Author's Note: This is a requested story. It will be kind of short chapter wise. I have the plot stretched out across about four chapters. I've never done a gender swap before, and I struggled with Todoroki's character at first...but I think I got it down. I hope I'm doing the idea justice!
Request details: Midoriya x fem!Todoroki. Dual quirk Midoriya. Slow burn romance, action.
Chapter One
Izuku could still vividly remember the day he found out Todoroki was a girl. Even if it hadn't been during their first sports festival, he was sure he'd still remember it fairly clearly…but that had definitely made it more interesting.
He could still feel the heat swirling in front of him, the inferno that was released licking at his skin. He could still feel butterflies flitting around in his stomach as he took in the sight in front of him. It was absolutely amazing; to see this power, to feel it so close. When the fire in front of him simmered down around the body in front of him, he knew. Nothing had changed except the look in her eyes and the tears threatening to run down her cheeks, but he knew. Maybe it was the look in her eyes that told him, or the mixed expression of anger and sadness and pride on her face. He still wasn't sure. But as he geared up to take one last swing at her, he was aware that he couldn't hold back even if he knew.
She was too powerful to hold back.
After he woke up, he had mentioned to Uraraka that he believed Todoroki was actually a girl. She had started giggling when Bakugo interjected and called him a dumb ass. It had turned out that everyone but Izuku had known. The entire time, he had been the only student in Class 1-A that was completely unaware that Todoroki had been granted special privileges to wear the male uniform due to her father's standing and her total lack of interest in wearing skirts.
Once they got back into the classroom after the sports festival, he made a point to apologize to her. She had stared at him, completely bored, before asking if she really looked that much like a boy. To this day, his cheeks still burned at the question.
"Y-Your hair!" He shouted. "I'm not used to seeing girls with their hair short like that!"
"All it takes is a hairstyle to confuse you?" She questioned.
"W-well, no." He searched her eyes for an answer, before grinning at her. "But now it makes sense why you have always looked so pretty."
He could remember her face scrunching up in distaste, her cheeks turning the same color as her red hair, as she called him an idiot. She had stared him down until he apologized again and went back to his seat.
As he entered Ground Beta and he saw her sitting against a building, those two scenes were all he could think of. She shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand as she watched him walk closer. He couldn't help but notice the hair that had escaped her ponytail blew in the breeze that made its way through the training grounds. She had grown her hair out since then. She still wore the male uniform, but the rest of her clothes fit her body differently now. She was no longer hiding under long pants and t-shirts. She wore female shorts, tank tops… and she no longer made a point to wrap her chest up after the other girls in the class showed her how well sports bras worked in comparison to the bandages.
The first day she'd worn one had been an interesting class day as well. All the guys had to hold Mineta down before Todoroki either froze him or incinerated him for being the pervert he was.
"Hey, Todoroki." Izuku smiled, sitting next to her.
She lowered her hand and looked at him. "Hey. You're late."
He laughed, rubbing the back of his head. "Sorry. I got caught up with Uraraka and Iida on our group project."
"Mm." She hummed, grabbing her water and taking a drink. She looked forward towards the edge of the make-shift city. "You ready for our last sports festival?"
"As ready as I'll ever be. I can't believe this is going to be our last one."
She hummed again before standing. She looked towards him, putting her hands on her hips and smirking.
"Let's train. I told you back then I was going to beat you." She mused. "I plan to do that again."
He nodded as he stood beside her. "I won't hold back."
She was panting, sweat rolling down her face. Mismatched eyes stared him down as she gauged their distance from each other. He wiped the sweat from his own face as he studied her. Both were calculating their next move. They were at a standstill.
Todoroki took off running. She stayed on the same perimeter as usual, keeping the necessary distance from him so he couldn't use his quirk against her. A sheet of ice skirted the ground, nipping at his feet and causing him to jump backwards. Todoroki sent another wave of ice to where he was landing. Izuku smirked as his left hand lifted in her direction. Her feet slid from under her as her body began to drift towards him. Her face scrunched up in frustration. She had stepped too close and she knew it.
Flames coiled around her in an instant. They were large and angry. The heat smacked him in the face immediately. Izuku released his quirk on her and circled around her. He couldn't stop the grin stretching across his face; her flames were still so powerful. He almost wished he could stop to admire it like he did during their first sports festival.
An ice wall formed on each side of him, leaving him to either run away or run towards the girl half covered in flames. He smirked; it was hard to imagine just want she was thinking sometimes.
He wasn't one to back down and she knew this.
