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izuku vc: probably deserved it

Since her birthday was so close to Christmas, it only made sense that she’d receive two gifts within the same time period. To Izuku, it didn’t feel right acknowledging one special day without the other. He makes an effort to meet her before classes start for the day — in that he drops his gifts off by her front door, a note neatly sat upon two All Might gift-wrapped boxes. In the first, much smaller box, she’d discover a radiant necklace adjacent to her zodiac sign ( it only seemed fitting for the girl from space, made of stars. ) The second gift is something less sentimental and more practical — a water bottle to have handy during exercise and training sessions! 

As for the note: 

Happy birthday!!! I hope you like these gifts. When I saw the necklace, I thought of you immediately and decided to go for it! Haha, I hope that isn’t too weird? It’s not meant to be weird, I just thought it would suit you really well! The water bottle too! Anyway… as always, I’m really glad that we know each other and I look forward to celebrating more birthdays with you :) 

Have a great one! 

- Deku 

Like the sloooow leaden arms of the rising sun peeking through the sheer material of her flaxen curtains in an equally translucent gradient, she raised her hand to rub sleep from her eyes as lethargy weighed on her / mercurial bones protesting her sluggish approach to the door. Why couldn’t classes start later in the day ?  Like a jolt of lightning, midnight’s lashes sprang skyward / brushing the crest of her brow with a shock of surprise !  On the ground / at the edge of her peripheral, laid two remnant trails of Earth incarnate :  trademark All Might wrapping exposing the giver before the neatly folded message balanced upon paper stratospheres — clad in hues of Mars, Neptune, and Stephan’s Quintet !  Elation sparked and surged through her chest and to the very ends of her fingers as she bent down to pull the unknown cosmos within her orbit :  curiosity following. What could it be ?  She set the boxes and letter afloat as she reached for the smallest gift first / gravitating towards it like a sailor after Polaris’ silver light !  Rosen pads skirted across the carefully creased edges of the paper / confessions of thought and time preserved — before she pulled back the stained glass nebulous curtains for a view of the constellation hidden beneath !     ❝  Wow !  ❞     Capricorn !  Her astrological analog dipped in golden copper and embellished with twinkling stars !  It was so pretty and luxurious / like the rings of Saturn !  Deku was too nice… She timidly fumbled to secure the clasp around her neck and tuck the chain beneath her collar :  as a hidden relic of Spring… Despite, her persistent struggle to bury her growing sentiments / tugging at the roots of sprouting affection ( these feelings… I need to bottle them up ), she was powerless against the passing of the seasons :  her affinity for him revealed itself / frail pastel tendrils seeping out of fine fissures to bloom roses across her cheeks and the bridge of her pert nose as a meadow of glowing rubies.  

With her touch increasingly electrified with inflating anticipation, she gently opened the second present to discover a navy galaxy / brought down from the boy who walks in starlight — placed within her sphere of reach and drawing a wide ivory crescent upon the atlas of her features :  such a pretty thermo !     ❝  OOH !  ❞     It looked and felt really fancy !  Super practical looking too !  She didn’t own one before, but it was awesome to have a thermo now !  Maybe she could put ramen in it ?  But before her thoughts could drift too far into space, Pluto landed upon the note written with a heart brighter than the sun and sweeter than Venus in the eve. He thought an astral necklace suited her ?  He was glad they knew each other ?  And he hoped for more years of each other ?  With a few simple strokes of ink across a sheet of paper, he seemed to expertly strum the delicate strings of the solar system’s eye :  melody rising in crescendo / a fluttering orchestra as heat spread to the tips of her ears / washing over her in a wave of rutilant dawn. She was really happy to meet him too / heart falling naturally into his palms like dew upon cardinal gardenias / tenderly. Subconsciously clutching the pendant beneath her blouse, the edges of her smile softened into a shadow of wishful thinking as she reread his words once more. Thanks, Deku. 

@heromight​ asked!         “ you got this. ” (time travel au!)              you literally okay’d this

    Looking back, some of All Might’s methods of teaching had been fairly extreme. Even those that hadn’t been so over-the-top, Izuku had actually fanned the flame on until they became pretty intense. Izuku had never opposed pushing himself to the absolute limit, and he was more than willing to at least try to overcome any obstacle put in his way. He tended to be extremely proud of that tenacity, even if he sometimes lacked the instinct and ability to put a foreseen plan fully into place the way he envisioned.

    But even those seemed tame compared to this.

    “. . .  I thought you were trying to save us.”

    Izuku peered back at his double. Dare he say that Deku must have been the him in this situation previously, so it was difficult to intrinsically doubt him when faced with this sort of thing. However, kneeling at the edge of such a massive precipice outside of the school grounds, Izuku couldn’t help but wonder which of them came up with this idea the first time. . . or how well executed this plan was.

    Surely there were better ways to teach him to float than to just chuck him into oblivion. . . right?

     Five words couldn’t begin to cover the years of interactions to miss between these childish friends.  Family camping trips, heroic playfights, Saturday morning cartoons, Auntie Inko’s cooking  –  all tossed out and given up on once Katsuki entered his prideful middle school years.  He thought he could put it all behind him  –  thought that he had to give up the little league friends to start playing with the big league heroes.  Clearly, he was wrong to have underestimated Izuku.

     Now there’s a part of Katsuki that wonders  –  if they had both grown up faster, could they have done more together?   If he hadn’t seen Izuku as an obstacle, could he have ran further?  If you told Katsuki any time before now that he would one day be  this  close with Izuku, he would have mocked you for even thinking such a stupid thought.  But here they were, sitting side-by-side on a sofa, sharing notes and secrets as though it was the most natural thing in the world.

     “Miss talkin’ to me?  Damn nerd  –  the hell’s there to miss?  M’right here, aren’t I?”  He chides, leaning further into the sofa.  “Y’wanna talk so much, then talk, Deku.”

BIRTHDAY ASKS!! | @heromight​ : "Happy birthday, Todoroki-kun!" It's only then that Izuku presents his friend with his contribution to what is, undoubtedly, a very special day. In his hand he holds a single half vanilla, half strawberry frosted cupcake with a lit candle sitting on top. It isn't the prettiest cupcake in the world, but it's one that Izuku put a ton of effort into making nonetheless. "You have to blow the candle out and make a wish now."

❝ Thank you, Midoriya. ❞ Gratefully accepting the cupcake, Shouto did give it a quick little inspection before moving on. He wasn’t expecting the other to be any kind of MASTER BAKER or anything and, honestly, even if he’d been handed a complete disaster he still would’ve accepted it. He’s heard it said once it’s the THOUGHT That counts most and that’s a sentiment he could definitely agree with.

❝ Hm. A wish... ❞ That did take him a moment to mull over. Something like WISHING wasn’t a concept that’s crossed his mind much, even when he was a kid. Wishing didn’t guarantee anything, it was just HOPEFUL THINKING, and if he wanted something to happen he’d rather just make it happen himself. He could humor this though, letting his eyes slip shut for a few seconds before opening them back up and blowing out the candle.