My One and Only: Endeavor x Black Reader

Chapter Four: The Rumor

Hiiiiiii! How are you? Hope all is well. Happy reading!☺️
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I walk through the door at midnight sharp. Natsuo and Touya were waiting at the door, foot tapping and arms crossed. "Midnight on the dot. He's not slick." Touya says. I sigh and close the door. "Last I checked, I was the parent." I say as I take off my heels. I mug them out of my way. "Oh you're home." Enji walks downstairs. "Oh my god you too?" "You said we're watching horror movies and eat ice cream." "Right I'm sorry. Drill Sargents over here made me forget." "So how was the date?" Enji asks. "We need to talk." "I never like those words." "What did he do?" Touya demands while opening the front door. "Where is he?!" Natsuo shouts. "Boys!" I drag them back into the house. "Moooom!" "Go to your rooms!" "But-" "I need to talk to your father. Goodnight." I pushed them towards the stairs. When I hear the door close, I turn to Enji. "Why didn't you tell me there are rumors about me abusing our son?" I ask. "Who told you?" "Kento." "I knew he couldn't be trusted." Enji sighs. "I didn't want you to know about it." "Why not? It's just a simple rumor." "It's not. It's because you're Black. It's rooted in racism. They've been doing this the moment you gave birth no, when you were pregnant with Touya. That's why I didn't want you involved with Social Media. They would've destroyed your first pregnancy experience. After Shoto was burned, that rumor started. You were pregnant around that time with our fifth child and so I thought you somehow discovered the rumor and it caused you to miscarry. The things they've said when you miscarried...I completely lost it. For twenty-three years, there was always disgusting remarks about you and our children. I wanted you to have the best motherhood experience ever. I didn't want to deepen your postpartum depression after you had Fuyumi. None of you deserved it just because your skin color is different from theirs. I love you. You deserve nothing but happiness. You gave me four beautiful children. The least I could do is make sure you get the perfect parenting experience you deserve. I can handle the racism. I'm not saying you can't, but you shouldn't. I got your back no matter what." I stare at Enji. I was taken aback. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I know we're big on communicating and being openly expressive. I've known you my entire life. And throughout that time, you fell into deep depression twice. Postpartum after Fuyumi and when we lost our baby. I'm willing to do anything for you." I pull Enji down to my level and kiss him deeply. In more ways than one, I fall in love with him more and more. Enji kiss me back. "Thank you. Honestly I'm glad you're the father of my children. I love you so much Todoroki." "I love you too Y/N. I'll do anything for you." "Then retire." "I can't. I'm atoning my sins." "What sins?" "I've said some fucked up shit when our miscarriage was celebrated. Majority of them understood it came from grief but I can't get it out of my head." "Stop beating yourself up for it. It's been messing with your mental health for ten years." "I don't mind it. As long as you're okay." I pull away. "No. This is a two way thing. Your mental health is just as important as mine. I'm gonna go shower and when I get back, we're taking care of your mental health." "What about horror movies and ice cream?" "Afterwards." I walk upstairs. Right I forgot about Touya and Natsuo. "Yo bodyguards!" I call from my room. They walk into my room. "So?" "Y'all wanna cool it with guarding me? Kento didn't do anything wrong." "For now." I shake my head and hug them. "Thank you for looking out for me. But I'm good." "Just making sure. We love you." "I love you two, too." I pull away. "Alright I'm gonna call it a night." I kiss their cheeks. "Love ya. Never put anyone above ya." We say in unison. When they left, I took an hour long shower. Afterwards, I did my nightly skincare routine. I then tie my hair up. I get dressed and grab my yoga mats. I light my candles and turn the soothing music on down low. I send a text to Enji to come upstairs. He came seconds later. I was in my sports bra and yoga pants. We spent an hour meditating. We spent the next hour doing yoga. I helped him stretch past his limits. "How are you feeling?" I ask. "Much better." "Good." I get up. I roll my mat and put it away. Enji holds his hand out. Take it, trying to help him up but he yank me down on top of him. He wraps his arms around me. "You know we still have to talk about it." I remind him. "I know. Just give me a minute." He stares into my eyes. I push myself up, sitting on top of him. Enji holds my waist. "So?" I press on. He sighs and sits up, keeping me on top of him. "They were saying you deserved the miscarriage for abusing Jr. They also assumed you abused all of our children because according to their logic, all black people are abusive. That you manipulated me into having your children because you knew if you got with a black man, he'd be a deadbeat. They wanted you and our children dead. I called them a scum of the earth. A waste of space. They shouldn't have been born and no one should save them. That I would turn a blind eye if I saw their lives in danger. If I wasn't a pro hero I would send them all to their graves. I said that publicly." "My god." "I know. As a pro hero I shouldn't have said that or think like that." I shake my head. "I don't care about what you said. I just didn't know you had it in you Todoroki." "Y/N I've said some terrible things." "Yeah, you did. And so did they. But you protected your family and that's what matters. People still love and support you. Listen, there's always going to be those types of people. You know this. It's been happening all my life and we always beat their asses." "This is different. I experienced it differently. You're more than just my best friend. You're the mother of my children. They threatened you and our children. I can't really explain it but it was more eye opening and it felt like I was in your shoes. They are my offsprings too. We created a beautiful family. If you were white, I wouldn't have been this aware of what you go through during pregnancy and miscarriage. Because if you were white, they wouldn't celebrate the miscarriage. They probably would have because they're sick and twisted but it wouldn't root in racism. Jr's accident wouldn't be a rumor of abuse. They wouldn't fault you and if they did, they'd say you were reckless and not strict enough. But they called you abusive because of your skin color. That's what made me lose it. Because they can't comprehend this. That what they're doing is evil, idiotic, hurtful and unforgiving. If we didn't have children and you carried someone's child you'd go through the same thing. I'd be there for you but I wouldn't truly understand how much it can hurt you. I can feel your pain. Since you're big on mental health, it didn't really affect their minds. I talked it out with them. Because of you, their mentality is strong to not let it get to them. I still check in on them about it because there were times it did affect them. Only Shoto is the one going to school and see other black kids there. He doesn't feel like an outcast. Before you blame yourself for not knowing this, I didn't want you to know. But you probably did because you're psychic and them asking you questions on racism isn't a light topic you can toss around. In a way, you subconsciously or consciously helped them." Enji continues. "I knew something was up. I didn't want to pressure them into telling me. All I knew was that they would have experienced it. I didn't know about the rumors. I guess since I was so out of touch with Social Media, I couldn't predict the rumors coming. I should have figured it out regardless. Anyway, stop beating yourself up over what you said. If they don't like it, they can stop being twisted racist assholes." "I shouldn't have-" "Don't. It's in the past. You've made up for it." "Regardless-" I cover his mouth and shake my head. "Unh-unh. Remember you are human. You're allowed to make mistakes and learn from it." He muffle under my hand. "Do I make myself clear?" Enji nods. He removes my hand and kiss it. "I love you Y/N." "I love you too. Come on. We have horror movies to watch." I get up and Enji gets up. He rolls the mat and put it away. I turn my tv on and he blows the candles out. He climbs into bed next to me. We start watching the first movie I put on.
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I wish I could draw digitally. I would've made all the Todoroki kids black. I would love to see Shoto with red and white curly hair🤧