Izuku went shopping the night before. He bought several new outfits, and then a couple more, and still couldn't decide what to wear for at least an hour before the date. He tried to make an ensemble for each person that would somehow reflect in it's style "I'm flattered you chose me", but without being too obvious or flashy about it... This was a date, after all, not the club. Not that he'd ever gone to a club. He was definitely overthinking it...
In the end he chose for Todoroki's date some white basketball shorts and a white t-shirt, and yes he was embarrassed that it took him that long to pick out something that simple, but at least he was satisfied with it. It was casual, the kind of stuff he'd wear to a light work out or to play sports in. But the white color was also purposefully chosen to appeal to the side of Todoroki that he personally preferred, his mother's half. He noticed that the color white seemed to calm his spirit, so he hoped that this outfit, though simple, would be effective...
When he arrived at the room they'd been assigned, he noted with some relief that it didn't look like some tacky "Love Room", no heart-shaped beds or lava lamps or anything ridiculous like that. It more or less just looked like a higher-end hotel room, with the extras like the mini-bar and flowers on the table, but otherwise it was no penthouse suite.
Only about five minutes after he arrived, and still fifteen minutes early for their date, Shouto arrived, unknowingly dressed like Izuku's polar opposite: All in black. Black slacks, a black button up shirt, black socks and shoes. Izuku had to admit, he looked pretty dang sharp...
Shouto emptied his pockets on the nearby table, and kicked off his shoes. Izuku suddenly realized that he'd been so preoccupied and nervous that he'd completely forgotten to take his own shoes, a pair of white sneakers, off at the door like a civilized person. Dang it.
Quickly rushing over, Izuku realized just a second too late that rushing over to someone you have a date with probably looks some kind of way or another... So he stopped in his tracks, blushed, quickly kicked off his shoes and kicked them again into place against the wall, then he rushed back into the room, took a seat in a chair by the table, and sat up straight looking as awkward as could be. Todoroki raised an eyebrow at him, but didn't comment right away. Instead he simply took his time sauntering over to the opposite chair, then calmly sat down.
After a short pause the dual-colored young man mentioned quietly, "You look good today..."
"H-Huh? Oh! Yeah? I MEAN, thank you! You look good too!" Izuku sputtered back.
"...I'm your first date so far, aren't I? Wait." Shouto stopped himself as he realized something. "...Is this your first date... Ever?"
Izuku nodded tensely. Shouto suddenly looked guilty. "Oh. Sorry... I would have tried to find you a token or something if I knew that. But I didn't want to seem like I was trying to butter you up, either..."
That made sense. "It's okay... I'm just a little unsure what to say or do yet..."
"You don't have to say or do anything." Shouto replied right away, and a little sternly. "You're not required to act a certain way to spare my feelings. I just needed to tell you what I've been feeling lately. In all honesty, I've... Prepared, for the possibility that you won't choose me. I've accepted that it's more likely than not. I just need to be honest with you and get it all off my chest. Is that okay?"
"That's fine, but..." Izuku looked up at him. "What makes you so sure I'd never choose you? I mean, I can't say who if anyone I'll choose, of course! So many people requested me that I'm not sure to do with all these other people's feelings yet, let alone what my own are, but... Well, no matter what you're still gonna be my friend, right? So just go ahead and tell me what you're feeling, and don't worry about that."
Shouto seemed a little surprised for a moment, but then shook his head. "It's not that I was worried about... I already know you're a saint who would never end a friendship over an awkward, misplaced crush... But you should already know too that I'm very observant. I noticed who else at the reunion was avoiding you that night. Since I assumed that the only reason to avoid you would be shyness or embarrassment over the upcoming date, I was able to ascertain who your other dates are. And although I could've played 'rival' with those other guys... Well, I knew if Uraraka was one of your dates, I probably didn't stand much of a chance..."
"..." That wasn't exactly an illogical conclusion to come to by any means, and Shouto was definitely very logical and perceptive, but... He also didn't know as much as he thought he did, either. "L-Listen..." Izuku finally stuttered, resisting the urge to grind his teeth between being mostly nervous and just a little bit pissed at Shouto's presumptuousness. Mostly he was just tense, though. He felt like his whole body was coiled up and in knots. It had been like that for days, basically since he was informed of the situation... "I DO have a crush on Uraraka... And to be completely honest, after my baby brother Haru was born, I realized that was something I really wanted for myself some day... But I'm not just going to automatically pick her based on that. It might not even be something she wants, and as they say, adoption is always a caring option, so... I'm... I'm open to the possibility of dating one of you guys too, it's just-I, I don't know! I'm pretty sure I'm into both guys and girls, but, I guess I can't really say since I've never been with either, S-SO, um, I'm pretty sure feelings are the number one thing I should be considering! Since that's the case then I'm considering everyone equally based on their feelings! So just go ahead and tell me what you feel for me! And... If you don't mind, I wanna know why you chose only me... There's no other guys or girls you like, Shouto...? Are you, um, interested in both guys and girls like me, or, just guys...?"
