It was almost a week since Hizashi last tried to climb through Shouta's window and Hizashi was worried that Shouta might think he'd fallen out of love with him or something!

Of course, he hadn't. He'd just been super busy interning at a radio station that he had barely any time left to see Shouta since his shift ended so late. His internship was due to continue for the rest of the month and there was no way in hell that Hizashi was going to go a full month without climbing through his boyfriends window!

His shift ended at 11pm so Shouta would usually getting ready for bed around that time, meaning Hizashi had to be quick.

As soon as he was able to leave, Hizashi grabbed his stuff and booked it towards the Aizawa house.

He needed some way to make up for not visiting for the past few days. Something bold and grand! Shouta deserved the flashiest and most meaningful declaration of love possible!

...within Hizashi's budget of course...

On his way to Shouta's house, Hizashi stopped by his own home to change into his leather jacket and also to pick something up. It was quite heavy so he had to carry it over his shoulders but it would be worth it for Shouta.

Now that he was looking the part and had what he needed, Hizashi was ready to romance the hell outta Shouta!

It was about a 10 minute run from his home to Shouta's and when he finally got there, Hizashi made a B-line for Shouta's window. Except this time, Hizashi wasn't going to climb up to it. No no no, this time, he was going to do something very different.

He placed the heavy object on the grass and moved to stand in front of it. He then reached into his pocket to pull out several small pebbles.

Then, one by one, he started throwing them at Shouta's window, trying to get the moody teen's attention.

Each pebble made a clink as it hit the window and Hizashi was slightly worried he might break something but things were going well so far so it didn't look like he needed to worry.

As he threw up another pebble, the window opened and Shouta leaned out of it. The pebble hit him in the head, waking him up with a jolt.

"Ow what the hell?! Hizashi?" He looked down and saw his boyfriend with an apologetic grin on his face.

"Sorry about that Shou!"

"What-? What the hell are you doing here?! It's practically midnight! We've got school tomorrow and- oh no..."

Hizashi stepped to the side, revealing the object he had brought with him. Shouta's face dropped in horror.

"Oh no no no no no!"

Of all of the romantic clichés... why...

Sitting on the grass behind Yamada, was an outdated, vintage boombox with a homemade cassette already loaded in.

Hizashi flashed Shouta a grin who responded with a pleading look.

"Don't... please for the love of hell..."

Click.

Hizashi pressed play on the cassette and hoisted the boombox onto his shoulders and lifted it high above his head whilst some cheesy love song began to stream out of the device. The song was set to max volume, guaranteeing that anyone and EVERYONE would be able to hear Hizashi's 'serenade'.

"You are... my fiiiire!

The one... desiiire!!"

Shouta visibly cringed at the lyrics and buried his head in his hands in embarrassment. Hizashi mistook this for a good thing and began singing along with the song. Very loudly and very out of tune.

"Believe, when I sayyyy!

I want it thaaaat way!!!"

Shouta had never wanted anything more than for the Earth to open up and swallow him whole right there. Hizashi's singing combined with his powerful quirk was showing its affects as the sound vibrations started to set off several car alarms down the street, creating a somehow even more cursed symphony.

This was all bad enough but the final straw was when Shouta heard a knock at his door.

"Shouta, what's all that racket?? Go to bed young man it's midnight!" His mom called to him.

"Crap crap crap!!" Shouta thought as he bared a look at Hizashi.

The boy was still shamelessly blasting music for Shouta and didn't show any signs of stopping soon.

"Dammit Yamada..." Shouta's muttered as he buried his face into his sleeve. He peeked through the cloth so he could get a good look at Hizashi before activating his quirk, shutting him up in an instant.

Having his voice taken away, albeit only for a few seconds, with no warning surprised Hizashi quite a bit. Or at least enough for him to suddenly drop the boombox onto his foot and immediately reel back in pain.

"Argh! Fuckin'... ow.. ow ow ow!!" Hizashi cursed as he hopped around, clutching his hurt foot.

Shouta didn't know whether to apologise, laugh or still be angry(?) with Hizashi. He looked at his idiotic boyfriend who was fussing over his probably broken boombox and Shouta couldn't help the fond smile that fell onto his face.

Shouta sighed and shut the window. He was too tired for this shit.

Hizashi glanced up to Shouta's now empty window and a look of worry spread across his face.

Had he taken it to far? Did he embarrass Shouta instead of serenading him? Does Shouta hate him now!?? Oh god does Shouta want to break up!??!

Hizashi was now going into full panic mode as he mentally face palmed himself for being so stupidly oblivious.

