart attack when I see all the All Might figures and posters everywhere but then I remember this isn't my room. Sighing with relief, I look at Izu who turns his alarm off and continues to sleep. While rolling my eyes, I shake him awake.
"Izu, it's time to wake up." I shake him awake. He opens his eyes and stares at his wall before looking at me.
"Oh hi Shouto. How are you?" He asks, sitting up and stretching.
"Good actually. I actually slept after that nightmare." I admit.
"That's good." He smiles at me.
"Yeah. I'll meet you in the commons. I'm just going to get ready for School." I explain, leaving his room. He says a little, 'bye' before I leave.
*time skip*
I sit down on the couch as I wait for Izuku. I grab a water bottle and start drinking that.
"Oh hello Todoroki! How are you?" Uraraka greets, walking in the commons.
"I'm good. How was your weekend with your family?" I ask, putting the cap on my water bottle and setting it down.
"It was fun! Thank you for asking. Do you know where Midoriya is? I-I sorta need to a-ask him something." She starts to fidget around and stares at the floor.
"Oh, uh, yeah. He's in his room getting ready." I inform. She nods a thank you before walking away. I silently follow, taking the stairs while she takes the elevator.
She arrives on his floor just in time to see him walking out of his dorm. I listen to their conversation, curiosity getting the best of me.
"Hi Deku! How are you?" She asks, nervously but excitedly.
"I'm good. How about you and how was your weekend?" He smiled and waved at her.
"Good to both. I have a question to a-ask i-if that that's al alright with you." She looks away and she's even more nervous.
"Sure!"
"Do... Do you want to... Do you want to go on a date with me sometime?" She asks sorta quickly. He blinks in surprise but his gaze softens.
He's going to say yes you moron! Good for nothing idiot! Of course he doesn't like you! You're you! Why would he want to like a monster?! He's probably straight anyway and sees me nothing more than a friend. Stop being so stupid. It's just a crush and crushed fall apart. He obviously doesn't like you. Why else would be smile? Don't you date let this get the best of you.
Before I could hear an answer, I leave, wishing I never followed.
Life hurts and heartbreak is brutal. Deal with it you baby and stop thinking about yourself. He's happy and that's what matters... Yeah, he's happy and that's all that matters.
I go back to sitting in the commons until I hear the elevator open. Instead of hearing Midoriya and Uraraka talking, I only hear footsteps.
"Hey Todoroki." I look up to see Jirou. I wave a greeting and look back at the floor.
"Hey man what's getting at you?" She asks, sitting next to me.
"I'm pretty sure Uraraka and Midoriya are dating now." I explain.
"Aahh. I see. A gay panic." She smiles and I look up at her shocked and confused. She jumps over the couch and lands next to me.
"I used to have those when Momo was talking to you. Oh man, I for sure thought you guys would get together when you were fighting Mr. Aizawa." She admits.
"Me and Momo? We never even talk or talked that much. She's a good person, don't get me wrong, but just not my type." I explain.
"I know. Then one day, she found me crying because of it and ever since then, we were together." She shrugs.
"What does this have to do with me?"
"Oh. Point is, things aren't always what they seem." She says, standing up. The elevator opens and someone walks out.
"Hey Jirou."
"Hi Momo. Bye Todoroki. Good luck with the gay panics you disaster." She smiles as she walks out.
I only sigh and roll my eyes. The elevator opens again and Midoriya and Uraraka walk out.
"Hi Shouto! Ready to go?" He asks happily.
"Sure. Let's go Midoriya." I put the blanket over me and start walking.
"O-okay?" I can hear the confusion in his voice but he still leads me to the school.
I walk in the classroom with the couple and I sit down. They walk over and huddle by Iida but I decide to stay sitting. They want to tell him the good news I bet.
After a while, Midoriya walks back to his seat next to me.
"Hi Shouto." He waves at me and I don't respond. He frowns but before he could say anything, Aizawa starts teaching.
*time skip to lunch*
I sit at our table with a water bottle and I wait for the others.
Iida was the first one to arrive. He sits next to me but he stays silent. Next was Uraraka then Midoriya. They start a conversation but I wasn't listening. I just stared at the table with my head resting on my arm which was laying on the table, occasionally drinking some water.
"~~~ ~~~ ~~~~ Shouto?" Someone asks. I look up to see everyone looking at me.
"What?"
"Are you okay, Shouto? You've been kinda quiet." Midoriya states.
"Oh. Yeah I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be? I'll be okay." I go back to laying on my arm as the others exchange worried glances.
"Are you sure?" Iida asks and I nod.
"Don't lie to me. What's wrong?" Midoriya asks. I look up at him. He looks broken but he's holding himself up. I want to hold him and make his stop making that face. I want to make him smile but that's not my job. It's hers now.
"It's just an inner struggle. I'll be fine in a day." I explain, dismissing it.
"You can tell me any... Anything. You know that right?" Midoriya asks and I nod.
"I'm fine! I promise." I say, giving them a fake, but convincing smile.
"Shouto may I talk to you in private?" Midoriya asks, standing up.
"Sure Midoriya. Where to?" He takes my hand and starts leading me through the halls until we find a closet.
"Okay, what's really going on? What happened to you? You're acting different." He asks.
"Nothing really. I'm just... really really happy about your new relationship." I nod at him while he looks confused.
"Relationship?"
"You and Uraraka. I heard you two talking this morning. I'm just.... So so happy for you too." I say, slightly shaking.
Midoriya starts talking but I don't listen. I don't want to hear anything about their new whatever.
No more nights of flying.
No more movie days.
No more stargazing.
"Oh god." I slide down the door, gripping my hair, and try to stay together.
"Shouto! Are you-"
"Yes yes yes. I'm alright! I'm extremely happy! Congratulations! I really hope you have a wonderful life! She's a good choice. I'm very very very happy" I get up and walk out of the closet without saying another word. I think about heading back to the dorms but I need someone to lead me back there. I just grab my water and head straight to class without answering any questions.
*time skip*
Throughout the day, Midoriya tried talking to me but he was always stopped by someone before he could get out, at most, two words. 'Shouto, I' then he's pulled away. It's fine with me. I don't care. (I secretly care a lot)
I walk up to Jirou and Momo. "Hey can you lead me to the dorms?" I ask, holding up my blanket. It's the end of the day now so I can finally leave.
"Sure. Let's go."
She leads me back and I walk straight into my room.
It's not fair! Yes it is stop whining because you couldn't be a man! It's not like he would accept you anyway.
I slam my stupid blanket on the ground.
I just want to scream. I want to wake up and everything that happened to disappear except for those night up on the rooftop. I want to be by him not her.
I slide down my door and just sit there.
Why am I breaking because of this?! I am Shouto Todoroki. I don't need anyone but myself! Uraraka can have Midoriya. I don't care anymore. As long as she can't have those starry nights on the rooftop then I'll be fine. So stop acting like this is the end of the world! Stop acting like he's yours when you know for a fact that he isn't! Stop acting like this. It's life, you'll have to experience this one way or Another. Why so early and why with him? There you go again! It's fine! It's alright! I don't care anymore...
*time skip*
I'm sitting down, doing homework when I hear a knock at my door. I look at the time.
3:30 AM
I didn't know it was this late... Who's here this early?
I shut my book and walk over to see who it is. The door opens and reveals an empty looking Midoriya.
"Hello. What do you need?" I ask like nothing happened this weekend. I'll still keep those starry nights in mind though.
"We need to talk. Follow me please." Midoriya begs. I look at him and nod.
He's going to tell me he's with Uraraka. That or he'll tell me to pretend nothing happened between us this weekend.
He brightens up a bit and we walk outside. The October air is perfect for a walk right now.
Which I guess we're going on one because we start walking towards the woods.
"You keep on saying I'm with Uraraka. Why do you think that?" He asks confused as we walk over a log bridge.
"Because I heard the conversation. I saw you become happy when she asked. I didn't want to hear the rest because I already know what happened." I explain, helping him across. We continue to walk through the peaceful forest.
This is almost as nice as stargazing. Too bad this has to be the topic though.
"I smiled and I became happy because I was thinking about you and how I don't want to be with her." He says before looking at me.
"Really?!"
"Yeah. You're actually the one I hope will ask me one day." He says before realizing he said that out loud.
"But-but it's-it's okay if you don't, if you don't like me like that! We can stay friends if you want! I I I don't want to force you to do anything!" He stutters.
"Izuku," he looks up at me hopeful and shocked, "Of course-" I never get to finish because someone runs over and pushes Izuku so he tumbles down a hill and stops. He screams and starts holding his head. I see a bright red trail that starts from a big rock in the middle of the hill to Deku. It's blood...
I turn around to see a startled Bakugou.
"I didn't know that was Deku..." He says, staring. I quickly run down the hill to aid Izuku.
I help him up and realize he's bleeding pretty bad from a serious head wound. Oh no no no no...
"I-it hurts." He tried to apply pressure but he fails because he's shaking so bad.
"Don't worry. Everything will be okay. Just keep on holding on. BAKUGOU HELP ME!" I yell up the hill and start running up. Bakugou is frozen for a few seconds before snapping out of whatever trance he was in.
"You're doing everything wrong! Give him to me!" Bakugou snatches Izuku and starts running to UA.
*short time skip*
We run to the doors and bang on them but no one answers.
"Recovery girl must've went home and all the hospital's are far away or are fake for the training city." I stare at the doors. "What now?"
"Well we obviously have to keep pressure on his wound until Recovery girl gets here! Come on!" We run back to the dorms.
We run to the commons and set him down on the couch.
