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"Shouto! You can find me now!" A loud squeak was heard inside the Royal Gardens, one of Prince Shouto's favorite places because it was quiet and peaceful. A place where he and his mother would play Knight although it's not so quiet when his bestfriend came to visit the castle.
"Ready or not, here I come Momo!" Shouto smiled, his small legs running to find the princess. He first thought that she was hiding around a small-
"I found you!" He stated, a huge smile on his face seeing Momo stomped lightly on the grass and pout, "cute" he thought.
"How did you find me so easily?" Momo crossed her arms, a smirk on her slightly chubby face.
As she slowly rethreated from a small bush she was hiding on.
"It's because of your spiky ponytail...I could see it a mile away or even from over Mount Natagumo,the highest mountains." Shouto smirked and Momo slightly blushed at his answer.
"My hair is always spiky..." Momo pouted. "Oh wait! Look Shouto! I can do magic!" Momo began rolling up the long sleeve of her red dress and almost immediately, rainbow sparkles appeared. Shouto stared in awe although he fell back when a matryoshka doll popped infront of his face making him stumble.
"Ah! Shouto-kun! A-are you ok!" He heard her lovely voice before his sight slowly drifting to a close.
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"Mother...You said that she'll visit today?" Shouto asked his mother, the Queen of the Endeavor Kingdom. He was sitting on her lap on the throne. Silence surrounds the Throne room but it was comforting yet something doesn't feel right.
"Well-You see, Momo-chan has other matters to attend to..." Her mother sweetly said, softly combing the boy's soft hair with her fingertips.
"Will I ever see her again?" Shouto asked, hope in his voice.
" We'll see..."
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Shouto ran down the hallway, a small gift in his hands as he ran past the maids in the castle walls. He passed the throne room and into the garden where she said they'll always meet.
Shouto stopped running as he looked around. "Momo-chan!? Are we playing hide and seek?" He shouted.
He waited for an answer and found none. "Momo-chan... Isn't it your birthday today?!"
Butterflies dance around the silent garden with flowers about to bloom but despite the surroundings the atmosphere is cold.
"Princess Momo?.... happy birthday! Stop hiding please..." Oh no. He's about to cry. Tears are falling down his cheeks as he continued to stand in between the garden despite his legs growing weak.
Ice appears below his feet and it continues to spread around the grass when suddenly the royal gardener appeared.
"Princess Momo didn't visit."
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It was Shouto's 15th Birthday and still, she hasn't visited him for the past years. Why would he expect her to visit when she doesn't really visit him anymore?
His grip tightened on the cup of nurtured water, he doesn't like to drink, no , because Momo doesn't like those kinds of drinks. While they were still children, she mentioned that she had taste wine although it doesn't really taste appealing and therefore, he doesn't drink wine or try to taste it.
It's been years since they last saw each other. Shouto touched his scar on his left side, feeling it's roughness and it's part and reason behind it.
"I wonder how she'll react when she sees me..." He mumbled, putting down his hand unto his sides.
" Todoroki-kun!!!"
" Todoroki!"
Shouto looked up to find Midoriya and Iida waiting for him to join them inside the Uraraka's small cabin. He nodded and walked towards them.
They entered the cabin and it was a simple birthday party inside. Unlike the castle birthday celebration where everything went slightly overbored.
He's happy that he's friends were very thoughtful although the thought of someone missing....it's incomplete.
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"Todoroki-kun!" Ochako beamed. "Want to go come with us! Me and Deku are having a date and we're kind of nervous. We need some other kind of company." Ochako, began fiddling with her fingers.
"Is it ok...if you come with us?"
"Sure."
Prince Shouto Todoroki was standing on the doorway of Ochako's house with Deku beside in neat and formal clothing. He could tell Deku was very nervous though excited at the same time. How long has he been crushing on her again?
"H-how do I look?" Deku asked, sweat building on his forehead.
"Uraraka will like it." Todoroki reassured, and followed his eyebrows. " Stop sweating..." He scolded.
"S-sorry..." He scratched his head although his blush turned to a dark shade of red when he saw Ochako standing in a very cute pink off-shoulder dress.
The three went to Tsuyu's restaurant after that and Todoroki is happy for them, seeing that their opening up to each other although the thought that their having fun made his stomach churn.
This would be a double-date if...she was here. He had a feeling in his chest that she'd feel the same way he does.
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"Shouto...please come out." His sister's voice pleaded from the other side of the door.
