𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑐𝑒 [𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑜𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢/𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑜]

Chapter 9 - Soft lips

I've been walking through a world gone blind,
can't stop thinking of your diamond mind.
Careful creature made friends with time,
he left her lonely with a diamond mind
and those ocean eyes.

( Ocean eyes - Billie Elish)

Chapter 9 - Soft lips

Day 42

Time seemed to go really fast after the 'Hosu accident'. One moment we were busy with our internship and the next one we were struggling to get ready for midterm exams. Things changed drastically in a few weeks.

It was a Monday morning when Izuku convinced me to show up at school without make up after I spent yet another night at his place. It had been a real struggle to find a way to spend time together, we barely had free time and after what happened with the Hero Killer, Uraraka was glued to his side most of the time. That honestly made me sick.

"What the hell happened to your face half and half?" - Bakugō laughed waiting for us by the gate of Izuku's apartment complex.

He didn't say much more, it took Izuku just a stare to make him shut up. He started walking and spoke about anything but my scar after that. The stares along the way were bearable, mostly because Izuku was holding my hand all the way to school and knowing that the chance of meeting the people I crossed on my way again was really low helped too.
Up to that moment I never stopped to think how I was going to hide my scar as a prohero, though I never thought I'd ever use my left side neither. Midoriya's flipped my life upside down in a few seconds and I would never be able to thank him enough, though after he jumped into my life things always got a bit more complicated for me.
The moment we walked through the classroom's door was awful. The usual loud chattering and bickering stopped in a few seconds and all the eyes were on my face. Izuku had let go of my hand at the school gates, he always did that. We walked all the way to school holding hands and once we reached the gates he would let go of my hand with a little smile. I loved to feel the warmth of his hand in mine but the way he acted made me confused and left my heart crushing a little bit more every time.

"Good morning Todoroki" - Iida said as usual. He was obviously used to my scar after Hosu and spending almost a week in the same hospital room.

"Todoroki, what happened?" - Sero asked walking towards us.
'My parents happened' - I thought.

"Dude, your face is all fucked up..." - Kaminari said starring from his desk.

'Oh, I know..."

"Childhood accident, I'd like if you'd refrain from asking and talk about it. And I would like you to not stare at me all the time, thank you." - I mumbled loud enough for all of them to hear me before walking quickly past Sero and to my seat.
I saw Izuku sparing me a proud smile when class started, but to be honest it didn't ease my anxiety. No one said another word about my scar and the stares slowly stopped in a matter of few days. They seemed to not be bothered by it and only needing a few days to get used to be around my scarred face. A couple days after I showed up without makeup, Kirishima showed up with a scar on his right eye, it wasn't big enough for anyone to really notice and probably no one would have if Bakugou didn't scream about it like an asshole. I saw Kirishima spare me a half smile that day, I'm not sure why and I didn't bother to ask. I was too focused on feeling nauseous as I had to watch Uraraka sitting on Izuku's lap telling him god knows what.

The following week was full of stress and study. Class was quieter than usual, and I would have loved that silence if it wasn't for the fact that I was exhausted from my old man's training and the nights of study for midterm's exam. I barely saw Midoriya for the entire week, he liked to study on his own till the middle of the night for what he told me, but even if I wanted to spend time with him, I had none to spare.
The written part of midterm exam turned out to be nothing too hard to do, even Kaminari and Ashido managed to pass. I never saw them happier.
The practical exam was harder though. I ended up paired with Yaoyorozu, that didn't bother me too much, we got along quite well but Aizawa gave us a hard time. It took me a while to realize I was stupid to underestimate her abilities. I came to realize that if I had relied on her a bit more, we could have made through the exam with a bottle less of a struggle. Though I hated teamwork and having to rely on someone's else so, even if I'd realized that earlier it couldn't have changed anything.