BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! The quick smack of a crooked hand, silenced the offending alarm clock. Groggily sitting straight up in bed Izuku rubbed his face. His rough calloused hands rubbed the sleep from his eyes. Flicking on the light in his room with a yawn the teen gradually got ready to take a shower and start the day ahead.
It was Christmas Eve.
Today was the day class 1-A would be getting together for secret Santa. Looking over as his neatly wrapped gift on his desk. The yellow and purple wrapping paper shined metallic in his bedroom lighting. Izuku thought abut his adventure with the brunette picking it out. He had enjoyed himself immensely. Iida had met up with them a few hours later frazzled and stressed, still without a gift. They spent the next hour finding a gift for Iida's person. The trio enjoyed themselves for the rest of the day. Finally going their separate ways just before the sun started going down.
"Alright I'm ready" exiting his bedroom Izuku made his way downstairs to see his mother. "Good morning mom! "
"Good morning baby. Your already up and dressed. Is today the gift exchange?"
"yup! What's for breakfast this morning? Inko looked up from her cup of steaming hot tea. "oh you want some breakfast today?" A flush spread across the emerald-eyed boys cheeks in embarrassment. "Sorry mom I woke up late and panicked. I left in a rush and didn't think to say bye." He looked down not able to met his mother's eyes. Smiling behind her hand at her son, she opened her arms for a hug. "I'm not mad just next time let me know what's going on okay." Trying to rub the blush off his cheeks Izuku smiled at is mother warmly. "Okay mom I promise." Hugging his mother Izuku smiled. "Thanks mom."
"For what?" she ssked with a raised brow.
"For cooking breakfast of course." Inko smiled at her son as he began to make their plates. When he finished Izuku set one plate in front of his mother and the other where he was sitting. Once they'd finished eating, Izuku cleared the table and rinsed the dishes. "Alright mom I'm leaving!"
"Don't forget your gift hunny." Already in the process of running upstairs to get said gift he responded with a laugh. "Yes ma'am, I'm getting it now." Grabbing the gift off his desk Izuku smiled. "I really hope Sato likes it." Running back down the stairs he remember something important. "Oh by the way mom I wont be back home tonight were all staying up pretty late so were just gonna sleep there okay?"
"Well okay but make sure to come home in the morning, it is Christmas day and I'd like to spend time with you too."
"yes ma'am." He waved to his mother goodbye before running out the front door. His body hummed with energy, he felt almost giddy but anxious. He hadn't realized how excited he was about today until now. 'I left the house without even knowing where to go.' Bringing out his phone Midoriya checked his classes group chat. Momo had created it when they first started school together. Scrolling through the messages to find the most recent posts, he found that it was being held at the dorms.
"I wonder what they had to do to convince the teachers to let us use the dorms on break" he mused out loud.
His commute to the dorms was spent in deep thought. "Wow I'm here already? I gotta stop getting so lost in thought when I walk." "Hey Midoriya!" turning around once, Izuku didn't see anything. Turning back facing forward he lowered his head. "Well that was creepy." Continuing his walk toward the dorms Izuku felt a hand on his shoulder. Looking over at the newcomer but not seeing anyone, Izuku's smile faltered and he stopped walking. Right as he was about to freak out he noticed the floating cloths right behind him.
"Oh my gosh Hagakure d-don't do that you almost scared me to death!"
"sorry Midoriya! I didn't meant to startle you, I said hey earlier but you kept walking." He scratched back of his head in embarrassment. "Oh sorry I didn't see you." 'Humph' the floating shirt sleeves crossed with a almost annoyed considering its clothing. "Well I'm sorry I'm so invisible." His smile immediately faltered.
"Oh no no no Hagakure I didn't mean it like that!" waving his hands wildly in a panic. Uncrossing her arms Hagakure laughed at the panicked boy. "Hahaha Midoriya calm down I'm not upset, how often do you think that happens to me? I've gotten used to it. Its alright." Patting the boy on the back as he calmed his nerves.
"Still I'm sorry. So how's your break been?" continuing their walk to the dorms Hagakure and Izuku made small talk meeting up with Kirishima and Ashido. "Hey man!" Kirishima said with a razor sharp grin. "I'm here too Kirishima!" Hagakure said with an annoyed huff. "Oh sorry Hagakure, I didn't see you there. My bad."
The floating cloths responded with a huff "Its okay lets just hurry up and go inside." Walking up the stairs to the front door, Ashido grabbed huge door handle and pushed the door open dramatically.
