The Heartthrob and The Nerd

8 Lunch Date

Izuku didn't know what happened after he said yes to Katsuki's invitation. He only realized that they are in the cafeteria when he heard a lot of rather loud "whispering" sounds coming from the people in the cafeteria.

Of course, this will happen. He is walking beside Katsuki and many people are not happy about it.

"Why is he with Katsuki?"
"Does this nerd really didn't know his place?"
"How dare him walk beside Katsuki?"
"He should be walking behind everyone else. That's his place."

Izuku sighs. He instinctively roll his eyes slightly and almost let out a laugh. He didn't know why but he didn't feel insecure at this moment. All he feels his smugness. Why? Because all this people can do is stare. Katsuki is the one who approached him first. The blonde is the one who asked him to have lunch with him. They can insult him for all his worth but he didn't care right now.

He had heard those degradation all his life. Like his place is behind everyone. A freaking background character, a cannon fodder. An extra. Someone who's importance in the story is irrelevant. Those words didn't affect him anymore.

The thing that affects him is his growing feelings for Katsuki. The feeling that he had never felt before. He knows what it is based on the things he heard from his friends before but he can't believe he just experienced it right away.

He really did believes that it would be hard for him to fall in love because he had never been in love before. He never experienced butterflies in the stomach. He can't believe that the moment his eyes met Katsuki's crimson ones, all of those feeling suddenly came rushing into his whole being. He knows it that time, he had fallen in love.

Okay, he denies it multiple times. But the pull Katsuki had for him is too strong. That magnetic field that forces him to get closer. Like a moth to a flame. It's risky, scary, burning, but it's tempting. He can't stay away. Even if he knows that he needs to.

"Oi! Izuku!" Izuku snapped out of his trance when he heard Katsuki's voice and felt him nudge his shoulder.

"Ah?" Izuku exclaimed. Katsuki looks at him with a hint of disbelief in his expression before laughing lightly .

"The heck, you're didn't hear me. What got you so lost in that pretty little head of yours?" Katsuki asked with a hum at the end.

Izuku can't help but feel flustered. Katsuki's laughing and now the butterflies that he had managed to calmed down a while ago are now causing havoc inside him again.

"I-I was thinking about the lesson." He said, cheeks tinted pink making his freckles more pronounce. If that didn't makes Katsuki almost swoon. Katsuki bite back the huge smile that wants to stretch his lips because of how adorable Izuku looks right now.

"It's lunch time. Stop thinking about the lessons. You won't be able to enjoy lunch that way. We're only on our second week in school and you're already sitting in your nerdy seat. Come on, let's find some table. I let Shitty Hair and Soy Sauce order the food." He said the  hold Izuku's wrist and then proceed to drag him into the table he had seen. Izuku not seemingly caring about the not so nice nicknames now. He was bothered by it at first but when he saw that Kirishima and Sero were just laughing about it, he get used to it.

The almost inaudible gasps that comes from the people in the cafeteria rang in Izuku's ears. First, the nerd had made Katsuki laugh, and now, Katsuki is dragging him by the wrist. It's almost like they are having a lunch date.

The whispers about lunch date didn't escape Katsuki's ears. He likes the sound of it. Having a lunch date with Izuku. 'This extras said something useful for once.' Katsuki thought and he internally grins.

Izuku become more flustered. Katsuki is holding his wrist. Although he would likely appreciate it if it was a holding hand but he will settle for this.

He sighed. He definitely have a lot of haters now. He is not even a celebrity. He is just a simple background character, plain Deku. These people won't even spare him a second of their time or even glance his way. But here they are, green with envy. Their faces says it all.

Minutes later, Sero and Kirishima arrived with their food. They placed Izuku and Katsuki's food in their table and to Izuku's surprised, the duo look for another seat to settle with after they told them to enjoy their lunch.

Izuku noticed this kind of behavior from Katsuki's friends a lot of times now. They always make sure that Katsuki and Izuku stays together. They didn't even sit with them at the back. Izuku feels like he is missing something. There is something going on and it seems like Sero and Kirishima knows something he didn't.

Oh well, he will know it if it involves him. For now, he will like to enjoy this lunch time with Katsuki.

While they are eating, Katsuki started talking about random things and Izuku enthusiastically responded. They look like a happy couple having a date in a fancy restaurants. Izuku's eyes sparkles in delight to what Katsuki had said and the blonde will just stare at his face, seemingly in daze. It was a perfect picture of a lovestruck Katsuki, and Kirishima wouldn't let it go.

Oblivious to their surroundings, the two didn't noticed when Kirishima took a couple of pictures about them and sent it to their group chat. A chat without Katsuki and Izuku on it.

Sero looks at the message and smiles. "Should be make a bet? On who will confess first or if when will Bakugo confess?" He asked Kirishima.

"Guess we need to ask the others." Kirishima stated earning a short nod from Sero.

"Izuku, are you sure you never really knows about me? Like dude, we are in the same middle school and high school! Heck, we even live in the same town. Your house were like three blocks away from me and we never really met?" Katsuki asked. Feeling astonished. How the hell he didn't meet Izuku before when they are so close to each other. They could've been childhood friends for fucks sake.

"U-uh...I-I don't really go out that much. The only friends I got are my roommates and they are my first friends too. Not too sociable I guess." Izuku said while smiling sheepishly. Katsuki smirks.

"Well, I guess I need to invite you to join us every Friday night from now on. Your friends are always there so you won't get overwhelmed that much." Katsuki said feeling victorious that he was able to invite Izuku.

Izuku feels the butterflies in his stomach once again.

"...I would love to join." He smiled.

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Woah! Finally! A chapter! Hope you enjoy this one.

Btw, I tried to draw Katsuki and Izuku, meeennn, Izuku's hair almost made me gave up! 😩.. It's too hard but it's done! I am just sharing okay...wahahahahah...anyways, see yah in the next chapter or in my other stories!

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