Shot Through The Heart (Shoto Todoroki x Reader)

Chapter 9

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me . . . anything can happen, child. Anything can be." ~Shell Silverstein

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♪Listening suggestion: This Feeling by The Chainsmokers

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(Y/N)'s POV

     Of course I didn't have to go to Mikura's house. I let the boys walk me to the door, then said our good-byes there. I watched them walk away, with what might as well have been a mile of distance between them.

     When they were gone, I began walking back to the agency.

     Along the way, I couldn't help but wonder about Shoto and Bakugo, especially Bakugo's, peculiar behavior. The heated conversation at the door, the trading places as we walked...it was as if they were fighting over me. But then, I couldn't tell anything from Shoto's actions that he cared romantically about me. 

     With Bakugo, however, I felt maybe he was temporarily infatuated. Why all of the sudden? It really had just come out of the blue. Whatever the case was, I knew that the two of them were hardly friends, no matter what the reason was that Bakugo was there during the notorious phone call.

     But then Midoriya said Shoto thought I was cute... I shook my head, as if trying to erase the thought. No, this was just me being hopeful. I wanted him to like me. I would give anything for him to like me, because after all, my feelings for him were building for him every time I thought about him, and with every beat of my heart.

     Inside, my conscience mocked me. Here you are wanting a boy to fall in love with you when you know that all you'll be doing is risking his safety. You're part of a dangerous secret service, remember? Let Shoto go.

     "Let...Shoto go." I repeated aloud. 

     Once I reached the wretched building we called home, I took the elevator to the floor our room was on. On the way, I couldn't help but submerge myself in self-pity.

     This sucks! Why can't I be like normal girls?! The only people I'm allowed to get close to are my roommates, yet I'm sent to school to meet new people. Sometimes, I feel like they want me to let down my walls, like Mikura, but there's no way I can! I'm gonna have to push Bakugo away with every advance he makes...and then Shoto...

     I was able to collect myself before entering our room. Only Kaito was there.

     "Where's Nachika and Riku?" I asked.

     "Off on one of their so-called 'dates'." He made quotation marks with his fingers.

     Yeah, dates. The new couple called fixing a computer software or brushing up on their jiu-jistu a romantic date. Two agents together in public were suspicious, and it was hard to go incognito. Alone, we were allowed more freedom, as long as we didn't stray too far.

     "Oh, and...there's been a development," Kaito added.

     My silence encouraged him to continue. 

     "The officials were notified that Riku and Nachika are now boyfriend and girlfriend."

     I furrowed a brow. "So?"

     "So they're moving Riku to a different squad. By the end of the week, we're gonna have a new team member."

      "What?! They're separating Riku from Nachika just because he loves her and vice versa?? That seems heartless...damn it, some of us just want a life for God's sake!" I had never heard of a rule like this before. Why would they do something like this?