Todoroki pov

"COME ON DADDY!"

"We want food!!"

I look at the miniature table packed with kids... and Izuku... all waiting for me to cook a plastic dinner at the plastic kitchen inside a pretty spacious plastic house.

"I'm doing my best, munchkins!" I scream to my children.

Being a single father is tough. Even tougher when all of your 8 children are 4-7 years old with the exception of two which are your own age.

"You know, I think I can help you cook!" Izuku says and stands up from his seat.

"No!" A little girl next to him says, "The children can't help with cooking! That's dangerous! Only the daddy can cook."

Izuku looks at the girl, bewildered, then takes his seat while looking to me.

I whisk the empty plastic bowl with a plastic whisk, "Come on, these potatoes need to be smooth," I pretend to taste some with my finger, "...more milk."

I add the milk then swap out the empty plastic bowl for the plate of fake mashed potatoes, "Okay kids, the potatoes are done!" I sit down at the table with the children. All of the plastic plates, cutlery and cut up t-shirt napkins were in place.

"Okay, dig in!" I say out loud to them.

I reach out to grab one of the many fake turkey legs from the big platter in the middle.

Wait...

This is ridiculous...

Sometimes I get too into play time...

I take off the flower apron from around my waist that was already on top of my worker apron that was given to me as a volunteer.

"Wow, thanks daddy! It looks great!" A child says and then takes a fake turkey leg from the plate in the middle and pretends to take a bite.

"Mhmm!" I say back.

"Ummm, excuse me! Goo goo ga ga, the baby needs to be spoon feed!" Kyle says from his crib.

Yes, that's right, they have a fake crib that is big enough for the children to climb in, and Kyle is so petite that he fits in just as well. On his head he has a bonnet, we couldn't get him to put a fake diaper on.

"Oh don't worry! I have this for the baby!" I toss the baby- eh, I mean Kyle, a fake plastic baby bottle, "Suck on that."

All the children around the table pretend to eat the pretend food.

It's kinda nice to see kids playing innocently like this, to see their imaginations run wild and stuff like that. But it's important not to get caught up in it....

.... WAIT! OH NO!

I immediately stand up, "I left the pie in the oven!" I run over to the plastic kitchen. "Where are the oven mitts?" I take out the plastic pie from the oven. It had no pie tin underneath it, the children lost it from previous play times.

"Oh! Ouch, oh!" I put the pie on a plate, "This thing is hot."

"Daddy!!" one of the children cry out.

"Yes my darling?" I say back.

"I want some milk!" They say back.

"Oh me too!" Another child says in agreement.

"Milk? Okay, I can manage that.." I open the fake fridge and take the plastic milk out.

"Okay, who wants milk?"

I swear, these kids are demanding.

"I do! I do!" A girl says. She then turns to Izuku, "Do you want some milk Izuku?"

Izuku looks kinda surprised, "Oh sure, I'll take some milk too Todoroki."

"Wait!" The girl says, "You can't call him that! You have to call him Daddy!"

....

Izuku stared at the girls for a full 2 seconds before looking at me. He gulped

Oh no.....

Izuku please....

You don't have to...

Don't say it....

"Can I have some milk...

...

... Daddy?"

The words left his lips before I had enough time to properly prepare myself. I turned and leaned over the plastic kitchen counter.

Man... I'm not sure how I feel about this... I mean, it's not my kink.... but....

"Hey! No fair! I want Daddy's attention!" Kyle yelled from his baby crib, "Hey Daddy! I think the baby needs a diaper change!"

OKAY!

My eyes shot wide open and I sprung up, "Alright! We're done! Everyone up!" I walk over to the table and motion for everyone to get up, "We are done playing house, come on. We're gonna play Apples to Apples."

"But I can't read!"

"Doesn't matter! Get up!"

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Kirishima Pov

"This is the last one!" I plop down the last bag of dog food from the car. Bakugou and Denki had just put down the last of the bags they carried in.

"Alright," Bakugou says, "The next thing on the todo list is bathing the dogs, but we are behind schedule and it is already 1, so we should feed the animals before."

"Oh okay, sounds good," I say to him.

"I'll handle the cats, it will be easier, you two get the dogs..." he walked away to the cat room.

