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"Enji Todoroki, WHAT are you doing." It came out more like a statement than a question, twisting your body around to look your boyfriend directly in the eye.
The two of you'd been cuddling in your bed, a movie playing quietly on your TV. You told Enji you didn't want to get frisky tonight but you were perfectly fine with him touching you.
His warm hands dragging lazily across your tummy was soothing to the soft cramps your period was giving you, despite the painkillers you'd taken before he'd gotten there.
You'd started dozing off, barely feeling as his hand quietly undid the loose knot holding your sweatpants up, dipping underneath your underwear.
His plan was to just rub at your entrance a bit, sure he had no plans to go against your wishes but it didn't mean he couldn't tease you. But as his large fingers made his way down he felt something….odd. Some sort of string protruded out of you so, naturally, his first instinct was to pull at it. Which in turn ended with you glaring at him wildly.
"What's this...string? I thought you said you didn't want to do anything tonight." He replied, a look of pure confusion on his face.
"My tampon?" You answered. He blinked, the confusion wrinkling his eyebrows not leaving.
Was he being serious? Didn't this man have a daughter?
"Enji, d-do you not know what a period is?" He opened his mouth to respond, "No, not the punctuation," he closed it with a snap of his jaw.
××
It was almost embarrassing, feeling like a parent having The Talk, but with a grown man. Trying your best not to scar him, you explained how it all worked: The cramps, the bleeding, and most importantly, your 𝓯𝓮𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓭𝓾𝓬𝓽𝓼.
Thankfully he was mature enough to not get grossed out by it all, after all it was natural for you. But he still had one question on his mind:
"Why didn't you tell me this happened?" Now it was your turn to look confused. "Enji, you've had 4 kids, I kinda, yknow, figured you knew." He looked away, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly.
"Well, with Rei she um, she didn't tell me either. I figure she either thought I already knew or maybe that the idea of her being unable to have sex would make me upset.. The only time I touched her was when I wanted to try for another, and every other night I…." His voice drifted off, lost in thought, eyes becoming clouded over.
Clearing his throat to bring himself out of some dark memories, Enji continued. "And with Fuyumi once my ignorance convinced me that her quirk wasn't valuable, Rei and her mother cared for her and her needs." His voice sounded sad, you knew he had a lot of regrets about his past, it haunted him. He could never meet your eyes in times like this.
You reached a hand up to his face, watching with a slight smirk as he leaned in to your touch.
"Well, I deeply appreciate your concern, I really do," you told him softly, then with a hard sigh, dropping your hand you added, "I can't BEGIN to tell you the amount of times my past relationships got grossed out by it."
He huffed out a laugh, small puffs of smoke leaving his nose.
"And that's why they're past relationships, sweetheart. I'm the Number One Hero, nothing grosses me out." He tilted your head up to give you a kiss with a hum, you couldn't help but relish in it for a few heartbeats before gently pulling away with a sly grin.
"What about the time I accidentally sneezed on your-"
"Actually you're right, you do gross me out." He cut off flatly, turning over without another word.
Laughter bubbled from your throat as you pounced him with a volley of kisses. Despite his response, you knew he loved you.
××××
The all too familiar dull pain hit your stomach on the train ride home, fingers digging into your palms as you inwardly cursed at yourself. Your cycle had completely slipped your mind over the course of the past month, too busy with the new workload of your promoted position.
The train was mostly empty so you could sit for the rest of the ride at least. You pulled out your phone to text Enji.
"Sorry for the late notice but I'll have to cancel movie night with you and Toshinori. somehow forgot about my period so I'll be Taking Care of It tonight.💞🍡"
About 15 minutes go by and your text notification lights up.
"No worries my dearest ❤🔥😘"
Sometimes you hated that you taught him how emojis worked with how LAME he managed to be when using them. Still, you were glad he understood.
More tired than usual, you finally made it up to your apartment, drowsily turning the key and- WOW did it smell good!!
Your sleepy eyes popped open to see your apartment clean, the lights a bit dimmed, a selection of your favorite candies on the armrest of the couch (alongside some painkillers) and a new set of pajamas that looked 𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓲𝔃𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓬𝓸𝔃𝔂.
Taking a deep breath in made your mouth water. You weren't entirely sure what it was but the flavor smelled absolutely heavenly.
Faintly, you heard a familiar voice coming from the kitchen so you choose to investigate. Rounding the corner, you see it's none other than your boyfriend, Enji, on the phone with who you could only guess was his friend (frenemy?? Rival??????) Toshinori.
"Look Yagi, I understand that Hizashi tends to talk through movies, but you can suck it up this one time." His eyes flick to you when you come into view and he throws a warm smile your way, holding out his free arm to embrace you.
His quirk made his body heat so perfect for you, snuggling into his side and breathing in his scent, ah...cinnamon and orange.. You loved how his voice rumbled while he talked, albeit annoyed while on the phone, it relaxed you to the core nonetheless.
With an irritated huff, Enji finished his phone call and used his quirk to run a warm hand up and down your back. "How's my dearest doing today, hm?" He leaned down to press a kiss to your forehead, his voice had done a 180, now so sweet he could rival honey.
Thr sharp pang of a cramp replaced your initial response with a hiss of pain and knotted eyebrows. "Never better!" You choked out jokingly. He smiled sadly, "Here, why don't I help you feel better…"
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"Enji Todoroki, you have truly outdone yourself." The two of you found yourselves in your bed, cuddling like you were a month ago except things were a bit different. The Number One Hero was hard at work, using one hand to apply a faint heat to your abdomen (like the oversize heating pad he is) while the other thumbed through a book he'd been working on reading.
Not only had he rescheduled movie night for the both of you, he also made you a simple, yet hearty dinner for the two of you, tidied your apartment, and helped you into your new monogrammed fleece pajamas which were navy with flames along the sleeves, obviously from his Hero merch line, but fuck were they comfy.
He absolutely beams at this. Enji absolutely loves going above and beyond for you, one might even say Plus Ultra, but certainly not him, he DESPISES the phrase.
"You know I'd do anything for you sweetheart." He replied calmly with a smile, though inside he felt like fireworks were going off in his chest.
Now that your body was comfortable enough to move like usual, you push yourself up from your spot to straddle one of his beefy pajama laden thighs.
"I'll tell you what, next time you get roughed up by some knucklehead criminal, I'll do the same for you. Clean your wounds, make you a nice dinner. All the works!" He smiles a bit, amusement dancing in his eyes. You were just as aware as he was that he didn't need your help, he was The Number One Hero, having access to the best medical treatment the world had to offer.
But there was just something...warm about you, something a cold hospital bed couldn't offer. Just the idea of you checking in on him while he's healing made his heart soar. Not to mention the steamy ideas that were popping up just as fast.
He reached up to cup your face which you leaned your cheek into. Just seeing his eyes shine into yours made you fall in love with Enji all over again. Man, could you two be any more enamored which each other?
"I think I'd like that very much sweetheart…"
You lean in to him, hands pressing into his soft chest as the two of you share a well-deserved kiss.