Mystery from Another World

Part 91: Shoto's Breakthrough (unfinished)

[OP:"We're gonna be Alright"--Switchfoot]

Endeavor was extremely astonaehd with Shoto asked to talk to him. This had never happened before.

He was so surprised, he dind't have time to think about why he would ask at all.

Shtoo, being his usual unsbulte and straighfor self, didn't beat around the bush.

Once he as sure none of his siblings or friends were close enough to hear, he launched into an epxlan of the reduce mission.

Endeavor was less uspriec y that Shoto doing something like that, after the STain incident, and the Bakguo rescue thing.

In fact, he was so calm that only then did it occurr to Shoto to ask him why this wsn't bother him.

"Dn't you think I shouldtn' be coming stuff off book?" he said, with a tone TAht' a more pers person that Endeavor would have known meant he was looking for an ecuse it jump to being angry if he said yes.

Enco missed that, but took the question serisul.

"I raised you to surpassed All Might, an dhe didn't get where he did by always following the standards," he explained.

Shoto didn't like that answer ands coweld.

"I've also never been a perfect rule follower myself," Edneaov went on. "I only did enough to avoid discipline from the Hero commission."

Shoto paused. "Do you aulty lenjoy being a hero?"

That win idntk came out of nowhere, but he was thingm of Shien's talk with him before she felt about if he even liked doing this. it seems ud ot him that Endeaov wouldn't be so anger all the time if he actually enjoyed hero work.

Enavoer was caught off guard. "Why would you even ask that?"

"No reason I guess," Shoto looked to the side.

Awkward pause.

"I don tknwo if enjoy is the right word," Endioa final said, uncomfoatlby. "I did it because I was good at it and it was a good career and a way to prove myself. Ulite that failed because I got to the opt only by default."

Show aosn rem of Bkaugo. Which was not he first time the two of them had reminded him of each other.

[Ever wonder if he tries to be Bakguo friend so hard because ina way he's stint of ind a way to be accepted and liked by oseno wh's like his father, but does have the history of abuse that makes him feel guilty about wanting his approval? IG yes Bkaug bullying is so light compared to Envioa that it seems harmless --Switch is common for abuse victims with lighter toxic people.]

"Even if it was by dafult" he heard hisemlf say. "It still takes work to make it that second spot."

He had no idea why he'd say that, lnot like he cared id Enaiovn felt satisfied with is life. maby he was saying what he'd ahv told Bakgu if Bakguo was more willing to listen to him.

AT what point did Envioa gnoi more likely to do that han his classmate? WErid.

Endeavor thought Shoto might be losing it for a moment, but then decided he must just not care enough to be critical.

"What did you acualt want to talk about?" he dismiss it, which aln alto like bkuo, but Shgo din ton to keep thignk baobu that.

"Noting to do with with All might," he frwoend. "IT's about HAwks."

Endaon owheo modo chan at once. Became guwarded.

Even Shoto could see it, and he had a feeling that his mfathe rmust know someoting.