Hey everyone! Hope you all are enjoying the story thus far! If anyone was wondering, English is NOT my first language! Anyway, here's the new chapter folks!
Izuku had no idea what to do at the time, he had a deep red blush on his cheeks as he looked down at his lap. Ochaco was still there since last night, she had fallen asleep shortly after he had comforted her, right after she had stopped crying. He hadn't moved all night, even when he dozed off he did it in a sitting position, so he wouldn't disturb her. Ochaco had slowly slid off his chest last night and stopped moving as her head hit Izuku's lap. He hadn't even tried to wake her, as she looked so peaceful and happy while sleeping, he didn't want to disturb her.
Izuku admired the face resting on his lap, she had a smile like a ray of sunshine, she looked so happy, so beautiful. His cheeks turned pink at the thought, he wanted to keep that smile with him forever.
She moved around a little in her slumber, but her smile stayed, he dared even say that it got brighter, 'What a dream she must be having.' He thought, while unconsciously stroking her hair. Seeing her in this state made him sleepy himself, last night had been the best and worst sleep of his life. He had barely rested, always worried that if he moved too much he might disrupt Ochaco's peaceful sleep. But he was happy all night long. Ochaco, his classmate, his best friend, and crush had slept this close to him all night, and she had done it happily. He looked up and through the window, the first rays of sunlight of the day were showing. He looked at the horizon, admiring the scenery, 'Still,' he thought as a tiny smile came across his lips, 'as beautiful as that may be, it isn't as beautiful as whats in this room.' He was shocked at his own words but still accepted them as truth. He buried his face in his hands, trying to contain a furious blush that had formed on his face.
"D-Deku? I... I think I love..." He was unable to figure out the rest of the sentence, but from what he had heard, he was able to draw multiple conclusions, all of which left him dumbfounded and with the biggest blush on his face. 'Calm down Izuku,' He thought, 'You probably just heard wrong, there's absolutely no way...' His words not convincing him in the slightest. He finally laid back down onto his pillow, his unhurt hand covering his face.
"D-Deku?" He heard again, 'Geez,' he thought, 'What kind of dream is that?' "Deku?! Where am I?" he heard again, 'Wait.' he thought, looking back at Ochaco. She looked back at him with her large brown eyes. He was at a loss for words, not knowing what to say. She reacted first, looking around her and understanding the situation. Her cheeks turned bright red as she realized where she had been sleeping.
"S-Sorry!" She said while standing up and bowing her head in apology, "I hadn't realized how exhausted I was yesterday..."
"I-It's fine!" Izuku responded quickly, "It wasn't bad at all! And you just looked so happy I didn't want to wake you up!" He realized the words he had said right after he did, his face turning red like he was impersonating Todoroki or something. He looked elsewhere, not being able to look at Ochaco in the eye.
"Well," Ochaco murmured, "It was actually quite nice..."
"What did you say?" Izuku asked, puzzled.
"N-Nothing! Nothing at all!" She stammered.
"Oh, okay." He said, visibly disappointed about something as Ochaco noticed.
"Are you okay?" She asked, worried about her friend's health.
"Y-Yeah! Couldn't be better!"
"Are you sure?" She asked, moving closer to him.
Izuku held his breath as he and Ochaco were practically touching right now. "Yeah..."
She looked down, embarrassed, but didn't move away from him at all. "H-Hey, Izuku?" she asked, looking back up at him.
"Y-Yes? What is it?" He asked embarrassed, but not being able to turn his gaze away from her.
"I... had a dream last night. And it involved... you." Izuku flinched at the last word, knowing where this conversation was headed.
"Well, it made me realize I had to tell you something." She looked deeper into his eyes with determination.
"Really?" Izuku said, his face turning redder by the second. Ochaco only nodded and got even closer to him, both of them were a breath away from each other now.
Ochaco nervously played with her fingers and looked down, trying to find the right words to say to him. 'This is it,' She thought, 'It's all or nothing.' She took a deep breath and looked back up to him, 'Oh god' she said to herself, 'He smells so nice...' She kept getting distracted, but still managed to gather all of her courage and opened her mouth:
"Deku. I... I love-" She was interrupted by the sound of the door slamming open and Mina walking in, followed by the entirety of Class 1-A.
"Hey!" She said as she walked in, going towards them, but before she could say anything, she witnessed the situation in front of her, "Oh! Am I interrupting something here?" She asked teasingly while looking at Ochaco with a knowing glance.
