a/n:

to early readers:

this is completely rewritten. not really actually lol. the fireflies part was deleted and replaced. you can skip if u want.

recap;

italicized and underlined - positive thoughts

italicized and bolded - negative thoughts

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A certain brunette's face has emerged a red color, causing it to spread around her face.

Her mouth wobbled and her face was flushed with embarrassment. She clenched her fists secretly, clueless on what to reply with to the boy's statement.

A confession of love had just occured and an awkward atmosphere has taken place. Silence remained in the area as the two students stay still with the crescent moon shining above.

Suddenly, a loud voice pierces into the pair's ears, causing them to fidget slightly.

"Late Announcement everyone! Midoriya Izuku has reached the hill in second place!" They hear Present Mic scream the announcement out.

This causes the students who were still in the forest to run even faster, trying to find the hill.

Ochako, the brunette mentioned from the start, was uncomfortable but couldn't but feel so happy.

A strong impact hit her like a bullet emotionally, but it felt so warm.

After all the pain she's been through for the trip, she soon realized the boy liked her back.

(is it really worth it to forget him?)

(what about your family?)

The two voices continued to speak and debate in her head, but she ignores them.

Despite the silence, Ochako was panicking. Her heart was beating fast from the position she was in with Deku and the fact he confessed just made it worse.

In the middle of the silence, a rustling noise intervenes.

"Argh, we could've been first if you weren't so slow!"

"Shut up! You're the one who just suddenly fell and blamed gravity!"

Two familiar voices argue within the bushes from afar.

As soon as two figures suddenly appear in the path, Ochako moves away from Deku.

Her hand brushes against his arm in the process, causing him to float.

Due to Ochako's panic inside, Deku floats higher in a faster speed than expected. Ochako gasps at her actions and just stares as Deku struggles to get back down.

The brunette panicked and made herself float immediatly before the two unknown people would see her.

Deku flys in the sky, his arms spread out and his feet dangling as he stays in the air on his stomach. He continues to let out odd noises expressing shock and frustration.

Ochako spreaded her arms out, trying to reach Deku. "Grab my hand!" She calls out, reaching her two hands out as the two continued to float in the air in a quite fast
manner.

Deku grits his teeth, successfully grabbing the brunette's little hands. Their fingers intertwine as the two fly, going higher and higher.

As soon as they finally hold hands, they take a peek on what's below due to the fact they were too busy struggling in air.

They were far from ground already, their heads almost reaching the clouds above.

It would obviously be certainly perlious if the two fall now. Deku studies his surroundings, examining the speed they're going.

The speed continues to go even faster, worrying the girl even more. With the panic inside her getting worse, the speed does too. She couldn't focus anymore, causing the negative outcome to take place (The speed getting faster to be specific).

Deku notices this and takes action immediatly. "Uraraka! You have to calm down!" Deku calls out, ignoring the air entering his eyes, causing his eyesight to become slightly bad.

Ochako hears this and grits her teeth. 'You just confessed and now we're holding hands, how should I calm down from all of that?' She screams internally.

She closes her eyes, feeling the cold air rushing and feelings her skin. She bites her lip aggressively, enough for her teeth to sink in.

Her heart continues to beat in a fast manner, her hands trembling from fear and frustration. Her head continues to repeat the three words Deku just said back at the hill and the two voices continue to argue.

She opens her eyes, "I can't!" she shouts, tears slightly escaping her eyes because of the air. 'You could lift a piece of concrete but can't stop yourself from floating? Pathetic.' She thought to herself.

Deku looks around, noticing the fact they were above the clouds and the city lights become a blur. He lifts his eyes to the frustrated to Ochako, noticing she was struggling more than he is.

He gulped hard, "You have to release!" He says loudly due to the loud sound the wind was producing from the speed. "What?!" Ochako responeded, shouting too.

"You can float right? Keep yourself in air and I'll meet you back at the hill! Just let me go!" Deku cries out. "I c-can't!" Ochako says, worry and guilt filling her up as the speed gets even worse.

She lost control with her quirk due to the thoughts spinning in her head, causing her to lose the ability to float.

Deku takes two quick glances at his sides, noticing the stars shimmering bright and the moon.

"Let me go! I'll catch you from below!" He screamed back after noticing how far they are from the ground.

Ochako's eyes start to look rather sad. Her eyebrows lower, "You can't do that!" She responded to his statement, the speed of their hair flyin just getting worse as if they were letting their heads out of a running car.

"Yes I can! Just let me go!" He argued back, furrowing his eyebrows. Ochako remains silent before responding. The speed gets slightly slower, but was still quite fast.

"But you'll get hurt.." She whimpers. Despite the loud noises from the air, Deku was able to hear her worried words. Guilt was all Deku felt after thinking he just screamed at her from his frustration.