Shouto put a hand up to stop Izuku's nervous rambling. He could only answer so much at a time, after all. "I am attracted to both... I suppose it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, to possibly settle down with a good wife and have children someday, but... I think I'm just a little more into guys. I don't know, I think so anyways, but it might just be that I'm mostly into you... I have been attracted to other men at least as often and as equally as women before, but it's definitely something different with you... As for why I chose only you, well, that's why. You're different than all the others. You make me feel things that no one ever has before..."
"Like what...?" Izuku inquired, intensely curious, with all of his focus on the other boy.
"Well... Obviously I'm attracted to you physically..." He admitted a little awkwardly. "But of course, the number one thing I like about you is your spirit. Your kindness. Your heart. You're always considerate of others. But then... That also makes me feel not so great about you sometimes. It makes me sad and angry when you push yourself too far. When you give too much of yourself to help others. I worry about you... I want to be near you as much as possible to make sure you're okay... And I want to be near you as much as possible, because... It just... Makes me feel so calm, happy, and... Safe..."
Izuku stared at the other man, his heart skipping a beat as he said that last word. Safe. It was never a small thing for a hero to admit when they needed someone else to look out for them and be their hero...
Already aware of Izuku's thoughts, Shouto began to address it, "I'm sure... You probably wonder if part of the reason I feel so strongly for you is how you helped me back in school when I reached out to you about my personal problems with my family. Kind of like how people sometimes fall in love with their rescuers... I'd be lying to say that isn't part of why I love you. I've already considered that, but... I know that's far from the only reason. So if you wonder just what I feel for you... Well, I guess I'd have to say, everything..."
Izuku's heart skipped a few beats. Everything was a lot to feel... And it was pretty close to how much he was feeling now, and how he had always felt about Shouto. Which was a bit confusing. If Shouto liked him and he liked Shouto, well then, what now...?
Todoroki suddenly got up from his seat. Then he took two steps, standing right in front of him now. Looking down, into his eyes. "Izuku... If you say you're confused about if you really like guys... Would you please allow me to express how I feel for you physically as well? I know it's selfish of me to ask..." He looked away from Izuku's now burning red face. Red as his hair, almost... "I can give you up to someone else if it turns out you feel more for them than me... But... I'd really like to have just one memory of us together, as if we were a couple. Even if just for a few moments, for one night, and if it helps you figure things out, that'd be even better... So, would it be okay? Do you want to...?"
His heart pounding in his ears like an impossibly loud taiko drum, Izuku nodded before he realized he had, and just as he was beginning to realize he had, Shouto had suddenly climbed onto him, a knee on each side of his thighs but with their groins apart for now, and put his hands on his shoulders. Then he focused his eyes back on his face. "Can I kiss you...?"
This time Izuku took a deep breath first before answering, mouse-like, "Y-Yes...?"
Then, like a hawk upon that mouse, Shouto's lips had captured his...
Strangely super good, this meshing of mouths, but also just plain strange. The temperature of Shouto's lips wasn't exactly half and half like his looks, but more like a gradient. Hot to cool, most of his lips were warm, but grew lukewarm and then tepid at the corner near his mother's half. However, as Izuku started to kiss him back, the cooler side grew a little warmer to match his body temperature, and the warm half got just a little feverishly hotter...
Curious, Izuku reached up and put a palm on each cheek. As he expected, one was feverish while the other was cool to the touch, but grew just a little warmer from the heat of his hand...
Shouto suddenly pulled back, something clearly on his mind. Izuku looked a bit like a smooched fish for a second, before realizing that apparently the other man had something to say, and put his lips back to normal, only blushing a little.
"Can I... Can I admit something kind of stupid and embarrassing and super personal to you? I know you'd keep it to yourself but it might seem really weird to you..."
Of course that made Izuku intensely curious, so he nodded right away. "Uh, sure? What is it...?"
It seemed like despite how sure he'd seemed at first, he was now hesitating. "It's, um... Really embarrassing and personal... Probably too much information..."
"It's bothering you." Izuku pointed out, full of sympathy. "So just tell me..."
