"Try it again..." Todoroki calmly spoke, holding out his left arm once more. His calm tone completely contradicted my irritation at the moment.

"This is pointless Todoroki, we've been trying to do this for weeks with no progress. I'm tired of wasting your time." I panted, dropping to the wooden floor with a sigh.

"You're overthinking it Y/N. Don't think about not exuding heat from your hands. Try to regulate it evenly throughout your entire body. Then from there, you should be able to control the temperature." He spoke softly, dropping down to my level.

"You make it sound so easy...I'm just going to touch your arm and the same thing that has happened over a hundred times is going to happen again Todoroki...The sports festival is in two days, we should just be working on combat." I muttered beginning to pull my gloves back on before standing up.

"With that attitude, the same thing will happen. You're only failing because you don't believe you will succeed." He responded, rising back up to my level.

I paused looking up into his heterochromatic eyes.

"It is not like it is impossible for me to control my quirk. I've been shown that it is controllable multiple times. First when Iida pulled me from under the rubble, and second when Aizawa shook my hand. So I know it's possible, I just can't do it." I rambled, beginning to zone out.

That just might be the problem.

I keep saying I can't do it. If I keep saying I can't do it. I'll never do it. It all makes so much sense.

Mr. Aizawa told me that my quirk brings light.

So what if I treat my quirk like a light? A light switches on and off though, it's either all or nothing. I should instead think of my quirk as a rotary dimmer. The more I rotate clockwise the hotter it gets. The more that I rotate it counterclockwise, the cooler it gets.

Maybe I can't feel the heat in the rest of my body because all of the heat is in my hands. If what Todoroki says about regulating heat throughout my entire body is possible, then maybe I can gain complete control over my quirk.

Then I can get the devil to finally leave me alone. I can finally be happy and not worry about the consequences of not having my quirk controlled.

"Y/N...did you hear me..." Todoroki's voice brought me out of my thoughts.

"I think I get it now..." I whispered, starring down at my gloved hands.

"Get what..." He responded, brows furrowing once I returned my eyes to his.

"Let's try it one more time...I'm sorry," I answered, once again pulling my gloves off, and receiving a hum of approval from the dual-haired teen.

"Alright...just focus....really focus Y/N." He uttered calmly as he held his left arm out once again.

"Okay..." I whispered to myself, closing my eyes and taking a deep breath.

I can control my quirk

I won't set off Todoroki's quirk

I will succeed

I repeated these words in my head for a few seconds while taking deep breaths.

Once I opened my eyes, they met Todoroki's. He gave me a quick go-ahead nod before I swallowed thickly.

Slowly but surely I brought my right hand up and inched it towards Todoroki's left.

"Focus..." Todoroki whispered as I brought my hand dangerously close to his arm.

Regulate the heat...rotary dimmer...

Todoroki and I simultaneously flinched as my bare hand made contact with his arm.

I felt the warmth leave my hand and travel throughout my body. Even a drop of sweat dripped from my forehead.

I let out a gasp as I looked back up to Todoroki who looked equally as shocked.

"Oh my god...Todoroki WE DID IT!" I screamed, excitedly running my hand up and down his bare arm before realizing what I was doing. The boy's face had dusted pink and he stiffened. All of the colors instantly drained from my face in embarrassment.

"I'm so sor-" I started before my hand Ignited Todoroki's entire arm, and I fell back onto my ass in a panic.

"I guess...it's not perfect." I groaned, watching Todoroki quickly put out the flames.

After training with him for these couple of weeks, he has become used to the output of my quirk and can prevent a huge explosion from occurring like back at the hero training at the beginning of the year.

I just hope we don't have to compete against each other at the festival because I will be at a disadvantage.

He extended a hand out to me, and actually had a slight smile plastered on his face for once.

"Good job..." He spoke softly.

To make sure it wasn't just luck, I slowly reached out and took his hand, letting him pull me to my feet.

"Thank you...I wouldn't have been able to do it without you." I smiled softly, shaking his hand right after.

"And Don't think that just because we trained together I will go easy on you at the sports festival now. I'll treat you like any other student in UA." Todoroki spoke with a bit of cockiness laced in his voice.

"I was about to say the same to you icy hot." I mocked with a smirk.

"I can tell that the explosive bastard is rubbing off on you." He slightly smirked as he began packing up all of the training equipment we used.

I pulled on my gloves and began to pack up my things also before Todoroki turned to me.

"Why continue to wear the gloves if you can control it now." He gestured towards my hands.

"I don't completely trust myself yet..." I mumbled, starring down at my hands.

"Once you trust yourself, it will become automatic." He responded before continuing to pack up.

Before I could respond, the sound of the front door rang out, before heavy footsteps entered the home.

"Shit...he's early..." Todoroki whispered under his breath as he pushed the rest of the equipment into the training closet.

"What...was I never allowed to train over here...?" I questioned furrowing my brows at the boy.

It was kinda suspicious that whenever I trained over here, Endeavor was never home.

"No...it's not that...I just-" He started, his voice becoming panicked before a loud angry voice rang out.

"I TOLD THAT CREEP TO STOP MESSAGING ME!!" The voice sounded from down the hall. Todoroki looked completely petrified now. He almost reminded me of myself whenever the devil was around.

