Proceed with Caution: This story will contain angst.

The sun shining above birds chirped happily beside their own families. Small children are holding their mother's hand as they walk across the busy street.

The tall purple walls that surround the grounds of U.A High School, which protects their students and staff from any uninvited citizens to enter into their property. The security of the school has improved ever since the incident with the League of Villains.

Students wearing their respected uniforms. They are chatting away with their friend groups from their dorms.

Meanwhile, you are holding hands with your green-haired boyfriend, whose cheeks were slightly flushed in red since he's still not used to this kind of affection despite the fact you've been dating for almost twelve months.

Your first anniversary is coming up.

You cannot believe it has been so long. You can't help but ponder on the reason why you even started to date him in the first place.

You knew how messed up this was, taking advantage of Midoriya's crush on you for your own personal gain over a stupid deal you made with an acquaintance. It's just wrong and isn't you.

You took the offer at a time when you were in a tight spot in your life without any hesitation. You didn't think through it before accepting the deal. it. You just needed the money for your own family's sake.

At the very beginning, you didn't have any necessary feelings for him in that sort of light. However, you could not avoid developing true feelings for him throughout the relationship.

Once you get the chance to get to know him better, you start to realize who he was behind his reputation of being one of the top students within the Heroes Course and well known for breaking his bones in his first year.

Midoriya Izuku is very sweet and protective over his loved ones. You took notice of the small habits such as rambling on like a voicemail machine.

You started to learn to love those traits about him, even if he's a constant blushing mess. You remembered the times when he was a complete klutz during the dates you went on together, especially the first one. He was shaking on your doorstep with a gift in hand.

Throughout your relationship, when he thought this relationship would last. He thought your guy's relationship was serious enough that when he brought you home to meet his mother. He was extremely nervous and worried about his mother's opinion of you.

You were nervous to meet the most important person in his life. It worked out in the end. His mother loved you dearly and would often ask for you to invite you for dinner on the weekends.

Clearly remember how you felt the day when reality finally hit you like a truck.

You were falling in love with an adorable dork who has a big dream of becoming the number one hero. You admired that part of him. You loved his resolve of becoming the selfless hero who puts his own life on the line to save others, although it does worry you at times.

On a particular day, it was raining and clouds crowded over the sun.

You were soaked wet from head to toe while walking away from the U.A building to get supplies for Deku's costume to repair damages. There weren't any of the supplies you need for his costume. Power Loader handle over a credit card to get the stuff you needed since they didn't have the supplies.

You could clearly remember the running footsteps hitting on the wet ground behind you.

You had turned your head around out of curiosity to see who it was and stopped to only be surprised to see Midoriya.

"(Name)! Wait!" You saw him running to you with an umbrella in his hand.

"I saw you walking out in the rain without an umbrella." He nervously looks up at you. He scratched behind his neck.

"I didn't want you getting sick because of me. I was the one who ruined the costume and the reason you needed to go and get the supplies to have it fixed in the first place."

Your eyes widened at hearing his statement and you were flabbergasted. You didn't know what to say. He nervously smiles before he looks down at his hand holding an extra sweater. He motions for you to grab the umbrella, which you did. He immediately flaps the sweater open, before taking the edges of the upper section. He quickly walks behind you and places the sweater over your shoulder, and you slipped your arms through the sleeves. You had switch hands from holding the umbrella.

His dry sweater hugged your soaked body. You could feel the heat coming up to your cheeks and your throat was becoming dry as your heart started racing against your ribcage.

The realization falls on you very hard as you are beginning to catch feelings for him.

"Thank you, Izu." You gave him a sheepish smile.

That day, the two of you had a conversation with the store and back to school grounds.

Overall, ever since you developed feelings for him, you could not help but feel guilty about it, which is why you were planning on telling him the reason sometime this week.

You knew you shouldn't have waited for so long to tell him, but you were trying to convince yourself that perhaps you would find the correct moment to bring it up. However, deep down you knew there was never gonna be a right moment for something this big that spark the romantic relationship between the two of you to even happened.

You want to be sincere with your feelings with him and tell him the truth about everything and hope for the best before he could find out by someone else.

It would just make it more complicated than you tell him yourself.

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Everything started within the first few months of the second year being Midoriya's department of support partner, the two of you would spend a lot of time together for his suit and the equipment that he needed.

He would start acting more weird than usual. You would find him staring at you with admiration when you are using your quirk, heat vision. You were heating two loose pieces together within his mask and when you were finished, you would turn your head to him and raise an eyebrow.

He wouldn't stop staring until you call his name, which immediately makes him snap out of his trance to knock over a wheeling cart with different sizes of screws and nails. He tried to clean the mess up but instead face planted on the ground and continued to apologize for his clumsiness. You had to help him clean up the mess he made.

That was the day when you realized why he was acting weird around you. All the signs, he has shown signs of having a crush on you. You didn't understand why he would. You were not someone from the hero course, but someone who is from the support department.

You weren't anything special to even gain his attention like that on you.

However, once the word got spread around school that one of the students from Class-A of the hero course has a crush on someone within the support department, there was an uproar but it didn't take long to find out who it was.

This was the day that sparked everything. You clearly remember the day when you accepted a stupid deal that could cost you a relationship with someone who genuinely cares about you.

You weren't happy that you got ambushed by one particular classmate with their minions within the same department as you. They hid your tools, which you couldn't do anything without them.

"You're the one who's partnered with that bushy-haired boy who used to break his bones constantly during the first year." Your classmate states, making you roll your eyes and trying to find your tools in the supply area.

