𝐃𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐈 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 , 𝐢𝐳𝐮𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐚

❝ twenty two ❞

It was a long wait for Class 1-A. They were instructed to wait until HoundDog's squad had found the League's base, and then they would quickly ignite their plan to rescue Izuku.

It had been 2 days already, and classes had been canceled so students could recover from the mall incident, and as a courtesy from the school.

Ochaco didn't leave her room once during the wait. She would pace around impatiently, jumping at every simple noise at her door, mistaking it for a knock.

Then, it came.

It had been 3 days, and HoundDog's troupe had finally found the location of their base. Tsu was the first to hear the news, and she quickly ran and gathered Ochaco and Kirishima.

"Alright everyone." All Might started, a serious air in the room. "At 1pm today, we are strike. You all remember the strategy, correct?" Everyone in the room agreed. Ochaco's heart was racing a hundred miles an hour. She wanted to run out of there and throw up, and scream and jump for joy at the same time.

Too many feelings surrounding her at once.

Tsu looked over and noticed as Ochaco began breathing heavily.

"Ochaco." She said lightly, placing a gloved hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry. We'll save him." Ochaco looked up at Tsu, her eyes glimmering with hope. She nodded, determination replacing the fear and nausea. "Y-Yeah..I know!"

As Uraraka smiled, she noticed Kirishima's gaze across the room fall on her, and he gave her a toothy grin followed by a thumbs up. She gladly returned it.

"Alright. Your all dismissed. Don't forget to be back here at 12:27pm sharp."

Ochaco followed the stream of heroes as they all filed out of the small office space, Tsu and Nejire right behind her.

"Hey Uraraka! Wait up!" The blue haired girl called out, causing the brunette to turn around and pause.

"Look, I know yesterday you were all bummed out, but I wanted to tell you..I'm gonna do everything I can to save that boy! If it makes you happy again, then Tsu and I will give it our all!"

Ochaco smiled, nodding her head. "Thanks Nejire. I needed that. Now, I'm going to go shower before we get ready." Nejire agreed, giving Ochaco a enthusiastic wave before leaving.

"Don't worry. We'll save him. Nothing will go wrong."

Ochaco kept repeating these words in her mind as the water hit her skin, but something in her just wouldn't let the fear go. Her thoughts drifted off to a memory that seemed so distant to her now.

Uraraka and Izuku sat on the shore of the beach, the warm sand wrapping around their feet. She had just finished strumming the last few chords of her song, and was completely flustered. She didn't have the courage to look up at Deku, not knowing his reaction.

"Uraraka...is that really how you feel about me?" He said in a soft tone, and without looking at him, she nodded. She could almost sense the smile on his face as he chuckled. "You said I'm the brave one...yet you're the one who had the courage to confess your feelings. I just waited, and she ended up confessing to me anyway."

Ochaco looked up in confusion, and took the time to take in his features. His lips were turned up into his signature grin, his freckles bunched up on his cheeks. She couldn't help but smile back, even though she was still confused with what he had said.

Until it hit her.

"D-Deku..." His eyes glanced down at her lips, and then back up at her, shaking his head slightly before leaning in, pressing his soft lips against hers.

The whole world seemed to stop, moving in slow motion. Ochaco felt every cell in her body lighting up as if there were small firework explosions happening all around.

Her face turned completely red as she shut her eyes, letting her lips do all the talking for her.

"No, n-no. Ochaco, stop it. Thinking about him..w-will only make i-it worse." She mumbled, fighting the urge to cry. She sighed, letting the water rinse off any remaining soap suds on her body.

"We'll....no. I'll save him today. No matter what."

♡

"OooOo! Tomura! The heroes found us!" Toga squealed, jumping up and down excitedly. "I saw some while I was patrolling!" Shigaraki looked over, a sickening grin on his face.

"You hear that Izuku? Your buddies decided to join the party! I wonder when they'll come." Deku snapped his head up, panic filling his entire body. He jerked around relentlessly, but the rope that he had been wearing earlier were replaced with handcuffs.

"Don't lay a hand on them!" Deku yelled, his voice being muffled with the gag they had placed over his mouth.

"Huh? What was that? I can't understand anything you're saying Deku! You need to speak up if you want me to hear you~" Toga said with a grin, once again imitating his lover.

"Shut UP! SHUT UP!" He screamed, tossing and turning in the chair he had been seated in for the past 3 days. Toga just giggled. She skipped over to him, and stood right in front of him, leaning down so she was now eye level with him.

"I wonder what will happen when your poor Uraraka comes to try to save you..and then POW!" Toga exclaimed, unsheathing a knife quickly as she said the word pow. She kept it right below his chin. "You'll be a goner!" She said, a psychotic grin never leaving her face.

"Toga, enough." Dabi complained, a annoyed expression on his face. "Don't you have better things to do then interrupt my date with Izuku?" She whined, turning and sticking her tongue out at him. He just rolled his eyes.

"Both of you, shut it!" Tomura yelled, walking over to Izuku, and pushing Toga out of the way. He squatted down so his face was right at Deku's knees, and grabbed Deku's face, forcing him to look down at him. "Once those heroes get here, I want you to get a front row seat, so you can see everything! You'll watch your idol fall right before your eyes!" He shrieked, a grin on his face. He began itching his neck, dropping Deku's face. He seemed to be talking to himself, rather than Midoriya.

"They won't stand a chance. We have the perfect weapon right here! Their prized student! They'll have to listen! Or I swear to god, I'll SHOOT YOU, I WON'T HESITATE!"

Deku winced as Shigaraki screamed, pure fear in his eyes. He wasn't worried about himself. No.

He was worried about what would happen to the heroes once they refused to give up.

♡