The past few days felt like a strange acid trip. Like the world had split in half and flipped upside down. Nothing was making sense. Society wasn't sure if their opinions were the right ones. If their thoughts fell into the moral code that was built for them.

After the identity of Dabi was released, people had to pick a side. Arrest the villain or try to save him due to speculations and theories of abuse that were made by the public.

Endeavor looked out the window of the hospital building. Down below were protests. People arguing that this fiend of a man shouldn't get special treatment because of his newly known last name. And others saying to hear out his side. They didn't want to believe that the #1 hero was a bad man behind closed doors, but if that was the case. Then his son shouldn't be held completely responsible for the actions that were influenced by years of torment.

The #1 hero sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as he walked back to his sons recovery room after his third operation. Touya had been resting for a few hours and Endeavor figured he'd be awake by now.

When he walked into the room he saw his son staring out the window as well. Societies faith and morals were crumbling.

"If they're too loud for you, I can get the police to escort them off the property." he said, placing a glass of water on a table beside the hospital bed.

"It doesn't bug me. I'm used to being around constant screaming." he sat down on the soft chair that was pressed up against the wall. A soft grunt escaping his lips as the pressure in his chest enhanced.

"You shouldn't be moving around. You need to rest."

"Since when did you become some caring, Enji?"

"I already told you that I was-"

"Save it. I don't need your apologies." he rested his chin onto his palm, looking away from his father. "Just go."

Endeavor looked down. He never imagined that all his douche bagery would come back around to bite him in the ass. He fucked up big time. No matter how much money he could throw at people to buy their silence, this wasn't going away. He had to face this head on.

"What do you want me to do, Touya?"

"Drop dead."

"I know that you're like this because of me but don't try and make it seem as if I forced your hand to kill so many innocent people!"

Touya's teal eyes glared at his father. He struggled to press himself up as he weakly stomped towards his father. "You're so blind! This is bigger than me!" he pointed towards the window that was above the arguing people below. "This is bigger than you! Society is in shambles because they don't know who to trust! They don't know the difference between good and bad anymore! Life isn't as black and white as you so called hero's try to make it seem! Now... They're all lost. Rightfully so."

Endeavor's eyes widened, "This was your plan? Not to only tarnish my reputation but to still carry out the hero killers ideology?"

"It's called killing 2 birds with 1 stone."

"Well you got what you wanted. I hope you're pleased with yourself." Endeavor turned on his heels to leave the room.

"Let me ask you something, Enji." he stopped, holding his hand still on the door knob. "Do you think I really wanted to turn out like this? That I'm proud of what I've become?" Endeavor didn't move a muscle. "You probably forgot about how much I talked about wanting to be a hero. To be strong and fearless like you. But all you did was ignore me. No. You replaced me."

Touya didn't have the strength to be angry right now. He just needed to get the rest of his feelings out there to lift the weight off of his chest.

He chuckled weakly, "The thought of me wanting to be a hero like you makes me want to vomit now. But that's what I wanted when I was younger." The reason why Endeavor couldn't turn around was because he couldn't look his son in the eyes without wanting to crumble under the pressure of guilt and regret. "People take one look at me and think I'm nothing more than a psychotic monster. They see my scars and are immediately scared of me. And you know what? Until the other day, nobody ever even thought about questioning why I look like this. Or why I do the things I do. I've never been asked about what was the root of my hatred towards hero's and society. Everyone just assumes I was born this way." Touya looked out towards the window once more. "But you know the truth."

A bead of sweat dripped down the side of Endeavors face. He may have sounded calm, but in his own way. Touya was screaming for help. With a deep sigh, Endeavor twisted the doorknob and exited the room without speaking another word.

In the parking lot and across the street of the hospital were several news stations salivating at the mouth to get a juicy story. The only problem was that no doctors, police or Endeavor were coming out the building to bring any answers to the news outlets. But when you're that eager for a news story you will wait and wait until you get answers.

"We are here outside at the Musutafu Hospital where citizens have gathered, protesting on the fate of Touya Todoroki and demanding to know the truth behind what seems to be an internal family conflict."

"Excuse me, sir." a reporter found a random protester, shoving the mic in the young man's face. "May I ask you how you feel about the #1 hero's son being a member of the infamous League of Villains?"

"Blood or not. He should be held accountable for his crimes. What kind of society would this be if we suddenly let criminals get a free pass because of who they're related to? If you ask me, Endeavor should be stripped of the #1 Hero title. He's the father of a murderer for crying out loud!"

