1 The Story

*A/N So all the lyrics are made up by me. I didn't take them from anything at all but I don't write out the whole song so I'm not worried about copywriting, there will only be the one update, it was too long to be in my oneshot book. Switch DekuBaku*

I was just about to start middle school when it happened, how could I ever forget the day I got the call? 

"We love your voice, you have amazing talent. You want to remain anonymous? Fine, you can pick a stage name. It's kind of odd for someone to use their real name anymore anyway. Grab your drummer and be here in an hour." They hung up before I could really answer and I was left hyperventilating, thankfully the call was on speaker and my best friend Kacchan was sitting next to me during the call. 

"Fucking yes! Let's do this!" He cheered and before I really knew what was happening I was being rushed out the door and Kacchan, Mom, Aunty, Uncle and I were in the car and going to the studio. I am a professional singer, an idol to millions of people. 

Of course I didn't start out that way but that is how it is now. I, Izuku Midoriya, am Dekiru the number four male singer in all of Japan and I am only 17 years old. I just also happen to be Deku, a hero in training.

"Oi Nerd! What are you spacing out about now?" Kacchan snapped at me and I just chuckled nervously.

"Sorry Kacchan, just another idea is all." I saw him raise an eyebrow in question and I just smiled bigger, he nodded his head understanding what I was saying. 

I have a new song idea and needed to play it to make sure it was coming together right. Classes went by like they always do and thankfully today is Thursday so Mom and Aunty will be here to pick us up tomorrow for the studio. If I can get the song straight before then we could even get the song recorded this weekend! 

Once we were back at the dorms Kacchan walked by shoulder checking me in the process, our secret code to meet in his room. I hold back the urge to roll my eyes, where else would we meet? I mean his room and Jiro's are the only ones that are soundproofed. I tell everyone that I still need to do my homework from today and video call my mom. I mean I'm not lying, I do still need to do those but I only have around five minutes of homework left and I video call mom every night before bed. 

They all tell me I need to not work so hard and I can't help giggling at that. If they knew exactly how hard I actually work would they even be able to compare themselves to Kacchan and I? But at least I'm not conceited like a certain sexy blond I know. I take the elevator to my floor and quickly change before opening my window and look around carefully. 

When I'm sure the coast is clear I lock my door and climb out my window and scale the two floors up and one room over to Kacchan's open window. There is a very specific reason he never lets anyone into his room. 

I crawl inside and close the window, locking it and closing the soundproof shutters in the process. 

"So what kind of song is it this time?" Kacchan asked, his tone much more relaxed now that we aren't doing our bully/victim routine. 

"You'll see first, have a look at the music sheets so we can play it. I need to make sure the melody is right," I handed him the pages and started setting up my guitar while he looked it over. He was nodding in time to the tempo that I wanted and then he set the sheets on the music stand and we started playing. 

"It has a good beat now does it have good lyrics?" Kacchan smiled and I sighed giving in before handing him the lyric sheets. 

"Power inside, lost but not forgotten. Tears that can't be shed well up..." Kacchan whispers, humming a little as he did. When he finally finished he looked up smiling. 

"OFA on the nose don't you think, Nerd?" He couldn't stop smiling, he likes the song. It's sad but even with the supposed happy ending it tells of life's endless problems and how we have to overcome them in order to truly be happy. Even if it means pretending for a little while.

"Maybe, but no one but you, All Might and I would know that and All Might is still in shock that I'm Dekiru," I shrugged and he set up the music sheets to play. 

"Let's see how it sounds together, maybe we can work out the kinks before our studio time tomorrow." I nodded and we played the song through a few dozen more times until we were both happy with it. 

"Fucking finally, I thought the song was going to go on forever," Kacchan groaned and I laughed. We chatted for a little while before our alarms went off telling us it was time to get ready for dinner and I carefully climbed back out the window and down to my room again. 

Once I had everything in place I was humming quietly to myself as I unlocked my door and went down to join everyone. 

"About time you got here Deku. Do you expect everyone to wait on you? Huh?" Kacchan hissed at me glaring and a bunch of our classmates started defending me from him and I just smiled and tried to calm them all down again. 

Sometimes I wonder why we still do this song and dance? I mean I have a quirk now so why would it matter if we are friends or not? 

"Deku?" I jumped to Uraraka waving a hand in front of my face trying to get my attention. 

"I'm sorry I got lost in my own thoughts again. What did you say Uraraka?" I apologized and I got a lecture from Iida and she told me not to worry about it too much and then asked about what I thought about a new hero that just debuted this morning. 

We weren't even halfway done with dinner when Todoroki decided to ask, "Midoriya why are you so sweaty? I thought you were doing homework?" 

"Oh? I couldn't focus very well so I decided to train a little before dinner. I'm sorry I thought I cleaned up better than I actually did. I'll be more careful in the future," I smiled back at him and he nodded but something in the look of his eyes tells me that he doesn't really believe me. 

Todoroki is like that, he can tell when I'm lying but he can't really tell about what. He comes up with all sorts of crazy theories like if I was All Might's secret love child but once I answer him, with the truth he tends to believe me. It doesn't stop him from guessing though. 

"I just thought maybe you were outside digging ditches with how sweaty you are," he shrugged and I busted up laughing. 

"No, Todoroki! I was not digging ditches," I kept laughing and my friends all smiled. I could even see Kacchan hiding a grin, he had to turn away and clear his throat. 

We ended up staying up until midnight working on the song, practicing mostly but every now and again we made some changes. When I did go to my room I finished my homework and called mom. 

Is it sad that she is used to me calling her after midnight every night? I don't really know but when we hung up I went straight to sleep only to get up by 5 to start my hero training. I met Kacchan outside running but we just looked at each other, nodded and kept running, pretending the other wasn't there. 

