pov: Tenya Iida is a moron but the situation is salvageable.
Alt title: wingman and courtship part 2
Genre: Fluff
Synopsis: you and Deku broke up and you attend the reunion with Iida.
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Deku couldn't look away from you the moment you entered the room. You were wearing that dress. The one you were saving for a special occasion, funny, how he still remembers that memory: you excitedly twirling for him but he vaguely said something about having to go.
You looked beautiful—
"Deku."
Mineta looked at him with a knowing glint in his eyes. Minoru just patted him on the shoulders.
"Why are you looking at me like that, Mineta?" He chuckled without cheer. "You're being weird."
"Why don't we go say hi to her? It's been 2 years." His friend suggested, not oblivious to the fact he's still staring at you.
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You scan the crowd trying to find a certain bespectacled hero; he stepped out a bit for a phonecall or something, you didn't quite catch his words as you were suddenly surrounded by the girls. It's been 2 years and so much has changed and yet, everyone still exhibits the same characters. Like Bakugou and Kirishima for example, doing their loud antics, that made you smile, everyone feels so familiar and it feels good. You took a breather inside the comfort room, letting your hair down for a moment before deciding to hell with it; coiffed hair no more. Someone enters the comfort room.
Ochako.
She sends you a shy smile. You returned it wholeheartedly, beaming at her and waved her over for a hug.
She says your name breathlessly and you let her go. "How are you?" She asks.
"I'm good! How about you?"
"I'm good!"
You couldn't stop grinning; you missed Ochako, you've been good friends with her before ...
Awkward.
"I'm sorry about... before." Ochako says.
"Why? I mean, it is what it is. Besides, I'm alright now!" You reassured her, patting her shoulders.
"If it wasn't for me.. you didn't have to stay away."
"Nah, staying away has been good for me. I'm a senior pro hero at my agency and well, it worked you know. I'm better now actually."
She stays silent for a few moments.
"We're not together anymore you know..."
You give her a confused look.
"Me and Deku... we broke up months ago."
That was a surprise.
"I'm sorry." Because you didn't have anything else to say.
"It was great at the start but... sometimes, he would compare me to you. So offhandedly, like the way I'd dress, saying you'd go to him first for his opinion. It was... strange. He loved that I was different from you but when we got together, he was searching for your traces." She cleared her throat. "So yeah, we broke up. I didn't know what he wanted from me and that made me feel unwanted."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"I just needed to get that out." Ochako smiled sadly. "And if you got back together with him-"
"I'm not." You say firmly and then added softly. "Don't get me wrong, Deku is very admirable, especially when he chases his dreams..."
"The way his eyes lit up with determination." Ochako says, mulling over memories.
