Denki was lying on his bed, staring at his ceiling wall for the nth time today. He had been this way since he saw Aoi walk away with Bakugo out of all people earlier today.
He ran a hand through his hair to his face and sighed.
Why do you keep thinking like this?
Denki sat and took his phone. He saw the time was already around 8 pm. He felt hungry again... He opened his lock screen to see the selfie that he and Aoi took on the ice cream date. The two were smiling happily, holding up their cups of ice cream for the camera to see. Aoi looked very cute...
"GAH!" Denki plopped down on his bed again. His right arm went to his eyes, covering it from the light in the room.
Out of all people to fall for... Why does it have to be Aoi-chan?! The perfect idol that basically everyone falls for?!
His stomach rumbled.
Time to go to the kitchen.
"Oh hello, Denki-kun!"
Denki's head instantly whipped around to face Aoi. He was just taking out a pot from the cupboard for his instant noodles. Her voice was a little bit hoarse.
"Aoi-chan!" He greeted back with wide eyes, shocked.
Aoi looked like she just went out from the bath. She wore a purple t-shirt along with short white pants. Her long blue hair was wet, a towel over her head as she dried her hair.
"Oh, you're cooking instant noodles again? That isn't healthy, Denki-kun!" Aoi scolded as she took the packet of instant noodles from his hand. Denki fought a blush as her fingers brushed his in process.
He swore he felt sparks.
Just not from his quirk...
"I-I don't really know how to cook..." Denki laughed it off and scratched the back of his head. Aoi gaped.
"I'm cooking, then!" Aoi declared. Denki blinked.
"What? Really?"
"Eating instant noodles isn't healthy, Denki-kun. You ate one earlier today!" She humphed as she pushed Denki to sit on the countertop chair.
"Sit!" She commanded, Denki followed. "I am going to cook us a nutritionous meal!
"B-But--"
"No buts! We can't have a future hero be malnourished!" Denki stilled and stopped struggling as Aoi finalized the argument. She went to the kitchen to prepare food. She opened the fridge and cupboards and started looking for ingredients.
She's doing this for me?
Denki blushed. He saw her putting on a frilly light purple apron and tied it behind her back. She was reminded of something and went back to the countertop.
"I'll put my towel here," She shyly grinned as she dried the towel on the chair for now. She took the hair tie that was on her wrist and tied her hair up. Denki gulped as he felt his face go hot. She went back to the kitchen but stopped.
"I forgot to ask, do you have a favorite food, Denki-kun?" Aoi asked as she leaned closer to him from across the counter. Denki fought the urge to scoot back as she was close enough to see his blush clearly.
"U-Um... I like..." Denki stuttered. He thought to his favorite food that he always imagined eating...
You.
Denki blinked in realization. His face went red. He smacked himself in the face, making Aoi blink in worry. Lowkey he was glad he didn't say that part out loud.
"I like burgers! Y-Yeah, I like burgers..." He admitted a bit too loudly, covering up his blunder.
"Ok...?" Aoi unsurely said. "I saw that we don't have bread... I'll have to brainstorm then! What a challenge!" Aoi giggled as she went to prepare ingredients for whatever she was going to make.
Denki sighed as he leaned his head on his palm.
Way to go, Denki.
"Please wait for me!" Aoi gave a wink through her shoulder. Denki blushed.
He watched Aoi cook with a small blush on his face.
Cute...
"Tadaa!"
Denki gaped at the sight of Aoi's cooking. He had been very tired looking her move through the kitchen in hurry that he took a slight nap. He woke up go the smell of the food Aoi was cooking not long after.
Aoi's cooking surprised him.
"We didn't have any bread on the pantry so I had to brainstorm... I made the rice to be the shape of a burger! And there's the hamburg steak too, and the wiggly fries!" Aoi explained excitedly as she pointed out to the food on the plate.
"Aoi-chan... These look delicious..." Denki gulped at the thought of eating the food.
"Dig in then! Itadakimasu!" Aoi took her cutlery.
"Itadakimasu!" Denki took his and cut a bite. His eyes widened at the taste.
"These are delicious, Aoi-chan!" Denki melted.
"Thank you, Denki-kun!"
They ate in silence, enjoying the meal. Denki stole glances to Aoi to see she's smiling. As he looked closer, he could see the slight scratches on her body and frowned.
"Your body has a lot of scratches, Aoi-chan. Have you seen Recovery Girl yet?" Denki said worriedly as his hand subconsciously went to held her arm. He softly turned her arm over to examine the scratches, and Aoi blushed.
Her heart beat quickened when Denki softly touched her arm. He turned it to examine the scratches she got from training with Bakugo.
"U-Um, I finished training late so I didn't have the chance to..." Aoi looked away.
"You need to see Recovery Girl for these scratches, Aoi-chan." Denki sternly said, "You can get infections if you don't treat them properly!"
Aoi gulped at the intensity of Denki's eyes and looked away. His touch was soft on her skin, and Aoi felt little tingles as his fingers softly went and traced her scratches.
"I-I'll see Recovery Girl tomorrow..." She blushed.
