A Shoto Todoroki x Reader (Cicily) One-shot

[NOTE: This one-shot doesn't have the plotline of Heroes and Villians.]

SHOULD WE WATCH TOGETHER?

"Okay- Ochako, but don't blow me off this time!"

Cicily is answered with a breathy laugh and a strangled hmm from Ochako before she ends the call. She huffs and flips her phone close then stuffing it inside her little purse. She remembers the last time Ochako and her had planned a Girl's date on going to a theatre to watch a famous action movie.

That day Cicily had everything planned on where to go, what to buy, the snacks too! But at the last moment, when Cicily was waiting for Ochako at the entrance of the theatre, the brunette girl had to call off their date. All of Cicily's money was wasted at that time. It was her sheer luck that Mina Ashido was passing by the theatre and had noticed Cicily's sour look.

Today, as if it was déjà vu, Ochako and Cicily had planned on going to the theatre once again except the movie they were going to watch was different.

Cicily walks down the lane leading to the street where the theatre was. She was ecstatic, once again excited to spend time with her best friend. And hoping that this time too, something doesn't come up.

She stops on the street opposite to the theatre and she smiles .. happy that there isn't a crowd right outside the theatre entrance. A sudden excitement rushes through her nerves and she waits for the pedestrian light to turn green and then rushes to the theatre. Just as she halts in front of the theatre, someone rushes past her ... harshly. Cicily stumbles forward, her heart jumping to her throat.

"What the- " Cicily grumbles under her breath while steadying herself from the sudden force. The person who pushed her didn't even mutter a sorry and left without a trace.

Anger was about to bubble inside Cicily but suddenly her phone rang. She pulled it out and looked at the caller ID, sighing as she read the familiar name. It was just going to be like last time except, today she cannot find anyone familiar who would be willing to go with her.

She sighs, putting the phone over her ear and going to stand near the box-office.

"SORRY, Cicily!" She hears Ochako scream an apology and a few more disturbing sounds in the background. Must be Odette and her father, Izuku.- Cicily thinks to herself when hears a high pitch child-like scream in the background which is followed by Izuku rambling and then Ochako screaming at them once in a while, while apologizing to Cicily that she has to cancel their plans once again.

"Now what am I supposed to do, Ochako? Last time Mina was passing by so it was no problem as she agreed to go with me, but what now?" Cicily emphasises at the end, her brows furrowing as she awaits Ochako's answer to the problem she is now stuck in.

It is difficult for her when every time she is being blown off. Although Ochako always pays her back, Cicily feels that Ochako needs to take time out for her friends too and not stay with her husband and daughter.

But if Ochako's presence is much important to her family, Cicily understands that. Izuku has never been calm and composed enough to even spend half an hour with his daughter without getting scared out of wits so easily. The memory makes her shake her head but she stops abruptly when Ochako replies.

"I know I am not being the best friend as I used to be, but I think I can ask one of Izuku's friend to keep you company." She replies slowly, her voice filled with concern and Cicily can sense it.

"Ah, no! no! Not one of Izuku's friends. They are scary especially that spikey ash-blond one. I'll manage, don't send anyone of your husband's friends."

She could hear Ochako giggle at her response. A laugh leaving rosy lips too.

"Okay, don't worry, I won't. And once agai- Oh my God! Odette!" Cicily hears a loud bang and speaks up, "It's okay, Ochako. Go, your family needs you." And with that their call ends, much to Cicily's disappointment.

A sad smile is on her lips and Cicily sits down on the floor beside the box office. People notice her but just as how it is, nobody went further to ask if something was wrong. The line in front of the box office gets shorten as the time passes. Good thing that Cicily decided to arrive early, now she only needs to decide whether to go watch the movie alone or just go back home.

"Maybe I should just ... watch it without her." She finally decides and pulls herself up before going inside the theatre.

After getting checked in, Cicily makes her way to the counter to see if she can get something to eat but something inside her makes her feel off. She feels lonely. She exhales slowly, the excitement once coursing through her nerves died as soon as Ochako had cancelled their plan.

"Are you going to buy something or not?"

A monotone voice startles Cicily and she jumps slightly in her spot; her eyes wide as doughnuts. She calms her beating heart and turns around to face the man who owned the voice.

His bi-coloured hair parting in the middle and covering his colourful heterochromia eyes which seem to have no life or spark in them yet she seems to notice the slight flicker in them when they locked with her poisonous green irises. She notices the bruise mark covering his right eye and for the first time, Cicily thinks that a burn mark can make a person look much more attractive.

The man in front of her slowly watches her movements in amusement and slowly a smirk plays on his teasing lips which brings Cicily out of her trance and she flushes in embarrassment.

"Ah- no, no. I'll step aside." She answers abruptly and rushes out of the man's way. and she swore she heard him chuckling.

"Oh wait, I- have something to say, though."

Cicily turned around and mumbled a little huh? with a confused look.

"I- uh, wanted to apologize for bumping into you earlier ..." The man in front of her mumbles a quiet apology and a smile makes its way onto Cicily's lips and she bows her head in appreciation.

"It's alright." With that, she turns around once again and leaves for the room in which she will be watching the movie.

Even though she isn't as excited as she was before knowing about cancelling their plan, Cicily can't just waste her money.

She comes and stands outside the Screen Room, leaning against a shining pillar and clutching onto her purse.

She passes time by looking around her, watching families, children, friends and young couples enjoy and goof around. She misses Ochako and her usual bubbly laugh whenever the two went out- when they were just fifteen. It's a memory Cicily wishes to never forget as they don't go out more often since Ochako had gotten married and how busy she gets.

There's a certain couple which catches Cicily's observant eyes.

