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Izuku Midoriya was in love with Hitoshi Shinso.
Deeply in love.
The kind of love where it felt like suffocating and like breathing all at once without any reprieve. The kind of love that made you think about the person you would become once in love only to realize you're already them. The kind of love that was so one-sided that it wouldn't even make the cut for one of those awful romance novels.
But it was no big deal.
He'd had his fair share of pining over the last year. When Hitoshi had moved from the support course to their class it had been like getting a shiny new toy. Everyone had wanted to sit with him, to hear his frankly unmerited opinions, even just to be seen walking into school with him. Izuku really wanted to claim he was the exception, but that would be a lie. He'd fallen right into the Hitoshi trap. It had been exciting at first, a crush that made him look forward to going to class the next day. The crush had turned into something more just as their mutual respect had turned into friendship. He should have come right out and confessed then- before it became messy. But when had he ever taken the logical path? So he kept his mouth shut and heart closed- well as closed as he could manage.
But as he'd said before, it wasn't a big deal. Christmas was right around the corner and he was using the holiday as an opportunity to cleanse himself.
Izuku Midoriya was going to fall out of love with Hitoshi Shinso.
He just didn't know how yet.