When we got back we went inside and went our separate ways before showering and getting ready for school. I tied my tie badly and smiled happily, don't get me wrong I am very familiar with how to tie a tie correctly and I even know how to tie some really fancy knots but if I want to keep my identity as Dekiru a secret, then it's best if everyone thought I couldn't. 

School was uneventful, Kacchan and I fought, like always and had to go see Recovery Girl then we were released at the end of the day. Mom and Aunty pulled up and we grabbed our bags and climbed into the car. We stayed silent until we were out of sight from the school before we switched cars and climbed in with Uncle driving after we quickly pulled on our disguises and he pulled up to the front of the studio and we climbed out of the car. 

The studio of course was ecstatic with the new song;

"Power inside, lost but not forgotten. Tears that can't be shed well up~..."

They were even claiming it was going to be next on the top ten billboard and Kacchan and I couldn't help smiling at that. When we were finally done Uncle pulled up and we climbed back into the back seat of his car before meeting Mom and Aunty to switch cars again. By the time we actually got home, Kacchan ended up spending the night. 

It was late and I was exhausted, but of course we couldn't just go to sleep after that recording. 

"Izuku that song was fire, it was like I was burning from the inside out!" I laughed at his excitement and we ended up chatting until we slowly drifted off to sleep. 

***

"Izuku?" I wake up to him shaking me gently but it's still dark outside. 

"Katsuki? What's wrong?" I was confused, I know that he wouldn't wake me up for no reason but at the same time if it wasn't safe he wouldn't be using my real name either. 

"Izuku, why do you want to hide the fact that you are Dekiru? Why are we still pretending to hate each other?" I looked up into his bright red eyes and I stopped and actually thought about it. 

Why are we doing this? There isn't a rule saying we can't be musicians, for that matter a secondary career/hobby is encouraged. It's to keep up grounded and striving to be more, to be plus ultra. Then there is our pretend hate for each other, it made sense before I had a quirk because I already had a bully. It kept the others away, it kept me safe. 

"I don't know, but do you really want everyone to know? To know about us? People will start talking," I asked him, I was warning him but at the same time I really want to know what he thinks about the whole thing. 

"Izuku, our class is going to tour the studio soon and we are supposed to be there to give the tour. How are we supposed to both take the tour and guide it?" He asked and I looked down. I forgot all about that, I really did. 

"I'm okay with them knowing but they all have to sign non-disclosure agreements before we tell them. Even if they judge us, our fans come first." I looked up into his bright red eyes and I saw relief filling them. 

"Thank All Might, I am so tired of being a massive douche all the damn time." I laughed at his grumblings knowing that at this point it was a part of who he was. There was no turning back now, but it would be nice not having to climb through the window in order for us to practice though.  

"Let me send the plan to our manager so she can have everything set up by Monday. If this works out then maybe we can actually relax once in a while?" I sighed and I yelped when Kacchan grabbed me in a hug. 

"Thank you Izu, it means a lot to me." He whispered and I giggled. When he let me go I typed out the text and sent it to Diana who was quick to respond back. This time when we fell asleep we both had smiles on our faces and we slept late into the morning. 

***

"Mom!" I whined when she came in, opening the curtains to wake us up. 

"Don't Mom me, Izuku. You know you two have a concert tonight," she basically dragged us out of bed and forced us to get ready. 

The day was just like any other weekend that we had a show. We put on our stage masks and when we went out onto the stage the crowds were going crazy. They really liked how ripped I was but I couldn't show my scars so my shirt was long sleeved on one side and on the other side it was completely gone. You know the side that I don't have scars on, so everyone could see half my top. I finished getting ready and hair and makeup came in to make sure that if my shirt slipped even a little bit the scars were always covered. I will never figure out how to tame my hair but at least I have these two to always figure it out for me. 

By the end of the show it was already three in the morning and Kacchan and I just collapsed in my room not even changing before falling asleep. 

***

"Izuku honey, you have guests!" Mom sang coming in, closing the door behind her before telling me that my friends from school were here and I quickly changed while she helped Kacchan sneak out my window. 

She understands the secrecy and even if in front of everyone she pretends to think we are still childhood best friends she pretends to not know about the bullying. Of course she knows everything, but as far as our classmates were concerned she doesn't. She is just the sweet mother who is always waiting and crying for her only son to make his wish to be a hero come true. She even puts on makeup to age herself up, because of course Aunty would give her containers of her special made cream to keep her looking forever in her 20's. Although it's super weird to get asked if my mom is my sister or girlfriend while we are at the studio. 

"Hey guys, sorry I was in the shower. Did you need something?" I asked, running out still drying my hair. I actually did have to quickly shower or they might have noticed the cologne, or hair gel or something in general that I don't normally do throughout the week. 

"Midoriya, sorry to barge in like this but they insisted that we would be remiss if we didn't stop in to say hello before going back to school," Iida answered while Todoroki, Asui and Uraraka smiled up at me. Thankfully I had thrown on a t-shirt and sweats so if I missed any makeup or something they should be covered. 

"We just wanted to see what you were like outside of school. You and Bakugo are always so on edge in class but the moment your mom's show up you both get quiet and pretend nothing is wrong no matter how bad the fight was you just had." Todoroki added when my mom went to the kitchen to make lunch, after ignoring Iida and Uraraka's protests that they were fine. 

"Looks like you're staying for lunch at least, let me put on some real clothes and I'll be back down. Okay?" I asked and they nodded agreeing and I went back upstairs. At least Kacchan was able to safely get away. 

***

Monday came and when Aizawa Sensei announced that we were going off campus for special training it took everything I had not to laugh even after he told us that we would have to all sign non-disclosure statements before we were allowed to actually enter the building. 

We all got on the bus and I really enjoyed hearing all the theories of where we could be going but Kacchan's friends were coming up with the best ones by far. Everything from secret military bases to labs that dissected aliens and I did laugh out loud when Ashido smacked Kaminari for saying that. I mean she didn't even hold back a little bit, there was a red handprint across his face until we were almost there. 

