Drowning. (Shoto Todoroki x OC)

This is All Part of Training, Right?

Mizuko was patiently waiting for Todoroki to show up at her house. She waiting outside while Sora was watching from the window. It was 7:29am and still no site of him. She kept looking at the time on her phone.

She folded her arms and was tapping her left foot. She had a strange feeling that Todoroki wouldn't show up.

Why did I think he would show up? God I can be so stupid sometimes

She was about to walk away until she heard a calm voice behind her.

"Shirakumo." She turned behind her and saw Todoroki.

She smiled big. "I thought you ditched me there for a second! Come on!" She grabbed onto his wrist and pulled him to the direction of the shop.

He was much stronger than her but he willingly let her whisk him away. His face showed shock as he didn't expect her to grab him. They raced through the bustling streets and slowed their pace once they arrived to the cafe across the street from school.

"You know you didn't have to drag me"

"Well I didn't want you changing your mind. I owe you, Todoroki"

He pushed open the door for her. The smell of the tea leaves and coffee filled the air. Mizuko was eyeing up the menu. She was still tired from "training" with her dad. Once she got dehydrated, it was tough for her to get back to a baseline. She needed some caffeine in her body

The cashier took their orders. Two hot green teas, easy enough of an order. Mizuko pulled out her money to be met with Todoroki pushing her hand down and offering his money instead.

"You know I asked you, right? Now let me pay!" She said annoyed looking up at Todoroki.

"You don't owe me anything." He replied.

The cashier in front of them giggled with her hand to her mouth as she placed the teas down in front of them. "Aw is this your first date. Let me him pay for it sweetie."

Todoroki and Mizuko's faces became red hot in unison. Mizuko then forcefully shoved Todoroki's money down and slapped her money on the counter.

"Nope not not a date! Not my boyfriend! Nope no!" Mizuko flapped her hands around like crazy while the cashier kept giggling. Mizuko kept flailing her hands. Todoroki smacked his head.

This girl is troublesome ..

They made their way to the table and sat across from each other. She took a sip of her tea and yawned right after.

"You looked quite tired yesterday. Are you still?" He asked.

"Yeah... I guess I got carried away with training" She trailed while turning her gaze in the other direction. She didn't want to be up all night.

Todoroki noticed the change. "You should really rest with training, especially since you don't care for being number one." He still didn't trust her for her reasoning for trying to befriend him.

"I wish. You know my dad wants me to be number one? That's why he pushes me and pushes me.. but his pushing is driving me further way from that. I've told him so many times I don't want to be what he wants me to be." She confessed to Todoroki while not speaking with whole truth.

Todoroki clenched his left fist under the table while his right was holding steady to his drink. He could feel the heat from his left hand burning up. His eyes were making a scowl. He was remembering the training his father did to him when he was little. He didn't want that to be happening to her. 

"How rough are these training sessions?" He asked with anger spewing from his voice

Mizuko panicked. She didn't want him to know about her dad.