Two weeks had passed since Izuku and Tenko's day together. Every day he came home from work, he greeted the sleeping Tomura with a kiss and cuddled up next to him. Even though they hadn't placed a label on what they were except to his mother, Izuku was ok with what they had. He loved being with the villain every day. The nights of work crawled by unbelievably slow anymore and the days with Tomura flew by.

Only one problem.....

Ochako wanted to meet this mysterious boyfriend Izuku had. Izuku would go on about the fun stuff they did together and it almost made her a little bit jealous. Her and Iida hadn't even gotten to second base yet only because he wanted to be a gentlemen. It made her jealous because Izuku's boyfriend did sweet and cute things with him where Iida was a little up tight.

"I'm sorry. Maybe you should talk to him."

She shrugged.

"Ochako, it's not any good to be with someone unless you can talk to them about things."

She puffed out her cheeks, "I hate you when you're right."

He laughed and took a drink of his milkshake.

"Hey losers."

Great, he thought seeing Katsuki walking towards them.

"Midoriya! My boy!"

All Might came trailing behind him.

"Hello!" Ochako said waving.

Only Shouto and Katsuki were really in the loop and his mother as well. He hadn't been able to tell Ochako anything about One for All. What was bothering him was the evil look in Bakugou's eyes. He still seemed kind of sour and Izuku did everything he could to avoid him.

Tenko hated Katsuki. At this point, way more than All Might.

"It's nice to see a smile on that face!" All Might said taking a seat, "I feel like I haven't seen you in forever!"

Izuku got up and hugged him. All Might was like his dad and he couldn't just see him as a teacher anymore. They had been so close for years.

"You ready to train again soon?" he asked.

Izuku flinched at those words. It was reminder he couldn't reach one hundred percent without stalling.

"I'll see about it."

"You want anything Katsuki?" All Might asked, "I can get you something."

"Sure. Can I have a chocolate milkshake and fries?" he asked nicely.

"Of course! Be right back!"

Ochako looked at the two rivals. The tension between them was thicker than the milkshakes they were drinking.

"Been busy with your boyfriend?" Bakugou asked.

"Is it any of your business?"

"Yea, considering all the things you're doing with him almost would've been done with me."

Ochako's jaw dropped open. She had no idea what to say. Her and Izuku had avoided talking about the blunder with Izuku not delivering the cake. They had avoided the fact he never called her and he wasn't mad at her for it. It was his own fault but it was a good thing in the end.... he guessed.

"W-what?"

"What if I would've said yes?" Bakugou asked, "How do you know you wouldn't be with me in your apartment?"

Izuku stood up almost knocking the table over.

He was right. Izuku wasn't about to tell him that.

"How about you fuck off you jealous asshole."

Katsuki looked shocked by his words.

"Fucking excuse me?"

"I didn't stutter. I really don't think you liked me at all. You're just mad any attention I had directed towards you got taken away and now you're throwing tantrums like a baby. That night you could've said anything but those words but you treated me like shit like you always did. I guess the guy I thought I loved was nothing more than just a moment. In that moment I thought I saw you for who you really were. I guess not."

"Me for who I am, huh? How many of your friends know you were quirkless? Do they really know who you are?"

Uraraka was tripping out now. She looked at Izuku with her big brown eyes. They fired unspoken questions.

"Does your boyfriend know about your quirkless state?" Katsuki sneered trying to rub salt in the wound.

"He does thanks to your loud mouth. He was in another room and we were just hanging before thinking anything romantic. He knows every little bit you yelled at me. Unlike you, he likes me for who I am."

Izuku stormed off and used Full Cowling to get away a little faster. Katsuki stood there stunned and Ochako more confused than she ever was.

Katsuki was definitely an asshole but he hadn't meant for anyone else to hear his words.

X

X

The hero slammed his front door rattling the windows. Izuku hadn't meant to put that much force behind it but at least nothing broke. Izuku hastily locked the door with an angry sigh. The only other person there was Kurogiri who was sitting on the couch with a concerned look on his misty face. Izuku ran his fingers through his messy green hair.

"Would you like a place to go to calm down?"

"What?"

"Sometimes when Tomura is upset I send him to another place in the world. He likes to disintegrate large boulders to feel better. I have a place for you to go calm down at if you want. Sometimes I go there myself."

