6. To Be Cared For

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Shoto looked intensely at his phone, sighing as he read the "it's ok" text.

"Okay, good, she forgave me. He said out loud, sitting back in his chair.

He sighed out of relief, thankful he got lucky this time round, as if he didn't every other time too.

Todoroki paced back and forth in his office, biting his nails, he'd never been this anxious before.

Why didn't you ask him to apologize for anything? You didn't even say anything.

You just forgave him? 

It was out of character for you...but maybe you were changing.

Maybe you were more accommodating of his mistakes now, that you'd finally understood that some things about him are just hard to change. 

No.

You were...indifferent.

You were indifferent, you didn't care, and Todoroki...hated it.

He hated that over the past few weeks, you'd been extremely indifferent, as if you just couldn't be bothered. 

'Not like he wasn't like that, but why were you?' was what was going on inside his head.

You always cared, it always mattered to you, that he apologized for what he did wrong and tried to be better, although that improvement rarely ever came, but hey atleast he apologized right?

Why had you suddenly become so...okay with everything? 

You didn't even react when the whole situation happened back at Todoroki's birthday, cut the call when he started saying you argued with him, it was so out of place.

Todoroki couldn't stand it.

He decided he'd confront you about it, so he thought about what to text you to convey his feelings over text.

He wrote out the message, and got a surprisingly fast response from you.

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Me
Is there anything bothering you? Something you're mad at me for, don't like, pissed at, or resent me for something, or anything even remotely negative?

Y/n
No. I'm pretty normal tbh.

Me
Far from it, you've been indifferent, and that's toxic.

Y/n
How have I been indifferent?

Me
Well, we've been using the same petnames over and over again for a while now
And I know we only do that when we're mad
Didn't you notice?

Y/n
I did

Me
And you didn't think to ask why?
Or didn't care to ask why?
Or did you forget?
Or were you just feeing indifferent?

Y/n
It's your job to tell me when and what you're mad about.
You're a grown man, use your words.
Plus, you seemed fine and happy, so I didn't think much of it.

Me
I showed you multiple times that I was mad
At something
And purposely
Didn't use special petnames

Y/n
I asked you multiple times what was wrong too.

Me
Your response to it was indifference, which means you didn't really miss me using petnames
Even now, after our fight, you just said it was ok and wanted nothing out of me either, so me not using petnames made you feel nothing?

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