Just staring at Todoroki is making a vortex of emotions open in his chest. Anger, disgust, hurt, and confusion are the most prominent of them all. How can someone like Shouto sit there and look so innocent after he used Izuku to cheat on Inasa?

"That isn't what happened," Todoroki answers. Izuku didn't know he had voiced the question out loud.

"Well then enlighten me, please. It looks really bad from where I'm standing." Izuku fights to keep his voice even.

"I did really like you at one point. Then Inasa came into the picture and slowly my feelings shifted to him." Shouto takes a shuttering breath. "When you finally got the courage to ask me out, I couldn't bring myself to reject you. I didn't think about how I would either have to break up with you later or tell you the truth eventually." Todoroki stares at the table in Izuku's small dining space. Tears stream down his cheeks steadily. "I know I messed up with you, it's no one else's fault but my own, and for the dumbest reason to top it all off. I don't deserve your forgiveness but I'm going to ask for it anyways. It won't be the same as before obviously, but I have to admit that I don't like us being on the tense terms we're on right now."

Slouching into a chair next to Shouto, Izuku contemplates the things he has just been told. "What did you tell Inasa about the entire situation?"

"The truth, and he gave me grace when he should've left me." The tears have turned into quiet sniffles.

Deku lets out a small chuckle. "You are both very different from each other. It's kind of entertaining to watch."

A small smile pulls at the corners of Todoroki's mouth. "I think that's what I like best about him."

"I'll forgive you." Izuku pauses to swallow a deep breath. "However, I'm still holding a small grudge against you. I mean, you messed up, Shouto. Being mad at you or hating you is doing nothing for us. We are human after all."

"Fuyumi told me the same thing, that I messed up. I threw our friendship away for the dumbest reasons."

This time Deku laughs and laughs until Todoroki is looking at him with concern. "You did," he says between gasps. "I didn't think of it like that, but you really did. That is so dumb. Here I thought I was the dumb one."

"Harsh," Shouto replies but nods, "yet acceptable. I have a question that I've been burning to ask you."

"Fire away."

"What's it like to have two boyfriends, the right and proper way? You seem so much happier with two than you did with one."

That is not the question he expects nor that he has given much thought to either. Is he happier with both Ei and Kacchan? "Both of them make me happy. I know they're honest with me about everything no matter how difficult. It's the very foundation of our relationship. All three of us click together in healthy ways and work to build each other up in every aspect of our lives. It was a tad bit bumpy at first, I won't deny that, but soon enough we worked the kinks out, and in."

"Too much information," Shouto says, throwing his hands up as if he is going to cover his ears. It makes Izuku laugh again.

Both of them catch up on what they've missed in each other's lives over the past few months. More things have happened and changed for Deku than they have for Shouto. Despite still feeling weary of the man that was once his best friend, Deku also feels freer and more relaxed as if a heavy weight has been removed from his conscience.

"Before I leave," Todoroki says, turning around to look at Izuku in the open doorway, "will you be returning to DJ at Fire and Ice? Everyone, staff and patrons alike, have missed you the past two weekends."

"You'll see me this weekend. I asked for some time to adjust to my classes. I'm surprised Fuyumi didn't tell you that."

"She and I had a small falling out after my infidelity came to light. We don't talk about anything that involves you."

"Let her know we're okay again."

As the weekend approaches, Izuku invites his two men over for dinner and to show off the new king bed that takes up much more room than he wants to give up.

"Izuku, why do I get the feeling that this dinner is more important than you let on?" Eijirou asks, eyeing the feast of food crammed onto his meager amount of counter space.

"You know Kacchan and his well-balanced meals." Deku gets back to making and serving plates of food. Once the three of them are settled in to eat, he speaks again. "Okay, there is something else. Two things actually."

"I knew it!" Ei shouts excitedly.

"Let him finish," Katsuki scolds to quiet the redhead.

"I smoothed out my friendship with Shouto," Izuku announces first.

"Next," Katsuki quips with an eye roll.

"Don't you want to know why?" Kirishima asks Bakugou.

"I don't care why. It was bound to happen eventually so next."

"I want to officially label the both of you as my boyfriends."

"Really? Why the change of heart? Is it something Todoroki said?" Eijirou asks curiously.

Izuku nods, "yes and no. He called you both my boyfriends and it made my stomach flutter and I felt all tingly and warm. I want to call both of you my boyfriends. I want to make it official."

Katsuki nods, sitting his fork down and taking a sip of water. Kirishima's plate has yet to be touched. Kacchan speaks first, "despite how delicious dinner is, I'll take dessert."

In a matter of second, Izuku is draped over Bakugou's shoulder, watching Eijirou follow them to the living area. "Time to try out the new goods," Kirishima says with a wicked smirk. Izuku is deposited on the new, freshly made bed.

"Hmm, say Ei," Kacchan starts, looking dramatically thoughtful, "what do you say to treating our boyfriend to an extra special time since he not only bought a bed fit for three kings and made us dinner but also, because he is the best person we know and the greatest thing to ever happen to us?" While speaking, Katsuki and Ei both remove their shirts and pants.