The tokoyamiverse

Artist

requested by Macabre_Libra 

"can't believe you forgot your journal, that things like your homemade bible" Ochako laughed as she, midoriya and iida walked back to their classroom

"it was a 20-surprise page test front and back so my brain was tired" midoriya muttered sheepishly

but as the three entered the classroom and retrieved the journal

they noticed something else that occupied one of the desks journals

"hey isn't that tokoyami's desk?" ochako asked as she went for a black sketchbook

"yes, we should return it to him, but don't look inside it, that's a violation of someone else's privacy and/or personal objects" iida instructed waving his hand in the air

but the human kerby girl ignored his orders and instead began to flick through the pages

"Woah" she uttered; some might even say she had stars in her eyes

"guys you need to see this" she declared as she walked over to the boys to show them

"wow" midoriya awed as he looked into the artistic world of wonder

although iida tried to keep his eyes away his curiosity grew too strong

inside on each page was a masterpiece, every line and curve was drawn precisely, with a beautiful flow like a stream

and on every page, there was a familiar face, including their own, it was as if the pages were a mirror, each tiny detail added delicately and accurately

"This is so beautiful" midoriya cried, the others joining in

overwhelmed by the beauty

but that's when they heard footsteps outside the classroom

and with those footsteps came the familiar face of the last person that they wanted them seeing in this situation

"what are you doing with my sketchbook," tokoyami asked in surprise, his feathers ruffling at the sight of his friends seeing his hidden talent

"um, uh" midoriya muttered, not knowing what to say

while the others had much more to say

iida began apologising on his and the behalf of the other

while ochako began shouting about how of an amazing artist he was

"stop!" tokoyami shouted, making the others to stop in their actions

tokoyami gave a big sigh of frustration

"it's fine just give me my book back," he said as he opened his palm out to be given his sketchbook

"sorry tokoyami but, they are really good," midoriya said, hoping to get on the raven's good side

"thank you" tokoyami muttered, a little glow of humble embarrassment creeping on his face

"why don't you show it to others, it's too good to keep it a secret," ochako asked confusingly

"because...I just do it for fun...I don't want it to draw attention..." tokoyami admitted hesitantly

this realisation made the three quite guilty, they knew how tokoyami reacted to being in the limelight (not the greatest), exceptions being when he wanted to be dramatic and speak anonymous monologues

"Yeah, that makes sense" midoriya muttered before patting the raven on his shoulder

"We won't tell anyone, this will be our secret, and if you ever decided to show off your amazing artistic skills," ochako said encouraging

tokoyami smiled as he left

and when he got back to his room

he had some new inspiration

when he had finished it had iida, midoriya and ochako all together with their signature smiles

his sketchbook held the best memories and people in his life

he was sure to never forget tonight