Balanced Out // TodoDeku (On Hold Until My Writer's Block Swallows a Toaster)

His Touch (Midoriya's POV)

I can't put anything into words right now. I'm pretty much just...speechless at the moment.

"Hey...u-um..." I murmur.

"Yeah?" he replies, dragging his hands from my palms, up my arms, along my neck, and resting them on the sides of my face.

I turn a brand new shade of red and gently wrap my fingers around his wrists.

Since I can't say anything....I'll just.......

I turn my head and press my lips against his gently. I open my eyes. He has a shocked expression in his eyes. In spite of that, he closes them and kisses me back. I close my eyes again.

We kiss for a couple seconds more before I break away and turn my head away from him.

"I-I..." I stammer, trying to just spit out the 4 words I've been choking on for months now.
"I-I-I...l-love you...T-Todoroki..."

He pulls me into another kiss, only slightly rougher this time. I kiss back.

My face is flushed all shades of red right now, I can feel it.

He mumbles "I love you too" while this is happening. The butterflies in my stomach punch me in the gut from the inside. I ignore that.

He breaks the kiss and smiles at me. I stare down at the ground.

"W-well, t-the nikuman's probably cooled off by n-now...um...d-do you...want one?" I ask, stuttering as if my teeth were jackhammers.

"Yeah," he bluntly replies.

I feel...weird. Kind of excited...but...sort of...afraid? Nervous? I don't know what this is, but I know what's causing it. I push him gently and take his hand, guiding him to the kitchen.

I smile nervously and grab the plate of nikuman. I hold the plate out to him to offer one. He picks one up in his mouth and gets really close to my face. He sticks the meat bun in my mouth with his and then picks up another one for himself.

My face gets hot again as I hold the meat bun in place and bite it. It's still warm and it tastes good.

Todoroki looks at the oven and notices the timer is counting down from 46. He swallows the bite of nikuman he has in his mouth and points to it.

"What's that for?" he asks.

"O-oh, that...um...I-I...while you were exploring I made some cookie batter and put it in the oven. I-I completely forgot about it until now...and it looks like they're almost done too," I explain. I take another bite of my meat bun.

"That explains the aroma," he remarks calmly.

The oven beeps and I almost drop the nikuman.

I place the half-eaten meat bun on the plate and put on an oven mitt. I open the oven with my bare hand and take the cookies out with the other. Setting the tray on top of the stove, I look back to see that Todoroki has already eaten half the nikuman. He left the other 3 for me.

I eat mine at a rational pace and look up at him. He's staring into the living room blankly.

"He's zoning out again..." I mumble, laughing a little afterward. "Hey, Todorokiiiiii? Hey?" I wave my hand in front of his eyes and snap my fingers in his face. He flinches.

"Ah...sorry...d-did you say something?" he asks awkwardly.

"No, I was just gonna ask if you want a cookie now," I respond, smiling at him.

He nods and takes one. He feeds a cookie to me with his hand this time and sticks the one he has in the other in his mouth.

I bite off the bit of cookie in my mouth and laugh. His eyes sparkle brightly and it appears as if stars are shining through them.
He stares down at the cookie then at me.