Hiding in the Shadows // Tenya Iida x Reader

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"Will you?" I was surprised by his request. Prom? With Iida? This is really cutting it close by asking me right now, but...

"Hey, (Y/n), we gotta line up."

"Uh, Toko. Why don't you go find Setsuna. I'm gonna walk with Iida." I looked back into Iida's eyes who had not moved from looking at me. After a quick ok from Toko, he left and we walked over to line up with everyone else. I stayed quiet, still not completely sure what was going on. What he said ran through my mind a million times.

'Even through that mask, your beauty shines bright.'

I had to have been daydreaming. He couldn't have said that... could he? I locked my hands in front of me as we stood waiting for our turn to be announced. We were second to last in line with Toko and Setsuna behind us and Kirishima and Bakugo in front of us. The two boys walked out as Midnight introduced them. I peaked around the corner and saw that Kirishima had the biggest smile on his face while waving at the crowd. Midnight looked over at us and gave us a thumbs up signaling that she was about to announce us in.

"Next up, we have Class A's Class Rep! Tenya Iida escorting (Y/n) (L/n)!" Iida slipped his arm into mine and I grabbed a hold as he led us out onto the stage. When Midnight said our names together, Mina, Momo and Toru all looked behind their dates and over to us as we walked out. All three clapped and smiled at us, well, Mina gave me more of a smirk than anything else.

We took our place in line and the crowd cheered.

"Lastly we have Fumikage Tokoyami escorting Setsuna Tokage!" The crowd continued to cheer as the two of them walked out and then stood next to me. I glance at Toko and he smirked at me.

"Class Rep, would you like to say a few words?"

"Yes." Iida took the mic from Midnight, never dropping his arm from mine. He raised the mic to his mouth and waited for the clapping to get quieter. "Thank you all for coming tonight! All of the girls in our class worked really hard to bring UA their first ever prom, even going as far as to recruiting every class member to help them. We enjoyed our time planning this event for you and we hope you enjoy your evening." He handed the mic back to Midnight who then promptly handed it to Present Mic.

"Let's get you kids off the stage and get this party started!"

We all walked off and the band started coming out behind us. They quickly got to playing their first songs as we all started to disperse from the backstage area.

Iida still hadn't dropped my arm as he led me out to the sitting area of the prom.

"Uh, Iida? Should we claim a table?"

"Yes, do you want to find one? I will go get us some refreshments." He quickly walked off and I stood their looking like an idiot among a sea of empty tables.

I soon felt a hovering presence above my head and looked up to see Dark Shadow. I smiled at him and then turned around to see Toko standing there with Setsuna.

"Oh, hi you two." I smiled at them both and Setsuna returned with a smile as well. "I was gonna reserve a table for Iida and I, do you want to join us?"

"Sure." I looked at Toko who looked like his normal self and then to Setsuna who just gave me a toothy grin and nodded.

"How bout that one over there? It's far enough away from the music that we would still be able to talk to each other."

"Good pick Setsuna!" The three of us walked over and Toko immediately put his jacket on the back of one of the chairs. He then pulled out a chair for Setsuna, then sat himself. I stayed standing in the hopes to catch Sho's eye which I was easily able to do. I waved at him and he quickly led himself and Tsu to the table. He did the same thing for Tsu that Toko did, then took his seat. As I was about to pull out my chair, a hand grabbed it before me and I looked up to see the owner and it was Iida. I smiled at him and sat down once he pulled it out.