The Girl Behind The Mask

The Plan

Todoroki awoke to his alarm clock telling him to get ready for school. He looked over at the bed and panicked. (y/n) was gone. He checked the kitchen and all over the house. She wasn't there. Finally he check the bathroom and exhaled in relief. She was there. Then he looked at what she was doing. He had walked in on her as she had finished changing her bandage around her chest. Then it struck him. Her back was covered in scars as well. You have to wait, he told himself, she'll tell you everything on the holidays, you only have to wait one week.

"Come on. You know how much I suck at cooking. We'll both starve if you don't come." He Said jokingly. She pretended that she was fine, put on a long sleeved shirt and followed him out to the kitchen.

"What's for breakfast?"

She smile maniacally.

"The most unhealthy breakfast that I know how to cook. Triple choc pancakes."

The school bell rang to finish another day. There was only one day left until the holidays, one day left until he would understand. He and (y/n) had arranged that she could stay at his house (officially this time) and they would be aloud on campus if they needed to get something. He was on his way to his dorm went he was ambushed by all of the girls in his class. They literally put a sack over his head and dragged him into Momo's room, the one next to his.

They tied him to a chair and removed the sack.

"What's going on between you and (y/n)?" Uraraka demanded, the obvious ringleader.

"Me and (y/n)? She's my friend." He said in confusion.

"Don't lie to us, it's obvious. You like her." replied Momo.

"I..... You don't....she's just a friend..."

"Can you make it anymore obvious for the rest of us? You eat together. You've gone shopping together. She cooked you food. You both blush whenever you touch the other. You notice whenever she is hurt. You are the only person she has opened up towards. You invited her to stay at your house for the holidays. You were the first boy to notice her scars. She is extremely protective of you and you are of her. SHE HUGGED YOU FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!! You may both be oblivious to it, which proves that you are made for each other, but if you two were any closer, you'd be like Bakugo and Deku, kissing when they think no one is watching, holding hands and all the other romantic things."

Todoroki had no reply for that. All his energy was being use to prevent him from blushing. He thought he was successful until he noticed the girls expressions. Like they knew they had already won. He was blushing.

"Face it, you fell for her like you fell for Deku. Deku has Bakugo. Our job is to make sure you have (y/n)." Said Uraraka

"Since when was it your job to worry about relationships? And what do you mean the first boy to notice her scars?" He asked.

"We girls knew about her scars from the moment we laid eyes on her. We're very go at that sort of thing. And to answer your other question, it has always been our job, wherever we go." She replied. "Now you will have to go. Tomorrow is the school dance and you haven't asked (y/n) to go with you yet."

"How did you know I was going to ask her?"

"Please. It's our job to know."

With that he was shoved from the room.

"One more thing." Uraraka said darkly. "You break her heart, we break your neck. She already been broken too many times. If you break her, it will push her over the edge. If you push her over the edge, she will never come back. And we will shove you off after her. There will be nowhere safe from us. And we will never forgive you. Do you understand? Good."

Uraraka gave a hand signal and all of the girls dispersed back to their dorms. He stumbled back inside he dorm to figure out everything. Now that they had spelled it out for him he realised the truth in their words. He realised just how oblivious he had been to his feelings. He realised that he loved her. Right then and there he wrote up his plan. Take her to the dance, gain her trust, become more than just a friend, then tell her how he felt. Unless she felt the same way and told him before he got the chance to. Then he would tell her. Slow down Todo, he chided himself, you haven't even asked her to the dance yet. Plan forever later. He got up and walked over to his computer. He opened google and typed in 'U.A school dance'. This was the first school dance Todoroki had ever gone to, so he had to know the basics. U.A's school dances were infamous for their rules. Rules that they put online. You had to be on your best behaviour while at the dance, only certain dances were aloud, the dress code was so over the top fancy that it felt like a ball room fit for royalty. For boys, suits, tuxedos and dress uniforms were all you were aloud to wear. For girls, ball gowns and ballroom dresses. As Todoroki knew, the girls practiced together in secret to be good enough at dancing in heels and slippers for this dance. Most had their dresses tailor made for this specific event. He had seen the girls practicing this year. The reason he had found the secret place where they practiced was because they brought (y/n) there and he followed them. It was in the forest close to school and they showed her so much. He knew that no one had asked her yet because the girls had a chart of which boy was going with which girl. He had seen girls crying because nobody had asked them yet. When he saw that he did the obvious. He found a boy that hadn't asked anyone yet and showed them the crying girl. He usual aimed for the boys who had crushes one them, to make sure that they would go together. He secretly enjoyed helping these girls. But he had never gone to any school dances himself. He only helped. But now he had someone to ask. Tomorrow, all classes were canceled so that the students could get ready for the dance. The ones who were ready helped set up the school. In the dances, everywhere was open. Classes were turned into food rooms, out side was set up so beautifully that media often tried to film them as they set up the event. Tried and failed. Some dance performances had been organised by the school were students were asked to preform in front of everyone, to tell a story through dance. He knew that they had asked (y/n) to preform but he didn't know if she had accepted. This years theme was a masquerade ball so everyone would be wearing masks which made the night thrilling and mysterious. If you didn't know who you were dancing with, it added to the atmosphere of the night. Enough thinking for tonight, I have to ask her tomorrow and will need to sleep for the dance he told himself. Sleep first.