"What about it? If you want to ask about someone, the least you could do is learn their name." You kneeled and started looking underneath the tables.

Your classmate completely ignores what you said then continues, "Well, let's make a deal." which made you stop and retreat your body from underneath the table. You glanced over at your annoying classmate.

"About?" You were curious about what they had to say.

"You ask out that klutz of a hero and maintain the relationship for a whole year then break up, and in exchange you get money. You would make that boy's dream come true for a year and you get money as an exchange. Doesn't it sound like a good deal?"

"But what's the catch?" You asked.

There is always a catch in any kind of deal.

"If you could not do it, then you have to clean up our messes for the rest of the following year."

You ponder on the thought and glance over to your working station to see the yellow envelope from the hospital on the same spot where you left it.

"How much money are we talking about here?" You asked.

"I have plenty of money." Your classmate cockily says, taking a sticky note from your desk and a pen before he writes something down. He throws the sticky notepad at you. You catch the sticky notepad and look at it.

You bite your lip in thought, before looking up at him. "Why did you choose Midoriya out of everyone?"

Your rich classmate clicks his tongue. "I have a grudge against broccoli. It's just vengeance in a sense. Are you gonna take it or not?"

Your rich classmate holds his hand out for a handshake. You took a deep breath before looking at the yellow envelope again and returning your eyes to him and lifting your hand to grasp and shake his hand. "Deal."

"Nice making business with you. (Last name)." He snickers and wave his hand to only have your tools to start appearing on your desk.

You could feel a pair of green eyes on you snapping out of your thoughts to glance over at him. His innocent green eyes holding worry and unease for you. He opens his mouth and shuts it before he makes another attempt to finally have the words come out of his mouth. "Are you okay?"

You return your gaze to the building in front of you, U.A High School Building. You lick your lips and nod your head.

"Yeah, I am. Don't worry about me. You have to worry about passing that exam today." You smiled and boop his nose. Instantly, he covers his face and a slight reddish blush appeared on his freckled cheeks.

You grin brightly and laugh at his reaction. You could never get enough of him being a complete dork, which is one of the reasons why you fell in love with him.

You lean over and peck his freckled cheek. He was completely distracted, and you took the opportunity to take his wallet. You let go of his hand and wave his wallet in front of him. He immediately touches his pockets with a bewildered expression. You snicker in front of him before you start to sprint away from him.

He runs after you, soon enough sweeps you off your feet. Thankfully his training paid off since he can run a lot faster than you.

Both of you were laughing at the silly goose chase. He has gotten used to your teasing but always gets off guard. You press the tip of your nose against his, making him grin brightly and you smiled along with him. He puts you back onto your feet on the ground.

What you didn't notice where students who are within the building giving you dirty to disgusted looks from the windows above.

You are the first one to pull away and take his hand. Both of you are walking into the building, and you drop him off to his homeroom since it is the closest.

"See you later. You wish the best of luck." You peck his cheek and bid goodbye with another good luck peck on his other cheek for his exam.

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When Midoriya Izuku opens his locker in the boys' locker room after coming back from his exam.

A white envelope falls onto the ground between his feet.

With an eyebrow raised, he bends down to grab the envelope with his hero name on the front "Deku".

He wants to open it but decides against it. He places it on the top shelf of his shelf as he changes into his school uniform.

The back of his mind was itching to know what was inside.

Everyone was slowly leaving to go to the cafeteria. He opens the white envelope to only reveal a photocopy of a paycheck with writing on top.

His eyes widened at the moment when he read the wording.

"Your relationship with (Name) is a lie."

His legs weaken with his weight causing him to stumble back as the back of his knees hit the bench. He sits on the bench.

He has so many questions, but the evidence is in his hands.

A paycheck with an enormous amount directed to your name.

Iida comes back to see Midoriya shoulders trembling sitting on the bench. Midoriya hands were clenching the piece of paper in his grasp.

The president of the class walks over to him to see the piece of paper and what's written on it.

His eyes widened, but he was overcome with sadness for his best friend. He reveals a secret that he has been holding to himself.

"Midoriya, I did hear rumors."

Izuku could feel my mouth going dry. It was begging for something to drink.

"I thought they were just rumors. I didn't think to tell you. You know how it is sometimes, but I am sorry." Iida speaks, causing Midoriya to put his head down in shame.

His voice was cracking at each word that comes out from his lips as his eyes were blurred with tears. "Was I foolish?"

The realization hits him when he thinks back at the beginning of the relationship. The way you acted in the very beginning but it changed over time.

He doesn't want to believe it. He hopes it's all a lie. It is just a cruel prank.

But deep down, the thought of the chance of this to be true is high.

Was he fooled or even blinded by his crush to see the truth?

Is he that gullible?

He runs out of the locker leaving Iida alone. He ignores his calls for him. He was too deep in his own thoughts.

He needs to take a walk to breathe.

No. He needs to run to relieve the heaviness on his chest.

He could already feel all the stares of his classmate out of pity when everyone finds out.

His stomach and heart wrenching so hard as if someone took his heart-crushing it with their bare hands.

He rushes past students who were whispering to each other.

"Did he find out?"

"What a pity. To play with kind-hearted boy feelings."

He could feel the room becoming bigger and bigger. He has a hard time breathing, almost as if someone had punched him in his gut harshly.

Once his feet went the ground outside to only scream his heart out while tears running down his freckled cheeks.

His whole relationship with you was it a complete lie?

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