"Shouto-"
"Everything will be okay. You'll live if we keep pressure. I know it'll hurt but it has too. I'm really sorry." I say, sitting on the ground next to him. Bakugou is getting towels or bandages or something that'll help.
"Shouto, I have something to say." He says. I grab his hand to calm him down. He's shaking so bad it makes It hard to hold him. I take off my jacket with my free hand and I apply pressure as best as I can. My jacket quickly turns red and is probably ruined but I don't care. There is no way I could become a doctor if this quirk stays in affect forever. I have to use everything in me to hold back from doing something I know I'd regret shortly after. I literally mean everything too. I shake my head and try to focus on his face.
Look at his face. Don't think about it. It's Izuku. Don't think about it.
"I know. I know. You should try not to over do anything. Everything will be alright." I try to comfort him.
He nods and the stairwell door bursts open with Bakugou and Kirishima with supplies.
"What happened?" Kirishima asks as he runs over and opens the first aid kit.
"The mutt over here pushed Izuku down a hill and he hit his head on a rock!" I hiss.
"It was an accident Icy hot!" He barks back. Before I could yell back a reply, Kirishima starts talking.
"Shut up and everyone back up a bit! I need space!" Kirishima yells, trying to work. "We need to stop the bleeding or at least slow it down. I'll be honest, he's not in good condition." Kirishima slowly shakes his head. My heart drops when I think about what might happen if we don't save him. He'll die and I won't be able to tell him. I look at his back at his face and I realize he either past out or he's sleeping. He's still breathing and that's all that matters at the moment.
*time skip*
I look at my watch for the time.
6:01
Recovery girl should be there. I stayed up all night next to Izuku, holding his hand as Kirishima tried to stop the bleeding. He wouldn't tell us anything because nothing is for certain. By us I mean me since Bakugou bailed on us during the second hour.
"Kirishima guide me!" I tell, throwing my blanket on and holding Izuku.
"O-okay." Kirishima starts bolting with me to UA. We finally make it and set Izuku down.
"Hello boys, what can I do to help you?" She asks walking over.
"Help him please!" Kirishima begs. Recovery girl looks extremely shocked at the sight of him. She didn't notice Izuku until now.
"What happened?! Nevermind! Everyone out!" She ushers us out and the door slams shut behind us. I sit against it, hugging my head. Voices are talking but I can't hear them.
"Todoroki!" Kirishima yells, getting my attention.
"I'm really really sorry for what happened. I should've been there to calm Bakugou down or to stop him all together. He did ask if I wanted to go for a walk but I was still half asleep and didn't care at the moment so he went by himself." Kirishima explains. I don't respond. "Are-"
"No I'm not. I'm really not okay. It's because of him that Izuku is bleeding to death. He'll probably die you know that? And it's all his fault. So stop trying to cover for him! You act like Bakugou is just some child that doesn't know better! I have no idea how you put up with him to be honest. He probably just killed someone and here you are, like the little pushover you are and you apologize for him! He doesn't care about anyone but himself! Look at how he treats you! You-"
"Shut. Up."
I look up and I notice Kirishima changed from his fun loving self. He's now is tearing up and shaking but looks like he's about to murder me.
"Wha-"
"SHUT UP! You have no idea what you're talking about! You have no idea what we've been through or anything! You haven't seen his other side! So stop talking about him like a villain! He didn't mean to hurt him that bad! He told me himself! He actually doesn't like what he's become! He snaps even more now because of this stupid quirk! He heard your voice so he ran over because of the stupid quirk and thought he pushed you! He knows you would recover quickly or fly or something but it wasn't you! Stop talking like you know what he's going through! You obviously have no idea! You haven't seen the side he shows me! Yeah he acts like he doesn't care about anyone when he's with you or the others but he secretly does care! How do I know? Well that's because he tells me everything! Why? Because he cares about me and doesn't think I'm just Katsuki's personal pushover like you think! Yeah, I'll admit that he's not perfect and he can be extremely rude but not with me. So I don't want to hear you talk about him like this again!" Kirishima yells. Tears fall off his face as he stares at me.
"Well it's not my fault that this happened! Do you think I actually like this quirk?!"
"You can fly!"
"I can't watch the sun rise or set. I can't go on walks without either being drenched in sunscreen or with a blanket over myself. I can't even eat real food anymore! It took everything I had to not attack Izuku last night when he was hurt! EVERYTHING! I have to hurt the people I care about so I don't die! I keep on telling him no and I'm fine but him being the little caring ball of happiness he is, won't let that happen! Now he's probably dead! I won't be able to hang out with him, I won't be able to hear him, and I won't be able to take him flying like I promised! I PROMISED HIM I WOULD TAKE HIM FLYING! NOW I'LL PROBABLY NEVER GET THE CHANCE TO DO THAT! I'LL NEVER WATCH THE STARS OR ANYTHING WITH HIM ANYMORE!!" I stand up and yell back at him.
"Well this isn't Katsuki's fault either! He doesn't go through as much stuff as you, I'll admit it, but he does struggle with things!"
"Like what?!"
Before Kirishima could reply, the door opens. Kirishima just stalks away, wiping his face.
"I have bad news." She sighs remorsefully.
Please don't say what I'm thinking, please don't. I'm begging you and I never beg. Please don't...
"He didn't make it due to blood loss and head damage." I bump into the wall and slide down, shaking.
Nonononono
"Pick partners for a group project. I'll give you 3 minutes." Aizawa says before becomes the caterpillar man he is. I look back down at my paper and continue drawing some creature I saw in a preview of a horror movie. It looked easy to draw since it was just a tall black thing.
"Hey Todoroki!" I look up to see Midoriya smiling. 'Cute'
"Hello."
"Do you have a partner yet?"
"No."
"Want to be partners then?" He asks hopefully. I smile a little and nod.
I hear someone screaming in the background.
"Todoroki, are you okay with me calling you Shouto? I know I've been calling you it but I never really asked." Izuku looks up at me, a bit embarrassed but hopeful. I look back down at him.
"If I can call you Izuku." I respond happily. He smiles back at me and looks back up at the stars.
"I'm fine with it Shouto." He giggles. We continue to sit in the perfect scene huddled up to each other.
"Then I'm fine with it Izuku."
I really wish we could stay like this forever. Everything is just so peaceful and quiet. I hope we'll have more moments like this in the future.
I look around to see who it was, only to realize that it was me.
I scream and almost hurl the laptop off the bed.
'this is one good horror movie. Glad I looked through the new picks. I've been wanting to see this one for a while.'
A girl gets brutally murdered by a tall all black creature in this horror movie. I stare at it as it sticks it's long, thin claws into the girls back and cringe, trying not to freak out as much as I already am.
I feel arms wrap around me and shushing. I look to see it's Izuku hugging me.
"It's alright. It's not real. I'm here for you." He says, obviously still asleep. I blush and hug back before he lets go and turns back around. A smile finds a way to creep on my face.
'thank you'
Footsteps run over but I don't care. My light is gone and it won't come back.
"Todoroki! What happened?!" Iida asks. I don't reply and Recovery girl explains what happened. I don't pay attention to their reactions. I don't care. I just notice that I'm crying when water hits my arm.
I'll never be able to tell him.
I'll never be able to take him flying.
I'll never watch the stars with him again.
Someone touches my shoulder so I look up. It's Recovery girl.
"What?"
"You don't have to go to school today. Just go back to the dorms. I know how hard it is to loose a friend." She sympathizes.
"That thing came back and I couldn't move or anything. I just had to watch as it has this sick grin and kill you. I tried my best to move or something but I couldn't. I had to watch helplessly as you died in the claws of it." I explain, leaving out some details. I didn't want to tell him it was me who actually killed him.
"Everything is okay now though. I'm sitting right in from of you and I'm alive and breathing. It'll be okay. I promise." He reaches up and kisses my forehead before going back under his blankets.
'OHMYGAWD DID HE REALLY JUST DO THAT?! HE TOTALLY DID WHATDOIDO?!'
"Can I see him before I go?" I ask, standing up. She nods and we make our way in the room.
"Can you please tell me what happened?"
"I smiled and I became happy because I was thinking about you and how I don't want to be with her." He says before looking at me.
"Really?"
"Yeah. You're actually the one I hope will ask me one day." He says before realizing he said that out loud.
"But-but it's-it's okay if you don't like me like that! We can stay friends if you want! I don't want to force you to do anything!" He stutters.
"Izuku," he looks up at me hopeful and shocked, "Of course-"
I shake my head to get rid of the memories. "We went on a walk and Bakugou pushed him thinking he was me. He tumbled down a hill and hit a rock. We ran him over here but it was way to early so you weren't here. Kirishima saw and took care of him as best as he could." I explain, looking down at Izuku.
My Izuku...
I cover my mouth to prevent me from yelling again.
I'm sorry I couldn't save you.
I stand there for a minute or two before standing up.
"I'm... I'm going to leave now." I say while wiping my eyes. Recovery girl nods and I leave.
When I walk out, I see Iida, Tsuyu and, Uraraka all huddled out there crying. Uraraka looks the most broken though. When she sees me, she runs over and hugs me.
Damn it. Don't you dare start again. Don't...
I let everything go and break down once again. The others soon join. Uraraka may not be my most favorite person in the world but I appreciate this.
"I'm so sorry. You had to be there and basically witness everything. I'm so sorry." Uraraka managed to say. I don't reply. I continue to break down and hug her tighter.
*sorry but time skip*
I'm sitting alone on the roof of the building, watching the stars. All I did today was stay in my room and watch Spirited Away. I didn't watch Ponyo because we were suppose to watch that together.