" Leave me alone!!!" Shouto shouted, stressed, tears prickling down his eyes. "I need some time to think!!!"
"Shouto! She'll come back! I...I believe so...!" Fuyumi yelled, a tear going down her cheek at the sound of her brother's voice. He's been crying and hiding in his room for awhile now.
"Fuyumi! You've stated that the last years!" Shouto cried. "As much as I want her too...She probably won't..."
" Then...Just move on!"
That's very hard to accept but maybe Fuyumi was right. He should learn when to move on for there's nothing to hold unto anymore.
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A masquerade party is being held at Shouto's family palace. He really didn't want to come but Fuyumi had insisted, it was her birthday after all. She also said he'll meet new people and find someone to look forward too and move on.
To be honest, he didn't want to move on. Even if she suddenly disappeared without a trace. He still kept holding unto an invisible rope for the sake of her. He still loves her.
Many people were dancing in the huge golden room, the throne room. Fuyumi is sitting on her chair enjoying talking to her father. Their mother had left them a while back, she was sent to a far away place.
Shouto stood beside Fuyumi when Fuyumi turned her head towards him. "Go interact with people...I'll be there later..."
Shouto didn't find a reason to not follow and so he did. He didn't bother putting on a mask since it's evident. People could tell it's him from a mile a way because of his unique bi-colored hair.
He didn't talk to anyone he didn't know, he just went straight to Midoriya and Iida and unexpectedly their were also with Bakugou.
"Todoroki-kun! Happy birthday to your sister!" Midoriya cheered, a glass of probably grape juice in his hand. He only nodded in response.
"Todoroki! I'd like to say Happy birthday to princess Fuyumi again! It's an honor to get invited in this festivity!" Iida chopped his hand in the air with his other hand full with a small brownie.
"Tsk...Happy birthday to your sister I guess..." Bakugou mumbling.
" Thanks.." He stated before looking around, feeling that someone is missing. " Midoriya...Where's your girlfriend?"
Midoriya's face turned bright red and Bakugou cursed saying that his face hurts people's eyes. Midoriya apologized before quickly answering Todoroki's question.
"T-Todoroki-san! I-I...Me and Uraraka aren't...t-together yet." Midoriya stuttered.
" I never said that by girlfriend...its Uraraka." Todoroki smirked.
" I-I...right! S-sorry! I tho-"
" You're right... where's Uraraka anyway?" Todoroki asked, he doesn't like moments where Uraraka and Deku aren't together, usually.
"Oh! She moved to the other side of the room to meet her friends." Deku answered.
" They'll be coming back here to meet us! it shouldn't take long." Iida pushed up his glasses before completing finishing the brownie.
Todoroki nodded in response. By friends, Uraraka has girlfriends? Female friends...what about their other friends?
"What about the others?" Todoroki asked.
"Kirishima and Kaminari will be coming here too! Unfornately, Mineta was not able to attend due to...you know. Anyways, Sero, Kouda and Sato are in the food table, Ojirou and Tooru are somewhere private,I don't really know where but they have informed me. Aoyama is dancing over there as you can see" Iida pointed at the dance floor where Aoyama is freely dancing with a whole lot of other people.
"Right..." Todoroki mumbled, cringing at Aoyama's weird dancing. "I'm glad you're enjoying..."
"Tsk! I didn't come here to just enjoy Half N'Half! I came here to beat the sh*t out of you!" Bakugou growled.
" K-Kacchan! Now's not the time." Midoriya stated, scared of Bakugou ruining the princess's birthday. Luckily, Iida was here to assist.
"Bakugou! Behave like a normal adolescent! We don't want to ruin our princess's birthday party." He chopped his hand in the air. It also serves as a border between Todoroki and Bakugou.
"Deku-kun! Iida-kun! Todoroki-kun! Bakugou-kun!" Ochako beamed, as she ran towards them. With three girls following behind her. All of them are wearing what looks like a mask that just covered the bridges of their noses and almost half of the face with only their eyes and lips in view.
Todoroki turned around and his eyes caught a woman with sparkling onyx eyes. Eyes that seem to be common but this one seems very rare, Ultra rare, like diamonds. Her hair was long and jet black. She had a thick piece of hair hanging on her face yet she really stood out with her red dress with a....slit on the right let?!!
Todoroki quickly turned back around, after looking at her creamy-nevermind. He could feel his face slightly burning. He jolted when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Todoroki-kun! let's meet Ochako's friends..." Oh no, Sh*t Midoriya! why?! He stated in his mind although he has to act normal and so he complied.
