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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟎𝟓 : LIES & LOVE

'when i told you about my crush i was talking about you yet you still don't know.. what an idiot.'

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denki's room was fairly cluttered.

random articles of clothing were thrown across the floor and his messy bed, weeks old soda cans, both crushed and half full, littered his dresser.

he had a trash can sat next to his bed, surprisingly it was empty. the things that were supposed to be in there were all over the room.

though, on the more organized side, he had many vinyls hung on his walls. denki loved collecting them, using money from his short-term jobs to buy them.

despite it all, izuku didn't care. he plopped onto a white bean bag.

denki followed, sitting on his bed, kicking off his shoes.

there was a tall window that allowed sunlight to pour into his room, giving light. though, the sun was hastily setting, casting a slightly peach color into the messy room.

"what do you need help with?" izuku asked, pulling his bag which was full of notes and textbooks.

"you should be asking what don't i need help with." denki huffed, looking off to the side as he began to hug his knees.

izuku frowned. he knew what it meant when denki did this, he was hiding something.

the greenie huffed, getting up from the bean bag to climb onto denki's bed. "what's wrong? talk to me." izuku said, moving denki's arms from being wrapped around his legs.

denki whined, slightly embarrassed. ever since the morning, he felt kind of off. his heart hurt as he replayed the moment izuku and ochako had yet he felt a fluttering in his stomach whenever he'd thought about izuku's smile or the scent on his hoodie.

"it's just.. i feel like my heads been wrapped around something for a while and it's kind of overwhelming." denki admitted. he didn't know how else to explain it, he didn't understand it himself.

izuku hummed, sitting down in front of denki who's face was a soft pink. he couldn't help but smile, the canary blond looked so adorable when he was wearing a strawberry blush. it always gave him the same butterflies he had in middle school due to his puppy crush.

though, it was only temporary. he'd moved on, it was a cute phase before. but now, he'd grown older.

"something? i think it's more of a someone." izuku said. denki gasped, looking up at izuku before looking away, covering half of his face with the lavender colored sleeves of the hoodie izuku had given him.

izuku gasped as well, his face lighting up, "so it is someone! who? who is ittttt?!" he cheered.

"no, no! i dont like them! it's just.. my hearts been hurting a lot when i see them hanging out with other people.. it makes me wanna cry. but, when i see them smiling, it all goes away. instead, i feel this weird feeling in my stomach.." denki trailed off, his eyes sparkling as he fell into deep thought.

even though he rambled, he made sure not to utter who it was about. he wouldn't dare say it was izuku. he didn't know why, but he just couldnt.

"butterflies," izuku whispered to denki. suddenly, everything felt a bit intense. the world silent accept for their breaths. it was then that denki really notice how close izuku was, his body warm near the other.

it was just them. in a messy room behind closed doors. no one to interrupt or steal the other away.

just them.

"wha-" denki stuttered, his heart pounding nearly out of his chest.

"that fluttering? it's called butterflies. and that ache in your chest? it's jealousy. you must only want that person to yourself, don't you?" izuku said softly, his hand resting on denki's knee.

denki felt his eyes sting with small tears, izuku was right. everything he was saying was spot on. but no, he couldn't be..

"m-mhm," denki said, his lip trembling as the realization slowly began to come over him.

"it's a crush. you must really like them.. love them even." izuku said.

suddenly, the realization seemed to crash into him like a bullet train.

his hands began to tremble, the tears in his eyes grew even bigger. denki couldn't help but suddenly want to kick izuku out, he couldn't face him, not like this. not with these feelings.

they weren't right. they were never right, he couldn't possibly like izuku in that way. it was wrong and he knew it.

"no, no. you're wrong, so wrong.." denki said, slowly pushing izuku away. the greenie was wrong, there's no way..

"how?" izuku asked, his expression held so much concern.

"b-because!" denki yelled childishly. he couldn't explain it, he couldn't process it.

"are they already taken or something?" izuku asked. denki shook his head, "at this point? yeah. but it doesn't matter, i never had a chance."

izuku frowned, "is it jirou? i've seen you look at her a few times in class.. but she is very close with yaoyorozu. i'm sorry." he said, readjusting his glasses.

denki froze. and he thought he was dense? holy shit.

he chuckled dryly, wiping off his now wet eyelashes with the sleeve of izuku's hoodie.

"yeah, something like that." he said, looking izuku in the eyes.

hopefully izuku didn't see past his lies. his oh so obvious lies.

he didn't like, love, or had a crush on jirou.

he was in love with the idiot sitting right in front of him.

denki was in love with izuku.