Hello!

So...I had this idea last night and I thought "Why not write another story even if I had another one to finish?".
But still, I hope you enjoy the oneshot.^^


She was beautiful.

Truly beautiful.

The long white dress made her look ethereal.

Her long curly green locks were tied in a bun.

Green eyes, those kind viridescent eyes were shining in a way he never saw before as she kept looking ahead of her.

Freckled cheeks were tainted pink.

And the smile, a smile full of love never faltered.

But those weren't his. All the love that was emanating from Midoriya Izuku wasn't his.

"Izuku." Soft. Todoroki's voice was soft, the tone of voice that he only used to call the green haired woman's name. Mismatched eyes were staring at her as if she was the sun, admiring every detail and burning them in his mind and heart.

Todoroki extended his hand.

"Shouchan." Loving. Izuku's voice was dripping with happiness as she said the man's nickname, a name that only she was allowed to use, because it was special for them.

"Be happy you two." All Might, the retired hero and Izuku's mentor, was the one walking her down the aisle, just like a father, and sending her away to Todoroki.

Midoriya smaller hand grabbed Todoroki's.

They smiled at each other, as the half red and half white haired man helped Izuku climb the last steps to be beside him.

Deku's smile was really bright.

Katsuki couldn't help but wonder from the chair where he was sitting…what if…

Back in their second year in U.A, just a few weeks after the war ended, when only he and Deku were lying in that private hospital room…a simple sentence could have changed everything.

"Kacchan, I love you." Deku confessed that day.

He remembers his heart, the one that Edgeshot patched using his own life, going crazy. His heartbeat had skyrocketed and mind went blank with only three fucking words.

They were quiet for a second, green eyes staring at red ones, waiting patiently for a reaction and maybe an answer.

"I… "

Maybe he panicked, or maybe he just wasn't ready to confront his own feelings, but anyway, he said it, and never corrected them.

"...don't love you."

He said it so low that he wasn't sure if the girl heard him, but when a forced smile, one that never suited Deku, appeared on her lip, and a stray tear rolled down her face, Katsuki knew that his answer was heard loud and clear just as if he shouted it.

She laughed, like she was embarrassed, one hand playing with the ends of her hair.

"T-thank you for your sincerity, Kacchan."

He wasn't sincere at all.

"I…I just wanted to…say it out loud and make sure that I…" She paused, trying to find the right words to express herself. "...when I saw you…down during the war I thought it was the end, that I would never be able to say these words. So…since I got another chance, I decided to live without regrets, it doesn't matter if it hurts or not, I just wanted to tell you."

He was a coward, and would live regretting.

"I hope that…we can still be…friends, Kacchan."

"Yeah…sure."

Now that he thinks about those days, now that he is older and wiser, Katsuki thinks that it wasn't panic or confused feelings. His idiotic 17 year old self was still too prideful and stupid to admit that he had feelings for his childhood friend, turned bully victim, turned rival, turned friend again.

For his prideful and stupid 17 year old self, loving someone, loving Deku was unacceptable, because…when he got so weak to fall for…Deku?

Yeah, he was really an idiot. Even after all his big speech to bring Deku back to U.A, a small part of him was still hung up on the past. He needed a little bit more time to get used to this and accept it.

But Deku confessed, he turned her down, and time passed by without him correcting his words.

And then…she moved on, because she didn't have regrets. And Katsuki? He didn't, because he had one.

Todoroki was beside Izuku back then. He collected every piece of Izuku's broken heart, and put them together again. Her heart had a new scar, but Todoroki wasn't someone who cared about them.

Some scars fade within time, heart scars fade when someone cares for them. Todoroki had enough love to heal it, and was never afraid to show his affections toward Deku.

That's why he is the one up there. Katsuki thought bitterly. Don't get him wrong, he was happy for the couple, they were two of his close friends. He was just bitter and angry at himself.

What if.

Those words hurt.

They hurt because they open space for different paths.

They hurt because they open space for different outcomings.

They hurt because…

"I love you too." He said, his lips curled up in a small smile.

Deku's smile was bright even though there were tears, happy tears, falling from her green eyes.

They hurt because they open space for different futures that you can imagine, but can't have.

"Deku-channn…"

He rolled his eyes when Uraraka, who was sitting beside him, started crying during the vows, and grabbed his arm.

"Fuck off, Round Face!" He hissed, trying to release his arm from Uraraka's death grip. When the hell she got so strong?

"But I am so happy for her and Todoroki-kun!" The brunette continued, not giving a shit about Katsuki glares at her.

"Yeah, whatever! Just tell her that later and fucking let my arm go!"

Never mind, Round Face wasn't hearing his words at all, too busy crying over her best friend who was now a married woman.

Katsuki huffed and gave up, deciding that he should just watch the wedding of Deku and Half and Half unfold.

It wasn't worth thinking about the 'what ifs' anymore, he was late. He should move on, just like Deku did.

The couple exchanged rings and kissed, people started shouting, whistling and clapping, Midoriya Inko was crying so hard that his own mother, Bakugou Mitsuki, and Shouto's mother, Todoroki Rei had to go and calm down the older green haired woman.

Between trying to free his arm from a crying Uraraka and looking around the church, his red eyes caught Izuku's green ones.

She smiled at him, and for a second Katsuki stopped breathing.

Deku was smiling at him, a beautiful and bright smile as always.

Thanks for coming, Kacchan. That's what he got from that smile.

Yeah, fuck the what ifs. As long as Izuku could smile like that, any outcome was fine.

He really wasn't one for smiles, he was more of a smirk person, but there was no way that he couldn't smile back at that moment.

Be happy, Deku.

He hoped that the message in the form of a smile had reached her.


This idea actually came while I was re-reading my other stories "Parallels" and "Mundane". From time to time I like to read my stories to see if I can find grammar errors since english is not my mother tongue, and then the idea came.

Maybe this story and "Mundane" were part of the what ifs from "Parallels", but this was Katsuki's point of view, if Izuku actually choose a life with Todoroki. Or something like that.^^'' Yeah...I did brainstorm a little bit.^^'' hahaha.

Anyway, I hope that you enjoyed the story, even though I hurted Katsuki feelings.

Thank you for reading!

See you!