"Goddammit Hizashi you idiot! Shouta doesn't like flashy gestures he appreciates small romantic acts!! God I'm probably the biggest embarrassment of a boyfriend there is... There's no way he'll still love me after I just blatantly embarrassed him with that stupid song and grossly outdated cliche! I've fucked up. I've really fucked up." Hizashi muttered this to himself and whipped out his phone, shooting Shouta a quick apology text.

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Hizashi💅🎵💛: Hey, sorry about that Shou. Guess I didn't really think that through much huh? 😅❤️

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And then he sent another one a minute later.

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Hizashi💅🎵💛: Are you mad? I get the feeling you're mad.

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And another one.

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Hizashi💅🎵💛: pls text me back Shou seriously I didn't mean to embarrass you I swear on my hamster's life!
Hizashi💅🎵💛: I love you so much and I really don't want you to hate me so please just tell me if you're mad and I'll do whatever it takes to fix it! ❤️❤️❤️
Hizashi💅🎵💛: I'll leave you alone now okay bye ❤️
Hizashi💅🎵💛: I love you ❤️😘
Hizashi💅🎵💛: bye❤️

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Hizashi pocketed his phone and sighed. He picked his boombox up and walked home, tail between his legs.

For alas, he was blissfully unaware that his beloved Shouta was not ignoring him, he was just asleep, with his phone on silent mode.

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The next day, Hizashi woke up to a single red heart emoji from Shouta. He sighed in relief.

At least he doesn't hate me.

But he could still be mad, Hizashi reasoned. So when he got to class, the first thing he did was pull Shouta into the tightest hug he could manage and shower his boyfriend in apologies and kisses.

"I'm sorry! I'm so so sorry! I didn't think anything through and I understand if you're mad but please don't leave me Shoutaaa!!!! You mean everything to me and I really didn't mean to embarrass you! I love you so so much and I really don't want you to be angry with me so j-just please accept my-y apolo-apologyyy!!"

"H-Hizashi..? Are you... are you crying?" Shouta asked, extremely confused by the onslaught of apologies.

Hizashi looked up at Shouta with big eyes and tears streaming down his cheeks. He sniffed and nodded.

"I-I didn't mean to- to draw all of tha-at attention to you, really! I was just trying to be romantiiiic!" Hizashi sobbed into Shouta's shoulder. Shouta gave his boyfriend an awkward pat on the back, trying to ignore the stares they were getting from their classmates.

"You're kind of drawing attention to us right now..." Shouta muttered. He dragged his crying boyfriend to the corner of the room and held him by the shoulders.

"Hizashi, stop being such a drama king and listen to me for a second." Hizashi stopped crying and looked at him. "I'm not mad, I'm not upset, yes it was embarrassing but I am NOT breaking up with you. Got it?"

"A-are you sure?" Hizashi asked

"I'm sure."

"Okay..." Hizashi wiped away his tears and looked to Shouta with a proud smile. "I'll make it up to you."

"You don't have to-"

"No I will. I'll come round tonight, same time as yesterday."

"Hizashi it's fine I'm not mad-"

"Shouta. Please trust me on this. It'll be good this time I swear." Hizashi smiled and Shouta sighed.

"Fine. But if it's as loud as yesterday you're getting a window to the face."

"I'm counting on it." Hizashi kissed Shouta's cheek and the two sat down for their first class.

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That night, Hizashi went to Shouta's as soon as his shift ended like he had the night before. He stopped by his house to change into comfier clothes, grabbed his item of seduction, and ran to his boyfriend's house.

When he got there, he shimmied up the drainpipe and knocked on Shouta's window a few times before he opened it.

"So, what's your great plan for serenading me this time? Screaming into my ear until I bleed? Or perhaps you've found a band of singing rats to create a grand declaration of love?" Shouta smirked.

Hizashi swung his legs into the room but remained on the windowsill. "Okay, let's say I had found a band of singing rats. The first thing I'd do would be teaching them how to dance so I could tour the country with my performing rodents and become super famous. But after that, yeah I'd totally write you a love song."

"Good to know where I lie on your priority list."

"But that doesn't matter right now because I know that the way to your heart, dear Shouta, isn't through singing rats."

Shouta chuckled. "Oh really? Then do tell me, what is the way to my heart?"

Hizashi flashed him a grin. "All I need is my amazing self and this guitar and you'll be head over heels for me in seconds." Hizashi pulled on his shoulder strap, pulling the guitar from his back, into his arms.

Shouta blushed and smiled at him "I'd argue that you don't even need the guitar for that..."

Hizashi's face went red. He was silent for a bit before his expression softened and he started fiddling with his guitar.

"Man Shou... I'm supposed to be the one getting you to fall for me! Not the other way around."

Shouta beckoned Hizashi to lean down closer and when he did, he gave him a sweet, short kiss on the lips.

