Izuku had always been somewhat reserved when it came to having a crush, choosing to keep his feelings to himself after being relentlessly bullied back in middle school.

So, when he began to attend to UA, this habit continued- despite him not being bullied anymore. It hadn’t been something that izuku had been concerned with for a long time, he’d gotten used to being made fun of and asked out as a joke- laughed at. So he had just told himself he wouldn’t ever confess to anyone and would put his friends and goal to become a hero before things like that.

..that was until he got closer to you and he realised that was going to be a lot harder than he thought.

Izuku trusted you, he really did- you’d never been rude to him and always acted gentle around him, speaking to him kindly, and so on.

But old habits really do die hard, and he began to feel nervous around you. And not in the normal crush way. He began to feel slightly ill at the thought of messing up around you, or slipping up and accidentally confessing his feelings- resulting in him becoming more anxious more often. He didn’t want others to laugh at him and he definitely didn’t want you to laugh at him or hate him ..or find him pathetic.

He wanted this crush to leave, he wanted to just be your friend. He wanted to cry, admit you were his favourite friend and apologise for wanting you like a lover. But he couldn’t. So instead he kept to himself.

Until today.. when you came waltzing into his dorm room to return his notes from class that you’d borrowed for the most recent homework assignment and saw him on his bed, crying.

Upon hearing you walk in and seeing you, he immediately threw himself up and wiped his eyes, choking out a quick apology and trying to laugh making a joke out of the situation.

“Hah! Oh sorry it’s just.. stress!” He’d said, blurting out some pretty unbelievable excuse. Unfortunately for izuku, you didn’t buy it, and it especially didn’t help that the shame and embarrassment made his heart ache more and his tears fall harder.