I'm so sorry that this took so long! I had to rewrite it a few times until I was satisfied. Billie Eilish's new album murdered my writer's block honestly.

So thank you for your patience, and I hope you enjoy.

"What about that one?"

"I think it's a bird."

"Really?" He asked doubtfully and his soulmate giggled.

"Of course!" Izuku took his left hand and used his finger to trace the sky. A glowing flame illuminated the sky. "See, those are the wings..."

Shouto hummed, the grass crinkled in his ear as he tilted his head. "I still don't see it, 'Zuku."

"What is it then?" His soulmate asked. He stole his hand back.

"I think it's just a cloud."

Izuku laughed, beaming beautifully. "Of course you'd say that."

Shouto glanced over to where he laid beside him. His soulmate's eyes glowed, grinning at the sky. A few blades of grass had made a home in his hair, blending into the green curls.

Izuku's laughter faded as he noticed his gaze. "What?"

Shouto smiled shyly at him. "Nothing really. I just love you."

His freckles hid behind a blush. "You're so sappy." His soulmate said, shifting closer to him. Shouto took the opportunity and pressed a kiss to his pink nose. "Shouto!" Izuku exclaimed.

"Hm?" Shouto hummed smugly. He shifted onto his side. His shirt probably had grass stains, but he couldn't find it in himself to care.

"We're in public."

"You act like we're not the only ones who ever come here." The green-haired boy shrugged awkwardly, cheeks still sunset pink.

"I'm surprised no one has found us yet." Izuku said a moment later.

"I used to eat lunch here, at the beginning of the year, but I've never seen anyone else here. Except you." Shouto admitted.

His soulmate looked thoughtful. "Weird, I wonder if it maybe has to do with our connection. Or maybe it's easier for us to find because something in our subconscious is always looking for it all the time. The same way we're always looking for each other, you know?" Izuku contemplated. His emerald eyes flickered over to him.

Shouto was silent under his gaze. "Maybe..." He finally said.

He didn't say anything exciting, but Izuku's eyes brightened anyway. He looked perfect here, green curls splayed everywhere and shiny eyes and starry freckles. Shouto still wasn't sure what fate had decided they belonged together but he'd like to thank them some day.

A cheery song cut off the quiet atmosphere, jolting them away from each other. Izuku hesitated, but eventually grabbed his singing phone.

"Hello? Oh hi. No, Shouto's with me." He sat up at the sound of his name, resting his head on Izuku's shoulder and pressing his ear to the other side of his phone. Izuku gave him a side glance and an enduring smile.

He couldn't hear the other person's words, but they sounded cheery and excited, so Shouto guessed it was Uraraka. Izuku talked to her for a few moments as Shouto watched a stray weed growing in the sidewalk.

The courtyard had changed plenty in the months in between now and then. The sidewalk was a little more crumbled in some corners, a little more overgrown. Izuku was right, no one else ever seemed to be here. That meant this little corner of campus never looked as manicured as the rest of Yuuei. The grass was taller, weeds and flowers and leaves among it. The famous tree had lost its leaves. Even their bench was a paler shade of concrete, bleached by rain.

It still looked like that summer day in their dreams, however. Pristine and perfect and utterly theirs.

"Yeah, we're heading there now. Save us a spot, okay? Yeah okay, bye!" Izuku pulled his All Might decorated phone away from his ear.

He turned his head just slightly. Their noses were nearly touching, sharing the same air. Somehow, moments like this still got his heart racing. Must be that something about soulmates no one could ever explain.

"What did she want?" Shouto murmured. There wasn't much use in being any louder. Anyone he wanted to talk to was right here. "It was Uraraka, wasn't it?"

"She said they're starting the movie night now. Apparently Jirou and Tokoyami got together movies for a horror movie night." He answered.

"Already?"

"It's almost seven, Shou."

Shouto didn't care to look at his phone to check. The sky was turning a pretty pink indigo, clouds fluffy and fading into darkness. He wondered how he didn't notice, but then again, Izuku always had a habit of stealing his attention.

Izuku suddenly pressed a quick kiss to the side of his mouth. Shouto blinked in surprise. "What happened to 'we're in public'?"

His soulmate blushed and shrugged, Shouto finally pulling his head from his shoulder. "Felt like kissing you, I guess." He mumbled, so quiet Shouto barely heard him.

"Are we going to this movie night thing or not?" Shouto asked.

Izuku recovered and nodded. "If you want to."

He'd follow him anywhere. Instead, Shouto just shrugged and nodded.

"Okay."

Most of the class had already collected around the TV by the time they arrived. Satou was passing out snacks and Kaminari snatched something from him. Shouto watched for a moment as it sailed through the air and hit Bakugou's spiky head. Kirishima managed to keep his soulmate from attacking their classmate.

Izuku took his hand, claiming his attention again. He led him over to a corner of the room where Uraraka had saved them their promised seats. She waved and moved aside at the sight of them.

"Where have you guys been? You both disappeared like the second class let out." She questioned, mildly curious with an easy smile.

