Skin

Two Sides

It's been about a month since the incident in the hospital with the League of Villains took place. Shouto hadn't heard a word from his brother since. No phone call, no text, nothing. Everything going on in his personal life was really starting to take a toll on his academics. Todoroki sighed, leaning his face lazily against his palm as he sighed and looked at the test in front of him that said C- in red ink at the top corner of the page.

"You barely passed again, Todoroki?" Momo asked. It didn't take a rocket scientist to be able to tell that her classmate seemed to be very distracted lately. Although, she couldn't blame him. His brother was missing. "If you want you could come over to my dorm and I could tutor you." She turned her head away, attempting to hide her blush with her hair and hand.

"Thanks, Yaoyorozu. Unfortunately I don't think any amount of tutoring could help. I just have a lot on my mind is all." He opened up a folder that had a lot of graded work in it, most failing or barely passing, and put it back in his bag.

Momo pressed her lips together and scratched the back of her neck. She hated seeing her classmates in distress. She wanted to help in anyway she could. "If you need to talk about what's going on, I'm here for you. That's what friends are for." She smiled softly.

"Just drop it already. Everything's fine." He coldly dismissed her offer, which gained the attention of some of his classmates who were close to hear their conversation or just eavesdropping.

"Jeez, Icy-Hot what's crawled up your ass?" Bakugou turned in his desk, draping his arm over the chair. Todoroki shot him a death glare. "Oh I get it. Look, your brother is gone and left you behind. If he actually gave a rats ass about you, don't you think he would have reached out by now?" The fire and ice hero's fists trembled. "Seriously, he's a villain so who gives a damn if he's out there alive or not."

"Kacchan!" Deku tried to hush his friend.

"What? I'm just saying what everybody here is thinking. Get the hell over it."

The class sat in awkward silence.

"Is that true?" Todoroki stared everyone down. "You think I should move on and not worry about my brother because he was a villain."

"Is a villain." Bakugou corrected. "Was would mean he's changed or that he's dead. I mean, he could be the later."

"Lay off, Bakugou. Damn." Jirou spoke up, "Your jerk meter is at an all time high today."

Uraraka ran up to her friend, "It's not that we think you should get over it, Todoroki. It's just hard for us to fully wrap our head around this. I mean, back at camp, some of us nearly got killed by your brother and the League. Plus, they kidnapped Bakugou." She twiddled her thumbs nervously as she tried to explain the views of the class to her best ability.

"Speak for yourself." Everyone turned to face in the direction of the voice. It was Hagakure. "People change their ways and you can't hold them accountable for their mistakes for the rest of their lives. It's just not right."

"But Hagakure." Asui croaked, "You were one of the students that was hospitalized because of the League's attack. How could you dismiss everything so easily?"

She scoffed, "I'm not. All I'm saying is don't lump me in with the rest of you." She crossed her arms.

"Whatever Invisible girl." Bakugou rolled his eyes, "Looks like you got one supporter Todoroki." It may have seemed like Katsuki was being extra harsh, but he just felt strongly about the situation. This guy was literally the one who captured him and pulled him into that damn portal. And if Dabi would have never done that, then All Might would have never had to rescue him from the Leagues grasp and ultimately use up the last of his strength against AFO.