He never knew embarrassment could be cute.

Yet, as Momo Yaoyorozu sat next to him with a wrinkled nose and flushed cheeks, he deemed any expression she had to be cute.

"What does daddy mean?"

Well, his reaction to that sure as hell wasn't cute. The water he had been sipping sputtered from his lips as he choked, droplets dribbling down his chin in a small stream. He coughed for a few moments as she continued to stare at him. Her face was a mixture of amusement and concern all intricately woven into those beautiful features of hers.

"I'm so sorry, Todoroki! Here," she paused to slip a napkin from one of her bare arms before offering it toward him. "Take this! I'm so sorry... I thought it was a stupid question to ask but I wasn't sure what it meant." He nodded, his throat still burning as his fingers slightly brushed hers while taking the napkin. A small shiver went down his spine at the hint of contact and he coughed in an attempt to mask it.

"It wasn't stupid," he mumbled against the napkin. The water was mostly dry after he spent a minute or two hacking up a lung but he didn't want to be rude and not use the piece of cloth she had just created for him. "Just caught me off guard."

"Sorry," she responded meekly. The flush had increased on her cheeks and his heartbeat fluttered slightly. How could anyone be that adorable?

"It's fine. Maybe ask Mina about that one." His lips quirked upward as a slight smile formed on his face. Mina would definitely be able to answer that question better than he could. She was the one who used it constantly in the group chat, after all. The pink hero was constantly calling everyone daddy, much to his embarrassment. He didn't quite like the term but when she used it towards Bakugo, he always found it amusing.

"Yeah, I probably should. She might be able to explain more terms to me too!" The smile she flashed him was enough to cause the back of his neck to flare with heat and he subconsciously rose a hand to gently rub his skin in an attempt to get rid of the sensation. "Sorry to bother you, Todoroki! I'll let you get back to what you were doing." He glanced down at the phone in his hands, knowing all too well that her presence was better than anything he could do with his time. Besides, he was just skimming through all of Kaminari's texts in the group message. The blonde had sent so many in a span of five minutes that he wasn't sure if Kaminari was exactly okay. It was normal, sure, but neverending.

"You're fine," he replied after a moment. "I was just reading through the group chat anyway. Nothing too exciting." Todoroki glanced up to see her fidgeting with her own phone, her gaze fluttering between him and the device. She seemed conflicted to the icy hot boy and so, without another thought, he leaned closer with an eyebrow raised.

"Did you have something else to say..?" Yaoyorozu's hands stilled at his words, her cheeks deepening in that cute pink flush he could never get tired of seeing.

"I-I... Yes," she breathed out. Her body relaxed a little after another moment in his left side's heat and she tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear. "I just don't get half of the texts in this group." He fought back the urge to chuckle at her words. He knew she wasn't as aware of memes as the rest of the class, especially with how many everyone sent. Iida was the same way... Perhaps it was a class rep thing? Still, he found it endearing that she had wanted to ask him out of everyone.

"Which ones?" She leaned into him with her phone unlocked and at the ready for examples. She was always prepared, after all.

"This one here," she gestured with a gentle finger. "What does weird flex mean? I don't understand how Midoriya would know if Kirishima was doing that while he was texting." The laughter slipped from his lips before he could stop it, echoing in the air around them. He noticed the small smile on her lips as she glanced at him.

Few people heard him genuinely laugh and he was sure that she was the one who enjoyed it the most.

"He wasn't actually flexing," Todoroki paused as another chuckle escaped him. "At least I don't think he was, but Midoriya meant it as Kirishima was bragging about something he shouldn't have been." The dual haired boy gestured toward her screen then, his finger brushing against her own. "See, he was saying that he could fit twenty cheese puffs in his mouth so Midoriya responded with the weird flex but ok." She giggled, amusement settling onto her face.

"That kind of makes sense," she grinned as her eyes began to search for the next phrase.

They spent hours going over each meme she didn't understand, pressed against each other's side with easy smiles and bouts of laughter. It was simple and he found himself slipping deeper and deeper into his feelings for her. She grew out of her embarrassment with each definition he gave her, relaxing into his side and lazily showing him the next one she needed explained. That flush he loved so much was still faintly present on her cheeks throughout it all and he knew he could never get tired of seeing her with rosy cheeks and cute smiles.

"Thank you again for explaining these to me, Todoroki." Her smile was a beacon of light in the now dimly lighted common room. The day had quickly faded into night and he wasn't quite sure where the time had gone but it had something to do with her and her addicting presence.

"No problem," he returned her smile with a small one of his own. A yawn overtook her lips before she stretched against his side, eyes blinking in an attempt to clear the tiredness that was settling on her. "Go sleep." She nodded with a soft noise of approval coming from her throat. He was pretty tired himself, especially after essentially tutoring her in their classmate's jokes.

"You should sleep too," she mumbled as she slowly rose to her feet. Weird, his left side was now suddenly cold.

"Yeah." His response was soft but she offered another smile anyway.

"Good night, Todoroki."

He watched her retreat to the stairs, offering a slight wave before she disappeared from his sights with quiet footsteps. It was only a minute or two of silence before his phone started going off once more and he groaned to himself. Did they ever sleep? Probably not.

When he got to his room and collapsed on his bed, he saw what appeared to be over a hundred messages. One stuck out in particular though...

bPinky (10:15 pm):/b HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT TODOROKI AND YAOMOMO CUDDLING ON THE COUCH I'M GONNA CRY IT'S JUST S E

He didn't even notice Mina... How could he not? She probably even started squealing. Oh god, did everyone come down to stare at them? He grimaced and went to go send Yaoyorozu a quick apology only to see she had already texted him.

bYaoyorozu (11:25 pm):/b Thank you again, Todoroki! Also, you're super comfy (:

That night he fell asleep with thoughts of cuddling with her and the sweet satisfation of seeing Mineta's tears.

Notes • Sorry for not updating faster, guys! I wanted to at least post something while I thought of some more ideas for drabbles and this is what I came up with~ It was inspired by my favorite class 1-A chatfic on Ao3 by NamelessNebula and spicypistachio, if you haven't read it yet I highly recommend it! I have this hc where Todoroki loves himself some memes and Yaomomo is too pure to understand half of them so that's where this originated from~

Hope you guys enjoy this and thank you so much for checking these out! I hit over 1,500 views on this collection and I'm so excited because that's amazing I don't think I've ever had that many people read my stories before! Thank you all for reading, I hope you enjoy and I'll see you for the next one~