It'll only get better//Todoroki x oc/reader

Chapter 39

Lunchtime came around, meaning that it was time for you and Todoroki to have a much-needed catch-up. You both sat on the roof with your finished Bentos beside the both of you as you looked out at the view.

It was peaceful, you had missed doing this.

"So, how was the rest of your internship?" You asked even though you already knew what his response would be.

He turned to you with a scowl etched onto his face.

"Hell. After the Nomu attack, we pretty much had to stay in Hosu to help with damage control and by 'we' I mean my father's minions and myself."

"His favourite minion!" You said cheerfully and earned a playful punch to the arm from your remark.

'Worth it.' You thought in victory as you rubbed your arm.

"Anyways, I'm guessing something serious occurred during your hero internship. Otherwise, you wouldn't be dodging the subject like you are now." He called out but only showed concern in his eyes when you looked at him.

'He knows me too well.' You mused in your head and turned back towards the clear, aquamarine sky.

"Remember the sports festival, when I...found out about him." You asked quietly. Todoroki huffed beside you and nodded even though you weren't looking at him.

"How could I forget the pained look in your eyes that day, it hurt me so much to see you like that, Itō." He said honestly as he placed his hand down onto yours letting them rest on the roof's surface.

"I may have won the sports festival that day, but I never felt like a winner." You answered back, taking comfort in the gentle strokes that caressed your hand.

"No one would've expected you to be, no one blamed you. You don't know how many threatening texts I received from Bakugou asking about you and if you were alright, well in his own words anyways but the message was clear." He said with an annoyed look on his face but he smiled slightly nonetheless.

"I can only imagine how mad he was when I blocked him after the fifth text message that he sent." He said afterwards with a sly smirk on his face.

"You're kidding." You looked back at him gobsmacked as you exploded into a fit of giggles at the thought, your smile grew wider at the thought of Bakugou's expression when he came to realise why his messages weren't going through to Todoroki afterwards.

"See? That's the kind of face I love to see on you." He sweet-talked as his face grew closer to yours, he skilfully kept his hand locked down onto yours to stop you from moving back in surprise.

'This little...' you huffed at his antics as your face grew red and quickly turned away, weirdly feeling like you just lost a battle that you had no idea you had a part in.

"Well hate to disappoint you icy hot but what I'm going to talk about is anything but cheery." You muttered and focused your eyes back onto the sky.

"I'll be here to listen, anytime." He reassured as he continued to stroke your hand with his thumb. This caused you to calm down and tell him everything that happened on the last night of your hero internship.

"So what's been bothering me is what he meant, the use of illegal weaponry is pretty self-explanatory even if I can't get my head around why he would do such a thing in the first place." You huffed and threw your free hand up exasperatedly.