Of course during the chaos Iida was lecturing them about being on our best behavior and then when we arrived at the studio Kacchan and I were at the end of the line to turn in our still blank non-disclosure forms. The secretary looked up and saw us, winked, and took them as if they were filled out and we were all led to the studio and Kacchan and I just so happened to be cut off from everyone else so we rushed to get our makeup and hair done. 

We were after all scheduled to give the tour in person, and we couldn't exactly let down our number one hero fans now could we? 

I had my mask on and my clothes changed while Kacchan wore his half mask and hood, his look was so sexy it should be a crime. He only had to wear a zip up hoodie with no tank under it but he also wore it open through the whole concert, his abs were glistening in the stage lights. I mean mine weren't anything to laugh at but I still had to wear skin tight tops to keep my scars covered and black gloves, then there were our ties. We each wore a tie and today we were using the Eldridge knot. I know it doesn't make sense to wear a tie if we aren't even wearing collared shirts but that is really besides the point, it was our look.

The elevator opened and two groups came out and Aizawa Sensei started to count looking to make sure everyone was here. Kacchan interrupted his count though by introducing ourselves. 

"Welcome to Green Cherries Music Studio, I am Firecracker and this, as I'm sure you all know, is Dekiru," Kacchan waved his arm towards me with a flourish while a makeup artist cleaned a non-existent speck of dirt from my mask. When she was done she winked and backed away letting me stand up. 

"Welcome! Welcome! It's nice to finally see UA's finest and brightest, our future heroes!" I dipped a dramatic bow before Kacchan took my hand and kissed my palm. Another reason we were so popular might I add, the romance that, unfortunately, was faked. Our fans couldn't get enough of our flirting and just like always Kacchan held my hand until I was down the three steps and standing in front of our classmates. 

They were of course all excited to meet us, I could even see that Todoroki was a fan even if I didn't know for a fact that his entire music collection was written and performed by us and only us, his eyes lit up faster than his fire half ever could. 

We started the tour and kept Aizawa Sensei looking around. We walked through the narrow halls so he had to give up on seeing his entire class. The tour went by with little to no issues and we even managed to prevent Kaminari from frying our circuit boards by accident. All in all I think it was a good day. 

"So as agreed with your principal, you all get to watch us record our new single. It's called The Power Within, I hope that you all will like it!" I finished the tour and there was a bunch of cheering and again Aizawa couldn't get a proper head count. But it looks like he figured it out anyway. 

"Stop everything, I'm missing two students." Aizawa Sensei announced and everyone froze looking around. 

"You're right Midoriya and Bakugo are missing!" Momo answered shockingly and I had to shake my head. No one could blame me for trying. 

"Actually if you read the entire non-disclosure agreement you would have noticed that we were going to choose two UA students to give a more in-depth tour to. Our team already took two of your students and gave them the full experience, from hair and makeup to costumes. But don't worry they will be joining you soon," I smiled through my mask and looked at Kacchan who was grinning like the cat that caught the mouse. 

He took my hand again and gently led me to the recording studio and everyone was given a pair of specially made headphones so they could listen to our song. When we were done, we came out after our song was done and they gave us our headsets to listen to our song to make sure they came out the way that we wanted them to and when we agreed we all cheered. Kacchan wrapped an arm around my neck before kissing the top of my head. 

We led them back to our dressing room, where we first met them and answered questions that they had collected throughout the day. It wasn't until the end that Aizawa Sensei asked about his two missing students again and I laughed. 

"I guess we should have known you wouldn't let the topic drop, you have been looking for them since you came out of the elevator." I sounded smug and I could easily see his hackles going up. He was obviously thinking of a villain ambush, I mean really? Is there really no other option in his head? 

"Don't be like that they are safe and sound and much closer than you think they are. We are not holding them hostage or anything," Kacchan shrugged and everyone let out a breath of relief. I couldn't help rolling my eyes at them. 

"As a reminder that everything you learn and saw while here is strictly hush hush and all recording devices are subject to either confiscation or lawsuit of a minimum of six trillion dollars and failure to pay with twenty-four hours is subject to both prosecution resulting in imprisonment and the removal of your hero licenses," I saw several students blanch at my words. 

Kacchan spoke up this time, "As a result we would like to offer a last chance to turn in or submit any such devices to allow you all to still walk away without a criminal record," Kacchan grinned before looking directly at Jiro. We both saw her using her quirk to record a copy of our new single. She quickly gave us the copy apologizing the whole time saying she didn't mean anything by it, she just wanted to listen to it again later. 

"It's okay miss, it happens all the time and we are only teenagers ourselves so we understand. That's why we give this last chance before you leave," I informed her. 

We could see Aizawa Sensei was getting irritated but he was being professional at least while he was in our domain. Well I guess it's time to show them all. 

I give the signal to one of the security guards and they exit the room securing the door on their way out and activating the blackout mode so that no calls or electrical transmissions could get outside at all. Which only put Aizawa Sensei on high alert when his phone started going off like crazy. 

I let out a sigh before telling him to relax, I reached up and unhook my mask. "It's only standard procedure for this kind of thing," I add before Kacchan and I pull off our masks and take a deep breath of fresh air. 

"Damn I thought I was really going to end up killing one of you extras. For fucks sake Dunce Face why would YOU go near the circuit breakers?" Kacchan hissed after shaking his hair out and wiping the sweat off his face. 

"Dude, no way," I heard Sero and Kaminari gasp while Kirishima was silently screaming Bro over and over again and Ashido was literally screaming at the top of her lungs.

My friends however remained in shocked silence while they openly stared while the rest of our classmate's jaws dropped. Aizawa Sensei was opening and closing his mouth like a fish though, unable to pick what he wanted to say or if he wanted to say anything at all.