He smiled, "I'll be okay." He says with full confidence. Ochako expressed a worried look. She nodded before letting go of Deku's hands gently.

She places her fingertips together. She fixes her position, her eyes still glued to Deku.

"Release." She says as the two fall. As soon as she said that word, Deku flicks his finger to the sky. The air pressure he produced from his special move, Delaware Smash Air Force (Which he just used), causes him to fall even further, allowing himself to reach the ground before Ochako could.

After the long period of floating, rainbow vomit was beginning to produce, causing her to use her two hands to cover her mouth. Unexpectedly, she manage to hold it in, with nothing coming out. The gross part was that the stream of vomit decided to travel back to her stoamch, leaving a stinging feeling in her throat. Ew?

But other than that,

She stares in astonishment, her eyes glowing from her amazement. The air causes her to fall on her back, her chocolate brown locks flowing high. She stares blankly at the sky after witnessing Deku's strength.

"I feel so weak." She mumbled into her palms, smiling at herself as the stars continued to glow before her.

•

Deku landed on his feet successfully and unexpectedly, a loud noise from his landing piercing his ears. He looks up instantly, trying to find the falling brunette.

He notices a familiar figure in the sky and starts to run to the location that the object may land on.

Ignoring the pain in his back and feet too, he continued to run with his eyes still glued to the figure. The lack of rest caused him to run in a slower speed, but the thought of his promise to catch her made him go even faster.

He finally reached his destination, panting heavily as he holds on to his knees. He lifts his eyes back to the sky, noticing the figure getting closer.

He spreads his arms out, ready to catch the falling brunette.

It sounded like an easy job for a hero, but knowing he's really young caused him to feel nervous. This may lead to Ochako's death, you know. It's terrifying. Despite the anxious emotions he's currently feeling, he controlled himself. He remained calm and relaxed despite the fast speed his heart rate was producing.

Eventually, Ochako lands in his arms, her eyes gazing into his as soon as she makes contact with him.

Deku couldn't help but smile from his success. His emerald eyes gaze back at Ochako as she just rests in his arms.

Her hands were intertwined together and a blush was visible on her face.

Deku notices it and realizes what position he was in. "S-S-Sorry!" Deku apologized for no apparent reason, letting Ochako down on the ground gently, still having the abilty to stand.

Deku speed walks away from her, looking away. "It's good you're safe though!" Deku giggles awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck.

Ochako stared at the awkward state Deku was in, expressionless. "Thanks." She said softly but loud enough for him to hear. He gave her a smile, a wobbled one. "Y-Yeah! No problem!" He said in a tone that clearly indicated he hasn't got over the fact he had the most beautiful brunette in his arms and began giggling awkwardly for a long period of time.

After minutes of just walking around and staring at the ground silently, Ochako sighed quietly before settling herself on the ground, her legs intertwined and her arms spread out behind her with her palms wide open to embrace the grass's touch for support.

She rests on the crispy, green land and looks up, staring deeply into the sparkly dots known as stars.

In the midst of the silence, Deku cleared his throat after his session of awkward giggles and begins to walk around the large area of grass and trees in silence. His hands land on his waist and his mouth stayed shut as he kicked little pebbles with his lips pushed together.

Ochako remained still on the ground, her eyes tracing the figure of the crescent moon above.

She inhales after the thought of Deku's confession.

"You always look out for me.." Ochako says all of a sudden.

Deku stops his session of walking and froze. He looks back to the brunette whose eyes were stuck above. His eyes widen as he just stares at her brown locks.

".. Maybe that's why I like you."

Deku was caught off guard from such a simple statement. A blush emerges from his face and his lips wobbled. "W-What?" Deku stutters, his lips forming an awkward smile.

Ochako didn't bother looking back at him and keeps her eyes locked to the sky. A light blush appears, but so did a smile.

Shooting stars begin to fall from the dark sky, sparkling.

"I like you, that's what I said." She repeated herself with no hesitation, the sweet smile still planted on her little lips.

The stars continue to fall like comets, shimmering bright as they leave a trail of glitter behind them. Secretly, the pair werw making wishes.

She thought so much about him and he had nothing else to say. If she ever had the ability to gather enough courage to speak all the thoughts flooding her mind about him, she would. She really would.

But, after hearing his confession, she felt really relieved he thought about her too. But did he really think of her the same way she does to him?

Does he think of her and smile like she does to him?

Does he admire her from afar like she does towards him?

Does he get butterflies when he sees her like she does towards him?

Does he even sincerely like her?

It's difficult for her to smile because of those type of thoughts. Once again, she thinks she's overthinking.

Turning her head back to sky, she sighed.