It's not the same without him up here with me. He didn't have to die. It's not fair. He wanted to be a hero but he lost before he could even begin his journey.
"Oh god..." I put my hand over my eyes. The roof door opens and I hear a voice I gave up on hearing again.
"Shouto?"
I quickly turn around to see an extremely pale Izuku. He looks like nothing changed. He's smiling and happy. He's here.
"Izuku?!" I ask, with happy tears forming in my eyes. He smiles and I quickly run over and hug him like he'll disappear when I let go. "I thought you were dead." I murmur, still hugging him.
"I am. I think I got hit by that quirk too." He explains.
"Well I'm glad. Never leave me again." I let go but I still hold onto his hands.
"I'll try not too." He jokes, smiling. He suddenly becomes nervous and doesn't meet my eyes. "Shouto you you never answered my question when we were in the woods." He shifts his weight and looks at the ground.
"Izuku, of course I feel the same way. How could I not love the class kitten who has no bad bones in his body?" I joke which makes Izuku laugh a bit.
"I'm so glad I'm not totally dead." He smiles.
"I am too. I haven't even taken you flying yet. I didn't want to lie to you plus we need to stargaze more. It's not to same without you." I admit.
"I agree. Do you think Uraraka and Iida are awake? I want to surprise them." He says excitedly.
"I don't think so. Maybe you can surprise them tomorrow. It's already really late. Let's go." I pick him up like a bride and start carrying him inside, smiling.
My Izuku is back.
"OH WAIT! I forgot to tell you something!" Izuku gets really excited. I tilt my head to show that I'm listening. "I can fly too! I'm not that good at it and I can't control it or anything but still!" He says.
"You'll have to show me tomorrow. Right now, you're probably really tired. I mean, you did just come back alive and that has to take energy away." Right when I said that, he yawns which makes me yawn.
"Looks like you're tired too." He says, holding onto me.
"Juuusst a bit tired. I can stay up longer if I need to though. You, are going to bed though." I open up the door and bump into someone. I end up stumbling backwards back into the roof, almost dropping Izuku.
"Aah I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to just I... Midoriya?" It's Kirishima. I'm still sorta mad at him because of the argument. I glare at him and hold Izuku tighter
"Kirishima! H-how are you?" He asks a bit uneasy.
"I thought you were dead! That's what Recovery girl said at least! This is great news!" He smiles really big and comes close to tears.
"Technically I still am." Izu says. I set him down so they can talk but I glare at Kirishima the whole time.
"Huh?" He tilts his head confused. "But, you're here and talking and breathing! How are you dead?!"
"Watch." He turns around, takes a deep breath, then punched me in my stomach. I was about to ask why or something but then I realize, I don't feel any pain at all. I look to see his hand disappeared in my torso and I'm now freezing.
"I'mma ghost actually." He pulls his hand away and the warm returns. I hold my stomach like he actually did hit me and shutter but I feel no pain. I didn't even know he could do that. That felt so weird.
"I think I can also possess but I'm not too sure. I don't want to try to it be honest." Kirishima is staring at him in total shock. Like he saw a ghost. Oh wait-
"Anyway, what are you doing here?" Izuku asks, trying to change the subject.
"Heard noises up here and I came to investigate. What were you doing up here?" Kirishima smiles suspiciously.
"Well I went to go surprise Shouto so," Kirishima brightens up and interrupts Izuku.
"YOU GUYS ARE CALLING EACH OTHER BY YOUR FIRST NAME?! That's so cute!! Bakugou said something about that but I didn't really think you guys had the guts to confess!" He interrupts estatically.
"Wait what?" I ask, slightly turning red.
"Man, everyone knows about your guy's crush thing going on. Probably even the teachers and that's why you're on different floors. You are really obvious. Anyways continue." He waves his hand and puts it under his chin, using his other arm to support it, and leaning against the doorway.
"W-well... I went to go surprise Shouto so I could show him 'hey, guess who's not totally dead' but he wasn't in his room. I checked the commons and the woods but then I realized he would probably be on the roof so I came up here." He explains.
"Why would he be up here? Your turn Todo." Kirishima looks like one of those girls who want all the gossip. I roll my eyes and pick Izuku up again. He squeaks out of surprise but pretend I didn't hear him. On the inside, I'm awwing.
"I don't see how it's your business but I came up here because I love stargazing and I do it all the time with Izuku." I state a bit coldly, eyeing Kirishima.
"Aawww. You guys are awesome together! Anyway I'mma go before Bakugou comes up here to look for me. I-"
"What were you doing with him this late?" I smirk. Izuku looks at him in interest and smiles. Payback bitch
"No-nothing really. We we don't do much other than h-hang out a-and talk. Guess we lost track, track of, track of time and talked for a while longer than we meant too." He says, blushing a bit and looking at the ground.
"Man, everyone knows about your guy's little crush thing going on." I repeat.
"Wa-wait really?!" He shoots his head up and looks at me.
"I'mma go to bed now. Let's go." I start walking past Kirishima but he follows me.
"Wait are you serious?!"
"Ask around in the morning. Or better yet, ask Bakugou yourself. He'll probably tell you." I say as I continue down the stairs and to Izuku's room.
"WAIT! Don't tell anyone please. I want to surprise them." Izuku yells over my shoulder.
"I won't." Kirishima yells back. I roll my eyes and I continue walking until we reach his dorm. I open the door and walk over to his bed. "Goodnight Izu. I'll see you in the morning." I set him down and get ready to leave but he grabs my shirt.
"Wait. Can can you stay in here tonight?" He stutters.
"Of course." I lay down next to him and shortly fall asleep.
*time skip*
An alarm clock goes off again.
Uuugggghhhh... I don't want to get up...
"Izu. Time to wake up." I get up and stretch. He gets up and stared at nothing. He has a serious case of bed head though. I have to try not to laugh at him.
"What's happening and where am I?" He asks. I give in and smil before trying to fix his mess of hair.
"Time for School and in your room. You're hair is even more of a mess right now." I say before giving up. "I'll meet you in this hallway. I want to see everyone's reactions. I'll see ya in a bit Izu." I say before standing up and walking out. I hear a little, 'Bye Shouto' as I shut the door. For a second, I stand against his door smiling to myself.
I'm so so happy he's back.
*time skip*
I walk back up to his dorm and knock. "Hello?"
The door opens to reveal him. He seems so normal other than being a little paler than usual. He's still him. I can't help but smile again.
"Hello!" He greets me with a closed eye smile. I pick him up and carry him to the elevator.
"What is up with you and carrying me? I can walk." He say but he holds on and doesn't make me let go.
"Because I can." I say as the elevator goes down to the commons.
"I'll accept that answer." The doors open and we walk through. Well, I walk through. Uraraka, Tsuyu, Iida, Bakugou, and Kirishima are all talking in the living room. Kirishima looks back and smiles.
"Hey guys!" Kirishima greets like nothing is wrong. The others look back and stop. Uraraka drops her phone as she looks at Izuku. I hold him tighter.
"Hey guys!" Izuku cheers. I sigh and set him down but I walk next to him as he skips up to his friends.
"Deku?!" Uraraka asks.
"Yup!"
"Isn't it cool guys? He's back!" Kirishima jumps up and down in excitement.
"You knew about this?!" Bakugou asks, turning to him.
"Yup! I saw them both last night on the roof! They wanted it to stay a secret though so we can surprise everyone. So are you surprised?!" Kirishima smiles, still bouncing.
"DEKU!" Uraraka runs over and almost tackles Izuku to the ground with a hug. I glare at her but I don't say anything.
"O-oh hi Uraraka!" He stumbles backwards but shortly hugs back. Iida and Tsuyu walk over and join the hug.
Alright if Bakugou joins next, I'mma pull him away.
"H-how?!" Bakugou asks. I decide to let someone else explain, clearly not in the mood to deal with him.
"I think I was hit with that quirk that you guys were hit with. I have ghost powers now!" He cheers. The people let go and I have to surpress the urge to walk over and pick him up again. I just walk over and stand by him.
"We should go now. Everyone will be very very happy to see you!" Uraraka says, grabbing his hand and starting the walk to school.
No
No no.
Nonono.
I had enough.
Before they go into the sunlight, I take his hand away from her, stare right into her eyes, and kiss the top of his hand while saying, 'no'. Most of the room is stunned into silence but I don't care at the moment.
"Todo got jealous? Ha!" Bakugou laughs. I roll my eyes and grab my blanket.
"Yesterday he said no to a date and here she is, taking his hand like they're dating. I'm not jealous, I'm just respectful." I sneer, not taking anything from anyone.
"S-sorry. I I shouldn't have done that..." Uraraka apologizes, embarrassed.
"It's alright. Someone's just being a bit jealous whether they'll admit it or not." He looks at me with a bored glare. I throw my arms up in the air.
"What did I say?"
"We should head over to school like Uraraka suggested earlier." Iida buds in.
"Okay let's go." Izuku gets my blanket and throws it over me. "Ya ready?" I hear the others walk away and the door opens. The others are leaving so I nod.
"Okay." He starts to lead me into the sunlight and towards the school building.
"You don't have to get jealous you know. I won't leave you." Izuku retorts as we walk on.
"Like I said, I'm not jealous. I'm just afraid that one day you'll go after her instead..." I admit.
"That's basically being jealous. I won't do that ever. I don't like her like I like you. You don't have to worry." He promises. I nod but I still don't believe him. It's not that I think he'll cheat, it's that he'll realize how much of a failure I am and trade me in.
