My Hero Academia Imagines

Soft Hearted (Todoroki Shouto)

There were times where you tried to tell yourself that you were not the type to worry over small things or try and stress about things that were out of your control. However, when he was nearly thirty minutes late to the small little dinner the two of you had decided to have together at your apartment and knowing the type of work he participated in... your stomach was not in pain from hunger.

It was sick with worry and your mind was full of a million ideas and scenarios that might be keeping him away from you at the current moment. Hero work wasn't exactly a safe line of work after all... he could be stuck in a ditch for all you knew! Or be trapped under a building... or worse! Those ideas too graphic and horrid to even allow your thoughts to linger on without the sting of possible tears building up in your eyes.

Even so, you were shocked at how you were still sitting at the dining table in your apartment, breathing out slowly and trying to focus on the food that was still on the table. The meal would for sure have to go back into the oven to warm up, but your mind was worried more about the person who was supposed to eat it with you rather then if he'd be surprised to see if the food was cold.

"Todoroki Shouto..." You grumbled, trying to coat the worry with anger. "Just what have you gotten yourself into now?"

He was always so good about being punctual, and when he knew he would not be able to arrive on time, he'd make sure to at least call or text you with what he imagined to be his new estimated time of arrival. So this was something out of his norm of attentiveness to your shared relationship.

And while he knew you were not the clingy type, or someone who needed to know where he was 24/7, he did know that allowing you to know when he was coming over and if anything came along and delayed that arrival would calm you. His type of work was strange and demanding, and this relationship was supposed to be equal between you both. So if it meant you'd be welcoming and happy to see him, he had no issue sharing his plans of when he was going to see you.

He had done this a few other times in the past, simply forgetting to tell you he was running ten or fifteen minutes behind simply because he didn't think he was that late. But as the minutes continued to tick by and nearing forty minutes... the situation only grew much harsher in your head.

He was in danger, unconscious, and maybe in the back of an ambulance. The phone would be calling any second now, the voice on the other side of the line telling you how there had been an accident and you needed to come down to the local hospital right away. You'd see his family there, and have to share forced words with his father and try to calm down his sister. His brother would be focused on you and your well being and his mother would be holding you close to her, saying it would all be okay despite how she wouldn't know either.

Oh God... Shouto's d-

The front door jingled and echoed as a key was slowly undoing the lock on it. You nearly jumped from the sound, relief starting to flood through your body now. As Shouto was the only other person aside from yourself who had a key to your apartment. And now as the door creaked open you could see his form from where you sat. Your feet propelling you upwards as you saw him pause to look at you.

"Sorry... I should have called."

"Yes, you should have!" You said in a much harsher tone then you meant. "I-I was worried... but you're here at least and-"

You paused and blinked when you saw something strange near your boyfriend. A few little sets of paws scampering around him and then following him as he took a step inside of the apartment. You didn't know what to think or even what to say at this, only how and why your life had come to take these types of situations in with less shock then you thought a normal person would have.