chapter 8, the plan

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It had been 7 minutes since his father left but shouto was still in shock. He slowly got up from his bed and walked towards the mirror. "Crap!" A burn mark the size of his palm was printed on his right cheek. He sighed and applied some cream, wincing in pain as he rubbed it in.
Todoroki was furious and fed up. He ran back to his bed and packed a bag of things, his hands were shaking uncontrollably as he placed each item. His backpack was large enough to fit everything he needed. The boy threw on a jacket and picked up his bag. He knew his father had gone to sleep by now, so he wasn't worried about getting caught. He called to his siblings and said three simple words, "I'm running away"
"WHAT" fuyumi's eyes widened and she dropped her sandwich.
"HEY" natsuo shouted. "That's a waste of a perfectly good sandwich!"
Fuyumi glared at her brother threateningly and he shut up. "Shouto you can't be serious." Worry pricked her eyes as they began to tear.
"I'm sorry.... But I have to." He muttered filled with guilt. "I swear I'll visit." And with that, he left.

He felt extremely guilty for leaving his siblings behind but knew he would go back for them one day.
He ran for the gate, not looking back. This was it. This was his chance to be free from endeavour forever. Todoroki bolted through the exit and around the corner. He pulled out his phone, sat on the sidewalk and scrolled through his contacts. He called kaminari, they were friends since childhood. "C'mon pikachu, pick up."

The phone rung a few times but nobody answered. "Hello, you've reached the voicemail of denki kaminari. Plea-" he hung up and began to scroll again. The split boy thought hard about who to call. He froze, his finger shook as he slowly pressed the contact.
Ring ring ring
"Todoroki-kun?" A tired whisper croaked. "Why are you calling so late?"
"I need your help midoriya." His voice quivered quietly.
"What do you mean? Are you okay? What happened?"his worried voice rose in volume.
"I'll explain later. Can I please sleep round yours tonight."
The green haired boy let out a small yawn before replying, "of course."

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Todoroki made his way up the staircase and winced with each step. The shock must have affected some of his other injuries.

He reached for his phone and read izuku's text.

Broccoli
I'm in apartment 420. Ill be waiting by the door.

He pulled himself up the last flight of stairs and met eyes with the small boy.
"Shouto?" A worried voice quivered as he stepped forward. "Come inside."

They sat on broccoli's bed in silence , until he finally piped up.
"What happened?" The other boy turned his head to see an extremely worried midoriya.
"Endeavour and i..." He hesitated. Should I tell him the truth? He let out a sorry sigh before continuing. "We got into an argument. It got physical so I decided to run away." Todoroki bowed his head in shame until two small arms wrapped around him.
"Stay as long as you need, shouto"

They laid together for ages, comforting one another. A tired izuku rest his head against his chest and wandered into slumber. Todoroki slowly repositioned himself, careful not to wake the small boy. His heart beat slowed as he drifted to the land of dreams.

Authors note

Okay so the next chapter will focus mainly on Shouto's memories and regrets. I'm not sure how I'm gonna write it but we'll see.

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