"By the way Todoroki, your dad can't save you or even himself from that lawsuit if you walk out of here with that recording. Our contracts are iron clad and completely solid. Nezu has tried more than once and he didn't even make it to the elevator, with any of the copies he managed to make." I grabbed the rag from my table and wiped at my sweaty face, happy to finally get it off before I added, "he did walk out of here with three erased copies and a fine of four billion for having brought them into the building in the first place." I shrugged before turning back to our friends. "Which reminds me, Aizawa Sensei, you are going to need a new phone. Nezu tried to bug you but no transmissions were able to exit the building."

"So as I have said before; Hi, I'm Midoriya Izuku and this is my best friend and childhood playmate Bakugo Katsuki, it's nice to finally meet you all for real." I smiled and Kacchan scoffed. 

"Izuku don't pretend I didn't have to pull out the big guns to get you to agree to finally telling them," he rolled his eyes at me. 

"Speak for yourself! Do you think it was easy pretending to be afraid of you all the time?" I shuddered at the thought, making him laugh as I pretended to gag. We laughed joking around ignoring our teacher who kept activating his quirk on us to see if we were really us. 

"Bro! You called Midobro by his actual name? Wait! His first name!" Kirishima was starting to hyperventilate but he didn't look like he was afraid, oh no that would have honestly been better. 

"You get along? With each other?" Uraraka asked and we laughed some more. 

"Fuck, I hope we get along considering how much fucking time we have to spend together. Could you imagine if we actually fought like that all the time?" Kacchan asked and we both groaned at the thought. 

"Honestly I think at school is more than enough. Thanks," I responded and now is when Aizawa Sensei snapped out of it. 

"At school? So you're telling me that all of those insane fights were staged? This whole time?" He was starting to scream and I looked at him like he was fucking stupid. 

"First off, shut the fuck up this is still our studio," I snapped and everyone's jaws gaped open again irritating me further. Kacchan took over from there though. 

"Second off, no dumbass. This is this and that is that, neither have anything to do with the other." Kacchan spoke calmly but he was rolling his eyes. 

"Huh?" Kaminari looked like he was about to short circuit, not that I could really blame him. At least not entirely. 

"Maybe this was a bad idea after all," I sighed leaning on a hand. I really wanted this to work out, I really did. 

"How long do you really expect me to treat you like shit? I'm only fucking human you know!" Kacchan snapped back at me. 

I raised my eyebrows and motioned to our still shocked silly classmates in front of us. "You think this is honestly better? I'd rather you tell me to take another swan dive while burning me again." 

"Izuku! It was YOUR plan and you said you wouldn't hold it against me," he pouted before turning away. I took a deep breath calming myself before I tapped on his shoulder which he jerked away from and refused to look at me. 

"Come on Kacchan, please?" I ask before leaning my face on his shoulder and he let out a long groan. 

"I didn't do anything wrong, I'm not looking at the puppy killers. I refuse!" He fumed some more and I couldn't stop giggling. 

"No, you didn't do anything wrong at all. Either then or now, please look at me?" I asked sweetly and he turned still pissed as hell. 

"It's not fair Izu! You'll just call for Blackout and erase all of their memories and I'll be stuck playing the villain. AGAIN. I'm tired of always being the bad guy," I watched him pout and waited until he was all done with his string of barely recognizable cursing before I responded. 

"I'm not calling for Blackout, at least not for everyone. We can't keep going the way we have been, not if we want to keep either of our careers in music or as heroes. We can still have both but we have to balance it out. You're right, it's not fair for you to always be the bad guy." I kept my head on his shoulder and I could feel him relax against me. 

"Promise?" He asked his sad red eyes looking down into my own as I looked up at him. 

"Promise," I held up my pinky and he smiled telling me I was a fucking dumbass but shook it with his own anyway. 

"What the hell did I just witness?" Aizawa Sensei asked and I looked back at our classmates again and smiled sadly. 

"Two best friends having a fight and making up. What do you think you just saw?" I waited hoping that they didn't push my patience more than I could handle. 

"Wait best friends? Not lovers? Boyfriends? Sweethearts?" Ashido was both screaming and crying before she fell to her knees actually in tears. 

"Damn Raccoon Eyes, do you really see Deku and I dating?" Kacchan asked, completely serious. 

I of course pretended to be shot through the heart and fell against him, "I'm done for! I've been hit, it's a KO without the O. My heart is just... Gone." I kept pretending to be dying only until Kacchan started laughing which is absolutely contagious and I ended up joining him. 

When I'm done wiping the fake tears from my eyes I looked back at her and smiled, "Sorry to disappoint Ashido. It is just a show we put on for our fans." I shrugged and she wasn't the only one crying, dang I didn't even know Momo was a fan and Todoroki was actually crying. He was quiet but tears were actually streaming down his face. Oh dear All Might, what do I do? 

"Please don't cry," I asked but that just made it worse if I'm honest. I tried again, "If it helps I really am gay. I just haven't dated anyone, between hero training and performing there isn't really any time, not to mention the fact that we write all of our own songs and music. There just isn't enough time in the day to think about those kinds of things!" 

Ashido was the first to snatch my arm and start shaking me, "You can't date anyone else! Dekiru and Firecracker are made for each other!" She was sobbing and once she caught a hold of me, so did a few of our more avid fans; Todoroki and Momo, and they were all in agreement, Jiro was just crying quietly as if her heart was broken. 

"Fucking hell let him go before one of you fuckers actually fucking hurt him! We can't bring Recovery Girl here without a huge scandal and the press would eat you all alive!" Kacchan knocked their hands off of me and pulled me out of their sloppy hug. 

"Thank you so much," I whispered hiding behind him a little as our friends started getting closer again and Kacchan set off a few of his explosions. 

"Fucking try me, the press is nothing to me. We have lived with the fuckers for years now so I fucking dare you," he hissed and I could feel his glare even from behind him but I couldn't help relaxing against him. Kacchan really is amazing. 

