Deku was paying a visit to Todoroki's dorm, as he always did on Saturday afternoons after classes. It did sometimes happen where neither of them had anything in particular to do, but he didn't mind too much. After all, sometimes all they needed was each other. Deku knocked on the door.

"I'm coming, Deku!"

Todoroki opened the door and gave Deku a kiss, albeit not without a full body hug because…

"Shoko, what's with the apron?"

Todoroki – who was wearing a light blue apron with various paint stains on it – smiled. "Come inside, I'll show you!"

Todoroki took Deku's hand and led him into her dorm, where she had an easel set up in one corner along with a small table that had a bunch of paints, paintbrushes, sketch pencils and a palette.

"So, you're into painting?" said Deku. "How long have you been into this?"

"Only for a couple of weeks, but I already enjoy it so much, and I feel like I've gotten really good at it!"

Deku smiled. "Really? Can I see your latest work?"

"It's not finished yet, but I'll show you."

Todoroki turned the easel so Deku could see her latest work: a painting of the main building of UA. Deku smiled when he saw it:

"Shoko, this is really good so far! You should show these to people!"

Todoroki smiled. "In the past, I would've been too nervous to show my paintings to people, but thanks to you, that sounds like something I'd like to do!"

"Great!"

"By the way, mind if I do some art of you?"

"As long as it doesn't distract you too long from what you're doing right now, sure!" Deku gave a thumbs up.

Todoroki gave a dismissive hand flap. "Relax, Deku! I can always come back to my current work later!"

"OK then."

"Now, stand tall and proud and put your right fist on your hip."

Deku obeyed Todoroki's directions as best as he could.

"Perfect!"

Todoroki proceeded to sketch out her newest work, while Deku stood as still as a board. He smiled, thinking about how cool it was that he was getting to model for his girlfriend. As if he didn't think he could find any more reasons to love her, he just found another one. Standing in this pose, he felt absolutely serene, as if he was sitting by a waterfall in a rainforest. He loved hearing Todoroki randomly hum as she sketched out her latest work, too. To him, it was candy to his ears. Eventually, she finished her sketch.

"There!"

"So, can I see it?"

"In due time, Deku." Todoroki set the new canvas aside, facing away from them. "You can still hang out and watch me paint, though."

"OK!"

Deku pulled up a chair and sat next to Todoroki as he watched her paint the UA building.


A couple of days later, Deku was in his dorm studying for an exam when he heard knocking on his dorm.

"Come in, Shoko!"

The door opened, and sure enough, Todoroki stepped in. Naturally, they hugged and kissed each other.

"Glad to see you again!" said Deku.

"Glad to see you too! I finished my latest work, and I want you to see it!"

"OK!"

Todoroki led Deku to her dorm, where she showed off the piece that she sketched on the first day:

"Ta-da!"

The piece turned out to be Deku dressed as Julius Caesar, with the Colosseum in the background. He smiled and dropped his jaw when he saw it:

"Shoko, this is brilliant! You should do an art gallery of your work!"

Todoroki smiled. "Absolutely!"

And with that, UA was about to get a lot more colorful.


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