Non-Believer

Heat

"I'm home..." A tall young boy, no older than 18 called out. His shoes getting left by the wooden porch while his bag is dropped by the couch.

The teen exhaled a long and exasperated breath, his figure slouching along the couch and his body slowly but surely slipping off the couch in a lazy pace.

Boy was he tired.

College was a total drag in his opinion, he'd much rather have his time used for mastering his quirk.

But he'd be using his precious brothers training space.

*Crack!*

The redhead jumped a bit from his position, he scratched his red-laced hair a bit in confusion before taking the time to investigate.

He walked for a bit in the cold lacquered floor of their mansion. His bag getting left behind at the couch while he took his time to find out what the hell was so noisy at this time of day.

The sound was coming from the training grounds. The boys eye twitched for a second before deciding to delve deeper into the source of this horrendous cracking boom.

The redhead peeked outside his head slowly bobbing besides the wooded door frame.

*FWOOM!*

The redhead dodged the fireball hurdling towards him by launching himself sideways from the doorframe. There was a soft boom behind him, the teenager glanced at the small burnt area within the wooden walls.

'It's... not that hot?' he asked himself, scratching his head in confusion before he went back and took another peek.

"Kasuo..." the teen eeped and jumped back with the harsh greeting by a very large and muscular man. He almost bumped his head on the wooden wall behind him if it wasn't for his reflexes.

"Dad..." his breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the very large man.

"You know better than to disturb Shouto while he's training his quirk." The man scolded him, his features set to indifference.

Kasuo sheepishly rubbed the back of his head while taking a glance at the large man. Business suit, very large muscles, short blood-red hair, piercing blue eyes, and flames in place of a beard.

Truly a man worth taking extra precautions not to agitate.

"Well, I heard loud noises. I had to check it out..." Kasuo replied back once he helped himself to get back up. "Is Shouto alright? You've been training him to the bone..." he knew it was a touchy topic, but he cared for his little brother much more than whatever his father would spit out at him.

"He's fine, he can take it. He'll become my successor after all." The large man replied, crossing his arms and looking off to this side like he has much more important things to do rather than interact with his other children.

Ah yes.

His SUCCESSOR.

Kasuo secretly clenched his teeth underneath his sheepish smile.

The world didn't need two Endeavors.

The teen slightly twitched his eye at that. Surely his brother would be smart enough to stray from this... this lifeless, empty, narrow-minded way of life...

Right?

Surely his life won't be guided by one sole purpose.

"Ah, I'm sorry if I'm keeping you up. Shouto probably needs your guidance. If you'll excuse me." Kasuo bowed a plastic bow, he had enough of this man. He slowly walked his way back to collect his bag and go to his room. His fists were clenched the entire time.