Shoto Todoroki always got frequent compliments, since he was known as the famous 'Pretty boy' of 1-A, able to make any lady fall for him. Even Mt. Lady, but she didn't really count. You were also in 1-A, and deciding it would be a good idea to try your luck at the half-and-half boy.
During training, Mina and Ochako pumped you up, even though you already knew it was just for fun. You strolled over, the class wearing their training uniforms. Shoto was talking to Tenya Iida and Izuku Midoriya, until he noticed you. He looked at you curiously, before tilting his head. After a moment of grinning, you spoke, saying a simple compliment of "Your hair looks nice today." He went silent. As if it was registering in his mind.
expecting a crude remark from the quiet boy, his right side instead bursted into aflame, his quirk going off unexpectedly. His face flushed and he covered his face with a calloused hand, the flames growing bigger. This was not the reaction you were expecting