𝙼𝚛s. 𝚂. 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚒. | Ｆｒｏｓｔｂｉｔｅ | Book 2

10 - Smile

Monday wandered around and another video of yours was posted, and you were back to school.

But you had more than your assignments on your mind, more than your father, more than your internship, and much more than the fact that you would be seeing Todoroki for the first time in over a week, after that day in the hospital.

It was starting to look like Lee, your driver, would temporarily (or permanently) leave his job as your butler and chauffeur because his wife developed cancer. How she got it, in this day and age, with the level of technology and healthcare that this era had, you didn't know. But she did. And she wasn't doing well.

That meant that you were going to be the main driver of your family for the next however long it took to either get another driver or get Lee's wife back to full health. Father was often busy and Mother hadn't renewed her license in years. You were the only option left.

Your only issue with the whole ordeal was that the children would have to wake up much earlier than they were used to for you all to get to school on time.

You sighed as you made your way to lunch, trying not to dwell on the past week's stress–let alone the week to come. It was only Monday, you reminded yourself.

You caught sight of Todoroki. He stood with two of his friends. He turned around and saw you walking towards him and you smiled. He wedged his way between them to walk to you.

"Come, sit with us," he offered politely, walking with you.

You blinked. "With whom?"

"Me, Iida, and Midoriya," he said calmly.

You seemed a tad startled by that. "Oh. Alright," you agreed. He didn't really spend a lot of time with people at lunch, other than you. You thought this was odd–but good.

You walked alongside him in silence, the chatter of the students around you prattling in the back of your mind as you tried to take a deep breath and focus on the rest of the day.

"How was your week?" He asked you as you got in line for food.

"Hm?" He broke you out of your train of thought. "Oh. It was fine," you said with a placating smile. "Really. I'm so excited for the internship to continue. I think my new schedule will be coming in this week."

"Hm." He nodded contemplatively. "Interesting. I'm happy for you."

You beamed. "Thank you."

He showed a small smile on his face as well.

"How was your internship?" You asked next. "You know...Aside from..." You didn't want to bring up old memories–bad memories–from the Stain incident.

"I'm thankful for the break," he said, skipping over your comment. "A week nonstop with my father was..." He took a deep sigh. You looked up at him sympathetically. Had he gotten taller since you'd last seen him?

"Was it bad?" You asked, your voice quiet enough for only him to hear your question.

He rolled his eyes. "It was fine."

You pursed your lips. You hoped he was telling the truth and not sparing details just to spare you.

You set your hand on his arm. You didn't say anything else.

He glanced down at you, and you smiled softly, knowingly.

He gave a small smile in return as you moved up in your line. His hand moved to yours. It was cool, and yours was warm. You almost flinched away before relaxing in his firm grip.

You mentally scoffed at your nervous reaction. You're really moving up in life, aren't you, Hanae?

You watched as Todoroki ordered his food and followed Iida-San and Midoriya-San to the table. You noticed another girl with short brown hair–Uraraka-San was her name, you remembered–join the group, chattering this way and that with Midoriya.