𝙼𝚛s. 𝚂. 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚒. | Ｆｒｏｓｔｂｉｔｅ | Book 2

7 - Commit

After the phone call with you, Todoroki found himself simply staring at the ceiling in boredom.

Both Midoriya and Iida were still sleeping, so now he was waiting...

What could he do for another hour before you got here?

He opened his phone again, and...decided to head to the new DipDop app he downloaded with you on Sunday.

He figured, why not look at what made you so popular?

With everything that happened with stain, he was jittery and somber. Depressed, almost. What he went through was the most intense battle he'd seen up to that point. He...he needed a distraction before he revisited the scene in his mind. He knew where things would go if he didn't distract himself.

He searched up your pseudonym, Hanazmae–which, the more he thought about it, the more clever it was–and went to your profile.

He selected the first video he saw, one that was 'pinned' to the top.

The caption read "Concerning the ceremony, sorry not sorry" at the top, and "full video on MooTube" at the bottom. It looked like you were in your room. Your hair was tied in a messy bun at the base of your neck. You were wearing a loose tank top that he'd never seen you wear–nor anything like it.

And this is what you said.

"Hello all, it's Hanazmae here. There's a lot that has happened this past week, and I made a sixteen minute long video explaining it all, so go and check it out on MooTube if you would like, or don't, that's alright too. There will be no art this week, so I'm sorry, but I have to address what's been going on. I'm going to skip the details and never bring this up publicly on my channel again, but long story short, despite all the comments and hate I've gotten since the gala, I'm not sorry for being engaged to the son of Endeavor. I understand a lot of people don't like Endeavor for various reasons. Again, you can watch the video, but I'm not obligated to anyone to make anyone happy. I'm doing what's best for me and my family by marrying Todoroki-Kun, and if you can't handle that, no one is holding you hostage. You are free to have your opinions and express them, but holding me accountable for something I haven't done isn't exactly...effective?

"I would appreciate it if the death threats stopped coming, if nothing else. Thank you all, and I apologize for my shortness, but it's been a long day, and a long week. I hope you all can understand." You waved at the camera, with a sweet smile. "Art out next week, I promise!"

The video ended.

As the video restarted, he paused it, then sat back and contemplated what he just watched. This was a side of you he saw rarely, which was fine, and it was...refreshing to see that you had it.

As he scrolled, he realized you mostly did art tutorials and challenges, some fashion and outfit ideas and tutorials, a bit of sewing, one or two ice skating ones–that he did know about you–a little bit of makeup, which all was....confusing to say the least.

But your cinematography was excellent, as were the angles and lighting of nearly all your videos. You had such incredible charisma and charm when you were doing commentary, and your sense of humor was different than what he was used to.

He loved to see your personality and creativity flourish in this way. It encouraged him that you found such joy and contentment in doing this. He could never pull something like this off. It was definitely something someone with a very special talent could do.

And when you smiled on camera, or did a video with you and your makeup or something involving fashion where you modeled, you were the prettiest thing in the world to him.