Accidentally Undercover

Chapter 5 - STOP! I Could've Dropped My Ochaco!

Izuku knew he was in trouble the second he stepped out of the changing room.

He had just finished talking to Todoroki about doing a sparring session later that day after they had both changed into their hero costumes. The two had fallen a bit behind the main group of students that were walking to Gym Gamma when Izuku felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, dude," Kaminari greeted, a friendly look on his face. "Is it okay if I ask you something real quick?"

Normally, Izuku wouldn't think anything of it. Ever since he had helped the electric blonde discover more uses for his quirk, he had come to ask Izuku tons of questions about improving; but something in his gut told him that was not the case that morning.

"Sure, what's up?" he replied tentatively.

Kamari's smile turned into a smirk as he wiggled his eyebrows.

"I just wanted to know how things went with Uraraka last night."

Immediately, Izuku's cheeks turned rosy.

"What are you talking about?" he squeaked out.

"Ashido may have mentioned something about you and Uraraka hanging out in the middle of the night. As your wingman, I gotta know this stuff!"

"It wasn't a planned thing," Izuku hastily explained, "I was just getting some water then Ochaco came down to grab some milk and-"

"Ochaco?" Kaminari echoed smugly. "So you two are together."

"It's not like that!" Izuku shouted, drawing a few eyes from his other classmates.

He lowered his voice, the red in his cheeks never fading. "We just... we're close friends and it all just kind of happened at the hospital. Then last night was just an accidental meeting; I was getting some water and Ochaco was going to get some warm milk and we ended up talking."

Kaminari's smugness turned into something softer. "Whatever you say dude, but like I told you yesterday, you should go for it."

Izuku debated whether or not he should tell his friend that he actually did almost 'go for it'. He had been so close to admitting to not only his best friend but newly remembered childhood friend as well that he liked her.

It was when the two of them were on the elevator that Izuku had found a moment to try and confess his feelings.

Yet the second he was about to tell Ochaco, the elevator dinged and he chickened out.

It didn't help that soon afterward, Izuku kissed her hand as a way of saying good night. It just felt natural at the time and the moment he got back to his dorm room he was thinking up a bunch of different ways to apologize to Ochaco. He was lucky that she even still wanted to talk with him.

He was going to attempt to say sorry that morning but didn't get a chance to before Ashido cornered him.

But Kaminari didn't know any of that and based on the amount of teasing he was already enduring from both him and Ashido, Izuku doubted it would do any good.

"Thanks, Kaminari," he responded. "Um, you're not going to tell Ashido about me using Ochaco's given name are you?"

"Course not. I already know how easily flustered you get, Midoriya. I won't give our favorite gossip any more ammo to tease you with. Trust me, I've seen the way she teases Kir- our other classmates and I would not wish that upon anybody," the blonde chuckled.

Izuku couldn't help but laugh along with his friend. Though when his eyes wondered where the rest of their group were, he realized how far behind they had gotten during their conversation.