Aoyama was terrified.
The funny thing was that terrified wasn't a word he would use as much as he did before. He was scared when he found out that his favorite cheese was made by maggots and mold, and he had been scared when he woke up and his stomach started shooting lasers.
The only time he could remember being truly terrified was when he almost disintegrated his Nana with his navel laser.
Even if he knew that Midoriya Izuku would reset after dying, he still couldn't stop the tremors of terror that wracked his spine from the mere idea of death. However, a nagging feeling inside of him erupted.
He realized that before discovering Midoriya's resets, he never really had friends to stick with. Even with his sparkling persona, he attracted a lot of people but never stayed with them. Theorizing with Hagakure and Ojiro was... Nice.
"We... Should go do something about that text," Hagakure said.
"I think our best bet is just to observe Izuku."
"Yeah..."
His happy feeling suddenly turned guilty. Izuku was in trouble and he was happy because of it? That was not the way heroes were supposed to think. He followed the two out of the door without a word.
Midoriya was not a boring person. He somehow even made stalking for them seem like a television show.
Everything he did was fascinating and desperately fast-paced because of his need of power control in his legs. The trio watched in horror as his skin peeled off raw and blood ran down his shins as he continued to strike against Ectoplasm even after class. They shadowed him even after he went to Recovery Girl and she scolded him for being reckless.
They even followed him right into Todoroki's room, wearing Hagakure's full body invisible suits. She was naked herself, and it took more than ten minutes to convince a blushing Ojiro that it was for Midoriya's sake.
"Midoriya..."
Strangely, Todoroki had a scarf wrapped around his neck even though the weather was as hot as summer. Every inch of his skin was covered with clothing except for his head.
"Shoto, how many time do I have to tell you to call me by Izuku-"
Midoriya was suddenly cut off when a pair of soft lips landed on his. He deepened it as if it was a normal occurrence. The sounds of the wet tongues and lips could be heard echoing in the small room.
Ojiro blushed.
Aoyama fainted.
Hagakure cooed.
The two boys immediately broke off their tender kiss when the trio made sounds. Todoroki stared questionably at the large skid mark on the ground, Midoriya furiously blushed.
"H-Hagakure?"
Caught red-handed, Hagakure meekly smiled even though none of them could see her. However, Ojiro and Aoyama stilled, scared to make a single sound. If Todorki and Midoriya only noticed Hagakure, then it would be easier for all of them.
"H-Hey..."
"What are you doing in my room?" Todoroki asked.
The only sign that Todoroki had engaged in any sign of activity was by his slightly red lips and lidded eyes. Midoriya, on the other hand, was a blushing red mess and he tried to sink into the floor with embarrassment. Hagakure didn't bother hiding her snort of laughter.
"S-Sensei assigned me a project where I'm supposed to sneak into every person's room to test the security level out!"-Hagakure was relieved that they couldn't see her trembling form, but she was pretty sure Todoroki could sniff out fear like a dog-"You caught me, congratulations!"
Todoroki turned his deadpan face towards them.
Wait... Since when were Shoto Todoroki's eyes both blue?
"OH MY GOD-"
Not a moment later three words left Hagakure's mouth did Midoriya's body collapsed.
"So invisible girl figured it out, huh? Too bad you're too late..."
Todoroki slinked towards the three teenagers with an oddly familiar grin. His bright blue eyes blinked and the room around them lit up in blue fire. He slowly peeled off the latex off of the bottom half of his face and took off his scarf with a relieved sigh. His gloves had long since been discarded.
The trio watched in gross horror as the burnt purple muscle was exposed to them, held together by staples. However, their direction was commanded on Izuku, who was slowly foaming around at the mouth.
"He's a goner," The man grinned and tapped his poison-coated lips.
And suddenly, the world turned black.
Ojiro woke up with a choked scream. Without bothering to check the time-he already knew it was 04:40-he ran down to the Gym. Feeling the intervals of chill and heat blasting from the top floor, he sprinted up the stairs.
"Todoroki!"
"Yes?"
Immediately, the blasts stopped. A red and white haired boy turned around with a confused gaze. Seeing his heterochromia blue and gray eyes, Ojiro finally breathed in relief. His classmate looked at him in confusion and tiredness.
"...Just be careful, yeah?"
"I appreciate your concern, Ojiro, but I am cautious enough," Shoto Todoroki said.
"Well," Ojiro scrambled around his hyperactive brain to find an excuse, "I heard that more sleep will do you good than overexerting yourself in training! I'm planning to skip my morning workouts the next few days until the Provisional License Exam and you should too!"
"That... Is a good idea. I was planning to visit my mother tomorrow anyways. Perhaps skipping my morning routine will allow me more time and energy to spend with them," Todoroki admitted.
"No!" Ojiro yelled.
Todoroki's eyes scrunched up in confusion, "No?"
"I-I mean, maybe you should surprise them instead when you get your License! I know my parents love surprises, so maybe you should try that instead!" Ojiro said.
"I do see the logic in that. I shall take your suggestion into consideration and give it a try. Thank you, Ojiro. You are a good fellow classmate," Shoto said.
As Ojiro waited for Shoto to finish showering, he implanted one of Momo's old tracking devices in Todoroki's UA uniform pocket.
The only people that would know about Shoto Todoroki leaving UA to visit his family would be his family himself and members of the UA faculty. Furthermore, his family must be kept in such a remote location that the only way that Dabi would know where Rei Todoroki resided was unless one of the UA faculty or family members had ratted her location out. No- that wouldn't make sense, the UA faculty wouldn't even be able to-
Wait.
Shoto and Dabi have such similarly shaped facial structures and eyes that we weren't able to tell them apart at first. The only thing separating between the two was just hair and eye color, along with injuries and scars. Even without their differences, they look like they could be related...
Hadn't there been news that Endeavor's oldest son had died a few years ago in a car accident?
Don't tell me...
"Ojiro, thank you for your patience. I am ready to go back to the dorms now."
"S-Shoto..."
"Yes?"
"I-Is Dabi your older brother?"
i feel like i let too many things happen in this chapter. maybe i should've slowed down the pace but i don't know. what do ya'll think? also, should i even have romance for this story? i felt like it was fitting for shoto and deku to kiss because it would've made sense for dabi to disguise himself as shoto and coat his lips in potent poison.