Izuku stares blankly at his desk, blinking to make sure he isn't hallucinating. Uraraka squeals in excitement behind him as she spots the desk. The noise of the classmates already in the room with him fades into the background as Izuku continues to stare. A small, folded note sits innocently in the center of his desk, accompanied by a rose.
"You have an admirer!" Uraraka pokes at Izuku's side playfully. Izuku can feel his face heat up as he realizes what this means. Him, Uraraka, and Iida had exchanged Valentine's day candy as they walked into the school, but this is something else entirely. His grip on his backpack tightens as he inches closer.
"We don't know if its an admirer specifically. It could just be someone trying to be nice- although no one else has one of these but it doesn't really make sense for anyone to like me. Mina said she was giving chocolate to everyone so maybe its something like that? We can't just assume someone's motivations this might just be a thank you note for something- not likely but not impossible. Even so-"
Uraraka touches his arm, startling him out of his rambling. She smiles at him, "Don't worry about it Deku, I'm sure whoever gave you the note knows you well enough that whatever happens, it won't be a problem." Uraraka lowers her voice to where even Izuku struggles to hear here. "You never know, it might just be for a certain special someone."
Izuku jumps back like he's been burned, frantically shaking his head. "No- not happening- definitely not- don't just say things like that! What if he heard you."
"I hope he did," Uraraka teases, pointing a finger at Izuku's chest. "You gotta get your man sometime Deku. Just trust me."
"That n-note is 100% not from him." Izuku shoots back, risking a glance to Todoroki's desk, where Izuku's classmate was idly watching Iida lecture Kaminari about the importance of proper quirk usage- a way to get back at the blond haired boy for the stunt pulled last night.
"You never know." Uraraka singsongs back, walking over to Izuku's desk to look at the folded paper more closely. "Not until you open it at least."
"M-maybe later." Izuku relents, only to nearly jump out of his skin when Iida's voice sounds from behind him.
"Midoriya, are you going the note that-" Before Iida can finish, Uraraka lunges forward with a shout, her hand closing over his mouth, and sending him floating up.
"Iida, uh, what were you going to-"
"Nothing! He said nothing!" Uraraka exclaims before Izuku can finish, pinning Iida with a stare that told exactly what would happen should he continue.
"I am terribly sorry Midoriya, but I don't know who put that note on your desk." Iida says, adjusting his glasses as he starts to tilt midair.
"Good." Uraraka grins, reaching up to right Iida's position before pressing her fingers together to release him.
"I-" Izuku stops, finding a distinct lack of words. Iida's lies are easy to spot, but Izuku isn't exactly sure he wants to know who gave him that note. Either it's from someone that Izuku will only end up letting down, or it's a joke. Uraraka's suggestion gets squashed and dumped into a corner of his mind- along with all the hopeful dreams of the boy with dual colored eyes and a soft voice- because the chances of that happening are so nonexistent Izuku shouldn't even be wasting his time considering them.
Just as Izuku's mind finally seems to discover what words are again, a familiar snarl sounds from the classroom entrance, followed by Kirishima's cheery voice.
Izuku turns, grabbing the note and rose from his desk and putting them into his bag before they end up inevitably damaged by Kacchan's soon to be tantrum- Izuku did have a large respect for Kirishima as the red haired boy unashamedly shoved a box of chocolates in Bakugou's face, even if it did cause more than a few miniature explosions.
Once Aizawa comes in to quell the mess, Izuku dares to take the note out of his bag with trembling hands. He takes a deep breath. All this note is is words on a piece of paper, he can just read them and move on from there.
Dear Midoriya,
Your smiles have always been brighter than any light imaginable.
-S.
Izuku expected that to be the end of it. One anonymous note that turns his ears bright red and sends his thoughts into a spiral on who "S" is, and that would be that.
But apparently someone had other plans, because at lunch, there's a pink rose waiting with one expensively wrapped chocolate and another note at his usual seat. Uraraka is having fun prodding and teasing him about it, and Izuku swears that both Iida and Tsuyu are joining in with their heavily masked with politeness or bluntness brand of playful is nonchalant through the ordeal, neither teasing nor encouraging Izuku to find who wrote the does offer a cautious hand an Izuku's back after Izuku nearly coughs up half his lunch while reading this note.
Izuku doesn't even want to imagine who it might be after that note- or rather, he does but he knows not to get his hopes up.
Midoriya,
Your eyes hold a special kind of fire, one that builds a person up instead of burning them down. You push me to be a better hero and a better person.
-S
It proves much too hard not to hope.
The next note is taped to his locker in the locker rooms. Izuku glances around once he is done changing and waiting with the rest of the class, hoping to see if any of his classmates- because at this point it had to be one of them- looked suspicious. To his disappointment, everyone looks normal, besides for the sly grin that Sero sends him, but Izuku has a hunch that has to do with the heart patterned tape the note was attached to more than anything else.
Izuku's heart stops as he meets Todoroki's gaze, the other tilting his head in question. Izuku looks away, already knowing that his face was bright red. Can he maybe not make himself look like an idiot every time Todoroki is around? Is that too much to ask?
Midoriya,
Thank you for all you've done for me. I can't ever hope to repay it.
-S
Izuku finds a white rose and the final note in his backpack after they get back to the locker rooms and the final bell of the day rings. As the rest of his classmates file out while chatting to one another. Izuku can feel his heart pounding in his chest as he stares down.
Midoriya,
If you can, please meet me on the roof of the building after school.
-S
Izuku can feel his hands shaking as he gathers his things. He can't figure out if its from fear or excitement, probably both. Still, he tells Uraraka and Iida he has to stay behind for something, and the two of them let him go with so few questions that Izuku is now twice as sure they're in on this.
Izuku pauses when he's a few steps away from being on the roof though, rethinking his decision. Maybe this is a bad idea. Maybe he's just been grasping at straws. Maybe this is a joke. Maybe this is a person he'll have to go up to and crush their hopes because his heart has long been taken.
Then Izuku remembers how hopeful Uraraka, Iida, and Tsuyu had been. And if he's learned anything with his time here at Yuuei, its that he can trust the friends he's made.
So, with a deep, calming breath, Izuku takes the final steps forwards, squinting as the sun's harsh rays blind him for a moment. When he opens his eyes, he quickly finds the only other person on the roof.
Izuku's breath catches as a breeze swirls around them, picking up strands of white and red hair. A blue eye meets his, followed by the grey, and Izuku prays that he isn't just dreaming.
"Midoriya." Todoroki says, the sun making an almost aura appear around his body. "Thank you for coming."
Enjoy the cliffhanger I was to lazy to write the rest of it :)