Drowning. (Shoto Todoroki x OC)

Deception

It was time to be back at UA. Mizuko was happy to see her friends again but more importantly, she was most excited to see her boyfriend Shoto. They haven't seen each other since their declaration to each other because Shoto wanted to visit his mother at the hospital for the first time in forever. It made Mizuko happy to see Shoto was on a path of healing and she knew seeing his mom again was the first step.

Mizuko was also happy that her dad was very distant and short with her lately. He didn't even hound her about training after the festival, which wasn't like him at all. Mizuko was happy with the distance for now especially since she didn't want to talk about his strange behavior at the festival.

"Mizuko, are you ready? You're spacing out again." Shoto broke Mizuko's daydream.

Shoto had picked up Mizuko from her house to walk to school together. They walked close side by side together and happy as could be now that their feelings were finally revealed. She grabbed onto his arm and looked up to him while walking.

"How'd everything go with your mom?"

"It went well I suppose. It was just odd seeing her after all those years. She was sad and said she was sorry for everything... but I forgive her." Shoto spoke lowly.

"Well I'm glad you two are working things out. I'm sure she's been thinking of you this whole time Shoto. You're her son. She loves you." She smiled sweetly.

"You are right.. I am her son. I plan on visiting her more. I also want you to meet her eventually, Mizuko. I told her about you and she said she would love to."

Mizuko widened her eyes while frantically pulling a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Well I would love to whenever you feel it's ready. I just don't want to interfere on your progress with your mom. And I hope you only told her good things!" She winked.

Shoto had a faint smile. "Of course. I told her how happy my girlfriend makes me and how beautiful you are."

Mizuko blushed. It was the first time she heard him call her beautiful. She always thought of herself as pretty. Not in a cocky way but she was confident in herself. But to hear him call her beautiful? That was too good to be true.

Mizuko and Shoto finally got to school. They found their desks and sat down next to each other like always while waiting for class to begin. They decided they would tell people about their relationship if they asked but not bring it up if not asked.

"Shirakumo. You looked like you healed nicely," Tsu turned around and spoke.

"I was worried about you! Why did you have to be brutal Bakugo?" Mina whined.

"Yeah man, that wasn't a very manly thing to do." Kirishima added.

Mizuko looked out of the corner of her eye. She saw Bakugo foaming at the mouth in anger and his red eyes were twitching.  "I won that match fair and square. Not my fault that Seaweed couldn't beat me!" He growled.

Mizuko put her hand to her forehead and was shaking her head at him. He was always angry but she felt that was just a facade he put up.

Class settled down once Mr. Aizawa entered the room. Everyone was thrilled to see his bandages were off but he stated that Recovery Girl went overboard. He was also debuting his new scar under his right eye courtesy of the Nomu from USJ.

"I'm here to talk about your offers from the Sports Festival. Usually you don't have to worry about this until your second or third year but you really impressed the pros. This a great chance to help be recruited after graduation but if they lose interest in you, they can rescind their offers. Don't worry though, even if you didn't receive an offer, you will all do internships." Aizawa lectured.