A woman shoved her way to come face to face with the man getting interviewed. "Don't you dare put the blame on Endeavor! Since when was it okay to damn people because of who they're related to? It's not his fault that his son turned out the way he did."

"Do you know the whole story?!" the camera panned over to a teen girl holding a sign that read #JusticeForTouya "Have you seen the same videos as I have of the encounter. Endeavor showed no remorse and tried killing his son. He hit him like he's done it before. You can tell that man is a victim of abuse! You know as well as I do that Endeavor isn't the nicest "hero" this society has to offer. You've seen how he treats his fans. I could only imagine how awful of a father he is behind closed doors. That man only cares about himself and his position. And the fat paycheck that goes into his pocket."

A man scoffed, "You villain apologists will say anything to try and rebel against society. There's nothing wrong with the way we live! There's good and evil everywhere and the good always prevails in the end. Not everyone has a sob story. Some people are just down right evil like Stain and they deserve to be taken down!"

"Nobody does these things for no reason! I know what someone struggling with these issues looks like because I've been through it! I know what it's like to feel unwanted because hero work seems more important than raising a child! I didn't go out committing crimes because I had others who cared for me and helped me through my pain. But not everyone is that fortunate. Until we know everything, I will continue to show my support for Touya Todoroki because in my heart I believe he isn't truly evil!"

"As you can see, citizens are beginning to get heated by the situation. Everyone believes they know what should happen to Touya Todoroki and if Endeavor should be held accountable for having a rouge child. But who knows the whole story? Not the citizens. Not us. We as a society deserve answers."

Touya stared blankly at the TV. Some people understood his pain because they've lived it. Maybe not as excruciating as his life but still. Pain is pain. He wasn't the type of person to go out a give a speech. Or tell some sob story. To be honest, he didn't care what anybody else thought about him.

He wanted his father to know that he was the cause if his madness. Yes, Touya knew that the decisions he made along the line were his own and nobody else's but there's always a reason behind someone going down a dark path in life. The abuse was his reason. It was no excuse but in his aching heart, he felt that everything he did up to this point served a purpose. Right? He questioned to himself.

Was the turmoil of his childhood a legitimate reason to hurt and kill innocent people without feeling anything after? Just because he wanted his father to feel the pain he felt. For society to feel lost like how he did for many years.

Touya shook the thoughts out of his head and started searching for the remote to switch off the station. "Dammit. I know I set it down somewhere."

"Look!" a voice coming from the TV shouted. "It's Endeavor!"

Touya jerked his head around towards the screen. There his father was, walking briskly towards the sea of people with their signs and cameras.

News casters pushed their way to the front of the crowd, shoving their mics in Endeavor's face, shouting questions all at once that were being drowned out by the loud chatter of everyone else.

He breathed in deeply and sighed. The crowd simmered down, realizing that he wasn't going to talk until everyone was quiet.

Touya leaned in closer towards the TV. He was anxious to find out what his monster of a father was planning on saying.

He cleared his throat before he began. "There's been a lot of talk these past few days. Questions about me and my son Touya. About my whole family really." Endeavor swallowed the lump in his throat. There was no going back now. "As the new symbol of peace, it is my duty to make sure that everyone is as safe and secure as possible. A hero should protect and provide hope for others." his fists clenched tightly. "And I haven't done that."

Murmurs filled the area.

"I'm not a protector like All Might. I'll never be able to fill his shoes. It's damn near impossible. He's a genuinely caring human being who will lay his life on the line. Quirk or none. While I'm... I'm-" he stuttered, trying to find the right words to express what was going on in his head.

A reporter gained enough courage to ask, "What are you trying to say, Endeavor?"

"What I'm trying to say is, I'm not the person you all see me as. A real hero should be somebody who protects and encourages people to live up to their full potential no matter the case. Not... Shun and hurt their family for not living up to theirs..."

"Endeavor, are you admitting to harming your family?" a mic was held up towards him once again for the world to hear.

He looked down. Clenching his jaw tightly as if his body was trying to instinctively force him into not coming clean. "Touya didn't join the League of Villains for the sole purpose of following through with the Hero Killers ideology. He walked down this path because I set him on it. I take full responsibility for everything he's done. If I would have never neglected and abused him as a child. Forcing him to run away when he was a teenager then we wouldn't be standing here right now. Villains don't appear out of thin air. They're created. And I'm the one who's responsible for Dabi."

Endeavor then turned slowly on his heels and walked back inside. Leaving society with even more questions, but no one with the courage to ask them out loud.

Is the #1 hero no more?