Demons and Roses (Tododeku AU)

Chapter 4

{Deku's POV}
Todoroki darted away from the small crowd and into a nearby alleyway a few yards away from me. Less then a minute later he reappeared and sauntered back into the crowd, continuing on his usual route. Curious, I walked into the alley and found a sticky-note stuck to the wall. I recognized Todoroki's unmistakable handwriting in the dim light as I had seen it many times. The note said:

I know you're stalking me. If you want to talk meet me at the UA entrance.

-Todoroki Shoto

Dozens of questions flooded my mind. How did he know I was following him? Did he see me? I knew I should've stayed invisible! I mentally kicked myself for being so careless.

I take a few deep breaths as the stench of the dumpsters filled my nostrils. I grab the sticky-note, and slip it into my hoodie's pocket before I check for people. After seeing no one I materialize my wings and make myself invisible. I then take off and fly in the direction of UA high school.
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{Todoroki's POV}
I arrive at the entrance of UA to find no one, and I don't just mean my stalker. I mean that there's no one here. The streets are bare, no people in sight. All the students would've left by now and there would be barely any teachers left on campus.

So if this stalker turns out to be a villain and I have to fight, I'm all on my own. I push away those thoughts. I'm a hero in training. If they're dangerous I can take them.

About a minute passes before I see a short green haired boy walking on the sidewalk in my direction. He looks about my age. He has freckles on both cheeks and emerald green eyes that sparkle in the early evening Sun. 

He stops about three feet away from me and reaches into his pocket. I ready myself to fight but am relieved when he just pulls out a sticky-note. Wait.

"I believe this belongs to you," he says, gingerly holding it out to me.

I take it from him and look it over. This is definitely the one I stuck to the alley wall. That means this boy is my stalker. He doesn't look like a villain, but I can't be sure. I carefully examine his face but he shows no signs of hostility. He actually looks... nervous?

I realize I'm staring and go to break the uncomfortable silence.

"So you're my stalker?" I ask bluntly.

He gives me a silent nod in response.

"Why were you following me?"

He avoids my gaze and says something quietly under his breath.

"What was that?" I ask, slightly annoyed.

"I want to be your friend." He says, still avoiding eye contact.

I was surprised. No one's ever asked me to be friends before. Especially a stranger.

"I-I just didn't know how to approach you!" He stammers, "I wasn't trying to stalk you."

I sigh. So he isn't a villain, just an Endeavor fanboy who wants to get close to me. I should've expected this. Why else would he want to be my friend.

"I have no interest being friends with someone because of my father." I declare.

He looks up at me confused and says, "Endeavor? What's he got to do with this?"

"Because that's all people ever see me as. Endeavor's son." I state, mentally kicking myself for revealing that to a stranger. I turn around to leave.

"Well I don't know why you thought I like Endeavor. My favorite hero is All Might."

I stop before slowly turn back around. Suddenly, I'm revisiting one of the only happy memories I have of me and my mom. We were sitting on the couch, watching All Might on the TV. She told me to be a hero that stays true to himself. That I don't have to be caged by my father's tainted legacy. She gently rests her hand on my head and I feel safe.

I then snap back to the present. I sigh then reach into my pocket and pull out my phone. I extend my hand out to the boy who looks at me confused.

"If we're going to be friends we need to exchange numbers." I explain.

He hesitates before pulling out his phone and unlocking it before handing it to me. I add my number to his contacts and hand him my phone so he could add his to mine.

He hands me my phone and I hand him his. We say a quick goodbye to each other before parting ways. I looked at his contact that displayed his name. Izuku Midorya. I wasn't planning on contacting him. In all honesty I only said yes  to get him to stop following me.

I walk a few yards before checking behind me to see that he's disappeared, leaving me alone on the quiet street. But I still don't feel alone. The whole way back home I feel someone's prying eyes following me.
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{Deku's POV}
I flop down on the bed of my new apartment as I stare at my phone screen displaying Todoroki's contact. Contractor's are provided with an apartment for when they're in the Overworld. The apartments get nicer as you sign more contracts, but being the prince of Hell has it's perks.

My apartment is simple, but spacious. It consists of two bathrooms, a bedroom, kitchen, living room and a reasonably sized dining space. I had decorated my room with All Might posters that I bought with the allowance my father sends me. Despite being a hard-to-get position to obtain it doesn't pay very well.

I lay on my bed, contemplating whether to text Todoroki or not. I don't want to seem needy, but I also don't want to seem like I'm ignoring him. Even though asking to be friends was just an excuse since I can't tell Todoroki the real reason why I was following him.

After about five minutes of critical thinking I give up and take out my "Hero Analysis" notebook and a pencil from my nightstand drawer. Hell had horrible internet so I couldn't update my notebook for the past five years!

The notebook is still charred from when Kacchan used his quirk on it in elementary school. Just seeing it brings back good and bad memories. I wonder how Kacchan is doing. I haven't seen him since I left the Overworld five years ago. Does he even still remember me? I push away those thoughts and try to focus on my research.

I sit crisscross on my bed and start researching heros on my phone to update my notebook. About thirty minutes later I see a notification pop up at the top of my phone screen. When I read it I click it faster then Sonic the Hedgehog. Todoroki texted me.

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