Shouto seemed a bit faraway and detached from his next words. "...The time we fought in our first year together... I'm sure you already know how much you changed me that day, but... You changed me even more than you know..."
Well that was a little cryptic... "How so?" He continued to press him.
Shouto looked away from him again, a rare blush ghosting his paler half's cheek. "The day after that fight... Was the first time I ever masturbated..."
Izuku's eyes went very, very big. "...W-Wait, WHAT...?" But, he was FIFTEEN when that battle happened! Izuku had never thought of himself as a pervert by any means, but he was starting to feel a little bit like one now, realizing he'd been touching himself at least semi-regularly since he was twelve, and some boys started even younger than that from what he'd heard...
Todoroki's eyes were fixed firmly on the nearby window, drawn with floral-print curtains. "I... Guess I should be more specific... That day was the first time I -successfully- masturbated... I tried a few times before that, but I was never able to get very far... I kept using my cold hand, which was obviously making things difficult to start and impossible to finish, but I hated my other side so much, I didn't want to even use the other hand for -that-, until you told me what you did that day... My whole life before that day, I was just... An enormous ball of stress! Always wound up tight and never able to let go. I felt so much better afterwards..." Sheesh, no kidding! Izuku definitely believed him on that... And also started to realize... Stress, wound up tight... That sounded awfully familiar to how he'd been feeling recently. Masturbating had been fine when he was a teenager, but now he was craving something more...
"Also... When I did it, I was thinking of you..."
...Oh god...
"Izuku..." Shouto looked back into his eyes, but only for a second before losing his nerve again. He then instead leaned in, and whispered next to Izuku's ear with the warm side of his face, "May I please show you... What you helped me to discover that day..." Shouto then thought better of it and rephrased it more simply, since Izuku's brain seemed to be overloading and and on the verge of shutting down... "Izuku... May I touch you, down there, with my left hand...?"
Was he really in control of his face? Izuku was starting to wonder. Someone kept making him nod... But it was okay, because then Shouto pulled back and smiled at him coyly, satisfied with himself and Izuku's answer, and informed him in kind, "I promise it'll feel -really- good. Not too hot, just right..."
Reaching between them, to the elastic hem of Izuku's stretchy shorts, Shouto easily slipped his fingers under the band, sliding over Izuku's stomach to his groin, where the slightly shorter man's cock practically jumped up into his proffered hand, and Todoroki greeted his tense flesh with an already heated palm and finger-pads.
"A-AH!" Izuku cried out involuntarily as soon as those fingers had barely even brushed his skin, clutching the armrests on the chair, hard. "Y-You weren't kidding, that feels SO good...!" It wasn't even close to painfully hot, it felt like Shouto had held his hands under a heater or dryer for a few minutes, only the heat never decreased and remained constant. If this was the kind of ability he had, Izuku was now REALLY surprised that he waited so long to masturbate...
Leaning close to his ear, Shouto let his breath come out chilly this time, ghosting his lobe with icy air to calm him down a little. "Imagine how I felt that first time... It was next level... Also, I..." Changing his breath back to hot, he placed a kiss on his neck, "I pretended... That my cock was yours, and that I was touching you instead of myself..."
Izuku had sucked in a sharp gasp at that, but before he could really process it, Shouto had wrapped his entire hand around him, his whole palm hugging a full half of the other man's length. He paused for just a second then, memorizing the length and the girth. "...Huh. You're... Bigger than I expected..."
Wait what the heck was that supposed to mean... Izuku didn't really care enough to say anything, though. Not with how he was feeling now...
It wasn't even close to how it felt with his own hand, which definitely seemed inadequate now, next to Todoroki's skill. Well, not that there was much skill involved, really. He barely had to do anything besides move his hand hand up and down and squeeze a little. Otherwise that amazing heat was doing all the work for him.
It gave Izuku a strange sort of feeling, besides the obvious sexual pleasure of course. But being held so close by someone like this...It make him feel extra warm, and not just on his cock, or the cheek, jaw and neck that Shouto was now laying kisses down upon. His heart was filled with warmth too... The first time Shouto had ever gotten to feel something this amazing, he was thinking about him... Yeah, that really left him feeling 'warm and fuzzy' inside...
'Warm and fuzzy' very quickly turned to 'hot and heavy', though, especially when Todoroki started squeezing a little harder, and moving his hand faster...
The wooden armrests he was clutching now seemed a little too cold and dead a thing to have his hands on at the moment, when something like this was happening. Also, if he kept clutching the armrests much longer, he was probably going to break them into splinters...
