I Am Here For You (IzuOcha)

Chapter 15: I Called Her Cute...

"Uraraka? We stopped studying a little bit ago. She probably went back to her room by now," Iida said on the couch.

"In her... room?"

This instantly got harder. I close my eyes and suck up some air.

"Resolve, resolve, resolve..."

I turn and head towards the girls stairway.

"Midoriya... Is there anything you two need to tell me?" Iida says. I turn back around a little bit of blush on my face.

"W-why would you think that?"

Iida stares at me, then turns back to his text book. "Nothing. Go on."

I look at him for a few seconds before heading to Ochaco's room. I felt bad about avoiding the topic of me and her around Iida but that's gotta be handled a certain way. He's our friend and dating within our little trio... I'm not sure how to bring that to him. Also he's not just my best friend but Ochaco's as well. It wouldn't be right to tell him without her. We need to do it together.

I make my way to Ochaco's room, waving to Momo as I walked by and stood in front of her room. I felt the red already returning to my face but I force it down. No more. No more letting the nerves take over. Still, I haven't been in Ochaco's room since the dorm competition, and even then I stayed outside of it. I took a deep breath and knocked on her door.

'Its okay,' I tell myself. 'I have a strategy now.' I was going to use my weakness as an advantage. May not be perfect but it'll do for now.

"Come in," I hear her voice say. I twist the door nob and walk in.

"Hey Ochaco," I close the door behind me.

"Izuku, hey," she said sounding kind of surprised, turning around blushing just a bit.

"I didn't expect to see you here, you've never visited me before,"

"I'm sorry, am I bothering you? I should have asked before just coming to your room unannounced..."

"Not at all, not at all!" Ochaco said, waving her hands in front of her face, shaking her head. "In fact I wish you would visit me more..."

Her face went notably red after saying that. Now that I'm paying more attention and forcing myself to keep my embarrassment and nerves under control, I can actually focus on her and what she does. She's a lot more like me when it comes to these kinds of things. Though thats not the only thing I had noticed...

She was working at her table, fan on with a older mp3 player sitting on the table. Some wired earbuds were connected but she only had one bud in, the other hanging, falling down her neck. She was wearing a black short sleeve shirt and some white shorts. Don't ask me when I started to pay attention to what she wears, I don't either. It was... cute.

"What was that Izuku...?" Ochaco said quietly. Looking at me with wide eyes, getting even more red.

I mumbled. I mumbled that last word. That's the most embarrassing things I've ever said to a girl. I felt my vision go blurry.... NO! Keep pushing Izuku, stay in control! Commit to it! COMMIT!

I force my vision back, though I couldn't resist the blush but I stayed strong.

"I said you look cute in that outfit..." I repeat quietly.

STAY STRONG. DON'T FAINT.

I feel my legs shaking and my face burn but I try and keep as straight of a face as possible. Ochaco is staring at me with those big brown eyes of hers also blushing hard. Please don't be offended...