So I totally binged My Hero up to their most current episode and there may not have been the most material to build a ship for these two but holy cow do I like what I have to work with to set this ship sail.

Anywho, this is going to be a progressing story with each chapter from a different character's viewpoint, set slightly in the future from the anime (sorry haven't had time to read the manga yet) with some callbacks to canon moments but mostly "non-canon just stuff I think could happen" moments. I'm trying my best to stay in character with these two as well as channel my inner teenager and some Meg from Hercules singing "I won't say I'm in love"

Enjoy!

Relationships, crushes, and the vague idea of love were things that both Shouto Todoroki and Momo Yaoyorozu never wanted or even considered important on their quest to becoming heroes. You can't help how you feel, but you can sure as hell try and hide it.

Chapter 1: Momo

Momo greatly admired Todoroki since their first day of class at U.A. She admired his quirk's strength and his ability to use it in just about any combat situation, as well as his perpetual cool and calm demeanor. Her quick analysis of him proved that he would be a beneficial teammate and she made a quick mental note as a reminder for future class exercises. It wasn't just the half and half boy, she respected all of her classmates, although some a little less than others (cough cough Mineta), but there was something about Todoroki that she couldn't shake out of her head.

Much like a kindling fire, Momo never noticed the heat in the pit of her belly whenever she was around Todoroki until it was a raging bonfire. She couldn't quite put her finger on when it started, maybe it was always there and she never noticed or maybe it was like a quick slap in the face. Either way she was not prepared for the onslaught of emotions that came with having a teenage crush. She's had crushes before, but nothing ever came of them since her mother believed them to be a distraction and practically barred her from having a social life. Since then she viewed the butterflies, blushing, and bubbly feeling as nothing more than another interruption in her journey to be a pro-hero and she shoved those emotions aside to focus on more important things, like organic and biochemistry.

"When did it happen?" she caught herself wondering aloud in her dorm room. Second year Momo Yaoyorozu was flopped on her oversized bed with arms splayed. She closed her advanced chemistry book with a thud and rolled over into her pillow. She couldn't even study without the thought of him creeping its way into her head. Every new object she studied somehow her mind would drift to how she would use it in a fight against Todoroki, which at first she thought was fine since he was one of the strongest students in class, but when she got to a chapter about materials and ropes her imaginary battle simulations became less about fighting. Deciding to take a much needed break and clear her head, she threw on some fuzzy slippers, grabbed a snack, and descended to the common area where she avoided Kirishima, Sero, Kaminari, and Bakugo's banter by going straight to the dining tables. She pushed away the slight disappointment of not seeing Todoroki there and drank a few sips of her premade protein shake then let out a groan and smacked her head on the wooden table.

"Yo Momo, you okay?" Kaminari asked from the couch, watching the entire thing out of the corner of his eye.

Momo's face flushed at being noticed and she kept it glued to the table. "Yeah, I'm fine, just over studied and now my head hurts," she forced out a small laugh to show she was alright.

"You know there's a pressure point on your hand that helps with headaches." She knew that voice, the only guy in class who had that monotone and aloof voice was none other than Todoroki.

"Ah… yeah… thank you, Todoroki," she quietly muttered. She rolled her head to the side so now her cheek was stuck to the wooden surface but she wasn't expecting her view to be blocked by a white t-shirt. She looked up and made eye contact with one blue eye and one grey. They weren't his usual expressionless gaze, was that worry? Her heart leaped to her throat at the simple idea that he was worried about her. "Stupid, stupid, stupid," she berated herself and tried to calm down.

"You're really red Yaoyorozu, are you feeling alright?" his straightforward observation cut through her inner dialogue and she quickly sat up avoiding any more eye contact.

"I'm fine, just a little tired." An obvious lie, she stared down at her hands and nervously started to play with her nails. A little squeak escaped her lips when a cool hand gently touched her forehead and she stared at Todoroki with wide eyes and an even heavier blush on her face. A moment later he pulled his hand back and she whipped her face forward to stare intently at the protein shake as if it had all the answers to the universe.

"Your face is burning up, you might be getting sick," his ever calm voice replied.

"I'm actually about to go back to my room now and rest." She grabbed her things and hurried past the pajama clad boy still standing by the table. "Thank you, Todoroki," she quickly muttered on her way out of the room.

"Man Todoroki I've seen girls run away from Mineta, but I would never think they would run from you too!" Kaminari laughed and the others joined in minus Bakugo who was muttering under his breath.

Momo rushed into her room and leaned against her door, slowly sliding down until her butt touched the floor. Her heart was pounding in her ears. A fire was exploding in her stomach. Now she can't even talk to him without her freaking out. Perfect.

"When did it start?" she echoed her earlier thought and brought her knees in close to her chest and thought back to some of their first encounters.

She thought about their first few weeks of classes and his incredible skill and intense focus. The way he could easily over power his classmates if he wanted to, but how quiet and modest he was about how incredible his quirk really was. Those emotions were nothing more than admiration she mentally chided, trying to reason with herself. She moved on to the U.A Sports Festival and how he picked her to be on his team, commenting on how he thought they were the strongest he could think of. A slow blush grew thinking back and she lightly smacked herself on her cheeks to get it together. Even then she didn't remember feeling the same burning feeling as she does now.

"Maybe it was the final exam." She remembered how they were paired up to fight against Aizawa-sensai and how much he encouraged her and helped her get her confidence back by admitting to being her second vote for class representative, trusting her instincts, and praising her intelligence. But even then she couldn't tell her feelings towards him specifically because she was so overwhelmed from the test itself. She thought about the forest training and how it was cut short due to the League of Villains, and how Todoroki and Kirishima came to her room and asked for her help. She was too caught up in fear and adrenaline during All Might's fight with All for One that she couldn't comprehend her actions when she grabbed Todoroki's hand to run away from the warehouse. It wasn't until they were blocks away trying to catch their breath did she realize their hands were still tightly intertwined.

"I'm sorry Todoroki, I wasn't- that wasn't- uhm," she panted, still out of breath.

"It's fine, we were trying to escape without getting separated," he replied, his breathing heavy and his cheeks dusted pink from what she thought was him being out of breath. He called Izuku to let them know they got out okay and to find a place to meet up after getting their locations Todoroki closed his phone and looked around at the growing crowd of people around them.

"Did they make it out okay?" Momo asked.

"Yeah they're over in the middle of the town square by the giant TV, they're showing the fight live," without missing a beat he grabbed Momo's hand and started to walk in the same direction as the people running away much to her shock at their resumed contact, "we don't want to get separated," he reiterated but he said it so quietly was it directed towards her or himself?

She covered her face in her hands at the memory and sighed, this wasn't good. Teenage crushes are too much of a silly distraction for her to get caught up in, but there's this fire inside her that she can't put out. She didn't know when this feeling started but she did know one thing, she was totally screwed.

So I'm totally in love with Momo's powers, like I'm a bio major and I've had to taken o-chem, biochem, and p-chem so its really cool seeing a hero who's not just "super smart" but she's intelligent from her own doing and hard work and it clearly pays off. But yeah having Momo's powers would be super cool.

Oh and after writing this chapter and naming the story I got a really AU idea where Momo is Belle and Shouto is Beast xD (extra xD at the idea of the other classmates being furniture)

I'm totally open to all comments you guys may have! Thanks for reading and stay beautiful!