Izuku thought about it for a moment before nodding.

"Alright. Would you like me to tell Tomura where you are?"

"Yea.... Um... give me two hours to cool off. I have a lot to think about. Tell him to be calm and not to over think it too much but I know he will."

Kurogiri nodded as a warp opened up in front of Deku.

He had no idea what kind of place Kurogiri would've sent him but he kind of hoped it would be into a volcano. Today was not his day. The light hit his eyes as he stepped through almost blinding him. He held up his arms to trying to focus on where he was sent. One the light faded a little bit, his jaw dropped open.

Kurogiri had sent him to a waterfall with flowers of white, blue, pink and yellow all over the place with lush green trees. It looked like something out of painting in a museum. He was so shocked to see some place so beautiful. He had tears welling up in his eyes. He could see why Kurogiri would love to go there.

Wow. I would live in a hut just to see this every day when I woke up.

Izuku walked through the flowers and grass to get closer to the crystal clear water. It looked like it was at least ten feet deep and he could see the little fish swimming around. He rolled up his pants legs then kicked off his shoes and socks. He sat down slowly placing his feet into the water.

Wow. This is so nice.

His enthusiasm soon died as the thoughts of Katsuki Bakugou reentered his mind.

I don't know what to think now. I can't believe he would blurt that out in front of Ochako like that. This was supposed to be a secret kept under wraps and it's not going that way. I just wish All Might would let me pick someone else already. I'm not fit to be the hero he thinks I am.

All those people were right. He was right when me told me I couldn't be a hero without a quirk. He was able to do it because he had no doubt in his mind. I doubt myself, I hate myself. I hate everything I've become. The world deserves a better hero. A better one.

Tears fell down his face.

He missed he conviction he had when he was younger. The ability to push through. The thoughts of being stronger than Katsuki no longer existed. Maybe some where in his brain he thought Bakugou was the limit and he could never beat him as he is now? The explosive blonde had progressed so far already.

I didn't deserve this. I was never strong enough. All those people who doubted me.... They were right. They were all right. I wish that All Might was too late and that sludge villain had killed me. I wouldn't be faced with the failure I feel now. The hatred and pain of letting everyone down. I'm so fucking worthless.

How could anyone want me? How could Tenko even want someone like me?

I go around spouting nonsense saying I can change things when I can't even change the things about myself. How could I fix anything for anyone else? How could I save them from the world when I can't even save myself from myself? I'll just be left behind not doing a damn thing.

He pulled at his green hair, crying harder.

Kacchan was right. What if he had said yes? All those things.... Would I have done them with him instead?

That thought was almost more painful that the idea of not being the hero he thought he could be.

X

X

"Where is Izuku?" Tomura snapped, "He told me he was going for a milkshake with Ochako and he'd be back."

Kurogiri muted the TV.

"He is having a breakdown and needed some time to himself. He asked for two hours alone."

"What? Why?!"

"Because he did. He didn't say why but he was upset."

"Ugh!"

"No one will find him. I promise."

Tomura paused at his neck then dropped his hands.

"Ok."

He sat down at the other end of the couch.

"If he needs two hours I can wait but once it's up, you're sending me through."

"I was thinking it would be best if we left here for right now. If he was upset around any of his friends then they may come looking for him."

"Fine."

The two of them got up and rejoined the rest of their group in their new base. Tomura didn't want too but it was the safest bet before their secret got out to anyone else.

X

X

Tomura stepped out of the warp to see the field of flowers. He remembered Kurogiri taking him there a few times before. He looked around when he finally spotted that head of messy green hair. He couldn't see his face.

Damnit. He was probably crying too. How can I deal with this?

Tomura stepped forward with a slow pace so he didn't alarm his lover. He watched as Izuku lifted his hands making it look like he was rubbing his eyes. Either he was tired or he was crying. He almost wished he sent Himiko instead but then again what kind of boyfriend does that?

I'm not his boyfriend though.

Did he even want that? Tomura stopped in his tracks. He had never thought of it until that moment. If he goes over there, he's pushing forward into territory that he was unfamiliar with. This was going to cause them all kinds of problems. Once he latched onto Izuku, that was it.

Then after that, they wouldn't leave each other.

Weren't they already attached to each other?

