“Your what?”
“My brother.”
“Okay, let me get this straight. Your brother, Touya, correct? Disappeared, and never came back. Then all of a sudden, Dabi shows up in your hospital room, threatening you before confessing he was your brother that disappeared after 10 years?”
“Yes?...”
“Do you know how dangerous this is? How much danger you could have been in?”
“Yes, I did, that’s why I was trying to fight back, but when he threatened to burn down the building, I couldn’t put anyone else in danger.”
‘This was a bad idea,’ Shouto felt his hands shake under the covers after trying to hide his fear. Aizawa was giving off a aura of pure anger, but he didn’t let it get the best of him like his father did. There was worry in his tone of voice even though it was overpowered by the restrained anger. Hizashi was worried of course, but more collected than Aizawa. He wasn’t angry, he was worried, worried that he could have died last night.
Shouto felt slightly guilty for causing his teachers to worry when all they wanted was to make sure he was okay. He was okay, everything was okay because he has his friends, his teachers, and his family were there to protect him. It didn’t occur to him that he spaced out until he felt a hand rest against his shoulder trying to bring him back to the present.
“...Shouto, hey Shouto buddy, you with me?”
“What happened?”
“Oh, uh, when you were spacing out, Shouta and I had an agreement that we would talk about this when you feel like telling us the full story about you and...Dabi.”
“Oh...where’s Aizawa-sensei?”
“He left the room real quick to get some fresh air, I’ll go check on him right now actually, who knows what he’ll do when he’s worrying like a mother hen. Don’t tell him I said that, anyways, see ya in a bit buddy!”
Hizashi ruffled his hair a bit before he left the room faster than Iida ever could, the door closing shut behind him to leave Shouto to his thoughts. Everything seemed more quiet now like everything that just happened never really did. The silence was broken by the sudden ding of the sound of his phone giving off a notification that someone messaged him. Grabbing his duffel bag, he started to rummage through the extra clothes, and other things that he left inside to try find his phone. By the time he found his phone, the pro heroes reentered the room. Aizawa had a scowl on his face, but he seemed more calmer than he was a few minutes ago. Hizashi was smiling as he walked back into the room, chatting in a one sided conversation with the other. Deciding to let the two settle down first, Shouto unlocked his phone to look at the message, only to see it was just Izuku.
Izuku
You okay?
Shouto
Yes, but there is something we’ll need to discuss.
Shouto
Probably with the whole class as well if Aizawa-sensei will allow it.
Izuku
What’s wrong?
Shouto
I’ll tell you later
Izuku
You sure?
Shouto
Shouldn’t you be focusing in class Midoriya? -Aizawa
Izuku
Y-YES SIR!!
Aizawa gave the phone back to Shouto after taking it away since he wasn’t really paying much attention to the other two when he first saw his boyfriend’s message. Shouto turned it off deciding to let Izuku study and pay attention than cause problems for the other.
“Did you really have to scare my boyfriend like that?”
“He shouldn’t be on his phone in the first place.”
“Aw come on Shouta, Izuku is just worried, the others are worried just like he is. Now, what he told us a few minutes ago will cause a whole new protective bubble to form when they hear this.”
“They won’t be.”
“What?”
“We can’t afford having the students start being more on their guard because of this. From what you told us, he was watching you for awhile already, so they could be watching everyone outside of school without anyone knowing of their presence. We’ll also have a talk about this Dabi being your brother situation later, I need full details of the relationship between you guys before and after.”
“I thought I said-”
“I said I wouldn’t ask anymore questions until later, so I’m still following our agreement Yamada.”
‘Hizashi’s right, Aizawa does act like a mother hen.’
“I act like a what?”
“SHOUTO!!”
Shouto couldn’t help, but laugh as his two temporary guardians started to chase each other out of the room down the halls. He can hear Aizawa shouting, and Hizashi’s high pitched screams by his activation of quirk before it faded into silence once again. The nurses were cleaning up the mess they must have made, and one was kind enough to check on him. He gave the nurse a short story of why the suppose professional pro heroes were chasing each other like children down the halls, and it ended with both of them laughing once again.
“He does worry about you though, he would always ask if anything else has happened before checking on you himself. Well, I hope you enjoy your day Mr. Todoroki.”
“You too.”
The nurse smiled as she left the room, going back to her work. The atmosphere felt more calm and cheerful than it did half an hour ago. It felt easier to laugh and smile, to let his emotions go than it did before any of this happened, before he finally decided to break free. Shouto knew that he was free the moment he told Aizawa the truth, but it felt like the last chain that held him back was finally broken. The tears started to fall before he could stop them. It felt all like a dream, to finally be the one he loves, to be free, to meet his brother that disappeared after 10 years for fucks sake.
Shouto looked out the window, seeing the city in a different perspective, it wasn’t just a blur of colors and loud noise, it was alive, colorful...home. Taking his phone out, he decided to send Izuku one more message.
Shouto
Thank you
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Light In The Darkness
Fanfiction"Mom...I know it's not right, but I can't do it anymore. The children, they're...like him more and more every day. And Shouto...his left side. Sometimes I look at him and hate what I see." Shouto drew closer, just enough for his left side to be seen...
