Todoroki POV

I was putting on my shoes, waiting to leave for school when Natsuo came downstairs. "Is your boyfriend walking with you to school again?" he asked.

"Boyfriend?" I turned to look at him, very confused.

"Come on Shouto, I've seen the way your face lights up when you talk about him, and how he walks you to school every day, you two seriously aren't going out? You can't tell me you don't at least have feelings for him?"

"He's my best friend, of course I care about him," I responded, not quite sure what he was referring to.

"'Best friend', ok just so you know that me, Fuyuma and mom will accept you, I just wouldn't tell dad," he advised. I was very confused and I didn't even know what I was confused about. Then I saw Midoriya outside. I did not want to keep him waiting, so I couldn't ask more questions. Accept me for what? Did he say boyfriend? That normally means dating, but we're both boys. None of this made sense.

"He's here," I told him as I left my house.

Midoriya greeted me with a warm smile he must have noticed the confusion on my face and mistook it for worry because he asked if I was worried about the test. I said yes. It was easier than trying to explain my confusion."Would you like to quiz each other like we did yesterday?" he suggested. I quickly accepted. Glad to be asked questions that I knew the answers to. I would think about what my brother said later when I'm alone, so I won't bother anyone. We quizzed each other the entire trip, and others joined in once we reached UA. We continued until class started. This distracted me from my conversation with Natsuo.

When the day was done, and I waited for the room to empty out as usual the green-haired boy came up to me smiling. "Iida and Ochako and I are going to the arcade to celebrate finishing the written part of the test, do you want to come with us?" he offered. I answered with a nod. I didn't want to focus on my brother's words, and I always liked spending time with Midoriya.

We went to the same arcade, and even though I was with Midoriya it wasn't the same as he was spending time with our other friends. Even though they all did their best to make me feel included I still felt like an outsider. Despite that, I still had fun, and I also stopped thinking of what Natsuo said.

When I got home, I saw my brother and told him where I was when he asked, but he didn't make any weird comments like he often did when I talk about Midoriya. He made no reference to this morning's conversation at all. I almost thought I made it up, but I couldn't bring it up, just in case I did. I did think of it as I stayed up late texting my best friend, I couldn't talk about this with him either since it involved him, whatever this is. As I was about to fall asleep I decided that I would ask Natsuo about it in the morning.

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