Feel Good Inc.

A helicopter flew up to the clouds. Its loud thudding interrupted Jirou's guitar. Both she and Izuku glanced up at it as it disappeared from view. Jirou was about to continue playing until Izuku stopped her. "Hey Kyouka, mind if we talk inside?"

Jirou turned her head to him with a raised eyebrow. "Um, sure?" She set her guitar down in the corner and lifted her legs, spinning to the other side of the balcony. Izuku followed along, and they both headed into her room. She went to her desk, turning on a blue tooth speaker. She scrolled through her phone and clicked on her playlist. She smirked at the first song that played. "Whadda you think?" She casually turned to Izuku as he closed the sliding door. He faced her. It was hard to keep his lips straight. Jirou was moving her hips with an aloof rhythm. She took some steps towards him, skipping her feet around. "Still one of their best songs." She grabbed his hands pulling him closer to the center of her room. "C'mon babe loosen up." She joked, closing the distance between their bodies. She gyrated her hips to the bass.

Izuku grew more tense. 'Who's idea was it for the dorms again?' Izuku was conflicted. 'But thank you so much!' He bit his thoughts back along with his lip. He forced himself to place his hands on her shoulders, slowing her down. "K-Kyouka, I was hoping we could talk instead?"

She mistook his serious voice as his usual nerves and played around. "Aw, come on Izuku, don't be so shy." She whispered, nibbling on his earlobe. He naturally took a taste of her neck. She pushed back, a little distance between them. She had that look, a playful eyebrow raised as she mischievously licked her bottom lip, slowly sliding her tongue. Izuku couldn't resist and stepped towards her. She stepped back. He took another. She did too. She had a victory smirk, as she leaned on the wall and he closed the gap. She was still casually moving her body in sync with the music. Izuku chuckled in response, placing his hand above her shoulder, on the wall.

"I guess we can talk later..." He disregarded his own request. He lowered his face to hers and closed his eyes.

It was that time of the year. It was snowing and everyone warmed themselves with good intentions, giving gifts and sharing memories.

Izuku tapped her shoulder. Like always, she turned around and smacked him out of self-defense. "Why does this bring nostalgia?" He laughed.

And like always, Momo apologized profusely. "Oh gosh Izuku, I didn't mean to hurt you!" She then stopped, seeing his cheerful freckles. She began to giggle as well. "Oh, this is quite nostalgic, ne?"

Izuku reached into his bag. "Sorry, I wanted to give this to you outside of school. I don't know how the rest of our classmates would react if they saw me giving you this gift, especially Mineta or Kyouka." He rubbed his neck with an uneasy grin. His other hand had a thin gift box. "I don't want her to know how you got this."

"Nani? Why would th-" She was asking as she grabbed the gift and opened it. She couldn't believe it. "I-Izuku, how did you? When did you?"

A simple genuine laugh. "So, you like it?"

Momo could only stare as the snow fell somberly on them and the side walk. The setting sun had a cold illuminescent portrait glistening off the snowflakes.

It was a framed photo. Kyouka had scarlet cheeks, her earphones were in a knot and her eyes were wide. A squirmish Jirou reaching out her hand to stop the photo.

The powerful bass was playing in the background. Her music still vibing out hypnotic beats. It kept them in the moment outside of time... Inside of a moment.

"You... said... you wanted... to talk?" An out of breath Kyouka asked Izuku as she laid on his chest as it heaved up and down. Both catching their breaths. Both carried a light sweat on their skin but had the blanket covering them. Kyouka's earphone was mindlessly drawing a circle on the side she wasn't resting on.

Izuku tried to steady his breathing. "Y... Yeah. Just give me a minute." He rushed out. He was rubbing his hand up and down her back in warm cuddles. He lifted his head and kissed the top of her head before dropping his back on the pillow with a sigh. "Maybe we should get dressed first."

Kyouka rubbed her nose on his chest in a fluffy manner. "Mhmmm... let's just stay like this a little longer. This song is just right." Sorcererz. "Hey babe what's your favorite song from their album? This one's mine." She lifted her face to stare up at him, resting her chin on him.

Izuku was about to reply and say fire flies but now that song only reminded him of Momo... He stared at the ceiling in thought. He dropped his eyes back down to her, figuring out an answer. "Souk eye! It has a funky folk rhythm I can't help but enjoy."

"Oh yeah, that song's great! I thought you were gonna go with Kansas though, you know cause how melancholic you can get by yourself."

"What? I'm not that much of a bummer, am I?"