"N-Nothing at all!" Ochaco exclaimed, moving away from Deku and scratching her neck with her hand.
"Oh really now, mademoiselle?" Aoyama said, looking at both of them with a mischevious grin on his face.
"Yes! Really!" Said Izuku, clearly embarrassed about the whole situation.
"Hmm? Okay then," Mina teased again, "Then what were you doing here before us Uraraka-san? Might I add that you never came back to the dorms last night?" Ochaco's cheeks flushed red at Mina's question, with no answer in mind.
"She just came to see me!" Izuku spoke, covering for his friend, "Then after chatting a bit she fell asleep on that chair over there!" No one believed Izuku's words, but still there was no response coming from the class, instead, they all just moved closer to Izuku's bed and bombarded him with questions.
"What happened to you?" Iida asked.
"Did it hurt a lot? Ribbit" Tsuyu asked, worried over her friend.
"How did you do this to yourself this time?" Kaminari asked, chuckling a little.
"Hey!" Jiro told him, elbowing him in the stomach, "Don't say that!"
"Alright, alright. Sorry Midoriya." He said while scratching the back of his neck, embarrassed.
"It's okay," Izuku said smiling, "It was kinda my fault as well." He then recounted the events that had happened yesterday. The class was quiet while listening, some gasping at the part where the truck hit, some congratulating him at the end, but everyone saw Izuku in a new light. Everyone knew he would always give one-hundred and ten percent of himself to save anyone, but they hadn't actually seen it happen with anyone other than his classmates. This showed them how strong Izuku's resolve was, and how his goal of becoming the number one hero who saves everyone regardless of the result on himself truly might come true.
After that, the class spoke with him for some time, they brought lunch and everyone enjoyed it in each others' company. When they were finished, Izuku felt tears welling up in his eyes. He used his unhurt hand to hide his eyes from everyone else, embarrassed as to what they might think of him.
"Deku?" Ochaco said worriedly, looking at him, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, it's just..." Deku said holding back a sob, "I'm just thankful for everyone. I didn't have any friends before attending U.A, so no one has ever cared this much for me at all." Tears started slowly falling from his eyes as he looked down, "What I wanted to say is... Thank you, everyone. Truly" He gazed up at his classmates, who were all smiling back at him, some with their eyes a little wet. Izuku even noticed Bakugo at the back looking away from him, as if he could cry any second, he knew his past better than anyone after all.
Ochaco was the first one to take action, she walked up to Izuku and hugged him tight, tears slowly falling from her face as she buried her head in Izuku's shoulder. Everyone was shocked at first, but they all understood. Tsuyu was next as she walked up to him as well, and hugged both of them. Iida came after, then Kirishima, Mina, Momo, Todoroki, Jiro, Kaminari, Aoyama, Tokoyami, Koda, Ojiro, Tooru, Sato, Shoji, Sero and even Mineta. Everyone ended up in a great big hug surrounding Izuku, tears fell freely, but they weren't sad or painful. All of them were happy.
Bakugo was the only one who didn't join, he stood back, as if unsure of what to do. Izuku looked at him through the crowd of people and smiled at him. This didn't make him angry, on the contrary, Izuku swore he had seen a lone tear going down his face, but it was quickly covered up.
All of them stayed until later, joking around, playing a couple of games, or simply just chatting. When it got late, people started to get up one by one, making excuses just to leave Izuku alone with Ochaco. Of course, they hadn't noticed, both of them were so dense when it came to these things they only truly got what was happening when the class had to practically drag Mineta, who was the last to go, out of the room.
Ochaco stood in silence, Izuku remained silent as well, both of them unsure of what to say at the moment. Izuku flinched when Ochaco suddenly turned around, looking at her feet.
"Hey, Deku?" She said in a low voice.
"Y-Yeah?"
"I didn't get the chance to tell you what I wanted to."
"Oh, really? Then what is it?" He asked nervously, partially knowing the answer.
Uraraka said nothing as she moved across the room and sat on Izuku's bed, beside him, looking at him in the eye.
"Deku. I-I." She paused, collecting her thoughts:
"I love you."
She said right before planting her lips against Izuku's gently.
A.N: Hello! Hope you enjoyed that chapter! It was a TON of fun to write for me! Thank you, everyone, for supporting this story (No, this is NOT the end of the story, not yet at least)! You guys truly are amazing! As always, comments/criticisms/reviews are appreciated!