'It's so awkward.' Deku thought, looking at her as she admired the shooting stars. Her eyes reflected the dark sky and the glitter the stars scattered as they ran through the dark sea above.

Despite the fake smile plastered on Ochako's lips, her heart couldn't help but race even in her confident and calm appearance.

She inhaled.

'I'm so tired of this overthinking thingy I'm always doing.'

Exhaled.

'Why can't I say it all?'

Inhaled once again, strongly.

'I'm already seen as a pathetic person anyway.'

Exhaled.

'He has to know. We can end all this now, Uraraka. Please. Tell him.

She held her breath.

'We can finally make your dream come true.'

Gulp.

"Hey, Uraraka."

Suddenly, Deku called out after his session of admiring her from afar, causing her to bounce.

"Y-Yeah?" She asked, not looking back at him as she continued sit on the ground comfortably in her sort of 'indian' kind if position.

It's been more than sixty seconds after Ochako's confession and it's been really awkward between them in the silemce.

Deku didn't do anything aftrr his and her confession too.

Yup, this wasn't your ordinary cute and emotional confession.

"Why do I get butterflies in my stomach when I think of you?"

"H-Huh??"

A blush appeared on the pair's faces.

Another confession just began.

Oh dear.

'Damn it, Deku! That was such a bad start!'

"I-I mean -"

"Like, in a lovey d-dovey type of way??"

"Uhm, y-yeah! I-I gues- "

"T-Then ..  me too!"

"What?"

They were somehow lucky they're saying these things not eye-to-eye.

Oh boy, this would've certainly been a mess if they actually did speak face-to-face.

Thank goodness Deku was just staring at her from behind as she sat 'peacefully' on the crispy grass.

"I-I get butterflies in my stomach when I th-think of you too!"

"B-But-"

"And I s-smile too much because of you! You're always o-o-on my mind!"

Ochako's head lowered down to her pastel pink sneakers intertwined in her tangled legs.

Despite her trembling lips, she continued to speak. Her fingers began to grip on the strands of green grass, her face becoming even more red in the process.

She's bringing her thoughts out. After trying to muster up the courage for quite long for this moment, she finally did.

All she wanted was to tell the things she always thought of and move on from hin but

Why is she just falling deeper and deeper in love with him instead?

"A-And I don't c-care at all b-because it makes me happy!"

"Urara-"

"A-And whatever I-I do that ma-makes me happy, I'll do it!"

"Wai-"

"And if thinking of you, spending time with you, standing beside you, l-liking you and existing with you makes me happy, I'll do it!"

"..."

"And this .. this is how much I-I like you in words, Midoriya Izuku."

Tears were already falling out of her eyes, passing down beside her smile as she stared down. She finally let all her thoughts out and there was no reply.

Tears of mixture of the joy of accomplishment and regret stream down her pale cheeks.

She was falling in love once again.

This is not what she wanted.

But, it made her so happy.

Why end it?

"Uraraka, I think o-of the same too.."

"..."

"An-And I know that y-you know I-I like you a-a-and it's sort of messed up and all.."

He chuckled awkwardly.

Oh boy, another stream of secrets is coming.

"I really like you that way too."

"..."

"I c-c-constantly get worried about you and it sucks!"

He laughed awkwardly.

"B-B-But knowing that you're safe, always brightens my d-day.."

"..."

"Seeing you s-s-smile with no problem makes me very happy too!"

"..."

"Just knowing you're happy and safe with no problem makes me so ha-happy! And smile a l-lot too!"

'How many times have I been saying 'too'?!'

"And seeing you sad, seeing you with the most fakest s-smiles .. never fails to make me sad."

"..."

"And not knowing y-you're sad for a long time makes me feel ... sad. No-Not even sad anymore actually .. I guess, depressed?"

He giggled uncomfortably before clearing his throat briefly.

"M-My point is that .. I like you a lot to the point I'm really, really worried about you. You're constantly on my mind, never letting me sleep. And I-I-I don't really mind. Seeing your smile in my head at three (3 AM) in the morning is okay with me."

"..."

"And I actually -"

He laughs then gulps.

"I actually have been jealous a few times."

"..."

He wraps himself with his arms in attempt to calm himself down.

"I always felt hurt seeing you with other guys and being even happier than y-you are with me ..."

"..."

"But you looked really happy and I couldn't help but feel happy about it too!"

"..."

"But they get to do things I wanted to do with you like .."

His hands release from his body and intertwine together. He gazes at his hands closed together.

"Like holding your hand or resting my head on your shoulder."

'Fuck, I'm such a creep-'

"B-But not because I want to do perverted things!"

He chuckles awkwardly.

".. But, it's because I want to be close to you."

