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I sometimes wonder
As I look into your eyes
If you could see the amount of love I had for you
I would hope not
Because it’s embarrassingly a lot
Shouto was trying to find out what he was feeling. Whenever he saw Midoriya, he always had the urge to stay close with him, to put his hand through his soft fluffy hair, to hold his hand or touch his freckles. Whenever Midoriya smiled at him, his heart squeezed at the adorableness. Sometimes, when he saw Midoriya doing something endearing, he wanted to give him short peck on the cheek. It took him too long to realize that this was like the many romance movies they watched together at Class 1-As movie nights, that he liked Midoriya more than a friend.
Shouto never had any good friends, and he knew nothing about romance, until he asked Midoriya what was it like to fall in love. He then asked Yaoyorozu for advice on it, because women were more knowledgeable on the topic, and she doesn’t pry as much as Ashido does.
However, around the time Shouto started to realize his feelings, Midoriya started to act weird. It was when he noticed that he sighed a lot more, his eyes didn’t gleam as much as usual, that he worried about Midoriya. He was gonna ask if it’s about the person that Midoriya loved, but decided against it.
It was when he noticed that Midoriya smiled as usual towards Uraraka, that his heart panged painfully. Was he only feeling sad when he saw Shouto? Did he knew about Shouto’s feelings, and was trying to be kind to him? Or was he troubled by it?
It was Yaoyorozu’s advice, that he decided to take a step.
“Midoriya, can I come to your room later?” He asked, hoping that Midoriya wouldn’t say no.
“Sure, what for?” Shouto relaxed his shoulders in relief.
“I just want to talk about something. See you later.”
“Okay.”
Seating beside Midoriya on his All Might sheets, in his room full of All Mights staring at him. He wondered if All Might cared about Midoriya’s love life, even if Midoriya wasn’t his secret love child, they still had some secret relationship between.
Midoriya was fumbling with his fingers, clearly uncomfortable. So Shouto thought it would be best if he just get it over quickly. To get an answer and kill the crush if it made Midoriya uncomfortable.
“Midoriya, I think I like you more than a friend.” Midoriya froze up, and Shouto moved away, wondering if he had lose control on his quirk again. He also realized that he often lost control on his quirk whenever he was around Midoriya.
“Eh?” Midoriya exclaimed, and looked at him with wide shocked eyes.
“If it makes you uncomfortable, I will get rid of it sooner or later.” Shouto added.
“Eh? Wait, don’t you like Yaoyorozu?” Midoriya asked.
“No, I like you.” He said, tilting his head in confusion. Where did Midoriya get that idea?
“EH?!” Midoriya yelled.
“Yaoyorozu gave me a lot of advice on this thing called ‘love’. And I’m fairly sure I like Midoriya.”
“Eh?!”
“I will ask you for your answer tomorrow. It doesn’t matter if Midoriya doesn’t like me back, if you don’t like me liking you, I will follow your decisions. Goodnight.” Shouto stood up and made to leave, when a hand on his wrist stopped him.
“Wait! Todoroki-kun, I like you too!” Shouto turned around to see a red faced Midoriya.
“Oh.” He said. Suddenly, Midoriya cried, shocking Shouto. “Eh? Did I do anything?”
“No, no. I was just happy afterall. I didn’t expect this, I was so ready for you to reject me, I was so ready for the pain, that I couldn’t believe what you said. Do you really like me?” Midoriya asked. Shouto gently wipe off the tears from his face, and gave a small kiss on his forehead.
“Yes, I like you alot. Your freckles, your soft fluffly hair, your obsession with heroes, the way your smile lights up everyone around you, the way you overwork yourself until it’s unhealthy, the way you kept prying into people’s business, the way you kept wanting to help people even if it means harming yourself. I like all of you, and hope you would stop giving me a heart attack everytime i see your injuries.”
“S-Stop saying that with such a cool face.” Midoriya said with his face in his hands, steam was coming off him. He placed his right hand on his neck again, and this time he didn’t flinch. Midoriya looked up from his hands, his face was still red but he looked really happy. It made Shouto smile as well.
“I like Todoroki-kun alot too. You used to be so distant, giving off a cold vibe to everyone. The first time I saw your fire powers, I thought you were beautiful. Seeing your eyes clear up, being brighter than ever, I was happy. You had the most beautiful eyes, your scar, you being you. I love them all.” Midoriya said and Shouto pulled him into hug.
“Thank you, Midoriya.” He said into the hug. After a long time, they let go of each other.
“I’ll see you tomorrow then, Todoroki-kun.” Midoriya smiled.
“Sweet dreams, Midoriya.” Shouto nodded. Before he left, Midoriya stood up on his toes and kissed him on the cheeks. He was left dumbfounded, and heard Midoriya scream of fire.