Happy Valentine's day, my lonely weeb brethren.
The waves were crashing into the cliff. The cry of seagulls echoed through the air. And the last rays of the setting sun illuminated the couple standing on the edge.
"I am sorry, Deku. But it is just not meant to be." said the brunette, clasping the hand of her companion. Tears started streaming down the cheek of the green-haired man.
"Uravity, is there really no other way?"
"I'm afraid not. With my new job in Tokyo, and you moving to U.S, we would eventually drift apart."
"I can stay! I can-" she placed a finger on his lips.
"No. You would never be happy here. I can see it in your eyes. All those years, confined, broke you. We were feeling trapped. But now... We're both free."
"Will I ever see you again?"
She gave him a small smile while shedding tears of her own.
"No. You were my escape, as much as I was yours. But now it's time to stop running. Goodbye, Deku." She released his hands, and he let his slide out. She turned to walk away, but before she could, he called out to her.
"Uravity!" she faced him, her tears leaving traces on her cheeks.
He gave her a bitter smile through his tear-stained face, before making one last request.
"Can I get something to remember you by?"
She returned to him, before laying her hand on his freckled cheek and pulling him down. Their lips pressed together, as the sun finally disappeared beneath the waving ocean. It was a simple touch, but it meant so much more.
"...and CUT!" the director yelled through the megaphone in her hand. Izuku and Ochako separated and wiped the tears.
"That was great guys, exactly what we needed. Special thanks to no.12 hero Uravity for joining us. With that, the feature film is complete!" everyone on set started clapping. Almost a year's worth of work has finally paid off. Now, with luck, Ochako's hero name will attract enough distributors to get it into the theaters in less than a month, of course, after it's all put together.
Both Ochako and Izuku headed off towards their trailers, laughing, remembering some mishappenings during the shoots, and backstage, like how Izuku had a fanboy freakout when he learned he was shooting a movie with a famous hero. How he sometimes fell into muttering streaks about her achievements, or how to improve the dialog or his acting.
They separated, and Ochako was hugged by her husband who took her to her trailer. Izuku and Tenya were good friends, but they all wanted some relaxation after shooting the final scene.
After a small celebration with the rest of the team, Izuku was on his way home, driving his electric car. Iida and Ochako wanted to offer one of their chauffeurs to take him, it was after all a party and they weren't kids, but Izuku refused. There were also a lot of questions about his plan for valentine's day, which was tomorrow, but he skillfully dodged them.
He soon drove off the main road and down a gravel driveway, until he arrived at a small house. Seeing the lights were on, he smiled and hurried inside. Opening the door, he heard a voice calling him from the kitchen to the left.
"Well, well, well. The big star himself shows up! Did the shooting go well? Can we expect another Oscar?"
"Yup, and who knows. Did you finish your hero paperwork?" he entered the kitchen and found a headless body taking two trays of store-bought frozen pizza out of the oven. Then, from the ceiling, dropped a waterfall of dark green hair, attached to the face of one Setsuna Tokage, better known as no.6 hero, Lizardy.
"Ready to do the thing?" she asked him as her headless body detached the hands holding the trays, to place them on the counter across the room.
"Yup." they both took out their cellphones, and other devices enabling communication, and promptly turned them off. And then take out the batteries. And locked them in a steel box.
Both Izuku and Setsuna had no enjoyment on Valentine's day. So, one day, when they were both trapped at one of the cheesy Valentine parties, thrown by the Yaoyorozu foundation, they made a pact. Every year, on the 13th of February they'd meet at Izuku's place, turn off any communication with the outside world, and watch old movies. Like REALLY old.
Their friends and family always bugged them of their plans and where they disappeared to. Their mutual friends long since noticed they both disappeared at the same time and were bugging them to finally reveal their supposed relationship. But, really, they were just friends. And friends with benefits that one time. Since then alcohol was banned at these get-togethers.
Why did they dislike the holiday of lovers? No one knows. But that didn't mean there was anything wrong with them. And if Izuku had to shoot that day, or something big went down that demanded a big hero intervention, they were perfectly alright spending that day alone. But, like with most things in life, hating on things, or screwing around with your friends, making them worry for no reason is just more fun to do together.
Don't bite yourself because of what day it is. I sure don't. Even if maybe I should. NPGamer out.
PEACE!
