I Can Hold You When No one Else Will

Hurting

"No!" Natsuo interrupted, "I'm so sorry, but I had to, If I didn't-" "You did not kill him!" Shoto exclaimed, standing up and shaking the whole table they were sitting at, in the process, "Sho please-" Hawks started, "Don't you dare finish that sentence!" Shoto yelled, running out of the room, at which Keigo ran after him, Natsuo sat there sobbing and Fuyumi was just frozen in shock, other than her rapid shivering.

"Shoto, please come out of there..." Keigo said, leaning against the door that lead to the laundry room, "No.." Keigo heard, slightly muffled, "Sho-" he began, "Go away!" Shoto yelled, Keigo sighed and slowly opened the door to see a crying Shoto, scrunched up in the corner with his face pressed to his knees and his legs up by his chest.

Keigo closed the door and slid down next to the multicolor-haired boy, "I- I fought him in all of the attacks on UA, I stared straight at him but couldn't see him, I could have brought him home, Takami!" Shoto yelled between sobs, "This isn't your fault Shoto, It's mine, I'm the one who-" he began, "No, It's not your fault either...It's his." Shoto said, they both knew exactly who he was talking about, "He's the one who gave you the mission anyways." Shoto added, as his crying calmed down a bit, Keigo hugged him, and he hugged him back, they stayed like that for about a minute or so before Keigo pulled away and broke the silence between them.

"You want me to tell you about how he was when I was with the League?" Shoto looked up and nodded at the question, "Well..." Takami started, "He was really cold and harsh to everyone normally, but when you got closer to him, you got to see his softer side, he acted almost the same way as he did before he ran away, always talking about how he missed his family and regretted leaving, but he never specified who his family was, but I see now, he was talking about you guys.." That brought a small, sad smile to Shoto's face, "When I killed him..well actually now that I think about it..It was more of him who killed himself...he just took it and stabbed himself...then he told me.." Keigo didn't realize his voice breaking as he spoke, or the tears running down his face.

Shoto looked up at Takami with wide eyes, he had never seen him cry before, despite the fact that he actually did it a lot, "He trusted you more than anyone else, huh?" Shoto questioned, Keigo chuckled a bit, sadly, "Actually, he said he trusted you more than anything, I was only second." He said quite calmly, wiping away his own tears, "I guess we're all broken.." Shoto commented, "Yep, just a bunch of broken records." Keigo replied, standing up, "I've gotta get going now, though, I'm sorry about everything." He added, at which Shoto nodded, "Thanks for telling us." He said, also standing.

Takami smiled and nodded before leaving the Todoroki home.