*time skip*
I walk in the classroom and sit down next to Izuku. I look around and notice not a lot of people are here. Only a few like Kaminari, Sero, Kirishima, Bakugou, Iida, Uraraka, Jirou, Momo, and Tokoyomi. They're all talking in their little groups like they don't have a care in the world.
"Midoriya?!" We both look up front and notice Mr. Aizawa staring in shock.
"Hello!"
"I'm not even going to ask. Welcome back to living I guess. Does Recovery girl know this?" He asks, still in some state of shock.
"Yes. She was the first one to know."
"Well I don't have to tell your mother that her son is dead so that's good. Hope you know I'm expecting you to do work still. I will give you an extra day for last night's homework though." Aizawa returns to his usual expression but I know he's glad to have a student back.
*time skip cause the only interesting thing that happens is Todo getting jealous and glaring at people*
Aizawa called everyone who turned into a monster to his classroom after school.
I walk in, seeing a kid around our age, probably a bit older and taller than me, with white messy hair like Izuku and bright, almost glowing green eyes in a glass box with holes in it. Izuku looks better than him.
"Oh my God! It actually worked! Hey are you looking at this?!" He looks at Aizawa happily while he just stared back with a bored expression.
"Anyway, this is the villain that did this to you guys. He-"
"Villain?! I didn't mean to hurt them. I," he stops midsentence and puts his hand on his chest before continuing, "improved them. Look at this! The werewolf is probably faster and stronger than he was. Am I right? Aww who's a good boy?" He says, looking at Bakugou. He growls but his tail wags. I can't help but laugh, earning me a smack upside the head.
"A vampire! Good choice! I guess you can't fight in daylight but hey, most crimes happen at night anyway right?" He smiles. Even though I don't like him, He has a point.
"The demon. You have fire too right? I'm pretty sure you do. Can I see?" He switches his gaze to Kaminari.
"Well I never tried it before. All I know is when I'm mad, I get wings and my eyes turn all black." He explains.
"Ooohhhh that's cool!" His eyes land on Izuku and he gasps. "The ghost! I heard a group of people walking back to the dorms talking about how 'poor Izuku Midoriya died. What a shame. We had a group costume of being basic monsters. Him, a ghost, me a witch, and you a monster.'" He copies Uraraka's voice like it's his own. It's a bit creepy.
"Wait! I thought I recognized you! You're the monster she was walking with. You can handle electricity now right?" He focuses on Iida now who just nods. I don't like this. How does he know all this??
"Anyway, we found him in this box right here when I walked into the room. He said he wanted to talk and he was in the box to show trust." Aizawa says, not looking away from the teen.
"Yup! I carried this box here myself and locked me inside to show trust. And for my safety, Oh! Where are my manners? I'm Zed. Your local hero. Well, I guess local hero for now until the affects wear off." He smiles and looks at his fingernails.
"This'll wear off?!" We all ask at the same time.
"Man... You do some kids a favor and they want nothing more than to not appreciate it. Tsk tsk tsk..." He leans back, crosses his arms, and shakes his head. His smile never leaves though. "It'll wear off at midnight on Halloween. Not the one that leads to Halloween, but the midnight after. But oh wait! What will that mean for our poor ghost friend who's only alive because of this quirk?" He asks, looking at each of us, testing us.
"Deku will stay dead..." Bakugou says with a remorseful face. We all snap to look at him.
"Very good boy! Give him a treat. Throw him a bone! He deserves it don't you puppy?" He starts baby talking him.
"DON'T PATRONIZE ME!" Bakugou yells back but like earlier, his tail wags.
"Oh man you must have fun with this guy don't you?" He looks at me.
"I never thought about treating him like a puppy but I do call him that when he makes me mad. Isn't it funny?" I ask. Okay I may not like the guy but we have something in common and that is wanting to making Bakugou mad.
"If you ever talk to me like that, I will kill you half n half." Bakugou turns towards me and suddenly gets a murderous aura around him.
"Aww but it looks fun." I cross my arms and look back at him.
"Shouto no. It's not... It's not worth the fight." Izuku speaks in a shaky voice and puts his hand on my shoulder. I turn around to look at him. He's barely holding himself together.
"Wait wait wait what's wrong?!" I ask, concerned. Hearing that something was wrong, the others walk over to see what's going on. Zed just watches with his sick smile. Izuku looses it and starts crying in my shoulder, hugging me in the process. I of course hug him back. "What's wrong? I don't think it was the fighting was it?" Then it hits me. He was literally just told he'll die in less than a week. He'd be gone for real this time. No quirk could help him. I hug him tighter when I realize this.
"Oh! Did you guys realize it yet? I think vampire guy did! Did you?!" Zed asks in a happy sounding voice.
"Shu-shut up!" I yell, my voice had to betray me and crack in the middle of a word.
"He did! Good job!" He spins on his box.
"I said SHUT UP!" I yell louder since he didn't get the hint last time.
"My my what a temper... Hey, at least I gave him an extra week though right? Now you can have those starry nights and take him flying around the fake city." He says like nothing is wrong.
"Ho-how do you know about that?" I ask him. I definetly do not like this guy.
"The same way I heard about the little poor Izuku. I thought that girl was dating him. Such a shame... They would make a better couple in my opinion. Well at least for the rest of the week then you can have him after that. Oh wait!" He starts laughing like a maniac. I hold him tighter and hiss at Zed while Izuku cries harder.
"You're lucky you have that glass box or you would be dead!"
"Like he'll be?"
Before I could move, Kirishima rushs over, uses his quirk, and punches the box, sending thin lines throughout the sides. It wasn't a big enough punch to break the box, but it did a lot of damage.
"Don't ever j-joke about a person's death li-like that you coward!" He fumes but he's also shaking.
"Ah! I forgot to say your strengths! The little red riding hood..." He thinks about something for a second before smiling at him. "There are none! You are just unmanly. No doubt about it. Why did you want to dress like that anyway? It looks ridiculous. Red is not your color sweetie." He's obviously trying to get a reaction from Kirishima. Kirishima hangs his head down.
"I-I know. I ordered the wrong costume on accident and now I'm paying the price. I-Is red better than black though?" He asks hopefully and desperately.
"KIRI DON'T LISTEN TO HIM! He's only trying to get to you! You could wear a rainbow and still look good! As for 'not being manly' that can stop right there! If I had to wear that dress, you wouldn't see me at school but here you are! So he can stop that before I get to him." Bakugou yells which gets everyone's attention.
"OoOoh! Bad dog! Do you know what they do to doggies that attack? They put them down so I wouldn't do that if I was you." Zed says.
"ENOUGH OF THAT!" Bakugou walks over to the box and Zed is standing there, still calm and smiling.
Before he could do anything, Kirishima stops him. "Do... Do you really think so?" He asks hopefully.
"Alright. Time's up. I'm taking you to the hero's. Thanks for putting yourself in a box though. Makes my job easier." Aizawa starts to walk over but Zed apparently has other plans.
"Not so fast cat man!" He extends he's arm as far as he could and points to Aizawa.
"Cat man???" Aizawa asks confused.
"Did you really think I set this all up and didn't get myself a way out? Fools... I thought you were smarter than that. Peace!" He holds up two fingers and the box disappears with him still inside.
"Where'd he go?" Kaminari asks. I honestly don't care at the moment. I'm still trying to comfort Izuku while almost breaking down myself. I'm pretty sure Iida is feeling the same way. I look his way to see he's leaning against the wall with his glasses off and he's covering his eyes.
"Come on. Let's go." I pick up Izuku and start walking to the dorms. It's getting dark so I don't think I need my blanket. I bring it just incase though.
*time skip*
I walk in and toss my blanket by the coffee table before sitting down on the couch with Izuku. I want to tell him 'everything will be alright' but I know it won't be. He'll be gone in a few days whether we like it it not. I finally break down with him but not as bad. I'm holding back so I don't cause attention. How could I not cry though? I was just told someone I love will die in a few days!
The others walk in shortly after. They all have the same expression I have. No one stops to talk, not even Bakugou to tease us. I'm glad though. I don't want to deal with anyone at the moment.
*Oh hey what's th-*
I wake up to my phone blaring a song for an alarm. I turn it off and stretch. That's when I notice I'm in my room and I can't find Izu.
Where's Izuku?
I decide to find him when I'm done getting ready.
When I'm done, I walk straight to the elevator. He's probably still sleeping. Why would he suddenly wake up to his alarm if he hasn't been lately? I push the button for his floor and wait. When the doors open, I walk right over to his room and knock.
"Izuku! Are you in there?" No answer. "I'mma open up the door." I open the door to see he's still sleeping like I predicted. I walk over and shake him. "Come on Izu. Time for School." I say. He opens his eyes and stretches.
"Oh hi Shouto. How are you?" He asks.
"Could be better but fine. How about you?" I ask, helping him up.
"Eehh... I don't wanna go to school today..." He goes limp, making me have to drag him out of bed.
"We have to go today." I set him down on the floor and stand up. "I'll be waiting for you in the commons. I'll see you later." I start to walk out but he stops me.
"I carried you to your room last night and I noticed something. You've gotten really really light. It's... Sorta concerning me..."
"I'll be okay." I say before moving again.
"We're talking about this when I get down there." He shouts but I don't want to, to be honest. I know I'll have to listen to him anyway.
*time skip*
I'm sitting on the couch, playing a game called Don't Touch The Spikes. Fun game but recently I accidentally reset all my data when I was on the last challenge. Now it's mocking me by saying, 'Get 10 points in one game' when my highscore was 76 points. Whatever though. It's whatever... The elevator opens and Izuku jumps over the back of the couch to sit down next to me. I look up at him with an eyebrow raised.
