I love these two songs a lot and I cannot help but think of the Izuku Midoriya and Female Shoto Todoroki shipping when I hear and sing these songs.
So I decided to do this!
Took a bit of thinking, trial and error before I came down to this story idea in particular.
I don't own My Hero Academia, just this story!! P.S. Genderswap Todoroki's First name will be changed. P.S. there will be a surprise at the end, not telling! And this will be a 2-3 chapter story. I do hope you all enjoy this!
The night time sky was clear as the full moon shown its luminous glow and the stars twinkled across the deep dark blue skyes, You could see millions of them when you're away from the citys artificial lights, nights like this were peaceful and quiet when you're away from the loud nosies and hustle of the busy city streets.
Moments like this are to be cherished, being a pro hero or hero in training is never always easy and could be pretty busy, so when you have a moment to relax, when you don't have any work to do, take the time to stop and smell the roses, as one would say, Take a moment to enjoy the beautiful of the rise dawn as the sun greets the world with its morning light and warmth and the dusk as the sun sets to bring the night and its calming beauty, take the chance to do some stargazing, to admire beautiful flowers in a garden or meadow, anything like that, cause there will be times where you won't be able to do that too often.
Izuku, who wore a white shirt, blue shorts and red shoes, remembered All Might telling him that during his training for preparing for both the U.A. entrance exams and When he was preparing his body to be stronger and bulk up in order to inherit One for All without killing himself a little over a year ago, when All Might, Better known as Toshinori Yagi in his true form, And he had stopped for a little bit to admire the rising sun as the dawn of a new day came to greet them on the Dagoba municipal beach park.
So when he had time when wasn't studying or training, he would take the time to relax, like watching the sun rise when he went to the beach park to train with All Might, watch the sunset on his way home from school, draw a little (a hobby of his), do some stargazing (one of his favorite pass times) which is what he was doing right.
Camp training had ended for the day and everyone of class 1-A were all eating and chatting among themselves before they would take their baths and head to bed.
Izuku had finished his food not even a minute ago and decided to get away for a while and look at the stars after a hard and intense day of training.
Also he hoped it would cheer him up after the saddening and not going well talk with Kota at his secret base. Poor kid, to lose his parents in such a way at such a young age and then grow to hate pro heroes and quirks in general because of a villain was unimaginable. But he was not going to give up on Kota, he would give him some space but he was going to keep trying to get through to him. He had a whole week so during the intense training to get his proficient license he hoped (thats all he can do) to talk to Kota and get him to open up to him and his friends.
After getting back to the others he just scarfed down his food as fast as he could, hoping to leave with a full stomach before his friends even noticed his depression, the food was good (homemade food was the best) but it did little to lighten his mood. So he hoped that doing some stargazing would help more and help him think a bit.
"The stars are beautiful tonight. And the moon too." Izuku thought as he smiled a bit, "Its nice to take the time to look at them to get your mind off of things. Though they won't be out tomorrow night since it will be very cloud according to Madalay, which will add a sense of eerieness to the test of courage we'll have then."
He didn't know what will occur then, but this sounded not only as a challenge but something fun for Class 1-A and Class 1-B.
Speaking of his classmates, he could not help but let his mind wonder towards one of them in particular, a female student, the Ice and Fire user, Shino Todoroki, who was the daughter of the famous (though harsh) number 2 hero of Japan, Endeavor.
Bakugo would call her Half and Half and IcyHot, the girls would call her Shi-chan or Todo-chan.
She had a difficult life from what she told him and what he could gather. A sensitive subject he did well not to poke at to much, less he would receive the cold shoulder from her and less he make her uncomfortable unnecessarily, unless it was serious then he would assist like at the sports.
Despite that sensitive topic though, he was glad that she seem to come to terms with whats she's been dealing with and found a way through it. She no longer loathed her fire side, nor seemed lonely nor seemed forlorn. She still kept things to herself but she would come to him and any of her friends for advice on something if she needed too since she had opened up to them all.
