By Your Side (Bakugo x Midoriya)

Chapter 22- Wonderstruck

Midoriya's Pov

Somehow I survived last night, even though I still feel like I'll die of embarrassment. I can't believe I confessed. Are we together now? Does he really like me? It's too much, too much!

We're training at the gymnasium. Kaachan is not far from me but he isn't close either. We didn't spoke about what happened but, as always, it's like we have an unspoken agreement not to ask questions and not to tell anyone.

At times like this, I keep stealing glances at him. Staring at his whole being and trying to burn that image inside my mind, so I can keep it forever. Sometimes I catch him discretely looking at me, maybe trying to do the same thing I'm doing. I can almost see sparkles when our eyes meet. It's just wonderful.

Bakugo's Pov

I can't keep my eyes from getting drawn to him. It's like they are magnetized and he is a piece of metal.

I was supposed to move to another place so I looked at him one last time. And he looked at me at the same time. Then he looked down and bit his finger, trying to hide a silly smile.

That finger, in that hand. I wanna hold that hand right now. And I wanna kiss the finger he just bit. But it's not just his hand. I wanna kiss his lips to find out again what he tastes like. And I wanna feel his warmth because once again he's blushing. But  it's not just his lips or his warmth. I want to embrace him. Play with his hair. Hear his heartbeat. But then, it's not just that. I want so much more. I wanna hear him saying again that he likes me.

Midoriya's Pov

After classes ended Kaachan called me.

"Follow me Deku."

"Where are we going?"

"What do you think?"

"Roof."

"Then why did you ask?"

Just wanted to make sure. I wonder why we're going there... I hope he's not regretting everything.

He sat on the floor, against the wall, and signaled me to sit next to him. As soon as I did it, he took my hand, intertwining our fingers.

"Is this okay?"

He kept staring at the sky. Even so, I nodded in response, because I couldn't find words. This is all happening so fast.

"I wanted to do this during the entire day." He looked at me and smiled. I could only think that I was falling in love all over again. Then he gave me kiss on the cheek before returning to his initial position. "You look cute when you blush. Kind of like a girl."

This is only making my mental condition get worse. I wanna tell him that I've liked him for all this time. I wanna ask if he really likes me back. I wanna tell him that he's really charming. And he's being so nice with me. I always knew he could be like this because that's how he was when he was a kid. I wanna say that I also wanted to be with him. I wanna tell him so many things.

"K-kaachan. I, I, I..." My voice is shaking so much.

"Calm down Deku." He squeezed my hand a bit. "We have all the time in the world." Hearing is words is so reassuring.

"I was... also thinking about you... the entire day..." Alright. Bit by bit I'll get there.

"Jeez Deku! I've been holding back, even now. But if you say things like that I can't stop myself anymore."

He turned his body towards me and reached my face with one hand.

"I really wanna kiss you. Can I?" I looked to the side.