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Todoroki wasn’t a very angry person. Let that be because his father took it from him to fuel himself or he just didn’t want to end up like him. In their third year of the hero course and the war with the league was over.
A lot of things have changed.
For one... he suddenly knew what feelings were and he had some for a certain blonde. And no not the angry one. Izuku had already claimed him on the battlefield. Everyone knew that Izuku was Katsuki’s and Katsuki was Izuku’s and to never fuck with that as Katsuki would say.
So... he had feelings for Denki. He had to admit it was odd at first and he almost didn’t believe—he barely believes it but Izuku pretty much set him straight.
“It’s called a crush, Shoto.”
“I don’t like this... crush. It does odd things to my heart.” He muttered, looking away to one of the many All Might posters.
Katsuki snorted, “Icyhot, get the fuck over it.” He interjected. “Seriously. You never fucking know when your heart might stop—or worse. Have some asshole villain blow a hole through it!”
Todoroki hummed lightly. Katsuki had grown up a lot since that day... the day he laid on the ground. Dead. No heartbeat. Body growing cold.
“He’s right, Shoto. If you have feelings for someone, it’s best to tell them.” Izuku said, patting his shoulder. “At this point, we live like it could be our last day and not a minute goes by that I don’t let Kachan know I love him.”
“Ain’t that the fucking truth.”
Izuku flipped off his boyfriend, smiling. “Anyways! Ask him to the dance! It will be a good start!”
Todoroki nodded in thanks and left the room. Walking down the hallway, he couldn’t get Denki out of his mind. Izuku was right. He would tell Denki how he felt. He would... express his feelings for him and hope.
There was one big problem. One that made his chest hurt.
“K-Kaminari?” Some girl stood in front of the blonde who was smiling down at her.
“What’s up?” Denki asked.
The dark haired girl was staring at her shoes. Her cheeks were bright red. “W-would you p-please be my date to the d-dance?!”
Todoroki felt his heart clench, breath hitching. No. No. That’s what he was supposed to be asking not her. Not some random girl he didn’t know.
“Look, you seem pretty cool—” Denki started but he didn’t what for the chance to listen. Instead, he quickly walked into the kitchen to find Sato making cupcakes for the dance tomorrow.
“Todoroki, you okay?”
Was it on his face? “Yes. I’m alright.” The bi color hair boy sat down on the bench at the bar and took a cupcake from the cooling rack. “Denki was asked to the dance by a second year.”
Sato looked up from the blue swirl of frosting he was piping. “Again? That’s like the seventh girl to ask him.”
Seven. Seven girls have already asked him? Something different flared in his chest and he could feel his left half warming up rapidly. “Seven.” He gritted out.
The other boy watched him carefully, “Todo? What’s wrong? You’re steaming.”
“Nothing is wrong.”
“You know I don’t believe you.” Sato said.
The expression ‘are your ears burning’ came to mind when Denki happily walked into the kitchen. “Hey besties! What’s happenin’?” He grinned, flopping down on the stool next to him.
Todoroki didn’t answer. He didn’t have to. He didn’t want to.
“I’m just... making cupcakes.” Sato gave one last glance to him before going back to piping. Denki raised an eyebrow completely confused be the tension in the room.
“Okaaaay...” He shrugged it off and turned to Todoroki. “Todo! Wanna help me study later? We have that math te—”
“No.” He answered blandly.
The blonde slowly dropped the smile from his lips and frowned, “What? You always study with me! It’s our thing! You help me study and I help you play video games!”
“I said no.” Todoroki rolled his right shoulder to chip the ice that was forming. “Maybe ask one of the girls to help you study.”
Denki’s jaw dropped, eyes going wide. “What?!”
“Go ask one of the girls that ask—”
“Are you really jealous?! Seriously?!”
Todoroki glared down at the counter, “I’m not jealous” He wasn’t jealous... right?