She was a hero in training like him, strong, had an amazing quirk that had two elements that balanced each other out, she was strategist, one not to underestimate, intelligent, had a good sense of humor. .. and he would admit only to himself that she was very beautiful.
He fair white tan skin that was a trait a princess has even though she had a scar on the left side of her face around her eye it didn't change anything, Her long hair that reached the middle of her spine what was two colors, white what really was as white as snow on the right that represents the icy half of her quirk while the left was red as fire that represents the flaming half of it, her different color eyes were also an eye catcher with the right being a stormy grey while the left was as blue as the day time sky. she had a Pettit figure yet she's close to his height by a millimeter and she was by no means weak, she had a good built in her body despite her thin hourglass figure. She may look like a delicate flower but she was not fragile like one and she could pack a punch.
Heroic, intelligent, kind and friendly once you got to know her, Determined, Strong, Talented, and Beautiful beyond compare-!
Izuku blushed hard on that last one as he stopped himself. Slapping himself to knock some sense back into him.
"Snap out of it Izuku!" He thought to himself before he signed with a frown, "...She wouldn't be interested in you anyways... she's out of your league. .. she'd be better off being with some who wasn't. .. you... besides we got to much stuff to do right now, we need to train to get our semi hero license. .."
If its not obvious, Izuku has a crush on the icy fire student.
Ever since the beginning of the school year, he had been intrigued by her. A bit intimidated though due to her fiece fighting style and her cold personality back then, but over time he eventually got to know her and managed to get her to open up to not only him, but others as well, especially after hearing about her sad back story some time before their match during the sports festival.
He got through to her despite his heavily injuried state, made her realise that her quirk was her's and not her father's even though she got her fire side (which she despised and refused to use most of the time especially during that time because of her Jerk of a father), knocked down her wall to release the flames hiding within, even made her smile and forget about her dad and just focus on the fight.
Did he lose? Yes. Was he in pain from over using his quirk and getting badly hurt from it? Severely, yes. Did Todoroki win? Obviously yes. Was he upset? Yes and no.
Why you ask? simple really.
Yes because he didn't get a chance to do more in the tournament besides the obstacle course, Calvary race and his match with Shinso and losing against Todoroki resulting in not advancing in said tournament to represent himself as the fledgling symbol of peace.
And No because. .. were it not for for him, Todoroki would not have realized her errors in using only her right side, he broke through her walls to make her realize her quirk was hers, not her father's despite similarities in a number of ways. He got her to open up to others. He saved her in a way.
Looking back at the event involving hero killer Stain, it struck him like a ton of bricks, had he not gotten through to her during the festival she would've still refused to use her left side, she would've been paralyzed by Stains quirk like the rest of them and they all could've died a gruesome death long before the pro heroes arrived.
So despite that lost in the tournament, honestly Izuku had no regrets losing to her. If it will help her to become a hero, to ensure that her life can get better despite her past, then he would not wallow in despair.
Even though he was sure that she wouldn't want to be the girlfriend of someone who was easy to scare and cry, muttered alot, who was different from her in alot of ways, if she was happy then he was happy. And Knowing that she was made him smile.
Meanwhile unbeknownst to Izuku, the very girl he was thinking about was not to far away from him stood in the middle of a small clearing as she too was gazing at the stars and moon trying to get things off of her mind too, particularly a certain boy with green hair and green eyes in his class.
Shino Todoroki, the 4th child of the number 2 hero, the ice and fire user, had been having thoughts about Izuku as of late.
His green hair reminded her of the leafs in the forest much like this one, his eyes were like emerald's, his pale but heathly tan skin with some freckles around the cheeks of his face, To others he was plain looking, some like Bakugo (mainly) see him as a weak and stupid cowardly nerd who should never have enrolled in U.A, but she knew he was Not any of those things at all.
