Feeling Hot And Cold With A Hint Of Floating(Completed)

14| I love you Ochako

Shoto woke up an hour before his alarm, feeling a bit disconcerted despite the events that had occurred last night. He decided to take a walk through the building to clear his thoughts before he had to get ready for class.

Even though he'd had a decent night of sleep, he still woke with a twisting feeling in his stomach and it wouldn't let him fall back asleep.

His body probably knew he was nervous.

As he stared at his feet, he thought about all that he could say. How would she react? Would this ruin their friendship? Was this even a good idea?

Before he could run into the wall in front of him, he raised his head and stopped, startled, and saw that his feet had unconsciously lead him straight toward what occupied his thoughts

Ochako's dorm.

He stared blankly at the door with her name printed neatly on it, cursing inwardly at his body's honest response to his muddled feelings.

The door swung open. Before he could even react, Ochako appeared in the doorway, looking sleepy, with her gym bag in one hand and a water bottle in the other.

She noticed him and almost jumped back twenty feet in shock. "Shouto-kun?" She asked, a little bewildered that he was at her doorstep at 8am in the morning.

Todoroki was still staring, dumbfounded by the way this situation was playing out.

"I'm sorry," he said.

Ochako looked shocked and mildly confused. She took a step back into her room, gesturing inside with her hand. "Uh, why don't you come in first?" She suggested.

He stepped into her room and reached around to shut the door behind him.

She dropped her bag and water bottle onto her table, before turning around to face him, her body taking up a defensive stance.

Todoroki exhaled to calm his nerves. "I'm sorry," he repeated. "I didn't mean to hurt you."

There was a tense silence while Ochako scrutinized his face, seemingly still upset. And suddenly, like a switch, her stony expression melted into a gentle smile.

"It's okay," she replied airily, with a strangely fond look on her face. "I know you didn't mean it. I could never stay mad at you for long, anyway." She laughed, and Todoroki hadn't realized how much he missed this--this easy, comfortable friendship between them, until he'd been stupid enough to push it away.

Ochako punched his arm teasingly and tilted her head up at him with a brilliant smile (God, he'd missed that smile) and launched into a story about how her room was a mess and how she hadn't even put her dress away from last night and how could they still have class today? She was rambling, but Todoroki felt so much relief

things were finally back to normal.

But there was still a nagging feeling at the back of his mind.

Things were finally back to normal, but was this what he wanted? Was this fair to her?

As he watched her flit around her room, gesturing to the lumps of clothing and trinkets scattered on her floor as she talked animatedly, Todoroki realized that he not only wanted her friendship, he wanted much, much more.