I huffed out air. I was happy when Bakugou and I got the same volunteer place, but it's been constant work without being able to talk about anything. Not sure what I expected and I shouldn't of gotten my hopes up, but I still am happy to be helping out.

Denki came up and put his arm around the back of my neck almost putting me in a head lock, "Come on, Kirishima! Your heads in the clouds! What's going on?"

He lets me go, "Oh, nothing, come on, let's feed the dogs," I start walking but couldn't help but look back. Bakugou was filling a tray with bowls of cat food.

Denki caught me looking.

"Oooooh! I get it... come on, we can talk about it," Denki said before leading me to the room where the dog food is stored.

He grabbed bowls for dogs and I was opening the big container.

"So," he began to speak while lining up the dishes, "Let me guess, you're disappointed by not getting to talk to him."

I poured out dog food, "I don't know, it's just..."

"Kirishima... the guy is worked focused. You can't be mad at him.."

"I'm not... I'm mad at myself for not being able to focus..." I hung my head glumly.

".... Hey," Denki grabbed my attention while taking the newly filled dog food bowl from me, "Up next is washing dogs, that's a two person job, I'll say I have to clean cat boxes and you two will get alone time. You'll have to talk about something."

I tilted my head to him, "Alright, that's not such a bad idea..."

I looked through the glass doors. I could see into the cat room filled with cats where they got fed. Bakugou was sitting on the floor and about four cats sat around him with one on his lap. He was peacefully petting them.

Yeah, maybe washing dogs with him, I'll get my chance.

.........

"IM GONNA EXPLODED!!!"

Bakugou was practically steaming with anger.

"THESE DOGS KEEP GETTING SOAP WATER ALL OVER ME!!!" He screamed while standing, "AHHHHHHHHH!"

I made a straight face while waiting for him to calm down. I look at the window.

Denki was giving me a doofus smile with a thumbs up.

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Todoroki Pov

"UNBELIEVABLE!" Kyle slapped his cards on the table, "I SHOULD OF WON! That card was a shoe in!"

"We don't know who Celine Dion is."

"WELL YOU SHOULD!"

"Kyle!" Izuku said from across the circle, "Don't you think you should ease up?"

"Whatever..."

I wasn't playing the game with them, mostly because it was a 4-8 player game...

I saw a kid yawn in the circle.

"Actually guys..." I say, "I think we should have nap time... like now..." I say from my seat.

"He's right, come on guys," Izuku gets up from the circle, "How does nap time usually work?"

"We all nap for some time," a child says to him.

Well, I could figure that much out.

"Okay," Izuku says, "Everyone get ready for nap time, if you bring a blanket or want to use a mat to rest on, go get it. Also let's take a bathroom break before we are fall asleep." He helps kids up as he speaks and the kids follow his orders.

He's like, really good with kids...

"Midoriya! Can you keep the lights on! The dark is scary!" A child says as they reach up to Izuku asking to be picked up.

"No, I'm sorry, we will have to turn them off to help you sleep, but we will turn the light by the sink on so it won't be totally dark. And me and Todoroki will keep you guys safe, okay?" Izuku picked up the scared child as he spoke. He looked at me when he said my name and didn't break his stare for some time before turning around.

I held my breath and felt my heart get heavy. All just because he looked my way as he said my name. I brought my right hand up to the middle of my chest and balled my fist while grabbing my shirt and pulling it away from my skin.

Why am I still like this? This crush just won't go away... I thought it would fade, but it's not. If anything, I think I'm liking him more.

I'll have to tell him soon, it just doesn't seem fair to keep him in the dark about this...

"Alllllllllllright!" Kyle says and lays down his mat then stretches with his arms reaching above him, "I am beat! This nap is gonna be so good," Kyle leans over and scratches his lower back.

"Kyle?" I ask, "What are you doing? We have to watch the kids while they nap, you can't sleep."

"Correction... You have to watch the kids... and Midoriya will stay up with you to make sure you don't fall asleep," he leans in closer to me to whisper, "And come on, if you wanted to make a move this is your opening..."

"Kyle!" I stand from my seat.

"Oh come on. I saw the puppy dog eyes between you guys.." he said.

