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Yaoyorozu keeps giving me exasperated looks and Ashido looks more and more frustrated with me by the day, so I think it’s about time I say this.
I like you. I was going to tell you in person, but Hagakure insists that a letter is the best way to do it—I guess she’s right, since it’s a lot easier to write it down than it is to say it out loud. It’s less scary, and I was never any good at talking to people, anyway. Still, I don’t know how to write a love letter either, so I guess I’ll say whatever feels right.
I don’t know when it started. You seemed like a nice person from what Midoriya told me, and you were nice when I approached you. You didn’t stop being nice, either—you invited me to eat lunch with you, and you never overwhelmed me with anything, and you were always there for me, now that I think about it (I want to repay the favour). You trusted me, so I started to trust you too, and we started spending time together more. I like spending time with you.
You laughed at something stupid I said about Bakugou once, and I almost set myself on fire because you actually look really good when you laugh like that. And after that Yaoyorozu told me how I might be feeling. It was so sudden, that I didn’t think it’d grow this much. I thought it’d go away after a while.
It didn’t, so here I am, I guess. It’s not so surprising now that I think about it; you’re a close friend, so there wasn’t much else that had to happen. I’ve never done anything like this before, so I guess you could expect me to mess up a lot, but I’ll do what I can to be good enough for you. I never want to hurt you or anything.
You can reject me if you want. I don’t think it matters. I hope this didn’t make anything awkward, because I like to be friends with you. It just feels better to get it out there. As long as you’re still willing to spend time together then I’m fine with anything.
If you actually do feel the same—which Uraraka keeps insisting that you do—then that’s good. It’s great, actually; maybe we could go for a date, or something? I don’t know too many good places, but we can decide together.
I’ll wait for your answer. Take as long as you need.
Todoroki Shouto