Warnings: slight swearing towards the end, slightly OOC Deku.

As a scream

Dare.

One simple word.

I dare you to say I love you to your crush.

It started as an innocent game, the whole class was involved, even Bakugo and Todoroki were playing. They took turns between truths and dares, somewhere along the way their love lives where out on the line, truths of crushes and sexualities were asked, dares of kissing and making out with each other were made. He pretended to be okay when Hakagure kissed his crush, while she was on cloud 9.

It obviously didn't hurt hearing him saying that he doesn't really care about such things, that he doesn't mind kissing his classmates. The bottle was between them, a mischievous glint in heterochromatic eyes, "I dare you to say I love you to your crush" he said in the most amused tone ever, as if embarrassing him was entertaining. So far, he was ridiculed and his past has come up, nobody sympathized with him, they just laughed it off, he'd be lying if he said it didn't hurt him.

Enough was enough.

"Unfortunately, I don't have a crush, well I used to when I first met Uraraka-San but I guess it was because it was my first interaction a girl but I no longer think of her in any way other than a friend" Midoriya laughed.

That night ended in huge brawl between the entire class, though it was a friendly brawl some sported bruises, others were burned slightly. But for Midoriya his friendship with some of the students became strained, he flat out ignored Mineta and did his best to avoid Todoroki as if he was the source of the black plague. His relationship to Bakugo was the same as ever, Iida and Uraraka were his best friends as always and they never spoke a word about that night.

He should've known that going into a mission while annoyed at Todoroki wasn't a bright idea, everyone in the team noticed something wrong between them but opted to shut their mouths in fear of Todoroki's wrath. A single glare would suffice, it instantly made the villains in their tracks, all but one.

They chased and chased but he simply refused to stop, at least without fighting back. Now both U.A. Heroes were arguing with each other, trying to see who will catch the villain first, Izuku ignored the bleeding cut on his stomach while Shouto ignored the long gash running up his left arm. Another dead end, how much is that guy trying to make them run?

By the time they managed to catch him, another Pro Hero had caught the villain and he was not happy with the teen's childish behavior, "sort it out before you go into the field next time" he said before returning to the police to provide his report.

Both walked in silence to the dorms, neither saying a word and basking in that awkward atmosphere, very tense that it would could be easily cut with a knife. "Mind telling why you have been avoiding me all week?" Todoroki asked in anger, blocking Midoriya's path.

"Why do you even care?"

"Midoriya what's gotten into you"

"Oh, fuck off" that was uncharacteristic of the green haired hero, even his tone dripped with anger. That was about the final point that made Todoroki blow his fuse as he hastily grabbed Midoriya with from the collar of his hero suit and hoisted him up, "I think it's about time you cut it out" Todoroki growled in a clear and threatening tone. What he didn't expect was a strong punch to his jaw, sent him tumbling backwards and to release his classmate from his clutches.

Some people ran away from the two heroes who were punching each other in what would be considered as a childish brawl, while others were filming the fight with their camera's. Another punch to the cheek, a kick to the stomach, an uppercut, hit after hit exchanged between the two, "Oi Midoriya" another warning, "cut it out before you make a fool out of yourself"

"isn't that what you want, making a fool out of me, your source of entertainment" Izuku shouted for everyone to hear, earning a confused expression from Todoroki, "oh please, I dare you to say I love you to your crush" he repeated that one phrase, that one dare, voice laced with sarcasm.

"we were playing truth or dare Midoriya, I didn't think it would cause any harm, you said it yourself you don't like Uraraka anymore so why are you annoyed by it"

"WHY? WHY?" everyone has a breaking point, a person can take so much before the collapse, before they drown. Tears streaming down his face, Midoriya shoved Todoroki a few feet forward, "Truth or dare, huh? YOU kissed Hakagure like it was nothing, YOU said that romance is pointless, YOU dared me to tell my crush that I love them with DARE I SAY AN AMUSED LOOK, WELL YOU KNOW WHAT I FUCKING LOVE YOU, THERE I SAID IT, HAPPY NOW"

Todoroki stared at Midoriya in shock, did he just scream that, for all to hear. Midoriya loved him. He was Midoriya's crush. Midoriya just screamed to the whole world that he loved him. Midoriya was crying. What should he do? Todoroki was lost. He was confused. Does he love him back? Say something. Anything.

"Midoriya, sorry"

A/N: god help me I don't know what I just wrote, I was planning to make it so that Midoriya would shout it from the roof and simultaneously embarrass Todoroki, even though they would already be in a relationship but then I took a left turn and created this. I tried to make it slightly angst-y at the end, hope it isn't horrible.