crybaby
midoriya izuku x reader // c o m f o r t
another izuku midoriya comfort piece. wrote it on a whim. meant to be short. i write to cope, i’m sorry. i just cried too much today. i just know he wouldn’t judge me ♡
“no, no, you’re such a cry baby, like it’s stupid”
you said pushing izuku’s shoulder playfully. your push made izuku grow red in the face. he came over to your place after a day of running around with bakugo. he always made time for you, his closest quirkless friend. he always was so eager to see his number one fan. it was late in the evening and you both sat on your living room floor, legs crossed, facing each other.
“no, you’re most definitely the bigger baby. you probably cried before i came over!”
you whimper at his words. he was right, you had cried that day. but really, you cry every day. you’d say it’s a pastime that keeps you busy, but the release of pain, anxiety, even joy equalized you. you never believed a day to be complete without a little cry, even if it was a little watery eye. a little prick at the corners of your eyes, it was enough.
your silence made him chuckle, attempting to cover it with one of his large scarred hands. you grab his hand from his mouth, frustrated. “stop zuku! it’s not funny!” he let his hand sit in yours for a bit.
“the facts are there. proof is in the pudding, you’re the biggest crybaby there is!”
you hid your face in your clammy hands in a poor attempt to cover your bashful face. you could feel his eyes on you. the freckle faced boy shaking his head in your direction. you threw your hands down at your sides, palms flat & hot on the carpeted floor. he swore he could see steam leaving your head. “let’s settle this! next person to cry is truly the biggest crybaby.” it was an entirely childish challenge, instantly regretting even saying something like that.
“okay. yeah! let’s do it!” izuku said straightening up his posture, emerald eyes focused on yours. “wait, really?” you react with widened eyes. “yeah, let’s go!”
so you both sat there, eyes glaring into one another’s. you could feel the sweat gather in the wrinkles of your palm. you never looked this hard at anyone, let alone izuku. izuku, your best friend since childhood. izuku with the tight warm hugs and good morning texts. izuku, the one you told yourself you didn’t like over and over since you were just little kids. your heart began to race and you felt your stare begin to waver.
but what you didn’t notice was that izuku had balled his fists, hands also growing clammier by the second. years of passing glances, intimate sitting arrangements, late night phone calls, all creating tension, ready to pop like a ballon with too much air inside him. he couldn’t take it. you sat there before him, unknowing. so adorable, but so goddamn unaware he thought. his pupils shaking, struggling to stay focused on the challenge at hand.
there was no hiding. not here, not now. you and your long time crush sat there. disarmed and in disarray.
your eyes and izuku’s began to water. knots growing in the throats of both of you. tighter and tighter and tighter, and then finally unraveling. you felt your hot tears make their way down your cheeks. you both remained still, eye contact blurry but unbroken. you felt like you were naked. you felt like this was the first time in years you both were seeing each other. tears flowing like endless waterfalls on both your face and the green haired boy in front of you.
and finally a break with your eyes darting to izuku’s hand extending out to your face. he held your face in his strong calloused hand, leaving it there to rest on your cheek for a moment. only causing more tears to well in your eyes. he takes his thumb, lightly rubbing tears as they continue to fall from your beautiful face. and it really was so beautiful, izuku thought. in fact, you were never more beautiful than you were in this moment. even with tears streaming out of his green eyes, his body was on fire. he was on fire for you.
izuku gulped. heart rate so fast he swore he was going to implode. choking back tears, he looked at you. he looked at all of you. so sure now. without a doubt and without hesitation, he spoke.
“i love you”