"Wait, does All Might know about this?" Aizawa Sensei asked and he looked ready to rip the man apart. 

"Are you fucking joking? He can barely keep his own secrets to himself and they are a matter of national security," Kacchan scoffed and I pouted. 

"Kacchan won't let me tell him," I rephrase, which only served to set him off about how reckless our hero was and all the times he, himself, has walked in on conversations that he really shouldn't have. Of course All Might knew, but none of them needed to know that. It was actually thanks to him that we were able to keep this under wraps for so long, he thinks that this can only help us as heroes. Something about building lasting connections and bonds and other things as well. When he was telling me this I saw a Mentoring for Dummies book still sitting on his desk, so... Yeah. 

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!" I looked up to see Iida who was currently pressing his fingers into his eyes giving me another song idea. I snatched up my notebook and started scribbling notes for later and before he was done saying "Wait," another couple dozen times I already had a decent outline written out. I smiled when I was done and Kacchan took the notebook and read over it before taking his red pen and making changes, effectively ignoring our classmates. 

It didn't take long for us to get lost in our process and when we were finally done Kacchan seemed to have that look in his eyes and I handed him a music sheet from a folder and we started going over the actual music to accompany the lyrics. When he was done it was my turn to frown and make changes in my green pen. 

When we were in agreement we put on our masks and I hit a few buttons and when our manager came running back in I snapped my fingers and she started shouting instructions to get the recording room ready. 

"Give us a few hours to run through it a few times, we just wrote it," I muttered, waving her off as Kacchan and I started humming the tune and making our way absentmindedly to grab our instruments. 

"Ready Dekiru?" Kacchan asked and I nodded. We played through a few times before we were happy with the composition and then we started singing the words with it. 

"I said~" I started. 

"WAIT FOR ME~!" Kacchan and I started singing together and after a few dozen more times we had the lyrics that we wanted. 

"Five minute break and record," I motioned to Diana and she came running up to us with water bottles and fresh towels. 

"Our fans are going to go nuts. Two singles at once? We are going to have to beat them off with a stick," Kacchan groaned and I laughed. 

"Don't act like you hate it when you obviously love it. But you know that gives me a song up on you, you're going to have to come up with two just to be even with me again," I teased and he threw a banana at my head, which I caught. 

"Like hell I'll let you beat me at anything! Give me that damn notebook!" Kacchan snatched the notebook away and started writing and with zero surprise whatsoever he was able to write a song about pushing through that we then spent the next hour working on. Diana knew better than to interrupt us while we were processing and before we knew it we had another three songs between us. 

"Shit we still need to record before we go home for the night," I groaned and Kacchan laughed. 

"Fucking Nerd, it's only 9 this is WAY earlier than usual." I stretched and smiled, not that he could see it. 

"Let's get these recorded then, Diana, remember to dry run each song once before actually recording." We quickly went back into the recording room and played until all the songs were done and we just collapsed. 

"Sleep!" Kacchan whined and I looked at the time. 

"It's not even midnight yet, this is WAY earlier than usual," I teased throwing his words back at him only for him to throw a water bottle at me. 

"Diana, get a car ready for the morning. We'll just get up earlier," I yawned and collapsed on the couch only for Kacchan to land on top of me, knocking the air out of me before he laughed and rolled to the side. I closed my eyes letting sleep take over. 

*** 

I woke up to our alarm going off at 2 am. We groaned sitting up and started stretching again. I hate sleeping with my mask on but there isn't really a way out of it when we crash at the studio. I pull my shirt off and toss it in the dirty clothes bin before changing into a pair of sweats and Kacchan and I, both now changed, make our way to the gym downstairs. We quickly got our morning exercises out of the way and finished up running laps before we hit the showers. 

Once we had the door secured and everything in place we took our masks off and cleaned not only our faces but the masks themselves too before hiding them in our bags after changing into our spare UA uniforms that we keep just for days like today. 

We make our way upstairs only to find not only our manager Diana, but our entire class? Oh, I guess we just kind of forgot all about them and they must have waited, or more likely Diana locked them all in. 

"Shit, how are we going to explain this to the press?" Kacchan kept swearing and Diana just smiled, waiting. 

"I got it! They had unintentionally stumbled into the recording booth not for one song but a few songs and were forced to stay until the announcement about the new songs were made. We can play all four new songs during our concert this Saturday and as an apology we can supply the whole class with backstage passes?" I looked to Diana who smiled before pulling out her phone and started making all the arrangements before letting us know that everything was ready. 

"Don't you think you should maybe run that by me first? You still can't leave school grounds without permission because of all the League of Villains attacks," Aizawa Sensei snuck up behind us. 

"Already have permission from you. Do you even look at the slips you sign? You approved of it over a month ago," Kacchan rolled his eyes and Aizawa Sensei looked at him confused. 

"We have been doing this since we started at UA, it's not like we were ever trying to trick you." I shrugged when he looked at me next. 

Diana sealed off the room again and we were forced to change before attending a surprise press conference to announce the four new songs and the fact that we would be performing them all this Saturday. 

By the time everything was said and done we were changed again and escorted out of the building with the rest of our friends so we could return to class. Kacchan and I, acting the part of enemies turned rivals again. 

Once we were back in class, our poor classmates had to wear their uniforms all day yesterday and sleep in them just to come straight back to school and keep wearing them. Class started with Aizawa Sensei looking up at where I already knew a hidden camera was located. 

Just like any other day Kacchan and I argued and fought and when it was time for heroics, we were pissed at each other and fighting like cats and dogs again. I mean come on this is MY life! I don't need him telling me what to do!

When classes let out again we all made our way back to the dorms in silence, our classmates completely exhausted and dragging themselves back while Kacchan and I pretended to hate each other again. Once we were all back and the doors were closed I used the app on my phone and found no wires or other listening devices besides what was in Jiro's room. 