He gulped softly, gazing at her appearance from behind.

"It's 'cause I really, really like you."

Ochako raised her head back to the sky. Did she hear them all? Did she care?

Of course she did.

After all that overthinking and anxious tthoughts, it turned out he's been overthinking too.

Isn't that the most relieving feeling ever?

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theyretiredofthesetruthsuntoldinthem

She sniffed.

'Oh no-'

"Uraraka? Are you crying?"

"N-No I'm not!"

She laughed, rubbing her eyes before he sees.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

He bends down infront of her, already noticing the tears.

She lets out a small, startled squek before immediatly curling herself into a ball after meeting eyes with him.

Her face then dives into her palms in attempt to hide the crying mess she was.

"S-See? I'm not crying-"

'Dang do I suck at lying.'

He then pulls her wrist out, revealing her tears and troubled smile.

She lets out another startled squek from the sudden eye contact then proceeds to look away, her wrist still stuck in the grasp of Deku's hand.

Surprisingly, she was able to get a good glance of Deku's face even after just a short time of her features being revealed.

No, she didn't see the flustered Deku. She saw a confident one. A concerned and worried one

"Uraraka, why are you crying?"

He asked, concerned.

All she did was laugh.

Lifting her head back to him, her tears shimmered with her wobbled yet joyous smile.

Their eyes meet, Deku's clueless and agape mouth shining beneath the moonlight together with troubled look

"B-Because who wouldn't cry from happiness at this moment?"

She giggled between her sniffs and little sobs.

Despite the troubled and flustered state she displayed, Deku couldn't but laugh together with her.

It wasn't even a confortable one either.

The pair know already it's quite awkward at the moment.

But that didn't mean their laughs were fake. In fact, it was comforting for the two.

"But I don't see the reason why yo-you should cry though.."

Deku indicated in a teasing manner.

"We-Well .. does that mean you're not happy?"

The boy then suddenly stumbled backward from a simple question, falling on his bottom with a flustered and shocked look.

"N-No!" He denied, shaking his hands in reassurance. "I'm happy too! I'm happy too-"

"I get it, Deku, I get it." Ochako giggled at the sight.

"It's a very a ugly habit but I tend to cry during one of the most memorable moments in my life." She said with a smile, wiping her tears away.

He then stared, tilting his head. "Ugly?"

She stopped wiping her tears away to meet her eyes with him. She nodded, "Yeah, don't you think so too?" She said with a light chuckle.

He lifted one eyebrow as he fixes his posture, raising himself up slightly. "But .. I think you look pretty when you cry-"

His voice suddenly trailed off, decreasing in volume.

'What the hell am I saying- ?!'

"Eh? What did you say?" She asked out, leaning her right ear forward with curiousity.

He leaned backward, "Nothing! Don't worry!" He giggled awkwardly.

As he giggled, Ochako smiled, lifting her head back to the sky.

"All jokes aside, I'm glad you exist." Ochako said, admiring the crescent moon soon fading away to form a full moon together with the stars.

The shower of the spilling of glitter from shooting stars ended, leaving a calm, peaceful sight in the sky filled with stars.

Deku smiled. "Me too."

...

"My stomach really hurts .."

"My heels really hurt .."

They stare at each other from the timing before bursting in laughter.

///

Bakugou stared from afar, his figure being bathed by the shadow of the tall trees, the bushes covering most of his figure.

"Hey Bakugou! Bakugou!" Kirishima called out within the forest, attempting to find his partner. After searching for quite long, he finds him.

"Oi, Bakugou! There you are! Let's get going now, I want to pass this test-"

"They look really happy."

Bakugou said, not caring from the fact his voice was audible.

"Eh? Who?" Kirishima asked, looking around in search of this certain 'they'.

Bakugou sighed as he stared from the corner of his eye at Kirishima.

"Let's get going." He said, not sounding quite aggressive this time. He began to walk away from the area, leaving Kirishima running after him.

"So, care to explain who was that 'they' you were talking about? I tried to look-"

"It doesn't matter now."

Bakugou said, rolling his eyes.

"It didn't matter in the first place anyway, but .."

"But?"

"But .. I cared about it anyway!"

He grumbled out furiously.

Kirishima lifted an eyebrow as they finally reach the correct path.

"Cared about wh -"

"It doesn't matter."

Bakugou said rolling his eyes.

"I simply lost the most important things to me. Two were now stolen."

"Huh?"

"Nothing."

'What the fuck is wrong with him?'

Kirishima giggled as they continued to walk in the path, still unaware what Bakugou  saw that made him look quite heartbroken yet made him look stronger.

And more stubborn too.

We really don't know what will happen to Bakugou or the duo, but we all know that was a decent ending.

end.