It'll only get better//Todoroki x oc/reader

Chapter 18

"Did you have fun then?" You heard someone say with an annoyed tone.

That was the first thing you heard when you walked through your door at home. You saw your father, as cheery as ever, standing in the corridor with his arms crossed.

Your mother was in the living room with the same emotionless look on her face. Every time you saw her lifeless expression it made you hate yourself more and feel empty inside.

Realising that you didn't answer your impatient father you finally replied. "It was great! Helped me with my night vision I might not even need that setting that you cleverly installed on my eye mask."

'That's the ticket to distracting him' you knew that at the mention of anything to do with his gadgets would make him forget what he was mad about. 'He's got too much pride in his work.' You smirked on the inside at your thought.

As expected, his face went from pissed off to arrogant. "Well I'm sure you'll need still them, those idiots at work don't realise how great i am, when you become a pro hero you can flaunt off all of my amazing work for the world to see." He stated with a prideful tone.

You rolled your eyes on the inside and just smiled and nodded along with his delusional fantaisies. He walked away from you and went to the living room to continue watching the tv.

The action made you confused. "Um dad shouldn't you still be at work?" You asked in a puzzled tone.

Your dad works works from 9am-5pm so seeing him home at 4:20pm is unusual to you. Your father fixes his irritated gaze upon you which makes you step back a bit.

However it doesn't look like his rage is pointed at you this time. "Well your mother wasn't feeling well and couldn't go to her work so I decided to stay and look after her, isn't that right dear?" Your mother finally snapped out of whatever trance she was in and nodded hastily.

You nodded and slowly walked upstairs knowing that there was more to his reasoning than just having to look after your mother.

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5 YEARS AGO:

You woke up to the sound of yelling downstairs. Realising what was going on your heart immediately sped up and your breathing quickened. 'Uh oh' you gasped as you heard your daddy shouting even louder.

You began to get up and go see what happened this time. You whimpered on the stairs when you saw your mummy crying on the floor holding her face as your daddy was kicking the sofa in frustration.

"You stupid bitch can't you do anything right!" You heard him scream at the poor woman on the floor. "M-mummy?" You murmured. You wanted to go help her but you were frozen in place.

Tears rolled down your cheeks as you could only watch in horror as your dad pulled your mums hair to lift her up and slapped her round the face.

'Why? He's never hurt mummy before why, why, why?' Your ears ringed as your head was filled with unanswered questions.

Suddenly everything felt like it was in slow motion. Your poor mother fell limply to the floor. Seeing her struggling lit something inside you. You began to race down the stairs before you could think.

Before your dad managed to land a kick to her stomach you stood in front of her.

"Please daddy stop!"

You were met with a look of rage as you were about to meet the same fate as your mum.

PRESENT:

You woke up bathed in your sweat and tears. You didn't realise that you were reliving your horrific childhood and you slowly curled up into a ball a wept some more.