it's like 12:30 and I was thinking about my crush and this happened
They're so close, now, nearly chest to chest. Izuku can feel Todoroki's breath against his lips they're so close, can see the specs of color in his eyes and each of his eyelashes as they flutter. He has one fist full of Todoroki's uniform and the other with a warm hand, one that rubs idle circles onto his knuckles.
Todoroki is blushing, Izuku can see. He's blushing as well, can feel it down his neck and up his ears, but none of that matters when Todoroki wets his lips and Izuku's stomach drops to the floor.
Todoroki open his mouth and for a moment Izuku thinks he's gone deaf, until words are whispered into the space between them.
"Can I kiss you?"
His chest tightens in a way that's not entirely unpleasant and his heart leaps into his throat. He can smell Todoroki this close, his hair conditioner and his fabric softener and and hint of what they had had for dinner – he's dizzy with it, high on the breathes that keep hitting his lips and it's all he can do to swallow and nod his head.
Todoroki ghosts one hand up to his face, glides it over his jaw and up his cheek and back into his hair. It's a gentle touch, one that claws at Izuku's heart. His other hand presses into Izuku's hip, steadying as he leans in.
Izuku's been in battle. He's fought villains and saved civilians and been on the brink of death more times than he can count. But this? Todoroki's lips on his, this is going to end him.
Todoroki Shouto will be the death of him.
It's soft. Izuku thinks his lips are chapped and dry and thin but Todoroki doesn't seem to care. Izuku wouldn't know what to do if he did care; those lips on his are his lifeline, they're his air and water and he squeezes his eyes shut further at the thought of parting even for one breath.
It's been only seconds but Izuku has seen years pass before his eyes by the time Todoroki pulls away. His eyes are glazed over, his lips are so red and his cheeks are so flushed. Everything about him is so endearing and Izuku really can't help it when he pulls him back in and connect their lips again.