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The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the roof of a moderately tall building. Her smile widening as a figure dropped down next to her, his ice providing his lift to reach her.
“It's getting cold out, you don’t need your cape yet?”
“ Hm , no not yet,” she turned to him before speaking again, “I’ve been getting off patrol before it gets too chilly out.”
His eyes roamed over her arms, the chills that danced on her skin told him otherwise and he just smiled at her stubbornness before he removed his own jacket to place around her shoulders. The blush that flooded her cheeks made him smile as he leaned down to kiss her. Being a head taller than her, he had to bend to reach her lips. She always groaned in irritation that they used to be the same height in high school, but he had grown several inches during their third year.
“I still hate the fact that you’re taller than me,” she whispered against his lips.
“Not my fault,” he chuckled and pulled away from the kiss and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close to warm her up.
She hummed in comfort and snuggled closer to him , inhaling the smoky scent that only he could put off and she absolutely loved it. But that comforting feeling was interrupted by a shout from down on the street below.
“ Yaomomo !”
Momo quickly jumped away from him, shoving him back until he nearly fell over. Barely saving himself from slipping off the roof as Momo stared at him with fear in her eyes. She mouthed sorry to him before walking to the edge of the building and peering down at the person who had called out to her. The familiar pink hair being a dead giveaway, of course, it would be the gossip girl who nearly caught them, she internally sighed.
She waved down at her friend. “I’ll be right down.”
“Girl’s night?”
“Sort of, we’re just going out for dinner,” Momo stated, “but it’s just Mina, Asui and I.”
“Yeah, I gotta meet up with Iida and Midoriya in an hour,” he pulled his phone from his pocket, checking the time to make sure he wasn’t going to be late.
“Meet me at my house tonight?”
He smirked at her. “As long as you promise you won’t try to push me off the roof again.” He kissed her lips before making his exit at the back of the building.
Now she really wanted to shove him off for that comment.
The sound of banging woke Momo from her slumber, her eyes flickering open before she stretched lazily on the bed and rolled over to wrap her arm around the male next to her. T he warmth that he provided made her not want to leave the bed at all today. Could they just have a lazy day?
T he banging sounded again and she quickly sat up, her hair in disarray as she desperately tried to brush it out of her face but to no avail.
“Momo!” Another loud knock. “Girl wake up!”
“Shoot!” Grabbing her phone from the nightstand, she checked the time, the digital numbers glaring at her from the screen.
Just a little after ten in the morning, and she was late! She turned to her partner and shook his shoulder, rousing him from sleep as he attempted to pull her into his arms, a method to try to stay in bed longer which she normally would indulge in but not right now.
“Shouto! Wake up!” She hissed silently . “ Kyoka is outside!”
“Crap.” The red - and white - haired male rolled off of the bed to his feet, searching for his shirt. And while Momo appreciated the eye candy of his toned arms and abs, he needed to hide and fast.
“We slept in?” Shouto groaned and grabbed his jacket and shoes.
“No time!” The raven-haired beauty shoved him into the bathroom and into the bathtub before closing the curtain and making a mad dash for the door.
“Don’t come out until we’re gone,” were her departing words as he settled down in the tub.
“Yes ma'am,” he whispered under his breath , his ears picking up the sound of the door opening and their friend’s voice filling the house.
“Jeez Momo, what took you so long?”
“I’m sorry! I slept in!”
“You never sleep in,” Kyoka stated as a matter of fact, “if I didn’t know any better, I’d think you had a hot date last night or something.”
“ Kyoka !
The earphone Jack hero laughed and Shouto suppressed a sigh just as the bathroom door opened. He froze not daring to move or make a sound. It wasn’t that he was against keeping their relationship a secret from their friends, but having to constantly hide in the most ridiculous places is getting old. Not to mention when she nearly shoved him off the roof a few nights ago.
“Do you need to shower?” Shouto heard Kyoka’s voice coming closer.
“N-no!” Momo yelled out and had to quickly regain her composure as her friend took a step away from the tub. “U-uh I mean, I took one last night.”
“ Oookay ...” Kyoka rolled her eyes before squinting suspiciously at Momo who had taken to looking away as to avoid any further conversation. “Well get dressed then, seriously Momo, the one day all the girls can get together and you’re the late one.”
“I know, I’m a bad friend.” Momo bowed in apology as Kyoka laughed it off.
“No worries girl, just hurry up, I’ll be in the living room.”
Momo smiled until the earphone jack hero left the room then she breathed a sigh of relief and shut the bathroom door. She leaned against it for a moment, nearly sliding to the floor from her accelerated heart rate.
“You know we can’t hide like this forever.”
The low raspy tone of his voice reached her ears as she looked up to see him step out of the tub, the red and white strands of his hair a mixed mess on top of his head and she had to suppress a giggle at the slightly annoyed look on his face. She knew he could never really be mad at her, but his face is too adorable when he tried to act like it.
“Don’t remind me.” A small pout pulled her lips as she grabbed her hairbrush to detangle the knotted mess of hair on her own head. “I just don’t want them to start with the teasing.”
“Momo?” Shouto tilted his head in confusion. “Isn’t that what Kyoka was already doing?”
“What? No. ..I mean... ” She paused for a moment, “ I guess she did .”
He shook his head at his girlfriend, she is one of the smartest people he knew but she could miss the smallest things sometimes. Just like him. They really were made for each other. He kissed the side of her head and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, his face burrowing into her neck as he inhaled her scent. She always smelled good enough to eat.
