A/N: I hope you like it :)

Momo was even more nervous than she had been before the final exam against Eraser Head. If it wasn't for the support of the other girls she wouldn't even have found the courage to be here right now. All of them had reassured her that her feelings weren't one sided so here she was facing Todoroki. Taking a deep breath she looked him directly into his eyes.

"Thank you for agreeing to meet me here." Her voice was trembling and her next words were almost a whisper. "I want to confess my feelings for you. Todoroki-san I'm in love with you, please accept my feelings."

After she had said that she bowed and waited for his answer. With every second that ticked by her heart felt heavier and her hope that he would return her feelings sunk. Then, when he finally spoke up, her heart broke completely.

"I'm sorry Yaoyorozu I can't return your feelings."

Shouto could almost see the moment he broke her heart. Her whole posture changed and it looked as if she had sunken into herself. Slowly she straightened her back out of the bowed position she had been in before and looked up. She avoided his eyes, but Shouto could still see the sadness in them.

"Thank you for being honest with me. I'm sorry for wasting your time Todoroki-san."

The guilt bore even more into his heart at her words, but before he could tell her that talking to her was never a waste of time she turned around and with as much grace as she could muster ran away from him. Seeing his normally so carefree desk mate and friend like this hurt Shouto and knowing that he was the reason for it was even worse. In that moment he could have slapped himself, but it seemed that someone else was doing that already for him. He was brought out of his thoughts by a stinging pain on his cheek.

The half and half hero hadn't even realized that Kyoka stood now in front of him with a raised hand. She must have watched the whole scene and probably the rest of the girls as well, if the girls that were now running after Momo were anything to judge by. However he didn't have more time to think about it, because the girl in front of him clearly demanded his attention.

"How could you do that?" The normally quiet girl was almost screaming at him.

It had been a long time since Shouto had felt so uncomfortable with one of his classmates, so he reacted how he had learned to after his years under Endeavor's training.

"It's none of you business."

"Momo is my best friend, so it is my business. You lied when you told her that you don't feel the same way and I want to know why." Kyoka stated confidently.

"How did you know that I lied?" Shouto asked surprise. It was true, he had lied to Momo, but he had thought that he had done a job of hiding his real feelings.

"You can act as indifferent as you want but I can see it. You don't show a lot of emotions, but when you talk to Momo there is something different about you. Momo even told me how you helped her during the exam with Eraser Head. I don't know you well enough to tell what you feel, but I can see that Momo means more to you than a normal friend. So why did you reject her?"

"You don't know me and my reasons."

"That's what I just said. At least explain to Momo why you don't want to be with her or make the right decision and try solving it. She is in love with you. If you love her you'll make it work." With that she turned around and left him standing there.

For a moment he was just frozen to the spot, but then what Kyoka had said sunk in. She was right he had to talk to Momo. If there was someone who deserved to know, it was clearly the girl he was in love with, but it wouldn't be easy to tell her about his reasoning.

It was already evening when he finally found the courage to knocked on Momo's door. When Momo opened the door he could immediately tell that she must have cried a lot, because her eyes were red-rimmed and looked glassy. Even her normally bright smile that light up her eyes was gone and left was so much sadness that it tugged at his heartstrings. This was all his fault and there was only one way to make this right, tell her the truth.

"I want to talk to you about your confession and my reaction. I wasn't fair to you. I lied to you. It's not that I don't feel the same way, but that I can't be with you."

"Why?" Her voice sounded hopeful.

Before he could stop himself he told her about his worries.

"My family is messed up. Endeavor might be this shining hero, but he is an awful father. My childhood wasn't pretty. He trained me until my body gave out and he treated my mom, who wanted to protect me, so badly that she got sick. I don't want to be like him. What if I become like him and hurt you. I can't risk that. You deserve someone better than me."

There is was, the whole truth. Now it was up to her to decided if he was worth the soft look in her eyes and the gentle way she treated him. It was up to her if she was still in love with him after she knew whose son he really was.

"Shouto." Hearing her call him by his first name made his heart beat faster and he looked up at her. "I don't know Endeavor personally, but I know you and you're nothing like the man you just described. You're gentle, caring and brave. Don't let him define you. You are you and you're nothing like him, you're the man I fell in love with." With that she embraced him.

"Thank you Momo." His heart felt light for the first time since he had rejected her confession. She had a way with words and he believed her. His doubts of becoming like his father slowly vanished and he gently returned the embrace.

When they broke the embrace she smiled gently at him, until her eyes fell on his cheek.

"What happened to your cheek?" Momo asked softly while gently stroke the red spot on his cheek.

"Kyoka slapped some sense into me, quite literally." Shouto answered.

Momo hid her laugh behind her hand before leaning closer to him and softly kissing his cheek, right on the sore spot. "I hope that makes you feel better."

Shouto blushed the slightest bit before laying his hand gently on Momo's cheek. He looked her deep into her eyes.

"Are you really willing to put up with me, no matter how bad I'm at emotions?"

"I'm willing to go slow and wait for you Shouto. I understand you better now." Her eyes were so beautiful in the moment and her smile so gorgeous that Shouto couldn't help himself. Before his mind realized what he was doing his heart made the decision to finally kiss this amazing girl in front of him. The kiss was soft, but the best feeling he had ever felt flowed trough Shouto. It was warm like his quirk, but it held also such a sweetness that made him want to cry. It had been a long time ago that he felt so at ease and at home.

When he pulled away he saw that Momo's face was bright red and he realized what he had done. He hadn't even asked for permission.

"I'm sorry if that was too forward. Did I made a mistake?"

As if she wanted to erase all his doubts Momo leaned forward and kissed him. Momo was really an amazing girl and even after everything that he had told her, she still loved him the same. Before Shouto finally gave into the kiss fully he reminded himself that maybe he should thank Kyoka later for talking some sense into him.

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