The blonde stood from the stool, facing him with his arms crossed over his chest. “I’m sorry I can get more girls than you, Todoroki! Doesn’t mean you need to be an asshole about it!”
Ah... he had it all wrong.
Todoroki wasn’t jealous because he couldn’t get girls. He could if he wanted to. Todoroki was jealous that they were asking out his crush.
“I will be going now.” Todoroki stood quickly and almost ran from the room. He wouldn’t make Sato pick sides since the three of them were very close. That would be unfair. So, he went back up to Izuku’s room and opened the door.
“Fuck!” The blonde shouted and quickly pulled the blankets over their very naked bodies. “Damn you, Icyhot!”
Izuku took one look at him and pushed at his boyfriend’s chest. The blonde rolled off of him and propped himself against the wall. “Shoto... you okay?”
Todoroki did something he doesn’t do every often. He shook his head and let the tears that had pooled in his eyes spill over. “H-he’s upset with me.”
The greenette frowned a little and patted the edge of the bed. This wasn’t the first time he’s walked in on the couple having... sex and it wasn’t the first time he got comfort from one of his closest friends. Todoroki closed the door, flipping the lock and walked over to the bed. “Why is he upset? Did you ask him to the dance?”
“I was... going to b-but a girl was asking him in the common room. I didn’t want to listen.” He laid his head on Izuku chest and Katsuki grumbled something under his breath. “Sato tried to ask me what was wrong but I didn’t say much.” Izuku ran his scarred fingers through his hair, pushing the red and white locks from his eyes.
“What happened with Denki?” Izuku asked.
Todoroki felt something bubbling up in his chest, “H-he said I was jealous. Jealous that he gets more girls—” The blonde barked out a laugh.
“Holy shit, seriously?! Damn, if we’re going to talk about who gets the most girls, it’s Izuku here.” The shorter boy smacked the blonde’s chest only making him laugh some more.
Izuku huffed, “Ignore my dumb boyfriend. So, you went to ask him, saw him being asked by some girl then went to the kitchen where he accused you of being jealous because he gets more girls than you. Am I getting that all?” He nodded, closing his eyes. Izuku’s blunt nails scratched softly along his scalp. It was comforting.
Izuku became a brother to him over the years and so did Katsuki but more of that cousin no one really cares to see sort of thing.
“Kachan, deal with your idiot friend before I do.”
Katsuki rolled his eyes, “You really think I can do something?! That fucking idiot doesn’t even see that Icyhot likes him! Which blows my damn mind since only four people in this damn place can make him smile. You, Sparky, Muffin Man and me.”
The greenette hummed softly, “Hmm... why don’t you just come to the dance with us? We can dance! Have fun! It will be great!”
Todoroki nodded a little. That would be better than going alone.
“You... that was harsh, Denks.”
The blonde’s head snapped over to Sato. “Bro! He was freaking jealous!” He protested. Why was he jealous in the first place?!
Sato frowned, placing the back of icing down. “Denks, he’s not jealous because he can’t get girls. That’s stupid.”
“Then why is he jealous?!”
Sato shook his head like he was thinking about something. “It’s not my place but I can’t stand to see two of my best friends fighting over something because one of them overlooking what’s in front of him.”
The blonde stared at the taller boy with a frown on his lips. “What... what are you talking about?”
“I thought that no one could be more blind than the wonder duo. It took Bakugo dying for Izuku to come to his senses and Bakugo his own. Two years of pining.” His gaze met his. “And it’s happening against with you two.”
What the hell?
Sato smiled softly, “Tell me why you rejected all those girls?”
His heart flipped over four times like he was just shocked back to life. “I-I... Well—”
“Tell me it had nothing to do with Todo.”
Denki felt a zap through his body. “I don’t know that the hell your talking about.” He lied.
“Oh, so you don’t have feelings for Todoroki? You just turned down eight girls that asked you to the dance for no reason?”
