~Flashback~
It was 9:20 in the morning and Endeavor had woken up his youngest son to do some regular training. They had begun training in the morning last month so that Shoto would defeat his father's rival All Might. When he entered young Shoto's room, he stood there at the doorway looking at him with an even more disgusted face than usual. The young boy's room was designed to fit into what people would call a Japanese styled room. Shoto Todoroki noticed the different look on his father's face and was curious as to why he looked even more disappointed and disgusted than usual. What did he do wrong this time? Endeavor then walked up to the boy's twin sized bed and pulled him out of bed. He grabbed 5 year old Shoto by the collar of his blue shirt and threw him into the wall behind his bed. Why was he treating him like this? Shoto was on the floor crying from the pain that was suddenly erupting in his small spine due to it coming into contact with the wall. Endeavor was telling Shoto to get up but the boy couldn't since he was badly injured. The room was soon filled with distress signals coming from the young boy and that seemed to make his father even more enraged. Endeavor took his small neck into his hands and held him up so that he could look him straight into his turquoise colored pupils. He then began whispering something in Shoto's left ear.
You'll never become stronger than All Might now that you're a damn omega.
Young Shoto was then dropped on the floor as Endeavor was now exiting his room. The red haired Alpha then looked down at his 4th failure and told him to get up so that they could start training before it got too late. He also told him to visit his sister after training so that he could get a bottle of suppressants. The 5 year old knew that if he refused or took too long to recover, that he would be severely punished for not obeying his father's commands. Shoto stood up from his spot on the floor and made his way over to the training room limping and silently sobbing. One question kept running through his mind. Why did he have to be a damn Omega?
~End of Flashback~
Todoroki POV:
It was 9:35 p.m. I and I was buying some soba to have for dinner since I ran out the day before. Quickly walking down the aisle, I took some soba and a couple more ingredients and made my way to the register. The TV next to the entry of the store was now featuring a news story about the one and only Endeavor. Ever since he became the number one hero during my first year at UA High, he's been on every billboard and news channel in Japan. It was my 3rd and final year at UA and I was ecstatic over finally being able to get away from my abusive father.
"Sir, could you please hurry up and pay for your belongings since we're about to close for the night," the cashier was saying as he was playing with a set of keys. I quietly nodded and gave him a credit card to pay off the food that I was buying. He gave me the receipt and I made my way to the dorms, walking with my head down and my left hand in my pocket while my right hand held my dinner. As I was almost to the dorms, it began to rain and I was beginning to pull up my hoodie when I saw a small kitten on the street shivering from the cold water hitting it's now soaked fur. I took off my white hoodie and was now wrapping it around the animal as I pet it's small head. It began to purr and rub against my hand which made me feel glad that I could take care of a helpless being. Especially since I didn't have anyone willing to protect and care for me. I got up from the small spot on the street and began running home not wanting to catch a cold. Once I was at the dormitory, I made sure that no one else was awake since it was almost past our curfew. The clock struck 10:32 p.m. and everybody was supposed to be in their rooms by 10:45. I quickly opened the door and took off my soaking wet shoes along with my socks and made my way to my room in order to change out of my dirty clothes. I was going to wear a black oversized hoodie along with some white sweatpants. Before I made my way to my dorm to change, I placed my bag of ingredients in the kitchen so that when I was done changing I would immediately start cooking my dinner. I made my way down the hallway into the kitchen when I saw a certain ash blonde boy sipping on a cup full of coffee. Who the fuck drinks coffee at 10? I chose to ignore him since I didn't want to deal with any unnecessary drama and screaming this late. The truth was, I'd actually cared for Bakugo since last year. I knew that he would immediately reject me since it was obvious he wasn't interested in me since I was his rival, but sometimes when we were both alone, he would treat me differently. I shook my head trying to not think about the hot headed alpha that was sitting at the dining table. Instead of putting more thought into my small "crisis" I made my soba and went to go sit down across from Bakugo. At first when he saw me come his way, he was looking at me with a face full of disgust. What did I do wrong this time? I quietly was pulling out the chair so that I could sit down and eat my cold soba when I saw Bakugo's face slightly soften as I finally sat down. The hell is he acting like this now? I quietly began slurping by cold soba trying not to make the situation worse by making unnecessary noises. Bakugo was just staring off into the distance with a questionable expression on his face that made me wonder what he was thinking about at this very moment. I decided not to say anything and continued to eat my soba.
"Why is your hair wet Icy Hot?"
I was almost going to choke on my noodles when Bakugo was now facing me and asking me questions on my appearance. I was pointing out the window placed behind him so that he could see the noticeable rain pouring down. He quickly began to grumble something under his breath as I just sat there continuing to eat my food. Why was he asking me questions and paying attention to my appearance? It's not like anyone even cares, he's probably trying to just toy with my emotions so that he can surpass me as his rival. Bakugo then began asking me even more questions on why I was looking so depressed and why I was so quiet. The truth is, when I went to the store earlier to pick up my dinner, I couldn't keep my damn father out of my mind since he called me earlier in the day to tell me that I had to go to his house in order to get some extra training in. I knew I couldn't refuse or else he would beat me even more than usual. Apart from that, the reason why I was quiet was because I didn't want to deal with Bakugo's screaming right now if I didn't give him the answer he wanted. I got up from the table without answering his questions and washed my dishes as I was now exiting the kitchen. It was my turn to ask him a question.
"Bakugo, why do you care about what happens to me?"
With that final question, I made my way to my dorm room and didn't bother to stay to hear Bakugo's answer. The truth is I was hoping he would respond with something along the lines of "Because I care for you," but I knew that would never happen. No one cares about me and to be honest, I don't think anyone ever will.
