Unnoticed Affection (Complete)

Unnoticed Importance

"Ah, sorry. But these are my thoughts. After Izuku became aware of the fact, he wanted to follow the golden rule love thy neighbor-,"

"Yeah, except this time he's doing it literally, huh." Kendo winked and nudged Yui.

Reiko did her best not to cringe. "Please Kendo not the juvenile puns again..."

"Hehe, sorry couldn't help it, go on."

"Yes, as I was saying, Izuku most likely wanted to build a friendship with his neighbor, hence why your walks home together became more productive, eventually giving fruit to your new relationship."

Kendo had wide eyes, pointing at herself. "Wait, you mean because of..."

Yui dropped her fist on her palm with a realization. "My unnoticed affection was working, after all."

Kendo fell to the side and Reiko dropped her shoulders with a sigh.

And they continued to talk to her until the final bell rang.

'Sh-Should I greet him in his own class o-or do I wait for him here, or at the gates like usual? Why am I panicking about something we've been doing so regularly!' As usual, Yui was unnoticeably stressing over a mundane task.

She had decided to just meet Izuku in his classroom. She had already left hers and was heading towards his. She stopped at the open door, seeing him but her ears didn't believe what they heard.

"And hey, thanks for being by my side for these last three years, Uraraka."

Her breath hitched and she instinctively started walking to the front gates of school. 'It's fine, nothing happened. I'll just wait where I usually do and it will be like I didn't hear a thing. H-He's my boyfriend, I have to trust him.' But the fact that people have gossiped about Deku and Uraraka being the sweetest possible couple kept nagging at her.

"I'm sweet too." She pouted alone.

"Hey, Yui. I went to look for you at your classroom, ah but I guess you still want to meet at our usual spot?"

She nodded then shook her head. "I didn't know."

He scratched his cheek. "Yeah me either, but I guess it doesn't matter. C'mon." He had his toothy grin, extending his hand.

She stared at it, wondering if Uraraka had ever held it. She reached for it, hesitated, then reached out again, clasping his hand with hers and they walked home.

"What was that with Yui?" It was night and Izuku was lying on his bed, thinking about Yui's weird behavior during their walk home. She wasn't her usual self. She was overly quiet and it kept looking like she was thinking hard about something, the only tell though was how her eyebrows would almost knot until she tried to disregard her own thoughts only for them to come back to her. "She didn't even say goodbye, just a sag of her shoulders." He was staring at his phone, his thumbs over the keyboard. He typed it up and sent her a goodnight message. He groaned, dropping his head face down on the pillow. "Dam it, Momo, you made start to overthink everything."

It was after a few minutes had passed by. He heard a tapping at his sliding glass door that led to the balcony.

"Izuku?" She whispered. "You said if I ever need anything..."

"Eh? Yui? I-It's open." He whispered back. 'Wait a minute, I technically just invited a girl into my room at night!' But before he could express his reservations she had already entered.

He was about to get up from the bed.

"Don't."

Stopping him as she climbed into the bed.

"I just want to..." She got under the blanket. He didn't know what was going on, plus it was hard to see because of the darkness, but he felt her hand on his shoulder, bringing him back down to the bed with her.

They were both laying on the bed, staring at each other. Izuku didn't know how to feel for himself but he knew how to feel for her. "Y-Yui, is something wrong? Because earlier and now..."

She wanted to shake and nod but couldn't do either. She could only whisper a delicate, "I don't know."

"Yui..."

"I just want you to be there when I wake up, so I know this isn't a dream I made for myself..." And it was a sentence filled with complex emotions he couldn't understand but he felt the weight of it.

"S-Sure, Yui, I'll be here when you wake up, okay. Don't worry. L-Let's just go to sleep." He scooted closer and nestled her into a protective cuddle. His eyes were hard staring across at the glass door, worried for his girlfriend, not knowing what was wrong.

Time had passed and she opened her eyes not knowing how long she had been asleep. It was still night but she could see him. He was rolled over with his back to her.

And that's all she was staring at. 'It's always been like this. Only able to follow behind you, but now I can finally touch you, hold you...' She scooted to him, curling her arm in between his arm and side, her hand tugging at his chest, wanting to stay close to him.

"... Can I stay by your side?" Too...

And she didn't know he had heard her. His eyes were wide to her fragile voice.