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happiness {pt 3} | todoroki

pairing: todoroki shouto x reader

warnings: cursing, soulmate!au

word count: 5,792

a/n: here is the final part to the happiness series!!!! does reader forgive shouto??? does shouto marry momo??? who knows!!!

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amelioration: (n) the act of making something better; improving

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For the first time since that night seven months ago you feel truly and completely happy.

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Two Months Later

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It took time, but you believed after months of being upset, you were happy.

The periods of you crying over a boy, who didn't want you, had stopped two months ago. Two months of rediscovering who you were. Two months of figuring out what kind of person you were outside of this soulmate ordeal.

Why did romance always have to overpower everything?

Why did everyone need someone else to love them when they could love themselves?

Why the hell couldn't you love yourself despite believing no one else could?

So you had thrown yourself into work. You decided to invest yourself into what you did best as you figured out how to make yourself happy. You hadn't spoken to anyone in your old class since Kirishima's birthday celebration; you weren't embarrassed by your actions, but you didn't want to discuss anything with them.

Your phone number was changed, and you had moved out of Kaminari's place within twenty hours. You hadn't opened any sort of social media in weeks because you had started to get DM's from your friends— if they even wanted to consider you their friend after that.

Yes, your guilt had quickly consumed you after that night, but the truth of the matter was that you were, in fact, happier. Your role as a sidekick to Miruko kept you busy (she was aiming to climb the charts again) and you, finally a Pro Hero, were now inducted into the chart. You needed to perform well to keep Miruko happy.

Todoroki's name on your wrist was no longer covered; it was visible by anyone and everyone who dared to look.

"Todoroki Shouto?!" the man in front of you exclaimed as he held your wrist gently in his hand. "Isn't that the Pro-Hero Shouto, son of the number one hero?!"

You nod your head with a smile. It was the downside of being soulmates with someone as big of an influence in Japan as the Todoroki's. "It is," you say as you pull your arm back. "Is that a problem?" You ask, your head tilting to the side.

You were on one of the many dates you'd had since that night two months ago.

Each one started or ended sort of like this.

You were happy, yet no one else would let you forget about your cosmic mistake.

"Don't you know Shouto?" he asks with a confused look. "Didn't you two go to U.A. together? I remember watching the two of you compete at the Sports Festival!"

"As much as I would love to discuss Todoroki, I am trying to learn about you tonight," you say as coolly as you can.

It was nearing Christmas Eve.