The Todoroki Twins

I

"Children. Up." He said.
"Huh?" I ask.
"Don't answer back, I said Up" he said firmly.
"Downstairs in 5 minutes" he continued.
I get up and start dressing myself. I notice Shoto isn't up yet.
"Shoto, we gotta get up, he sounds angry" I say and he jolts up.
We both get dressed and go downstairs.
"We're here father" Shoto said. He turned.
"Good, eat, you'll need coz you won't eat again until 2 o'clock today" he said. I looked at the clock and it was 9. That was a long time. Me and Shoto ate and followed our father to the training room we have. We had to create as much ice and fire as we could. I started to create my ice and fire, I tried as hard as I could coz I knew what would happen if I didn't. I kept going and going and it started to hurt, so I stopped.
"Why did you stop?" I was asked.
"It started to hurt, so I stopped" I answered timidly.
"Keep going" my father said firmly.
"Ok, sorry" I said and he didn't answer.
I started again, it didn't hurt for a little bit but then it did. I ignored it. But it got worse. So much worse. I tried not to cry, I tried so hard not to cry. But I couldn't help it. Tears slid down my cheeks but I kept going. My back was burning so badly, it was unbearable. I started to audibly shout in pain. I saw my father stare at me with no emotion on his face. It seemed to go on forever, I couldn't bear it. I started to scream in agony and that's when my mother flew into the room screaming at my father.
"What are you doing! They're in agony!" She shouted. I didn't notice that Shoto was screaming too, I then fell on to the floor along with Shoto.
"They need to learn" my father said very firmly. He didn't seem to bat an eye to our pain.
"They are 8 years old! 8 years old!! Is that an age to be training like this!" She shouted. Then his hand smacked her across the face. She stumbled back.
"No!" I shout without thinking.
"No? No?! What can you do? You cant even hold your quirk for an hour!" He said.
"They shouldn't be able to at 8" my mother shouted.
"And?! It's up to me what they can and can't do!" He shouted back. I started to cry again. Shoto shuffled over to me and hugged me. He was crying silently as well.
"Look, get out or they get it" he said, he showed no emotion on his face but his voice said it all. Anger. I could see the panic on my mothers face and she got up, hugged us and left the room.
"Right, since you couldn't do that let's try something more simple!!" He shouted. We nodded.
"Keep destroying this" he said while bringing out a small wall. This seemed better but I was wrong. The wall was made of Titanium. It couldn't be destroyed with ice and that meant I had to use my fire. Me and Shoto shot fire at it endlessly while my father watched us for signs of weakness. I went on forever and the pain in my back was hurting again. I ignored it. It got worse and worse but I knew I couldn't scream because my mother would come into the room again, and she would be punished for that. I could see Shoto wasn't in as much pain as I was which was strange. Lucky. Or maybe he was just good at hiding it? Then I finally began to melt the metal, after that it was quicker than it had been before, soon we had a melted wall on the floor.
"Well done, you did that in just under 2 hours." My father said.
"You can have a break now" he said. I breathed a sigh of relief. I ran out of the room and saw my siblings playing in the courtyard.
"Can I go and play?" I ask.
"No" my father said as he walked away.
I waved at my siblings sadly and they smiled back at me.
"Hi Reina! Hi Shoto!" Fuyumi said while throwing a ball at Natsuo.
"Hi Fuyumi" me and Shoto said. Then our mother came flying out of the room next door to our training room and hugged us.
"Are you two ok?" She asked.
"Yeah" Shoto said.
"Kind of?" I answer.
"Come here" she said and beckoned us into the room, it was another living room.
"What's up?" She asked.
"My back and shoulder really burns" I said and she looked horrified.
"What?" I ask and she turned me around and lifted my shirt.
"Ahh! Mum stop! That hurts" I exclaim and she stopped.
"It seems you have been burned, badly" she said.
"Why? Her fire shouldn't affect her, it doesn't affect me" Shoto said.
"Shoto darling, You have your fathers skin, aka your skin is fire resistant but it seem Reina has my skin which is sensitive to fire, so she must be careful with her fire" mum said.
"Will they turn into scars mum?" I ask.
"If you keep using your fire today and tomorrow which you might then yes" she answered.
"Wow, will dad let me not use my fire for a few days?" I ask.
"I doubt it Reina, I'm so sorry" she said while hugging me.
"Now, let's get you some food, you may be starving" she says and we both nod excitedly.
"How about, Soba?" Mum asks.
"Yes!" Me and Shoto both shout.
Mum chuckles and starts preparing the soba.
"Thank you mum" I say as she sets the bowls down and we start to eat.
At the end of the day we eat dinner.
"So, Reina and Shoto, how are you today?" Fuyumi asks.
"I'm alright" I say and Shoto nods.
"You?" I ask.
"I'm good" she answers. This feels very strained.
"You two, it's late, get to bed" Father says and me and Shoto get up to go to bed. My mother follows us to kiss us goodnight.
"Into your pyjamas and brush your teeth ok?" Mum says while picking up a few things off of the floor. We get our pyjamas on and brush our teeth then climb into bed.
"Oh Reina come here please" mum says. I get out of bed and go over to her and she starts to gently freeze where my burns were.
"This should help ok?" She says and I nod. It does feel better. Mum kisses us and then says "I love you" while switching the light off and walking out of the room.
The next day was hard. Dad went even harder on us with the training and even burned me when I stopped. It was horrible. I did so much I was sick. I was sick everywhere.
"What the fuck!? You're pathetic!" He shouted. I was so scared. He then stormed out of the room coz he had hero business that day and I was so relieved. I laid there on the floor crying while Shoto ran to get mum. She ran into the room and picked me up.
"Oh you poor thing, don't worry, dad is working a 30 hour shift now so he want be back till tomorrow night. You both can have a little rest" she says and she leads us out of the room.
"Mum, can I go play with fuyumi, Natsuo and Touya?" Shoto asks.
"Yes! Why not?" Mum answers and Shoto runs off to find our siblings. Me and mum follow him and we sit on the sofa while they play. I sleep peacefully that night, something I haven't done in a long time. I don't wake up at all in the night which is unusual because I usually have nightmares. I didn't complain though.