Shouto didn't answer, curling into the other corner while Izuku sat between them. The green-haired teenager flushed. "I dunno, we just went for a walk. Got a little lost, maybe."

"Maybe? Did you guys go off campus?" Uraraka asked, excitedly hushed.

"No! We were just at this place, don't worry about it!" His soulmate explained poorly.

Uraraka looked unimpressed, a knowing smile on her face. "Is it a soulmate place?"

"Maybe?"

"Yeah, whatever, Deku." She laughed and the green-haired boy relaxed.

Uraraka's voice suddenly got quieter, although Shouto still heard her anyway. "I'm glad you're happy, Deku."

His soulmate leaned against his side and Shouto pretended to not notice, watching Hagakure and Ashido wrestle with a blanket.

"Thanks, Ochako."

The movie began not long later, creepy music and hushed whispering filling the common room. Izuku was curled against Shouto's left side. He made sure it was a constant warm for him.

Shouto glanced at him, eyes half-lidded. Technicolor light danced on their faces and Izuku looked peaceful on his shoulder. He didn't even care what was happening on the screen. Shouto watched him for a moment, drowsily surprised.

He was peaceful too, with his soulmate by his side. This must be that thing everyone talked about when they talked about soulmates. The happiness of just being beside them. The calm he felt just by being in his arms.

Shouto smiled softly, cuddling closer to him. Izuku hummed in confusion, but he didn't answer, steadily drifting closer to their courtyard again.

"You couldn't even wait until the movie was over?" Izuku teased gently, walking out of nowhere. He strolled over, landing on the bench beside him.

"I was tired." Shouto shrugged. He supposed some sort of his consciousness was awake now, but it didn't feel like it. Being in the courtyard always felt so effortless. Dreamy, ironically.

"I don't think I made it up either. I don't remember much." The green-haired boy admitted.

"If we're quiet, we can hear it."

Sure enough, they both grew silent and Shouto heard the credit's music playing in the distance alongside tired, far away words belonging to their classmates. Maybe one of them would shake them awake, or maybe they'd just leave them together on the couch until the morning sunlight brought them back to the waking world.

He didn't really care which one, he'd be with Izuku either way.

"Do you think I should tell Kacchan?" His soulmate suddenly said quietly. It echoed and distorted gently, as if he was listening to an old tape. Sound was like that here.

Shouto vividly remembered the night where Izuku had showed up at his door, too stressed to sleep.

Too terrified.

He had confessed it all in the late night, the quirk, All Might, all the years before. The worst part had been the end, when Izuku had grown silent. Looking at him with teary eyes like he expected a rejection or maybe some sort of screaming from Shouto.

"If you want to tell him, I won't stop you. It's your quirk." Shouto finally answered, a weak smile when he glanced at his own left hand.

Izuku let out a watery sigh, maybe because of the memories, maybe because of the future ones. "I don't want to, but I think he already knows. He loves All Might too much to expose him, but it'll just be another thing for him to hold over my head. It already is." He said bitterly.

Shouto reached over and grabbed his hand, tangling their fingers together. "Whatever you decide, I'll still be here. You know that, right?"

Izuku glanced over, his motions seeming choppy and slowed in Shouto's eyes. When the blur cleared, Izuku was staring at him with wide, surprised eyes.

Shouto squeezed his hand. "What?"

His soulmate sniffed, using his other hand to wipe his eyes in a blurred haze. He shook his head wearily. "Nothing. You're just amazing, Shou."

He shrugged nonchalantly, his face heating. "I'm pretty sure you're the amazing one, 'Zuku."

He heard Izuku laugh, short and breathy, face buried in his shoulder.

"I love you."

Eternal summer floated in the wind, lazy sun beaming down on them, somewhere in between the dream and the memory of that day. Shouto pressed his nose into his curls and smiled.

Love.

Soulmates.

"I love you, too."

The End.

"Shou" and "Zuku" are my fucking weaknesses...

There it is! I'm not sure if I'm even okay with that ending, but I can't keep dragging this out. Maybe I'll add something else onto it eventually, probably not. I'm sad to see this story go, but I guess they've all got to end eventually.

A lot of you asked if I was going to continue writing, so I thought I'd talk about a few of my future ideas real quick. I can't imagine I'll really start anything before the summer, as final exams are coming up soon and I've got lots of things I've got to study for. My school schedule next year will probably be pretty busy as well, but I absolutely have plans to keep writing, even if the updates are less consistent.

There are several Tododeku one-shots/shorter stories in the works right now, as well as some future additions to my two current series. I'm also playing around with a fantasy AU with Tododeku as well as a few aged up fics where they're pro-heroes. I hope I can participate in Tododeku week this year too, it's in July. Who knows which of those with be the next big story, but that's just what's in my drafts right now.

I'd just like to say thank you one last time for reading this. I loved reading all of your comments throughout the story, and the continued support really helped me get this far. This was my first BNHA fic, so to have that much support in a fairly new fandom for me was really amazing. Thank you to all who reviewed pretty much every chapter (I see you, you're great) or to those who simply favorited or gave kudos.

Thank you for everything and I hope I'll see you again soon in the future.