fate , todoroki

matter

y/n woke up the next morning with a throbbing headache. it happened at every start of the month, since that was when they held the drinking parties anyway. she got ready and met denki outside so they could walk to school together.

"y/n, do you remember what happened last night?" he asked, ducking his head to look at her. she paused, then turned to face him at incredibly fast speed, her eyes widening. she gestured between the two of them. "we... did it?"

he facepalmed. "y/n, no."

"phew." she patted herself, smiling. "then there could be nothing worse! right?" she snapped her fingers.

he gives her a lopsided smile. "i don't know if this is what you'll consider worse, but..."

he filled her in and she listened intently. when he finished, her smile dropped—along with her body. she literally sank to the ground.

"y/n?" he knelt down in front of her.

"nooooo..." she muttered. her head shot up, looking at him with false tears brimming in her eyes. "denki! that's the most embarrassing thing i've ever done in my whole college life!" she cried, shaking him by his shoulders.

"aAaaAaaaAah," was the sound leaving denki's mouth as she shook him lifeless. she giggled at him, despite her inner turmoil, and let him go. "what are you going to do?" he asked, pulling her to stand up.

she sweat dropped. "i don't know, that's what i'm trying to figure out," she said anxiously. "i thought i left all my embarrassing moments back in high school! but they had to come and find me again... in my last year of college, too..."

"at least you got it in your last year, i got mine in the first! and everything that followed was embarrassing!" he complained, running a hand through his hair.

"oh, yeah," she laughed, "i remember—"

he slammed a hand over her mouth, making her voice muffled. "mmmph! mmmm mmph mmmph!" she struggled with his grip, trying to remove his hand.

for some reason, he understood her muffled noises. "nope, i am not letting you go unless you promise not to talk about it," he sang.

she glared at him. "mm mmm mmmphmm mmmph mmmph mmm mmph!"

"yeah, i keep doing that cause i know you keep your promises!" he grinned. he held out his pinky, and she unwillingly linked hers with his. then, she slapped his hand away. "you're making use of me," she said.

"i'm not!" he denied cheerfully. "wait—y/n? where did you go—"

"ssshhh!" she shushed him from behind. he turned his head back a little to see y/n clinging onto his sweater, using him as a shield like she was prey hiding from a predator. trailing her gaze, he met eyes with todoroki, who gave him a small wave.

he waved back. "so that's your plan? avoiding him?" he whispered to her as todoroki walked in his direction. "he's coming here, you know."

"he is?!" she whisper-yelled. "walk away!"

"i can't just walk away from someone who's coming towards me very obviously!"

"who're you talking to?" todoroki questioned in his usual stone-faced manner. "l/n, is that you?"

she tried to hide her face further in denki's sweater. "denki, run!"

"what's wrong?" todoroki asked the h/c haired girl. "are you okay?"

he's definitely angry, she thought to herself, cowering back, plus, i embarrassed myself! i want to go home...!

"she doesn't want to face you because of what happened last night," denki informed him. "perhaps you could—"

"oh, last night." todoroki snapped his fingers, leaning forward. "um, l/n, about my shoes—"

"look, i'm not gonna stand in between you guys anymore," denki said, slipping out of y/n's grip. "sort this out, y/n!" he gave her an encouraging pat on the back and made his way to his classes.

y/n stared at the ground. "u-um," she began, looking up to meet todoroki's eyes once, "i'm gonna go first! i have to do the english homework...!" she hurriedly rushed off, footsteps fading into the distance.

todoroki blinked, slightly frowning as he watched the girl scurry away. "but we didn't have english homework..."