"Welcome to Azure. How may I help you?"

"Ah! I... would like to look around for a bit..."

"Of course, you're welcome to."

Both the male feels pretty awkward with the situation. After all, one who is longing for attention of the other male despite not even knowing about him and they just met. And the other one who is feeling like getting closer to the man in front of him despite just meeting and he can't even see the man. But, even after all of that both of them can't stop the fast heart beating inside their chest.

Midoriya hears the voice and knows immediately that it belongs to a male and he clearly felt that he has heard of the voice somewhere before but could not make it out due the face mask that he, perhaps, might be wearing. The voice was a bit unclear because of that. But more importantly, he needs to stop these feelings he was having.

He feels as if his whole surrounding changes to either a theme park or maybe a bakery store, it just feels that sweet for him. He was very traumatized but he couldn't really show them since he was still at work and he needs to treat a customer with respect. When the male walks around the store, Midoriya follows behinds keeping a bit distance between them.

Todoroki just have no idea what to do. He enters the shop knowing full well of his objective, buys some flowers and wait for Bakugou. He was not sure when his motives have changed into, 'wanting to stay a bit longer'. He can feels that the young man was following behind him and he just can't stop the mysterious feelings in his chest knowing that he was behind him.

Todoroki feels like there were thousands of butterflies in his stomach waiting to be set free. But if he did set them free, he feels like he might do something bad to the young man. It just felt that bad.

It scares him so much at how foreign the feelings are to him. He has never in his life, felt so much emotions at the same time. He felt longing for the male's attention, he wants to get closer to him, talks to him. And he stops his tracks in front of the sunflower line. He needs to say something. He wants to hear the male's voice again.

"I would like a bouquet of these and do you sell vases here?"

"Ah!! Y-Yes, we do sell vases here. All kinds. And shall I take it to the counter? I can show you the vases as well."

"Yes, please."

It was really sudden to Todoroki when he hears the male's voice. It was sharp, combined with a squeak but it was incredibly soothing to him. And when the male tenses up when he suddenly ordered, Todoroki thought that he is really cute. And adding to that cuteness is the freckles, four freckles symmetrically arranged on both sides of his cheeks. He realized them since he saw the male and he can't help but chuckle out loud.

Midoriya takes the hand full of flowers from the man's arms and takes them to the counter with the man following close behind him. Midoriya for some reason feels the intense staring from the man behind him and wonders nervously about what was wrong. And then suddenly he heard some small chuckle behind him and wonders if he looks funny.

"O-Ochako-chan... can you show this young man the vases we have?"

"Eh? Ah... of course!!!"

Midoriya don't know why but Ochako sounded like she just saw something bad or just really surprising. He puts the bouquets down on the counter and starts asking the man what kind of style he would like for the wrapping.

"Please, just keep it simple."

"Of course."

Todoroki recognizes the female on the counter. He has seen her somewhere before. And he also knows that he has seen the male before as well. It might be 'Midoriya Izuku', that Bakugou always talked about and he was not wrong when he saw the name tag on the male's apron.

Midoriya wraps the flowers in a clean sheet and tangled it with a straw string and put them in a bag like Todoroki had requested. Uraraka comes out of the store room with a box of vase samples and put it down on the counter.

"Deku-kun, do you sell the purple vase we have? And here are some samples sir."

"Ah! So it was the purple one? I give it as a gift to the lady who comes before."

"Deku?"

"Eh? Do you say something sir? Have you pick your liking?"

"Ah... no, nothing. And I would like this one."

Todoroki pointed his finger to the vase at the very corner, with beautiful sunflower patterns in gray colour. It reminded him of his mother for some reason. He remembers the vase in his mother's room which identical to the vase right here.

Although he knows that it was just temporary that he was going to stay here, he can't help but buy them. Plus it was a good excuse to hear Midoriya's voice.

Uraraka nodded and went back to the storage room to find the vase leaving Midoriya and the man alone once again. Midoriya doesn't like the idea of being alone with the man.

Not only was it because the man was obviously staring holes at him, it was also because of the stupid heart beating in his chest every time the guy speaks. And he didn't even heard the clear voice, the man mouth was covered with a mask after all.

"Please wait a bit, it might take a while."

"Excuse me... may I ask for your name?"

"Eh? Umm... it's Midoriya Izuku, please to meet you."

"So the name tag was right..."

"Eh?"

Midoriya was honestly surprised at the sudden question and wonders what the man was talking about just to remember the name tag on his apron. He turns back to the man and smiles awkwardly.

"Ah... yes. My name is Midoriya Izuku, is there anything wrong?"

"May... I... hold your hand?"

"Eh?!"

Midoriya steps back a bit at the man's request. 'Holding hand' was a sign of asking if they were connected. One thing about connectors that Midoriya knows about is that they can't see their own string. And he clearly can't see the man's as well, he can see that it was there in the man's little finger but it was half way invisible.

