This Is Still An Act, Right? (Fake Dating Tododeku)

The Confession

Midoriya's POV

Not every single couple during seven minutes in heaven made out. One time, Tsu beat up Mineta, slapping him repeatedly with her tongue. Despite disliking him, we stopped the timer at 4 minutes. Uraraka and Mina, Kaminari and Kirishima, Sero and Hagakure, and more went in the closet and nothing happened. It was always disappointing, feeling like we wasted 7 minutes anticipating some juicy drama. Although, that's better than when Kirishima and Bakugo went in together.

When their names were called, Bakugo grabbed Kirishima by the hand and aggressively dragged him inside. "Finally!" he had yelled. Before the door even closed, my childhood friend had slammed his boyfriend against the wall.

We didn't even need to press our ears against the wall to hear the noises. As we sat on the couch, snacking on gummies Jiro brought and making casual conversation, we could hear quiet moans. But then, as the seven minutes progressed, they got louder and louder. "Nngh harder Eijiro!"

"Beg for it, bitch!"

"Daddy, please, please go faster!" Bakugo had kept moaning. We laughed at first, but when the timer went off, we were terrified.

"How do we even interrupt them? What are we going to see?" I had asked, terrified. 

"I say we vote somebody," Mina suggested. Chances are, she knew she had enough popularity not to get voted. However, there was one person in that room that was the most hated individual in school. 

Mineta.

"I'm not a pussy," he had scoffed, rolling his eyes. He threw the door open wide, and luckily, we knew better to look away. Nobody wanted to see the bad porno in front of us.

Not even Mineta deserved the scene. Apparently, as we were told in his traumatized recounting, Kirishima was balls deep in Bakugo, and white liquid was dripping down my childhood friend's lip. They had turned towards him, wide eyes, and Kirishima turned as red as his hair. On the other hand, Bakugo sent off a fiery blast to Mineta's face, and slammed the door shut. Then, they continued their...um...happy time according to the noises.

Although, there was one positive that occurred because of that. The burns on his face from Bakugo, the burns on his arm from Todoroki, peed pants from the movie, an allergic reaction, and twisted ankle was finally too much for Mineta, and he headed home.

"Our final couple for the night is-" Momo announced, a bit less enthusiastic than before. We had moved to a new room, letting Bakugo and Kirishima finish. "Todoroki and Midoriya!" We felt groans behind us. "Please, please don't do what they did."

"Trust me, we won't," I said, laughing, and running inside the closet. It wasn't nearly as big as the other. Dare I say, it was the size of an actual closet. There was only one rack of clothes with a few pairs of pants, a Sunday best dress or two, and a couple of crop tops hanging high on the farthest wall. High heels and loafers lined it. I slid my back down the right wall and pulled my knees up to my body. Todoroki got uncomfortably close and stretched his legs out. "This act is going amazing," I whispered, laughing. "I think we might actually end with up Uraraka and Momo. I got scared in the middle bu-"

All of a sudden, I felt soft lips smash into mine. I widened my eyes, staring at Todoroki with his eyes closed in front of me. I felt my heart rate quicken, and so much of me wanted to melt into it. I wanted to kiss him back, let him hold me, let him run his hands through mine, let him kiss me harder.

I love Todoroki.

Except, I couldn't bring myself to. I pulled back quickly, slamming my head against the wall. Todoroki pulled back too, his eyes wide and face covered in a blush. "I'm so sorry, Midoriya."

"W-w-why?" was the only thing I managed to stutter out.

He took a deep breath, turning his body to face mine. He straightened his posture, looking me in the eyes. "I've been lying this whole time." 

"What?"

"I love you so much, Izuku. I've been scared of telling you how I feel, telling myself it's better to stay quiet. I didn't want to believe that I could lose you. I've had the biggest crush on you since before we even started this fake dating thing. I've liked you since the Sports Festival. It's been growing and growing and growing!" He moved his hands up as he talked, pausing quite a bit. "You changed me for the better and made me break out of my shell! My whole life has just been plagued by imbalance between hot and cold- both in personality and quirk and more. You're the only one who has made me feel balanced. You're the only one who makes me genuinely smile and laugh. You're the kindest, sweetest, most caring, most enthusiastic person I have ever met in my entire life. Your smile, your eyes, your freckles! It's all so fucking cute. I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you Izuku." He looked at me expectantly with scared eyes before leaning in a bit. I should've taken the hint and kissed him back. He moved his hand to my hair, too, but I smacked it away.

In the beginning, when he made it clear he was going to beat me at the Sports Festival, I disliked him. I was intimidated, and I've never enjoyed cold, aloof people like him. However, as I hung around him, he broke out of his shell. I realized at the flower park what a great listener he is. I realized when we met my mom how he's always just scared and awkward, not cold and aloof. I realized while randonauting how great conversations with him can be. I realized when we met his siblings how playful and fun he can be. I realized as we bowled just how determined he is. I realized when we dabbled in graffiti the extent of his artistic talent. I realized during our beach/skateboarding day how much I enjoy being around him, even in Recovery Girl's office. I realized while having my 'rich day' how caring he is. I realized during Powerpoint night how funny he can be. I realized during Movie night how much I love being in his arms. I realized when he confessed to the abuse and self-harm how strong and emotional he is. I realized at the Hero Museum that he accepts all my flaws like no one else does. I realized at this sleepover that I don't have nearly as big of a crush on Uraraka as I thought I did. I stopped hanging out with her for a month and felt no sadness or grief. However, the thought of leaving Todoroki breaks my heart. Holy fuck, I've realized throughout our whole fake dating act how much I love him.

 Now he doesn't want to be my friend? He wants to date me?

I love him. I love this boy so much.

But I can't do this.

"No!" I yelled, throwing his hand back to him. "Are you fucking kidding? Is this some sick joke? You like me? I was fine with you being gay but this is disgusting!" His expression crumbled. "I like Uraraka, a girl. I don't like you, a boy. This was fake dating, did you forget?"

"Izuku..." I could tell it was about to rain for a second time this week. 

"No! Don't call me Izuku!" I realized I was making a mistake, but I couldn't stop myself. "It's Midoriya. Get it through your head! I. Don't. Like. You." My voice started rising. "I never enjoyed hanging out with you! You're always so boring! You're not funny, you're cold, you're aloof. You never laugh, smile, and barely contribute to conversations. My back hurts from how much I carried our damn conversations!"

"Shut up, just shut up," he said, teeth clenched while looking down to the ground.

"Do you think you're better than the rest of us? Is that why you never smile, laugh, or talk? We're too boring for you, huh? Do you think you're some cool bad boy tsundere? Spoiler alert. You're not." I knew it was because he was awkward and scared. What the fuck am I doing? "All of this was so creepy! You've been cuddling with me while wanting to fuck me? What are you doing kissing anyone without consent? You fag!"

"Shut up!" Todoroki shouted, looking me in the eyes. His rapidly blinking eyes were full of anger, and I noticed his lips were trembling. He stood up, his fists curled, and I waited for his response. Except, no words were spoken as he slammed the door shut. 

What the fuck did I just do?