change of plans || todoroki shouto x reader

chapter eighteen

"how the hell.."

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"is he still.."

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"so energetic.."

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"with twenty kids after him.."

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[name] is getting frustrated.

frustrated.

what the hell happened to kousuke's 15-minute time limit? they had been going at him for nearly two hours already but he is nowhere close to faltering.

is he on drugs? i bet he's taking some sort of drug. it's the only explanation. i've only been gone a couple weeks! how much endurance training could he have possible achieved?

"no, i'm not on drugs," kousuke snickers. "and that's time's up!" he glances to his watch. "last period is over, everyone head back to the classrooms so you can be dismissed."

"what?! no no no no no, give me five more minutes!" [name] pleads. "god, you know i hate having guards trailing me, i can't live with them following me around, kou."

kousuke only shrugs before ruffling [name]'s hair and heading off to the classroom.

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"i couldn't find aizawa-san to finish the class for the day but midnight-san gave me permission to dismiss you guys," kousuke announces in front of the class. "but, uh, midoriya, iida, and uraraka? would you three mind staying for a bit? i'd like to talk to you before you leave."

the rest of the class walk out leaving only kousuke, the three students he mentioned, and his little sister in the room. [name] gets up to leave as well but stops in front of kousuke before exiting.

"i don't know what the hell you're plotting but i swear to god if you involve them in anything that's none of their business, i will rip your arms and legs off and sew them back on switched."

kousuke only smiles, a grin that seemed to be mocking her before [name] storms out.

"heh, she's always so angry when i try to care for her," the pro chuckles.

"so!! uhm, psi, sir, what did you ask us to stay for!!?" midoriya asks.

"ah, you can relax. no need to be nervous," kousuke reassures. "no need to be so formal as well, you can all call me kousuke."

he sits on the teacher's table and the three students remained in their seats. "i have a favor to ask, though it's more personal than professional," he starts. "if you didn't know, [name] is the most stubborn little sister i could ever ask for. you three are the some of the people she's actually name-dropped to me, which means you guys are part of the very few she's bothered to notice."

"all i ask is that you watch over her while i'm gone. make sure she's alright every now and then. she struggles with a bit of anxiety and it's often why she's so wary of everything going on," kousuke explains. "oh, and don't tell her i asked you to do this! she'll get really pissed off," he laughs.

"anyway, that's all. you can go, thanks," he says as the students leave after bowing and waving goodbye.

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"hm, you know now that i think about it, [name]-chan is very distant," uraraka says. the three of them—iida, midoriya, and her—were walking home as usual. it felt strange to receive such an unusual request from an almost complete stranger.

"she doesn't go out for lunch much either," iida comments, to which the other two agree.

"but i saw her eating with someone the other day. before the incident in the usj. i don't think they're from our class," midoriya adds. "she talks to todoroki a lot too."

"maybe she's uncomfortable with the others?" uraraka theorises.

"then we should make her feel comfortable with the class!"

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"what shit are you pulling this time, kousuke?" [name] grunts, crossing her arms. they sat on opposite sides of the car as they were being driven back to the penthouse, a route [name] usually walked.

"nothing you should worry about," her brother smiles. "oh, and you'll be happy to hear that i've changed my mind. you don't need the bodyguards anymore. and i'll retain your arrangement with the househelp. they'll be coming in every tuesdays and thursdays and the rest of the week you'll be home alone."

"that is what you want, right?" he asks.

[name] looks away. "yeah," she answers quietly. "what.. made you change your mind?"

"your friends, they're more reliable than i thought. i like them," kousuke answers.

"pft. my friends? the ones i left behind in america or the non-existent ones i have here?" [name] snorts.

kousuke laughs, giving a look to [name].

"hey, i'm serious. what friends?"

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i know you hate goodbyes so i left before you woke up, hehe. we'll see each other soon again in the annual fundraiser anyway.

and here, to battle your nerves as you battle the world uwu <3

see u soon, sorella

[name] let's out a quiet snort. she was often so moody about her brother. she would burn down the world for him but he also annoys her down to her bones. maybe that's just how having siblings works.

she sends him a quick thank you message after placing the anxiety meds she left in the drawer her bedside table for safekeeping, placing the note with it as well.

back to school as usual now, i guess.

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to: *dabs*
hiya, havent talked to u in a while

to: [name]
i saw the whole ua villain attack thing on the news. i thought you might still be recovering

to: *dabs*
aaaah well im fine now and reaally craving some coffee jelly and cat cuddle

to: *dabs*
wanna meet up at our usual place later? 👀

to: [name]
sure

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[name] arrived at the café and hears the light jingling of the bell chime on the door for what felt like forever. only a couple weeks have passed since she last met up with dabi.

frankly, it's a bit strange for her, a rich teenage hero-in-the-making, to be regularly meeting up with dabi, a freelancing vagabond, whose day job she honestly didn't know much about. all she knows is that he ran away from his family at seventeen and is just living around the city looking for purpose, whatever that meant.

it's an odd friendship, but it's nice to have some consistency in her life in japan. after she felt like everything about her life has fallen apart, dabi suddenly appeared and his presence somehow helped, perhaps telling her that no matter what happens, she'll find a way to be the kicking badass she always wanted to be.

the rich aroma of coffee and cat hair enters her nostrils and she walks into the enclosure after ordering, to look for dabi. sure enough, there he was, touya in hand and his phone in the other.

she greets him with a smile sitting next to him and playing with touya like usual.

god, it feels good to go back to normal.

and it did feel good. in japan, she finally found her normal.

her, attending the school she hates—though not as much as before—and hanging out with dabi, her substitute brother.

yes. this is normal.

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tl;dr: [name] loses the bet but kousuke decides to call it off. kousuke flies back to america, finally letting things in japan go on as normal.