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Assistant: Title: Love-Coach Ochako
        Author: Chrystarii Christarmewn 
        Chapter: 2/53 
        Summary: At long last, Todoroki admits he has feelings for the goddess of 1-A, Yaoyorozu Momo. The only problem now, is what he's supposed to do about it. Clueless on his own, Todoroki enlists the aid of his friend Uraraka to help him navigate his feelings. She happily agrees, hoping that by coaching him, she can come to understand the similar feelings she harbors for her classmate Midoriya.For a while, both of their plans appear to be going suspiciously well. Eventually however, due to a misunderstanding, everyone comes to the wrong conclusion that Todoroki and Uraraka are dating! Now, with a considerable amount of outside pressure, the two are forced to keep up the façade for two entire weeks without losing the interest of their respective crushes.In short, it's a disaster waiting to happen. But at least it's entertaining!
            
            Operation IHUPLC finally launches with Uraraka standing boldly by his side as his one and only friend with love experience. (As small as it may be.) Now, it is Todoroki's mission to try and approach class 1-A's goddess, Yaoyorozu Momo. Good luck Todoroki!
        Contents: Chapter 2: New Recruits
    

    

        
          
          
            After a rather eventful walk to school, Todoroki approaches his next goal for the day: sit with Yaoyorozu at lunch. In the meantime, Uraraka is faced with some difficulties keeping the operation a secret, when two of her perceptive friends start to catch on to what's happening.
          
        

      
        
          Edit 1/2023:Slight aesthetic modification to Iida's face, due to the events of Chapter: 1.5
            