“UGH! Fine! Yes! I like him!” He whined, “He’s so out of my league! He’s smart! He has a super awesome quirk and he’s one of the big three! How the hell—”
Sato chuckled, “You're selling yourself short. Todoroki doesn’t care about that stuff. He just wants to be loved. You know his past. His dad was a dick. His brother a big bad villain and his mother... you know. He doesn’t give a crap. He wouldn’t give a crap if you were quirkless. Midoriya was quirkless before the whole All Might’s quirk thing. Todoroki didn’t care because he only cares what’s inside that person.”
Denki now felt like the biggest dick in the world.
Todoroki liked him and he was too blinded by stupid things to see it.
“So... what do I do?”
“You go ask him to the dance.”
The blonde slowly nodded, biting down on his lip. It’s a simple question. All he had to do— “FUCKING PIKACHU!”
Oh shit.
“Sato! Hide me!” Denki shouted to his friend but it was too late. The angry blonde stomped into the kitchen with his hand held up, fingers curled ready to set off an explosion. “Bakugo!”
“You! It’s all your fault!” Katsuki walked up to him and grabbed the front of his shirt. Crimson eyes glared down at him. “What the fuck is wrong with you?!”
Denki gulped loudly, “I-I don’t kno—”
“All I want is to get my dick wet. To fuck my boyfriend in the ass until he can’t come anymore but you know what?!” Katsuki snarled.
“...what...?”
“I fucking can’t because Icyhot is in my room crying because of your bitch ass! Zuku is too kind hearted to turn away anyone that comes to him for help and you know what the fucking means?!”
“N-no...”
Katsuki pulled him in close with a harsh jerk, “I’m getting fucking cock blocked thanks to your stupid ass! Izuku sent me down here to deal with you! So, pull your head out of your ass and do fucking something! I just want to be with my boyfriend!”
Sato laughed, “I just told him the same thing but... well nicer.”
“He’s with Izuku. Fucking hurry up before I die of blue balls, asshat.” Katsuki gave the still shocked boy a shove to the common room.
Denki took a deep breath. It’s Todoroki. It will be fine. He slowly made his way to Izuku’s room. The closer he got, the slower his steps. What if he just fried his brain? Then he could go be stupi—
“Shoto, stop it.”
“He... doesn’t like me that way.”
He raised his hand and knocked on the dark wood. There was no way he could stand to listen to his crush’s heartbroken voice.
“Come in!” Izuku called through the door. Denki twisted the knob and poked his head in. “Denki!” The greenette smiled, “We were just talking about you.”
Todoroki glanced at him before turning away to lay his head back on Izuku bare chest. That would have instantly pissed him off if it was anyone but Izuku.
“Uh... yeah. Sorry, Mido about uh...” He cleared his throat, looking away. “I-I’m sorry Todo... I didn’t think you’d ever like me that way.”
Izuku coaxed the taller boy to sit up and whispered something to him but Todoroki quickly shook his head. “Um... so I’m going to put in some headphones and let you both talk.” He gave him an apologetic look as he grabbed his phone and the headphones.
Denki waited until Izuku was leaning back on the headboard, eyes closed and music playing loudly in his ears. “Todo...” It was a little weird that Izuku was in the room with them. The blonde looked down at little and Todoroki’s right hand caught his eye. Fingers were gripping Izuku’s leg under the blanket, ice forming underneath his grip.
Todoroki was nervous.
Denki looked back up to see the two toned eyes staring down at his lap. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have assumed you were jealous that I was getting more girls. Will you tell me... why you acted that way?”
Todoroki’s face didn’t change. More ice formed on Izuku’s leg, that was the only sign of emotions from him. “I was jealous... jealous that you would take one of them to the dance.
“I wanted that. I want to be your date.”
He didn’t miss the change in his words that went from ‘wanted’ to want. So, he took that has the perfect time to ask. “Will you go to the dance with me?”
A pause made him anxious but Todoroki finally nodded his head. “I would like that.” A small smile tugged on his lips.
