Shy Away~ Tododeku [Singer!Deku AU]

Todoroki

It was unfortunate I hadn't had the time to go to the concert. I had a lot of work to do and the concert was at six, exactly when I had planned to eat. At least I had booked the concert for the weekend, when I would have time and not be neck high in assignments.

I pulled my hood down instinctively and held my folders tighter to my chest as I entered the lecture hall. The professor wasn't there yet, but Monoma and his gang were. 

"Hey freak! Your mother give you that burn? I bet it stung! Lucky she reacted as slow as an ice pack melting in a three degree fridge! Oh wait! You don't have a mother!"

Turning my head, I ignored him and flopped onto my seat. Those words hurt, but I couldn't let him know that. I wiped some stray tears that were threatening to fall and pulled out my phone. 

My lock screen was a picture of my mum, sister, brothers and I, sitting together in traditional Japanese clothing for a photoshoot. I had scribbled out my father's face. I didn't want him in the photo, I didn't even want him to exist in my life. He was, and still is, toxic and a horrible person.

My phone pinged, signalling that someone had texted me.

Fuyumi

Hey Shouto, just wondering, can you make it to the family dinner tonight?

Todoroki

Family dinner...? Is father going to be there?

...

Yumi...?

Fuyumi

Oh... Sorry Sho. Yes he will be...

He wouldn't take no for an answer

I sighed and turned off my phone, not wanting to deal with it until after my lecture. Dealing with Monoma and his gang was bad enough.

"Good morning everyone, I'm going to be your lecturer for today! My name is Dr Midnight, but Midnight is also fine!"

She was quiet young for a teacher and wore sleek red glasses, followed by a suit that seemed a little too tight. A lot of the males in my class seemed very attracted to her... Overly large body parts...

I do have to admit, she was pretty, but I'm... I'm gay..? So...

Midnight then opened her mouth to speak again but was rudely interrupted by Monoma. 

"Hey Miss! Nice body you got there!"

Midnight gave Monoma a very dark look and threw a ruler at him. It hit him square in the forehead, right between his eyes. I was impressed, especially because Monoma sat at the back of the lecture hall, which was around 15 metres away from where she stood, and she had to get it past several rows of students without hitting them. It took all of my might not to laugh. His face though, it was a total mess! I've never seen him so embarassed!

He flushed a tomato shade of red and sank down into his seat. Maybe that's what I'll tease him for, as a form of payback.

"As I was trying to say," she threw Monoma another annoyed look, "that we are going to look at some more particle science. Your usual lecturer caught me up on what you guys have done and what you haven't. So, open your notebooks and we're going to start."

The lights in the lecture hall dimmed and the projector flickered to life as she clapped her hands. 

The bustling crowd carried me out of the hall, wedged between several people who were either in a rush, or walking like they were at the park. 

I swerved around a group of girls and past the class jocks who threw scrunched up balls of paper at me. Then squeezed through the door and navigated through the courtyard. 

I stopped after that. This was my favourite place, the ivy garden.  It was always empty so I didn't have to worry about people finding me here, which was exactly what I needed on a daily basis. I'd come here after lectures and in between lectures and... Well, just whenever I felt like it.

A lot of thoughts ran through my head. I should probably text Midoriya. He's probably busy though... Oh yeah that project's due next week. What do I do about the bullies?

It seemed stupid, almost funny, in a way that I, a university student at this age, was being bullied. Why did it have to be me who was the butt of every single joke? I had no friends to defend me either; they all thought I was a loser.

When Yumi and Natsu went to this uni before me, it had been better. At least they stood up for me when I couldn't. After they left, life was a train wreck. I couldn't even tell them the bullying hadn't stopped.

A bird landed on a nearby bench and I watched it absentmindedly. It's little brown feathers glinted blue on the tips as it moved into the sunlight. The bird cocked it's head, staring right back at me with two round, black orbs before launching into the air. I watched it fly off, wondering if I could just fly over the walls of my cage, just like the bird escaped the garden.

I sighed and reached under the bench, grabbing my guitar that was hidden there. Playing it always made me feel better. So I started singing quietly to myself while struming the strings. At least I could escape, even for a little.

It was late by the time I'd returned back to my dorm and most lights were already out. The building did not seem welcoming, neither did it seem comforting. It was cold, cold as ice and hard as stone. 

I sighed. I had managed to skip the family dinner, but upset Yumi in the process. She does know how much I hate our father though.

Despite the piling guilt, I left it without apologising and set my phone down on the bedside table. We're almost at the weekend. I can do it. It will all be better when I graduate.

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Hey! I know I haven't been writing a lot, and that is because work is catching up with me and it's hard to cope with sometimes, but I've pushed through this chapter! Hope you liked it :>

Holidays are coming up, so hopefully I can write more then, but I'll have to see.

Anyways, have a good day!

~Asano Galaxie (Toothfury101)