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    By now, Todoroki sat in his desk, staring fully off into space. He could hear Yaoyorozu and Iida talking on the opposite side of the room amongst the clamor of their other classmates arriving.“…speaking of which, what exactly happened earlier?” Yaoyorozu asked.
  Just now…
A troubled look crossed Iida's now rather bruised face. “I apologize again for that. It’s a bit of a long story…”
  That was…
“I figured as much. Normally you would’ve already been in the classroom at that time, right?”Todoroki looked down at his left hand—the same he’d used earlier to shield Yaoyorozu from getting bowled over by Iida.Iida’s eyebrow twitched, “Normally, yes. But she managed to persuade me this morning, due to an odd design requirement regarding her invention. It’s complicated, but in short, we had to meet up in the morning for it to work.” a dark look entered his face, “As you can imagine, I somewhat regret that now.”
  That was her chest.
This realization sent a rush of red to his face so quickly, he could’ve had steam pouring out of his ears. He was still staring at his hand, which was now trembling slightly.That’s not the first time I’ve had this accident either. he realized, During our practicals, I had to shield her from Aizawa and I accidentally bumped the same spot trying to keep her back. Does this mean I’m subconsciously trying to get at her? Or is this just an unfortunate coincidence?He grimaced through his blushing cheeks. I don’t have a dirty mind, right? Mineta said something about me once, but I discounted it due to his bad reputation. Could he actually have some credibility? Am I actually a…Even in the privacy of his own mind, he didn’t have the courage to call himself that word; which should’ve been a sign in and of itself that Todoroki was innocent, but his brain was in too much of a tizzy to realize that.It can’t be… he swallowed, I don’t actively seek that sort of gratification. I just tend to find myself in situations some people would call lucky. That’s all it was. Yeah.He blinked at his hand.
  …squishy.
He decided not to think about anything after that.Putting his hands down in front of him, he settled his gaze straight-ahead at the blackboard until the redness fizzled out of his face.“You shouldn’t regret it!” Yaoyorozu went on, completely oblivious that Todoroki was practically having a panic attack over her in the back corner, “Think about it: your peer needed your help during a very specific time frame, and you were able to oblige! If anything, as the class representative, you should feel proud!”A strange mixture of pride and remorse entered his face, leaving him looking rather odd. “I-I appreciate the praise, but I cannot ignore the fact that I nearly hurt you two in my carelessness. When I get the chance later, I’ll give Hatsume a proper lecture…”“I think that’s warranted. Just don’t be hard on yourself!” she cheered.Not long after they ended their conversation, Yaoyorozu returned to her seat, along with some of their remaining classmates. There were only about five more minutes until class started.Just… hold out until class starts. he thought quickly, swallowing his embarrassment.As the minutes ticked by, more students of class 1-A trickled inside the room. Little by little, the noise level rose, all the while with Todoroki remaining in his somewhat dazed stupor. Eventually, Uraraka entered the room alongside Asui, who was chatting happily with her until she turned to see Todoroki already seated, and silent.A slightly cross expression filled Uraraka’s face, and she quickly made a gesture for Todoroki to look at her. When he eventually spotted her wide-eyed stare in the corner of his eye, he turned to face her directly.“(What?)” he mouthed.She nudged her chin forward, her eyes flicking to Yaoyorozu who was now seated again on his opposite side. Raising an eyebrow, he glanced at Yaoyorozu, then turned back to face her with a confused squint on his face.She rolled her eyes slightly before mouthing back: “(Talk to her!)”Todoroki’s face went blank as his brain processed what she’d spelled out to him. The second he figured it out, a faint grimace filled his face.Not right now… he thought sourly to himself, I’m not in the mood now.He looked over at Uraraka again, who was currently still waiting patiently for him to make a move. However, deciding that he’d done enough already this morning as far as socializing, Todoroki put a hand under his chin and turned pettily in the other direction.A vein practically popped out of her head when he did this.“Tch—!” That cowardly little—“Uh… Ochako?”Blinking herself back to attention, she turned to face her friend Asui—who had been halfway through a sentence when Uraraka had started making faces at Todoroki.“Oh, sorry! I was staring off into space for a sec,” she laughed awkwardly, “You were saying?”“Right…”Shortly after the exchange between these two, the class began as it usually did.For the next few hours, Todoroki was able to disassociate and focus on each class with ease. He found that as long as he kept writing notes, his mind would stay away from Yaoyorozu—sparing him the distraction, and the jittery feelings.Eventually, the day crawled along with minimal conflict—as expected. It wasn’t until their history class drew to a close, when Todoroki finally permitted himself to think of Operation: IHUPLC again.We have five more minutes until lunch. Todoroki realized, stealing a quick glance at Yaoyorozu’s profile, My mission is to sit with her and talk like normal. Which… more talking, huh? It’s a pain, but…His mouth twisted to the side, I can manage. I have to, if I ever want to confront these feelings of mine.Then, his steely gaze falling back onto the blackboard, he filled his heart with as much confidence as he could muster.
