Warning! Yaoyorozu is a little out of character at times.

Quirk: Carbon Armour

Requested by: sxmplykloudy

 It was reaching the end of first term at UA, and the snow fell down upon us as Ochaco, Tsuyu and I walked back to the dorms. Christmas was fast approaching and I was a little sad I wouldn't be able to spend it with my family this year, but having a class party sounded incredibly fun and I was looking forward to spending time with everyone on that day. There was one person in particular I was keen to spend time on on that day, and that was none other than Shoto Todoroki.

I had had feelings for him since the beginning of school, having first felt attracted to his good looks but as soon as he began to open up I got to know him more and more, eventually falling for him in his entirety. He was sweet and caring, yet a little dense and blunt at times but I had grown to love everything about him. It was hard not to.

Not only that but I had managed to pick his name out in the class' secret Santa draw. I had no idea what to get him and I was panicking as Christmas Day drew closer and closer. "(y/n)!" Ochaco's voice suddenly snapped me from my thoughts of my crush and I turned to see her and Tsuyu looking at me with raised eyebrows. "Dreaming about him again?" Ochaco teased like she always did.

"N-no!" I stuttered the obvious lie.

"I don't understand why you don't just ask Todoroki out on a date, I think he'd say yes," Tsuyu said nonchalantly.

"He would not accept, I know that..." I mumbled sadly.

"You've always been so timid. You need to get some confidence in you and just ask him!" Ochaco said and I winced at the idea.

"I can't, you know I can't," I said fiddling with my cold fingertips. The two girls sighed next to me, but I felt as though I needed to tell them of my problem to get it off of my chest. "I picked Todoroki for secret Santa too."

"This is perfect!" Tsuyu clapped her hands together. "You can confess to him on Christmas with your gift!"

"What?! No!"

"That'd be adorable! You could get him a card, write your confession in it and give it to him with his present!" Ochaco joined in and I hid my head in my hands, regretting saying anything.

"No, I'm not going to confess to Todoroki that way!" I hissed.

"So what way are you going to confess?" Tsuyu asked and I sighed, slapping my hand against my forehead.

"You two are impossible," I said and they giggled. The three of us made our way out of the cold, seeing several of our classmates already relaxing in the common room, among them being Todoroki. I stiffened slightly as he smiled his ever so slight smile when the three of us entered.

"Hello," he said sweetly as we walked towards the sofa he, Midoriya and Iida were sitting on. Ochaco elbowed my arm to snap me out of my gaze, and I realised I was staring at Todoroki.

"Er! Hello," I spoke quickly and Ochaco giggled next to me. Thankfully Todoroki remained as oblivious as ever. The three of us went up towards our respective rooms, mine being on the fifth floor. As I was about to enter my room however the lift doors at the end of the corridor and I turned to see Yaoyorozu walking down the corridor. She glanced at me, a strange look upon her face.

It was fair to say she intimidated me, particularly when she was walking straight towards me. "Hello (y/n)," she said with a fake tone in her voice.

"H-hello," I mumbled, wanting to head into my room.

"So I hear you have a crush on Todoroki," she said, looking at me through squinted eyes.

"W-what?!" I exclaimed, feeling embarrassed.

"You have a crush on Todoroki, do you not?" She asked.

"Er- h-how did you know?" I stuttered.

"I heard you talking about it as you walked back here," she said, putting her hands on her hips.

"Please Yaoyorozu, you can't tell anyone!" I spoke desperately, clapping my hands together in a pleading motion.

"Oh please, as if he'd go for a low-life like you anyway," she said, folding her arms.

"What?" I questioned quietly, feeling self-doubt creep up on me.

"Well I mean look at you, it's not as if you're pretty," she said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. My heart cracked a little as she said these words, already feeling incredibly self conscious about my appearance. "Not only that but your body isn't the nicest to look at," she added.

