Boku no Hero Academia belongs to Horikoshi Kohei
The only sound in Ochako's living room was the movie she had chosen for her and Izuku to watch despite her certainty that it was his turn to pick. The fantasy film was close to ending and she found herself staring between her friend and the film more than what she probably should.
She almost felt like there was an invisible barrier holding her and the green haired boy in different sides of the couch, not that she didn't want to cross said imaginary barrier she set up years ago; had it not been for her own fear she would have erased any traces of it far too long ago. That was easier said than done, especially when the common sense said such a thing was impossible.
As the credits rolled she tried to see if Izuku had enjoyed the film without asking.
"So… how was the test on analytic geometry?"
His voice resonated above the music taking her out of her line of thought.
"Good, I guess. It wasn't as difficult as I expected but I'm just looking forward to keep my scholarship not to graduate top of my class" she mumbled moving the Chinese food on her plate trying to pick something that looked particularly delicious.
"I saw you studying really hard for that test. I'm certain you will get the best grade on it, I don't know anyone who works as hard as you, so you deserve it" His smile was as bright as the sun as he tried to raise her enthusiasm for the results.
"You only say that because you don't know many people majoring in physics" She put one bite of food in her mouth noticing ho his freckled cheeks suddenly lit up a dim pink color.
"Even if that's true, we know each other since high school. I know how smart you are"
"Thank you" she smiled, the pink only seemed to light up even more "How was that date you went to?" She had to use all her willpower to ask and no choke on her own words. He looked at her, his head tilted and his eyebrows slightly furrowed.
"You mean the thing with Tsuyu?" He questioned after realization hit him "It wasn't a date, she just needed help with a particular theme and I helped her. I think she is dating someone called Tokoyami"
"Ohhhh" She mumbled "Wait, he has the same name as 'ThelordofDarkness?' you know, the guy who is internet-famous for drawing sort of edgy art"
"I guess so" Izuku meditated for a few seconds "That could explain a few things"
"Like what?" Ochako asked curious smiling amused a how Izuku looked like if he just had a revelation.
"Well me and Tsuyu were comparing notes and when she opened her book to check something a bookmark fell of it, her face was sort of red when she picked it up and said 'sorry, a gift from my boyfriend' I thought the art style was familiar but I couldn't pinpoint from where" Ochako chuckled at Izuku's story picturing he probably had spent a while after Tsuyu had left thinking about why the art was so familiar to him.
"Yeah, that's probably why" She said trying to stifle a laugh.
She turned to Izuku hoping she would see him fumbling about how he probably should have realized it sooner or pulling his lower lip deep in thought about whatever that could be troubling him right now, even finding him grabbing chips from the almost empty bowl in front of them would have been more logical. Instead, she found him staring at her with a tender smile on his face and the eyebrows just a bit raised, he had never looked at her that way. In an attempt to lower the blush that threatening to light up her face Ochako decided to change the topic.
"And how have your tests been?" The look on his face suddenly shifted to a more natural one.
"Good, at least the ones that I already have back. Hopefully all of them will be as good"
"I'm sure they will" Ochako smiled warmly, trying to return the positivity he had tried to give her before.
"I don't know. Civil rights' was harder than usual and the professor doesn't seem to have me on his good side" he said scratching the back of his neck.
"You will get the highest grade on that test and be the lawyer the world has ever known" She said with enthusiasm, leaving the plate of food on the coffee table and moving her hands up and down, he smiled at her.
"I'm not sure if I'll be the best lawyer, but I'd like to be a good one" he muttered awkwardly. She lifted herself from her side of the couch reaching to him until she held is face between her hands
"You are literally the best person I know, if your heart was in real size the earth wouldn't be big enough to hold it. Your sole existence is a beacon in light in the darkness of this world" Ochako said this with enthusiasm and it barely took her a second to register her actions and the weight of her words. She took her hands away from Izuku's red cheeks returning to her side hoping her own cheeks weren't as red.
"Anyways" she began trying to focus her eyes on something that wasn't Izuku as she played with her hands. "I picked a song for the next video"
"Oh? Oh!, yes, the… the song, very important" It had been a while since she had heard him stumble on his words like that. At least in front of her.
"Yeap" she nodded "It's called 'I'm glad you're evil too'" She had already heard an artist made a cover for it and she liked it so much she thought it would be cool if she did a cover for it too.
"But you are not evil" Izuku reasoned.
"You can't know that yet" Ochako argued "Ask me again in fifteen years, when all these formulas end up driving me mad"
"When you feel you are going insane all you have to do is call me and I'll come here to sue your school and comfort you with a blanket, your favorite movie and all those meals and snacks you love so much to remind you how sane and wonderful you are" He spoke after a few seconds of silence, looking at her with a bright supportive smile. She felt her heart skipping a beat in her chest.
"Izuku"she said with her eyes filled with tears. "Thank you for being my best friend"
"Of course, that's what friends are for" Despite the clear smile on his face Ochako was able to see there was something weird with his tone but she made no comments on it.