  Plus ultra! I… I guess.
A minute later, the bell rang for lunch.“ALRIGHT! It’s lunch time!” Ashido immediately shouted, throwing her fists into the air.“Yeah!”All around Todoroki, the classroom began to fill with the restless chatter of his classmates. One by one, they stood up—the sounds of their chairs ringing slightly in Todoroki’s ears as he continued to stare off into space.
  Oh. Right, I have to move before she leaves for lunch…
But his hands wouldn’t budge. Instead, they remained balled at the corners of his desk, suddenly frozen with apprehension. Reluctance was starting to crawl its way through Todoroki’s lungs, and he could tell by the way his arms were trembling.He swallowed stiffly.
  Get up.
Squeezing his eyes shut, Todoroki shook his head firmly to recuperate himself, and finally worked up the nerve to stand.He took in a deep breath.“Yaoyorozu—”“Hey Yaomomo~!” someone else butted in.Blinking confusedly, Todoroki took a step back as Ashido came bounding towards his target, greeting her with an immediate hug on impact.“Oh! Well hello to you too, Mina!” Yaoyorozu replied, her voice sounding slightly airy with surprise, “What is it?”“Me and the others wanna eat lunch with you today! Come with us!”Barely able to conceal his disappointment, Todoroki’s face returned to normal. Someone else beat me to it.Surprised but grateful, Yaoyorozu let out a small sigh.“Ah, thank you so much for inviting me, Mina. But…” she looked down at a pile of forms on her desk with a solemn expression, “you see, as the vice representative, I have a bit of work on my hands. Most of it is just organizing, but it’ll probably take me a fair amount of time to finish…”A look of disappointment fell over Mina’s face.“Oh, really? Dang that’s a shame…” she turned to her friend Hagakure instead, “Wanna come instead, Toru?”With a scoff, Hagakure crossed her arms at her. “Like you have to ask! I’m not just some fallback choice, yanno!”Now bickering, the two of them turned to head towards the cafeteria, while Yaoyorozu began to gather her things. Realizing his chance had been turned down indirectly, Todoroki did the same, and began to head towards the door feeling slightly downtrodden.If she’s busy, then there’s no point in asking… he reasoned bitterly, She turned down Mina, so there’s no reason she’d want to sit with me.His negative thoughts continued to plague him as he exited the classroom. In one swift motion, Todoroki let himself out into the hall, and turned towards the direction of the cafeteria. He was about a minute down the hall, however, when a firm hand on his shoulder suddenly held him back.“Where do you think you’re going!?” the voice hissed.He turned sourly in Uraraka’s direction.“To get lunch.” he answered flatly.“Oh, don’t give me that! You promised you’d try and sit with her, remember? Why didn’t you ask her when class ended!?”“Lower your voice,” Todoroki responded sharply, his eyes flicking to the classroom door, “Also you saw how it went with Mina and Hagakure. She would’ve just rejected me too.”“You don’t know that. You didn’t even try! Maybe she would’ve changed her mind?”“I did try. I got cut off.”Her expression changed briefly from frustrated to confused. “You did?”“Yeah.”She paused strangely, “But I didn’t see you do anything.”“I guess you just weren’t watching closely enough.”She clicked her tongue sharply at him, “Well, it’s not my job to babysit you! If your attempt wasn’t obvious, then that just proves you’re not presenting yourself with enough confidence to be noticed!”His eyes lowered slightly in annoyance, More like none of you can interpret my body language.“Anyway…” Uraraka sighed, scratching the back of her head, “Are you seriously just gonna let her go? Who knows when you’ll get your next chance.”“Um… probably tomorrow.”She glared at him, “I mean alone. If you sit with her now, it’ll just be the two of you.”“Too bad she’s busy and I don’t want to make her fall behind.”Uraraka flinched back when he said this, “D-don’t say that, you’re making me look like the bad guy! Besides, you wanted my help, right? This is my advice: seize your opportunity while it’s still here! Worst case, she declines you too, and you can just come back to the lunchroom.”Todoroki sighed, his irritation finally leaving him.“I’ll think about it. For now, let’s go to the cafeteria.”Deciding it was better not to push her chances with him, Uraraka backed down with a dejected sigh.“Fine, we’ll take things slow. I know you’re still getting used to our operation, so if you fail today, I won’t be too harsh on you.”Now side-by-side, they began to head in the direction of the cafeteria.“I didn’t fail. I walked to class with her this morning.”Not having known this, Uraraka spun her head at him, slightly impressed.“Really?”He nodded.For the remainder of the time it took to arrive at their destination, Todoroki reluctantly divulged the details of his morning stroll with Yaoyorozu—minus how he’d bumped his hand into her at the end. When they finally reached the cafeteria, Todoroki and Uraraka took opposite seats at the same table, and resumed their conversation.As they chatted however, Asui and Jiro, who’d been keeping their eyes on them as they entered together, stood a short distance away from their table with a growing curiosity.“Those two are…”Asui nodded, “It’s strange.”They both looked at each other, and began to approach without needing to say anything else. As they drew near, Uraraka looked up in surprise.“Oh—hey Tsu, hey Jiro!” she greeted casually, “Coming to sit with us?”“If you don’t mind, kero.”