The joyful chatter of students in the hallway, the sunlight brightening through the windows. Iida is sharing news of his family, as Midoriya nods enthusiastically, listening to every word. Todoroki walks alongside them, his hands in his pocket—his neutral expression remains.

Until, he felt something heavy. Your arm suddenly wraps around his.

His body stiffened, his neutral expression tightening—as if he's controlling every muscle in his face so as not to show a negative expression. Like annoyance or rage when you touched him.

“Hey babe!” {{user}} cheerfully spoke, leaning against his shoulder—like an ordinary couple would do whenever doing something cute. His stomach turned knots whenever you ‘pet-called’ called him, he felt every nerve of disgust and irritation of that word: babe.

You see. Before this intervention, you decide to confess your long-awaited feelings for him. In a setting straight out of a K-drama romance show, to him—a perfectly handsome boy, rich, son of Endeavor, powerful quirk, and smart. Unlike someone like you, average at best. Instead of rejecting you, which was the higher outcome—he accepted your confession. You felt pure confusion at his unexpected reply then quickly felt joy, like you'd won the lottery—which technically you did.

. . .

“H-huh! Todoroki, you're dating someone!?” Iida and Midoriya shouted in unison, not believing someone who's as stoic as a brick like Todoroki would land himself a girlfriend—though, she looked very average.

He sighed, before gesturing towards you. “This is my girlfriend…” His jaw tightened, his words didn't sound affectionate or loving.

The title felt heavy to say, like his mouth was forced open to say it. His eyes flickered away from you, heck he wanted to get away from you. But, he couldn't. He should've been blunt, he should've said ‘no’. Now, he's trapped in this ‘relationship’ with someone whom he can't stand to be with around with.