Chapter 3: A Mild Abrasion

"It's just a picture, Todoroki. It could've been edited by fans, you know. Don't think anything of it," Midoriya explained once noticing the small icicles form on the bottle Todoroki was holding.

Todoroki and Midoriya just finished working out at the gym. Their hero agencies were partners, so the two saw each other often.

Todoroki was focusing hard on a picture of Yaoyorozu and Bakugo sitting together at a restaurant. She was smiling gleefully at Bakugo, and Bakugo had his eyes on her. Todoroki didn't notice that he almost completely froze the bottle. He simply melted the ice and put the phone back in his pocket, "I am not sure why you felt the need to explain it to me, Midoriya."

Midoriya's head slumped forward, He doesn't know it yet, does he?

Midoriya adjusted his gym bag's strap and stared at the brightness of the moon, "You should talk to her."

Todoroki turned to him as they continued to walk, curious as to what he was going to say. Midoriya always had genuine and significant words. He was a big impact on Todoroki's life as well.

"She just needs someone to encourage her," he reassured, "Yaoyorozu is a brilliant person, but she doesn't see the power in herself. If someone important to her told her that, she will light up."

Todoroki absorbed what he said. Someone important, huh.

He allowed Midoriya to walk in front of him. He pulled out his phone again and zoomed in on the picture of Yaoyorozu smiling.

"I mean," Midoriya scratched his head, "The only reason why you asked her to work for you was because you wanted to spend more time with her right?"

Todoroki was taken by surprise and his cheeks blushed, almost melting the phone in his hands.

"Ahh! No, no! I mean you did, right? C-Calm down, Todoroki!," Mirodiya panicked looking at the deamaged phone.


LATER THAT NIGHT

I'm going to call her now. Todoroki told himself in the bathroom mirror. I'm going to persuade her to work for me and she's going to work for me and we're going to spend time together and…

He slapped his hand on his face. What am I going to say?

The confused male heard his cellphone ring in the next room. He walked out of his restroom and picked up his nearly destroyed cellphone. It was Yaoyorozu.

"Good evening, Todoroki," Yaoyorozu cracked. She was still trying to find that sweet spot to where her voice sounded normal when she was nervous. Crap.

"Yaoyorozu," he greeted, surprised by her call.

It was silent for a moment. She just turned down his offer and Todoroki still did not plan what he was going to say.

"So uhm…." Yaoyorozu was the first one to speak out, "I stopped by your agency today, but by the time I arrived, you weren't there."

"Did you want to see me for something?"

"Well I uh…I signed the papers," she stated, gripping onto her pillow, "I left it with your front desk clerk."

He didn't have anything to say. Todoroki felt complete joy.

She answered, shakily, "I…I look forward to working with you, Todoroki."

He couldn't help but smile, "Yaoyorozu, that's good news."

"Yes, it is…So I'll uh…" Yaoyorozu still didn't completely know what to say, "I should be there at 9am."

"I will see you then, Yaoyorozu."

"Have a good night, Todoroki," she said hanging up.

He stared at his phone for a while with a satisfied smirk. I look forward to working with you too, Yaoyorozu.

His moment of happiness didn't last as he started to think more about it. What made her change his mind?

Todoroki scrolled to his phone and opened the picture of Yaoyorozu and Bakugo.


Yaoyorozu slipped her fingers under Bakugo's black tank top. Her soft fingers brushed against his toned abdomen. He pulled her body to him and lightly bit her neck. She let out a soft moan as his warm tongue met her skin.

"Does that feel good, Ponytail?" Bakugo teased, burying his intense red eyes onto hers. His face was close to hers, but she dared not to break his gaze. His rough hand slipped down into her panty, inching his way closer and closer…

"Uwaaahhhhh!" Yaoyorozu woke up screaming in cold sweat. She put her hand over her mouth in shock. What was THAT?!

The scene unconsciously replayed in her hand. She had to slap herself to concentrate. I think I've been spending too much time with Bakugo.

Before she could think anymore of it, her alarm went off. Her mind hastily shifted to Todoroki. It was going to be her first day at his agency, and she was overjoyed. Before she could do anything else, she had to shower, even thought she was already a little damp.

She was quick to shower, brush her teeth, eat breakfast, and slip on her uniform. She flew out the door, fixing her hair on the way out. I can't wait to go to Todoro- EHHHHH?!

And just like that, her dream replayed over and over in her mind. There he was, Katsuki Bakugo in his infamous black tank top. Her mind was scattered and her face, flustered.

Bakugo cocked his head to her once he heard the door close. His eyes were angry, "You, bitch."

It was the same angry red eyes from her dream. She couldn't think straight. She kept thinking about his hands and imagined him touching her. How does he know where I live?

He stood up; his muscles flexed from the tension of his rage. A vein popped out on his bulky neck. He grinded his teeth and was uncomfortably close in her face, "Don't you ever check your fucking belongings?!"

"What?" she backed off until her body was against the door.

It made him go closer. He slammed his hand on the door beside her head, "You took one of my damn papers, Ponytail!"

So close. "I-I-I'm sorry but I t-t-turned them into Todoro-"

"Shit!" he yelled out in rage, "Don't you know how much of a fool you made me look like? I had all my fucking papers until you-"

Bakugo stopped himself from saying more. He took the hand that was beside her and clenched his fist, "Take me to that half-and-half bastard."


"Ka-Kachan!" Midoriya yelled, surprised with his presence at Todoroki's agency.

"Bakugo?" Ochako was there beside Midoriya, also in shock. Ochako and Midoriya worked at the same hero agency. Their agency was partnered with Todoroki's.

Yaoyorozu peeked from behind Bakugo, "Good morning Ochako! Midoriya! Why are you here so early?"