“Momo’s gone, and I’m not really in the mood to take Mina and Toru,” Jiro chuckled awkwardly, “Their energy level is a bit high for my tolerance today.”“Haha, well you’re smart to approach Todoroki then! I don’t think there’s a more mellow person in this class.”He raised an eyebrow slightly, I can’t tell if I should be offended or not.Smiling amiably, Uraraka began to start on her dumplings while the other two girls broke open their chopsticks. For a minute or two, the table was relatively quiet, except for the sounds of their eating.Minutes passed before Todoroki eventually looked down to find his bowl of soba sadly empty. What met him instead, was his usual, somber reflection at the bottom of the pristine bowl. Disappointed, him mouth stiffened, and he grabbed his glass to have a drink instead.As he sat there drinking, Todoroki’s thoughts eventually wandered back to his lousy attempt from earlier—refamiliarizing him to that ugly sense of dejectedness. Recalling it, he could see himself again in his seat, his arms shaking strangely from nervousness, and his knees weaker than jelly. At the same time, he remembered how easily Ashido had strode over to her in comparison, without seeming to think at all about what she was doing.I wish I had it that easy… he sighed quietly through his nose, I’m such a coward.He thought for a moment what it must be like to live so freely like Ashido did. If he were even half as laid-back and friendly as her, would he have more friends? Would more people want to sit and eat next to him? Even just having Uraraka around was more than he was used to. He couldn’t even fathom how he would function if the rest of his friends stuck to him like she currently was.It would be exhausting. he decided.Again, Todoroki felt a rising sense of frustration toward himself.
  Am I going to be like this forever?
Uraraka’s words started to crawl back to the front of his mind.
  “…seize your opportunity while it’s still here! Worst case, she declines you too, and you can just come back to the lunchroom.”
All at once, Todoroki found himself standing up.Surprised, Uraraka looked up at him for some sort of explanation, but the expression on his face was just as stoic as ever.“Finished?” she asked.“Yeah.”He then jerked his head slightly to the left.“I’m… gonna give what you said a shot after all.”Her eyes flew open, and Todoroki had to avert his gaze to keep his bashfulness from seeping through.“Just thought I’d say so.”Then he turned, and began to leave in what he believed was the most likely direction Yaoyorozu went.In the meantime, Todoroki completely missed the not-so-stealthy grin Uraraka gave him. Her mood now significantly improved, she shoveled the remaining dumpling down her throat, and finished her glass of water.“Something’s got you rather excited,” Asui commented, her eyes moving onto her as Todoroki disappeared from view.“Hm? Oh no, it’s nothing.” she lied, placing down her glass.Jiro and Asui glanced at each other again.“Are you finishing up your lunch so you can go after Todoroki?” Jiro asked.Stopping half-way out of her seat, Uraraka blinked curiously at her friends.“Wh-what do you mean?”Their eyes were bearing quite obviously into her now, no longer caring to hide their suspicion now that Todoroki had left. Sweat started to bead on the back of Uraraka’s neck.“We’ve been meaning to ask you, Ochako…” Asui started, making a faint gesture with her head for Uraraka to sit back down, “If you don’t mind us asking, why have you two been so buddy-buddy lately, kero?”Uraraka swallowed. Cr@p! These two have noticed what we’re up to already!?“He’s my friend…? Is there something wrong with that?”“Well no, but…” Asui cocked her head, “It just feels a bit sudden. And I was under the impression you were closer with Midoriya.”“Also, it would be blind of us to ignore the way you two’ve been sneaking around doing things.” Jiro added.Feeling reasonably panicked now, Uraraka’s face began to slowly turn pale. “What do you mean, ‘sneaking around’? Todoroki and I were just having a normal conversation together—there’s nothing wrong with that.”“Is that what he was doing in your room last night? Having a ‘normal conversation’?”Uraraka’s eyes practically bugged out of her head—both eyebrows furrowing in disbelief at her friend’s accusation.
  How does she know about our late-night strategy meeting!?
“W… th-that’s, you—” she fumbled.Jiro and Asui continued to stare at her for another moment, before Uraraka plopped reluctantly back into her seat. Her head was spinning now, desperately trying to come up with an excuse. How was she supposed to explain what they’d been doing last night without totally throwing Todoroki under the bus? Not to mention, the timing of her friends cornering her like this couldn’t have been any worse.Shoot! she cursed to herself, I was hoping to keep an eye on Todoroki, but at this rate, I’ll lose track of where he is! Do I just go ahead and tell them so they leave me alone?Feeling impatient, Jiro leaned a little closer. “Come on, Uraraka—tell us! We promise not to tell anyone, if that’s what’s got you concerned.”She bit her lip anxiously, I suppose having Jiro and Tsu in on it wouldn’t be too terrible… she eyed her two friends warily for a moment. Jiro is naturally pretty observant, so thinking back, there probably wasn’t much use in keeping this a secret from her. On the other hand, Tsu’s an expert on reading people, and probably just guessed that Todoroki and I were up to something. I would’ve been screwed either way… she paused, Plus, having them on my team would certainly help keep our secret from spreading, right?Letting out a tight sigh of frustration, Uraraka straightened up and looked both girls in the eyes.