"Man this thing is heavy!"
"You got it girl, your so manly! Kirishima chuckled, helping her hold the door open for the rest. "Thank you guys!" Izuku smiled at them as he went inside.
"Oh wow! This place looks great guys!"
Looking around the room he was amazing at the transformation the girls had made to the dorm. All around the room there was garland and tinsel twisted together hung up along the walls with giant red velvet bows. There were all different sizes of glittery white and blue snowflakes hanging from the ceiling.
Tokoyami, Shoji, and Koda were all sitting on the floor over by the window. Talking about what Izuku didn't know but he waved anyway receiving three waves in return. He noticed Asui and Mineta were hanging up a wreath on the wall above the door. The smell of pine was thick in the air.
Looking to the other end of the room, Izuku noticed a rather large Christmas tree by the wall. This thing had to be eight feet tall at least. It was neatly decorated with gold, red and green glass ornaments. The Christmas lights reflected off the silver tinsel giving the tree and almost glittering effect.
All the presents that had been brought so far were placed under the tree . The image warmed Izuku's heart reminding him of the Christmas's he'd spent with his mom and the excitement of waking up on Christmas morning and opening up what seemed like mountains of presents.
Continuing his examination of the room he noticed there was even some mistletoe hanging in the doorway to the kitchen. 'Wow the girls sure went all out.'
"Hey Deku there you are! I was wondering when you`d show up!" Walking in from the kitchen Uraraka approached him practically bouncing up and down from excitement. "Do you like the decorations?" Uraraka wrapped her arms around the instantly blushing boys shoulders directing him towards the kitchen.
"Are you hungry! We got lots to eat and Sato even made some Christmas cookies! They`re really good." Grabbing a cookie off the tray she handed it to him with a smile. "Peanut butter are your favorite right." ' She remembered my favorite cookie? But I don't know a lot of stuff like that about her. What should I say. I should have taken more notes on my classmates likes and dislikes instead of just their quirks. Would it be weird if I complimented her quirk then. I know she had to have used it with how high the decorations are hanging.' A smack on his arm brought him back to reality.
"Deku relax are you allergic to peanut butter or something?" Shaking his head to clear way his thoughts Izuku looked at the brunette, taking a bite out of the cookie in his hand. It was delicious the flavor of peanut butter wasn't over dramatic on his tongue but it was the texture that made the cookie. Crunchy and crumbly was how Midoriya liked his cookies and these were perfect. "Oh man these are amazing did Sato make these?"
"Yeah he made all the sweets. He was so good in the kitchen he didn't even need any help. I do gotta tell you what though, his bakeware is pretty tattered. I think the gift you got him is gonna be just what he needs." Patting the green haired boy on the back, they walked back into the common area to mingle with the others.
Kaminari came into the common room carrying stacks of board games. Placing them down on the coffee table he sighed dramatically out of exhaustion. "Man why'd you want all these lame games Momo?"
"Just because someone as simple minded as you can not figure out how to play these games does not make them lame." Todoroki smirked when he saw his comment had flown over the electric users head.
Jiro had just walking into the room with enough time to have witnessed the exchange. She crouched low holding her stomach before bursting out, laughing so hard she almost fell over. Wiping her mouth free of spit bubbles she was finally able to regain her composure. "Denki he's calling you stupid, stupid."
Izuku laughed at the display not missing the fact that Jiro called Kaminari by his first name. 'hmm I wonder what their relationship has evolved into to become a first name basis.' Scanning his eyes around the room at all his friends he realized he had yet to see someone in particular. 'where's Kachaan?' quickly turning to look around the rest of the room he headed to walk back into the kitchen figuring Bakugo was somewhere else in the dorm.
Turning the corner of the doorway into the kitchen emerald green clashed with intense ruby red. Izuku's mouth instantly dried up and a weird feeling started fluttering in his stomach. 'Oh man, look at him. He looks…good. No great. No he looks so…so hot?' Eyes growing wide Izuku mentally shook his head.
'What are you thinking Izuku?! Hot? You can't think your best friends hot. This is Kachaan, we've known another since we were kids. I can not think that, he's like my brother, right?' The green eyed boy just stared at the angry blond, not being able to speak at first. He quickly regained his composure "Oh hey Kachaan! I was wondering if you were here yet. Midoriya's eyes softened as memories from his time at the mall flash through his mind.