"Just play your stupid song already idiot..." he muttered

"Alright alright fine. Can't keep a crowd waiting I suppose." Hizashi winked and then sat up straight. "Okay... this song's for you Shouta. I hope you like it."

Hizashi started strumming lightly on his guitar. Each note seemed to carry all of the affection he had towards Shouta as he was being fulled by nothing but the pure love and admiration he had for the man.

"I can be the peanut butter to your jelly,
I can be the butterflies you feel in your belly,
I can be the captain and you can be the first mate,
I always get a chill when I think of our first date.
I can be the hero, you can be the sidekick,
I can be the tear that you cry if we ever split,
I can be the rain from the cloud when it's storming,
Or I could be the sun when it shines in the morning..."

Hizashi sang softly whilst Shouta listened, hanging onto every word that came from Hizashi's lips. The man was completely captivated by Hizashi and his melody.

"Don't know if I could ever be,
Without you 'cause boy you complete me,
And in time I know that we'll both see,
That we're all we need.

'Cause you're the apple to my pie,
You're the straw to my berry,
You're the music to my life,

And you're the one I wanna marry..."

Shouta let in a short intake of breath when he heard the lyrics. He tried to rationalise it, telling himself that it was merely part of the song and wasn't meant to be taken seriously but a little part in his brain couldn't help but hope that Hizashi meant every word.

" 'Cause you're the one for me, for me,
And I'm the one for you, for you,
You take the both of us, of us,
And we're the perfect two...

We're the perfect two,
We're the perfect two,
Baby me and you,
We're the perfect two..."

Shouta paid attention less and less to the lyrics as the song went on and opted for just enjoying the noise whilst he admired how sweet Hizashi looked.

Here he sat, past midnight, clearly exhausted, but yet he still came over to Shouta's house just like he said he would. He climbed up to his window with that guitar on his back just so he could sing Shouta a sappy love song. Hizashi was completely head over heels for him and in that moment, Shouta wouldn't be embarrassed to admit that he felt the exact same way.

After a minute or two, the song ended. Shouta just wanted to let his heart spill and tell Hizashi how much he loved him and his stupid love songs. Tell him how much he meant to him and how much the song was resinating with him because given the option, he would marry Hizashi in a heartbeat. In this moment, Shouta realised that what they had wasn't just some highschool romance. This really was love.

Hizashi must've come to this conclusion a while ago too because his expression was exactly the same as Shouta's. The only difference was the Hizashi's had never changed. Throughout the whole song, he had kept his loved filled gaze on Shouta, only looking away to change chords.

Shouta was the first to break the silence between them.

"Uhm... thank you... for that Hizashi."

"H-hey no problem! Let me know, any time you want to be blissfully serenaded, I will come over in a heartbeat to do the job." Hizashi did and finger guns gesture at Shouta, causing the boy to chuckle.

"I'll bear that in mind..." he smiled.

They were quiet for a few moments before Hizashi sat up straight with a yawn.

"Ah, well I should probably go back home. My mom's will be wondering why it's taking me so long to get back."

"W-wait! Before you go... do you mean everything you said in that song?" Shouta asked.

Hizashi briefly tensed before he relaxed, giving Shouta a reassuring smile.

"Every dam word."

He gave Shouta a kiss on the forehead and climbed out of the window, using the drainpipe to slide to the ground.

"I'll see you tomorrow Shouta." Hizashi said once he was on steady ground.

"I look forward to it." Shouta smiled. Hizashi grinned in response and ran back to him home.

Shouta fell asleep that night giddy from the thought that Hizashi had said that he wanted to marry him some day! Sure, it might seem a bit ambitious at the moment but it sure as hell wouldn't kill him to be hopeful!

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(Bonus!)

Kaori groaned into her pillow. It was midnight and as much as she supported her brother's love life, she needed to sleep at SOME point!

Hizashi was currently blasting music from an old boombox whilst singing along, very out of tune.

Oh how she had never wished to have her brother's power more in that moment. Just one glare and she could finally sleep in peace!

Thankfully, her prayers were answered as the singing suddenly stopped and the sound of a boombox landing on someone's foot came from outside.

"Ah... finally. Karma's a bitch."

The next night was slightly better but it still sucked.

Kaori was woken up, again at midnight, this time to the sound of a guitar. And whilst it was a massive improvement of the previous night, Kaori would still rather be asleep.

"Man... would it kill those two to keep their lovey-dovey moments for the daytime when I can properly enjoy them?"

Kaori sighed. She tried to listen to what was happening in the other room but only managed to get every other word or so.

"Ugghhh I can't take much more of this! This midnight drop in thing better not become another habit of his..."

Eventually she fell asleep again but in the morning she was going to have to talk to Shouta about the rules for Hizashi dropping in after 11.

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