My Hero Academia Requests

Midoriya's Secret (UraDeku)

Hey, Ochaco, could you meet me at my house later?

Yeah! Sure. I was just about to ask if you wanted to go to dinner tonight anyway. Do you want to go out somewhere?

Let's eat in tonight. I have something important I need to tell you.

All right. I'll see you later <3

Izuku put his phone back into the pocket of his costume and went back to looking over reports from other superheroes that had gone out on patrol. Things looked relatively calm lately, so he thought now would be a good time to tell Ochaco the truth about his quirk.

He remembered that he promised All Might that he wouldn't tell anyone about One for All, but All Might was gone now. And he trusted Ochaco with his life. They were partners, both in life and in the field (most times, anyway) so he thought it was about time that he showed her just how much he trusted her. Telling her about his Quirk would either destory the trust she had in him, or strengthen it and being together as long as they had, it was something he could no longer avoid. He didn't want to avoid it anymore. So he was going to do it. He was going to rip the bandaid off and see how much it hurts.

He left work early that night, to get home before Ochaco would come over. He hoped that he could make a nice dinner for her, or at least something they could both enjoy while he dropped the bombshell. He had just finished setting the table, when the door opened and Ochaco walked in. She wore her street clothes, so she had to have stopped at her apartment before she came over. Not that Izuku minded. He thought she looked beautiful no matter what she wore.

When Ochaco saw Izuku she smiled widely and hugged him. "How was work today, Deku?" she asked cheerfully.

"It was quiet, surprisingly," he said and kissed her head. "How about you?"

"Same. For some reason villains just aren't coming out as often anymore," she noted and let Izuku lead her to the dining room. "So what did you want to talk about?"

Izuku cleared his throat and sat down. "Er well... It's about my quirk. And All Might, I guess," he said.

Ochaco tilted her head to the side. "What about him? You're not still upset about him, are you?"

He shook his head. "It's not about that," he said. "What do you know about my quirk?"

"It gives you super strength," she said. "I don't know what you call it though."

Izuku sighed and looked at her. "It's called One for All," he said. "And I wasn't born with it. It was given to me... by All Might."

Ochaco blinked. "What? What do you mean?"

Izuku launched into his story about what happened before he entered U.A. and met her and the other heroes that they both called friends now. He told her everything that All Might told her about One for All and how All Might gave it to him. He came clean about everything, even his childhood growing up Quirkless but still wanting to be like All Might. When he finished speaking, Ochaco was silent and Izuku couldn't bring himself to look at her, afraid of what he was going to see.

"Why didn't you tell me this sooner?" she asked.

"I promised All Might..." he said pathetically.

Ochaco was silent again and he heard the legs of her chair scratch against the hardwood floor of his aparment and her foot steps. He thought she was walking out. But instead she walked up to him and lifted his head to look at her. She was smiling at him.

"I'm glad you told me, Deku," she said. "I'll keep this secret to my grave. I promise?"

"You're not mad at me?"

Ochaco laughed and kissed his nose. "How can I be mad at you for keeping your promise to your hero for this long?" she said. "I'm just happy that you trust me enough to tell me your secret."

Izuku smiled and pulled her into his arms, sitting her down in his lap. He held her tight and buried his face in his shoulder, trying not to cry tears of joy at her still accepting him. Ochaco laughed and hugged him back.

"Are we going to eat or what?" she said.

Izuku shook his head. "Just let me hold you a little while longer."

"Okay."