Title: (Books and crushes)

(Short)

The last lesson of the day ended, the teacher leaving the class at the same time the bell chimed. The students of Class 1-A began leaving the class for their homes.

(Y/n) remained seated on her chair, finishing on some work before she left for home. She, however, was unaware of the stare coming from the dual-haired male who sat at the back row.

Shouto was nervous.

That was a word that had never been associated with him, but here he was, feeling like he could jump out of the window. Outwardly, he looked calm and collected as always but inside, he felt like he could explode. Everyone else had left the class, leaving only him and the (h/c)-haired girl. He was sure that she hadn't even noticed that since she looked busy at the moment.

He had stayed behind purposely because he had finally decided to confess his feelings to her. The feelings that he's been hiding for so long.

Even though he had confirmed of them, he still couldn't understand how he could be so careless. When joining U.A, he was focused on only one thing but then after crossing paths with (Y/n), he found himself wanting something else apart from being the number one hero. So he couldn't keep them inside him any longer, he had to tell her.

Shouto stood up from his seat, shoving his hands deep into his pockets as he walked towards the girl. As the distance grew shorter, the beat of his heart increased. He stood beside the girl's desk, taking in a deep breath for what was to come.

"(Y/n)."

Said girl stopped what she was doing to look up at the male who was staring down at her with indifference. If only she knew that was a facade to hide his true feelings.

"What is it, Todoroki?" she inquired, raising an eyebrow at the male.

Shouto briefly glanced at her work before going back to her. "Are you doing the work the teacher left?"

(Y/n) smiled and nodded. "Uh yeah. I figured I'd finish here since there's a lot of distractions at home. What about you?"

Shouto's eyes widened slightly but he quickly composed himself. He had found the perfect chance.

"Me too," he said. "Would you like to do it together with me?"

(Y/n) blinked in surprise at his request. Shouto was known to prefer working alone so his sudden request took her by surprise.

"Uh...sure. Why not?" she quickly accepted, making Shouto's heart skip a beat. "Do you want to do it here, or the library?"

"Library," he answered almost too quickly but then added. "It's quieter."

"Sure. Let me get my things," she said.

***

Shouto stood opposite from (Y/n) as they searched for the books for their work. The silence between them ate at Shouto, who was busy thinking of what to tell her.

"I can't find the book you were talking about," he admitted making the girl turn to him.

"Huh?" her forehead creased. "It was here last time.

The girl searched through the books. Due to this, she leaned nearer to Shouto, whose cheeks turned a fiery red from the proximity.

"Here it is," she proclaimed, breaking Shouto from his reverie. She took the book and gave it to him with a smile. Shouto gradually took it, his breath hitching when his fingers accidentally brushed against (Y/n)'s.

The girl was unaware of what she was doing to him as she passed by him towards the study area. Shouto followed her, disgruntled from all his body's reaction to her.

He sat next to her as they began their work.

***

After thirty minutes into the work, Shouto couldn't take it.

He had hardly concentrated in the work as all he could do was stare at (Y/n). How eyes lit up when she was curious, how she would bite her lip when in deep thought, how she would laugh when she made a mistake.

How could someone be so perfect?

No wonder he fell for her. They weren't close but Shouto was a good observer, especially from the sidelines. She was intelligent, strong, tactful, funny and silent at the same time, understanding and hardworking. She even knew how to handle a hot head like Katsuki without breaking a sweat. All these attributes struck a chord in his heart and he couldn't get his mind off her.

He had to have her.

"Hey, I just realized that we didn't get one book," (Y/n) spoke up, bringing Shouto from his thoughts. "I'll be right back, okay?"

"Yeah," he simply answered, his mismatched eyes watching her as she stood up and made her way to the shelves.

***
"Which one...which one..." (Y/n) muttered while tapping her chin in thought. Her eyes trailed over the books arranged on the shelves until she stopped.

"This one!" she smiled, pulling the book and taking it into her hands. As she went to back away, her back hit something behind her. It didn't take her long to realize it was someone's chest, a male's chest precisely.

Before she could turn to see who it was, a head buried itself in her neck as his hands grabbed the shelf in front of (Y/n), caging her in.

(Y/n) gasped in surprise upon feeling the male's hot breath fan against her neck as fear rose in her heart.

"(Y/n)..."

The girl's eyes widened at the husky, deep voice that pronounced her name.

"T-Todoroki?! What are-what are you-?!"

"Call me Shouto," Shouto commanded gently, nuzzling his nose against the crook of her neck and taking in her scent.

"Huh?!" the girl grew even more confused than ever. Never had Shouto acted like this, he even asked her to call her by his first name.

"I like you, (Y/n)," Shouto breathed out, enjoying immensely the feel of her body against his. "I'm crazy about you."

It was like he had snapped. They were alone in the library, in exception of the librarian who had stepped out. Knowing that he was all alone with her gave him thoughts that he would be ashamed to speak of aloud. And watching her just intensified those thoughts. He was acting out of himself but he didn't give a damn about it. His earlier nervousness was replaced with a carnal desire that knew no bounds.

(Y/n), on the other hand, had frozen on the spot from his confession.

She couldn't believe his words. He liked her?! She couldn't understand how she hadn't noticed it yet here he was, running his nose along her neck, sending shivers to her. In all honesty, she did find the male attractive, hella attractive but she had never put much thought in that since he didn't seem like the type to even return feelings.

She opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by Shouto.

"Don't say anything," he ordered, placing a kiss on her neck, earning him a gasp from (Y/n). "You don't have to give your answer now. But I will wait."

"What do you mean?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. She wasn't afraid, knowing that he wouldn't hurt her for no reason but she was a bit unnerved.

"I'm a patient person, so I'll wait," he clarified and exhaled pleasurably. "Oh, (Y/n), what're you doing to me? You confuse me. Making me experience feelings I've never felt before...I want you, you know."

The girl's breath hitched only to make Shouto chuckle.

"Don't worry. I'll never make you do something you never want to," he pulled away from her, allowing her to turn around and face him.

He sighed and cupped her cheek, lovingly tracing her skin with his thumb in assurance. She was still speechless from what had happened. His character had done a full 180 turn twice and she couldn't catch up.

"I love you, (Y/n)."

His blunt confession still managed to hit her hard, rendering her incapable of coherent speech.

"And I'll wait. As long as it takes, for you to love me back. Okay?"

"Uh..." the girl began but gasped when Shouto placed a kiss on her cheek before walking away.

She tightly hugged the book to her chest, her beating heart threatening to jump out as she stared at the spot where he was standing. Her legs gave in, making her slide to the ground, still in shock.

She laid her head back on the shelf and stared at the ceiling with widened eyes.

"What just...happened...?"