Due to his conditions, Midoriya, never wanted to meet his connection and knowing that he was a connector, he has thought that he has no connection his entire life. He'd rather be alone than letting his partner down like everyone has been with him. He didn't want to disappoint his partner by his own incomplete self.

"Ah...um... I..."

"Sir, sorry for the wai-- is something the matter."

"Ah! Miss, if I may interrupt you from this. May I ask you as a witness?"

"Eh!? What do yo-- ah...!! O-Of course! Deku-kun, sugoi!!"

Uraraka puts down the vase on the counter and claps her hands together at the sight she was seeing. It was a very old tradition that no one actually follows anymore. Asking for a witness while they 'hold hand' were something older people did back in the day.

Todoroki just has to make sure of it. He has no patience left in him in make this go on even further. Midoriya might slip away, he could feel it. In his entire life, he never really want to meet with his fated one. He has a bad family situation and he has a goal in his life.

His mother always used to tell him stories of connections and the red string and he used to love the idea of meeting his fated pefson but all that crashed down way too soon in his life when that incident happens. But he wants to try. Fate might be on his side this time.

"May I?"

"Um...aa... y-yes...?"

Midoriya stutters out the words and didn't know what to say as the man asked once more. He just hold out his hands and looks down with his face a blushing mess. He did say that he didn't want to know and even met wih his connection but he wanted to stop these emotions he was feeling.

And perhaps it might have been wrong, just a mistake. After all 10% out of 15% of the world's connectors were not born with the red string, basically they don't have a fated person. He might just have to make sure.

He can cut the string later if they were really connected, he was not going to be in a relationship of course. The said person would just leave him if they figure out he is blind.

Midoriya hears the person in front of him taking off his mask and something else and he hears Uraraka squeals from besides, if only he can see what was happening.

"Uwahh!!"

Then a pair of big, warm hands overlapped on Midoriya's small, rough hands. Midoriya nearly slaps the hands off if it wasn't for the person's hands holding tightly on his. Midoriya was a blushing mess.

Both Midoriya and Todoroki could feel the overwhelming emotions even worse than before, joy, happiness, sadness and a lot more. Both of them know deep down in their guts that they probably were connected ever since Todoroki steps into the store and met face to face with Midoriya. It was not unheard of that people who are connected faced the same as they does.

It was sudden when the warm pair of hands moves away from his. And Midoriya looks down on his hands and saw for the very first time, his red string and the connection to the man that just removed his hands'. But what surprised him the most was not the string on his finger, it is the scenes he was seeing.

He saw a man in front of him, not in colours but just the outline. A dark outline not so different from before but he could see. For the first time in his life he could see. He looks back down to his hands and didn't know what to make out from his mouth.

Just then something weird happens. He saw some visions in his mind. A series of pictures appear in his head. He saw a what was like a young boy with two different hair colours, he could not make it clear since the colours were still dark but he could clearly see the boy, crying.

Midoriya held his head in pain and stumbled down to the floor. When he did, all the visions disappeared but he can still see his surroundings. All dark but better than before. They are connected and what he saw before was a vision and the boy he saw must be the man in front of him.

"Are you all right, Deku-kun?!"

"O-O-Ochako-ch-chan... I... I..."

Midoriya has no words for what he was experiencing. He could see and the man in front of him was really his connection. He didn't know what to make out of the situation. He can feels his tears coming out. Not sure if it was just out of stress or happiness, maybe both.

Todoroki was no different. His hand was hilding on to the desk from the pain in his heart and head when he saw a series of vision. He saw a little boy, very identical to Midoriya being pushed to a wall by some boys, if he wasn't mistaken might be bullies.

Then the scene change to something different, this time he saw a very familiar face. He was not mistaken for sure, it was Bakugou, kicking and puching the perhaps 'bullies' while Midoriya, he was sure it was him, looks traumatized. And what make jis eyes widen was one of the boy's word.

"He is a connector but he's blind!!"

Midoriya looks in front of him and he clearly saw the man's outline. He couldn't see his face clearly but I did see the man's look. The man was as shocked as he is right now. They are connected.

"I presume you saw that too? I... no... we are connected. I..."

"Please wait!! Thi-This is just too much to take in... I need some time... ha...ha..."

"Clink...clink..."

Midoriya stops the man's word midway and his eyes widen when he clearly hears the man's voice. He is not mistaken, he never will. That is why he thought that the man's voice sounded familiar. He was so shocked that he didn't hear the store bell ringing.

"YumeXX... SHOTO!?!"

"Oi!! Shitty-deku!?! Da fuk, what's with the shouting!! Half-and-half bastard, what are you-- more like what's going on here?!?"