Coexistence

Feelings are Annoying

Izuku POV:

Few days had passed since the incident with Monoma kidnapping Ochako with my attention strangely being on her more than ever. I couldn't understand why, but I made certain that she was in my line of sight whenever I could. I pushed this off to being just me getting neurotic over the whole incident. But when Bakugou tried to talk to her, my blood immediately started to boil with it not being something I could just ignore anymore. 'What is this feeling?' "Midoriya, can you tell me what the answer to this is?" "47." "Correct." 'This is getting annoying. Maybe Rei will know of this.' I kept my head down to my books before noticing Ochako glance at me to turn away with a blush on her face. 'What's going on with her?'

Ochako POV:

'AAAAHHH!! HE ALMOST SAW ME LOOK AT HIM!' Ever since the incident when I was kidnapped, I began looking at Izuku differently than normal. It kinda started some nights ago when I woke up next to him in the bed. Something about seeing his face sleep the way it did hit something with me. I couldn't understand it, but it made me lose the ability to look at his face directly. 'Grrr, WHAT IS THIS FEELING!? IT'S NOT LIKE BEFORE WHEN I RESPECTED HIM! SO WHAT IS IT!?' I held my head down confused beyond belief. 'I need help....Wait, it can't be that. It definitely can't be that. No way in hell is it that!' "Uraraka, can you tell me the answer to this please." I glanced at the question completely clueless. "Uhh..." "*sigh* Please concentrate." "Y-yes mam." I held my head down as Ms. Midnight continued her lesson. 'Maybe Inko will know. Hopefully it isn't 'that' and she tells me it's something different like stalk home syndrome. Wait...THAT WOULD STILL BE IT! DAMMIT! DAMMIT! DAMMIT!' I bang my head on the desk done with all this frustration inside me. 'Please don't let it be that. I don't know anything about it and I can't even tell if he thinks that way too.'

End of the day, Izuku POV:

I found Rei in the halls to walk up curious of what she'd know of this feeling I have. "Rei, can I talk to you for a minute?" "It's Mrs. Todoroki in public." "*sigh* Fine, you got a spare minute...Mrs. Todoroki." I say the name with sass for her to sigh before motioning me to follow her into the teachers lounge. We enter into an empty room where she gives me a cup of coffee to drink while we do. "So..what is it that required you to act like an asshole with me?" I tried to find a way to say it with the words sounding off no matter how I say it. "You see, something's been off with me for a while. When the whole Ripper thing was settled, something happened where I was having a problem seeing Ochako as what she was." "What did you originally see her as?" "A pain in my ass." Rei had to hold her mouth trying not to spit the coffee in her mouth out from laughing at my bluntness. "So what do you think of her now?" I had difficulty answering that to explain it. "I-I don't know. She's still a pain in my ass, but something's different."

I started to try and find a way to explain it with going back to the Ripper fight. "When I found Ochako the other day fighting for her life, something inside my mind just blew. It was like all I wanted to do was make Monoma feel all the pain she did. I was even ready to rip him limb from limb if she didn't stop me." "This wasn't the first time that you felt uncontrollable anger for her being hurt, was it?" "...The Big Madam fight was a second time. I was fit to be tied that she had this happen." "So you worry for her safety." "That's not it. This feeling is different. It's not like the groups, Eri, or even my mother's form of safety. It's like I'd rather nobody hurt her and I'll kill anyone who wants to take advantage of her kindness." Rei waited for a minute with taking a few sips of her coffee. "So this goes beyond normal wanting to keep people safe and the fact people will take advantage of her kindness." "Yes." "....Are you this stupid that you can't tell what this is?"

I took a sigh out before answering. "If I knew, why would I be talking to you about it?" She face palmed herself before answering bluntly what it was. "YOU'RE IN LOVE SHIT FOR BRAINS!" "Fuck no. This isn't love." "Yeah it is. You're just to thick headed to realize it." "There is no way I'm in love with Ochako!" "So if she went out with someone like oh...Bakugou for an example, you'd be ok with it?" "Over my dead body he'd date her." "What about Kirishima or Kaminari?" "I don't think so." "And you? What do you think of her dating you?" I stopped to think about it with my face going to a slightly less agitated one. "...Like I care." Rei slammed her head on the table after I answered. "IT'S LOVE ASSHOLE! WHY CAN YOU NOT ACCEPT THIS!?" "BECAUSE I CAN'T LOVE SOMEONE! If I do, they're life would be in danger!" "Not like her's isn't  in danger to begin with."