He took a deep breath as he centered One for All into his right arm. He rolled his shoulder a few times then swung hard towards her. The air current rushed towards her. He could hear her scoff as a tower of ice flew upwards from her original location, lifting her from the path of the sudden airflow. He jumped backwards several feet, then used the momentum against his heel to propel himself forward.
If he could just get close enough….
He lifted his left hand towards her again, trying to pull her towards him with his quirk. A block of ice slammed into his hand instead. As he flinched at the sudden cold against his skin, her shin connected with his side. He grimaced as the air was knocked from his lungs. His left hand encircled her right wrist in an attempt to keep her from moving. As soon as his hand made contact, a layer of ice rushed up his arm. He cursed under his breath, immediately pushing her backwards with his quirk.
Todoroki ran towards him as soon as her feet gained traction, tackling him. Ice connected his shoulders to the ground the moment he hit. She smiled down at him as she stood up and dusted off her shorts.
"Looks like I win again."
Izuku frowned as he attempted to move from the ice holding him down. "Looks like it."
She knelt beside him and began melting the ice with her left hand. Sweat was beaded across her forehead, some running down her temple to catch on her jawline and tilt as it decided if gravity would pull it towards her chin or down her neck. Izuku then watched it trace a path slowly down her neck and slide over her collarbone. He swallowed hard.
"I'll reattach you to the ground if you're being perverted, Midoriya." Her voice was calm, only a small lilt in her voice letting him know she was joking.
Still, his face burned as if fire were licking at it again. Todoroki had always been attractive, he was very aware of this. She was aware most men thought so and often used it against him in situations like this when they trained. She actually got involved in quite a lot of banter, even if she said it in a mostly dry tone of voice. Izuku had learned to differentiate her tones well enough, though.
Still, banter or not, she was attractive. Even though they had established during their first year that neither of them was interested in the other romantically, thanks to some spiked punch courtesy of Mineta and Kaminari, Izuku would be a fool to not be attracted to her looks. Todoroki seemed unaware that Izuku thought this way. It was either that or she just didn't care. Regardless, it was fine with him.
"Alright." She mumbled, standing and offering him a hand.
He took it, pulling himself up as she leaned backwards against the weight. He brushed the dirt from his shirt and pants.
"Do you think we'll fight against each other again in this year's festival?" He questioned as he started towards the exit of Ground Beta.
She fell in stride beside him, shrugging. "Don't know. I'd like to fight Uraraka this year; she's improved."
He nodded. "She really has! That internship with Gunhead our first year really got her into hand-to-hand combat. After Kaachan and Kirishima started training with her, she really began to shine."
The walk back to the dorms was spent discussing their teammates improvements and who they'd prefer to match up against. Izuku still couldn't believe that their last sports festival would be here in less than a week. It was so surreal that he'd been studying at UA for so long. It felt like he had just gotten here.
He glanced towards Todoroki, who was taking a drink from her water bottle. Her bangs were in her face, the white hair stuck to her forehead from the sweat. She sighed after she swallowed, closing the bottle back up.
He'd really cherished the friendships he'd made so far though. Todoroki was one of his closest friends, along with Iida and Uraraka. He'd even gotten close with Kaachan again during their time at school here.
"You've also really improved your object attraction and rejection." Todoroki mused.
Izuku grinned over at her. "Yeah! I didn't think I'd be able to push you back a full three feet!"
She nodded. "I remember when you originally didn't know you could push objects."
Heat tickled Izuku's cheeks and he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. As he grew up, he saw his mom only attract objects to her so he had been so sure that was all he could do as well. Once he got into UA, he learned he was able to reject them as well. It was because of this that his range to pull was so much wider than his range to push. He could attract objects from about ten feet away, twenty if they were smaller. He could only push them away a few feet at most if they were larger, up to five if they were smaller.
It was a quirk he loved because he had gotten it from his mom, but as a hero it hadn't seemed like enough. When he had met All Might and later received One for All, he had been overjoyed at the opportunity to not only have a quirk but also one strong enough to save people. The two quirks worked perfectly together for him. It had taken time to get used to it, but he made it work somehow.
"Yeah…I've grown a lot." His voice was quiet as he reminisced, then he nudged her in the arm. "But so have you."
She furrowed her brows at him, opening the doors to the dorm building. "Because you stick your nose where it doesn't belong."
Izuku laughed nervously. "But now you have great control over your left side, and that's all on you!"
"Mm-hm." She pressed the button for the elevator to take her upstairs to her room.
He grinned at her again as she side eyed him. A smile tugged at the corners of her lips as she looked forward to the elevator doors opening.
"I'll see you in class tomorrow, Midoriya."
"See ya tomorrow, Todoroki."