𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑐𝑒 [𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑜𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢/𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑜]

Chapter 40 - Reveal

When a toxic person can no longer control you,
they will try to control how others see you.
(Jill Blakeway)

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Chapter 40 - 'Reveal'

DAY 427

"Is that how it works?" - she spat. I didn't even need to turn around to know who it was. Uraraka's voice was burned into my memories; every time I turned a corner we and no one could see us, she'd make sure to demolish another piece of me, slowly trying to make it a bit more unbearable each time. It had been going in for a long time, I heard her insults and warning to many times: it was impossible to forget her voice and with time her voice became one of the voices I hated the most along with my father's screaming one.

"Uraraka..." - Izuku mumbled clearly unease.

His hand quickly left my shoulder and rested on his lap, leaving a cold sensation wash over me.
She had his full attention as she always wanted, yet this time she didn't seem to care; she didn't spear him a glance, not even for a second. She was just glaring at me from the other side of the table as if it was just the two of us and Izuku didn't exist. Asui was next to her, she seemed really uncomfortable, but she didn't say a word as her gaze bounced between me and her friend.

"You whine like a little bitch, put up all that scene attempting to kill yourself and then you fuck someone's else boyfriend. Was all that shit worth it just to be the second choice Todoroki? Because let's be honest: that's obviously all you'll ever be to anyone in your pointless life. Kinda like your lovely father..."

"That doesn't make me less significant." - I fought back even if it stained to hear her say those words. I knew she was objectively right: it was a fact that I was Izuku's second choice. It has always been like that, not once in my life I had been the first choice; even for my father I was a 'Plan B'. For all I knew he didn't acknowledge me much until my quirk showed up and he realized I had better chance to beat All Might than Tōya did.
Though, I tried to don't think about it too much ever since Izuku came along. I tried to force myself to believe that, just because I was the second choice, it didn't mean than I meant less than she did. Even if I wasn't the first one he picked, that didn't mean I could only be loved less. But did it? Was I even lovable at all?

"As if you could do any better. You're just like your father after all: the apple doesn't fall far from the tree..." - she said placing her tray in on our table with a smirk.

"I am nothing like him..." - I unwillingly yelled.

'I'm not Endeavor! I don't want to be anything like him!'

"Oh, you really think that? Just because you haven't beat up your boyfriend yet?" - she questioned placing her hands on each side of her tray as she leaned forward. That phrase sent a bad shiver down my spine; I didn't like the sound of that, I find like what she was implying.

"Ochaco, enough!" - Izuku said slamming his hands on the table as he stood up. She didn't even seem to hear him for how focused on me she was.

"Did you two already fuck? I'm curious: in this unnatural relationship who's the one taking it up his ass?" - she asked. Her grate on me was starting to really have a tool on me as much as her words. I kept quiet, I didn't really know what to say to that.

"Ochaco-Chan, I think you're going overboard. Let's just go to eat." - Asui said placing a shaking hand on her friend mama shoulder. I wished that would have worked and the two of them would just walk away, but Uraraka didn't seem willing to leave me alone even if her life depended on it. She shrugged Asui's hand off and gave her a quick glare before turning her flaming eyes back to me. Asui sighed taking a step back as her face contorted in sadness.