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After several weeks of remedial lessons, Yoarashi was determined to be friends with Todoroki. Even so, their clashing personalities and stubbornness often gave way to heated arguments, especially under the pressure of battle.
Gang Orca was not amused.
"Do you think villains will stop and wait while you squabble?"
"SIR YES SIR!"
"If I freeze them first-"
"Disciplinary action!"
Gang Orca bodily hurled them to the side, one after another. "You turds are staying there until you kiss and make up," he snarled before stomping back to the other trainees.
The two simply laid where they had crash-landed, stewing in their frustrations.
Or at least, Todoroki assumed that's what they were doing.
"Sorry!" Yoarashi said abruptly.
Todoroki turned his head to face him.
"It's all my fault! Again!"
Todoroki felt his irritation dissipate. It was always like this. Yoarashi managed to rile him up and snuff out his aggression with equal ease. It was a rollercoaster of unsettling emotions Todoroki wasn't used to feeling. But Yoarashi's apology was sincere and freely given, with no expectation of acceptance or return. It made it easy for Todoroki to admit his own shortcomings.
"It's fine. I shouldn't have dismissed your idea so quickly."
"It was a dumb idea!"
"Yeah, it was."
"Hey!"
"But my idea wasn't any better. So we might as well tried yours."
They grinned at each other. Well, Yoarashi grinned ear-to-ear while Todoroki quirked his lips, just the slightest bit.
"I can't believe we got sidelined at the very start of the lesson! We're missing valuable training!" Yoarashi groaned.
"Yeah." Todoroki wasn't happy about it either.
"Do you think he was serious about us sitting it out?!"
"I don't know." Gang Orca's disciplinary measures seemed unorthodox to Todoroki. But then again, perhaps his old man and Aizawa-sensei's training methods were the outliers and Gang Orca's was the norm.
"He did say until we kiss and make up. If we kiss and make up, maybe we could rejoin the training."
Yoarashi turned on his side to fully face him. "Then let's do it, Todoroki!"
"Okay."
"Uh- really?!" Yoarashi sounded surprised at the quick agreement.
"Yes." After all, what was a kiss? Placing his lips against another's. It was no different than CPR. Todoroki sat up, dusting himself off. Yoarashi did the same and scooted in close.
"Um, how should we-"
"Here." Todoroki placed his hands on Yoarashi's face, pulling him down. He could see the pupils dilate, overtaking the thin ring of dark brown, as he angled his head and pressed his lips slightly off-center on Yoarashi's generous mouth.
"You kept your eyes open!" Yoarashi accused.
"So did you."
"Because I wanted to see if you would!"
"I- are we really back to arguing?"
"You're right! Sorry!" Yoarashi bashed his head to the ground, leaving a crater to Todoroki's left. He straightened back up, blood trickling down his forehead. "We should probably kiss again!"
Todoroki looked around. In the distance, Gang Orca was flinging around trainees like he was tossing a human salad. It seemed doubtful he had witnessed their latest argument.
"Okay, sure."
This time, he did close his eyes, curling a hand around the other boy's neck. Yoarashi's lips were warm and soft and the fluffy collar of his cape tickled. It was definitely not like CPR. It lasted longer this time, until they eventually broke apart to take gulping breaths.
"That's probably good, right?! Should we call Gang Orca over to let him know?!"
Todoroki felt the strangest urge to say no, they should kiss some more. But Yoarashi was just doing it to get back to training. It would be selfish to keep him from it.
"Oh wait, we didn't make up!" Yoarashi realized.
"Makeup. That's what girls use, isn't it?"
"Yes! Camie-senpai puts stuff on her lips to make them shiny! It's against school rules but she never gets in trouble!"
"Are we supposed to go get makeup and put it on?" Todoroki wondered out loud, licking his lips absently. He startled when Yoarashi leaned back into his personal space. What, were they going to kiss again? His heart pounded at the thought.
"It looks like you're already wearing some!"
"I'm not."
"Your cheeks are so pink! And your lips are shiny and red!"
Todoroki felt more heat flood his face and he put a palm on Yoarashi's face to push him away. "Maybe we misheard," he deflected. "It doesn't make sense. Why would we kiss and then put on makeup?"
"Yes, it's pretty random!"
"I wonder if he meant-" Todoroki stopped.
"What is it, Todoroki?! Did you figure it out?!" When Todoroki didn't answer, Yoarashi pawed at him like an overeager puppy. He even whined. "C'mon, you can't keep it to yourself!"
Todoroki cleared his throat, averting his gaze. "Make out."
"Make out?! What is that?! Is it like takeout but with makeup?!"
"It's kissing with tongue and touching." Todoroki tried to recall the specifics from the 'bro talks' Kaminari and Sero liked to pull him into.
"That does make more sense!" Yoarashi agreed. "Let's try it!"
"Okay."
The two stared at each other dumbly.
"Have you done this before?"
"No! This is all very new to me!" Yoarashi confessed with an awkward laugh.
That made Todoroki feel better, to know that he wasn't the only inexperienced one. He climbed onto Yoarashi's lap, settling his hands on those broad shoulders for balance. Yoarashi wrapped his hands around his waist to hold him steady.
"Let's try kissing again but keep our mouths open a little. No, not that much."
Their third kiss was different from their first two, wet and messy, their hot breaths intermingling. Todoroki pressed his tongue tentatively against Yoarashi's, who immediately responded in kind.
"WHAT IS THIS?!" Present Mic yelled in English, jabbing his finger in their direction. "Horny teenagers skipping out on training?!"
Gang Orca thundered over to them, trailed by curious trainees. "What are you turds doing?!"
Yoarashi jumped to attention, pulling Todoroki up with him. "Sir! We're kissing and making out! Like you instructed us to, sir!"
"Gang Orca, I'm in SHOCK!"
"What?! I said nothing of the sort!"
"You did though," Todoroki contradicted. "You said we need to stay here until we kiss and make up."
"Which we figured out meant make out!" Yoarashi beamed proudly.
"It's a figure of speech! It means to resolve your differences and be friendly again!"
"Oh."
"Well, they certainly looked FRIEND-LY!"
"You're fucking morons," Bakugo informed them, disgusted. "And creepy."
Well now Todoroki was embarrassed. He stared down at his boots until he could hear the crowd shuffle away, returning to training. All but the boy still at his side.
"Sorry, we did all that when we didn't need to," he forced out.
"It's okay, Todoroki! I didn't know either! And besides, I liked kissing and making out with you!"
Todoroki shifted slightly to peek up at him. "You did?"
"Yeah! It was so hot!" Yoarashi's happy smile turned into a frown. "Wait, you didn't?!"
"No, I liked it."
Yoarashi's smile returned, ten times brighter. It was like watching the sun rise.
"Then let's do it again soon!"
Todoroki smiled as Yoarashi took his hand.
"Yes, let's."
And if they snuck a quick kiss before going back, well, this time it was because they simply wanted to.