Izuku POV

As soon as I got back to my floor, I tried my best to tiptoe to my room without anyone seeing me. It's almost 3pm. I've been at Kacchan's all day. The last thing I need is to be seen wearing clothes that clearly aren't mine, and holding a blanket.

I'm almost to my door when..

"Deku-kun!"

Dammit Ochaco

I quickly start to try to open my door. I don't want to have this conversation right now.. I need to shower and get back to Kacchan.

"Deku-kun!"

Sigh guess it's unavoidable.

"H-hey Ochaco" I say with a smile trying not to be awkward.. which is a little hard when you have a blanket, and dirty clothes in your hands. I hope they don't smell.

"Where have you been all day? You haven't responded to any of my texts.. or the group chat."

Before I could respond, I noticed she gave me a once over.

"And.. those aren't your clothes.."

"Heh heh.. you're right! I gotta change!" And I quickly unlock my door and try to escape inside.

Unlucky for me.. she stopped me from running away. She has her hand on the door keeping it open. She's gotten surprisingly stronger over the years.

"Are you.. okay?" She gave me a concerned look.

I stopped fighting the door and walked in my dorm leaving her in the doorway.

"Come inside..but don't tell anyone..okay?"

She had this fan girl type look on her face. I think she knew where I've been. Better make this explanation quick.. I don't need Kacchan to come looking for me.

I put down my stuff and sat on my bed. Ochaco took a seat at my desk.

"Spill it! I know you were with Bakugo~" she said in a teasing tone.

Sigh

I spent the next 10 minutes explaining to her where I was, how we went to dinner last night.. how I couldn't sleep.. and how he made me lunch.. and I made up a lie about how I borrowed his clothes because I needed something that wasn't embarrassing to walk back in. She knows I normally sleep in just a T-shirt. So I think she bought it. She doesn't need to know about the kissing.. and the touching.. or the fighting. But something tells me she knows something other than sleep happened.

"So.. you know that Denki's room is right next to Bakugo's.. right?"

Oh God. I know where this is going.

"Yea.." I say trying to play it cool.

"Jiro and Denki have been in his room for the last few hours.. they came upstairs shortly after Bakugo brought you lunch."

Sweat was starting to form on my brow, and my eyes were getting wide. It was harder and harder to pretend I didn't know what she was getting at.

"Okay..."

"Jiro texted me.. she said you guys were very um.. loud." She started to giggle.

My face is now beet red.

"O-oh? W-what did she hear?" I said still trying to act dumb. Maybe she just heard Kacchan yelling.. there's no way she heard us.. moaning.

"Ohhh nothing... just that it sounded like you guys were having funnnn~~"

She knows. -_- And I'm sure Denki knows. And if Jiro told Ochaco.. Denki probably told Sero.. and Sero probably told Kirishima.. and Kirishima.. oh gosh. I won't be able to look at him. I can't imagine how I would feel if I was told that my crush was..having fun with someone who wasn't me. It would kill me.

My head is now in my hands and I am a blushing mess.

"Deku.. you're mumbling. Don't worry.. I don't think Denki told anyone.. and Jiro said she only told me."

I snapped out of my trance and started to calm down a little.

"Promise you won't tell anyone? I don't know what Kacchan would do if he found out that people knew."

"Well, he wasn't too subtle this afternoon when he was making you guys lunch.. I think people know you guys were together, just not together, together."

Sigh.

I mean, people know we are friends. So hopefully that's all they think for now. I don't know if I am ready to announce to everyone that we are a thing. We haven't even officially become a thing yet. We don't have a label.. and I don't know if Kacchan would want us to have one either. The last thing I want is for his reputation to be damaged.

Everyone knows that he is gay.. or at least not into girls.. so it wouldn't be damaging in that regard.. at least I don't think it would be. He's not the type to just openly talk about his sexual preferences. He has said he's not into girls before though. Mineta teased him once in class about not having a girlfriend.. and he made a comment about how he didn't like girls when he was yelling at him. He didn't say he was into guys.. but it could be assumed. No one asked though. His sexual preference is really no ones business. I think people thought he was Ace for awhile there though. But I dunno..