Ochako pointed at Yaoyorozu, "We are deciding on architectural designs, but more importantly-"

Her finger shifted to Bakugo, "WHY IS BAKUGO WITH YOU?"

"Hahhh? You gotta problem with that, Roundface?!" he growled, causing Ochako to wince and take back her finger.

Midoriya, in his usual panic, glanced back and forth between Todoroki, who stood suspiciously quiet in all of this, and the trespassing Bakugo, "Why are you here, Kacchan?"

Todoroki continued to stay silent; a small spark of anger was in his face.

"Long story short, I accidentally took one of Bakugo's papers and gave it to Todoroki," Yaoyorozu explained.

"What's with that look, bastard?" Bakugo peered at Todoroki's face, stomping closer to him.

Midoriya and Ochako were worried that they were going to break out into a fight. Todoroki tilted his head slightly over Bakugo to look at Yaoyorozu. He wondered how their papers got mixed up.

Bakugo felt annoyed once noticing that Todoroki shifted his attention elsewhere. He pulled Todoroki up by his navy blue cotton shirt, "You will give me that fucking paper back, shit head."

His intimidation didn't faze Todoroki. His face did not waver as he spoke, "Yaoyorozu, please proceed upstairs with Midoriya and Ochako to look at the design plan. I will speak to Bakugo in my office."

"C'mon Yao-Momo," Ochako tugged on her and MIdoriya followed. Ochako pulled her into the elevator with intentions of interrogating her. Yaoyorozu glanced back at Todoroki and Bakugo with a worried expression on her face.

"Are you finished?" Todoroki asked calmly.

"Tch," Bakugo released his grip and allowed Todoroki to lead him into his office. Todoroki was especially annoyed with Bakugo's presence today.

Why were you with Yaoyorozu? That question drilled into his head as they proceeded to his office.

Todoroki reached for the doorknob and twisted it open. Once he let go of the doorknob, the door accidentally hit Bakugo on the side. It burned his skin.

"What the fuck?" Bakugo howled at the mild burn, "Are you trying to pick a fight, half-and-half?"

Todoroki didn't realize what he did, but he was a little happy with the accident. He made sure to face away from Bakugo's sight as he grinned, "Sorry."

Bakugo threw out curse words as Todoroki approached the stack of papers on his desk.

He stared at Yaoyorozu's signature.

"I don't have all day," Bakugo was becoming impatient.

Todoroki shifted through the papers and found Bakugo's. He read through it before handing it to him, "You're quitting your agency?"

Bakugo went in front of him and swiped the paper from his hand, "Mind your own damn business."

"How did your paper get mixed up with Yaoyorozu's?"

"Didn't I tell you already, bastard?!"

Todoroki was used to Bakugo's outbursts, but he needed some answers. He held up Yaoyorozu's stack of signed papers in front of him, "Did you have something to do with this?"

"She signed the papers, didn't she?" Bakugo scoffed, heading towards the door.

Shoto was not too fond of Bakugo, but he did respect him. He felt a little thankful that Yaoyorozu took the job because of him. He spoke, "If you ever need a job-

"I don't need your fucking pity!" Bakugo was immediately offended, "You think you're hot stuff, hiring whoever you want? You're new partner doesn't need you to be good at what she does."

He wasn't too fond of Bakugo's words. It made him agitated to think that he knew Yaoyorozu fondly. He clenched his fists. The pictures of them together appeared in his thoughts, "I don't know what you plan to do with Yaoyorozu…"

He glared him down, walking closer to Bakugo, "But stay away from Yaoyorozu."

A vein popped on Bakugo's head. He didn't like people telling him what to do.

"She's too good for you," Todoroki mocked, crossing his arms.

The vein got bigger. His cocked his head to the side, grinning evilly and popping sparks on his hand, "You think so?!"

He threw his head back and let out a hearty, menacing laugh. Katsuki's smile stayed on his face as he got in Todoroki's face, "You're gonna regret saying that, bastard."

He wasn't usually intimidated by him, but he could tell Bakugo wasn't kidding. It made him a little worried.

Bakugo had a smug look on his face. Staring him down with his serious red eyes. After a good minute of this, he turned around without a word and slammed the door shut, almost completely breaking it. Todoroki felt slight regret for what he said to Bakugo.


"And this is what we planned, and this is what we wanted, and this is what they did and this is what we will likely do," Ochako pulled on Yaoyorozu's arm, rushing her past the proposed designs that were posted on the walls. She finally stopped at the end and held on tight to Yaoyorozu's eyes, observing her face, "Now, what's going on with you and Bakugo?"

"Ochako, now is not really the time," Midoriya said nervously, hoping Todoroki wouldn't appear.

"Uhhh," Yaoyorozu scratched her head, remembering the pictures that were posted, "There's nothing going on really."

"I saw the pictures!" Ochako yelled, accusingly, "What is Bakugo to you?"

That was a difficult question. Being with Bakugo in recent events made Yaoyorozu see him in a new light. She smiled at the thought of it. Then her dream popped up again, shifting her smile and making her internally scream. She shook her head, and told her, "We're just friends!"

Ochako backed off and put a finger to her chin, "So nothing is going on?"

"Honestly, Ochako!" Yaoyorozu shrieked.

Ochako rubbed her chin, "She's seems to be telling the truth."

"Of course I am!"

"Is everything going well?" Todoroki asked, shutting the door behind him.

Yaoyorozu's personality altered as quickly as a light switch. Her voice became soft, "Todoroki...It's going very well."

He walked up to her, "What did you think of the designs?"

Izuku and Ochako watched them continue their conversation. If only they could see the brightness in their faces. They knew it was going to happen someday. Ochako held Midoriya's hand and gave him a reassuring nod. Midoriya nodded back to seal the quiet agreement. This was going to be an interesting year for Todoroki and Yaoyorozu.