[ERASERMIC] 90's HEARTTHROB

Veracity

[AIZAWA'S P.O.V.]

Time moves really fast, huh? I feel old already. It feels like January was just yesterday. 

And what luck, today is Valentine's day already!

"Shouta!!" Hizashi shouted

"Can you not shout my name like that anymore ever?" I asked him

"Nope. It's my signature way to call you." He grinned.

"Oh please." I said

"Hey!! It's valentine's day, isn't  it?" He asked 

"Don't get any ideas." I said

"What were you thinking about? I don't mean anything like that!" He said nervously "I meant to say that I'm sure that you'd get a lot of chocolate, Shouta!"

"Ah, I guess." I said "You too."

"What do you mean?" He asked

"Don't be stupid. You're popular with the students. You've got the personality and the looks. You'll get a lot too, idiot. I'm sure of it." I replied.

"Aww, that's so nice of you!" He said

"Don't push it, Hizashi." I said.

"I'd be happy if I received a lot of chocolates from cute girls, but I believe I'd be the happiest if I'd receive one from you!" He grinned.

"Me?" I turned tomato red. "Me??"

"Yup." He nodded eagerly.

"Then you can have mine." I told him. "I don't.. really like sweets."

His face lights up.

Ah, I see. He just wanted chocolate given by me, not made by me. That's kind of.. disappointing. --No, I won't deny it. I'm really disappointed, oddly enough.

But I brushed away the thought.

"Too much sweets aren't good for you, just as juice pouches aren't good for me." I said. 

"I know that, Shouta!" He gave me mildly aggressive noogies. Ow. "If you're gonna be like that about it, then why don't you just give me one?"

"Since you're gonna give me only one, it has to be very special, ya dig?" he grinned

An idea came to my mind, but it's stupid. 

And embarrassing.

I didn't want to embrace my feelings for him or anything, since I figured it'd be awkward for us to continue our studies here being 'more-than-friends' or whatever.

"Let's not do that." I rejected him.

"EEEEEEEHHH!?!?!" He yelled, seeming to be in extreme shock. "WHYYY!?!!?"

"If you had to give me something, what would you give?" I asked him

"Something really sweet, figuratively and literally!" He said, intertwining our fingers together.

What did he mean 'sweet figuratively and literally'? Literally sweet means the flavor, and figuratively sweet can either mean lovey-dovey sweet or cool sweet. And seeing as it's coming from Hizashi, it could figuratively and literally mean anything!

He tightened his grip on my hands with his fingers.

"Don't think so hard about it, Shouta!" He laughed "Something simple would be enough! Like a chocolate bar or something. I'll accept anything from you."

"Valentines day is almost over, anyways. Is there even a point to giving you a gift?" I asked

"Yes!" He said "The point is, you'll win my heart~!"

"Ew. I don't want it." I said jokingly

"Ouch." He said as he let go of my hands.

Ah, did I say something wrong? I figured I did. Everything is so weird recently.. "Sorry." I uttered

"Eh, it's fine, dude." He laughed.

Oddly and awkwardly enough, I was thinking I might do something like.. I dunno, confessing to him?

Wait, no, that's too embarrassing.

"Oh I know." I said "I'll give you a kiss. How's about that?"

So kissing him isn't embarrassing now? Smooth, Shouta. Smooth.

He stood there, frozen. So did I. I choked back my words, regretting every second of this.

"Um, as I said, Shouta. I'll really accept anything from you." He nervously smiled.

"Uh.. Great. So it's settled then." My face was burning. Sweat was dripping all over my face. I wasn't thinking straight. How careless of me. If I'd been careful with everything earlier, I wouldn't have been stuck in this situation now. Ugh.

No no, this wouldn't even start if I didn't talk to those girls.

I blame those girls.

Quickly, I need to cover my mistakes back up.

"You didn't think I was serious did you?" I faked a laugh. I really hoped that it was as convincing as I thought.

His face was filled with.. disappointment..?

He let out a bitter laugh. I could hear it in his voice. He's hurt?

"You're really funny, Shouta." He patted my head and walked away.

What was that expression just now. Thinking about it felt like a spear was piercing my chest.

Out of frustration, I channeled that negative energy to  force myself to go to see those two girls again.

After school, I stood in front of class 2-C with those two girls again. 

"What did you do." I said sternly.

"Wha-what do you mean..?" One of them said with a shaky voice.

"These feelings. What are they?!" I raised my voice.

They kept silence for a moment before one of them spoke. "It was me, I'm sorry."

My eyes widen in shock, and I unconsciously activated my quirk, making my pupils red, and scaring them.

They held each other's hands tightly. "M-my quirk is Veracity.."

"what does it do.." I asked. Even I could detect the scariness I had in my voice.

"I-it b-bring out the t-truth from you!!" She stuttered. "What you're f-feeling isn't manipulation from my q-quirk.. It's you're own t-true feelings!!"

"My own.. true feelings..?" I muttered.

"I'm sorry!!! You can't Erase this quirk, b-because it a long-term quirk! Just as you can't erase transforming quirks, you can't erase long-term ones too!" She added.

Without another moment of hesitation, I ran away from them. They only thing in my mind was Hizashi.

[NO P.O.V.]

"You used yours too, right?" one of the girls said

"Yep. Aphrodisiac." the other replied. "They'll be all over each other the longer they wait, thanks to your quirk as well."

"Good. I was getting tired of seeing them like that. A little nudge from us won't hurt, right, Ai?"

"True that, Shinri."

They snicker.

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926 words.

WOAH, WHAT?? IT WAS THEIR DOING ALL ALONG???

WHAT A TURN OF EVENTS!!

Like Kohei Horikoshi, I made pun names. Ai as in love, and Shinri as in truth/verity.

They're not OCs or anything, they just contribute to the story as a little nudge. That's all. ^^