Flashback
Walking though the mall Iida, Uraraka and Midoriya were casually chatting about hero abilities. They were currently having a conversation about what hero duos they liked and which others they thought would fight well together.
Looking back at Uraraka, Izuku was about to say something when a familiar head of blonde hair caught his eyes on the other side of the mall. 'Was that Kachaan?' Midoriya paused mid step to fully turn around but by the time he had that head of blonde hair he grew up following around had fully disappeared into the crowd.
"Deku are you okay?" waving a hand in front of his face to regain his attention she turned to try and see what he was looking at. Not seeing anything out of the ordinary Uraraka turned back to the boy with the far off gaze.
"Earth to Deku. Hello anyone home?" Snapping out of his thoughts Midoriya blinked his eyes a few times to clear his vision that had blurred from staring so intently. A blush quickly spread across his cheeks when he realized exactly what kind of store he thought he saw Katsuki come out of. "Sorry, I thought I saw Kachaan come out of that umm…store."
"I highly doubt Bakugo would step foot in a store like that! It's much to indecent for young hero's such as ourselves." Iida said in a hushed tone his arms moving wildly in his signature chopping motions. "Yeah I agree with Iida. It had to just be your imagination. Your probably just missing him. Uraraka said with a wink. "It has been awhile since you've seen him hasn't it?" Izuku's blush ferociously overtook his face steadily climbing down his neck and into his shirt. Waving his arms around wildly he started to sweat.
" N-non no no I don't miss Kachaan. Well of course I miss him but not like that! He's my best friend since we were kids so of course I'd miss him after not seeing him for awhile!" shaking his head nervously. Trying to clear any unruly thought from his head.
"goodness calm down Deku I was just teasing, you continue to freak out like that and you'll explode." Calming his nerves enough to think straight again Izuku smiled to his friends nodding his head. Alright well let's go we still have enough time to get some food before I need to be headed home."
Taking one last look at the store he had thought he'd seen the blonde walk out of, he shook his head dismissively. 'Nah they're right there's no way Kachaan would have been shopping in a sex shop? Right?'
End flashback
"The fuck you looking at Deku?"
Realizing the blonde had just spoken him, Izuku shook his head to clear away the memory. A blush quickly spread across the green-eyed boys face when he noticed that the blonde had closed the distant between them. Their faces were mere inches apart and Izuku could feel the explosive teens breath fanning his face.
"S-sorry did you umm s-say something" Looking down nervously trying to avoid eye contact with the blonde who was invading his oh so tiny personal bubble Izuku continued. "Sorry I spaced out for a second."
"I said what are you looking at, nerd?" not giving Midoriya a second to respond ruby eyes narrowed and a scoff escaped the taller teen. "never mind I don't care, just stay out of my way Deku!" Quickly Katsuki backed off of the smaller teen and turned to head out of the kitchen. Casting one last look back at the green haired boy Izuku swore he saw fire dancing behind the explosive boys ruby red eyes.
Izuku released the breath he hadn't realized he was holding sliding down the wall into the floor. 'what was that all about? Why did he get so close? What was with that look in his eyes.' Looking around nervously to see if anyone had seen this display he sighed in content, nobody saw it. 'I almost miss the warmth of him being so close.' A blush started to spread at the thought of their previous close proximity.
'What is wrong with me. Do I really have feelings for Kachaan? I've known him almost my whole life so I guess it couldn't be impossible.' Furrowing his brows Izuku pushed himself back up to a standing position. He quickly decided to leave the kitchen and the interaction with the blonde behind him. "I'll have to figure that out later but for now I wanna enjoy myself."
Exiting the kitchen Izuku just so happened to look up noticing the mistletoe hanging in the doorway. The image of Bakugo grabbing him up and kissing under the mistletoe caused a blush to cover his face for what seemed like the hundredth time in such a short time span. Grabbing his face with his hand he walked over to where Uraraka was playing board games with some of his other classmates and sat with a flop down beside her.
"You alright?" Uraraka looked at Midoriya's flushed face with worry. Placing a hand on his forehead she frown "Well your not running a fever so why are you all red?"
"Don't worry I'm fine I'd rather not talk about it right now okay?" Catching his eyes in a knowing stare Uraraka agreed to let it go. "Alright fine. But your talking later." With a nod of his head Izuku agreed to her terms. Joining in the game In order to forget what happened.
'seriously what is wrong with me?'