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Dream - TsuChako Week 2021

author’s note: this is a rushed lil fluff piece but I hope you still enjoy!! remember to rest and stay hydrated!! <3

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One night, after laying down and wrapping herself up in no less than three blankets, Asui Tsuyu finds herself floating up towards a beautiful starry sky. 

Her eyes are wide with wonder as constellations in foreign shapes drift past, a gasp escaping her throat as a comet soars overhead, its long tail glittering beautifully.

Without thinking, Tsuyu reaches out to catch it before it’s gone, awe and confusion battling for her attention as she finds she succeeded in grabbing a tiny flicker of light.

What...? This isn’t possible, she tells herself, is this because of a quirk? Am I hallucinating? 

Tsuyu considers pinching her arm but decides that it wouldn’t be much help against a quirk induced whatever-this-was.

I hope I’m not knocked out in the middle of a fight, she thinks worriedly, do the others need my help?

“Tsuyu! C’mon, you’re thinking too much!”

She jolts as she registers the voice, looking left and right for the source.

“Just enjoy it!”

Tsuyu finally turns around, coming face-to-face with one of her closest friends, Uraraka Ochako. The brunette looks perfectly at home floating on her back with her hands folded on her stomach and a bright smile on her lips.

“Ochako? What are you doing here, ribbit?” Tsuyu asks with a confused frown, her shoulders tense with concern.

Ochako just giggles, “What do you mean? I floated us up here!” She gestures widely to the pink-green galaxy they’re surrounded by, eyes twinkling with pride.

Tsuyu’s eyebrows raise as she tries to guess when exactly her friend’s quirk mutated, “But how? Why?” 

The other girl gracefully flips onto her stomach mid-air, head tilting to the side as a pensive expression settles on her face. It morphs into quiet determination as she lifts a gentle hand to push Tsuyu’s hair behind her ear.

“I wanted our first date to be special. I wanted to make you as happy as you make me,” Ochako admits quietly, her hand moving to cup the other teen’s face, “And I figured, what better place for a memorable date than the middle of an alien galaxy?”

Tsuyu’s eyes widen as her hands reflexively curl, crushing the small flicker she was holding into a shower of sparks.

Date?!

“But I…you…we don’t like each other like that!” Tsuyu stutters out, cheeks flushed.

Ochako’s expression turns thoughtful again as she brings her hand back, “Are you sure? You’re always so observant, but you’ve been kind of ignoring your feelings lately.”

Tsuyu flushes deeper, her eyebrows creasing in thought.

Do I have a crush on Ochako? Have I been ignoring it this whole time? She wonders, But why would I be avoiding it? 

Interpreting Tsuyu’s pinched expression as discomfort, Ochako clasps her hands and asks, “Just…try to think about it? Please? But not if it freaks you out, of course!”

“No, no, it doesn’t. I just want to figure this out, ribbit,” Tsuyu responds distractedly, her heart racing from both the realization and the adorable image in front of her.

Has Ochako always been this...cute? 

The thought has her blushing all over again.

Watching as Tsuyu’s face turns pink, Ochako grins and leans in, mischief written across her features.

“I’ll see you in class then, you have to go get ready. And don’t forget to ask!” 

“Ask wh-?” Tsuyu starts before being cut off by petal-soft lips on her cheek.

Her face burns impossibly hotter.

Ochako leans back and giggles into her hands, repeating her request, “Remember to ask!”

Tsuyu can only stare in disbelief as she feels herself being pulled back to Earth, air rushing past her and dulling her hearing until…

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

“Urgghhhh,” Tsuyu groans as she shuts off her phone’s alarm, turning over onto her other side.

That was all a dream? She sighs, But it felt so real.

The lingering feeling of Ochako’s lips fills Tsuyu’s chest with butterflies, her arms hugging a pillow tight as she remembers it. 

Even if it was just a dream, she muses with a soft smile, it gave me a lot to think about...