𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑐𝑒 [𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑜𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢/𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑜]

Chapter 1 - Difficult to hate, easy to love

"The ice inside me melts.
Suddenly, I'm burning up and terrified, scared I'll be too weak to resist.
Scratch that, I'm petrified I've already given in."

(Amanda Bouchet)

Chapter 1 - 'Difficult to hate, easy to love'

Day O

The bell finally rang signaling the end of class. I wish I could say I was happy that the day was finally over but knowing that Endeavor's waiting for me at home just made me wish the school day could go on for a bit longer.

I got my stuff and started heading out anyway: the sooner I'd get home, the sooner that training shit would have been over. Well, that was a pretty good lie. It was most likely just going to be a longer training session, but it's not like I had anything else to do or anywhere to be. Maybe if I was quick enough to sneak in my bedroom without him noticing, I could avoid a painful evening. But who was I kidding? It was Friday and even if I got away with training for the day, it was going to be an awfully long weekend.

"Hey Todoroki-kun!" - Midoriya's voice echoed through the hallway.

Ugh, that damned kid. Ever since the sport festival he has been a real nuisance. He's been trying to be my friend so bad and the more I tried to keep him far from me, the hardest he seemed to try. I had nothing against him, it was just that...he made it very difficult to hate him and too easy to love him. That was going to end really bad if I didn't manage to keep him away from me.

I was sure he noticed the scar coming out of the melted makeup during our fight at the sport festival. But no matter how bad I wanted to confront him, when I realized that he didn't mention it to anyone, I gave up and let him hang around me, deciding not to bring that up at all.

"Yes Midoriya?" - I asked with a sigh meeting his gaze.

"I was wondering if you'd like to hang out..." - he said hesitantly, with his head hanging low. I didn't really get why whenever it came to talking with me alone he was always really timid. Was that because I looked scary to him?

"Hang out?"

"Yeah, do you want to come over maybe?" - he asked raising his head just enough to meet my stare for a few seconds. It must have been something like the twentieth time he was asking me to spend time together: he surely was persistent.

I didn't really wanna go because I knew that, the more I let him get closer to me, the higher the chances I'd get hurt got. But in that moment it didn't seem such a bad idea either, at least I could have avoided Endeavor for a few hours. I wouldn't ask for anything else.

"Deku-kun! Here you are!" - Uraraka screamed rushing to us.

"Uraraka-san" - he greeted her turning around to face her.

"You disappeared as long as the bell rang! Aren't we walking home together today?"

Midoriya apologized scratching the back of his neck seeming uncomfortable. Whatever the reason was, I just ignored it and decided to act as it was most convenient to me. I was not going anywhere near my father for the rest of the day.

"Are we going Midoriya?" - I asked.

He glanced at me briefly and smiled brightly. He looked really happy, he finally got what he wanted after all. He quickly turned back to Uraraka.

"I'm sorry Uraraka-san but I'm hanging out with Todoroki-kun today!"

"Oh, really? I see." - she said finally seeming to notice my presence since, oddly enough, she was the only girl who didn't seem to notice me at all, she barely acknowledged me when I spent lunch time with them.