"Hahaha! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You get so hesitant about yourself. You don't show it around others, not even with me but if I look for it, I can see you act so... self-destructive? No that's not right..? I don't know babe, I guess you just look sad when you're alone, like the song. I'm actually glad you picked such an upbeat song! Ooh, now your favorite song from them, then your favorite song in general! I'll go first!" And Izuku could only stare at the joy in her eyes.

"Happy new years!" They all celebrated in the dorms.

Without missing a beat, she pecked her lips.

Momo blinked in surprise. "J-Jirou?"

Kyouka had a timid blush and was staring away. "We all need someone to kiss during the new year, you know?" Trying to play it off.

"Oh I-I see, sorry I just wasn't prepared-"

"It's whatever okay, Momo. It was just something I thought was long overdue. L-Let's enjoy the party, right?" Jirou was trying to keep it cool but Momo saw her earphones begin to twist. Jirou crossed her hands behind her head to hide her awkward attitude.

Momo's lips curved up slightly. "Yes, let's enjoy the beginning of a new year."

A new year of possibilities.

They were fully dressed and sitting on her bed.

"So what was so important that you killed the mood?" Jirou asked, twiddling her earphone around her finger.

Izuku's lips lifted before cracking and falling. He placed his hand on her lap. "Kyouka the thing is..." He cupped his mouth with his other hand facing away.

"Yo, what is it? Did something happen?" She rose an eyebrow and let go of her earphone. "B-Because earlier when I asked, you said it was nothing."

Izuku nodded but didn't turn back to her. "Yeah. It's nothing now, but..."

"But what, Izuku?" She was growing stressed. Izuku was her constant beat and she didn't like this shift in tempo.

"Kyouka..." He finally turned back to her but kept his eyes down. "When we were broken up... I was in a really weird place... I lost you... I lost my bestfriend, Uraraka... and I lost All-Might... It felt like all I had was Momo... She was there for me... She... She..." Choking up. He blinked away the guilty liquid in his eyes. He could do this. He could be honest with her. "She came to visit me after he announced his retirement..." He took a shaky deep breath. She grabbed the hand on her lap with both of her hands. It was a tense grip. He lifted his eyes to meet hers.

Scared but loving.

His lips parted. Kyouka really was amazing. He deserved to be better for her. She deserved better. He placed his hand over hers and held them gently. He gulped but confessed. "I... I slept with Momo..." He closed his eyes waiting for the inevitable.

And,

It flicked his forehead. "Ow, ow." Izuku flinched and opened his eyes. "Ara?"

"You idiot... are you trying to break up or something?" She sniffled back her bubbling eyes. She was scowling but in honest affection. Her nose was pink and her cheeks pale, on the verge of crying.

"What? N-No, Kyouka! You just deserve the truth..."

She rubbed her eyes and sagged her shoulders. "I know we broke up because of me, alright! But that's the past, right! E-Even if it fucking hurts what kind of asshole would hold that against you..."

"What? K-Kyouka, you have every right to be mad at me..."

"You think I'm not? I am Izuku, I fucking AM! But you want to know something? I'm a fuck up too..." She was trying to keep her composure while she wiped her tears. "We keep fucking this relationship up, but that doesn't mean I want to give up... At first, I was scared. I screwed up you know because this was all knew to me. I messed up a lot in this relationship too. I waited till we were back together to officially end things with Momo, I couldn't even tell you about my sexuality until after the fact. But you know what you were still fucking there... It wasn't perfect but you were there Izuku. You left me a gift at the hospital. You made the constant effort while I kept running away because I was scared... God, we're such fuck ups! But that's okay with me... It's hard, I get it, but this, what we have, it makes me fucking happy and I'm not going to let go of it so easily... I don't want to anymore."

Izuku pressed his forehead against hers as the shadow covered their eyes. "I feel so broken sometimes..." He whispered.

"Me too... and that's okay..." She strained to hit the right vocal.

"I want to stay with you Kyouka..."

"Then stay... Izuku, dummy..."

The lyric to their story.

After, I told Kyouka about One for All... I explained how I was All-Might's successor and why his retirement hit me so hard. She seemed to be taking the information well... until I told her about my arms... I saw her visibly crack. She had an expression of unfocused dysphoria but it left just as quickly. I stopped my own words and could only say, "Kyouka?" And she tackled me into a hug, falling back on the bed. Her tears were streaming down my shoulder. She didn't say anything and neither did I... we just laid there scared of the future... and we let ourselves be completely vulnerable to each other, showing how valuable we were to each other...

It was spring.

He was running at a relaxed pace, he was heading to the park. She was strumming a few cords belonging to her guitar, sitting cross-legged on a bench in the park. She was feeding the gathering ducks.

