『ɪs ᴛʜɪs ᴀ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ?』- izuocha

Day 4-Tuesday

Three more days.

Three more days until the night that everyone had once dreamed of.

Three more days until I get the confidence to ask Uraraka a question that could ruin our relationship.

Three more days until all of the anxiety ends.

Three more days until everything comes to an end.

Only three more days...

"Good morning, Deku-kun!" I hear a beautiful voice ringing in my ears as I'm half asleep on the sofa, a cup of scorching hot coffee hanging out of two of my fingers. However, I realize it's her voice. Her head is across from me, yet upside down. She had a huge grin planted on her face, and her beautiful brown locks are hanging downwards. "How are you?" She releases herself after pressing down against the couch, to help build the suspense within her little surprise.

"O-Oh!" I reply surprised, jumping a small bit. "I'm fine... how are you?" I say after letting out a massive yawn.

"Oh I'm great!! How come you're so sleepy?" She asks as she plops down next to me on the sofa.

"I... I'm not really sure... I'm never this tired." I give my eyes a pretty big rub, attempting to wake myself up. "Why are you up so early?" I glance over at the clock hanging above the TV. It read 4:23 AM.

"Oh, I just thought I'd be responsible and productive, so I woke up early! Do you mind me asking the same for you?" She grabbed a blanket that was previously resting on the arm of the couch, and snuggled up against it.

"Oh... m-me too..!" I smiled, gazing into her big, beautiful eyes. She smiled, and asked me something rather peculiar.

"Hey Deku" I tilted my head the slightest to show I was listening. "Who do you think you're gonna ask to prom?" Flustered, I sat there in utter shock, my cheeks warm and red.

"I... I... I dunno yet! Heheh" I awkwardly covered my face with my hands, yet the brunette held my hand, and lowered it from my face. I looked at her with a face filled with embarrassment and fear.

"Deku, it's obvious you have someone specific in mind... you don't have to hide anything from me! We're best friends after all, right?" She cheered. However it had seemed that she was hiding something from me, too. I could tell deep down that she's nervous, and sad too. It just let off a weird feel in the room, so I knew for a fact she wasn't happy like she was acting to be.

"I... I just don't think I'm ready yet..." I could tell her hopes lowered even more than before. "B-But... I'll describe her...?" My mind scurried to the first thing to say. I didn't want to leave her with sadness and anticipation hanging on the edge of her. "So you see, she has beautiful brown hair, it's t-to her shoulders. Her eyes are b-brown too... they shine like a diamond in a pile of rocks, and they're just gorgeous. She's not t-too tall, j-just about 5'1 I'm pretty sure... she has a wonderful personality, too. She's always so supportive and bubbly, and I love being around her. She always manages to put a smile on my face, no matter my mood. Even if I just think of her, her smile doesn't only brighten up my day, but it can light up a whole room, too..." I dreamed, trailing off until I realized the person I was describing was inches away from me. I suddenly opened up my eyes into reality, and blushed madly, while Uraraka's soft cheeks were a cherry red. Oh god... did she know it was her? Was she weirded out bye me? What if-

"De-Izuku" She trembled, shaking slightly. She didn't even bother to look me straight in me eyes. I glanced down at her carefully, and wrapped my arms around her delicately. I could hardly hear it, yet I could feel tears pouring down on my torn-up arms. Unsure of what to do, I gave her a small pat on the back and buried my face into her shoulders. Meanwhile, she turned to me and did the same. We sat there in silence, until her small cries turned into mediocrely loud sobs.

"I..." I shook, filled with fear. "Ura-Ochaco do you get what I'm s-saying?" Her sobs started growing and growing as it felt like everything around me got dark, darker, yet darker.

"I don't know, Izuku" She whispered, not wanting to let out an ugly cry.

"I..." Slowly inhaling and exhaling, I decided that I should finally let out the truth. "I have feelings for you, O-Ochaco." Her grip on the hug got lighter. "I have for a while, too. Ever since the 2nd semester of out first year, I have." She started shaking. "You've always just meant so much to me, and I... well... you're just such an amazing person to have in my life. Everything you do, everything you say, you're always so elegant and kind-hearted, but most importantly you're absolutely beautiful, on the inside and out." Her hands were placed on my shoulders, I could feel them intensely shaking. She stared at me with her dazzling eyes, filled with tears.

"Izuku I..." She began to tremble more. "I... I have feelings for you too..." She let out a huge smile, and stared at me in the eyes. We grinned at each other, until, I slowly wrapped her into a small and gentle hug. After a while, the two of us had separated our arms, and giggled. "...Thank you..." She exhaled, sounding relieved. "That means... a-a lot to me..."

"No problem...! Yeah, no problem at a-all..." We sat there in awkward silence like we seem to do a lot. "Well, uh, h-how are you?" I asked, trembling in shock and disbelief of what had just happened.

"I'm better than ever, how about you, Izuku?" She smiled, fidgeting with her thumbs. I could tell she was shocked and flustered as well.

"O-Oh, I-I'm doing wonderful t-too!" I cheered. "I... I've been meaning to ask you something lately, but I've been too cowardly to a-ask it..." She tilted her head like I had done earlier. "Ochaco, I love you with all of my heart. Will you please go to Prom with me?" Her eyes widened as if that were the best thing she had heard anyone say in a million years.

"Fuhu" She chuckled. "Of course I will, silly! I love you too, after all..." She teased me, twiddling with her beautiful brown hair as it was glistening in the morning light. Seemed as if the sun decided to rise early today. We sat there for quite a while, talking, laughing, blushing. It was the best thing I'd ever felt. However, I just didn't know how to describe it. It filled me with joy and glee, sparking me up and up until it felt as if I could reach for the stars. It gave me a special warmth in my heart that nobody else could give me, nor take away. I loved her, and that was all that mattered.

The rest of the day was quite lovely. Ochaco and I agreed to not tell anyone about our relationship, or at least yet. Later on in the school day, we also came up with little nicknames to call each other! She came up with Izu for me, and I just decided to stick with her first name for her. It felt heartwarming, knowing the person that I loved the most loved me the way I did for her.

But just like that, it all went away.

The anxiety, the fear, the loneliness, the instability. All of my issues and cares had drifted away as if there were once meaningless and worthless. However, there were starting at that very moment.

The moment I had learned to love and accept myself.

Note: Hello! This is a little note saying I got my phone taken away (idk how long for), and I'm currently writing this on my laptop. Sure, I can write still, but I won't be able to reply to things on my message board or in my DM's. I'm so sorry about that!! I'm pretty sure I can reply to comments, so if you wanna speak to me, just talk to me through the comments!! That's all and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!!