My Hero Academia Imagines

{Soulmate AU} Opia P.3 (Todoroki Shouto)

It was strange to think about what had been said that day... what had been offered to him. Who would have guessed that meeting his soulmate would not be the thing on his mind that might as he stood in thought, but rather what she offered to do for him.

Heal the one part of his body that was a constant reminder of everything he hated about his past, his family, his power. The scar that represented those negative and self-consuming feelings suddenly being gone if he wished for it.

But did he wish for it?

He shook his head, glancing back at the familiar sliding door in front of him. Despite how many times he had come here now, he could never get used to the thought that this was where he had to come to visit her.

So many bad things in his past, and her being kept here for a life she didn't choose was the worst of it. Even worse being that she was stuck with a partner she didn't want or choose.

He opened the door, glancing to see the similar shade of white hair glancing out the window like she almost always was when he came here. Her silver gaze met his and she smiled softly.

Todoroki nodded, stepping in and shutting the door after him. He held onto the two plastic bags he was still carrying and she took notice right away, that maternal instinct still being inside of her despite the riff in their relationship.

"Were you out shopping Shouto?" His mother's calm voice asked, getting up to greet him properly.

"Yes, I wanted to pick up a cookbook. I was hoping we could make soba tonight." He answered, gesturing to the small but decent kitchen she had in her hospital room.

She had been here since the accident, thus was placed on the long stay wing of the local hospital. And despite her being labeled unsteady and mentally ill, she seemed like she always did.

He wanted to say it was because she was no longer with his father. He wanted to say it was because she was getting the help she needed. But some small part of him hinted that the true reason she was so much better was that she was finally living the life she wanted.

No abusive husband. No kids she was forced to have. Just calm and peaceful days to herself.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea. I should have all the ingredients. If not a nurse will bring us what we require." She softly spoke, moving to look in her kitchen for what her son would require.

The cooking went off fairly easy. The atmosphere with his mother always seeming to improve day by day as he visited her more and more. She asked him a lot about his school life and how hero classes were. It amazed him that she not only remembered but still supported him in this dream.

There always seemed to be amazingly strong woman in his life: his mother, sister, Yaoyorozu and now (Name). Each having been through their own hardships in their lives, some he did not even know about, yet they always strived for the next day.

They always tried to make others feel good... they always put others first when it mattered. And even if they lost it at one point, they always seemed to come back at least. Despite it all, they each were more of a fighter then he would ever be.

"Something happened today, didn't it?" His mother brought him back from his train of thought, her meal temporarily being untouched.

"Pardon me?" Todoroki answered back, noticing his mother give him another soft smile.

"You've always been rather quiet my son, but today you are more lost in thought." She mused, tapping her chopsticks against the wooden bowl.

She tapped once, twice, three times before she continued on. "You met her today, didn't you?"