Hello, everyone! SomebodyWhoLovesThings here. Just gonna have one thing to say.
Also, I will put "Screw The iPhone App" on the bottom of my disclaimers every chapter until I'm done because of the centering issue (kms).
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Day 9 of 21
Sunday
- POV - Uraraka -
I woke up this morning feeling better than I had any other day. I was buzzing with happiness.
Today was my rest day before the final exam, and I felt prepared. I had talked to my partner, we practiced techniques, I'm improving my quirk, and more.
But geez... yesterday was something. That's the most progress I've ever made with a guy I've liked before. I'm so happy.
But one thing seems unclear to me. Yesterday felt a lot like the date near the end. But it still felt like it was missing something. I can't really put my finger on it, but I know it's there.
There was one thing stopping it from it being a full-on concrete romantic thing. For all we knew, it wasn't super clear until the end when we held hands and went for a walk.
I have a lot of self-confidence now knowing that Deku probably likes me. That or he's really, REALLY tolerant of me. I want to ask him out again, but I don't want to do it too soon. And I wonder if he'll ask me out.
Maybe I could send him a signal or something? I don't really know what Momo means when she says "signal". She says that it's often to let guys know you like them, but I think Deku already knows. He just needs to do something about it.
I had stayed in my room for the majority of the day, memorizing protocol and phrases to say to those who were in trouble. But I got a call from Momo earlier today to talk about stuff and I just now got one from Iida.
I answered the phone. "Hey!"
"Hi, how are you? You haven't been talking much today."
"Yeah, sorry about that. I'm pretty good, how about you?"
"I'm fine, thanks. You seem really happy. Did something happen?"
I felt like I was going to explode with happiness thinking about it. I went into my bathroom to use the walls to lower the noise. "Will you keep it a secret between us two for now?" I asked eagerly.
"Sure. You sound excited. Why is that?"
I took a deep breath. "I WENT OUT ON A DATE WITH DEKU!!!"
"W-WHAT?"
"Y-Yeah! I know!"
"A real date?"
"W-Well... kinda. I don't really know if that counts as a 'date' or not..."
"Hmm. Did you just hang out or did you do anything? Or did you kiss?"
"N-No! We didn't!" My face burned.
"What'd you guys do?"
"We went out and had lunch at a buffet after practicing together. And then we walked back to my room together."
"Did anything else happen or was that it?"
"We... keep this a secret too... but we held hands on the way back."
I heard applause from the other side of the phone. "BRAVO! BRAVO!" Figures from when I told him my hero story, but...
"I-Iida, someone could hear you! Stop it!"
"Don't worry, I'm alone."
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- POV - Deku -
"DEKU WHAT THE HELL?!" An explosion raised from Kacchan's hand as I finished what I was saying.
"K-Kacchan! You said you wouldn't tell anybody if I let you say that you won our fight!"
"Ugh... fine. But what the hell made you into round face?"
"I-I don't know! And don't call her 'round face'!"
"Okay, Deku. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. I know you've come to talk to me because I've always been more popular and superior to you, and..."
I dozed off as he praised himself. I hate to admit it, but he's right. I only came to him because he was cooler when we were in junior high...
"But anyway, everybody knows she likes you."
"H-Huh?"
"What do you mean 'Huh'? How can you spend so much time studying hero work and not know that a girl who likes you will probably try to hold your hand?"
"I-I know... but the question is would she want to actually continue dating me?"
Bakugo facepalmed and muttered something under his breath. "She said that she enjoyed the time yesterday, right?"
"Y-Yeah..."
"Then why wouldn't she say no to another date?" Kacchan is behaving like a civilized human for once... this is strange.
"I... I'm not sure what the next step in our relationship is. I mean, I want to ask her out again sometime, but I don't know how to tell her I-"
"Kiss her."
I gawked at him. "K-Kacchan!"
"You two seem to be in a state where you have feelings for each other but are either in denial of them or are keeping them in secret. Something obvious like a kiss would make it easier to reveal them."
"I... If I tell you why I won't do that, will you tell anyone else?"
"I would, but under this deal, no."
"I already did earlier a few days before the date and she denied feelings for me..."
"How?" He didn't seem furious. This is odd.
"I... I don't know! I don't know why she likes me now but not before!"
"Was there a reason she was hiding it? What were the circumstances? Who initiated it? How-"
"Okay, okay! I'll explain."
Kacchan is a surprisingly knowledgeable social person. He was pretty popular in middle school. But he has yet to get a girlfriend here. I can only think to what Asui said on the first day as to why...
Maybe when people see the more rational Kacchan they'll like him more. But he doesn't seem to be eager to show that.
In a nutshell, he thinks that she's just really confused. And that doesn't help much because I am too.
I feel like something is missing that makes the 'status' of Ochaco and I clear, and I might just know what that is.