Boyfriend

Chapter 2

He did not dislike the idea much to begin with, why would he? One of his secret dreams was about to come true.

A secret that not even his best friends knew about. A secret that our green little bean had a tiny crush on a red-eyed singer. A crush that had started when he saw a senior in his school perform on their school's annual day. That day he came to know about the existence of this drop-dead gorgeous man with crimson eyes who was 4 years older than him.

That day, all he could do was look up at the stage with sparkles in his eyes, looking at the man he thought to be the most beautiful person he had seen. He was mesmerized. Not just by his looks but oh! by his voice too. His voice was dripping honey. Smooth and husky that had stirred something within Izuku.

He saw the performer look toward him and his heart skipped a beat, but those butterflies in his stomach didn't last long when he saw crimson eyes look past him even when he was right in front of him. That was the day he realized that maybe he was basic, he realized that maybe he can't catch someone's attention. Boy was he wrong!

Those fiery eyes had been the reason for so many of his sleepless nights. He would see those crimson eyes in the secrecy of his dorm room, gleaming after every performance. Those iridescent crimsons belong to the lead vocalist of Dynamight. He was still his longtime crush.

The thought of seeing crimson-eyed brash blond made him feel all giddy on the inside. But he wasn't prepared to meet his crush up close backstage. He did not want to meet him like this. But he did not know how to tell this to his girlfriend. What would he say? He doesn't want to meet Katsuki because he is scared he really might faint seeing him so up close? That he might forget what words are? That he had a crush on him? That he might forget she was his girlfriend now?

However, Izuku knew his reality. He knew it was just a silly crush, something that would never come true. After all, how often do you hear the story of a regular person meeting their celebrity crush, the celebrity falling for them, and them living happily ever after? Exactly, never. That is why he had never given it a serious thought. That is why he decided to not think about it.

He knew Ochako had been excited about it for weeks, so he accepts. He has to make up for all she does for him, for their relationship. He mans up and goes with her, hand in hand, to their concert date.

He wasn't a very big fan of the band but he won't deny that their music was good. He had heard many of their songs but his favorite was one of the singles by the vocalist. It was a little low on tempo, groovy, sensual, slow-burn ballad recalling a love affair as toxic as it was intoxicating. He had imagined himself being the muse, but it is also one of his secrets that no one will ever know. It is not a surprise that he used to listen to Katsuki's songs the most. He loved the vibe of his songs.

He had never been to their concert before, he never wanted to. He was happy to see him on his phone. But he can't deny he was a little excited to see them perform live. But what he was not expecting was to be in a stadium. A stadium full of people wearing Dynamight's merch, girls and boys both yelling the band's name, some singing rhythmically challenged acapella songs which had names of all the band members in it. He wondered how the band reacted to this, did their ears not bleed?

Luckily for him, his girlfriend was a close friend of one of the band members, Mina, the guitarist of the band. He never understood how cool people found other cool people to be friends with but he definitely would enjoy the benefits of becoming the boyfriend of one such cool person.

They were backstage, which was only reserved for artists, they were not supposed to be here until the concert ended but knowing one of the artists makes you a VIP which he doesn't understand but will enjoy the treatment regardless. 

They were sitting in one of the rooms and judging by all the things he saw in the room, he knew they definitely shouldn't be in this room. There were racks full of pop clothing taking up one whole wall. Clothing was for the members by the looks of it. The other side of the room had a table full of things that looked like the band's merch. One of the sides of the room was mirrored and a giant black plush sofa with a coffee table took the center of the room. Clearly, this room was meant for the members.

Before he could tell Ochako, he is met by one of the jolliest sounding girls. Mina had come to meet Ochako. His girlfriend introduced him to Mina and even though he is trying to act normal, meeting a celebrity does something to you. He suddenly became a nervous wreck, and Mina's compliments about how cute he was, weren't helping him even a tiny bit. 

But fortunately for him, both girls had forgotten his existence as soon as they started talking about something he wasn't a part of. He took that opportunity and eased himself out of the uncomfortable space. He heard when her girlfriend told him she was going with Mina to help her with her dress and she would be back within minutes.

But being the inquisitive nerd he was, he just couldn't sit still when all the stuff in the room begged him to be observed closely. He looks around the props and the racks full of pop clothing for the members while he waits for his girlfriend.

He goes through clothes thinking about how he could never carry off such stylish clothing. He was looking at a black leather jacket and thinking how these clothes made the band members look so good. Especially the crimson-eyed lead singer, he thought.

He walks to the table full of merch and that's when he notices that the merch was signed by all of the members. It must be for the fans they would meet backstage, he thinks. But that would mean, he would get one too and without a second thought, he started choosing which one he would pick.

There was merch from all the band members. But his eyes were fixed on a single black sweatshirt which had Dynamight written in small on the left side with a small explosion at the end. The explosion reminded him of Katsuki as it matched his personality so much. Loud, brash, shiny, exact match. He picked it up and placed it on himself to see how it would look on him.

He loved the feel of it, it was so soft. He loved how Dynamight was written in red with a small explosion. He wondered why the band chose this name, did it have anything to do with the famous superhero, All Might? Were they too a fan of All Might?

He chuckled at the thought of it, he laughed at himself for thinking people like them would be nerds like him. They had better things to do, like haunt other people's minds and live there rent free. He let out an audible laugh at his thought.

He had not realized someone had entered the room. He only realized this when he heard someone ask a question, making him drop the sweatshirt he was holding.

"Find something funny in my sweatshirt?"

AN~

Very late update xD
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