part 19 | her smile

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"I apologize & I was hungry. I was going to go to a restaurant when I smelt the food coming from here, it smelt good." she grinned as she tilted her head to the side

"That's good! This joint belongs to my mama! I work here as well on weekends, or well, when my mama needs my help or if I just simply want to! I get paid as well!" he hums & continues to eat

"That's nice." he just senses that she closed her eyes

"You're staring." she then reopens them "You really want to know, don't you?" he looked away from her gaze

"... you won the wager though, its only fair if you get what you want..." she laughs

"Alright, um..." she rests her elbow on the table as she leans the side of her face on her knuckles "Why are you so interested in me?"

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"A lot of people have questioned my appearance but they've all given up, knowing they wouldn't get their answer. But then there's you, you still haven't given up. So there's my question, why are you so interested on something so little?"

"... people smile because there's always a meaning behind it, I want to know that meaning, & I always question why you hide your eyes. Is there a reason to that?" she laughs

"I thought I won the bet."

"But if you want your answer, you're gonna have to answer mine." she hums & leans back in her chair, though she did hold onto the back of it so she wouldn't fall, she looks over to her mother before looking back over at Todoroki

"Hmm, I've told no one about this, not even Kou-chan or Ten-chan, & they're my closest friends. Kacchan is the only one that knows since, he's my cousin. What makes you think I'll tell you?" he merely shrugs

"You can't just keep it in, Takeyama." he noticed that her smile slowly turned into a small frown as she tapped her foot on the ground rather nervously, he sat there watching her until she reached her hand into her pocket & pulled out a locket

"This... this has one of the reasons." she gave it to him, he looked at her confused before opening it & saw a picture of two little girls, the smaller one smiling with their hair down while the other had a soft smile having her hair tied in a ponytail

" she gave it to him, he looked at her confused before opening it & saw a picture of two little girls, the smaller one smiling with their hair down while the other had a soft smile having her hair tied in a ponytail

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"What's this?"

"Me & my little sister." he pointed at the one smiling

"Is that you?" she chuckled & shook her head as she leaned back

"Would you believe me if I told you I never used to smile?" his eyes widened "The bigger one is me, I was 6 there & she was 2, though she was quite the chatter box."

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