The Halloween Party

The idea

 A few moments past before Midoriya walked out his door again in case Kacchan was still outside. Exiting his room he headed downstairs to look for Iida and Todoroki hoping maybe they could help him come up with a simple and fast costume.

Once downstairs he looked around the common room trying to catch a glint of red and white hair but was met with disappointment as seeing neither Todoroki or Iida.

"Who're you looking for, Midoriya?" came a deep voice from one of the sitting areas. Midoriya realized he had been standing for a minute looking lost and turned to see Tokoyami and Sato hanging out.

"Oh, I was looking for Todoroki or Iida, I wanted to ask them something. Have you seen them?" Midoriya shifted to be closer to the couches instead of blocking the isle.

Tokoyami took a quick glance around, "I assume Iida is still completing some Class Rep duties. Todoroki left a bit ago. Probably to see his mother."

"Oh, right." Midoriya replied. He looked at the floor wondering what to do next when Sato shifted to face him, "Anything we can help with?" he offered. Midoriya looked at the sugar hero who stared back with a happy, quizzical look. Sato was a nice guy, though a little shy at times. He had a great passion though when it came to his quirk and friends, and also baking but Midoriya chalked that up to his quirk relation.

" I was trying to think of something easy to do for a costume for Kirishima's Halloween party."

"Zombie." Sato replied immediately, "Super easy, just tear up some old clothes and use a little bit of paint and BOOM, done."

Midoriya thought about this, "I'm not a big fan of face paint. Or gross things. So maybe something a little more..pleasant?" he replied slowly, hoping not to offend Sato by shooting down his idea. The sugar hero didn't take notice however as he started shooting off other ideas.

"Be a black cat. You only need ears and a tall. Draw on some whiskers."

"That's usually something girls do, isn't it? Dress up as cute animals." Tokoyami piped in, flipping through the book he was holding.

"True." Sato huffed. " Hmm, how about a wizard? Wear a bath robe and get a cheap beard. But wait, if you cover your face you can't eat any of the treats." Midoriya thought about it, "That doesn't sound too bad. I like mythical things like wizards and dragons."

Tokoyami lowered his book, "Kirishima is being a dragon. You would match him."

"Oh. Well, then maybe not. I don't want to risk looking like I took someone's theme or something." Midoriya muttered. Honestly, he didn't want to give Kacchan the wrong idea by matching his best friend. Would he even notice? Probably not. But something in him hoped Kacchan would notice what he was wearing other than so he knew not to match himself. But then he would have to be something tough or scary. He couldn't be food, animals, or anything nerdy; that would just give fuel to Kacchan's bully side.

"Maybe..something kinda scary?" Midoriya muttered. Tokoyami had closed his book and was giving his full attention to the conversation now. Sato was googling things on his phone, eager to help out a friend.

"No offence Midoriya, but you're not exactly a scary person." Tokoyami said

"I know, but it might still be fun." he rubbed the back of his neck nervously. Why was this so hard? When they were kids it was so easy to find a costume. They would be their favorite heroes and make armor and outfits out of old clothes and cardboard, or they would choose something easy like pirates or ninjas. Izuku's mother made him a scarecrow one year and he got teased by Kacchan who chose a skeleton.

It was in middle school that Kacchan decided to be a skeleton by wearing black jeans and a skeleton t-shirt. Midoriya blushed internally thinking about how well the black outfit complimented his ash hair and the skull make-up intensified his fierce expressions. Even though he had ditched Midoryia that year to hang out with his gang Midoriya had hoped to catch glimpes of him. Maybe that was what started Kacchan on his dark clothes style. He hoped he never stopped wearing black since it silhouetted his figure so well and he just looked sexy as hell.

Midoriya shook his head. Stop fantasizing about Kacchan! He screamed at himself in his head. He shouldn't romaticize his friend cosplaying as something dead. Then a thought struck him.

"Something dead is scary!" he blurted out, causing Sato and Tokoyami to jump.

Sato recovered quickly, "But you said you don't want to be a zombie." Tokoyami perked up, "A ghost is scary though. All you need is a sheet and some scissors for the basic style." Midoriya felt the excitement bubble in his chest. This was great! A ghost was a common theme and since it was so simple nobody else would want it.

"But, the food." Sato started sadly.

"I'll just modify it so my face isn't covered." Midoriya suggested. "It shouldn't be too hard." Sato nodded,

"Sounds great! Do you need any help?" Sato asked. Midoriya shook his head, "I should be ok. I'll need to go to the store though. I can't rip up the sheets my mom bought me."

"Why not just ask Yaoyorozu?" Tokoyami suggested. Midoriya thought about it, but he felt bad asking his friend to make things for him with her quirk. She was a person after all, not a vending machine.

"No, this is something I want to do myself. Thank you such for the help guys I really appreciate it! I'm going to get ready and put in a request to go to the store. See ya at the party!" Midoriya called back as he ran back towards his room to get his wallet.

"Anytime Midoriya!" Sato shouted back.

A smile had crept onto Midoriya's face. He had a costume, and a fun one at that. Would Kacchan be impressed? Wait, he had to go tell Kacchan first, right? 

Getting off the elevator on Kacchan's floor he walked to the door at the end with Bakugo Katsuki etched on a plain name plate. Taking a deep breath, wondering why he was yet again so nervous, Midoriya raise his hand and knocked.

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Sorry for the long lull. I work retail and it is getting very busy so work is hectic. I hope to get the next chapters out quickly though. Thanks for sticking with me so far!