The King is Dead

Interference

All Might is... skinny.

That's alarming. It makes Shouto want to eat his food now, with how frail the hero looks.

With a well-structured plan from Midoriya, they managed to free Bakugo from the villains. Not before All Might showed up to fight someone who seems to be an old acquaintance to him. Shouto and Yaoyorozu ran as soon as Iida and the rest grabbed Bakugo, they took one of the evacuation routes with the crowd, Shouto thinks nobody will even see him right now.

But his ice was still captured by cameras. Nobody really has a quirk like that, and Aizawa will be hearing about it, as well as Hizashi. Shouto would never make it home in time. He could never explain himself in a way that wouldn't end in prison. At this point it's not even the fact about what he went out and did, he wasn't supposed to be out without supervision in the first place. It was part of his agreement of attending UA and being kept from custody.

So he walks with Yaoyorozu to try finding the others, trying to keep her safe while he can. He tensed every time he sees police, subtly turning his head away from them. It's too crowded here. He hates being touched but everyone keeps doing just that.

He sees the back of Iida's head and Yaoyorozu speeds up ahead of him, smiling and giving her regards to Bakugo. Shouto stands a bit behind them, knowing they have to give Bakugo to the police for questioning. And they'll undoubtedly recognize him.

No, he's being too stressed. It's not like he started any fights out there.

But he left home.

He saved Bakugo.

He hardly helped.

Oh god, he's gonna die.

"Todoroki? Are you alright?" It's Yaoyorozu, intuitive as ever. All Shouto can do is nod and steady his own standing, try to make it look like he's not panicked right now. That would panic everyone else, he thinks. Or maybe they'd laugh, that'd be worse than panicking everyone. He'd be humiliated. But-

Maybe he should just do it himself. Maybe he should just run to a bathroom and slit his own throat. Yea. He won't let them have the glory of killing him. He won't let them feel good about themselves for a second. He's one ice knife away from taking everything from them. He's horrifically strong when he wants to be.

"We're um... going."

Shouto nods. "Okay. I have to um- I have to do something. Thanks for this." He doesn't specify the tracker, he'll let her think he's thankful for whatever she wants.

"No problem, I hope to- Hey!"

Shouto wishes they would've at least let her finish her sentence. What does she hope for? Shouto hopes they can be friends in another life, that might be fun.

What's not fun is getting your head slammed into concrete. His hands are being pulled behind him and it's too much touch, but when he moves the slightest bit to be more comfortable, his body suddenly jolts against the officers' and his mind goes blank for a few seconds, he's confused on what just happened. They didn't shout anything like they were supposed to, unless he missed it.

"Hey, let him go!"

"Miss, you'll have to keep away."

He can see Yaoyorozu trying to push past the officer from the corner of his eye but he knows the officer won't let up. It was a nice thought, though.

"What the hell is he doing here? Huh?" That's Bakugo's annoying voice.

"Todoroki!" Iida, Todoroki's glad Bakugo won't be the last thing he hears before he dies.