I walk away, "Just go to bed.."

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The room was dark and Izuku and I sat right in the middle of the floor with the kids... and Kyle... all sleeping around us. They had been out for around 15 minutes.

Me and Izuku sat back to back. I could feel him push into me, his shoulders were smaller than mine.

We weren't talking, we had to be quiet so they could sleep, but I think they are all out by now.

And besides, Kyle's snoring would be louder than us chatting.

"Hey," Izuku whispered, "Do you think they are asleep?"

"Yeah, I think so.." I whisper back.

"That's good.."

I could feel Izukus head turn slowly from one side to the other, checking on the kids, "I think we can talk now.."

Izuku readjusted his position. To sit sideways compared to me. I adjusted the same way until we both sat cross legged next to each other.

We were very close, touching our sides together so we could whisper easily.

"This was more fun than I thought it would be," Izuku said.

"Really? Why?"

"I'm not sure.. these kids are.. kinda lively and... I don't know, today was just fun," Izuku said and looked up to me. I could barely make out the features of his face with the soft lighting.

"So does that mean you'd do this again?" I ask him with a small laugh.

"Yeah, I would, but I'm worried it wouldn't be as fun the next time.." he told me before he looked down.

"Why?" I said leaning closer so he would hear me.

"I don't know.... I mean, you being here made it fun."

"Really-"

"Maybe it's just because I like being with you... like, that was the reason it was fun, because you're here," Izuku says in light hearted tone.

He's just saying it casually.

When he said that my eyes got wide in shock. My face became warm and I took in a small breath of air. I am so thankful that is dark in here, because that hides my face and without a doubt my feelings were on full display.

He turned his head back to me, but I didn't pull away.

He suddenly became so close so that his lips right by my ear, "You know this kinda reminds me... of the time we got trapped in the supply closet alone together." I could feel his breath leaving his mouth as he spoke against my skin.

"Why is that?"

"Well, it's dark, and with everyone asleep we are basically alone.."

My head went back to that day. How it was just me and him together. I remembered how we fell and landed on top of each other. How our lips barely brushed together and how I spent that night just thinking about it.

He slightly pulled away giving me just enough room to turn my head towards him. Our conversation fell silent. Everything around us disappeared

I looked to his eyes as they closed slowly. I followed his actions.

While barley making a sound with my breath, I felt myself leaning in, but it was if I wasn't doing it consciously.

I felt him move, as he brought his head closer to mine. He was so close that I could hear him breath.

He was leaning in too.

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*Click* ~ *Swing*

!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT WAS THAT

My eyes shot open and I became overwhelmed with panic. I pulled myself away and shot back.

*Flick*

The lights came on. I looked to the door and walking in was Mrs. K.

"Oh! Is it nap time? But that wasn't scheduled till later?"

She walked to her back office.

I watched her walk away while still catching my breath and coming back down from panic.

What... what were we...

I look to Izuku and caught him staring at me. He immediately looked away.

He was in the same state as me, breathing heavily and leaning back on his two hands. We were separated by at least 4 feet. I guess we both jumped away when we heard the door.

"Uuuuhhhhhhaaaaaa!" Kyle gets up from where he was napping, "Man! I'm feeling great!" He takes his sleep mask off and looks at both of us, "Woah! You two look weird! Did something happen?"

I eye down Kyle.

"Geez, nevermind then.."

I couldn't even care about what he said. I look back at Izuku. He must of looked at the same time and we had locked eyes again.

He looked... flustered. I imagine I can only look the same.

He looked away and blinked a few times while looking around clearing his head. He got up quickly and whipped his hands on his apron then immediately went to helping kids pick up their belongings from napping.

A child tugs on my shirt from behind me, "Todoroki... can you help me?"

"No, be quiet.." I say and keep looking to Izuku.

"But I need your-"

"No, shut up, I'm thinking..." I put my hand up to the child.

Me and Izuku..... we were about to....

Right? I'm not just imagining this, right?

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Izuku Pov

"Thanks Midoriya, those go on the bottom shelf there," Mrs. K said to me then walked out of the small supplies closet.

The day was almost over. We were all just helping put away different items and cleaning up. Kyle was whipping down the desks and Todoroki was helping kids pack away things to take home.

