Do I Want To Be A Hero? (Shoto Todoroki x Male!reader)

Chapter 49

"Come in." I called from my bed upon hearing a knock on the door, looking up from a comic to see Shoto walk in. "Oh, hey. How was your training?"
"It was...difficult at first." He said as he walked over and flopping onto the bed next to me. "But we got there eventually. I think you would've probably gone well with it."

"Oh?"

"We had to deal with a bunch of little kids, try to 'win over their hearts', they seemed around the same age as your brother." He explained. "There were a couple of students from Shiketsu as well who participated in it."
"Really? Cool." I replied but he didn't say anything, seeming as though something was on his mind. "You alright? Something seems to be bothering you..."

"..."

He shifted in his spot, looking up to me shyly before looking to the side.

"My father was there...at the training." He admitted. "Much to my disappointment."
"Mm?"
"He told me that he was proud of me...and would strive to be someone I could be proud of..."

"Really? That's great." I replied softly, running my fingers through his hair, but he didn't say anything. "Or is it not?"

"I-I don't know." He admitted with a sniffle, making me realise he was starting to cry.

"Hey, hey, hey..." I said soothingly, tilting his head to look at me, wiping a tear away. "What's wrong?"

"I don't know how to feel about this." He admitted. "I've been angry at him for years now...and for him to turn around like that to say that he was proud of me for the first time and say he would try to become a better person...it just...I don't know."

Now more tears were falling as he curled up onto a ball, covering his face as he did.

"There's just too many emotions to figure out how I feel, for him to say that it just makes me question what to do with all this...anger towards him."

"Hey, hey, shhhhh..." I said soothingly, setting down the comic and shifting in my spot until I could wrap my arms around him. "Everything will be alright..."

"You really think so?" He whispered, moving his head so it could rest on my shoulder.
"I know so..."

And we stayed like that until we eventually fell asleep.

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"Look! Look! Look at me!" Mina announced after doing some stretches before getting into a small two-step dance and then flipping and starting to breakdance, spinning around on the floor.

"Breaking! Breaking!" Hagakure cheered as she watched along with Sero.
"Wooo!" I added, impressed by her dancing ability along with other classmates.

"If you're gonna wear something under, then take off your skirt!" Mineta cried in frustration, seeing the shorts she was wearing underneath, but Hagakure started hitting his head.
"Mineta you can't talk like that!" She cried.

I heard muttering as I looked over to Midoriya, who was looking at his notebook and Mina, and decided to leave him be.

"Please, teach me!" Midoriya asked her after a little bit.
"Oh yes, me too!" Aoyama agreed.

"Okay! We're going to start a simple two-step..." She instructed, showing them what to do.
I sat back and watched with amusement as both Midoriya and Aoyama tried to grasp the concept of the dance, doing robot-like moves.

"Sato's baking is similar too..." Kaminari pointed out, causing me to look at him. "It's nice to be able to apply your hobbies with hero work. Makes you strong!"
"Yeah, I guess so." I agreed with a nod.
"Speaking of hobbies, you have an amazing one, too, right, Jiro?" Kaminari asked, looking at said girl.