Uraraka POV:

Class 1-A Dorms | 5:43 PM

"What?! You guys got to fight a villain on your date, and you were on TV?!?!" Kaminari asks us.

"Well, I didn't fight, Katsuki was the one fighting. I just protected bystanders." I nervously chuckle and rub the back of my neck.

"We had to fight a villain. Don't act like it was a privilege. You saw the news report. Ochako almost died. So back off." Katsuki gets territorial and aggressive.

"Todoroki, you were there, right? What happened that wasn't on the news?" Hagakure pesters Todoroki and Iida aggressively steps in.

"We only arrived after the villain was apprehended."

"That must've been scary, Ochako. Are you alright?" Tsu asks me.

"I'll be fine," I reply.

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Class 1-A Dorms | 9:10 PM

Uraraka POV:

"Hey, Ochako. How's it coming along with you and Bakugou?" Mina asks me.

"Well, Katsuki is actually really sweet. But ever since I started fake dating Katsuki, I've felt less obsessed and in love with Deku. Is that bad?"

Mina puts her hand to her face in a thinking pose. After thinking for a minute, she replies,

"Maybe you're not in love with Midoriya anymore. I'm not positive, but it sounds like you might be falling for Bakugou."

My eyes widen at the thought of falling in love with the class hothead. I can feel my face heat up as I think of how many times I showed true affection towards Katsuki.

And how many times he's showed true affection towards me. When he would call me pet names even when nobody was there, the date, the words, the signs, and the unknown emotion that lingered in his ruby eyes when he looked at me, all of the signs point to actual affection.

My eyes widen and I start to feel sick to my stomach. I smack my hand over my mouth and sprint to the bathroom. Bending over the toilet, I retch and hurl out my dinner. Someone rubs my back and pulls my hair out of the way.

Once I'm confident that it's over, I sit up and flush the toilet. I turn around, expecting to see one of the girls.

"Thank yo-" My eyes are met with a pair of familiar red orbs.

"Katsuki!" I yell and jump back, hitting my head on the wall. I close my eyes in pain. When I open my eyes, I'm met with a very confused Mina. Katsuki is nowhere to be found.

"Where did he go?" I ask Mina.

"Who?"

"Katsuki. He was just here. He held back my hair."

"Huh? Bakugou never came in. I held back your hair. Are you okay?"

"What do you mean he's not here? I just saw him." I get up and look around, searching for the blonde. But I can't find him.

I hesitantly brush it off and weakly walk back to the main area.

Tsu runs up to me and worriedly asks,

"Ockako, are you alright?"

"Yeah. I'm fine, thanks." She nods and walks over to the rest of the girls.

Momo gets up and rolls up her sleeve. Her skin lights up and a thermometer pops out. Walking up to me, she puts the thermometer in my mouth and turns it on. After a minute, the thermometer beeps and she takes it out of my mouth.

98.6°F (37°C)

"Hmm. You're not running a fever. Do you know what made you sick?"

"Well, right before I felt nauseous..."

I love you.

It feels... Real...

I love you.

It's for you.

I want to cheer you up.

I want to make you happy.

I love you

It feels real.

The love.

Real

The love is real.

"I-I was thinking about how I think I've fallen for Katsuki." I stutter.

"Why?" Mina asks me.

"Well, I love it when he laughs, it's like a rare gift. And he smells so good, like smoky caramel. And when he does little things, like getting me mochi when I'm upset, or just calling me cute names. And he's an amazing kisser. But he's a jerk sometimes, like being mean to just be mean." I continue,

"But Deku is genuinely kind, and cute. And he's so passionate about his hero work. And I'm not saying that Katsuki isn't passionate about his hero work... It's just that Deku has a different kind of passion."

"I'm just so..." I flop onto the couch, "Confused"

"Y'know, you've fallen for them hard." Mina shoves a handful of chips into her mouth, "It's kinda gross." My face heats up as I get up and announce,

"Well, I'm going to go to bed."

I run behind the wall that leads to a hallway. Leaning against it, I mutter to myself,

"God, why do I have to fall for the class hothead?" I walk to the elevator.

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Bakugou POV:

I hide in the shadows when I hear Ochako say that she's going to bed. I move deeper into the hallway, and I see Ochako to my right. She leans against the wall and mutters to herself,

"God, why do I have to fall for the class hothead?" My eyes widen, and a bead of sweat forms on my cheek. My face turns red as I cup my hand over my mouth in shock.

Ochako walks away and I run down the hall to get to the elevator on the other side of the dorms. I press the "4" to get up to my floor.

Stepping out of the elevator, I sprint down the hall and lock myself in my room. I slide against the back of my door and hold my head in my hands.

"God damn it."

The entire conversation that Ochako had with the girls plays on loop in my head.

"SHIT!" I bang my hand against the door, but my hand doesn't stop. Confused, I turn to look. I had punched a hole in my door.

"Well, shit," I say to myself and get up. I see a familiar pair of crocs outside my door through the hole, and then a familiar shark-teethed redhead bends down to look through the hole

"Hey, Bakubro. What did you do to your door?" I open my door to talk to Kirishima.

"I, uh... Kinda got... Mad?"

"Yeah, Sure." Kirishima sarcastically says. I don't even know what emotion I was feeling when I punched a hole in my door.

I call Mr. Aizawa and tell him what happened. Obviously, he was mad. He told me to sleep in one of the empty rooms, someone else's room, or in the common area. I definitely wasn't going to sleep in the common area, and I didn't want to sleep in one of the empty rooms. So my only choice was to sleep in somebody else's room.

I think about staying in Kirishima's room, but his room has almost no space except for his bed. And I'm not about to cuddle with a mouth breather.

I don't know anyone else very well except for Kirishima and...

Ochako.

A/N: Sorry for the cliff hanger haha. Watch me not update for like 6 months lmao jk. I'm having a lot of fun writing this... So. Enjoy!

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