The waitress brought my food out and looked almost longingly at Todoroki. I kept my head down and started to pick at my meal.

"Are you sure there's nothing I can get you?" she asked him. I noticed her hand twitch, like she wanted to reach towards him or something.

He sent her a polite smile and shook his head, "No, I'm good. Thank you."

She nodded and retreated back to the kitchen.

I finally looked over at him, raising an eyebrow in question. "You're really not going to eat?"

"I'm on a sort of... special diet," he said with a smile like it was some sort of inside joke.

I just nodded while I finished chewing a bite of my salmon. "So, how about some answers?"

"Yes. No... to get to the other side. One point seven seven two four five three eight five one-"

What a smart ass.

"I didn't ask for the square root of pi," I said to him in a frustrated tone, placing my fork down and looking over at him.

His eyes were wide as we stared at each other. "You knew that?"

I decided to play the same game as him and dodge his question. "How'd you know where I was?"

"I didn't," he said while sitting back in his chair.

I shook my head while sighing. Guess I wasn't going to get anywhere after all. I went to stand, but he placed a hand on mine.

He was freezing.

"Don't go," he said, seeming genuine.

I hesitantly sat back down, watching him carefully.

"Were you following me?" I finally outright asked.

He didn't say anything for a few seconds, probably contemplating his response. "I feel very.... protective of you."

My eyebrows shot up. "So that's a yes?"

Todoroki shook his head. I had thought he was getting annoyed with how persistent I was. "Yes, I followed you. I tried to keep my distance until... you needed me."

I nodded in understanding. I was a bit creeped out, but in the end he did save me from getting assaulted. We'd have to talk about boundaries later though.

I started to think through everything that had happened that night, and one detail stuck out to me. "You said before that you could- you could hear what those guys were thinking.

"Can you... read minds?"

"I'm thinking of starting a web show," he said, running a hand through his hair.

He said it in such a deadpanned tone, I wasn't sure if he was joking or not.

"So you can read minds," I said with a nod, more to myself than him. "What am I thinking?"

He shook his head. "Not a clue. I can read every mind in this room, besides yours."

'Convenient,' I thought.

Todoroki started to point to everyone in the small restaurant in turn saying, "Work, sex, sex, money, cat, sex," then he pointed to me, "nothing. It's quite frustrating."

I looked at him, my head cocked sideways in confusion. "Why? What's wrong with me?"

He actually laughed at the question, softly, but it was a laugh. "I tell you I can read minds and you want to know what's wrong with you?"

I shrug, "It's a fair question."

He shakes his head with a smile, but it quickly fades.

"What's wrong?" I ask him, shifting a millimeter closer to him.

"I don't... I don't have the strength to stay away from you anymore," he said with a frown, looking deep into my eyes. It almost felt violating, like he was stripping me of everything I was and looking into the deepest and darkest corners of myself.

I couldn't help the fact my lips quirked up slightly at his admission. "Todoroki, you don't have to."

He abruptly looked away from me, staring at his hands that were in front of him, "This is wrong," he mumbled to himself.

"Todoroki-"

"You're cold, we should go," he said, quickly standing on his feet and waiting for me to do the same.

I mean, he wasn't wrong. I hadn't even noticed it, but after he pointed it out, I realized that I was faintly shivering. How he knew I was cold before I did will just have to be added to the long list of mysteries I had yet to solve.

Once we were back in his car, the heat was put on full blast. It took a few minutes, but it eventually got to the point where the heat was stifling.

"Okay, I think I'm warm enough now," I said as I reached for the temperature dial the same time he did.

I gasped as our fingers touched. His hands were still cold as ice.

"You hand, it's still freezing," I pointed out.

He said nothing, just withdrew his hand and ignored what I had said.

Soon enough, we pulled up to my house. I looked between it and Todoroki. He was still avoiding looking at me.

"I'm not even going to ask how you know where I live," I said with a sigh.

"Probably for the best."

I shook my head, once again left with even more questions than answers. "Thanks for... well everything tonight," I told him sincerely.

He nodded, "Anytime."

"Well actually, try not to make it a habit, for my sake."

I lightly chuckled while shaking my head. "No promises, I'm prone to getting into trouble."

"Great," he mumbled. "Good bye, Midoriya."

I stepped out of the car and looked back at him. "Bye, Todoroki." I said before shutting the door.

He didn't drive off until I was safely through my front door.

"Who was that?" my father asked, drying his heads with the kitchen towel as he looked over at me.

I leaned my head back against the door and stared off. "A friend from school."

He quirked a brow up. "What type of friend from school?"

I shook my head at him, wanting to not dignify the question with a response.

"Was it a girl?"

I nearly choked at the question.

"So it was?" he asked with a knowing smile.

I shook my head, "Dad, I'm gay."

Now it was his turn to choke.

"Did you... not know that?" I asked him, genuinely confused. First off, it was apparently obvious. Second, I had been out for over three years. How had he never known?

He ignored my question, instead waving me towards the stairs. "It's late, you should get some sleep."

I nodded, looking over at him in confusion. I mainly just nodded and went up to my room so I could get away from him. That was almost more awkward than when Kacchan was over.

hey guys!!

third update this weekend, i think that's pretty good tbh.

my lovely girlfriend made me two more pictures for this au, mina and sero-

anyways, i hope you guys have an amazing day!