"Y-Yaoyorozu-,"

"Plus that quirk of yours? What do you call it, carbon armour? Well it's the most hideous quirk I've ever seen, I mean when I saw it cover your head I thought you were a monster from a horror film," she said. I found my body trembling, having already felt self conscious about my quirk as well, and how it made my body look. "Your quirk is nothing compared to mine, and Todoroki deserves someone who is pretty, sexy and has a very powerful quirk like me," she flicked her shiny black hair.

"W-wait-,"

"Do you really think he'd go for someone like you when he could have someone like me?" She asked, laughing.

"You like him too- d-don't you?" I realised.

"Todoroki and I are meant to be together. Anyway, you're nowhere near good enough to be with him. There's so many things wrong with you after all," she said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. "You're nowhere near as intelligent as me, nor are you as pretty. And you're so poor in comparison to me, I don't know how you think you'd stand a chance with Todoroki. Perhaps you should just leave him alone and let him be with the person we all know he wants to be with: me," she said smugly, checking her nails casually.

"O-oh... sure," I tried not to let the tears fall, realising that everything she said was correct. I wasn't worthy of being with Shoto Todoroki. I wasn't intelligent enough, nor was I pretty, talented or wealthy. I realised there and then that she was everything that Todoroki deserved, despite the fact I liked him so much she had everything to give him whereas I had nothing.

"I recommend you going to bed and leaving him alone. He'd prefer to spend time with me anyway," she said and I had to bite my lip to stop the tears falling. She just smirked in apparent satisfaction whilst I made my way into my room, deciding to stay up there for the remainder of the night and cry myself to sleep not only from being told I wasn't good enough for him but also the fact that Yaoyorozu had pointed out every single thing I felt self conscious about: my looks, my quirk and my intelligence.

- Timeskip -

I spent a while looking at myself in the mirror. Since I had had that run in with Yaoyorozu she'd been doing everything she could to stand in the way of Todoroki and I, even our friendship. Since her subtle threat I hadn't had a chance to speak to him, even look at him without her staring at me until I looked away. It was hard because now more than ever I saw the flaws in myself thanks to Yaoyorozu voicing that they were obvious.

I never expected Yaoyorozu to say such things. She had always intimidated me with her wealth and good looks but I never expected her to be snobbish and cruel. Ochaco and Tsuyu had noticed I wasn't feeling myself and asked me multiple times if I was okay. I avoided answering the question, not even sure if they'd believe me if I told them what Yaoyorozu said.

It was a good few days later when I was sat at my desk in the classroom alone, Ochaco and Tsuyu looking at me from afar and trying to figure out what was wrong. I caught Yaoyorozu's eye, her smiling at me annoyingly sweetly until suddenly her face dropped. "(y/n)?" A deep voice made me jump out of my skin and I turned to see Todoroki looking over me. "Are you okay? You've seemed quite down recently."

"Oh- I'm okay," I lied, fiddling with my fingers.

"Are you sure? You can talk to me you know... we're friends," he added quietly, me being surprised by the slight blush that appeared on his face. I tried to find the words to say but none were coming to mind, but suddenly we were interrupted.

"I'm sure she's fine, Shoto," Yaoyorozu said and I lowered my head, looking back at my desk.

"I'm sorry Yaoyorozu but only my friends can call me Shoto, like (y/n) here," he said and I shoot my head back up in surprise. "Plus she hasn't even told Uraraka or Asui what's wrong so I doubt she would've told you." Both Yaoyorozu and I were speechless, whilst Todoroki kept his heterochromatic eyes upon me. She forced a smile and walked away back to her desk, sitting down with a huff. "If you need to talk... about anything... I'm here for you," he assured and I couldn't help but smile for the first time since Yaoyorozu's speech.

"Thank you Todoroki," I mumbled, nodding.

After that he ended up spending a lot more time with me. He knocked on my door several times whenever I wasn't sat in the common room, asking me to come down and join them. He'd always sit close to me, and he even asked me outright to call me by his first name. I managed to ignore Yaoyorozu's glares whilst I focused on Shoto, although her words lingered in the back of my head particularly when Shoto asked if we could train together. I hadn't used my quirk to it's full extent since everything she had said, even in heroics, something which Aizawa had noticed and shouted at me for.