I'm not shy about liking guys and being gay. My mom knows, and so does pretty much all of the class. I decided to "come out" to them at a party our first year. I wore a shirt that had a rainbow on it and said "pride" and although I didn't outright say it.. people got the hint. Everyone was pretty cool with it. Kacchan and anyone I went to middle school with already knew.

I used to write Kacchan's name in one of my notebooks and put hearts around it.. one of the people who bullied me saw once and outted me to the whole class.. thankfully he didn't say who's name I was drawing hearts around.. but he definitely made sure the whole class knew I liked guys. -_- those were some dark times.

So I don't know if Kacchan would just rather keep this type of thing private or not. I'll let him decide that though. I would love to call him my boyfriend.. but he would need to ask me out first.

Ochaco didn't say for much longer. I told her I really needed to shower and respond to my texts. I told her I was going back to Kacchan's later. I told her we might meet up with her and Idia for dinner in the cafeteria later.

After she left I took a look at my phone.

52 Notifications?!

I opened the group chat first. Pretty much everyone in our class was in the group chat besides Kacchan. He never stayed in the chat. I figured it would be the fastest way to tell people where I have been.

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[All_Mighty_Deku] Hey guys.. I'm alive! Didn't sleep well last night.. Kacchan brought me lunch because I woke up with a headache.. my phone was dead.. sorry!

[❄️SobaIsLife?] Midoriya! I was getting worried.

[Think_Pink?] Deku! Bakugo didn't poison you!

[ ️PikaPika ️] Bakugo did something though ? ﾟﾘﾏ

[MusicLover?] DENKI! ?

[All_Mighty_Deku] No need to worry Shoto..I'm fine.

[All_Mighty_Deku] nope.. no poison here Mina ? Kacchan is a good cook ?

[RedRiot] Glad you're alive! I tasted some of that broth.. it was BOMB! ?

[StickyFingers] Too bad Bakugo won't cook for everyone ?

[ ️PikaPika ️] He only cooks for his SPECIAL friends Sero ?

[MusicLover?] DENKI!? ﾟﾘﾡ

[Birdman?] Someone is going to get it..

[?Froppy?] Yea.. but what are you talking about Denki?

[ ️PikaPika ️] ohh nothing..

[Make_You_Float_Like_That?] You guys are really lucky Bakugo isn't in this group chat. He'd kill you guys.

?Lord_Explosion_Murder? has been added to the chat.

[Birdman?] he's in it now.

[Think_Pink?] Hey Bakugo!

[?Lord_Explosion_Murder?] Why was I added to this chat?

[ ️PikaPika ️] No reason..

[RedRiot] We were just taking about how you're a good cook bro!

[StickyFingers] YEA! And how you only share with Kirishima and Deku!

[All_Mighty_Deku] Stoppit guys..

[?Lord_Explosion_Murder?] Aren't you supposed to be in the shower?

[❄️SobaIsLife?] Why do you say that Bakugo? Did you make him dirty..?

[All_Mighty_Deku] SHOTO! ?

[?Lord_Explosion_Murder?] IM GUNNA KILL YOU ICYHOT!

?Lord_Explosion_Murder? has left the chat.

[Birdman?] And he's gone. Watch out Todoroki.

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Oh jeeze.

I close out of the group chat and look at my other messages. Clearing them all before I make my way to the shower.

*ding*

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[?Kacchan ? 3:30 PM] hurry and get back here. ?.

[Me 3:30 PM] still need to shower ?

[?Kacchan ? 3:31 PM] Sure you don't want company? ?

[Me 3:31 PM] KACCHAN!

[?Kacchan ? 3:32 PM] if you're not back here in 30 minutes I'm going to assume you need help in the shower and will be coming to get you.. so hurry up!

[Me 3:32 PM] Okay ?

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I quickly get my stuff to shower and head out.

While I'm in the shower I can't help but think about what it would be like if he was here with me.. maybe he will have to come home with me on our next break so we can try it..

I can't believe I just thought that.

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