He slowly being dragged away. "Uh.. Todoroki-kun..." He lift his face and turned to look at the sound. Oh, Ochako was calling him. "Todoroki...you ok?" He nodded although his eyes slowly drift to the same onyx eyes although he quickly changed his direction and just looked at Ochako's instead even if those eyes were captivating.
"Uh..yeah." He managed to say. Good job on doing a first impression!
"Right..." Ochako turned to look at Deku. "Anyways, I'd like you to meet my friends from the other side of the kingdom!" She beamed, hugging her green-haired friend.
" This is Tsuyu Asui! She's a hybrid, as you can see. She's half frog and half human! Cool right?" Ochako hugged her froggy friend before letting her free.
"But please call me Tsu-kero!" She croaked, her big eyes are surely unique aswell as her big hands. Didn't they already know her? Todoroki thought, especially if they just visited her family's restaurant for Ochako's date. Ochako walked towards a purple-haired girl who seems to not have any interest at all.
"This is Jirou Kyouka! She's good at music!" Jirou blushed at her friend's introduction.
" I-I....I'm average." Jirou protested, her ears had a tint of pink from embarrassment. Ochako pat her friend on her shoulder.
"Her quirk is earphone jack....She has earphones on her ears." She pointed at her hanging earphones in which Jirou tried to hide but failed.
Jirou stood up straight and coughed. "Are we moving on?" Jirou raised an eyebrow and Ochako scratched the back of her neck, muttering a "sorry" to her.
"This is YaoMomo...or that's what we call her." She beamed. " You already know since she's a royal from the other kingdom." She stated, a bright smile on her face.
" It's an honor to meet Yaoyorozu from the Yaoyorozu kingdom. I'm Tenya Iida!" Iida stated, reaching his hand to shake the hand of the said royal.
"It's an honor to meet you Sir Iida." She giggled at his remark. Todoroki grunted, not just at how Iida treats her but she's wearing a mask. It's a masquerade birthday party.
"Your kingdom is said to supply lots of foods and it is even said to be the Creation Kingdom." Iida stated, eagerly starting a conversation.
"Well, yes, our people are very talented in making things from new recipes to new tools and equipment even jewelry and more. " She said proudly with a soft smile. " I hope you can visit our kingdom at some point. I'll give you a tour if you'd like."
" I'm looking forward to it." Iida responded and Todoroki groaned. Wishing he was good at starting conversation like Iida.
"Oh! I forgot to introduce to you..." Deku scratched his the back of his hair and pointed at Bakugou from a distance. "That's Bakugou but I call him Kacchan...his power is very explosive." Deku smiled, meekly.
" This is Iida! He's a knight in his royal Family in his kingdom! He walks and runs faster than a normal human being." Deku jumped in joy as he introduces his friends.
" This is Todoroki-san! He's very unique since he possessed both his parent's quirk. Flame and Ice is what he summons right at his palms or even any part of his body."
The girl Todoroki found captivating,slightly shivered and Todoroki shrugged. Deku clasped his hands and jump.
"I forgot to introduce myself... I'm Midoriya-"
" Deku!"
Everyone looked at the source of the sound and all eyes landed on a certain spiky haired blonde man. Despite his red eyes, he's always angry especially when it comes to Midoriya.
"K-Kacchan!" Deku stuttered, embarrassed at his friend's behavior.
"Kacchan?" Jirou asked.
"Oh! That's what I call him..." Midoriya scratched the back of his neck. "You see me and Kacchan had known each other since child-"
" Sorry Midoriya! I tried stopping him!" Kaminari stated as he ran towards them with Mina and Kirishima behind. "He said He'll kill me right at the party..." He sobbed. When Mina arrived and looked at the girls she gasped and hugged Tsuyu, Jirou and Momo.
"OMG!!! It's been long since we saw each other!" Mina giggled, hugging the girls tighter. "Woah~you guys look hotter than ever!" She winked.
"Mina...too tight keep." Tsuyu stated, fleeing from Mina's grasp although Mina did let them go. Jirou was really thankful for that, she almost thought she'd suffocate from the long hair her friends have, that fell on her face.
"Tsk-Who are these people?!" Bakugou snorted, eyeing Jirou, Tsuyu although his eyes landed on YaoMomo. Making Shouto quite jealous at how Bakugou looks at her.