"Sup."
"Sup? Shouto this is concerning. You're like the lightest person in class 1A now!" Izuku picks up right where we left off.
"This is coming from the guy who picked up the couch a while ago" I look back at my phone and continue to talk.
"I'm not playing. I bet Mineta can pick you up! When was the last time you ate? Please don't tell me it was when you used me last." I can feel him staring at me as I play the game.
"That is true..."
"SHOUTO!"
"I can hold on for a while longer. Just past Halloween then I can eat all I want." I still don't look up at him.
"Shouto! I won't be here past Halloween. I want you to be as strong as you can. I don't want you dying because it is the worst thing. I don't want you to go through it because you refuse to eat." He crosses his arms and starts getting annoyed.
"I'll die someday so why not make it faster so I can see you sooner?" I ask in a monotone voice, restarting a game and trying another challenge. He takes my phone away and puts it in his pocket. I stare at him like I look at Bakugou.
"I don't want that for you. You need to go on. At least go on for me." He looks down at the cushion and speaks in a soft voice. I sigh and take his hand.
"Fine. I'll try. Once Halloween passes, I'll eat all the popcorn for both of us." I smile which makes him smile.
"Thank you. So does this mean you'll eat?" He asks.
"After school maybe." I reply.
"Good. Now let's go." He says, getting up and giving me my blanket. I sigh and put it on when suddenly, he picks me up. Since I'm taller than him, my legs hang out.
"Woah! Hey! No!"
"Woah! Hey! Yes! You can carry me, so I can carry you." I can practically hear the smile. I roll my eyes but I don't object again. Nice to know he cares at least.
We walk into class and someone walks up to us. "What'cha go there?" Uraraka asks. I want to hiss at her but Izuku would say I'm being 'jealous' again which I'm not! I don't get jealous! Izuku throws the blanket off to reveal me.
"Ta da!" He beams which makes Uraraka laugh a little before frowning then smiling again.
"Hello Todoroki."
"Hello. Can you put me down now?" I ask but of course, Izuku doesn't.
"Nope!" He starts spinning around, which makes me hold onto him so I don't fall. I secretly hope I don't hit anyone with my legs when I close my eyes.
"You guys are really really close." Uraraka says in a sorta sad tone. Izuku doesn't notice the tone but I do.
"Well of course! We are dating after all." He stops spinning and looks at her.
"Wait really? I I thought that was a rumor." She says.
"Nope. Hey Uraraka, you should try to hold him. Tell me if you think he's lighter than usual." I glare up at Izuku which of course, he doesn't notice.
"I honestly feel so attacked right now." I put a hand on my heart, pretending to be offended. His responce is sticking his tongue out at me. I copy him and smile.
"Wow. Way to show off to the class." Bakugou walks in with Kirishima and rolls his eyes.
"You're jealous because you don't have the guts to do this." I respond, smiling at him.
"Really? Okay watch this." Bakugou faces Kirishima.
"Wait what's happening?" He asks with a clueless smile. Bakugou picks him up and spins once before facing us again. Both of them are almost as red as Kirishima's hair.
"See?"
"Now kiss." I continue to tease them. It's funny to see him like this.
"Okay I thin-" Kirishima interrupts Bakugou by kissing him. After a few seconds, he pulls away.
"Th-there." Kirishima looks at the floor. The room erupts with 'woo's, 'finally's, and clapping.
"Look you did it! Good job pup-py!" I say. Bakugou drops Kiri and starts to walk over to us.
"I said not to patronize me Garlic freak!" He yells.
"OoOo! New insult! Well sorry to burst your bubble, dog, but-a, I can't handle garlic or any food for that matter." I counter with a smug look. He just smiles at me.
"Oh yeah. I forgot about that. You have to use Deku for food like the little bloodsucker you are." He sneers. I stop smiling and try to make Izuku to let go but he holds on tighter.
"Take that back."
"I bet you actually want to hurt him. Hey anything for you to be healthy right?" He continues to speak.
"No! I-"
"I'm not finished. That's what those marks were. Too bad Recovery girl healed them or I could show them to the class. I guess just me telling them this is enough for them to realize how much of a monster you really are." He stares at me and crossed his arms.
"Bakugou," Kirishima gets up and puts his hand on his shoulder. "I think that's-"
"Oh no. Just because you're soft doesn't mean I am. I'm exposing him. If he can't handle it then it's his problem." He pulls away from Kirishima then continues. "Why does Deku even hang around you if all you do is hurt him? Are you controling him or something? I know if Kiri was doing something similar, I wouldn't be anywhere near him. Glad to not have to be by you, you might attack me next."
"Shut up!"
"Are you going to make me? Are you going to attack me? Come on. Show everyone how you're a monster." He extends his arms to the side like he's waiting for me to attack.
"Kacchan stop! That's not wh-"
"Stop trying to defend him, Deku. Why are you defending him? He's hurting you isn't he?"
"Yes but that's because he's starving himself. I have to argue with him in order for him not to starve! He's gotten so light to the point where it's concerning!" Izuku defends. I just look down on guilt.
"Well that's not my problem. He's still a monster."
"SO ARE YOU! LOOK AT YOURSELF!" I yell, looking back up at him.
"I DON'T ATTACK PEOPLE!"
"ALRIGHT! Get to your seats now! Bakugou, Todoroki, Kirishima, and Midoriya, hallway! Now!" Aizawa walks in and starts yelling. Everyone does what they're told in silence. Izuku sets me down and we walk outside. Once we're in the hallway, he slams the door shut. Here we go...
"What do I keep on saying?! Please tell me because it seems like no one listens!" He yells.
"Not to fight but we weren't exactly fighting. Just arguing and I was winning." Bakugou says, I go to shove him but one look from Aizawa told me not to.
"You wish."
"That's why you're close to tears. Because you were winning... Yeah I bet that's why."
"I was not!"
"ENOUGH! This is what I'm talking about and I'm sick of it! If I hear you two arguing again, I'm going to expell both of you! You two," he stares at Kirishima and Izuku. "I told you guys to watch them and make sure this doesn't happen but it looks like I have to switch you two out. Do we have to do that?" He threatens.
"No no! We we'll try harder!" Kirishima promises.
"Good. Now go." He opens up the door and we walk in.
*time skip*
I sit down at our table to wait for the others. Iida sits down while I see Izuku leave the lunch room with Uraraka, happily chatting away.
"Hey do you know where they're going?" I ask and Iida starts to silently panic.
"Uhh... It's a secret so I can't say. You can't follow them though. That's all I can tell you." He says normally. I just watch them leave, wanting to follow. What are they doing?
*time skip*
I walk around, looking for Izuku. I spot Jirou and Momo so I decide to ask them. "Do you know where Izuku went? He usually takes us back to the dorms but I don't know where he is."
"Oh hey Todo. I did see him and Uraraka walking somewhere. They said not to tell you where cause that's a secret. He told me to tell you if I see you that he'll be back later tonight." Jirou shrugs.
"Oh... Can you lead me back then?" I ask sorta disappointed.
"Sure."
*time skip for the tenth thousandth time*
I'm sitting on the couch, tired and waiting for Izuku to come back. I have no idea where he went but I do know it was with Uraraka. He hasn't talked to me since this morning because he's been right next to her.
Did Bakugou get to him? Is he planning on leaving me? It isn't like him to do that though. He would at least tell me right? I doubt he would ever cheat. Calm down, he doesn't have to spend every single moment with you. Stop being selfish. Maybe he wants to spend the day with her because he won't get to do that. It's probably that. They are close. I can't help but worry though.
The door opens and they walk in. Izuku jumps in surprise when he sees me.
"O-oh! Hi Shouto! What are you doing here?" Izuku stutters. I look at my watch.
9:36 PM
"Waiting for you to come back. What were you guys doing?" I ask with interest instead of hostility.
It could be a misunderstanding don't get a head of yourself.
"Uuhh... No-nothing really. I'll explain it all later. I promise. Also, can you help me with the homework? I know I'll need it." He changed the subject. I don't care though. Like I said, it's probably just me being paranoid and it's a misunderstanding. I stand up and nod.
"Let's go." He walks over and picks me up. I'm honestly too tired to complain.
"Bye Uraraka." I say before the elevator door shuts. I yawn, making Izu yawn with me.
"You're tired aren't you?" He asks and I nod. "Don't fall asleep yet, we have homework to do."
"I finished mine when I was waiting for you." I can feel Izu drop a bit.
"Sorry about not getting here until late. I'll explain why I was out later." The elevator doors open and we walk into his room. Well he walks. As soon as we walk in, he sets me down and I lay on his bed. He starts talking but I end up falling asleep.
*time skip*
I wake up because of Izu's alarm. Oh. I must've fell asleep. I look around and I see him surrounded by papers, sleeping on the floor, and in the middle of a sentence. I turn his alarm off and wake him up. "Time to get up Izu. Sorry I didn't help you." I apologize. He looks up at me and stretches.
"It's okay. I finished it anyway. I think." He looks down at his paper, leans really close to it, then falls back asleep.
"Izu. Come on, it's time to go to school." I sit down and poke him. I look at my watch and realize something. Izu must've set his alarm wrong or something because it's 2 am. I look outside and sure enough, it's still dark out. I want to go somewhere. I don't know why or where but I just want to walk or fly or whatever around. I can do that later. Instead, I pick Izu up and set him on his bed before covering him up.
Should I stay in here with him? I want to but I don't know if I should... I'm actually too tired to care at the moment.
I lay next to him and fall back asleep.
