My Hero Academia Imagines

Nodus Tollens P.3 (Todoroki Shouto)

How does obsession turn into depression?

Possibly from when you make a stupid mistake, only to realize that all along the feelings you had assumed them to be... were not that all.

He sulked over the paperwork at his agency, ignoring the other heroes chatting about. He had already not been the most social butterfly of them all, but everyone could tell he was feeling less talkative than ever before.

"I heard he got his heart broken." Was the rumor going around the office?

While the rumor before of having romantic feelings had made him roll his eyes and ignore them, now that he realized the truth... he had also realized that this obsession with capturing a thief- was not because he wanted to serve justice.

It was because he enjoyed their little game. He liked playing the big hero trying to capture the naughty villain. He liked the rush when she appeared and even more so the adrenaline when she would taunt him before escaping

She was some high he had to constantly be chasing to satisfy some damn need. Some dependency he had developed the moment he laid eyes on her and made him crave more the moment the first time she had disappeared from him.

And he was having withdrawals. Terrible withdrawal making him fall into a slight depression, losing almost all of his motivation to carry out the work he loved. As such his boss had put him on desk duty for the last 2 weeks since Todoroki was found unfit to be in the field.

And until he got his passion back, he would remain there.

But how could he get back his mojo, when the thing that had given it to him in the first place had confessed her life story to him. Every little detail about why she did it, how she did it and why she trusted him.

And now it had been over a month since her last appearance. The issue is that he had tried to get her to go see the police, making her run.

He didn't blame her, he only thought of what he would do, not her. And because of that, he had assumed she skipped town.

But that nagging feeling of unsaid words was still inside of him, begging and pleading to be realized. But without her here, the words would never be fulfilled.

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Something had urged him after work, a sense of nostalgia in his stomach building gradually as the day went by. Though in truth, it was strange to even call it nostalgia, as it had only occurred one month ago.

Yet he found himself at the park once more, walking towards the empty swing set in the empty park. It had gotten late, the children who would usually play after school not here since it was nearing dusk.

He sat down on the plastic device, hands gripping the metal chains on either side of him, kicking softly as the swing began to go up and down ever so slightly. He had never had much of a childhood, so he felt even more out of place not knowing if he was using the object correctly.

"You need to swing your legs more."

He lifted his head up in shock, that familiar voice filling that strong urge hole in his eyes and heart. She stood there, placing away the fan she had traveled with a brilliant color of red shining.

"You really do have a portal function to me." He blinked, having not entirely believed her words at the last meaning.

"I may be a thief, but as I told you before- I am no liar."

"I know. I apologize for not believing you sooner."

"My my, what went and warmed your heart." You teased, thinking about how his personality had suddenly done a complete 180.