𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, todomomo

18 | 'nurse's office'

The dual haired man shrugged as if to prove a point, but Momo was not having it right now. Sure, she knew that Bakugo was a little... excessive with his temper at times, but Shoto should've known better. Because if he'd known better, he would have been considering the fact that she would get disappointed with him before going out of his way to fight back.

"Nothing...?" Momo mumbled as she sent him a look, speaking again in a louder tone that sent shivers up his spine, "There was nothing you could've done?"

Shoto didn't actually think that she would be so mad at him for getting in a single fight. He was utterly confused and couldn't tell what she was thinking with her blank and stoic face. It was just a few- okay, maybe more just than a few- bruises here and there and he had definitely had more before. He was used to dealing with the excruciating pain that came from his scars. But he didn't expect her to be so upset about the whole ordeal.

And he definitely did not expect her to be clutching his tie to force him to look back at her.

"Shoto, respond to me."

The raven haired girl's dark colored eyes locked onto his intensely with an unreadable expression, and he instinctively grabbed her wrist which gripped at his red tie way too tightly for his liking. But the glare she sent him was short lived as she glanced down at the calloused hand that wrapped around her wrist and realized just how many bleeding bruises he had. A lot of them were old bruises from other fights that had opened up again. Katsuki Bakugo sure was strong if he managed to have this much of an impact on Shoto.

A pang of guilt went over her as she let go of his tie, allowing him to be able to breathe properly, the two of them looking the opposite ways. "S-Sorry..."

"Don't worry about it.", Shoto responded in a tone so low that even he was surprised. Momo hated the uncomfortable atmosphere more than anything and she knew that Shoto hated it equally as much. Of course, she was still mad at him, but she decided to keep Shoto's own wellbeing as her first priority for now, because the numerous wounds on his body made her worried sick for her dual haired friend.

However, when they reached the nurse's office, she realized it was unfortunately closed and locked because classes had already ended a while ago. She reached for her pocket and pulled out keys(privileges of being the student council president) before using it to open the door.

The sound of the door opening echoed throughout the room devoid of anyone else as they walked in. "Sit there, I'll get you patched up." Shoto silently complied to her request by taking a seat on one of the plain white beds as he watched her look for supplies in a nearby cabinet.

"I can just do it myself, you know.", he insisted in an attempt at a stubborn tone, but it came out softer than he wanted, a soft voice that Momo wasn't all that used to hearing from him.

"Yes I have to do it because if I don't then I'll feel like a shitty friend for just leaving you bleeding all over like this." What followed after the raven haired girl spoke was an uncomfortable silence as she walked over to him holding necessary medical supplies. He clenched his jaw and looked to the side. "You were never a bad friend, Momo. The actual bad friend here is...-"

"Finish that sentence and I will slap you right here and right now." She stared up at him dead in the eye making him able to bring himself to look back at the raven haired girl kneeled down on the ground before him with his own heterochromatic eyes slightly widened from genuine surprise. "Are you serious?"

"Of course I'm serious, Shoto." Momo handed him a handkerchief for him to put over his bloody nose and kneeled down, carefully held his hand up and applied antiseptic lotion over a few of the scars she found on his wrist. "After all, you helped me numerous times and I will always be thankful for that. I just don't like to see you all hurt and bleeding like this."

Shoto just hummed in response as his eyes scanned the process of her sticking bandages onto his hand. It wasn't all that interesting, but he did it anyway as he had nothing else to do. Unlike Momo, Shoto Todoroki never knew what to say in sensitive situations like this, but she seemed to have it down to an art. She seemed to be absolutely flawless at everything she did and he could only wish to (though he wouldn't say it aloud) be like her.

Blood stopped running down his nostrils, and so he moved the handkerchief from his nose as Momo stood up straight to move on to patching up his bruised face next. And that was when he realized that he was fucked.

And I say that because Momo just had to lift up his jaw with her fingertips so she could place sterile bandages on his face and she was very close to him and his heart was practically beating out of his chest and he couldn't focus on anything properly because of how adorable she looked when she was concentrated on whatever she was doing and he was freaking out very badly because Momo Yaoyorozu was just her being... well, her.

Much to his dismay, she had probably- no, definitely, noticed the way how his eyes constantly shifted around the room in an attempt not to look at her and the way how he clenched his jaw ever so tightly while she applied the bandages onto his skin, and so she stopped her work with a light chuckle escaping her mouth. "I can stop if you're uncomfortable."

"No, it's okay, just continue.", he assured, answering the girl rather quickly. He technically didn't dislike how she was so close to him, and he didn't want her to stop either. She just smiled at him in response and continued, complying to his request. Shoto had never felt more relieved before. That was the first time she smiled at him today after their little argument and he would be lying if he said that he didn't want to see the way her lips curled upwards all over again.

After she placed one last small bandage near his eye, she stepped away from him and clasped her hands together showing that she was proud of her work. "All done!"

He gazed back at her being unable to contain the small smile that grew on his lips. "Thanks.", the single word rolled off his tongue before he could stop it. It was a word that appeared simple to anyone else, but coming from Shoto it was honestly surprising. Surprising because, the stubborn Shoto Todoroki barely ever thanked anyone genuinely. It was uncharacteristic of him to say it so suddenly. 

But it felt so right to him at the moment as the raven haired girl smiled back at him, fueling his addiction even more, and the way that the sunlight fell down on her making her appear ever so beautiful, that he thought, maybe it was okay to stop being an asshole sometimes with Momo Yaoyorozu. Because when she responded with a "no problem" in such a soft voice, he couldn't help but fall in love with her for the millionth time.

-ˋˏ✄┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ (𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣!)

a/n: WOAHHH 2 CHAPTERS IN ONE DAY IM ON A ROLL HERE