Angst One-Shots || BNHA

11; Todoroki Shoto

TW
Mentions of physical abuse, swearing, TodoSero, arguing

|3rd Person|
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"Soo... are we gonna talk about what you told me the other day?" Hanta asked.

"Depends. What did I say?" Todoroki responded.

"With your breakdown. You were sobbing about the horrible things your dad did and a couple of other stuff..."

"Oh. Well, then, uh, no, we're not talking about that." The heterochromatic looked away, immediately knowing he was screwed.

The black-haired boy furrowed his brows. "You can't be serious. It's literally impossible to tell me something so important and expect me not to bring it up."

"Sero, I- I'm not in the mood."

"If we don't talk about this now, we never will."

"That's the point." The half-haired male told him.

Sero took a step toward his lover. He hated this. He hated being ignored and pushed away whenever this specific topic came up. He knew he sounded pushy, but it hurt him that his boyfriend couldn't trust him with the important parts of his life, and that's exactly what he told the other.

Shoto looked back at him. "It's not just you, I can't trust anyone with it..."

It just made the secretive male more unhappy to remember that he had indeed trusted Midoriya, his best friend, with a bit of it when they'd still been acquaintances. This was his boyfriend.

"Sho, please. Shit, I wasn't gonna say anything since I know that you hate talking about it, but you said he hit you! You thought I might beat you, Shoto, and if it's so bad that you're scared that I, out of all people, will hurt you, then we really need to fix this. You can't live in constant fear; that is the last thing I want for you."

"I just... Sero, I can't—"

"Shoto," Hanta interrupted in a quiet voice. "I deserve an explanation. I don't want you to be afraid of me. I really don't. We can work through whatever it is that's bothering you. I just want to help."

"Fine," Todoroki surrendered. "Just don't be sappy and sad, okay? It's not that bad..."

"Fine. Take your time." The two sat down.

It took the half-haired boy a couple of minutes to figure out what he'd start off with and how much he would even tell. Then when he began, he didn't notice that it was more of a rant than an explanation. He couldn't shut his mouth, and by the time he'd ended, he had told every little detail there was.

When the shorter male looked at his boyfriend, all he saw in that pair of eyes was pure fury and disbelief. Hanta's jaw was wide open and when he closed it, there zero hinting of a smile.

It was silent for a few more minutes until the dark-haired guy spoke once again, though his voice was low and a just tad threatening. "And you never told anyone?"

"... No."

Sero looked away and shut his eyes, rubbing them a bit. "So is this the part where we call CPS?"

The heterochromatic bit his lip and looked at the floor. His voice was weak, his regret and slight fear on display. "No, I..."

"No? I-I'm pretty sure it is," The taller boy was fumed, so angry that he stammered a bit. Tears prickled at the edges of his eyes. "It's stupid— so fucking stupid— to think that I'd let this slide."

"Sero, I really don't think it's necessary..!" Todoroki raised his hands as if to say, "please stop".

Hanta ignored the gesture and stood. "He can't— you— no one should be able to do that to you! It's fucking abuse and I can't stand for it! It's either I tell Aizawa or you do because I refuse to live knowing that I didn't help you when I coulda."

Shoto questioned the declaration but didn't like hearing his significant other in this type of distress. "Are you sure?"

"Absolutely fucking positive."

"Fine..." The shorter guy backed down. The black-haired male grabbed his hand lightly and dragged him off, still enraged but also glad. He hated that his lover had been in pain this whole time but found it a miracle that he was given this chance.

He could make it better. He could save Shoto. He would give him the life he deserved.

All it took was a confession.

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