So since his hand was currently somewhere very private too, Izuku figured he wouldn't mind if he replaced his hands on his hips instead... Except he was distracted, and they ended up falling a little short...
Shouto gasped first, which caused Izuku to gasp even louder when he realized what he'd done, and quickly put his hands back up on Todoroki's midsection... But then Todoroki quickly reached to his hands with his cool one, and dragged them back down to his buttocks, encouraging his partner to cup them low...
That, plus the fact that Shouto started kissing him again, and moaning into that kiss, and rubbing his cock harder and faster with that extra-warm hand... Well, it quickly became too much for the Hero Formerly Known as Midoriya.
He gripped Shouto's bottom harder, kissed him harder, and moaned back into that kiss, their tongues briefly reaching out to each other. He only registered for a second after that that Todoroki's mouth was all warm, before he stopped giving a fuck about everything in the world entirely for about 7-8 seconds...
There was some lazy fluttering of his eyes for a few seconds more, and then he came back to reality, blushing over how quickly that had happened. It usually took him much longer alone...
Somehow Todoroki had managed to get most of his... Messy stuff, into his hands. There was a little bit in his pants too though. Well, good thing he'd worn white...
"I should go wash this off..." The half-and-half man told him, and Izuku nodded back lamely, finally letting go of his buttocks. He noticed but didn't yet comment on the fact that Shouto had a bit of an erection as he made his way to the bathroom to wash his hands...
When he came back out, it had diminished quite a bit, which alarmed Izuku, especially so when he started to say, "I should... Probably let you work things out by yourself now, so I'll go and-"
This time Izuku didn't care what he looked like as he rushed over to Shouto, glaring at him a little. "Wait, what? You're not gonna go without letting me return the favor, are you?" He couldn't help but let his disappointment show in his voice for as second, but then he realized that might be a little selfish, so he reigned himself back. "I mean... Sorry, of course you don't have to do anything you don't want, but... Please? I want to..."
I want to. Those seemed to be the magic words for Shouto. He nodded tensely, returned back to the other side of the room with Izuku, and sat down in the chair when he was prompted to. Izuku didn't waste any time, he went right to work, a little lazy from his orgasm, but with plenty enough energy for this...
Kneeling down in front of him, Izuku unbuttoned and unzipped his pants, and with some help from Todoroki, slipped them down halfway to his knees, along with the black boxers underneath. Was he being formal on this date, Izuku wondered, or was he dressing as if it would be the funeral of their relationship? Well, time to put a little color back into his life...
Izuku was also wondering, now that Shouto's cock was finally free... Would it also be half and half...?
Shouto took his member into his own warm hand first, a little self-conscious about losing his erection from before, he started to work on bringing it back, and explained, "My dual conditions... Make it difficult to stay hard, if there's not warmth applied... Otherwise I always feel a slight chill there... Um, also... When I get close to, you know... Being finished... I sometimes start breathing a little fire... Not always, and not much, but... Anyways, don't worry, if I feel it, I'll aim it away from you, okay?"
The things you had to discuss when pleasuring a hero...
Izuku only nodded in understanding, then returned his focus to his cock, which Shouto then released to let him take over now that he had 'warmed himself up'. Izuku immediately wrapped his fingers and palm around it firmly, and squeezed it fully. Then he looked back up at Shouto, inquiring, "Is my hand warm enough to-Oh... Sh-Shouto...?"
Todoroki was looking down at him intensely, his eyes wide. His entire frame was shaking just a little. "Nn... Y-Yes... It's warm..." He replied tensely. His whole body was so tense...
"H-Hey... Loosen up some, will you?" The green-haired man implored him, but maybe that was easy for him to say, since he was still feeling the afterglow of his own recent release, and also, didn't have a quirk that made half his junk feel constantly breezy...
But Shouto took the suggestion to heart, nodded, and leaned back in the chair, letting his legs relax and his back slacken. He laid back in the chair, looking completely at ease now... All except for his lips, that was. He kept biting them, focusing the strain by worrying the bottom lip with his top teeth.
Well, at least he was -mostly- relaxed... Enough for Izuku to do what he had to, anyways, and he encouraged him extra in a soothing voice while he started to bring his hand up and down, just lightly squeezing for now. "There you go, doesn't that feel better? Just relax..."
Shouto nodded back, but worried his lip harder. "Nn... Kay..."
Izuku decided to mention it, "Hey... You're going to make your lip bleed if you keep that up..."