"Thank fucking All Might! We don't have to do the song and dance in the dorms!" I jumped onto the couch and Kacchan smiled and got comfortable beside me. 

"I just want to crash so hard! Why did we have to record another three songs yesterday?" Kacchan whined and I curled up against his side, yawning. 

"Cause you don't like to lose and the thought of me writing more songs than you pisses you off," I answered honestly only for him to tsk and wrap his arms around me. 

"Don't get too comfortable, today is a training day," he reminded me and I groaned. 

"We better go get changed then, you know he gets worried anytime we are late for training," Kacchan nodded and we dragged ourselves off the couch and went upstairs, ignoring our classmates who just looked so confused. We went and did our training with All Might and when we came back we took another shower before joining everyone for dinner. How did I not know tonight was a katsudon night?

When we checked for eavesdroppers again and found the place still clean we snuggled up on the couch and put in our favorite All Might movie of all time; The Rise of All Might. Our classmates just don't really know how to react to us and would just keep watching us like we were going to break out into song or something, hell even Iida seems lost for words. Even with all of our cursing and general horsing around he hasn't lectured us once. 

"Fuck maybe we should call Blackout? This is almost more annoying than sneaking around," Kacchan groaned, not bothering to keep his voice down. 

"You're not the one that had to scale the fucking building to climb through your window whenever we needed to practice a song or work on a new song," I glared at him. 

"You're right I was the one that was forced to be an asswhole even when we would just be relaxing. I mean I know we fight about heroics and shit but do we really have to fight about little shit?" He rolled his eyes and I relented. 

"You're right, it's just after all these years it's a habit. You know?" I looked up and he wacked me in the gut knocking the air out of me. 

"NO PUPPY KILLERS! I didn't do shit wrong, we are just talking!" He hissed glaring at me. 

"I didn't mean to though!" I whined and he pulled me back into his lap grumbling about me being too cute while I pouted. 

"No that really fucking hurt! Why?" I demanded turning away while still pouting. 

"Look in a fucking mirror and you'll see why, dumbass nerd," he ran his fingers through my hair and I grumbled that it wasn't fair to do that while I was angry but he just chuckled. 

"We should be practicing for the concert this weekend, now that we are playing four new songs instead of one," I grumbled about it but agreed with him yawning. 

"Or we could get some rest and actually sleep for once?" I yawned again, closing my eyes, relaxing into his arms when he didn't argue. 

"Then sleep," he whispered, setting me down in his lap before picking up a notebook, making me smile. Another new song? Already? 

I woke up still in the dorm common area to our alarms going off telling us to get up and work out. We did our routine and when we were both dressed and eating breakfast I was going over the song he came up with last night. 

"Not enough hours in the day to play, not enough time to see the stars, but when everything is said and done~ Red meets green, the sun and moon cry, enjoy our time-" I was gently humming to myself and I pulled out a music sheet to start placing notes on, only making a few mild changes as I worked. 

Our classmates came in looking for something quick to eat only to freeze at the sight of us talking and discussing the pros and cons of adding a beat to the new song. 

"It might make it more catchy but the lyrics would lose their impact. Some things like our fun songs that have only a few actual words and are mostly instrumentals, those make sense to add it to. But songs like this," he motioned towards the notebook in front of me. "They would get lost in the ether if we did that." 

"I agree but we need to come up with something soon. Diana is happy for now with the new songs but she is getting pissy that we don't have any new ones for parties or raves," I groaned before taking a bite of my egg yoke dipped toast. 

"Fair, but we both hate writing those. So we need a battle," I perked up at his words, quickly finishing my breakfast before I joined him to finish washing our dishes. 

"Rules are simple, it has to be a party or rave song. It has to be fun to perform AND we can't have any help. This is a solo mission so no editing until the winner is decided," I smiled in agreement with his rules. 

"The prize? It's not a battle without the prize at the end, what does the winner get?" I asked, my smile almost too big, and it was starting to hurt my face. 

"Sunday, our prize is Sunday. The loser has to pay for all activities, food, drink whatever while the winner gets to pick. That also means we have until Saturday until the concert to work on it. Once the concert is over though time is up and we have to pick," he grinned wickedly before asking, "Deal?" 

"You're on!" I cheered and we put away our things and picked up the dreaded techno notebooks before going to class. 

Again classes were the same as usual but it looked like we were just studying a little harder than normal. In fact for our classmates that didn't overhear us this morning they didn't notice anything at all while those that did were having trouble looking at anything else but us. Which only gave me the perfect lyrics for the song!

***

The week went by quickly and smoothly and we ended up picking the winner on Friday during recording which only made Diana happy because not only did we make a song but we ended up making two good ones. We decided the winner was me, thankfully as full of himself as he is, he knows when he has been beat. 

The concert Saturday went off without a hitch and our classmates were in our dressing room again while Kacchan had his arms around my waist and we played our parts. 

It wasn't until Diana came in triggering the blackout that we took off our masks and asked what was wrong. 

"Somehow word got out that you're not actually dating, your fans are pushing back hard on it but the source is XXX News and they are credible. It's time for damage control, you're about to lose a large chunk of your fan base over this." She was more than irritated and pacing in front of us. 

We groaned in unison, I mean our fans were still out there cheering for an encore for crying out loud! 

"I have an idea," I looked up at Kacchan and he handed me the sheet of paper he had worked it out on and I grinned before giving it back to him to destroy, which he did by blowing it up. 

I put my mask back on, letting Diana get fidgety waiting, once we were both ready we unsealed the room. "Encore time!" Before we ran back out on stage and our fans erupted at the sight of us. Our classmates quickly joined the crowds going back to their sectioned off area at the front while we waved and pumped our fans up. 

"That was one hell of a show wasn't it?" I asked only for them to start screaming even louder in response. 

"Fuck, if I wasn't gay I just might have taken you up on that," Kacchan pointed randomly into the crowd after some girl requested to have our babies. Some fans are just crazy like that. 