He was ... different. ..
How so? She didn't know, though her friends had a pretty good idea despite her not believing that.
Ochacho Uraraka, Mina Ashido and Toru Hagakure had spoke with her earlier when they saw her leave after eating with a thoughtful look on her face and went to talk to her and ask her what was wrong.
So she told them that lately she had been thinking about Izuku Midoriya.
Sometimes when she was around him she powers would act up along with a blush on her face, she would feel happy or get a sort of sick feeling when she thinks about him, her heart would pound a bit faster then normal, sometimes she would be thinking about him without realizing it.
The girls could tell that she had a crush on him which them excited.
Until she asked them what a crush was which cause them to freak out like it was the end of the world which made her confused until they explained what a crush was, when she told them after that she never had a crush before nor had anyone to explain and teach her things like that the girls immediately brought her into a group hug with tears in their eyes as Todoroki was once again left in confusion.
Honestly she didn't want to believe that she did have a crush on Midoriya, though her friends told her that she did as it was obvious.
They asked her what she thought of him to prove their point, so she told them nonchalantly what he was like to her.
He was kind and caring, smart, very determined to become a hero, had a serious resolve, diligent in his studies, resourceful and very observant, clever, willing to put his life in danger to save someone, after that part she talking in a nonchalant manner changed to admiration as she continued, he was someone who saved others even when they themselves didn't know they needed saving (like her), Who never lost hope even when the future was bleak, remained strong even when his body was broken beyond compare (in most case's literally), kept moving forward no matter how much people try to put him down, loyal to a fault, honest, funny.
As she talked about him more and more her heart she felt was pounding in her chest again as he placed her hand on it.
When they asked her if she thought she was handsome and cute, she replied "I guess?" and that the girls squealed in joy.
Eventually she managed to get the girls to leave so she could think and do some stargazing in peace, it took a while until they finally caved in and left.
As her gaze was sent towards the sky, she was completely unaware that they didn't actually leave as they were in the bushes watching her from a far, discussing quietly between each other on how to bring her and Midoriya together.
She was in her own thoughts as her mind took her back when everyone was having lunch, she noticed that Midoriya was eating his food kinda fast, with a concern and disappointed expression on his face. He tried to hide it but she saw it. Then for a moment he turn in her direction which caused her to turn away for a moment or two, then she saw that he had left When she turn back to face him.
...Why did she come out here? Was it just to get some peace and quiet before bed time? or was she... Concerned about Midoriya when she saw him got walking into the woods? Looking back at what her friends said...
...Were they right? she wondered. Did she like him more then just a companion? Or was it just because she cherished him as a dear friend to her? Was she in denial like the girls said?
Too many questions and not enough answers for her taste. How does one express how she feels?
Then she suddenly remembered that Fuyumi, her second oldest and only older sister, told her that some people expressed how they felt when they danced, drew, wrote, played an instrument or sang (or all of the above), it really helps in many situations.
She can't dance, she didn't have her note book to draw or write, she didn't have an instrument to play so prehaps she could sing.
She is an excellent singer with a beautiful voice, or thats what her sibblings and mother told her. And it was one of her secret hobbies too.
"..Well its worth a shot..." She thought to herself. "Well, here goes nothing. "
Soon she took in a deep breath as the song came forth.
Out here in the quiet of the night
Beneath the stars.. and moon
We both know we got something on our minds
We won't admit. .. buts its true
Izuku was brought out of his thoughts as he heard someone's voice, singing, a little bit far from where he was. 'who's voice is that?' He wondered as he was trying to figure out which direction it was coming from as he listened on.
You look at me... I look away~
I wanna tell you what I'm feeling but I don't know how to start
I wanna tell you but now I'm afraid that you might break my heart
Oh why should anything so easy ever be so hard to do?
I wanna tell you what I'm feeling and to say that...
