Broken (Sad Todoroki x Bakugo)

Absence (+ Confession)

Bakugo's POV

Ever since yesterday, I've decided to keep a closer eye on him, to make sure that he doesn't hurt himself any further. So far, he seemed to be doing alright. Revealing his dark secret must've took a turn for him, because he started to act more happier and looked healthier. We were just walking back to his house after another long day at school, and saw him walking past his house, again.

"Oi, Todoroki. Your house is right here." He looked back at me, awkwardly laughed, and slowly walked back to face his house. He looked really uncertain and scared looking back at what's hurting him.

"You sure you can handle staying here this time?" I looked at him with concern and pity.

"Yeah, you don't have to worry. I'll be fine." He flashed a small smile at me to reassure me, but it wasn't working on me this time.

"Okay...just let me know if you need anything, alright? I'm here for you."

"Okay!" He said cheerfully as he ran into his house and shut the door. Even though he sounded fine, I could tell that something worse was waiting for him inside of there.

I hope he'll be fine the next time I see him...I thought worriedly as I walked off.

Todoroki's POV

I shut the door behind me, and started to walk upstairs into my room. Once I reached the top, I saw a figure staring at me coldly: my dad. And he looked pretty mad as well.

"And where the hell were you yesterday?" I couldn't even look at his face. His glares at me always give me chills.

"I was...at a friend's house, and slept over. I'm sorry, I should've informed you!" I bowed my head in order to show him that I truly meant it.

"That's right, and you shouldn't have friends at this time. They're only but a distraction to your goals." 

You mean, your goals, Father?

"Well, now that you learned your lesson, follow me. It's time to start your hero training." He said firmly as he started walking towards my training room, which was right next to my actual room. He placed it there on purpose in order to give me "more motivation", which wasn't working because it just made me feel more bad about myself and how "weak" I currently am. My father would force me to weight lift, run on the treadmill, and other exercises, and if I slacked off for even a bit, he would give me one of the harshest punishments I've ever received: burns. That's what made me hate hero training. It gave me a reminder that who I was right now is not someone I should be in order to be a hero.

My mind traced back to Bakugo, and what happened yesterday. I never expected that reaction from him. I thought he would be disgusted and call me out for being "sensitive", turns out I was wrong. That must've distracted me, because I lost my balance on the treadmill and fell to the ground. My dad saw this from a distance, and slowly approached me, anger covering his eyes. I could only look at his eyes in fear as I laid there, helpless, not knowing what to do.

"You're slacking, huh? Do I have to give you a reminder about what happens to slackers?" Even thinking about those times when he punished me severely made me real scared for what's about to happen.

"Stand up." His voice was growing to sound more firm, which made me scared and I immediately stand up from the floor. He dashed up close towards me, and gave me a hard blow on the stomach. Blood splurted out of my mouth, as I crouched down and wrapped my arm around my stomach in pain. He noticed, and started to kick my legs, forcing me to get up.

"Cmon, get up, you can't give up like this! This is to only help you become stronger in the future and achieve your goals faster."

"Y-You mean, your g-goals?" I mumbled loud enough for him to hear.