Haven ➵ 𝑠. 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑖

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ sᴇᴠᴇɴᴛᴇᴇɴ

"SHOTO" y/n shouted, grasping on to the railing.
As the smoke dissipated, everyone saw Shoto's body lying on a mass of ice behind him, unconscious.

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"IT'S TIME FOR THE AWARD GIVING CEREMONY" Present Mic announced as All Might jumped in to the stadium.

"My my my. This has been quite the journey, we haven't seen such exciting fights in a long time" the number one pro hero said, his usual smile pretty much engraved in to his features. He stood proudly in front of the three students on the podium as the crowd went wild with clapping and shouting at his appearance.
Y/n stood in third position, a small smile on her face. She heard growling to her right and looked up at Bakugo, sweatdropping. He had been tied up due to his anger in winning first place with Todoroki not giving it his all.

"In third place we have: Y/n L/n" All Might announced, loud clapping coming from the audience as the pro hero made his way to the bandaged girl.
He looked her up and down before putting the bronze medal over her head and carefully placing it on her.

"You did amazing young L/n, you got very far. I am proud of the path you are taking" he grinned. He gave her a brief hug before moving on to Shoto.
Y/n looked down at the medal on her chest and softly took it in her hand, rubbing her thumb over the front of it. She had spaced out during the rest of the award ceremony.

If I can even continue on this path...

Once that was over, the rest of the class 1-A ran up to their classmates, congratulating them.
Kirishima walked over to Y/n with Izuku by his side, their faces read concerned all over them.

"Are you ok?" Kirishima asked worried. Izuku watched his best friend as she stood quietly in front of them. There definitely was something wrong.
She nodded her head to answer and walked past them. Kirishima looked down at Izuku and furrowed his eyebrows.

Shoto quietly watched from a distance, surrounded by most of the class as they congratulated him.
He gave the group a general thank you and mindlessly followed her.

"Y/n, wait" he said, reaching his hand out and grabbing her arm. They were in the waiting room the class had at the beginning of the day.
Y/n stopped walking and turned to Shoto, a small smile on her face.

"Hey" she whispered.

"What did he mean?" Shoto asked. His gaze searching hers for some kind of answer. Y/n looked down at the ground, unsure of what to say.

"What did Bakugo mean? When he said I may have taken your dream away" he asked again, his fingers digging slightly in to her arm.
Y/n lifted her left hand up slowly and pointed at him. She activated her quirk, but nothing happened. Nothing came out of her fingers.

"You burnt them" she whispered, taking a few steps back.
Todoroki's eyes were blank for a second, processing the information.
He let go of her arm and took a few steps back himself.

"No no no" he whispered to himself, his hand covering the left side of his face.

"Wait Shoto. It's not your fault. I spurred you on" she said.

It was true, she had told him she could handle it. She was the one, together with Izuku, who had pretty much annoyed him in to using his full potential.
She reached her arm out to take his hand away from his face. As her fingers brushed the back of his hand, he flinched, moving another step back.

"I'm just like him" he whispered to himself, his stare empty.
He could almost feel his legs buckle under him as he grabbed on to the table with his other hand.

I'm just like my father. I should have never listened to them. This was a mistake-

He was interrupted by Y/n, smacking his face. His eyes slowly turned up to look at her, his right cheek turning red.