“Alright, fine. But promise not to tell anyone this, okay? Especially Todoroki! He can’t know that there are others in on it!”Scooting slightly closer to her, they both nodded.“We’ll keep it a secret, don’t worry.” Jiro grinned.Taking in another breath, Uraraka began to divulge the details of their operation to her trusted friends. Throughout her spiel, she watched with slight amusement as their eyes widened with her words. It seemed funny to her that even these two, the most non-romantic, level-headed girls in the class, were fascinated by the prospect of Todoroki falling for someone.Then again, it was Todoroki. Who wouldn’t be curious?“…so anyway, I was about to finally tell him what was keeping me up that night by asking him if he’s ever had a crush before. (I’ll let you two guess why I asked him this—don’t pester me.)” Uraraka leaned closer to them, “But when I asked him, he responded by saying: ‘I dunno.’Their eyebrows flicked upwards in shock.“What’s that supposed to mean?”“That’s what I thought!” Uraraka agreed excitedly, “So of course I directed the conversation back to him, and wouldn’t ya know it—I ended up giving him love advice!” Uraraka chuckled, still completely flabbergasted that she, the most unqualified girl in UA, was acting as Todoroki’s love coach. “In the end, I even got him to tell me who it was that he liked, and gosh—you’ll never guess who it is.”“Who is it?” Asui pressed.She leaned closer to whisper the name to them.“(It’s Yaomomo!)”A starry glint entered both girls’ eyes as she said this. Flooded with pure elation, Asui’s eyes squinted shut as she lifted a hand in front of her mouth.“That’s adorable, kero!”Jiro, clearly in agreement, was currently clutching both her fists in unbridled euphoria.“GAAAH, I knew my bestie was gonna score with him! Ever since the day they got stuck in that elevator together!” she turned her glittering eyes back to Uraraka, “So then what’s going on now? Are you trying to set them up? Is that why you’ve been meeting up so much?”Uraraka paused for a moment, suddenly realizing their situation was a lot more complicated than that.“Well, actually…” she let out a nervous chuckle and scratched the back of her head, “Todoroki told me that he wants to find out how to get rid of his crush… so he asked me to help him do that somehow.”Their faces changed instantly. Slowly and clearly, disappointed frustration started to enter both of their eyes.“HUH? That cowardly little—”“Wait… but that doesn’t make sense, kero. Why would he be trying to spend more time with Momo then? Isn’t that counter-productive?”Uraraka sighed, genuinely unsure of that herself.“Well, yeah… I realize that, and I think he does too. But Todoroki expressed to me that he still wanted Yaomomo become his friend, so I suggested that to get an idea of how deep his feelings are, he should do that much first.” she shrugged, “I dunno if it’ll help, but seeing as how the two are technically just at the ‘classmate’ status, maybe becoming friends is the right way to go? You know, so he can sorta friendzone himself?”“I think it’ll just make his feelings worse, personally…” Jiro answered honestly.“Which is entirely possible, I know…” Uraraka let out a frustrated sigh after admitting this, to which Asui responded by patting her on the shoulder.“You’ve put yourself in quite the mess, Ochako.”“I really have.”There was a quiet pause between them, before Uraraka suddenly realized something that made her jolt.In her efforts to keep her secret properly contained between her friends, Uraraka had completely forgotten her plans to spy on Todoroki.“CR@P! It’s been too long! Todoroki and Yaomomo could be anywhere by now!” she realized, immediately grabbing her plates (as well as Todoroki’s, which he’d so kindly forgotten to put away). “I’ve gotta go guys—duty calls!”Too invested now to be left behind, Asui and Jiro stood up next to her, their own plates balanced in their hands.“Hey, before you run off, why not let us tag along?” Jiro offered.Surprised, she turned to look at them again, “Really? You’d help me?”They both shrugged. “I mean, you got us interested now. Can you blame us?”“Not to mention, you might need some help learning how to be less conspicuous while sneaking around, kero. As things are, I’m not optimistic about your ‘secret’ staying a secret.”She let out a nervous laugh at this remark, but then paused when she realized the value of her friends’ words.They have a good point, she realized, If they already figured out what we’ve been doing, the others could catch on. I’m gonna need some more support if we’re gonna make this work…Then, with a firm nod of her head, Uraraka grinned determinedly at her two friends.“As long as you two are sworn to secrecy, it’s a deal!” she declared excitedly.Beaming, Jiro and Asui shared a quick glance at one another before happily following Uraraka to the dish drop-off station.“We promise. After all, we wouldn’t want to ruin any progress those two make, right?”“I can’t guarantee I’ll be of much help, but just accompanying you sounds fun enough to me, kero!”Uraraka smiled back at them both, her cheeks flushed with repressed enthusiasm.“It’s settled then! Let’s go find them!”Sharing a quick fist bump, the group happily set off for the hallway, and began the search for their icy friend—their hearts throbbing from excitement at whatever romance lied in their wake.
  
  

    
      
        
        
          Sorry this took me a minute to get out, haha... writing transitionary chapters is boring, but it's needed before we jump into the action, heh. I promise next chapter will be far more gripping, and will come out sooner since I already have it planned out! >:3The chaos is brewing......... 👀'
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