It's a young girl- probably a junior from U.A High School Of Excellence with Mirio Togata's son. The two seem to be having a lot of fun, laughing and giggling. It felt clear in their eyes that both of them enjoyed being in each other's company. It felt right to them.

Cicily sighs, remembering her mother's words about marriage.

"Sweety, Marriage is a point in life through which most of the people go through and you must too ..."

Oh, how she replied back to her back then whenever her mother would say this. But now she realises, looking the couple in front of her, she remembers that was just how Ochako and Izuku used to be- they still are, but with Odette in the picture. Cicily realises that maybe if she had agreed to her mother's view, maybe she wouldn't be here alone and gloomy and that she would be here with her spouse.

Oh, how I regret my decision of not marrying.- a giggle leaves her closed lips and she diverts her eyes to look somewhere else. She doesn't want to look like a lonely individual envying young couples.

But when she diverts her eyes though, a squeak leaves her lips but she immediately covers it with her hands. Her eyes widening when she noticed who was in front of her.

It was the same man. He wore a smile which made Cicily feel weak in her knees but she covered her nervousness with confusion and looked up at him and asks, "What is it, Mr .. uh ..."

"Shoto. Shoto Todoroki." He replies, moving to the side and standing beside her, one hand holding a large cup of Coke and the other hand holding a large box of Cheese Popcorn.

"Oh, Mr Todoroki, what is it that you have confronted me?" Cicily asks, pulling off her best formal face which somehow results in making that man- Shoto Todoroki, laugh.

The voice dances to her ears and she feels that it is a magical melody which can lure you to sleep.

"You seemed rather lonely and since my movie mate didn't come- that bastard cancelled our plan because he wanted to play with his daughter. Anyways, because it seemed that we both got hung up by our friends I thought, why not ... uh .. we watch the movie together...?" Shoto answers her, his voice getting lower and lower as he ends in a question. His cheeks flushing and ears turning red from embarrassment as he looks the other side to avoid making eye contact with Cicily.

He hears her giggle after which she continues their conversation, "Well, I'm Cicily. Nice to meet you too, Shoto Todoroki." And again a laugh leaves her lips.

Shot frowns and faces her, "What is there to laugh?"

"I'm just laughing at your shyness, that's all," Cicily answers in between her muffled laughs but then abruptly stops when she notices the piercing glare Shoto is giving her.

"Sorry ..." She squeaks and nods then continues, "Let's watch this movie together since our friends didn't want to."

"Yeah, let's." A smiled makes its way to his lips.

"Say, who is your friend who cancelled your plan?" Cicily asks, curious to know why would somebody want to cancel their plan with such a handsome guy.

"Well, it's Izuku, he says he wanted to spend time with his daughter- which he does every day. I just don't get it why can't he pull some time out and go and watch a movie with me, it's been so long since I've teased that weasel into oblivion." The little description of his situation makes Cicily laugh but she catches the familiar name.

"Wait, you- you know Izuku Midoriya? As in, Ochako's husband?"

"Yeah, wait, you know them too?" He asks, perplexed by the fact that even Cicily knows his friend. She nods at his question he gets the answer to his next question on who hung her up.

It's definitely Ochako ... - he thinks to himself and sighs, a little laugh leaving his lips.

"Anyways, let's go watch the movie, the doors are opened!" The excited voice of Cicily beings Shoto back to reality and he feels her drag both of them inside the Screen Room.

They both take out their tickets and then go around the seats to search for their assigned seats. That's when it hits Cicily and she asks, "What if we don't get seats beside each other?" A frown on her lips, makes Shoto think the unthinkable.

"Let's search first and then we'll see."

They continue searching for their seats. Cicily luckily finds her seat row and happily skips inside, searching for her number. She stops when at her seat and looks up, wanting to search for Shoto but only to find him standing right in front of her.

"I guess we have seats beside each other ..." Shoto mumbles teasingly but Cicily finds it suspicious and she tries to remember which seats she had booked for her and Ochako.

The realisation hits her and then she snatches the ticket from Shoto's hands and inspects it, then she hands the ticket back and a groan leaves her lips as she slumps down in her seat.

Shoto, although confused, sits in his seat beside her and asks her what's wrong.

She replies, "Well you see, I paid for the ticket of Ochako's and mine and then Ochako had said that she would keep her ticket with her and gave me the other. And what I think is that, Izuku and Ochako had this thing planned. Did you say that Izuku paid for you both's tickets?"

Shoto nods at her question and watches her continue her theory since it is still ten minutes till the movie begins.

"Well, I think he just tricked you and gave you the ticket which was kind of meant for Ochako and then that is how that sneaky couple set us up on a movie date, I didn't even felt this coming! Gosh, Ochako!" And as soon as her theory- more like a rant comes to an end, she throws her hands in the air and slumps further into the seat making Shoto chuckle.

"Don't worry, at least we have each other right now to watch the movie. Let's forget about those two for now." He assures the girl beside him and she smiles at the gesture.

Ah, a good man who knows how to assure people, just my luck.- she facepalms at her thoughts but then soon focuses on the screen when she sees the light dim and then slowly everything inside the theatre room becomes dark and then the large screen in front of her brightens, the movie starts as the credits roll by.

Just as the movie starts, Shoto leans towards Cicily's ear and mumbles in a low voice, "Since we both were meant to meet, how about we got out after the movie and spend the rest of the day together?"

He receives a nod from her and feels her shiver under his breath near her ear. A smile now etched onto both of their lips, they watch the movie, sipping from the coke and munching on the cheese popcorn.

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Waahh! It's complete! This is one hell of a weird One-shot but I hope it isn't confusing... Lol

-Ari