“Sweet!” He grinned, “Uh. You might want to unfreeze Mido’s leg. Bakugo’s already pissed off enough.”
Todoroki nodded and took his left hand to defrost his leg. “Oh. I see.” Dang, sometimes his bluntness was cute as shit. Todoroki took the headphones out of Izuku’s ear. “I’m sorry, Izuku.”
“Nope! No worries! Now is everything settled?” He smiled when they both nodded. “Great! That’s amazing and I can’t wait for the dance tomorrow but could you both go? Not trying to be rude but Kachan and I were in the middle of something.”
Denki laughed, scratching the top of his head, “Yeah, bro. I heard all about it from the angry dog. Sorry for that.”
“Don’t worry about it!” Izuku’s smile got even brighter. “I’m always here to talk... just after I take care of my boyfriend.”
Todoroki stood and walked over to him, taking his warm hand in his. “Thank you, Izuku.” He was pulled from the room to find the angry dog outside the door. “Bakugo, Izuku is ready to resume.”
“SHO!” Izuku squeaked.
Katsuki opened his mouth then clamped it shut as he stormed back in the room. The door slammed shut and he heard the lock flip.
Denki laughed loudly. “Damn, Todo. You have a way with words.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll explain it.”
The dance was awesome and it was even better with Todoroki by his side, hand in hand. A lot of the girls gasped and some pouted when they saw them but Denki just moved closer to his boyfriend’s side.
The Bakusquad including Izuku, hooted and cheered even Katsuki sent him a smirk. Sato grinned coming up to the couple.
“I’m proud of both of you. You two are an amazing couple.” Sato pulled them both into a warm hug. “Remember Todoroki to talk things out and I’m here to help along with a few others.”
Denki grinned, “Thanks, man. Thanks for pulling my head out of my ass.”
“That’s impossible. Your head can’t reach your ass.” His boyfriend said blandly.
Someone get this boy an expressions book.
“Babe, it’s an expression.”
Todoroki looked down at him. “Oh. You will have to explain it to me later.” Oh, jesus. Todoroki should be lucky to have him.
“Aren’t you two just the cutest!” Izuku giggled. “I’m so happy for you two!”
Katsuki kissed his boyfriend’s cheek. “You are too happy. What about me? Hah?! My ass got in a tux for you and all you have been doing is gushing about Pikachu and Icyhot.”
Izuku laughed, smacking his boyfriend’s chest. “Stop it. My eyes are only for you.” Expect those emerald eyes landed on him and they darkened just slightly. “Denki, you hurt my Shoto and I will personally United States smash your ass to pieces. Remember that.” He clicked his tongue then the smile was back on his lips. “Let’s dance, Kachan!”
“Damn baby! He almost pissed his pants!” Katsuki laughed as he was pulled away. Denki finally let out the breath he didn’t realize he was holding.
“H-holy shit that was scary.”
Todoroki tilted his head, completely unfazed by the conversation that happened before him. “Izuku? That wasn’t scary.”
“What?!” He was literally trembling.
“You must not have seen Izuku fight Shigaraki. Just don’t hurt Bakugo and you’ll live.”
Denki blenched, “He just threatened me to kill me if I hurt you!”
“True but I’ll protect you even if I’m made or upset with you. Izuku is just being that overprotective brother.” The warm hand that was holding his pulled him to the dance floor and Todoroki pulled him in close until their chests were touching before placing the cool hand on his hip. “What you really should be worried about is my father.”
Denki looked up at him, amber eyes as wide as they could go. “Oh, fuck no. Shoto I love you and all but I ain’t meeting him. Nope. No way in—”
“You love me?”
Damn it! He said it out loud! No sense in denying it now. “Y-yeah... of course I love you. You have helped me so much and you’re my best friend along with Sato.”
Todoroki tilted his head, “Well... I love you too.” He said before pressing a kiss to his lips. “Thank you for asking me to the dance.”
“Thank you for saying yes.” He gave his boyfriend a loving smile.