*another time skip being thrown at you*
I wake up again and stretch. Izuku isn't here but a note is.
Hey sorry for not being there. I had to leave to do something with Uraraka but I'll be in class. See you there <3
~~Izuku
Of course he's with her.
Even though I'm feeling salty that he left with her, I smile at the little heart. I put the note in my pocket and go to get ready.
*time skip, Jirou helped him get to the classroom again. Nothing that special*
I walk in and sit down. Jirou walks right over to a corner where Izuku and Uraraka are. I stand up and walk to them.
"Good morning. How are you guys?" Silence... They all just stare at me like I offended All Might or something.
"O-oh h-h-hey Shouto." Izuku finally says but he won't look at me. Just past me. He's acting like I'm Bakugou or someone like that.
"Todo I'm sorry but we're talking about something secretive." Jirou pipes in, giving me an apologetic look. I look at Izuku for something saying I can stay and talk or something but he doesn't meet my eyes. I hate to admit it, but jealously, anger, and sorrow bubble up in my stomach.
"Alright. I'll be over there..." I walk to my seat and put my head I'm my desk.
I can't even talk to him anymore. I wonder what they're up to. I don't want to spy on them because I want to trust Izuku but with the way he's acting, I don't know if I can. Shut up stupid. Of course he's trustworthy! He doesn't have a bad bone in his body!
Aizawa walks in and was about to start class but Bakugou and Kirishima burst through the door panting like they ran here. Kirishima's hair is still down and Bakugou's eyes look somewhat different. Did he wear eyeliner before or something???
I turn around to see Sero, Kaminari, and Mina looking at them, smirking and with an eyebrow raised. "Oh shut up." Bakugou rolls his eyes and walks over to sit down, Kirishima following close behind. I can't help but smile. Did they over sleep or something?
"Why don't you explain why you're late?" Aizawa asks, crossing his arms.
"We-well... My alarm didn't wake us up so we overslept and just woke up like seven minutes ago." Kirishima admits.
"Okay. What about you?" He looks at Bakugou.
"I didn't wake up from the alarm either." He crosses his arms and looks out the window.
"Well don't let it happen again. Anyway," Aizawa starts class and acts like nothing happened.
*time skip to after school again. Izuku ditched him at lunch too*
I walk up to Jirou. "Hey, I think Izuku left me to go with Uraraka again. Can you please help me?" I ask, holding up the stupid blanket. I'm not even that embarrassed about it anymore. I only have like one more day of it. Saturday is Halloween and I don't have to go out that day. I want to spend it all with Izuku and I hope he lets that happen.
"Oh sure." Jirou and Momo start walking holding part of the blanket.
"Hey, do you know what Izuku and Uraraka are doing it planning?" I ask once we get outside.
"Yes." I hear hesitation in her voice. Like she expected this but hoped I wouldn't ask.
"Can you-"
"No. Just trust him Todo." Jirou says almost a bit too quickly.
"I do trust him! Just the way he's acting is different. It's like he's avoiding me. We only talked that once earlier because he would walk in a different direction whenever he would see me." I sigh.
"That's because he is in a way." Jirou says bluntly. My mouth goes dry and I almost stop.
"W-what?" I ask, heartbroken.
So it's true. He's actually avoiding me. He doesn't want me to find out something but what? What's so bad that he can't tell me?
"He has a valid reason though. Don't worry too much Todoroki. Nothing bad is going on." Momo pipes in and we walk into the building. "Whelp we're here. See you later." Momo says before walking away.
He's avoiding me, hanging out with a girl who likes him, and they tell me not to worry. It's sorta hard not to worry. I want to trust him so that's what I'm going to do. I'm giving him all my faith. I won't think he's cheating because he would never do that. He told me himself that he wouldn't and that he doesn't like her like that. Then why were they hanging out together? Well duh! They're friends! Stop worrying. Everything's fine. He can have friends so stop being jealous!
I take the blanket off, fold it, and set it on the couch's arm before I walk to my room.
*time skip*
My phone wakes me up again. Izuku never came in to talk to me or anything yesterday. I waited to see if he would but he never did. Today's Friday so tomorrow's Izuku's last day. I get up and get ready quickly before walking to the elevator and pressing the button to Izuku's floor. I still need to wake him up since he doesn't respond to his alarm. The doors open and I see Uraraka walk out of his room.
"Kay. Bye Deku, I'll see you in the commons!" She says before shutting the door and walking over. She freezes when she sees me though.
"Hi Todoroki. What are you doing here?" She asks, genuinely confused.
"What were you doing in his room?" I ask, irritated but I didn't show it.
"Hm? Oh! I was waking him up. Yesterday he said how he sleeps through his alarm but he doesn't have money for another one that could wake him so I thought I could wake him up." She smiles.
She doesn't get it. He's not hers! That's why I came up here! I'm the one who's suppose to be by his side. Not her! Why did he tell her that? That's my job! This isn't fair!
I walk out of the elevator and start to walk towards his room but she stops me.
"Don't go! He's getting ready remember? It would be sorta rude if you just barged in." She says, putting a hand on my shoulder. I quickly pull my shoulder away.
"Rude? Rude?! Here's what's rude. You taking my job! He's not with you! Waking him up is my job! Walking with him is my job! Talking to him is my job! Not keeping secrets, is my job! It's also his so please, PLEASE tell me why there's secrets?! I'll even wait for this answer because I just know it'll be good!" I yell. She looks stunned but gets over it. Her response is a shrug and an awkward smile. "Of course. Of course! Great response! Glad to know he cares." I stalk away and into the stairwell. I don't want to be in the elevator with her at this moment.
"TODO WAIT!" She yells but I just sprint down the stairs. When I get to the first floor, I run out and ice the doors over so she can't follow me. I just start heading to school by myself without anyone to guide me. I don't need anyone. I'm Shouto Todoroki. I can handle a walk to school and I can handle my boyfriend wanting to avoid me. It's whatever.
*time skip*
I walk to the dorms, by myself again. Now I don't have to do that anymore. Tomorrow is Saturday so no school. I don't have to do that again. Someone taps my shoulder so I turn around. Izuku is standing there.
"Hey Shouto! Sorry for not-"
"Sorry for what? For ignoring me? For purposefully avoiding me? For keeping secrets? For not talking to me when I tried to talk to you? Which one are you apologizing for?" I ask, folding my arms and glaring down at him.
"For all of it. Uraraka told me you yelled at her and said I should talk to you. I-"
"Of course. So you came here to talk about how, 'I should trust you' or 'I shouldn't have yelled at your poor Uraraka'. What is going on?! I thought we could tell each other everything but here you are, running off doing who knows what with someone who likes you and not telling me, your boyfriend, anything! What happened to you can tell me everything? Is it only one sided?! Do I have to tell you everything but you don't have to tell me anything? Do I have to suffer while you go out with some girl? Izuku, your time is running out! I want to spend it with you but you're making it impossible by pushing me away like this! I don't want you to leave without me being there to at least say goodbye!" I exclaim, only realizing I started crying when I finished.
"Shouto, let me explain."
"So now you're finally going to explain! What is it?"
"I was trying to get you a present. Uraraka and Jirou were helping me try to find you one. That's why I was gone all day the first day. We were looking for something. We didn't find anything and we asked Jirou if she knew anything. She had a good idea so we went with that. We spent all day making it." Izuku pulls out a shirt from behind his back. It's all black with dark red words that say, 'I woke up like this' in a font simaliar to a Goosebumps book. Under the lettering is a pair of fangs.
That's what I said that day I found out I was affected. He was going around trying to find me something and here I am, getting mad at him. How could I be so stupid! I knew he wouldn't go do anything bad! Why did I believe he would? This is Izuku I'm thinking about!
I hug him and lift him up. "I'm so so sorry."
He eventually hugs back. "It's alright. What did you think was happening?" He asks.
"Well I had no idea but I imagined the worse. I knew you wouldn't cheat but Bakugou was talking about how big of a monster I am so I thought he got to you." I admit, putting him down.
"Well, thank you for at least having some faith in me. So you like the shirt? I'm getting more stuff so I won't be here all day again but I just want to give you this so you can remember what happened. I know a lot of bad happened when we got hit but, the starry nights happened and we haven't been able to do those for a while so I thought maybe this could remind you of them when I'm gone." He explains.
"I love it. Thank you very much. You don't have to get me anything else." I take the shirt and look at it. I just notice that there's white dots everywhere in it. Are these stars? I hug him again and I see Jirou, Momo, and Uraraka standing behind him with smug looks. I roll my eyes and let go. "I'm sorry for yelling. I was mad and... I hate to admit it but jealous. There."
"Good Shouto!" Izuku says, half jokingly. I roll my eyes but I still smile.
"I forgive you. You had a good reason. I'd be concerned if the person I was dating just started hanging out with someone else and avoiding me. I guess we should've said something like, 'It's a surprise' instead of 'It's a secret'." Uraraka says. I smile and pick Izuku up and swing him around like he did to me the other day. He just laughs and holds on. I'm glad this didn't turn into something bad.
*time skip*
I look outside to see it's dark out. "Hey Izu, do you want to go on the roof? We haven't done that in a while." I ask, looking out the window. We're in his room doing nothing really. He looks up then smiles.
"Sure let's go! I never showed you that I could fly anyway." He stands up and starts to walk out. I completely forgot that he said that.
We walk on the roof with two blankets. "Alright alright alright. Watch this." I look at Izuku while he's standing there. A few seconds, He starts to actually float. "Ta da! I'm not as good, heh, actually not good at all, but I want to get better before Halloween passes." He says. I smile and float to his level.