If they were discovered, they would run off. Him, Izuku, Dabi, Himiko, Jin and Kurogiri would run off. Perhaps his mother Inko too if she wanted too. The villain felt like someone squeezed his heart way too hard. The thought of losing them all.... It felt unreal like something he couldn't bear to think about. He looked at his hands.

Go forward. You don't want leave him hurting, he thought to himself.

Tomura pushed forward closing his eyes for just a second. He reopened his eyes to see Izuku playing in the water with his hands.

"Izuku."

The hero turned around to look at Tenko. His bright green eyes were red now and puffy like he had been crying.

"T-Tenko? What are you doing here?"

"Your two hours of sulking is up."

The hero rubbed his eyes.

"Oh."

"Why are you so upset for? Do I have to kill someone?" Tomura asked, his voice threatening and serious.

Izuku snorted then laughed.

"No."

"Then it must not be that bad if I don't have to kill anyone."

"Just some stuff was said."

"By who?"

"Bakugou."

Tomura clenched his fists.

"Stay here, I'll be back."

"No!" Izuku yelled grabbing his pant leg, "You can't go around killing people who make you mad!"

"I'm pissed because you're crying because of what he said!" Tenko hissed.

Izuku smiled then sighed.

"Um.... can you sit by me?"

Tenko rubbed his temples. He took a place by Izuku, sitting Indian style.

"You can put your feet in the water."

The villain sighed like he was annoyed and took off his shoes and socks. He placed them behind him and rolled up his black jeans some. Tenko frowned as he put his feet in the cold ass water but he didn't complain. He glanced over at his lover. Izuku definitely looked ten times more angelic surrounded by the flowers. All he was missing was angel wings and a crown of flowers.

"What?" he asked interrupting Tomura's innocent thoughts.

"N-nothing."

"Oh, ok."

"You didn't tell me what he said."

Izuku's face paled some.

"He was bad mouthing me again and saying I was liar because I didn't tell my friends I was quirkless."

Tomura's lips thinned out as he made a face. It wasn't an easy subject for Izuku to talk about.

"He said it in front of Ochako and she knows nothing about it."

"That fucking prick-

"That's not what hurt me though.... I was mad but...."

Izuku looked away biting his lip. Tenko wasn't any good at physical contact unless it was trying to kill someone but he slipped his hand onto Izuku's holding back a finger.

"You can tell me."

The guilty look on Izuku's face almost made him panic. He sucked in a sharp breath trying to prepare himself for the words the hero was about to say.

"He said... he said that all the those things I'm doing with you I would've been doing with him instead if he would've came over and said yes. Almost in a way it makes me feel like he was implying you were some kind of rebound. Or at this point I would've went with anyone."

Deku covered his face.

"Do you think that's true?"

He looked over to see a weirdly calm expression on Tomura's face.

"Which part? I don't even know how to answer that."

"Well, how about this.... With everything we've done, do you think he would've done those things with you?"

Izuku scratched his head and made a face like he really had to think about it. Making a cake, teasing each, playing a drinking game..... Cuddling in bed and making cake for him. Playing video games....Having him take care of him when he was hurt.... It was almost hard to imagine. He looked back at Tenko, into those beautiful crimson eyes.

"I don't see any of that with him.... Actually I wouldn't have seen any of those things with you either... Until I dumped that cake on you and you started hanging out at my place."

"I saw you and I went to dump your pan onto the ground on purpose but I missed my shot and you dumped it on me instead. I was trying to be an ass but it didn't work.... Considering I'm sitting in a giant field of flowers with my feet in some water with a hero."

Deku giggled.

"I guess thank you then."

"For what?" Tenko asked looking lost.

"You stopped me from making the biggest mistake of my life."

"I would think not having us around would be easier on you."

Izuku shook his head.

"No."

"Really? You like us being there? Even Dabi?"

Deku laughed, "Even Dabi. I feel like I fit in you guys. You certainly fit in me that's for sure."

Tenko's face colored pink quickly making Izuku giggle. He looked so innocent with those big eyes and freckled cheeks.

"So.... Tenko?"

The villain looked back at that cute freckled face.

"I think.... I think I'm in love with you. Would you be my boyfriend, officially now?" Izuku said with a big smile and red cheeks.

"Sure."

"Sure?" he whined putting his head on Tomura's shoulder.

"I love you too."