Listen to a Tale

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I AM SO SORRY! THE TRANSLATION TOOK AGAES AND IT WAS A HORRIBLE WEEK AND I HOPE I'LL NEVER POST LATE AGAIN AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME!
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"W-what?"

He must have not heard right!
That had to be a misunderstanding!
A joke!
Yes, that had to be it, they just wanted to –
… 
It was no hoax, was it?

"My birth name is Touya Todoroki.",
explained the man with the black hair quietly as he lifted his gaze shortly time and again in an attempt to read Shouto's expression but he didn't dare to look at the familiar and yet so different eyes of his parents for a longer span of time,
"I… I actually was Enji's favorite before you. I am so very sorry that I couldn't save you. I should have… been there! Th-there's so much… I could have changed things - should have! I should have kept you away from what happened but… I had been too weak.
And then… Mum should have saved you, not me. She should have saved herself rather than her wayward son. And when… when… I wanted to return ‐ really! I wanted to make up for everything, catch up and work through - but I was scared. Officially I'm a villain, a criminal. I never really did something bad to someone, but..."

A hand placed itself on his own and made him Stop in his ranting.
Silently the tears dropped down onto his lap and he felt like he had swallowed a rag.

"It's okay.",
said Shouto and the voice of his youngest brother sounded warm and understanding,
"If anyone knows what it's like to be the favorite of our old man it should be me and I have a good guess what happened to you. And I'm glad that at least one of us got away from him. It shows that everyone of us will be able to leave him behind someday.
It's not your fault what happened and I would never blame you, just be happy that you didn't have to suffer any longer."

The ravenette rose his head and nodded with round eyes as tears continued to drop down, unstopped.
And then Dabi smiled and it was one of the brightest ones the world would ever see.

"And you knew?", asked Shouto after a while with a husky voice.

The greenette smiled weakly and shrugged.
"There would have been no use to throw you two together into a room any sooner. I knew he was your missing brother the very same moment I laid my eyes on him – but he wasn't in the right state and you were neither, you were not ready to see each other back then. I think I would have waited until after your summer-camp to introduce you, but this is a way as well."

Bother, Dabi and Shouto threw some nasty looks at the Broker, but he smiled like this death-threats were not happening.
"Do you want to leave it with your own family-reunion or my I introduce you to my new family?"

The dual-male crooked his head to the side.
"Your family?"

Izuku beamed at him and pointed at the other teens.
"I've got a new family! They all are my family! We take care of each other. Everybody helps everybody and everyone supports our community. Surveyes-Villa is really beautiful. You should come and visit us sometime soon and see everything for yourself!"

Shouto nodded smiling and took a sip of his coffee.
"I'd like that but what do you think about introducing the rest of your group? It seems like everybody knows me already."

Toga waved him off giggling and she held a hand in front of her mouth.
"It's hard to know nothing about you, sweety~ But I could tell you everything I've heard. My name's Toga Himiko but please, call me Toga-chan, I'm a good friend of Isumi here."

Izuku turned read as his friend observed him with a lifted brow.
Isumi was, as far as he knew, a girls' name.

"It's no crime to be a Crossdresser, Toga.",
threw the youngest of the group into the round as he examined his fingernails before he looked up and bowed shallowly into Shouto's direction,
"I go by Yamikumo. It's nice to finally meet you."

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