The Hero Beyond the Gears of Time (Izuku x Kendo)

Ch 16: UA Sports Festival; Part 3: Tournament Start!

Kendo's POV:

Me and Izuku were walking away from our two other friends... I can't believe they asked if we were dating! Everyone is always asking that... why? Like sure we held hands a few times... and I even kissed him on the cheek, but still. I'm not even sure if I like him that way and I don't want to pressure him into something he doesn't want to be in anyways, so there's no way we could be dating. Sure he's cute, selfless, and crazy powerful... but he could probably do so much better than me anyways, so I'm not even going to try. Well speaking of Izuku, he seems a lot more nervous now... I wonder why...

"Hey Izuku, why are you shaking?"

"S-Sorry Itsuka... I've just never held hands before today, the last time was just spur of the moment I guess. A-Are you sure friends hold hands? Especially ones from the opposite genders?"

I looked at Izuku... his eyes are so dreamy... why the hell did I just think that... Oh Itsuka... how far you've fallen from your tough self...

"U-Um... I'm n-not really sure dude... if you don't like it, then we don't have to do it..."

"It's not that I d-don't like it... I've really only seen people who are dating hold hands like this, so it's a bit weird... Not that you're weird or a-anything! I enjoy it, but it's just different to me is all.

"I see... have you really thought about dating and all that romance stuff? This morning you told me you had a crush on someone but you never told me who..."

I really didn't want to know for some reason... it made me feel, how do I say it... it made me feel jealous. Why? I have no clue. It's weird feeling this way when most of the boys you talk to have always have some type of feelings for you. I've surprisingly never dated anyone... dating is just not my cup of tea.

"I don't know... I'm not even sure what to do. It's weird, it's like I'm getting mixed signals... sometimes they are super clingy and stuff, and I start thinking they like me, but then they say something like, "we're good friends" which makes me rethink my previous thoughts. I'm just really confused on what I should do..."

What's ironic is that I do that with him... I wonder if the girl is like me.

Nobody's POV:

Izuku and Itsuka were walking and talking, still holding hands, looking for a place to eat.

"Izuku, if I was you, I'd just forget about her. There are plenty more fish in the sea, and you shouldn't get hung up on one. It'll mess around with your journey to becoming a hero too, so I think you should hold off on anything that's going to cost you emotionally."

Dread filled the poor boy after hearing those words. He had made it so obvious he was talking about her, and she seemingly rejected him right then and there. He knew he was just wasting his time with her, but there was always a slim chance she could like him too. 'Guess I was wrong...' he thought as he broke away from the girls grip on his hand.

"I have to go take care of something... bye." Izuku said as he ran off in the other direction.

"Did I say something wrong?" The girl asked herself as she shrugged it off. All she tried giving him was some advice... the girl he liked was very clingy to him, and he thought she liked him, but she kept saying she only liked him as friends... 'The girl obviously doesn't like him if she says she wants to be friends... wait... clingy? He's not even friends with that many girls... and the only one who's clingy is... Oh no... what did I just do...' She questioned in her mind as it all made sense.

"HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ME!!" She yelled, gaining the attention of everyone walking past her.

'I just told him to find another girl... oh shoot oh shoot... I need to find him!' Her mind raced as she sprinted off in his direction.