"You all have been so, so, so amazing that we are ready to piss off our manager just for you," I announced, getting the crowd to hush a little, confused. 

"We are going to play a brand new song, one that we haven't even recorded yet just for you all." Kacchan filled the near silence only for the crowds to erupt again. 

"We hope you like it and that we won't get our contracts terminated over this," I joked and adjusted my guitar while Kacchan got comfortable at his drums. I told the light crew to keep the lights low, orange on me and green on him with white to keep us actually visible. Once we were ready we started to play a soft melody before we sang sweet words of unrelenting love to each other. 

"When I look into your eyes~" I sang only for him to pick up.

"Your voice draws me in~" we took turns through most of the song until we got to the final line that we sang together. 

"I love you~" the crowds were going crazy before security actually came out onto the stage and carried us off of it before we could kiss each other, making us tell the crowds we loved them instead and that we didn't regret anything. 

Once we were safely in the dressing room again our class and teacher waiting for us, Diana shooed everyone else out and sealed the room again. 

"That was absolute perfection! If nothing else your fans are even more in love with you and from the looks of our ratings you earned yourself even more fans!" She was all jittery and happy and when I lightly wrapped an arm around Kacchan's bare waist, under his hoodie she didn't even bat an eye. Unlike our classmates. 

"Wait, are you dating or not?" Ashido cried pulling at her hair and I could see Momo, Todoroki and Jiro were all waiting just as agitated as she was. 

I shrugged having already pulled off my mask before Kacchan rested his arm around my shoulders and I looked up to see he had already taken his off too. We smiled at each other and he leaned down a little bit, gave me a sweet kiss on the lips and I was yanked away from him. 

What the fuck? 

"Oi! What the hell is wrong with you?" Kacchan fumed, setting off a few explosions, Uraraka and Iida had been the ones to pull me away and Aizawa Sensei had to separate me from them. When we had our masks back in place our classmates were escorted out but Aizawa Sensei stayed behind and the room was sealed again. 

"Nice assist," I stretched a little before relaxing against Kacchan. 

"Tell me why I just helped you lie to your entire class?" He rolled his eyes before looking back at us. 

"Because you don't want to go to prison or be fined for leaking information after signing the gag order," I supplied for him and he grumbled for a while. "I warned you and the entire class that not even Endeavor could buy his way out or avoid the consequences didn't I?" 

"So why did you need to lie to your classmates? You already put on your little act on stage, what could convincing them actually do?" He didn't let it go. 

"Our fans come first, it's not like it's our first kiss or anything, although that would have been so much better than our actual first kisses. There is a reason I wear a full mask now," I supplied and Kacchan grumbled about not being able to kill the bastard. 

"I wasn't stopping you, our shows were canceled for over a month after the fact because of it. Our fans were basically frothing at the mouth and when we DID come back security was tightened so much our fans were about to riot," I groaned remembering the backlash when we were put on lockdown due to the League of Villains and our fans were demanding answers wanting to know who touched us that time. 

Kacchan just tsked, clicking his tongue in his annoyance but he remained quiet and I turned back to Aizawa Sensei before answering him, "Our fans come first, they might be only be 19 of our literal billions and even if Ashido, Momo, Todoroki and Jiro were the only actual fans in class, they matter. To us at least." 

I laid across Kacchan's lap on the sofa and relaxed, not bothering to take my mask off, knowing that Aizawa Sensei still had to leave before we would actually be able to relax. I heard him grumble about us being problem children but he was a lot calmer now than before. 

He had walked in on us fighting in my room on Thursday about the best way to actually be pro heroes. Somehow instead of getting angry he relaxed, apparently he thought all of our fights were fake and that was what had him so pissy all week. It didn't however stop him from punishing us, we had to clean all day, instead of practicing like we should have been doing in the first place. 

Once he was gone Diana smiled chuckling softly to herself before sealing the room behind her as she left. 

"Oi, Izuku?" I looked up, still sleepy but far too wired to think of actually sleeping. "Kiss me like you mean it," he demanded and I laughed before sitting up straddling his lap making him freeze at the unexpected change in position. 

"Who says I don't mean it?" I asked and I felt his hands rest gently on my hips. I waited for his answer but he obviously didn't think I was serious. I really am tired of this same old song and dance. 

"Katsuki, I love you. Will you be my boyfriend? My real boyfriend?" I had taken off my gloves and I was using my thumb to gently trace his lips, licking my own before I bit my lower lip. I watched his eyes go wide and his hands tightened on my waist before he whispered his answer. 

"Yes." 

I took his lips with mine and he quickly opened his mouth letting me in. When we pulled away, gasping for air I started slipping his hoodie off of him and his wrists were tangled up in his sleeves, but before he could set off an explosion my hands were tracing outlines of his very well defined abs making him stop and shudder. 

"I want you now." I kissed along his ear before whispering, "Can I have you?" Then I bit gently into his neck making sure not to leave a mark but still making sure that he felt it. I slowly undressed us, no matter how much I wanted to be inside of him. I need him to want it just as badly as I do. I stood up and undressed only to see him naked by the time I looked back at him. 

"We can still wait, you know? I love you, I can wait," I got close to him so that no matter what he was looking at my face. 

"Don't take this from me, I've waited for so long," he whimpered and I grinned. 

"Never," I whispered, pulling him in for another kiss and before I could get comfortable he was trying to pull me down.

"Impatient now are we?" I asked giggling before I got on my knees and sucked him into my mouth. 

"FUCK!" He yelled and a string of curses a mile long followed until he tried to get away but I didn't let him go and he came in my mouth. I nearly gagged, it was so gross but when I saw that dazed look in his eyes I could only swallow and watch him as he moaned my name. 