“You better finish up,” he whispered into her ear, sending a shiver down her spine, “she’s waiting.
Momo shook off the chills that he had left her with when he stepped away and quickly brushed her hair and threw it up into a messy bun, not worrying if it looked too bad. She was going to be with friends anyway. A few quick sprays of hair gel and she was good.
Once she applied a small amount of make-up, she turned to Shouto and kissed him on the lips, lingering only slightly before bolting out of the bathroom to change her clothes. He assumed it only took her a little less than five minutes to change since he heard the front door open not long after she left him and the girls' voices trailed down the driveway.
Shouto grabbed the spare set of clothes that he kept stashed in Momo’s closet before he headed back to the bathroom to shower. She may be on her way to have fun with the girls, but he was headed for the agency. A hero’s work was never done.
The building that housed his classmate’s hero agency was bustling with interns as they followed their chosen hero, who were giving them tours of the main floor and a few of the offices upstairs. He received a greeting from Shoji and his intern before they headed to the break room , presumably to grab a snack from the fridge, before walking back out into the lobby.
Shouto was supposed to have an intern following him as well, but the young man had a family emergency and wasn’t able to attend . But he would have a chance to make up the experience next week with him after he settled his personal matters.
He started for his office but paused in his steps when a familiar head of black hair caught the corner of his eye. That couldn’t really be her, could it? Wasn’t she supposed to be with the girls? His assumption was correct when the other five females trailed in after her and he raised a brow at their sudden appearance.
Figuring one of them forgot something on their desk, he decided to greet them before he went about his work. He sauntered over to the six women, Asui being the first to wave at him which prompted the others to wave as well.
Momo, on the other hand, seemed to be too distracted by talking to Kyoka that she didn’t even realize what she did as she greeted him. Since she always greeted him like this when they were alone.
She kissed his cheek.
Shouto stood there dumbfounded for a moment staring at her retreating form as the girls stood there in shock.
“Uh, Momo?” Toru called out to her.
The female in question stopped in her steps and turned to the five before her gaze turned to her now not so secret boyfriend. Not only had they witnessed it, but she also turned to see that most of her class had stopped to stare at the scene before them and she felt the blood rush to her cheeks.
“Oh, oh my goodness!” She placed her hands against her cheeks, the crimson color darkening as it finally dawned on her of what she did. “I-I- it's not-” She was stammering now and Shouto stepped towards her to remove her hands from her face. “I- didn’t mean to, this isn’t how I wanted-”
“Momo, you may as well tell them,” he shook his head at her antics, “you can’t lie your way out of this one.”
The raven-haired beauty turned to their friends, most of the girls having smirks on their faces, while Ochaco flushed red at having witnessed Momo kiss her boyfriend’s best friend.
“Well...” Momo trailed off and reached back to grab Shouto’s hand, her grip tightening around his at their impromptu revelation. “We’re...dating and have been for a while .”
Both Shouto and Momo were waiting for their friends to start yelling and screaming about not telling them sooner or to start pestering them with multiple questions about how they got together. But instead, they all gave a collective,
“Duh.”
Mina spoke first. “You guys really think we didn’t know about you two?”
“You knew!”
“Well yeah, you guys aren’t as sneaky as believe you are.”
Kyoka
laughed. “Come on Momo, give us some credit. You’ve been sleeping in a lot lately.” Her eyes gestured to the red- and white-haired male and Momo blushed.
"And besides, I've seen you wear a few shirts that I've only seen Shouto wear."
There was a sudden disturbance in the group of people as Bakugo forced his way to the front. His eyes flaring redder than usual. “ Finally, out in the open huh? I swear if I have to hear one more love line from either of you in that break room I’m going to hurl!”
That succeeded in making both of them blush, Shouto turning his head to the side and coughing slightly before rubbing the back of his neck as Momo dropped his hand to bury her face in her hands.
“Why didn’t you guys say anything?” The fire and ice user asked after slightly regaining his composure.
“We wanted you two to tell us,” Asui stated as Shoji came forward.
“There was no need to broadcast it if you two weren’t ready,” the dupli -arm male said, “we weren’t sure, but we figured you didn’t tell us because you didn’t k now if you two would work out together or not, so we waited.”
Despite the embarrassment, a feeling of relief hit the newly revealed couple. At least they wouldn’t have to hide anymore.
The scent of chocolate filled the living room as Shouto brought out two steaming mugs of hot cocoa, mini marshmallows floating at the top of the warm beverage. Momo grabbed one gratefully and took a tentative sip before setting it down on the coffee table. Her phone chiming as she did so. Pulling back the sleeves of the black turtleneck sweater she had stolen from Shouto’s clothes stash in her room, she grabbed the device.
The screen lit up and a message in the girl's group chat appeared that set her face aflame. Shouto took his spot next to her after putting a movie into the DVD player and noticed she had gotten quiet.
“ Everything okay?”
“Y-yes!” She squeaked out and quickly turned off her phone and threw it on the table, refusing to reply to them, how could they say such embarrassing things?!
Truth be told, he saw how red her face was and figured one of the girls had said something inappropriate to her. But instead of asking, he curled an arm around her waist and pulled her to him, his warmth radiating off of him and forcing her to relax.
“I’m going to kill them.”
Shouto chuckled at her pouted response and kissed the top of her head.
Let the official teasing begin.