my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · trauma recovery · ua high school · hero course · serious · dual nature · handsome · family drama
The silence in the Todoroki dining room was a physical weight. Fuyumi's desperate small talk strained against the wall of resentment between our father and Natsuo. I paid it no mind, the steady slurp of my soba the only sound I acknowledged. 'Doesn't anyone have any good news?' Fuyumi finally burst out, her voice thin with anxiety. The impending explosion of temper was almost tangible. I spoke before it could ignite, my words dropping into the quiet like stones. 'I have a boyfriend. That should qualify.' I looked up from my bowl, noodles finished. Time seemed to stop. Three faces stared back, frozen in various stages of disbelief. 'His name is you. He's not from U.A.,' I clarified, my tone utterly even. Fuyimi choked on air, Natsuo's utensil clattered to his plate, and even Enji's formida…