"Promise me you will!" Denki huffed and held out his pinky finger. Aoi blinked. She held up her own pinky finger as well and Denki leaned closer to wrap his pinky with hers. Aoi looked down to their fingers with a blush.
"I-I will..."
Denki gave a chuckle.
"Good girl!" His free hand reached to ruffle her hair. At the praise, Aoi felt her ears grew hot and her face steaming as well. Her erratic heartbeat almost made her faint.
What is going on?!
Denki and Aoi were washing the dishes together when Denki asked the question. Denki was washing the plates while Aoi was drying it off.
"So..." He started, making Aoi turn to look at him, stopping drying the plates.
"How did you ended up training with Bakugo?" He asked, not turning his head to look at Aoi.
"Hitoshi-kun went to train with his sister, Hitomi-chan today." Aoi hummed and continued to dry the plates with a towel.
"Shinso has a sister?" Denki gasped.
"Yes, Hitomi-chan's just one year younger than us. She's in the general studies though." Aoi explained with a smile, thinking back to the excited girl.
"Hm... If she's in the general studies, why does she need to train?"
"...It's a bit complicated, but Hitomi-chan used to hate her quirk. Two days ago she came up to us training saying that she wants to join. Someone made her love and appreciate it and now she wants to transfer to the hero course." Aoi smiled. The Shinso siblings had been through a lot...
"She hates public attention though, always hiding behind her nonchalant persona... I said that she's actually really sweet and cute when people get to know her better and she blushed beet red. Maybe one day she would be a covert hero instead!" Aoi chuckled.
Denki smiled when Aoi chuckled.
"So, I didn't want to bother the two siblings as they bond through training. I trained alone then, and Bakugo-kun..." Aoi shuddered, stopping her wiping, "Came to me and shouted saying..."
"HEY! BLUEBERRY! YOUR FORMS ARE WRONG! YOU WANT TO DIE FROM THAT SHIT?!"
"I'm thankful for him teaching me but he's such a scary teacher. Thankfully Izuku-kun came by and stopped him before Bakugo-kun could do something..." Aoi gave an awkward chuckle. Denki closed the water tap as he finished washing the plates, passing the last one to Aoi.
"Were you having trouble with something?" He asked as he leaned on the edge of the sink.
"Oh, I just have problems controlling my quirk for both offense and defense techniques. Bakugo-kun thought my quirk was like Present Mic's so he had me shouting soundwaves and doing several fighting forms. My voice feels a little bit sore." Aoi coughed as she tried demonstrating her shout again. Denki cringed and stopped her just before she could do it.
"Your voice sounds better now, but I think it's best for you to not do it again,"
"Yeah... Bakugo-kun's such a spartan trainer. I accidentally tripped on him because my legs weren't used to the vigorous training... I was so scared of what he'll do. But I guess he's not so bad after all..." Aoi trailed off and put the towel down, finishing drying the last plate and stacked it on top of the other plate stacks.
Denki frowned and held his breath,
"But he's still scary. I can't see him in the eyes." Aoi sighed and folded the towel.
Denki let out his breath.
Bakugo's not a threat now. Thank God.
Aoi went and opened the cupboard on top to put the plates, went on her tiptoes, only to be stopped by Denki who got to her back and took the plates from her. Aoi looked back in confusion only to see his collarbone. Her height only reached until his eyes as Denki was a growing man, taller than her.
He went and put back the plates in the cupboard.
Aoi looked up at their close proximity and blushed. His arm went above her head and she felt trapped between the counter and his body. Her cheeks warmed as she saw his shirt sleeve ride down to reveal his muscles. Her eyes went to his lips to see it was moving, but no sound was coming from it as Aoi was stuck in her own mind.
W-What am I feeling?!
"--Maybe you could use a support tool?"
Aoi blinked, finally realizing that Denki was actually talking to her.
"H-Huh?" She squeaked,
"You could use a support tool for your quirk, Aoi-chan. I have had the same problem on my first year too, and maybe the solution to your problem could be that you need a support tool to help with your quirk." Denki explained as he put the plates. Aoi's eyes widened in realization. She looked at Denki's eyes in wonder.
"Why did I never thought of that before?" She whispered, making Denki look down in curiosity.
"You just solved my problems Denki-kun..." Aoi said in awe. She smiled her usual pretty smile and Denki felt his heart flutter. He let go of the plates and his hand went to the cupboard door, closing it.
"As always," Aoi's hands found their way to his chest, leaning for support as she stood up on her tiptoes, reached his cheek, and kissed it.
"My hero!" She whispered with a giggle.
Denki's eyes widened as he felt her kiss his cheek. It has been a while since she did it, and he felt like he wanted to feel more of her kisses often. She looked lovely in front of him, looking up with her charming smile and her melodious (while a little hoarse) giggle.
His heart fluttered and his cheeks reddened. His heart beat quicker as he noticed her hands on his chest as she looked up to him lovingly.
She's calling me her hero again...
Her hands are on my chest...
Does she feel my erratic heartbeat?
Does she see my red face when I look at her?
Does she know she makes me feel this way?
She makes me feel like I'm worth more than I am...
"Aoi-chan... I am in love with you..." He whispered as he gazed lovingly into her beautiful golden eyes.
A/N Heheh.
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