I left Iida's house early the next morning.
U.A. was relatively empty all for the early bird students and the few teachers who prepped for the upcoming classes. I walked down the quiet halls hastily, figuring that I could apologize to Iida later as I pulled open class 1-A's door.
As expected, it was empty and illuminated with natural light filtering in through the large windows lining the walls. Despite that, I pressed the lights on as strolled up the the podium at the head of the room. I stood motionless while yanking a file out of my bag, but before I could turn to the board and write out my notes, a soft knock emanated from the doorway.
I turned to see Todoroki standing there, which was shocking since I've never seen him get to school before me even when I was still a student. I blinked at him, and when I didn't say anything, he stepped in and slid the door shut behind him.
"Hey," he greeted stiffly, slipping his hands into his pockets. "You're here early."
"I always am," I informed him, turning my attention back to the board. "I could say the same to you, by the way."
"I wanted to catch you alone," he confessed. I listened as he shuffled across the tile next to the podium. "The only way to do that was to come to you before classes."
"What is it, then?" I inquired. My interests had piqued, but I didn't turn to look at him.
"Everyone wants to," he began. I assumed he meant everyone wanted to talk to me. "They may not say it, but I can tell."
"They can speak to me during class if they have any questions," I deadpanned. "You seem to be able to tell a lot just by looking at someone."
"Call it a sixth sense," Todoroki suggested blandly. "Anyway, I have something to ask you."
"Then ask it."
"I get why you came back," he went on. I stopped writing. "But why did you leave in the first place? You had people to help you here."
"I'm surprised that you care enough to ask." I replied humorlessly, tapping the end of my chalk against the board.
"Then give me the courtesy of an answer."
His tone was demanding, yet it was discreet. A long silence went on before I slowly set my utensil and folder down on the podium.
"I left thinking it would give everyone in Japan peace," I replied curtly, looking at him with a straight face — one that matched his own expression. "I was lucky enough to find a place where no one knew who I was."
"Where is that place, exactly?"
"You only wanted to ask one question."
I turned away from him again and continued what I had previously been doing. I could feel the heat of his stare on the back of my neck. His presence was irritably importunate; openly or not.
"I told you that I understood how you felt," Todoroki began again after a prolonged silence. I bit down hard on my cheek. "About the 'hating one side of your quirk' thing, at least."
"I remember."
"I may not seem very approachable," he said. "And if I think about it, you aren't either, but I'm someone you can go to who'll understand; even if it is weird for two impersonal people to 'vent' to each other."
"The things that go on in my head are things you can't comprehend," I dismissed bitterly, narrowing my eyes as I wrote. "You may hate your quirk for who your father is, but I hated mine for what it did to me and what it made me do to other people. It's not nearly the same."
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Happy Ending ((TENYA IIDA X OC))
Fanfiction[Book 3 of Iida Tenya x OC Series] ✔️ One year passes before Yuki Osoroshi returns to her home city, Musutafu. Mass changes have occurred on account of her evil counterpart, and Yuki has no other choice but to right those wrongs and fix what she ha...