He woke up in a rather familiar setting. Deku opened his eyes to see that he was lying in the recovery room. He rubbed his forehead only to stop immediately. Tied around his pinkies where red strings. One would have freaked him out, but 2? That's a new level of 'freaking out'. He looked at both hands with horror and curiosity. If it starts here, it must end somewhere...right? He tugged at the string. It tugged back. Deku laid back down and closed his eyes.
"It's just a dream...just a dream," he said to himself before falling back asleep.
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He woke up a while later and felt better. He smiled at himself and ran his fingers through his hair. Then he stopped, annoyed, and fell back down on the bed. The strings where still tied on his hands. They never left.
"Oh, you're awake....I can see that we both have the same problem..."Ojiro said, from the bed beside Deku's. The green haired boy looked at Ojiro's right hand to see a red string tied around his pinkie. "W-Wait, you have 2 strings?!" Tailboi exclaimed. All Deku could do was look down at his hands, "Yeah. I guess so..."
"Y'know....That's kinda cool, though. You have two soulmates! Aren't you excited?" Ojiro asked, nervously. "I know that I should be happy, but I just can't imagine me having a soulmate- two soulmates...I mean- I've just never thought about things like that. I've always focused on becoming a hero," Izuku sighed, obviously starting to feel a bit down.
"But, anyways! Are you excited? Do you know who your soulmate might be?" Izu perked up, looking at Ojiro. "W-Well- heh," he rubbed the back of his head, blushing, "Well, I guess that I might have a thing for Hagakure...I hope it's her. But, what about you? Is there anyone you have feelings for?"
"Uh-" Izu looked at him, "Well, like I said before, I haven't ever given any interest in that stuff. So now that I actually think about it...." He took a moment to think, "No I-I don't think so...?"
"Deku!" a voice rang out, through the room. They jumped and looked over at the door to see Uraraka. "Deku! I'm so glad you guys are okay!" she pounced on him. "Midoriya! Ojiro! I am glad that you are both all right!" Iida greeted, walking in.
Uraraka smiled brightly until she looked down. She saw not one, but two strings attached to Izu. Then, so did Iida. Uraraka cleared her throat. "I'm so sorry, but I forgot that I was going to get notes from Yaoyorozu." Then she almost ran out of the room with Iida following close behind.
Izu looked down at his hands and frowned. "These are going to cause problems aren't they?" Ojiro tilted his head in confusion. Izu looked around for something, then grabbed a pair of scissors. "Hey Midoriya... I don't think that's a good idea."
He put the scissors on the string. Izu closed his eyes and heard a pop. He opened an eye and almost gasped. The scissors broke in two and the string stayed there without a scratch.
"Well... this will be fun," Izu said with annoyance.
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About an hour later, everyone was finishing up dinner and heading to bed. Izu went to his dorm and shut the door. His strings were faded but with every hour, they became more visible. He tried multiple times to try and get them off. But without any luck, nothing but a bunch of broken objects filled the room.
He was almost asleep before he heard a knock on his door. He got up and opened to see Todoroki and Bakugo standing there. He tilted his head as they both came in.
"Ok what the hell is going on here Deku?" Bakugo asked in his annoyed voice. "Yes, I too would like an explanation," Todoroki said.
"I'm sorry but I don't understa-" They cut him off by holding up their hands, showing him that they both also had strings. "Oh that... you see that's the thing. I don't know," he said. "Well here!" Bakugo grabbed something sharp from Izu's desk and started to try and cut the string. As he tried over and over, a pain in Todoroki's and Izu's chest began to form.
"Bakugo... please stop," Todoroki could barely say.
"IMA GET THIS SHIT OFF!"
"Kacchan! Stop it! I've tried! Nothing works!" Izu exclaimed. They looked at him in almost shock. "....Listen it's not like I'm happy about this either," he mumbled.
Just as they were going to say something, the lights went out. There was nothing but hurting hands from the pull of the strings around their fingers.