There was a brief pause there as Shino seemed hesitate to say the next verse, she blushed a bit... could she try to sing it? everything seem to come out easy, though some seemed foreign in a way though some how it fits, but.. did she...?
... I love you...
That part was sung quietly, But Izuku still heard as he followed the source of it. It seemed like a love song, whoever was singing it, he could tell that it was a girl singing it, have a very lovely voice.
It sounded kinda of familiar to him but he could not place where he had heard it. He listened on as the song continued.
I practice all the things that I could say...
Line by line... every word
She sang as she thought about the times she spoke to Midoriya.
I tell myself "today could be the day"
... But every time, I loose my nerve...
The girls listen as they had knowing looks on there face, 'If this wasn't obvious I Don't know what is.' They thought as they were in awe as they never knew that she could sing nor sing so beautifully.
I look at you... you look away~
As she sang, she was unaware of her audience, and unaware that the girls sang with her as the chorus and back up singers.
I wanna tell you what I'm feeling but I don't know how to start
I wanna tell you but now I'm afraid that you might break my heart
Oh why should anything so easy ever be so hard to do?
I wanna tell you what I'm feeling and to say that. ..
.. I love you. ..
Eventually Izuku found the source of the voice, but whom it came from stunned him as he still there hidden behind a tree so as to not to get seen.
'Todoroki?' He thought as he saw her gaze at the moon, the look on her face seem to indicate that she thoughts were else, she had a slight blush on her face which confused him as he had never seen her blush before, or rather, it was a huge rarity to see her blushing as he remembered once or twice of when she had blushed around him though seemed to try to hide it from him.
He never knew that she could sing. Her voice was... melodious to him.
As she continues, her voice seem to gain more confidence with each verse that was sang.
Why?
Why do you turn away?..
It must be .. That you're afraid like me...
Izuku seem to also be unaware of the chorus and back up singers that sang with her in this song.
(I try) I try
But I can't pretend that I..
..Don't feel for you
The way I do...
Then she smiled, which stunned Izuku more as her lovely smile shines as her features did in the moons gentle and luminous light. This also caused the girls to smile though they had to use every ounce of might in they to not squeal happily.
Can't you see??~
There Shino took out a photo that was taken when her classmates went to the mall to get supplies for the training camp before the Shiguraki incident happened.
Apparently Ashido took it without her knowing it and sent it to her in the mail along with some other photos she took of her and their friends. Why she did that was anyone's guess.
This one in her hands was of her and Izuku talking before everyone decided to split up. Just looking at him in the picture as he held that gentle smile made her have butterfly's in her stomach, she smiled more.
Prehaps she did have a crush on him.
I wanna tell you what I'm feeling but I don't know how to start
I wanna tell you but now I'm afraid that you might break my heart
Oh why should anything so easy ever be so hard to do?
I wanna tell you what I'm feeling and to say that...
.. I love you. ..
I wanna tell you what I'm feeling (I wanna say) but (what to say) I don't know how to start
I wanna tell you but now I'm afraid (that I'm afraid) that you might break my heart
Oh why should anything so easy ever be so hard to do? (What'll I do?)
I wanna tell you what I'm feeling and to say that. ..
I love you (I love you)
After some bit of silence and a sigh escaped from her lips, she then heard a voice call her.
"Todoroki?"
She froze up when she recognized that Male voice right way before she slowly turned to the source coming from behind a tree as he stepped into the light, his emerald eyes meeting her unique mismatch ones.
"M-Midoriya?!" She asked, trying to not let her quirk flare up again at this as she quickly shoved the photo back into her pocket of her black shorts that was mostly covered by her long pale blue tank top. "What are you doing here?"
XXX
The first song here is "Misty's song" by Yvette Laboy. From Pokemon. I'm not a fan of it anymore in all honesty, but I love a handful of songs and the plots of a lot of the movies from the franchise, other then that thats pretty much it.
Thats part one, part two will come soon! May take a while though, please be patient!