Title: Of Fire and Ice and Everything Nice
Warning(s): None
Ship(s): Todobaku, Izuocha, Kamijiro

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The ash-blonde sat in his seat, one hand fiddling with a pen on his desk. His eyes flicked to the door as a certain heterochromic boy walking in. Their eyes met for a moment before Todoroki looked away. Bakugo let out a soft sigh--Todoroki would never be his friend, let alone be his boyfriend. He was an asshole anyway, why would someone like Todoroki even like him? The blonde had had a crush on Todoroki since the sports festival back when they were freshmen, but Todoroki didn't seem to notice or care.

He glanced over at where Kaminari was busy talking to Jiro. Even one of the biggest idiots in class had a girlfriend. But there was Bakugo, too afraid to approach Todoroki, too afraid to face rejection. Hah. I'm such a coward.

Midoriya got up from his seat and went over to Uraraka, who said something that made the both of them laugh and flush red. Even the nerd has a girlfriend.

Then Kirishima approached him, his shark's grin on his face as usual. "Aye, Bakugo, you wanna hang out today? We wanna go to the arcade after school."

"Tch," Bakugo growled. "Imma trash y'all till you cry."

Kirishima laughed. "Alright." He went over to where Mina and Sero had joined Kaminari. "He's coming."

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Todoroki watched as Kirishima talked to Bakugo. Huh. He's so sociable. Staring at Bakugo, Todoroki couldn't help but feel the urge to pull the blonde into his arms and never let go.

"Oi, sit down," Aizawa mumbled, entering the classroom. He had his sleeping bag under his arm. "You'll be doing pair work. He put a stack of papers on the table. "Find a partner and give these out." With that, he snuggled into his cocoon and fell asleep. Seeing that Kirishima was about to go to Bakugo, Todoroki stood up and got there just before the redhead did.

"Bakugo, do you want to work with me?"

Kirishima had his mouth half open when Todoroki spoke. His startled gaze flicked between the two, and as the grin returned to his face, he backed away, saying, "Okaaay, I guess imma go work with Mina."

Todoroki's eyes were fixed on Bakugo. "So?"

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"Uh yeah, sure," Bakugo responded. His heart was beating wildly. He felt like a school girl who's boyfriend had just asked her out on their first date. Seriously, he berated himself. He's just asking you if you want to work together, not on a date. He forced his eyes to remain cold. "Whatever."

A smile seemed to tug at the corners of Todoroki's mouth. When he left to get the papers, Bakugo met Kirishima's teasing gaze. He gave his friend the finger and turned away, trying to hide the light blush on his face.

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(Timeskip to the weekend)
Bakugo was scrolling through Instagram, though nothing really interested him. Then an insistent knocking on his door got his attention. He got up and opened it.

Todoroki stood outside. "Hey. I just thought we could work on the project." Bakugo opened the door wider, saying nothing. The heterochromic boy tilted his head. "Are you okay? You're kinda quiet."

"I-Yeah, of course I'm fine, Half and Half!" Bakugo stumbled over his words and mentally slapped himself for it. Quit acting like a dumbass!

Shoto smiled. It looked nice on him, transforming him from an emotionless freak to a living, breathing, human being. "If you say so."

Bakugo growled. "If all you came here to do is annoy the heck out of me, get out."

"Hey, no, I'm not," Todoroki assured him. He pushed gently past Bakugo into the room and dragged a chair over to the desk.

Bakugo closed the door and sat at the desk, next to Todoroki, his heart thumping crazily at being so close to his crush. Attempting to hide his embarrassment, he asked roughly, "So whaddya wanna do?"

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Todoroki barely heard anything Bakugo said. His gaze was fixed on Bakugo's lips, and the only thing he could think of was how badly he wanted to kiss him.

"Oi, bastard, whatcha staring at?!"

Todoroki looked up to find Bakugo glaring at him, his face beet red. "Hey, Bakugo," he murmured, locking eyes with the other, "You're gay, right?"

"Y-yeah, what's it to you?!" the blonde responded. "Stop staring at me like that, it's creepy!"

A smile made its way onto Todoroki's face. Leaning forward, his eyes still on Bakugo's, he pressed his lips against his. He saw Bakugo's crimson eyes widen in shock, then flutter closed as he kissed back. It was a gentle kiss, an affectionate one, one that made Todoroki feel warm all over. The blonde wrapped his arms around Todoroki's neck, pulling him closer, deepening the kiss. Todoroki's hands were on Bakugo's waist.

Then the two of them broke apart, gasping for air. Bakugo's face was flushed red as he stared at Todoroki.

Todoroki didn't meet his gaze, embarrassed at what had happened. "I'm sorry, I--"

"Oi, Half and Half."

"Yeah?"

"Kiss me again."

[First story of the book uwu

Personally I feel like I didn't make Bakugo yell enough heh]