plot amirite

ik i usually say how my chapters suck but i really do dislike this one, but it was the best I could do hhhhh (I tried thinking of something else to do/rewriting but :///)

please forgive me yeeeey <33

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My hands shook as I held my lunch tray in my hands, my legs behaving similarly as I practically stumbled over myself as I walked through the cafeteria.

I gulped, the attention infinitely worse in such a large area. Everyone there had seen it. They all knew. They all-

"Izuku?" Uraraka's voice said questioningly and hesitantly, causing my head to snap over in her direction. I glanced up and down, surprised to have found myself near my usual lunch table.

"Oh," I simply said, unsure of what else to say. Sensing the tension in the air, I awkwardly smiled. "Uhm... I'm just going to..." Without thinking, I turned around, taking in a shaky breath. "I'll go eat somewhere else."

"It's alright, Midoriya," Iida said, clearly concerned. "You can sit here."

"Nobody's mad at you about yesterday," Kaminari said, seemingly unfazed. "It was Bakugou's fault anyway."

Jiro flicked the back of his neck, causing him to yelp. "You idiot!"

"Whaaat?" he rubbed his hand where she had hit him, somewhat annoyed.

I turned around, eyes searching the table nervously. None of them seemed particularly upset towards me but...

My eyes fell upon Uraraka, seeing her red face as she avoided looking at me.

"But..."

"Just sit down, Midoriya," Todoroki said, seemingly oblivious to the situation as he slurped on his soba noodles.

Hesitantly, I nodded, awkwardly lowering myself into my usual seat. I saw Uraraka visibly stiffen as I did so, but I tried not to pay much attention to her nervousness. She has a right. I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fi-

"Are you doing okay, Midoriya?" Yaoyorozu leaned forwards slightly, concerned. "You're a bit pale."

Turning towards her, my expression turned from slight surprise to an awkward smile. "Huh? Oh, I'm fine," I replied, giving a nervous laugh.

"Midoriya," Iida said, connecting eyes with me. "I... I don't blame you for anything, alright? Please don't look down on yourself or anything of the sort."

"I... I'll be sure not to," I smiled, trying not to cry.

"You're still our friend, Midoriya," Mina smiled softly. "Don't forget that."

I let out another shaky breath. "T-thank you." I was right. I have nothing to worry about. They don't hate me. It's okay.

"Anyways, moving on from that," Mina said, somehow lifting the tension as she sat up, smiling, "Bakugou was somehow right about one thing."

My heart fell. "What was that?"

A grin spread across her face as she turned towards Uraraka. "Right, O-cha-co?" she playfully poked the girl in the arm, stressing out the syllables of her name.

I turned towards Uraraka confusedly as she looked down, face reddening further.

"What does she mean?" I asked.

"Oh, nothing much," Mina grinned. "Except that she loveeesss-"

"No!" Uraraka yelped, burying her face in her hands. "No I don't!"

"Oh c'mon," Mina laughed, "It's so obvious that you like him."

My heart skipped a beat as I turned back towards Uraraka. "You..."

She suddenly stiffened before shooting upwards. "That's ridiculous! I... I couldn't love him!"

And just like that, my heart was shattered. My fingers trembled, and tears welled up in my eyes. "I... see...," I mumbled, standing up.

Uraraka let out a slight gasp, turning towards me. I could feel all of their eyes, staring at me. "Wait! No, Izu!"

"It's fine," I put on a smile, even as tears fell from my eyes. "I... Nobody could love a villain, right?" My words came out quicker than I could think. "I should really go now. B-bye, guys."

Without thinking, I hurried off before anyone could reply, panting as I ran through the halls with tears streaming down my cheeks. You're stupid. You're stupid. You're stupid. How could she love a villain like you?

Eventually, I turned around a corner and bolted into the bathroom, sinking down the wall as I buried my head in my hands. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

I heard voices calling out my name in the hall, each one familiar.

"Midoriya?!" Iida yelled out. "Uraraka didn't mean any harm!"

"I'm sorry, Midoriya! I teased her too much! Please, blame me! Come out, please!" Mina called, voice filled with regret and concern.

Even Todoroki's voice joined the mix. "Midoriya?" he called out.

"Please, Izuku, I'm sorry!" Uraraka's voice shouted out, causing my body to freeze, head raising slowly. "Come out - I didn't mean it! I'm so sorry! Please, Izuku!"

Sighing, I pushed myself off the ground, walking outside of the bathroom. My legs were barely able to keep my body up as I stepped forwards.

"Midoriya?" Iida's voice said first, his eyes widening as he noticed me.

"I'm sorry," I mumbled out.

Mina came running up, "You found him?!" Upon noticing me, she let out a slight gasp. "Oh! Look, Midoriya," she said apologetically, "I'm really sorry. It's my fault."

Todoroki stepped forwards, and even he had concern on his face.

"Kaminari and the others stayed behind just in case, but we came right away," Mina continued, "Really, I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault," I managed.

"Izuku!" Uraraka's voice called out as she ran up. "Listen, I didn't mean it, okay? I was being stupid, I swear I didn't-"

I managed a sad smile as I raised my head. "It's... Fine. I don't expect any of you to like me. It's fine."

"No, Izuku," Uraraka looked desperate. "You've got it all wrong..."

"Really, Midoriya," Iida said, "Nobody blames you for anything."

Mina offered a sad smile as well. "We're your friends."

I simply nodded, unable to get any words out. You don't have to be, I thought. I've hurt all of you. Maybe you should just... forget about me.

"I... I'm just going to head to our next class," I barely managed to mumble. To my slight surprise, nobody protested.

"A...alright, Izuku. I'm sorry," Uraraka said sadly.

Without another word, I walked off, clenching my teeth in an attempt to ward off further tears.

Stupid.

Stupid.

Stupid.

I took in a deep breath, shaking my head.

No. I'm fine.

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about that whole uraraka thing: i was like, trying to show that uraraka was avoiding izuku before but she kept turning red, showing she was embarrassed about being called out by bakugo for liking him (as most people would be)

she's not intentionally being rude, she's just trying to defend herself (in a way) but accidentally hurts izuku's feelings instead ;(

also: sorry about the short chapter (im trying to give my newer stories longer chapters, but i already started w/the short ones here and its harder to write long ones in this story so it'll stay like that, rip xD)

also also: why does everything i write happen during lunch LOL-

anywaysywaysays xD

Thanks for reading! <3