"And there," I said as I shelved the last item.

"Man," Kyle said and entered the room, "I can't wait to get out of here.." he walked in holding the whips he had just used to whip the desks down.

"Why is that?" I ask him.

"Because.. I really don't like working with kids, but that's what I get, I knew what I was getting into when I switched to volunteer here.."

I squint my eyebrows, "Wait... You knew what you were getting into? What do you mean?"

"I hate working with kids... their emotions are nonsensical and they are just straight up annoying," he said bluntly.

What?

I was taken back by what he said, "But that doesn't make sense. Why would you switch to volunteer here even though you knew you hate working with kids?"

How could that make sense?

He turned his head to me with a slight tilt, "Midoriya... it was you and Todoroki signed up, it would just be against my nature to not switch to be with the two of you."

Against his nature?

What is he trying to say?

He turned and walked towards the door before looking back, "And obviously, you two didn't think you'd be able to get an unchaperoned date, did you?"

DATE!??

I only stared blankly at him.

What does he mean date? This... this wasn't a date? Just wanting to hang out with someone isn't a date.

"What do you-" I start to say.

"I mean it's only fair," he cuts me off, "You chaperone me and Todorokis first date, so I get to chaperone the two of yours first date."

WHAT

"Wait! You knew? You... you used your quirk on me to know?"  I say.

I felt redness on my face as I clenched my jaw. I should've known he'd figure it out. I just hope he didn't tell Todoroki I was there.

"Huh?" Kyle says,  "No! I knew as soon as we got to the aquarium. A fake mustache is not a disguise..."

Debatable

"I mean..." he paused and bit his lower lip while glancing away, "Its not like I wasn't expecting it.... When I bought that date instead of you, I really only did it to see how you would react. Because my quirk works in a weird way, and when someone lies to themselves, I can get lied to. I can't really get the truth unless I change things up. Because actions always speak louder than words... or I'm my case, thoughts. " He raised his eyebrows while looking at me, waiting for a reaction.

I got nervous.

When someone lies to themselves?

"What do you mean?" I gulped.

Kyle almost laughed as soon as I spoke, "I don't know how to make it more obvious to you without blatantly telling you. I would... but this is something you have to realize on your own." He kept looking at me.

I go to answer, "I still dont-"

"Midoriya..." he cuts me off, "You are not being entirely honest with yourself and your feelings."

He turned back and walked till he reached the door. He grabbed it with his hand pulling it somewhat closed before turning just his upper body around one last time.

I bit down on my lower lip hard...

"You have some thinking to do....

Think about what you really want....

And don't be afraid of it. Because it won't be as scary as you might think it will be." He left me alone.

Think about what I really want....

For some reason, Todorokis face came to my mind.

Me and Todoroki....

I started to remember small flashbacks between us. All the times we had been together. When our skin would barley touch occasionally. All the things he had done for me. The times we studied, talked, ate, and walked together. As I remembered these things it was as if my heart began to beat stronger.

.....

What I really want.....

I remember the times that we would sleepover at each other's house or watch movies together... how we would sit so close together and it felt good to be with him.

And then... Today

When all the kids were asleep. Me and him were talking. We were so close and I.... I closed my eyes....

I was waiting for him to do something...

No...

I wanted him to do something....

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OH MY GOD

Realization hit me like a punch from All Might. My heart beat felt stronger and I almost stumbled over while trying to lean on the wall.

NO WAY!! HOW COULD I JUST NOW REALIZE THIS!!

I.....

I like Todoroki...

But no, this isn't just a like. Not how you like a friend or your favorite food... this is a different kind of like. A stronger kind of like..

The kind of like that makes me feel warm thinking about him. The kind of like that makes me hold my breath when he says my name.

The kind of like that makes me.... want him to do something...

Ahhhhhhhhhhh it finally happened!!!

I know the wait was painful, but seriously thanks to everyone who reads this I really appreciate it!

I'll try to get another chapter out soon

Thx so much for 88k!!!

Love you all!!!