"SHOUTO...WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU...AND WHY-" Endeavor boomed, pausing once he stood in the training room doorway. His glare shot from me to Todoroki before he barged into the room.

"Fa-" Todoroki started before Endeavor harshly shoved him to the ground.

"You are supposed to be training, not hanging out with some girl Shouto." He spat harshly, sending me a side glare.

"Hey we were...tra-" I started, confusion evident in my tone.

"I didn't give you permission to speak." Endeavor rudely snapped towards me, causing me to suck in a sharp breath to hold my tongue.

"What is this girl's quirk and why are you hanging out with her? You already know what girl you should be hanging out with Shouto." He continued, glaring down at Todoroki as his flames intensified.

"I'm sorry father, she was helping me train the use of my fire side. I assumed you wanted my best performance at the sports festival." Todoroki calmly spoke as he pulled himself from the ground.

I stood speechless. I never would have thought that Todoroki was treated like this in his own home. No wonder he distances himself from everyone in 1-A. It's because of his father.

"As long as you are using your fire side, I'm fine with it." He started. "Go home girl, I don't want you holding back my son." Endeavor spoke with a wave of his hand. Treating me like some kind of bug he can just swat away. I felt anger begin to boil within me, but I can't let it show for Todoroki's sake.

"Can I walk her-" Todoroki mumbled softly before Endeavour spoke again.

"No...you're training with me right now." He gruffly spoke, as he approached the training closet.

"It's alright Todoroki, see you tomorrow," I spoke softly with a small wave as I exited the room.

Endeavor is a real piece of shit. How did he even become the number two hero?

I promptly exited the Todoroki household, beginning my walk through the dark and silent streets towards the train station.

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"I'm back...." I called out as I entered the quiet Bakugou household. The lack of response and empty driveway instantly gave me the impression that everyone is out at the moment.

With a long, relaxing exhale, I dropped my school bag down beside the living room couch and plopped down onto the cushions, taking my phone out seconds later.

Bedhead

Any progress today?

You

It's a secret...😏

Bedhead

Whatever, I have a better secret than u tho

You

Nah mine is better, you lose

Bedhead

Cap

You

Oh my god Toshi, I swear you're like 30 years old, no one says that anymore 💀

Bedhead

Maybe I am...😏

You

I would definitely believe you though lmao...see you tmrw

As soon as I pressed send, I flinched as I felt soft lips press against my ear from behind.

"You almost got RKO'ed over this couch buddy..." I chuckled before running my gloved hand through his soft hair.

"If I was a real villain, you'd already be dead dumbass," Katsuki whispered condescendingly into my ear before pulling back and plopping down on the couch beside me.

"Yeah, your firecracker hands would definitely kill me," I spoke with a smirk as Katsuki laid his head in my lap.

"Shut up before I actually kill you." The ash-blond yawned as I began stroking his hair.

"Awe...if you kill poor little Y/N...who's going to give the little baby his head rubs...huh..." I cooed, ruffling his hair.

"S-Shut up..." He mumbled, too tired to even make up a comeback.

We stayed like that for a few minutes in comfortable silence. I could faintly hear Katsuki's soft snores as I began to dose off. In the next second, the clicking of the front door jolted me into full consciousness.

"Shit.." I whispered under my breath. Quickly shoving the sleeping boy off of me and onto the floor with a loud thud and turning the tv on.

"EH...WHAT THE HELL!" Katsuki boomed, as he groggily rubbed his head.

"I JUST WALKED IN AND YOU'RE ALREADY SCREAMING KATSUKI!" Mitsuki also boomed once she walked in.

I shot my wide eyes to the doorway. Mr. and Mrs. Bakugou had just returned home from shopping I'd assume, with all of the bags they currently had.

"Hi guys, how was your day?" I muttered with a smile before shooting Katsuki a "Shut the fuck up." Look that only he could see.

"Our day was pretty good honestly thank you for asking Y/N." Mr. Bakugou responded with a soft smile as he made his way towards his bedroom.

Katsuki sat up on the floor, with an irritated look on his face. I'd honestly be mad too if I was woken up like that. After placing some bags on the dining room table, Mitsuki came over to us.

"Oh my god..." She spoke with wide eyes once she entered the living room. I felt my heart basically drop into my stomach.

"W-What is it...?" I asked, shooting my panicked gaze down to Katsuki.

"I can't believe you two..." She started, causing the ash blond to hold a panicked expression also.

"Uh...M-Mitsuki...we can expl-" I started.

"I can't believe you two still walk to the arcade...look, there was a murder-suicide that happened right next to the place a couple of weeks ago," Mitsuki spoke with concern in her voice as she pointed up to the tv.

I let out an enormous breath seconds after I looked up at the screen.

That must have been what all of the police and ambulances were in that alley for that day.

"We'll be careful next time Mitsuki, you don't have to worry..." I smiled, shooting a small wink to Katsuki.

"Stay safe you guys, there are crazy people out there...good night." She responded, before making her way towards her bedroom.

Once the room door clicked shut, Katsuki glared up at me with a smirk.

"You're dead..."

A/N im kinda bad at writing fluff lmao. Alright another chapter down. Its really fun to write tbh. I just never have time.

Peace out ✌