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Boom, as an onomatopoeia. could refer to any number of things. It was the sudden explosion coming from a previously-undetected bomb. It was the terrifying crash of a giant villain smashing into a concrete skyscraper. It was the dry thud of Shoto's hand hitting the wall.
It was the deafening roar of Momo's heart beating in her ears immediately afterwards.
It was an exercise of trust, she told him, to do the classic shoujo manga kabedon. He was not a violent person, not by any stretch of the imagination, and never would have even thought of swinging a hand in her direction had she not specifically asked him to. She told him that it would be fun, that she trusted him, that she just wanted to try it.
Momo pressed her back into the wall, exhilarated by the closeness of their faces. His expression wasn't even any different from his normal, resting default, but it was impossible to not stare into his eyes when they were doing this. Combined with the mysterious slowing of time, Momo was left with this feeling of intensity and excitement she never knew she craved.
Shoto dropped his hand back to his side and stood up straight. "Was that up to your expectations?" he asked, averting his eyes to stare at the floor.
Momo swallowed thickly. Her own arms dropped down from her chest, and she clasped her hands behind her back. For a few seconds, she could still feel her own heartbeat, thudding and pounding against her chest, but the booming in her ears was gradually subsiding.
She wanted to put off her reply until she was finished with all these feelings, so she allowed her eyes to wander the scene. They had just finished their midterm exams today; most other students were busy packing up in the dorms. Late afternoon sunbeams streamed into the empty hall that was their own little world.
She noticed a sparkling of frost forming on Shoto's hand, and had she not been in that ethereal, dreamy state of coming down from a high, she would have laughed. Her boyfriend very rarely wore his heart on his sleeve, but she had learned his tells by now.
She wrung her hands behind her back. Now that she had gotten what she'd asked for, she was a little bit embarrassed to tell him she enjoyed it.
She looked down at the floor and pushed off from the wall, taking a few baby steps to be closer to his side. "I…" she began, taking the hand he'd used on the wall. She pried his fingers out of their nervous fist and laced her own into their place.
"Yeah," she said, taking the moment to just feel and appreciate his warmth. "Yeah, it was."
She felt him loosen up; just how nervous had he been? Had he not trusted himself?
She rested her head on his shoulder, squeezing his hand reassuringly. "I liked it," she said. "I trust you."
The rest of the tension left him with an audible sigh. "I'm glad," he said, at just below his normal volume. Then, quietly, "Thank you."
Author's Note xxx. wow these are becoming almost weekly bc quarantine has destroyed all sense of time for me and it always feels like it's been a month since i last wrote a drabble but in truth it's always just been a couple days hahaha. anyway, lately i've been wanting to return more to those bits that are like these really detailed little glimpses into tdmm's daily, more sheltered private lives, and i feel like this captures that feeling again. most similar vibe-wise chapter i think would be ch. 13, w/the cat.
about three seconds into writing this i realized that todoroki doing a kabedon just out of nowhere would be pretty ooc for him bc that's like... a kinda violent outlet? like the reason you get the doki-dokis from it is bc it's terrifying and sudden and i would straight-up have freaked my shit if that happened to me. this was originally meant to be before they got together, but after that realization i changed it so that now they're ~dating~ and she asked for it. in the end it became more abt trusting one another than the kabedon but i actually like that.
anyway yeah! ! ! in other news, i joined this todomomo mini-bang, so i'll have smth tdmm out for sure sometime in june or july~ anyway, thanks for reading, follow/fave for more, leave a review, and as always, have a greaaaaat daaaaaayyyy~~~