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       Now...it's time for a little snippet of my new story I don't have a description yet, but the plot is thoroughly planned out

P.s(I'm still finishing 'Hero Rivals are Strange' FIRST, I just might upload an chapter or two here and there of this new story)

Also, the POV is NOT KYLE!!!
You will see that they have the same quirk. I liked the quirk so much I wanted to write another story around it. The pov in this story doesn't have a name yet, suggestions welcome. I know that pov is she/her pronouns if it helps.

It's a clear day and early in the morning. I ride up an elevator with my parents on either side of me as we go to the top of the building where they work and I study.

My parents are the heads of the biggest crime solving and investigation syndicate in the world. Which means I was basically born to be in it too. My fathers quirk is lie detector and can tell when someone lies about things that happened in their life. My mother has the quirk of knowing emotions.

Somehow, both their quirks combined to give me mine, which is called contact. When I touch someone, or "contact" them, I get a flood of information about them along with their emotions about those things that happened. The more I contact them, the more I see. But that is just scratching the surface of the rules behind my power.

I reach the second to top floor and step out the elevator.

"Work hard today," I hear my father say after I step out.

"We'll see you at lunch," my mother says as the door starts closing.

"Bye.." I say, the elevator shuts.

I walk down the hall past other offices housing certain divisions of the company. Until I reach my office space.

Youth Training Division

I open the door to the rows of mostly vacant desks and walk all the way down to mine, right by the window outlooking the city. I set down my bag and sit in the chair.

There isn't much work to do unless I'm assigned to a case. When I don't have a case I just work on online school. I have already finished my classes this half of the year.

To pass time I usually look at other reports from other cases I wasn't assigned to. I'm not really allowed to, but when your parents are the head of the company, you get privileges. I open up the most resent file. It was a kidnapping case.

"What.." I say under my breath, "Solved already? But didn't he just start-"

"Hello Comrades!" The door opened as I hear Oliver yell. He walked all the way down to his desk, adjacent to mine, "Hey, what's up?"

Oliver is the only other person who is in the Youth Training Division with me. Last year there were two more. One graduated and the other dropped out because of the pressure. A lot of the kids do that after they make it in, too many can't handle it. So this year it's just me and Oliver. He's a boy my age and we have both been in this program since we were 8, the same year the program started. 

"You finished the case already? Weren't you assigned to it three days ago?"

"Yeah," he set his bag down and took out some of his things, "We were getting no where for some time, but then, I heard the name of the man then we seized some of his belongings and got the address."

Oliver's quirk was basically made for him to be in this line of work. His quirk is called Eyes of the Beholder. Whenever he holds something that someone else belongs and considers a personal item, he can activate his quirk and see through the eyes of the person who owes what he's holding. As he started working here, he got better, and is now able to pick up what they hear.

"How far are you in classes?" Oliver asked to me after he settled into his seat. He was now leaned back with his feet on his desk.

"Done and done."

"Damn, you work too fast.."

"It's easy when you don't get assigned cases.." I say without looking up from desk.

My quirk rarely has me doing any cases here. I'm only ever used when we have a suspect to interrogate. And usually the the suspect has to be uncooperative for me to be called in. Oliver on the other hand blows through his cases. There is always a missing child or person case to work on.

Oliver's quirk is useful like that. I remember once when we were just walking to go to lunch, he found a wallet on the ground. Within ten minutes he found the person it belonged to at local cafe and they were so grateful they bought us lunch.

"Hmm.." Oliver hums aloud.

"What is it?"

"It's just.... I haven't gotten an email about a new case... they usually pop up within an hour of me being done." He leans forward in his desk, but side eyes me a few times, "You reading those reports again?"

"Sure am, not much else I can do..." I say while still scrolling through the new reports.

I can hear his smile when he speaks, "Well maybe you can help me with this chemistry workshe-"

The door of the office opened and we both drop our conversation and look to the door. It took us by surprise. For the first few hours of the day, we are usually left undisturbed.

To my surprise, it was my dads assistant, "Man upstairs called for you two, got a new case that needs you both."

What?

Me and Oliver look at each other confused.

We never work together. What kind of case would need both of us?

Hoped you guys liked that!

Also just a funny thing when I was writing this. They are in the Youth Training Division, which can be shortened to YTD. At first I was gonna have it be Student Training Division.... but quickly realized I had to change it because I didn't want them to be STDs

Okay bye