nothing but kids // shigadabi

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The Todoroki household was always the same.

Every morning, wake up at 5 am and head to the training room. Then it was training (more like getting beat up) until it was impossible to go on. Only afterwards would you recieve breakfast.

This was Touya's life for as long as he can remember.

He was never allowed outside company nor was he allowed any sort of hobbies or activities. His life was to train.

Sometimes his only reminder that he was human was warm hugs from his mother. She wished more than anything for her children to live normal lives, but would never dare stand up to her husband.

Touya Todoroki had a powerful quirk like his father which he was quite proud of because he wanted to be a strong hero like his dad. Seeing his dad save people on TV was the highlight of his day. So he decided that would be his dream.

But things don't always go as planned.

When Touya was 8 years old and finally getting the hang of his quirk, his skin started to scab randomly. The first time it happened, his father brushed it off. It began to happen more and more and finally his mother insisted on seeing a professional.

Touya will never forget the look on his father's face when the doctor revealed that his quirk was causing this and if he kept using it, he would die. His father seethed with rage and Touya liked to believe it was because he truly cared for his son.

After that, training got rougher, like he was taking his anger out on Touya. He wasn't allowed to use his quirk anymore but his father still made him train.

"No son of mine will be weak"

Touya had those words engraved in his mind. He wanted to be strong.

One day, Touya woke up late because no one had come to wake him up. There was no training that day and there never was again.

He didn't understand why at the time, but what he didn't know was that he had a sister and even an infant brother. He had been isolated from them during his training because they were only distractions.

When he saw that his father now put all of his attention onto his new sister, he started to realize exactly what was going on. She was doing all the training that he used to do. All of the attention and work was put into her.

Touya was a failure.

It was bittersweet. For once he was free, he could go outside and play with the other kids. He could have toys and games and even watch movies. For the first time in his life he could actually be a kid. But he would forever have to live with the fact that his own father saw him as nothing more than a failed project.

Touya would eventually come to terms with it, but he vowed to not let his siblings go through what he did. It was his job as oldest brother afterall.

Seeing his sister, Fuyumi, go through the torture he endured for the past 5 years was unbearable. Even though she was a little girl, his father did not go any easier on her.

Touya was peeking through the door of the training room, watching, he saw his father land brutal punches all over her. To her stomach, to her arms, and even to her face. She was screaming and crying, begging for him to stop. A final punch to her stomach caused her to collapse and Touya couldn't bear it anymore.

He pushed the door open, "Stop it dad!" he whined and walked up to his sister. He pulled her into him and held her close, stroking her hair as if to comfort her. She trembled in his arms and he could hear the quiet whimpers coming from her.

"What in the hell do you think you're doing, Touya?" His father stepped up to him looking down with a scary look on his face. Any other time, Touya would not have defied his father, but his big brother instinct had taken over.

"She's had enough" He answered, "You'll kill her if you keep going".

"Do you think I care? If she dies then that just means that she wasn't strong enough" His father jeered, "Like you".

Touya felt tears well up in his eyes but tried to stay strong for Fuyumi.

"I won't let you hurt her anymore" He yelled up at him. Next thing he knew his arm was being snatched and he was in the air. Before he had time to react, a sharp stinging sensation spread across his cheek, his father had slapped him.

"I am the boss here" He said and threw Touya down to the ground.

He held his cheek and little sobs sounded out of his throat.

"You are no son of mine" He spat and walked out of the room, leaving Touya and Fuyumi to sit and cry. Touya pulled his sister into a hug and they stayed like that for awhile.

Touya was heartbroken to say the least, but he would do everything in his power to make sure that his siblings would never have to go through the same.