"Come on (y/n), you're the best person to train with, your quirk is impenetrable. It's such a powerful quirk, possibly the most powerful in the class, I mean you can take one of Midoriya's punches without it hurting you at all," he praised and my eyes widened.

"I-it's not that powerful-,"

"Are you kidding? It's over powered if anything," he smiled reassuringly however the pair of us heard a stomping nearby.

"Too bad it's ugly," a recognisable voice said and I was immediately washed with sadness.

"What are you talking about Yaoyorozu?" Shoto asked, apparently genuinely confused.

"I told you Shoto, you can call me Momo!" She said, placing her hand on his chest. He stepped away closer to me, furrowing his eyebrows.

"And I told you to not call me 'Shoto'," he hissed and she sighed dramatically.

"Wouldn't you want to spar against someone with a better quirk?" She asked and I remained silent, looking down at my feet sadly. The rest of the class in the common room slowly began looking at the unfolding scene making me feel a little uncomfortable.

"But I don't know anyone with a better quirk," Shoto said casually and Yaoyorozu huffed.

"I'm talking about me," she said, twirling a piece of her black hair.

"But you don't have a better quirk than (y/n)," Shoto said nonchalantly. "There's no limit to (y/n)'s quirk, whereas if you don't eat enough you can barely use yours." Everyone in the common room was silent. "I wouldn't want to train with someone like you anyway," Shoto added.

"What do you mean?" She asked, apparently offended.

"I mean someone who bullies people. I heard everything you said about (y/n) the other day," Shoto said and my eyes widened in surprise. 'He was there? He heard everything? Wait... that means he knows about my feelings!' I squealed internally.

"Y-you heard?" Yaoyorozu squeaked, her face as white as a sheet. "I-I didn't mean any of it!" She tried to deny but I scoffed, anger consuming me.

"Yes you did!" I shouted, my fists clenched.

"Not only that, but everything you said was a lie," there was almost steam coming out of Shoto's ears, Yaoyorozu's denial apparently making him angry. "You dared to say all those horrible things about her when none of it was true! (y/n)'s incredibly talented, she's also beautiful and you have no right to say otherwise! She's beautiful in every sense of the word, she's kind and caring which is something you need to learn to be! I don't care how much money she has and it was insulting to hear you think I'd even care!" He was shouting now and the whole of the common room was looking our way. "Oh quit crying, I know you hate not getting the things you want and that you through a tantrum each time you loose or are told 'no'. But know this, I would never ever fall for someone who says such harsh things so you better take a long hard look at yourself in the mirror and realise that you aren't a princess, you're a student just like everyone else here! You're no better, in fact your worse, especially after what I overheard! I'd never want to be with someone like you," he snapped. There was a thick silence in the room, however I did see a few people glancing at each other and nodding in agreement with Shoto's speech.

"You called (y/n) ugly?" Jirou piped up, apparently disgusted in her best friend.

"How dare you! (y/n)'s the sweetest girl, how dare you call her weak!" Ochaco stood up, Tsuyu having to restrain her.

"Yeah Yaoyorozu, (y/n)'s the kindest person in class, how could you say that?" Kirishima asked seeming genuinely confused.

"(y/n)," Shoto turned to face me, taking ahold of my hands. "I know you have feelings for me," he said and I nodded, scared but intrigued as to what he was going to say next. "I have feelings for you too, and I want to be with you."

"Y-you do?!" I exclaimed and he nodded.

"Will you let me be your boyfriend?" He asked nervously and I couldn't help but smile, not caring about our audience.

"Yes!" I cried happily and he immediately pulled me in for a deep hug. Everyone around us began to cheer happily making me laugh into his chest. When we pulled apart moments later he pulled me away from everyone until we were out of sight.

"How about we spend our first night as a couple alone together. I don't fancy being hounded at by everyone," he suggested, cupping my cheeks. All I could was nod, hypnotised by my new boyfriend. He took my hand and we headed out of the building towards the gym were we spent the evening smiling and laughing together, sparring and simply having a fun first evening together.