It was a melancholic melody played despite a hopeful vibe.

The cheery blossom petals scattered gracefully around them and landed on the pond with serendipity vibrations.

Izuku slowed to a stop staring at the scene. His lips rose to the moment. After everything...

He walked to the bench.

She opened her eyes after getting the note to hit just right. "I-Izuku!" She cried in shock. They both giggled at her reaction.

"Sorry, sorry. I just couldn't help it Kyouka." He smiled.

She tried to shrug it off but her cheeks remained a shade of red.

"Can you keep playing?" Asked.

Jirou opened one eye to stare. She begrudgingly agreed. They smiled as the song continued.

"I'm a run another lap, okay? I'll be back." Izuku was about to head off until he was stopped.

"Wait, here's some encouragement."

And both, Kyouka and Momo kissed him on either side of the cheek.

And they continued their lives.

Feel good.

Okay, I feel like there is some explaining to do. Momo... Momo was that piece of the puzzle that didn't want to fit into the story. That's why this story is the way it is. Originally this was supposed to be a Uraraka, Izuku, Jirou love triangle story, it's easily noticeable in the first chapters...

Until we get to chapter 6. Seeds to create... precisely why it is named that... Idk how to describe it, but while I was writing that chapter Momo kind of took the reins from me. She became a character I couldn't explain to myself. I swear it was like Monika from ddlc. She forced herself into this story, and honestly, I'm glad. She was so enthralling. Then we get to chapter 15 selfish... That was a key chapter in establishing the relationship between Midoriya and Yaoyorozu and I also specifically skipped ahead in the story to the dorms right after this chapter, Idk who noticed, but it was important. The vague time skip is so vital. The chapters before it laid the foundation and the ones after let me get deeper. The way both Momo and Izuku act after the time skip is subtle but impactful to the rest of the story...

Kyouka. We never experienced the story from her side except for a few key points. That was because to both Izuku and Momo she was an object of affection, but in reality, she was her own character that was the observer looking in. If that makes sense. The undertone bisexuality was always there, but I left as it was for the exact reason that she was a character who we don't truly get to see express themselves often. But that was what I loved about her. She showed a lot of herself with her actions, and when she did express how she honestly felt, it was always earnest and vulnerable.

Izuku Midoriya. Oh Izuku, dense Izuku... We see the story play out in his eyes. And I get how everyone can hate the stupid troupe of how he kissed Uraraka cussing him to break up with Jirou. Honestly, I cringe reading it, but that's kind of the point. Izuku was a kid with his first girlfriend but he also had chemistry with Uraraka, as a teen you don't really know what's right or wrong. I mean he understands what it means to be a hero, but as a human... a human makes mistakes... I was trying to portray an Izuku who did make those mistakes, a human Izuku and not a hero Deku. I avoided the hero side of things because this was Izuku's humanity dealing with his problems.

Anyway, I can probably write pages of these characters and a lot of specific details about them, EX: how Kyouka always says Izuku dummy, how Izuku begins to use Full cowling more often involving his personal problems. The way Momo and Izuku had their own personal greeting. I mean there are a lot of those little things to find. Kaminari is a good one, or how Bakugo was the only one who could read the situation between Izuku Momo and Jirou. The way I implied Kirishima and Mina.

Okay, elephant in the room... Gorillaz... you probably guessed it, I am a huge gorillaz fan. Although they weren't involved in the story until their newest album dropped. The Now Now, I think it's their best album in a long time, and although it didn't affect the overall story, it did affect the flow heavily. Fireflies, for example, is laced throughout the story. I also used them because I honestly can see Jirou as a gorillaz fan, that's why she mentions them the most. BTW I don't have a specific fav but the top ones have to be Feel good inc. (Classic) Empire Ants, and souk eye, honestly it's what I'm vibing to, but to me they are important but I can understand why people who aren't fans just gloss over the times I mention them. Just want to give you perspective.

And I want to say thank you for reading. I get if this story wasn't what you wanted it to be. This was a convoluted story, but I feel if u reread it, it will make a little more sense with all this background. Please take another spin at this story.

Final announcement, mostly because I barely leave A/N, if you want more IzukuXKyouka, please read Accelerate. I am writing it under my alternate account Strawhathero27 mostly because it gives me liberty.

I appreciate everyone who read this story! Everyone who reviews follows or favorite! Some of you might not think I notice but trust me I do! I read every review and took notice of people who like, unliked then reliked, and I especially know the ones who read every, or most of my stories! To you guys, I just love you guys! Thanks and until next time!