Sunrise (Todoroki x Reader)

Chapter 14 - A Strange Sickness

Y/n sighed happily as she walked down the path to the Class 1A dorm after a long day of school and hero training. Jirou, whom y/n now considered a friend and who had immaculate taste in music, walked beside her and played some songs from her phone, each sharing an earbud. It was already Thursday of y/n's second week at U.A. 

Time had flown by so fast! 

Y/n's eyes went a little sad for a moment as she realised something. She hadn't actually thought about her parents or her past for several days now. This was the first time in her life... or rather, since the incident... where they hadn't passed through her mind for several days. 

She felt a painful pang in her chest. Y/n felt a sense of guilt for not thinking about them, like she was... dishonouring their memory or something. 

It's strange...

Then, she thought about how much her position in life had changed over the past two weeks and her expression softened.

She smiled thinking of what an amazing experience she was having at U.A so far. Between the classes, new friends and training hard to improve her quirk and abilities... y/n really felt like she was starting to live the dream. Of course, she was still just a hero student in training, but still... it made her heart feel full. 

Also... y/n and Todoroki had been hanging out more. They had their combat training sessions of course, but sometimes they would hang out a little in between class breaks. 

She'd even jogged with him for the past two mornings in a row, although he was much faster and y/n had to speed up her pace a lot, leaving her wheezing by the end of their run. They hadn't talked much on those runs, but y/n had still felt butterflies in her stomach when she'd glanced over at him a few times...

"Hey, y/n. What are you smiling so much about? asked a curious Jirou, who was suddenly facing her. Y/n jumped a little when Jirou paused the music suddenly. 

"aAh! Me? um...nothing i-in particular!" answered y/n as her face flushed pink. "I'm just, um, thinking about how glad I am to be here, t-that's all!" Jirou narrowed her eyes at y/n.

"Mmm-hmm. Sure." the purple-haired girl said with a little side smile. Y/n turned her face away and stared ahead. Suddenly, a notification noise came from y/n's phone. She quickly pulled it out of her pocket and opened the text she received;

Todoroki: Training tonight at the usual time?

Y/n grinned and replied with a "yes!". Suddenly she felt Jirou lean into her shoulder to read what was on her phone. Y/n tried to yank it away, but Jirou had already seen it. 

"You train with Todoroki?!!" Jirou gasped. Y/n looked away, her face going red. Jirou raised her eyebrows. 

"That's why you were smiling so much before." Jirou teased. Y/n looked at her sharply.

"No! I mean, yeah we do train together, but i-it's not like that!!" y/n rambled. "It's just combat training." Jirou stifled a laugh.

"Oh, believe me y/n, I'm sure." the purple-haired girl said sarcasm. 

Jirou quickly scrolled through her own phone, realising they both still had their earbuds on, and turned the volume to maximum. She pressed play on a song with a mischievous smile. "Careless Whisper" starting BLASTING in y/n's ear. She ripped the earbud out, infuriated.

"JIROU!! What the hell!?! Stooooop! I said, it's not like that!" y/n complained to Jirou, who threw her head back in laughter.

"You're blushing, y/n~~~" Jirou teased. Y/n covered her pink cheeks with frustration. Then, out of the corner of her eye, y/n spotted Denki and Sero walking ahead of them to the dorms. She turned back to Jirou with a mischievous look in her eye. A dangerous grin appeared on her face.