"Oh." YaoMomo gasped. "I'm Momo Yaoyorozu. This is Jirou Kyouka" She pointed at her purple-haired friend.
" And I'm tsuyu....but please call me Tsu!" Tsuyu croaked, her finger pointing on her chin which is a habit of hers.
"Tsk! I don't care..." Bakugou snorted, walking away from the group when his arm was pulled by Kaminari.
" C'mon Bakugou..." He smiled, his eyes glanced at the girls. "Don't you want to get to know them? Their pretty hot... especially the Jirou-chan!" He winked at her, making her flustered to which YaoMomo just giggled at.
"Fine..tsk. But I won't be staying long." He stated, surrending to what Kaminari said. Kirishima patted Bakugou at the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up. Sero chuckled and Mina smiled wider.
"Everyone! Since we are all gathered now, I say we should eat first! After all, we just came here and it took effort for us to arrive." Iida chopped his hand in the air. Bakugou reasoned out saying that he's not his boss although with Kirishima's help, he managed to convince him.
They all gathered on the table with Shouto infront of Momo. While they were eating they managed to get to know each other and Shouto realized that she was very similar to his childhood friend. They both had the sparkle in the eye although Shouto could tell that she is probably her.
"Todoroki..." Midoriya stated and it didn't fail to capture his attention. " You've been staring at YaoMomo...what's on your mind?" He asked.
" She...looks like my Momo...I think it's her but I still need to make sure...I don't want to embarrass myself thinking that it's her even if maybe she isn't her." He stated, still eyeing the royal lady while she talks to her friends.
"Why don't you ask her on a dance? You do know your sister likes dancing...there's obviously going to be a ball dance." He suggested. "I'm planning on asking Ochako myself.."
"Deku! You shouldn't say that out loud! Now I know you're going to ask me to a dance..it should been a surprise." Ochako shouted, her face tainted red.
" E-Eh?! Ah!!! S-sorry! I'm really sorry!" Midoriya stuttered, continuously apologizing while the others continue to talk and giggle. Todoroki was placed in his own world and began to think what his friend suggested. Well, he couldn't find any other way to find out.
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Fuyumi announced that couples could join the ball and dance, Midoriya and Uraraka had already joined, the two slightly nervous but done it. Todoroki decided he would join later instead he tried to get to know her more.
Todoroki learned that that Momo Yaoyorozu has a big appetite while his Momo eats less. He also learned that they both have the same superpower and even if he lists down the differences and similarities...it results to them being the same person.
So, remembering what Midoriya advices him. He stood up from the table, startling everyone eating. Bakugou cursed at Todoroki's sudden move but he ignored it. He has other plans other than fighting Bakugou.
"Yaoyorozu." He said her last name, and well, it felt kind of good coming out of his mouth. "Dance with me." It sounded more like a command than a request but still, she giggled and accepted his proposal.
She stood up and Todoroki took her hand and walked her to the big dance floor. She was graceful as they join the rest, he noted. She was careful with every step and that made him nervous for he realized he didn't know how to dance. She must have noticed cause she intertwined their hands.
"I'll show you how to dance." She stated, as she guided his moves and soon enough he got the right tempo and they began swaying together.
"Yaoyorozu.." She hummed and he thinks that she enjoys hearing her last name coming out of his lips, what more if he calls her Momo? "You remind me of my childhood friend..."
He felt her gulped. " What about her?" She asks, a secret evident in her voice. Something like an obvious secret. He smirks. It really is her.
"She's you...I knew it." He smiled, getting used to the feeling of having her close again and he swore in his life, they ain't playing hide and seek again. "I missed you."
"I missed you too..." She hugged him as they continued swaying.
The classical piano echoes through the room and he could see Fuyumi smirking at him from his peripheral vision.
"Momo, you have changed." He felt her blush from calling her on her first name and it sounded way better. "Show me...your new you."
He watched her as she slowly removed her red mask. She really is beautiful no one could deny it probably the most beautiful woman Shouto has seen, the same sparkle from their childhood still there. He closed the distance and kissed her then quickly rethreated.
"Welcome back." He smiled and then he kissed her again, ignoring the words Bakugou is yelling.
Meanwhile, Fuyumi can be search giggling at Shouto's antics. "Oh my! My brother has done it-"
"Fuyumi!" The voice boomed and Fuyumi suddenly froze but slowly turned her back to look at him, their father, Enji Todoroki. "Where's Shouto?!" He asked, a tint of demand in his voice and Fuyumi hesitates to answer.