My Hyper Blonde

Chapter 14: Parents

Shinsou approached the dual haired boy slowly, feeling somewhat uneasy. He can only imagine that Todoroki being here has something to do with the insomniac talking to Midoriya and poking his nose in their business. Did the fire-ice boy find out and come to pick a fight? He doesn't look particularly angry though. He just looks uncomfortable and awkward. Like he's trying to decide something.

Either way, it took less than a minute for the lavender boy to approach the red and white haired one. Grey and blue eyes look up, breaking their fixated attention on the floor, and now gazed at the purple haired male with a hidden emotion that he struggled to read. Shinsou was excellent at reading people, thanks to his quirk, but Shoto Todoroki is one hell of a closed book.

They stand there in an overpowering uncomfortable silence for what was probably only two minutes but felt like two years. Until Shinsou can't take it anymore. "Is there something I can help you with, Todoroki?"

The dual haired boy averts his eyes back to the floor and shifts his position again. He presses his lips together so tight he may as well be biting them. "Can we talk... inside?"

The lilac-ette nods and unlocks his door, opening it up to his dorm room. He allows the fire-ice boy to walk in first before entering himself and closing the door behind him. He gestures for his guest to sit down on the bed and then sits himself in his desk computer chair.

Todoroki sits down on the edge of the bed and looks around curiously. Taking in all the different things in Shinsou's room that he didn't expect to see. Like the bicycle in the corner that looks like something a pro cyclist would ride. Or the glow in the dark star stickers on the ceiling, though he got those from his boyfriend. Or the pale purple lava lamp on his desk, another gift from the blonde. Or the stuffed purple cat plushie on his bed, a memento from his very first date with his soulmate. Kaminari also keeps the Pichu doll on his bed.

"So, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Shinsou asks, breaking the suffocating silence.

Todoroki, realizing he got distracted, snaps his attention back to the lavender boy. He folds his hands together, resting his arms on his knees and rubs his thumb with his other. He then averts his gaze back to the floor. "How... How do you make it look so easy?"

The insomniac raises an eyebrow. "Make what look easy?"

The dual haired boy swallows hard. "Dating a boy..."

The purple haired boy leans back in his chair and looks up at the star stickers. He wasn't sure how to answer. To him, dating a boy was the same as dating a girl or anyone else. Putting aside the concern of his stranger father, Shinsou never felt he was doing anything wrong by dating Kaminari. They're soulmates, they enjoy being together, their feelings are mutual; what more do you really need to be with someone?

"Kirishima is the same," Todoroki speaks up again. "He didn't even question it when he discovered that him and Bakugou are soulmates. Bakugou didn't either, but I think it was more shocking that he has a soulmate in the first place."

The insomniac almost laughs at that statement, but instead he takes a breath and keeps his composure. "It's really not that different from dating a girl," he says.

The red- and white-haired boy frowns at the floor. "I have to disagree... My father would never allow it."

Shinsou crosses his arms over his chest. "Does it really matter what he thinks?"