Art || Todomomo

Chapter 2

Business management huh? Well, that's nothing to complain about. I mean it is necessary if I'am to carry on dad's business, plus college life is a new experience. I can cook my own food, do the laundry by myself, I'm actually pretty excited. There'll be plenty of stuff to wri- Don't get ahead of yourself Momo. Concentrate on your studies and excel at it, make mum and dad proud. They've already gone through so much because of me, I cannot let them down. This is my only chance to do something right for once.

She looked at her new dorm room. Her stuff were in neatly labeled boxes, it was time to start unpacking and setting up her room.
She missed her parents dearly, smiling at the memory of them hugging her tightly and constantly giving her calls until she reached the gates of her new college.

~Time skip~

Her room actually looked...................................cramped? It was elegant but it just had an excess amount of completely necessary (according to Momo) furniture.

"Books; in order, clothes; folded, extra items; organized, Momo; hungry." She mumbled to herself as she grabbed her coat from the completely necessary hat stand.

Just as she stepped out of her common room she bumped into a short, purple haired girl,
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Momo exclaimed,
"It's fine," The girl mumbled as she picked up some of the boxes and made her way inside the room.

Should I help her? Will she find it annoying? It's fine, I'll just ask her.

"Do you need any help?" Momo asked,
"It's alright, I'm almost done," The girl replied, "By the way, I'm Kyouka Jirou and well, as you can see, I'll be your roommate." Jirou said as she set her boxes down.
"Is your room the one on the right or the left?" She asked,
"It's the one on the left," Momo replied "and it's nice to meet you Kyouka, I'm Momo Yaoyorozu, I hope we can get along well." Momo smiled pleasantly and then waved at Kyouka as she made her way out of the building and towards the coffee shop she had spotted earlier.

The air was quite chilly as Momo briskly walked up to the coffee shop, desperate to get something to drink.

Peaches? A different name for a coffee shop but I like it.

She immediately made her way to the counter.
"One vanilla latte ple..."
"One vanilla lat..."
She turned her head to the direction of the voice, it was him. The same guy she met at the party,

Shouto Todoroki right?

"Coming right up!" The barista smiled, "Two vanilla lattes, that will be ¥930." Before Momo could say or do anything Shouto had already payed for their drinks.
"Please wait on the other side of the counter to collect your drinks."

"Here let me pay you back, sorry for earlier." Momo said taking out her wallet as the two of them waited for their drinks.
It was quickly placed in his hand before he could react.
"Thank you." He muttered.

"So I take it that you like vanilla latte as well." Momo asked him gently.
He nodded in response.
"Do you go to UA too?" She asked.
Once again another nod.
"Well, I guess I'll be seeing you quite often then, assuming your in the business management course?" She inquired.
He just nodded again, surprised that she wasn't bored of him yet, he'd be lying if he said he didn't enjoy this little conversation.
"I'm sorry for bothering you, I was just curious." She suddenly said, looking away in embarrassment.

He was startled. No one ever said that to him, they'd either get tired of him or just assume he was too 'posh' and leave when in reality he actually didn't know how to respond or he didn't like the type of questions fired at him.

"Don't stop." He said abruptly.

Great, just great, you weirded her out Shouto.

But to his surprise she smiled,
"Sure-oh wait! Did you paint that?" She said abruptly, pointing at a piece of paper that stuck out of his coat pocket.

Well I guess I'm not the only one who can be abrupt.

She quickly covered her mouth,
"Please forgive me for being so sudden, my curiosity got the better of me, it's just that painting, it looks beautiful and..." He cut her off half way and handed her the paper.

What on earth am I doing? Why am I even showing her this? I don't show anyone my drawings, what makes her any different.

She examined the painting with fascination,
"It's lovely." She whispered.
"The colour palette is gorgeous, it's almost as if it complements the concept of your picture," She said, still keeping her eyes on the paper.
"What do you think the concept is?" Shouto asked, wondering if she could actually voice out it's meaning.

Wait, why am I even asking her!

"I mean the concept my vary depending on the intention you personally may have had when painting this but what I see is someone in pursuit of something. Something that truly makes them content but they can't reach for it because, well, because there's something else holding them back, something..."

"Important."
They say the last word together.

The deep onyx eyes staring intently into the blue and grey ones, the two unsure of the light sensation bubbling up inside them and th-

"Here are your two vanilla lattes, sorry for the delay, it's the rush hour."

"Ah yes! Tha-Thank y- thank you!" Momo stuttered.
The both of them awkwardly turned their heads away.

"It was nice talking to you Todoroki," Momo said, "And your painting is just amazing." She handed it over to him.
"Keep it." He says as he takes his beverage,
"It was nice meeting you too Yaoyorozu." He mumbled before quickly exiting the shop.

Momo laughed softly to herself.

That was.........kinda........ cute? Stop it Momo, now's not the time to think about these stuff.

She smiled, taking her latte as she made her way back to UA, trying to calm her beating heart.

Why is my heart beating so fast?

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This is cringey too. Just letting you know.
And in case you were wondering how the dorm is set up, it has a small common room at the entrance and then two separate mini rooms. The one on the left being Momo's and the right one is Jirou's.
Please feel free to leave constructive criticism.
K, byeeeeee.