"It's not that hard. It's actually the opposite once you get used to it. Here," I grab his hands and start to lead him around like he did before. After a while, I let go and fly to the other side of the roof. "Try to fly over." I say loud enough for him to hear me. I see him nod and he starts to make his way over. I can't help but smile when he reaches me.
"I did it. It really isn't that hard, I'm just used to holding back." He shrugs.
"What do you mean?" I tilt my head in confusion.
"My quirk. I have to hold it back so I don't injure myself too badly." He explains.
"You don't have to hold back for flying." I look at the fake city. "Do you want to fly over there now? I could carry you if you don't think you can handle it." I suggest.
"I don't think I could do it but I do want to fly over the city." He smiles and reaches his hand out. I grab his hand and pull him close.
"Let's go." I 'fall' backwards off the building and start flying.
Izuku holds on tightly after I pulled that but he looks down amazed at the city. Not all of them have their lights on so the light pollution is low. That's how we can see the stars. It's nice to fly over the city though.
After a while, we land on one of the buildings. I yawn and set him down.
"Are we going to rest here?" He asks, yawning with me. I nod and sit down to look at the stars. He sits down next to me and before I know it, I fall asleep.
*time skip*
I feel hot. Less than burning but more than warm. Like I've been in a dark room for a really long time then I step out into the sun. It's nice. I hug Izu tighter and try to go back to sleep.
It's too bright out.
Izu stirs and wakes up. "Morning Sho." He stretched and freezes. "Shouto!"
"What?" I ask in a tired voice.
"The sun!" I blink my eyes open and sure enough, here I am, outside in the daytime without dying.
"The affects must be wearing off! I can be outside!" I stand up and twirl Izu around.
"That's good! Come on, let's go back." He smiles and we leave the roof top.
We run inside smiling. I look at him and I realize something. He's more transparent than he was yesterday or even earlier. I decide it's just the lighting or my eyes playing a trick on me.
"What should we do now?" I ask. Right when I finished, the elevator door opens and Bakugou and Kirishima walk out. Kirishima is being bright like the sun like usual but Bakugou is tinted pink and his ears are slicked back. What happened?
"Hey Midoriya and Todoroki!" Kirishima beams, stepping out of the elevator with Bakugou walking behind him and muttering.
"What happened?" I ask with an eyebrow raised.
"I said Katsuki." He smiles and Bakugou smacks him on the back of the head. Bakugou looks at Izuku and freezes before taking on a confused look.
"Hey Deku, why are you more clear?" He asks bluntly. Izuku looks at his hand and starts to freaks out.
"The affects must be wearing off." We look at the entrance and see Aizawa.
"Yeah. We noticed that I can actually be in the sun today."
"Bakugou can't turn into a dog anymore." Kirishima blurts before covering his mouth. "Forgot I wasn't suppose to say that..." He says which makes Bakugou hit him again.
"What do you mean by that?" Aizawa asks.
"He can, well, could, turn into a little pomerainian but he can't anymore. It was so adorable!! You just had to be there! I have pictures but I don't think Bakugou would want me to show you." Kirishima spills the tea and I look at Bakugou. He's sulking in a corner. I would say something but I decide that I don't want to be expelled.
"Kacchan could literally turn into a puppy?!" Izuku asks surprised.
"SHUT UP DEKU!" Bakugou whips his head around and yells. I unintentionally stand in front of Izuku to protect him incase Bakugou runs over to attack.
"Hey how about we throw a party for Midoriya today!" Kirishima beams. Izuku looks up in surprise.
"Yo-you guys don't have to." Izuku stutters.
"Of course we do. That's a good idea Kirishima. You can go spend time with your mom okay? We'll get it all set up." I suggest. He looks at me then Kirishima then back at me before sighing.
"Okay. I still need to tell her anyway. I didn't have the guts before." He sighs.
"Just be back soon okay?" I ask and he nods.
"I'll be careful and I'll be back. Bye guys." He says before walking out. Aizawa shrugs and walks away.
"Alright! I have money still so let's go! Katsuki can you go tell Kaminari, Sero, and Mina to help plan this?" Kirishima asks. Bakugou just glares at him and doesn't move. "Pleeaassseee." He begs. Bakugou groans and throws his head back before looking at Kirishima again.
"Fine. Don't expect me to do this again though." He walks away, pink from embarrassment. When he turned around, we saw that his tail was going crazy.
Kirishima sighs lovingly then looks at me. "Alright, are you in on this?"
"Of course I am." I walk over to him. The doors of the stairwell open to reveal Kaminari, Mina, Sero, and Bakugou.
"Alright, what's the plan Kiri?" Mina asks, skipping over.
"We throw the best party ever." He says with determination in his eyes.
Oh boy...
"Well I'm going to go. No achohal or drugs. You know the rules." Aizawa says before leaving.
Oh I forgot he was there. Oh well.
*time skip*
"ALRIGHTY! We got cake?" Kirishima has a checkboard with a list on it. We went shopping and met up in the middle of the store so we can check stuff before we can pay. He also has his hair halfway down with a red bandana around it.
"Yup!" Sero nods and holds up a white box that says CAKE in bold letters. Under that, there's more writing hut it's in small print and I don't care.
"Good! Streamers?" Kirishima checked off cake and looks up at Bakugou. He holds up a box full of streamers. The only reason why he agreed to having the party is because he can throw the streamers. "The whole box was on sale for like 2 dollars."
"Good job Kat! Now do we have plastic silverware?" He looks at Kaminari.
"Yup! I grabbed all of them. By all of them I mean what was left because there were only like five boxes left." Kaminari throws the boxs into the cart.
"Good. Do we have ice cream?" Kirishima looks at me so I show him I was carrying the ice cream with my left arm so I could keep the ice cream cool. Next I drop all five containers of Ice cream in the cart along with some toppings like sprinkles and chocolate syrup. I probably won't use the toppings but the others might like them. It's vanilla ice cream cause there's toppings they can add them in. This ice cream is in the really big plastic containers so there's a lot. I was on ice cream duty because I can keep it cool.
"Great! Thanks Todo! And I got chips! Now let's go. Get in gays!" Kirishima says. I ignore the last comment. Kaminari and Sero climb into cart with a smile. I was a little concerned that they were going to crush the chips, but I didn't say anything. Mina is still at the dorms getting the place ready for the party.
"Guess you guys have to keep up. Race ya!" Kirishima starts bolting away with Bakugou trying to take the lead. I just walk towards them.
*time skip*
We arrive back at the dorms. "Ta da!" Mina greets. Uraraka, Iida, Jirou, Momo, and Tsui are there as well. The commons look the same except it's cleaner.
"Thank you guys! Now let's start setting this up!" Kirishima starts handing stuff out. I grab the cake and set it on the counter while the others start setting up. I look at the cake's packaging some more when I realize something. Someone ordered this but they never picked it up. I take the top off and I realize another thing. It's made out of dog treats. Someone ordered a cake safe for a dog, and never picked it up...
I grab the cake and walk into the commons to bring this to Kurishima's attention.
Bakugou grabs a streamer and it rips. Confused, he grabs another one. It also rips when he tries to unroll it. "What the hell?!" He grabs another one but the same thing happens. Kirishima notices this so he walks over and looks at them. He tries to extend another one but it rips. They're cheaply made. You can't even extend them because they're so fragile.
"Oh... Guess streamers are gone. But that's alright because we still have cake, ice cream, and chips!" Kirishima leaves the mad Bakugou surrounded by pieces of ripped streamers. Bakugou gets angrier and angrier everytime he tries to extend a streamer. I walk over to Kirishima and show him the cake.
"Oh... That's not good. At least we have ice cream and chips. Everything is alright." He starts to slightly panic.
"Kiri! The chips are all crumbs and mostly air. We must've crushed'em when we we're in the cart. Sorry dude." Sero apologizes.
"That's fine. Ice cream! We still have ice cream! Right?" He asks but Mina holds up a container.
"More like soup... The ice cream melted." Mina says hesitantly. I realize that was probably my fault but I don't say anything. I must've held it with the wrong hand or something.
"Great. Now what? We have nothing and Midoriya could be on his way here! I don't know if we have enough time to go back, or even have enough money." Kirishima puts both of his hands on his face and drags them down.
"Maybe we can just explain everything that happened." Tsui says. Kirishima plops down on the couch with the most defeated look I ever saw. Bakugou rolls his eyes and sits next to him.
"Look, we tried out best and that's all that matters alright? I don't think Deku would give a shit anyway. So stop looking like that." Bakugou says. Kirishima smiles at him.
"Thanks. I think you guys are right." Kirishima's spirit brightens up.
The door opens to reveal an even more transparent Izuku. I can see stuff behind him now.
"Hello everyone." He greets, wiping at his eyes. It looks like he was crying.
"Welcome back Izu." I say, trying not to pay attention to his transparency.
"Midoriya, I am so sorry. We left to go get supplies but-"
"They're all shit basically." Bakugou explains.
"Y-yeah. The chips are crushed, ice cream is soup, and the cake basically a dog treat." Kirishima explains.
"AND THE STREAMERS DECIDE THEY LOVE TO WATCH PEOPLE SUFFER SO THEY FUCKING RIP WHENEVER YOU TRY TO USE THEM!" Bakugou yells, clearly still angry about that.
"It's alright guys. You didn't even have to do that! I appreciate the thought though." Izuku smiles. Bakugou shoots a look at Kirishima who doesn't notice.
"At least we have music." Jirou smiles. Everyone looks back at her in surprise. "I'm the only one who thought about music?" She asks a bit disappointed. No one answers. "That's fine. I have my stereo down here anyway. I'll take requests too." Jirou shrugs.
