'Kacchan…

He's pouting.

And he was worried about me over something so minor.

What in the world happened?

Does… Does Kacchan perhaps like me?'

Izuku would never be able to tell you what it was that drove him to kiss Kacchan. Even on the cheek was a humongous step for the nervous hero trainee. One he wasn't sure he should make. Anyone would have known that was a horrible idea. Invading Katsuki's space was the last thing you should do if you wanted to keep your body in tact, much less kissing him. However, a kiss was the very thing that Izuku decided to do.

Having walked straight up to Katsuki, the emerald student balanced on tiptoes and managed to plant a soft kiss on the bomber's cheek.

"It's okay, Kacchan. I'm fine! See?"

Izuku was incredibly surprised he was able to mask the nervousness from his voice, boasting a small, cheery smile. The emerald student held his breath waiting for Katsuki to say something. Of all the reactions Izuku had seen from his partner over the years, this was the first time he'd ever seen him blush or seem embarrassed. And oh, what a reaction it was.

Though not much of Katsuki's skin was showing through the many layers of his school uniform, what was shone bright red. His cheeks were even a darker, truer red than Izuku's favorite shoes.

"Fuck you, Deku. I'm fucking leaving. Practice by your god damn self, shithead!"

With that, Kacchan quickly gathered his things and stormed away from roof. Midoriya, though slightly flabbergasted, was not fully surprised by the bomber being unpredictable. That was the one solid constant Izuku had learned about Katsuki over the years.

Kacchan was full of surprises.

Over the next few days, Kacchan ignored Izuku entirely. He wouldn't speak to him in class. The bomber would sneer and avoid him in the hallways. While keeping Kirishima close, Izuku's partner found a way to never look at, speak, or walk in the emerald boy's general direction, and frankly, the hero trainee was quite sick of it. To the outside world, not a whole lot had changed, but to the emerald boy everything had changed.

It was as if his mere kiss one the check had caused him to fall back to the beginning of the bomber's hatred for him. He'd failed this test with Kacchan, and his punishment was to work his way up to talking again. The last time had taken him almost ten years, and Izuku refused to let it take that long again.

Early Sunday morning, three days after the press's break in and the stupid peck, Izuku taking charge of the situation once again scurried up to Kacchan's house. Slightly intimidated by the fact he hadn't been to his childhood crush's house since they were mere children, the emerald boy slowly rapped his knuckles on the door.

For a moment there was no answer before he heard a loud bellow from inside.

"KATSUKI! OPEN THE DAMN DOOR YOU'RE LITERATELY STANDING RIGHT THERE!"

Smiling at the sound of Kacchan's mom scolding him, Izuku was slightly startled when the door opened immediately. Feeling rough hands push him backwards, the hero trainee stumbled trying to keep his balance.

"He-Hey! Kacchan. What was that for?"

The bomber glared at Izuku for only a moment, before shouting to his mom back inside the house, "I'm leaving now. Bye mom!"

Not even waiting to here a reply from his mom, Katsuki grabbed his arm and roughly pulled him away from his house without a single word. Walking barely five minutes, they stopped in front of the Midoriya household.

"Is your mom home?" The bomber spat out the words, not even daring to make eye contact with Izuku.

"No, she runs errands on Sunday. She'll be gone for another couple hours." Izuku's voice was small, not sure what to fully expect as Kacchan pulled him roughly towards his front door. Fumbling with the key to his door, the emerald hero tried to let them in quickly. After a few moments, he finally stumbled into his house. Kacchan immediately pushing past him, heading to his room.

Taken aback that the bomber remembered where his room was, Izuku scampered after him. As they settled in, Midoriya resting on his bed with Kacchan sprawled out on his floor, awkwardness fell in quietly.

"Ka-" Izuku spoke trying to break the silence.

"I like you, Deku."

Hope filled in Izuku's heart at the small voice of Kacchan. He almost didn't believe that this could be truth, maybe a dream possibly. That's right. He was dreaming. There was no way the bomber would confess to the emerald boy.

"But I can't fucking do it! It's god damn weird. Not right. You shouldn't fuckin be with me. Someone better. Right? Like you can fucking see that? Can't you, you god damn nerd?!"

There it was. The Katsuki that Izuku knew. The rage, the anger, and the immense amount of incredibly pissed off faces. Midoriya never thought in a million years that Kacchan would confess to him. Why should he? Katsuki was the genius, while Izuku was merely the quirkless nerd.

"Why should it even matter if I like you back!?"

For the first time, Izuku talked back. Showing the anger that had been pent up over the years. The fear that had always held him back, finally dissipating completely as he stood up towering over Kacchan.

"Why in the world does it matter if you think I should be with someone better? I've been in love with you for the last ten years, Kacchan. I've followed you and put up with your bullying because I just wanted to know what the hell happened to us! You were my best friend Kacchan. I just wanted to know why you suddenly cut me out of your life!"

Izuku was breathing heavily. Ranting at Kacchan took a lot out of him, and before calming down he sent the bomber his best glare. Though it came off more of an cute, angry kitten's glare, it made the emerald boy feel better and calm down enough to say his next words.

"I just wanted to know the reason Kacchan… And maybe ask if we could be friends again? I love you, but I didn't ever expect anything, you know? How could you even want to be with a quirkless nerd like me?"

Having exhausted the pent up emotions and thoughts over the last ten years, Izuku lost his steam. Skirting his eyes away, he didn't see the bomber rushing to stand up. Nor did the emerald boy notice that Katsuki was in front of him in less that three seconds.

What Izuku did notice was when Katsuki's hand found its way to his face, and Kacchan placed his lips directly onto the emerald hero's. As if time had stopped, Izuku lost himself completely in the moment.

A/N: There we go! The next chapter :D It's a little bit shorter than I wanted it to be, but I was being rushed by the boyfie ;-; Oh wells!

I hope you enjoyed it! The next chapter will be REALLY long because I want it to be from Katsuki's POV from this chapter, and it'll also be hitting a major point in BnHA! So if you're not caught up you should try to beeeee c: haha

Hope you enjoyed~

*MeriHara*