AU: No Quirks

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"Remind me, why did you pick me and not Izuku or Tenya?" Momo asks while she took her seat at the booth across from Shoto. She breathed in the fragrance of the milkshake shop, smelling the heavenly fragrances of Strawberry, Vanilla, and all of the savory flavors.

Shoto sighed. "Well, I just didn't think that they would be interested... and they're always super busy with their girlfriends, Izuku with Ochaco and Tenya with Mei...I mean, I don't want to waste two free milkshake coupons on someone who won't actually use them."

"Oh... I see."

"Anyways, what do you want?"

"Hmmm..." Momo gazes around the shop, looking at all of the delicious pictures of the milkshakes. "I'll have.... strawberry. I've been eating way too much chocolate and vanilla lately." She said, giving a little giggle at the end.

"Yeah, heh. I guess I'll have Strawberry as well..."

"Hello, I'm Kendo! Welcome to the Shake'n Blend! What can I get you?" A ginger-haired girl  asked.

"We'll just have some strawberry," Shoto responded, giving Kendo a nice warm smile .

"Your drink will be here in a few minutes!" Kendo said, giving Shoto a slight wink before she turned and left.

*Momo's POV*I sighed. It was hard having any feelings for Shoto at all when almost every single girl and boy who set eyes on him flirted with him. It made me lose courage, but yet it just made me want him more.

But who am I misleading...? All these girls and boys are way more attractive than me... and why would Shoto want to date someone who hated him since he was little at school?

When I was younger, our families were in a buisness family dispute and I am a Yaoyorzu and he is a Todoroki. All I wanted was for him to disappear. Now... I want him under my skin. My feelings had started to develop when I was about 10 years old. It was several weeks after our families started working together. After I started to hang out with him and his buddies Izuku Midoriya and Tenya Iida, I guess I began to...love him. But I assume I always have. Whenever I was about to fight him when I was about 5, my heart would flutter like a butterfly. I just didn't know what the feeling was...

I began to suspect why Shoto never attempted to have a girlfriend or boyfriend. It appeared as every girl and boy favored him. Which was correct... I sighed again, knowing I was just another fangirl... But... it couldn't hurt investigating...right?

"Shoto... why haven't you got a girlfriend or boyfriend yet...?"

Shoto's heterachromic eyes lit up in surprise, looking up at me with his adorable dumbfounded look on him. 

"That was sudden... what brought that up...?"

I shrugged a little, looking away. "Just curious... so many girls and guys want you... can't keep them all waiting, right?" I joked, despising what I had just said. Keep them waiting... please.. it would hurt me so much to see you with someone else...

Shoto moved around in his chair and played with the buttons that were on his blue and white jean jacket. "I already have my eyes on a certain girl... I'm just frightened that she won't like me back..."

His words felt like he put frost on my heart. He already favored a girl...

I sniffed a bit. Why... why did I have to fall for someone like him...? What was I presuming anyway...? For him to exculpate me for causing him all that hurt in his life? WHY!? Was it because... he hated me...?

"Here you go! Enjoy your date!" A humble voice said. It was Kendo. She then placed one strawberry milkshake down and placed two straws in them.

Wait....

Hold on a second there...

Did she say date...?

"Umm... where's the other drink...?" asked Shoto.

"Oh, I assumed you two were sharing. Since you were a couple and all..."

I could see Shoto's  cheeks become deep red. Obviously from embarrassment. I know I shouldn't do this... but even characterizing it as a myth would make me feel better.

"Uh... n-no... we're not-"

"Oh yes, thank you!" I said with a gentle smile.

Kendo then nodded and walked away, this time leaving Shoto alone.

" Momo..." Shoto asked, hanging his head down. I could just barely see his face, it was completely red. Wh-why did you... say that..."

"I... just didn't want any trouble... she's busy enough... heh..." That. Was. The. Worst. Excuse. Ever. Momo.

"Oh..."

" Besides... it's not a bad thing... friends share stuff all the time..." Including drinks? Great job Momo...

I took a sip of the drink, letting its delicious fruity flavor flow into my mouth.

Shoto then stares at me as if deciding whether or not to do it. His gaze softened, finally making a decision and took a sip of the drink.

I could feel a smile crawl on my lips. It was like an actual date... even though it was fake... it feels real...

I lifted my head, away from the drink, and so did Shoto.

"Kind of ridiculous isn't it, how a little place like this can have elaborate stuff like waiters and menus right?" Shoto commented, chuckling shortly after. As soon as he recognizes I wasn't laughing and my smile was not on my face, he made a concerned look.

"Shoto..." I murmured.

"Yeah...?"

"Do you hate me...?" I kept back some tears. Something I have always done since I was smaller. 

Everyone knew me for being a little bit of an emotional person...

"What?! No, of course not! Why would you think that?!"

"Why would I not think that? After all those times when we were younger... why wouldn't you...?"

"We were just children! It's in the past now!!"

"If you didn't hate me then how come you've never acknowledged my love for you?!"

The last words I said were never meant to come out. My cheeks flare furiously. I wish I never said that... I am sorry heart, but darn you.

There was a long awkward silence between us. The whole shop seemed quiet, all the attention on us. So quiet that you could hear everyone's breathing.

"I thought you didn't like me..." Shoto finally said.

I looked up at him, my dark charcol black eyes welled up. "Never. I've always liked you... since we were 5..."

"But... boys are constantly with you and you just... smile and laugh...!"

"Because girls and guys are regularly all over you! It always pierces my heart!"

"I thought you liked them! I was always so jealous... then girls started to talk to me and I thought I could make you jealous and like me!" He gazed down, his heterochromatic blue and silver eyes starting to water up as well. "But you did nothing..."

I could not believe it. After all these years. Wondering and hoping, weeping and crying. Neither of us confessing because we were both frightened of being rejected...

"It as you... you were the one I had my eyes on..." He murmured, his words causing me to feel all warm and tingly.

"I'm so sorry..."

"You have nothing to apologize for... I should have just asked instead of waiting for you... I wasn't even considering how it could hurt you..."

I didn't realize it, but we were getting closer and closer by the second. Staring into each other's eyes the whole time. I could do that forever.

"I love you..." He murmured into my ear.

"I love you too..."

He ended my sentence by connecting our lips with a delicate, tender, loving kiss. His lips fit mine perfectly, just making the moment even better.

Sadly, we had to breathe again so we broke the kiss.

"I was... saving my first kiss for you..." Shoto said, looking me in the eye, his cheeks dark red. 

Mine were  most likely way worse.

I giggles. "So was I... and it was perfect."

It was perfect. We kissed again and I think we were so lost in the moment that we didn't hear Ochaco and Mei fangirling and Izuku and Tenya trying to quiet them down. But I really didn't care what they did. As long as I had Shoto with me. Everything was perfect.