Love in an Unlikely Place

Christmas with Friends

"You exited to go on your trip tomorrow?" Uraraka questioned as the massive friend group sat in the upstairs area of Dynamight. It was early and the bar wasn't open yet, so they decided to have a little Christmas with each other there.

"I would be if I knew where we were going." Midoriya replied with a nervous smile as he helped his best friend hand out presents. Iida was chatting with Kaminari and Shinso, Uraraka and Ashido were watching Midoriya and Todoroki gather the presents and Bakugo was helping Kirishima grade some of his papers so he could relax the rest of his break.

"You're going to like it." Todoroki replied with a blank expression as he added another present to the red heads pile. Everybody had gotten everyone one gift, so there were quite a few of them.

"You guys know?" Midoriya replied with a voice of betrayal. Not knowing gave him serious anxiety and he was getting more panicked by the second.

"Don't freak out, you will like it." Uraraka reassured, not that it helped that much though. "It's going to be pretty and romantic." She added with a smug smirk. Todoroki couldn't help but show a small smile though. It felt amazing to watch his best friend be in a good relationship for once. He wasn't worrying his head off every time it took the green haired man longer than ten minutes to answer a text. Plus, he had never seen him more happy than he did at that moment.

"I'm scared, but also happy. Does that make sense?" He questioned as he looked to the blond. He wasn't used to feeling this many emotions, especially good ones.

"It's anticipation Deku." The brunette said with a sad smile. She has been in a down mood for a few days now and nobody could figure out why. However, Midoriya knew. He knows her pretty well and could easily tell what was on her mind. He knew this holiday was going to be hard for her and he only hoped she would actually like the present he had gotten for her.

"We're done!" Todoroki yelled to everyone behind them. Midoriya and Bakugo had a flight early in the morning and they still needed to pack, so they didn't want to stay there all day.

"Alright everyone, gather round!" Ashido yelled with excitement. Everybody began forming a circle around the pile of presents. One by one, they began opening their presents Bakugo and Midoriya chose not to exchange presents today since they would be together over the holidays.

"Here Midoriya!" Ashido yelled out as she handed him a medium sized present wrapped with black wrapping paper. The green haired man took it with a smile before seeing who it was from. He saw his best friends name and couldn't help but smile as he began opening the present. When the wrapping paper was shredded in the ground, he couldn't help but look over his present with a smile. It was a small photo album with tons of photos from their summer job. Photos of them swimming, hanging out by the camp fire and of course photos of him and the blond being flirty. He looked to his best friend with a wide smile.

"Thank you Shoto." He said happily. It was nice to see how much he had changed over the summer and how much happier he had gotten. He really did love that gift. The green haired man continued opening presents with his friends as it got later and later. The green haired man had gotten a new hat, scarf and glove set from Ashido for his trip. He got a few things for his new job and even got a coffee cup that can be heated up in a car. He was happy with every present he got, but extremely nervous as he handed the last present to Uraraka. It was his present and he didn't know whether or not she was going to like it.

He began picking as the skin around his nails as he watched her with anticipation. She slowly tore off the dark green paper before seeing a small black box. She sent a nervous glance towards the green haired man before removing the lid to see a small folded note. She unfolded it slowly as she glanced to the small object in the box. It was a silver locket with a compass carved into the front with a small infinity sign going through it. She turned her attention back to the note.