Chapter 12: What if...?

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The sun finally came up and the students of Class 1-A were packed and ready to go back to Musutafu, and resume their daily classes in U.A.

“Everyone here? Good. Now let’s get going before we miss the flight.” Their homeroom teacher grumbled and turned around, walking into the airport with the students in tow.

Izuku was walking Todoroki and Uraraka, since he was seatmates with Todoroki at the plane going to Okinawa. He couldn’t help but notice how quiet Todoroki was ever since they got out of their hotel rooms, which worried him the slightest.

He won’t even make eye contact with him, let alone talk in full sentences. All he got were ‘I’m fine’, ‘Okay’ and grunts. He was slightly annoyed by it, but those were overweighed by Bakugo pestering him again. He just won’t stop until he gets what he wants, it’s been like that since they were kids.

When they finally boarded the plane, he sat in the aisle seat like last time and Todoroki was on the window seat. It was a little  uncharacteristic of him to be quiet, but with the events happening throughout the trip, he couldn’t help but clamp his mouth shut.

He sighed and drank the tea he got from the flight attendant, sipping it slowly. He glanced over to his seatmate and saw that he was looking out the window, a far-away look on his face.

Izuku felt a little bit guilty because of what he told him last night. ‘Wait, what if what Todoroki-kun wanted to say was important? If he looks like this, it must be!’ He thought, pieces of a puzzle coming together in a perfect fit.

Regret was slowly eating at him as he places his bottle of tea down the foldable table in planes.

Shouto felt empty. He couldn’t think properly, all he could think of is Izuku saying that what he was gonna say was less important than what he was dealing with. Shouto understood, and now he is gonna stop bothering Izuku since that seems like the best option for now.

He sighed, looking at the clouds with a hazy look on his face. He thought about how irritated Izuku looked. How Izuku’s tone was as if he was fed up. How Izuku’s posture was very sluggish.

All he could think about now is what happened last night in Izuku’s hotel room. He couldn’t think of anything else since that. He felt as if everything he is thinking about is very repetitive, until a thought came across his head.

He swallowed thickly to himself, his eyes hooding with fear and slight rage. He pushes that thought to the back of his head, trying to remain composed for the rest of the flight.

Izuku noticed that Todoroki went a little tense and how he sighs. He also saw how his usually shiny heterochromatic eyes darkened, making himself gulp as inappropriate thoughts filled his head.

His face lit up like a christmas tree, making him pat his cheeks in an attempt to cool down. ‘I just got out of a relationship, I couldn’t be falling for his best friend now can I?‘ He thought with slightly widened eyes.

He bit his lower lip and looked over to the dual haired boy, who was still staring at the clouds with not much interest whatsoever.

He can’t fall in love with his best friend, it was too big of a risk. But he is probably being a bit too obvious by now isn’t he?

Thoughts of that calibre swirled inside his head, making him worry a little bit. He was still curious of what Todoroki was gonna tell him, but also guilty for snapping at him like that.

Shouto saw from the corner of his eye that Izuku was looking at him from time to time, as if observing him up and down.

His mouth quirked up slightly when the green haired boy looked embarrassed but that wasn’t his business, he shouldn’t be nosy or else Izuku might snap at him again, he noted.

He looked back at the clouds, blinking slowly because he felt drowsy. His shoulders slumped slightly as he fought to keep his eyes open, only to realize he was starting to fall asleep in the midst of hushed chatter and giggling of his classmates.

Before he passed out, that one horrid thought hit him again. He also felt something soft on his cheek. After that, he completely passed out.

If Endeavor found out I had Hanahaki….what would I do then…?

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