Shouto decided to reply, and made it quite obvious right off the bat what the issue was because his flames started licking out of his mouth as soon as he opened it to speak. "Hah... It's because, it feels so good... Oh god, you've already got me breathing fire, your hand is so warm..." Apparently it also usually took Todoroki much longer alone, even with his much warmer hand...
Which confused Izuku. "Isn't your hand warmer...?"
Shouto shook his head, then tilted it upward as a short burst of flame emerged. "It's not the same... Yours feels... Better, most natural, I can't explain it, so this is what it feels like-A-AH-!"
Suddenly a much larger burst of flame erupted from his mouth, and his voice came out hoarse. "S-So CLOSE-!"
Izuku suddenly felt like being extra. Plus Ultra, right? If Shouto wanted to feel warmth... Well, an image had suddenly popped into his head, and he just couldn't get it out...
Leaning forward, Izuku almost chickened out, kinda did, couldn't bring himself to actually put it in his mouth like he thought about, but... But he breathed on it, let his hot breath fall upon it... And Shouto lost it, making a slight choking noise, and then, fire. A very big stream of fire that left a slight black mark at the top of the ceiling by the time he was though. Whoops...
...And double whoops. Both boys blushed very hard to realize now that, uh... Izuku's face and hair had gotten a little messy. Izuku chastised himself too because duh dumbass, there was a box of tissues right on the table. Ugh, he was such an idiot... It wasn't like they needed protection for this particular kind of activity, but still, good thing this place also had a shower, which Izuku promptly excused himself to use. But first, he pleaded to Todoroki, "Hey, but don't leave before I get out. I want to tell you something before you go, okay?"
Shouto nodded, pulling up his pants awkwardly and suddenly craving a glass of cold water to drink...
He got himself one while Izuku showered, and when the other man came out, he had finished it, and was waiting for him, sitting back in his chair, but with his clothes fixed up again.
Pushing his dampened green locks back out of his face, Izuku sighed. "Okay, so... Since you poured your heart out to me... I just wanted to let you know about my feelings about you now too..."
Shouto looked up at him, and set his cup down on the table. His eyes looked a little different from when he'd first gotten there. More... Hopeful. But still prepared for the worst. "Go ahead..."
Izuku nodded and bowed his head, approaching the dual-natured man and standing in front of him, "Listen..." He began, looking him in the eye at first. But then he lost his nerve, and looked down instead, "It... Probably wouldn't be fair to the others to make any decisions before talking to the rest of them, too. And I... I have to be honest, I can't say for sure what my feelings might be by the end of this. They might change. I might feel stronger for someone else, but... Todoroki, don't give me that look." He suddenly broke away from what he had prepared to say in the shower, to glare at Shoto for that vaguely sad, sulky look that was on his face. Of course most people wouldn't even be able to tell the slight changes that had occurred in his face the last few seconds. That Poker Face of his was almost perfect, except when it came to Izuku, who went on, "I haven't said no yet! That's what I'm trying to say! I'm saying that... I'm considering you, very seriously! I have a lot of feelings for you too, but, I need to make sure it's not just because I want to help you, as your friend. I need to make sure I'm not confusing what I'm feeling for you now, especially since it was my first time doing anything like this... But... I really, really like you, Shouto... I don't know if it's love, I'll have to get back to you on that, but I definitely know I'm attracted to you too... Is that okay for now...?" He was trying his best to be as gentle as possible while also being completely honest, but he knew how he would feel if the shoes were on the other foot...
Shouto bit back the bitterness soon after Izuku chastised him for it, and was smiling again seconds later. "Thank you, Izuku. That's more than okay. I didn't even expect to be considered. And of course, we can still be friends even if you don't pick me..."
"Of course!" Izuku earnestly agreed right away, but then he fell silent again, unsure what to say after that. What now...?
Then Shouto supplied, "Hey... Izuku... Can I kiss you, just one more time before I go...?"
Izuku nodded once more, and they kissed. They kissed like new lovers, and they kissed like old lovers. Hesitant lovers and confident lovers. Lovers for one night or for thousands? Shouto seemed to be kissing him a bit as if it might be the last kiss, but... Izuku definitely wasn't so sure of that...
Finally satisfied, seemingly for the night or for a lifetime, Shouto let him go with a soft little sigh. "Thank you..." He said again, and then turned around to go. "See you at work later..." He added with a wave behind him as he exited the room.
"See you..." Izuku called after him, then sighed too as he sunk into the nearby chair. He couldn't even imagine what he was going to end up thinking by the end of all this. So far though... What he had to think about was at least mostly pleasant...
Three days, then his date with Iida was scheduled... Izuku had to make sure he looked a little sharper and more formal for that one...
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