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Mina threw the towel, it fell on the bed with an empty sound, after working on her designs the entire weekend she took a much needed break. She was lucky there had been no other girls in the bathroom at the same time as her, so she was able to sing her lungs out without anyone telling her to shut up because they had a hangover from the party the night before.
Taking her laptop, she opened her e-mail, ready to send the scanned designs to her teacher before the deadline, the woman was strict on her schedule and Mina usually barely met the time the woman had assigned, but not this time, this time she was ready with two hours ahead.
Paying special attention to remember to put her name on the file that contained her entire weekend work, Mina sighed in pure relief when the file was sent. The feeling of having nothing to do at the time when she usually was just beginning her homework (and that if she even did her homework at her dorm) was odd.
The curiosity peaked on her, as her fingers drummed on the wooden desk. Opening her youtube channel just to check what probably would be a total of four views and one or two of them would probably come from Ochako who had already messaged about how much she had liked her video and how funny it was.
As soon as she clicked on her channel, her eyes opened wide and her heartbeat almost reached her ears. On Friday there barely were ten subscribers on her channel, most of them friends, now the box almost reached ten thousand, flabbergasted, she checked on the only video she had posted noticing how close it was to eighty thousand views.
She didn't hesitate on clicking it as she let out a small scream of joy scrolling down the comments writing one that she pinned at the top thanking everyone who had seen her video and subscribed also thanking those who hadn't and decided they would just drop by. After pining the comment she tried to answer as many as she could, mostly showing gratefulness, other times replying with a funny comment to those who had made a joke. Almost at the top, a comment caught her attention mostly for the number of likes it held and for the similar replies.
"Alright, who else is here because of RedRiot" Mina frowned for a second, the name was unfamiliar to her.
All it took was a quick search on Google for it to pop up a YouTube channel, a Twitter and an Instagram account, the three of them under the same name. Mina clicked on the twitter account first, the profile picture was of some red and black logo she didn't recognize and the tweet at the top had her video with the caption "I know this isn't what I usually post, but 100 on the manliness scale". She couldn't help but chuckle at the choice of words but with nearly two hundred thousand followers it was easier to tell from where all the people who had landed on her video were.
She continued onto what she assumed was his Instagram, the young man in the pictures mostly appeared doing exercise and posing casually from time to time. The face gave Mina a sense of familiarity, but she was unable to place it. She had to admit though, RedRiot was very attractive, his body was toned, he had a handsome face and red hair that was unnaturally stiff.
Her next stop was the YouTube channel, where she clicked on the first video she found under the tittle "Teaching people on the street how to throw people to the ground ft. Kaminari" Mina couldn't help but chuckle at the thumbnail of RedRiot standing next to a woman who seemed to be throwing a blonde to the ground.
"Hello" the joyful tone of his voice, despite apparent nervousness only helped to increase Mina's sense of familiarity "I am RedRiot and I'm glad to see you in my channel, today our guest is Kaminari from "Tapinglightning" and he is going to help me with today's video" They were standing on the street, as people came and went in what Mina recognized on of the main malls of her town.
When the first person dropped Kaminari to the ground Mina let out a heartfelt laugh, noticing how Kirishima looked at the person who had thrown the blonde with pride.
"This isn't what you promised" Kaminari complained lying on the ground.
"Sorry" RedRiot said, smiling as he apologized "I'll make it up I promise"
It was then when it clicked her, of course she hadn't recognized him. The last time she had seen him he had black hair and he let it down instead of up like now, they used to be together back in middle school and he was such a nice boy, a bit timid from time to time but overall a genuinely nice person. She was glad to see that hadn't gone away.
Jumping to twitter, she decided to set up a second account, one dedicated to her channel and figured she could also open a second Instagram afterwards. Setting everything up she proceeded to subscribe to RedRiot before she forgot about it and follow him from all her accounts.
"Dudeeeeee thank yoouu I almost didn't recognize you mr glow up. We should meet up one of these day" Was the first thing she posted tagging the redhead, after she realized she couldn't DM him because he didn't follow her back yet. She didn't have to wait too long for the reply, minutes later her notification bell rang with the announcement of a new follower.
"Wdym thank you? You look wonderful! And I'm up for it whenever you are!" Kirishima tweeted back at her. The pink haired girl decided to read the responses first before switching to DMs.
Chargebolt: "Look at this people, signal this as the day RedRiot successfully talked to a girl, this is a national holiday"
Cellophane: "Don't be like that, you are celebrating too quickly maybe the girl tagged the wrong person"
Chargebolt: "true, true."
Cellophane: "Besides, this is Kiri we are talking about, I bet you fifty he ruins it"
Chargebolt: "Deal"
RedRiot: "….."
AlienQueen: "lol. I tagged the right person, how can someone mistake such a cute guy, must be jealousy burning"
RedRiot: "LOL"
The sound of a bell caught her attention, thinking ahead of her RedRiot had already sent her a message. With a smile on her face Mina proceeded to read the semi-formal message he had sent, she responded fast telling him there was no need to be formal with her, if he had seen her with braces he sure deserved to treat her with more friendliness.