*time skip*
So turns out, Jirou had an entire back up plan. That or she didn't know we left to get stuff. Earlier, she asked Sato if he could make a cake which he said sure, she bought those little disco ball things that has different colored lights and spins, she picked up pizza and more chips, plus she has two speakers and is controlling the music. Momo is gushing over her. The noise made anyone who wasn't helping come down to the party.
I'm standing around with a red cup, you've seen movies, but don't worry it's just apple juice. I'm scanning the area for Izuku. I saw him but he disappeared in the little crowd around Jirou's station. Bakugou yells something at the crowd, smiling and they walk away. Izuku walks towards me a little disappointed.
"Hey Izu, what's wrong?" I ask when I see his face.
"Nothing really. I'm fine just Kacchan yelled at everyone not to request something better than the next song so we left." He brightens up which makes me smile.
"That's good."
"Alrighty! So I got a request that goes to the couples out there. Grab your partner. Bakugou was actually the one who requested this." Jirou says.
"FUCKING HELL! I TOLD YOU NOT TO ANNOUNCE THAT!" Bakugou yells, a blushing mess.
"I guess I couldn't hear you. Anyways, enjoy the song." Jirou hits play and walks towards Momo. Truce by Twenty One Pilots plays. ((If you never heard it before, listen to it please. It goes well with the story.)) Kaminari sits where she was and Sero sits next to him. Kirishima and Bakugou talk. Kirishima smiles and they start to dance together. I look at Izuku, he's looking down.
"Hey, want to dance?" I ask he looks up in surprise before smiling and nodding. I grab his hands and we start dancing. He's flustered and he keeps accidentally stepping on my feet. I laugh a little. "Watch my movements and copy me, okay?"
The greenette nods and concentrates on my feet. His movements become more fluid. "I'm getting the hang of this I think." He looks back up at me with a smile.
I nod and spin him. My smile fades once I realize that I could see Bakugou and Kirishima dancing through Izuku. I decide at that moment to give him a night to remember. I pull him back from the spin and plant a kiss on his lips. I could see how red he was even though he was disappearing. "How was that spin?"
He laughs and we dance like that for the rest of the song; step step step step step spin. It was fun to do. Then the song ended mid-spin. I finish by dipping him.
"Was that fun?" I ask. He smiles and laughs while nodding. I look at my watch.
9:39 PM
I have time.
"Do you want cake or something? I don't think it's gone yet." I suggest. He nods so we walk into the kitchen. I get two pieces and sit down. We decide to sit there and talk for a while.
One thing leads to another and Izuku accidentally throws a piece of his cake on my face. So he's dying from laughter and I'm covered in frosting. After the shock dies down, I start laughing while Izuku gets paper towels or napkins or something. This of course gives me an idea for revenge. I wipe some frosting on my hand and stand up.
"Hey I got-" Izuku turns around and his face is met with frosting. He opens his eyes and looks at me. "I see how it is." He takes on a fake betrayed look. "You must not love me anymore. Sigh." He literally said the word sigh then acts all dramatic.
"I just got revenge. You attacked first." I defend
"True." We laughed about it. I look at my watch again.
11:00 PM
I sigh. Why does time fly by so fast when someone is leaving?
"Hey do you want to go on the roof?" I ask. He looks at the time and nods sadly. I pick him up and carry him to the stairs. As we make our way through the crowd, I see the other people together or want to be together. Kirishima and Bakugou, Kaminari and Sero, Momo and Jirou, and Hagakure and Ojirou. I'll be losing my partner tonight and nothing can stop it. He's fading and fast. He's so light that I barely notice he's there anymore.
I make my way to the roof and set him down. We still have frosting on our faces from earlier. I want to smile, I really do but he's so transparent that I wouldn't be able to find him in the dark if it wasn't for the frosting. I sit by him and start tearing up.
He's leaving. He'll be gone for real. This is the last time I'll see him.
"Hey, it's alright." He grabs my face and makes me look at him but I can only see an outline of his smile. An outline of his messed up hair. An outline of his face. An outline of him. Just an outline. I try to smile but I end up breaking down. He hugs me and keeps on saying reassuring words. They're empty though.
It's not alright.
It's not okay.
You won't be here.
A loud BANG rips us from our moment. We look at the other end of the roof and see Zed in his glass box again, the cracks are still there.
"Hey honeys. Miss me?" He asks with is usual smile. We don't answer.
"Ouch. That really hurts my feelings. Maybe I'll let him fade away instead." He looks at his nails and leans to the left and used the box as a support.
"Wait you can stop him from fading away?!" I ask, looking up.
"Oh now you want to talk to me? Does our relationship mean anything to you, Karen? That's it. I'm taking the kids!" He turns his head and tries to act serious while I'm just really confused. He glances at us and starts laughing.
"Sorry sorry sorry. I lost a bet to my really good friend and I had to say that the next time I saw you guys. Anyway, yes I can but that means you have to stay a vampire and the rest have to stay as monsters as well until next Halloween when the affects start to wear off again. I can renew the affects though as long as it's in between 11 and 12 at night on Halloween. So What'cha say honey? Want me to help out your really good friend? I'm getting vibes telling me no but I could be-"
"Please do it. I want him to stay alive, especially since he still has his whole life to live." I interrupt. He smiles even more.
"Alright. I'll do it. Watch this! BAZINGA!" He does a thing with his hands and Izuku slowly but surely, becomes more visible. I feel extreme pain in my mouth but I honestly don't care at the moment.
The doors burst open and we see a Kirishima holding a very angry Pomeranian.
Bakugou?! I guess Kirishima wasn't lying.
"You!" Kirishima yells and points at Zed with one arm since he's holding Bakugou with the other.
"ME!" Zed points at himself excitedly. Then he looks Kirishima up and down who is setting Bakugou down. Bakugou quickly turns back and starts to walk towards the box, Kirishima follows him. "Hey, Eijirou right?" Zed asks.
"ONLY I CAN CALL HIM THAT! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AFFECTS WEAR OFF AT MIDNIGHT?!" Bakugou tried to imitate Zed.
"So it is Eijirou. Eijirou, do you want to be in that or do you want to be a different monster? I'll be nice." Zed ignores Bakugou.
"I want to change to that." He points at Bakugou and Zed smiles.
"I'm guessing you guys are 'really good friends' too. Alright. It'll take affect when you wake up." Zed explains.
"That guy is crazy." Kirishima whispers, staring where the box is.
"Hell yeah he is. So does this mean Deku's staying?" He looks over at us with a bored expression.
"Yes. And I don't think I've ever been happier." I smile and we put our foreheads together. Bakugou scoffs.
"I'm not sure whether to be disappointed or angry since I have to stay like this." Bakugou sighs.
"I know what I'm going to be for the next year!" Kirishima walks up and puts his arm around Bakugou's shoulders.
"An idiot?"
"Nope! I'mma be just like you!" He beams. Bakugou 'tch's because who's Bakugou in a story when that doesn't happen?
"You already act and basically look like a puppy. I don't understand why you want to be like this." Bakugou says, looking at Kirishima.
"Because I want to look adorable like you." He smiles. Bakugou looks away and turns red.
"Shut up." He lightly shoved Kirishima who laughs it off.
The doors burst open and Kaminari, Sero, Iida and Uraraka burst through. Iida's a human now. He's normal and not a monster anymore.
"Oh hey guys!" Zed greets like he's known them forever.
"Is Deku still here? I don't know if I'm too late! I want to say goodbye." Uraraka says. I hold him tighter and try not to hiss at her.
"Hi Uraraka! I'm staying alive for another year!" Izuku somehow gets out of my grasp and walk towards them. I walk right behind him and watch them.
"DEKU!" They both hug him and I hiss under my breath. They didn't hear me but Izuku did. He slightly kicks me.
"Hey, just wondering but-a, what do you guys want to be for Halloween?" Zed asks.
"Speaking about that, WHY IS HE NORMAL BUT WE'RE NOT?!" Bakugou yells and points at Iida.
"I like him. He's not mean like you guys." He sticks his tongue at Bakugou, crosses his arms, and closes his eyes. Bakugou goes to fight him but Kirishima holds him back.
"Well, I thought about being an angel since Kaminari is a demon but I ended up not having enough money for a costume. Fake wings are really hard to find in good quality for a low price." Sero says, not realizing who this guy is. Zed smirks.
"Got it. What about you?" He look over at Uraraka.
"Um... I'm good..." She lets go of Izuku and looks at him.
"Aw, you're no fun. Well, I gotta go. Apollo, my really good friend, will probably be wondering where I am. Oh! Before I leave," he points at Sero, "you'll get your wish soon kid! Chow!" Zed then disappears.
"Who was that? What did he mean by that?" Sero asks.
"You'll see tomorrow morning. For now let's go inside." Kaminari stretches and yawns which makes Sero yawn and they walk inside, talking about other things.
"I'm so so happy for you Deku! You don't have to leave!" Uraraka cheers and Iida nods.
"I am too. Dying is terrible. I don't recommend it." Izuku says half joking. Suddenly, I'm hit with a wave of 'oh hey you're tired now'. I yawn and set my head on Izu's shoulder. He yawns and looks at me.
"Hey Mr. Sleepyhead. Want to go inside now?" Izu asks, putting his hand on my head. I nod and Izu laughs a little. "Alright let's go." He leads me inside. I don't even pay attention to which dorm we ended up in.
((Sup guys, comment if you want more. I have like over 12,000 more words of what happens afterwards. Just comment below if you want to continue))
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