Izuku was walking to the waiting room where Ochako was supposed to be, when he ran into Bakugo.

"Hey Kacchan, nice match," said Izuku as Bakugo glared at him.

"Did you tell Round Face to do that?" he asked.

"No, I did not. I wanted to help her but she outright rejected me," said Izuku as Bakugo sighed.

"Well, tell her that it scared the shit out of me," said Bakugo swallowing his pride.

"Huh? Did the great Bakugo Katsuki admit he was scared?" asked Izuku with a chuckle.

"HEY, I CAN ACCEPT WHEN I AM SCARED ALRIGHT! AND DON'T CALL ME BY MY FULL NAME IT'S CREEPY FROM YOUR MOUTH!"

"Alright alright Kacchan," Izuku said as he started to walk.

He soon reached the room and opened the door.

"DEKU KUN! Man, I lost," said Ochako scratching the back of her head.

"I got carried away at the last, if I didn't I could have won," Ochako said with a smile as Izuku figured out what was going on.

"Ochako, you can let it out you know," said Izuku as he closed the door and sat on the table directly in front of her.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I know you're frustrated Ochako Uraraka, so let it out," Izuku said, and something about him saying her full name tipped her off as she started to tear up.

"I... I was so close! I... in the end, I was still weak... I am not good enough..." said Ochako as she started to cry and Izuku hugged her.

"You were good enough Ochako, you were more than that," he said as she sobbed in his shoulder.

'This is the second time today someone is crying in front of me,' thought Izuku as he rubbed circles on her back to comfort her.

"I want to help my parents Deku kun, but how can I if I still can't move past even the first round? I did so terrible, I am so useless..." she sobbed as Izuku grabbed her face and stared directly into her eyes.

"That is where I draw the line Ochako. YOU ARE NOT USELESS! You can still help your friends. You did great out there, and I am sure other heroes agree with me. That idea of yours was genius. You are strong enough to scare Kacchan, and it's not many could do. So don't ever think like that. You are not weak, you are not useless. You are the strongest girl I know," Izuku said as he got really close to her face.

"B-but the scouts won't know with just one fight," she sobbed.

"I know they will. With a fight like this, they definitely will..." 

"I-I am sorry, I didn't want you to see me like this," Ochako said as she smiled.

"It's alright, I want to see every side of you Ochako," Izuku said as he let go of her face and put his hand on her chin.

"S-sorry for wasting your time, you could have prepared for your match right no-"

Ochako was cut off as Izuku pulled her in for a kiss, her eyes widening.

"I love you Ochako," Izuku said as he hugged her nuzzling in her shoulder.

"..."

Ochako was too broken to process this as Izuku pulled back and stared at her.

"So..."

"H-h-huhh! Y-you k-kissed me! YOU LOVE ME!"

"Yeah," said Izuku nervously looking away.

Ochako jumped onto him as Izuku fell back on the table as Ochako hugged him tightly.

"I LOVE YOU SO MUCH DEKU KUN!" she yelled squeezing the living daylights out of him.

"T-thanks Ocha, but I can't breath," Izuku said turning a little blue.

"OH! SORRY!" Ochako said pulling back.

"It's alright, you can hug me whenever you want," Izuku said as he took a few deep breaths.

"So... we're dating?"

"... I just kissed you, we had a nearly full-blown make-out session, you're currently on my lap. Is that still a question?" asked Izuku, looking genuinely confused.

"Mou, you 're mean," said Ochako as she buried her face in his chest causing Izuku to chuckle.

"Wait... what's poking me around the stomach? DEKU KUN! YOU'RE A PERV!"

"That's a water bottle I brought for you! I swear Ochako, you're the one who's got a dirty mind," Izuku said facepalming as he took out the bottle causing Ochako to blush really hard.

"I-I knew that!" said Ochako hiding her bright red face.

"Yeah yeah. By the way, I ain't showing off but if it was my 'thing', you wouldn't need to be this close to feel it. Not showing off, just facts," said Izuku as he walked out with a smirk.

'W-what!' thought Ochako as she fell on the ground with swirls in her eyes.

As Izuku stepped outside, he saw Shoto with a weird look on his face. To describe it, his eyes were wide open, eyebrows raised, mouth open, kind of a cross of shock and horror.

'W-what did I just hear... that w-was... so dirty!'

"A-ah, Shoto," said Izuku with a sweatdrop.

"W-what did I just hear?"

"Uh... it's better if you forget it and pretend it never happened," Izuku said.

"Y-yeah, I need bleach for my ears," Shoto said, still in his stupor.

"S-shut up! You'd know if you fell in love... or have you already?" asked Izuku, adding the last part with a smirk.

"No I hav-" Shoto stopped as his thoughts went to a particular girl.

'...'

"Think about it," Izuku said as he pat him on the shoulder.

Finally, after walking a few steps, he was alone, and what he had said finally sunk in.

'WHATTHEFUCKDIDISAY! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!'

"NEXT MATCH IS IZUKU MIDORIYA VS HITOSHI SHINSO! PARTICIPANTS, PLEASE COME TO THE ARENA!" 

Izuku steeled his expression, putting those thoughts out of his mind as he walked out in the arena.

Izuku and Shinso were standing face to face as Midnight yelled start.

Izuku quickly got in front of Shinso as he punched him in the stomach.

"Show me what you got," he whispered in his ears.

"Oh? You must have had it pretty easy didn't you? With that badass quirk of yours?"

'Sorry Midoriya, I remember that you told me that you were quirkless till some time ago, but I got to do it,' Shinso thought as he punched Izuku back, only for him to block it pretty easily.

"Tch. I guess you won't speak," Shinso said as he went in for a punch, which was pretty fast, even for someone with a reflex quirk. It was only his extreme training with Steve that saved Izuku from it.

Izuku kicked Shinso in the face, but Shinso didn't flinch and just grabbed his leg throwing him over his shoulder.

"You were right, I was cribbing about not being in the hero course and blaming you all for my own shortcoming," said Shinso as he went in for a well-trained foot swipe trying to trip Izuku who jumped over it, only for Shinso to quickly hit him in the face with his feet.

"Ouch! That was B-boying footwork-to-power move transition step," said Izuku rubbing his chin.

Shinso tried to use Izuku's stupor to his advantage but Izuku was ready as he went in for a black flash. However, Shinso dodged it at the last minute by jumping backward.

"Hah, it wasn't for you," said Izuku as his fist made contact with the ground.

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