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Chapter 15

Third person pov

So there Fuyumi was, minding her own damn business, when in storms Endeavor. Not a shocker. Not at all a surprise, oh no. She'd seen him do this before. He'd stomp around, maybe growl a bit and grunt like a pissed off gorilla. Sometimes he'd open cabinets in the kitchen and clatter through them before slamming them shut. He made a big point of being as loud and disrupting as possible, of course. Fuyumi would expect absolutely no less from him! Any quieter and she might need to call the authorities for fear of a possible intruder!

Only he didn't do literally any of that this time. He thought it would be, like, cool to storm right up to Fuyumi and tower over her and all her Fuyumi self in the most intimidating way possible. It was pretty much the last thing Fuyumi wanted him to do. But the universe apparently fucking hated her, because here they were! Oh goody! 

"Explain." He spat out as though she had any clue what the fuck he was talking about. Fuyumi raised an eyebrow at him, trying her best not to look too terrified. It had been a good long time since Fuyumi had been struck by her father. As an adult, she supposed he thought she was a bit too old to be smacked around. Then again, that had never stopped him before when it came to mom. She took solace in the fact that she was just tall enough that if she brought up her knee, it would nail him right in the-

"Explain what?" Fuyumi took a pointed step back, folding her arms over her chest in an attempt to seem more sure of herself than she actually was. She didn't want to let him ruin her good mood. After all, Touya was alive! And married! And Takashi was going to do everything in his power to get Shoto out of here, and take their father down. As much as Fuyumi loved her father, he'd done a lot of things wrong. Things he needed to atone for. Seeing him go to jail, she would admit, would bring her a terrifyingly immense satisfaction. 

"Don't play dumb with me, girl." Endeavor hissed lowly, eyes narrowed and searching. The temperature in the room rose exponentially as he stepped closer again, flames arching high as he looked for any sights of Fuyumi's facade cracking. He wasn't going to fall for this trick. There's no way she wasn't behind this. Endeavor had held the health care power of attorney over Rei. She wasn't allowed to make medical decisions for herself, so who had overruled him or had it transferred?!

"Father." Fuyumi met his eyes unflinchingly, summoning up the little courage she had. Sweat beaded her brow from the head in the room and from the overwhelming amount of nerves she was feeling at the moment. "I do not know what you're talking about. I can't give you an answer if I don't know the question."

Endeavor grit his teeth when he saw no traces of doubt in the young woman, his fists clenching. Was it possible that this was someone else? Natsuo always seemed so immersed in school... perhaps it was a cover? Was he... was he going behind Endeavor's back?! If that boy dared attempt to expose him, Endeavor wouldn't hesitate to do what was necessary. He refused to go down because a couple of failures decided to drudge up things from the past. 

"Your mother." Endeavor bit out, accusation heavy in his tone. "Her care has been transferred out of my hands. Very, very few people would ever have the ability to do this."

He gauged Fuyumi's reaction carefully. At first she simply stared at him, letting it sink in little by little. He watched her grey eyes widen, her lips parting in surprise and her arms slipping from their crossed position as she brought her hands up to her face. Tears welled in her eyes, and Endeavor was angered to see that they were happy tears. Among the emotions swimming across her face, there was one that was very clear to see.

Realization.

Fuyumi couldn't believe it. Takashi had actually managed to do it! And he'd done it so fast, too. How was that possible? Her mother was free! Free from the clutches of Enji Todoroki and resting softly in the safe hands of Takashi and Touya. It was incredible. Fuyumi had of course had her doubts pertaining to Takashi's elaborate plans. They seemed detailed, and of course she trusted him. She'd just... been stuck here so long, and Rei had been rotting away in that ward so long. And yet.. he'd actually done it...