I see some petroleum jelly with our instruments and I can't help rolling my eyes at it. I know it can be used on brass instruments but that wasn't us. Our manager is a little too considerate at times. I pulled away from Kacchan just enough to grab it and when I came back he didn't argue about me sucking him back into my mouth, his eyes looking up at the ceiling as his hands tangled in my hair. 

I used a nice size dollop before gently rubbing it on him, making him tense up before relaxing again. I pulled back and said, "It's never too late, so if I hurt you or you change your mind let me know. Or I'll stop right now." 

I waited for him to cycle through the emotions and thoughts that came to his mind but when he finally relaxed he nodded and I went back to exploring his body, my fingers messaging the slippery substance at his entrance while my mouth and lips found new places to kiss and gently bite. Thankfully we always wear pants so I could leave marks and I did. 

Seeing the small red marks on his inner thighs excited me far more than it probably should have but the fact remained that it did. He started moving around and one of my fingers slipped inside of him making us both freeze up. 

"That..." He really didn't seem to know what he meant let alone how I was supposed to take it but I decided to move my finger slowly in and out and then when he relaxed I started trying to stretch him with it. He quickly got used to it and I was able to put in another finger and now with two fingers I had a lot more options on how to move and what I could or should do. 

Kacchan kept moving either with me or against me and before long I was able to slip a third finger in. Once he was comfortable and letting out soft moans I decided to use my other hand to coat myself so I would be ready. Then I really didn't want to wait. 

"Kacchan? I want to go in now, can I?" I asked, my voice was barely audible but he heard me and pulled me up and into a kiss before he answered with a low yes. 

I line up and push against him only to hear him protest more. Did I do something wrong? I pull away just enough not to be pressing against him at least for now and just return to pleasuring his body and turning myself on in the process. I added more lube, spreading it around before attempting again and this time I heard him gasping and he was starting to dig his nails into my shoulders trying to pull me closer. I was slow, so slow it was driving me crazy but now I was actually getting somewhere. 

I had to slide back out a few times before pushing back in again but I was nowhere near upset at how his body held me tight, his voice moaned in my ears and his legs trapped me, keeping me from pulling too far away at any time. 

We loved each other until it was far too late to worry about going home tonight, good thing it's not unusual for us to crash in the dressing room. We switched positions and Kacchan pushed inside making my whole world explode when he thrusted until he filled me. We went back and forth several times letting out the years of frustration we have been holding back, refusing to give in until we were completely sated. 

"Izu?" Kacchan panted and I hummed a little letting him know I was listening. "We should have done that a long time ago," he kept panting before he pulled out of my ass, making me moan more. 

"I'm not giving you up yet," I pulled him in for another kiss. I don't know where this endless energy was coming from but I'm not letting it go to waste. 

***

"Diana, is everything ready?" I asked when Kacchan was talking to the lighting crew, it's been months since our class found out about us. 

"I have everything under control, nothing will go wrong so long as I'm here," she smiled and I let out a small smile. This is our first performance at UA and it was for our own graduation celebration. I have a surprise for Kacchan and to say I'm nervous would be an understatement. 

The ceremony went by with no issues, most likely thanks to the League attacking last week and we wiped the floor with them. They did get away but not nearly all of them so we should be good for a little while. Kacchan stepped out onto the stage as Firecracker and my mask already in place the audience started cheering for Dekiru and we sang our hearts out and when the show was over we started doing our song and dance that we were so madly in love only for Diana to come out onto the stage and a curtain was placed between us and Diana put noise canceling headphones on my head and giving me the small box before walking around the curtain most likely to do the same to him. 

The only sound I could hear at all was the sound of my own heart pulsing as it pounded through my ears. I was pacing the small area I had before I faced the curtain and got down on one knee. I take a deep breath before opening the box to see the black tungsten ring with emeralds going around it. I took another deep breath before I heard Diana's voice through the headset asking me if I was ready or not. 

"As ready as I'm ever going to be," I answered, praying to whatever god there may be that I didn't fuck this up. A few seconds passed before she finally motioned for the stage crew to pull the curtain back that was separating me from my lover and I see him kneeling facing me with a ring box of his own, only his bright red rubies going around it. Kacchan jumped into my arms and our lips came crashing together, my mask pushed up, the silence was killing me and when I managed to tear the noise canceling headphones I could hear him repeating yes over and over again between kisses. 

You know what? We are supposed to unmask ourselves today anyway so why the fuck not? I unhooked my mask and tossed it off only for the crowds to go crazy. My face on the big screen leaves no one to imagine who I could have been. Once it showed my face it immediately showed my hero profile; my hero name, quirk and other details. All while I kissed my still masked lover. 

It only took moments but he let me go to unhook his own mask and when he pulled it off showing that Firecracker was actually Dynamight he pulled me back into his arms and into another kiss. 

"Nerd, it's about fucking time!" He whispered, kissing me again. Our audience was going crazy and our fans all over the world were cheering, sharing, posting and supporting us, flooding the internet with pictures of us smiling and kissing each other. 

Before we even left the stage, hand in hand there wasn't a news outlet anywhere that wasn't reporting that the idols Firecracker and Dekiru were actually the heroes Dynamight and Deku and talking about our engagement. Those in our school however were going crazy cheering for us except for class B who were silently staring in shock. 

I picked up the mic that was knocked over by us and slung my guitar before Kacchan took a seat at his drums again and we played a song for the first time without our masks. Only instead of letting security guide us off the stage we just jumped off of it and walked back over to our classmates who were currently going crazy and demanding to see the rings up close. 

"I'm one lucky man," I answered one of our friends only for Kacchan to pull me gently back towards him. 

"Not nearly as lucky as me," he whispered before he kissed me and I wrapped my arms around his neck. I couldn't do more than smile as I returned his kisses. I heard Aizawa Sensei muttering about us being problem children but I saw the grin on his face, not that I really cared right now that Kacchan was in my arms. I could still see the jumbo screen showing us kissing with what looked like digital fireworks going off around us. Our hero profiles are still on display for the world to see.