Despite the night not being chilly, Izuku is trembling. He stomps his way home, all fifteen minutes of it. He is conflicted about the strange feeling in his chest. If anyone would know what was happening, it would be Iida so as soon as he drops his stuff off in the basement, he takes himself up to Iida's bedroom. Knocking tentatively, he waits a few moments before a tired looking Tenya opens the door.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't think about what time it is, you can go back to sleep. I'm really sorry," Izuku rushes out quickly.

Tenya shakes his head and steps out of the bedroom. "What can I do for you, Midoriya?"

"I just need someone to talk with," he admits as his shoulders drop in defeat.

Iida ushers the sad man to the kitchen and puts on some tea. He waits until there are two steaming cups on the table before he speaks. "What do you need to talk about?"

Izuku hesitates on his response, unsure of how to ask what he needs to ask. "I experienced a new feeling and I'm not sure what it is." Iida just looks on expectantly. "What is the feeling called when you see a person with something or someone else and you feel like you've been betrayed by that person even though you haven't been betrayed at all?"

"I'm actually surprised this is the first time you've experienced this feeling." Tenya works hard to keep the amusement out of his voice. "You are feeling jealousy, Midoriya."

Izuku sits and silently stares at his friend for a long time before gathering his bearings. "I've been jealous before! I'm jealous of Jirou's DJ skills and I'm jealous of Kacchan's epic cooking…"

"You damn well should be," Katsuki says, slumping into the kitchen. "Thanks for waking me up, asshole." He glares at Izuku for a moment before walking over and taking his untouched cup of tea. "This is an okay consolation prize, I guess." Kacchan shrugs before walking out again just as quickly as he had walked in.

"As I was saying," Izuku says, puffing his cheeks out indignantly. "This is not jealousy."

"No, you envy Jirou and Bakugou. You want what they already have. Jealousy is the fear that something you have or want to have is being taken from you. It's envy but at a greater magnitude." Tenya sets him with a steady gaze. "What has caused this spike in jealousy?"

Izuku shifts uncomfortably in his seat. Running his fingers through his curls, he says, "Shouto smiled at a woman at the bar tonight, like genuinely smiled at her."

"That's it, nothing more?"

"That smiled is reserved for me and me only. It should be anyways. I mean, what did she say to him that would make him smile like that?" Each word becomes more and more distressed as he says them.

The front door opening causes both of them to jump. Shouto strolls in and gets a bottle of water from the refrigerator. He nods at Iida and turns to Izuku. "Are you doing well? You left the club earlier than usual."

"Yes, I'm fine." The anger in his voice is a surprise to everyone in the room. The words have a sharp edge to them.

Shouto's face becomes as passive as ever. "Are you sure about that? You don't sound fine."

"I said I'm fine, Todoroki," Izuku isn't even sure why he is coming off so hostile towards his best friend.

"MIDORIYA!" The sound of Iida slapping his hand on the table makes Izuku jump. "Apologize."

When Izuku opens his mouth to do just that, realizing how rude he is being, Shouto shakes his head. "Don't bother. I'm going to bed." And with that he descends to the basement, leaving the other two men to stare after him.

Turning back to the table, Izuku puts his head down on it and sobs quietly. Tenya simply stands guard by him until he is done crying. "Why was I like that to him?" Izuku asks as he wipes his face. "I like him and yet I was a total douche to him."

"I told you why," Tenya says to him calmly.

"I think I should sleep off whatever this is," Izuku says, gesturing to himself. "Are we still on for a jog tomorrow before I leave for work?"

"Of course we are. In the meantime, think of a way to apologize to Todoroki."

Izuku washes his face in the bathroom that he and Shouto share before he gets in to bed. It is obvious by the way that Shouto is breathing that he isn't asleep yet. As Izuku searches for the words to say, they fail him, so he instead chooses to curl up in a ball, wrapping his arms around himself to hold himself together as tears threaten to overtake him. Out of everything he feels, confusion is at the forefront.

Eventually Shouto's breathing evens out and Izuku releases the pent-up emotions. No one ever told him that feelings could be so hard.

The normally peaceful jog with Iida is turned into a punishing run by Izuku. Each breath sears his lungs by the time he makes it back to the start of the trail they were running. Each pained breath makes him remember being a jerk to Shouto and he thinks how he deserves to be hated as he stretches to cool down.

"Midoriya," Iida pants, finally catching up. "Did you sleep last night?" A pause for a drink. "You look rough."

"No, I didn't," he admits. "I don't know how to apologize or even approach Shouto right now."

Tenya nods, looking thoughtful. "Can I impart some advice to you?" Izuku nods. "Kirishima and I, we approached you about dating. Not everyone is just going to come to you. There are times where you will have to work for the affection and for a relationship. If I know one thing about Todoroki, he isn't going to come right out and say it."

Izuku just stares at Iida before he whispers, "Earth shattering."

"Are you sure Todoroki is even into males in a relationship way?"

"He's my best friend so he tells me everything, almost. He identifies as bisexual. So, I'm definitely sure."

"Go get him then, Midoriya."

A freshly showered Izuku makes his way to his bedroom to quickly gather up his things before his shift at One for All. He notices a disposable coffee cup sitting on his bedside table and a quick sniff confirms that it is a vanilla latte.

"I forgot to bring you one yesterday," Shouto says as he walks past Izuku, a breakfast burrito in his hand.

The corner of Izuku's mouth quirks up as he turns to see Shouto sitting cross-legged on his bed. His cheeks are puffed out, full of burrito. A laugh bubbles out of Izuku and for some reason he just feels light and happy. "Thank you. I'm sorry for being a dick to you. You didn't deserve my attitude."

Swallowing his food, Shouto asks, "do you kiss Mrs. Midoriya with that mouth?"

Izuku rolls his eyes before walking over to his best friend. "What mom doesn't know won't hurt her." He intended to ruffle the bi-colored hair under his fingers, but he instead started carding his fingers through it. The way Shouto closes his eyes and looks as if heaven has just touched down on the face of the Earth is not missed by Izuku. He recalls the same reaction had happened when he cupped Shouto's cheek at the club once. Todoroki enjoys being touched by Izuku and he decides he will use that to his advantage on his journey to woo his favorite pretty boy.