IT'S BEEN A WHILE HASN'T IT? I'M REALLY SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE, IT'S JUST THAT A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENEING IN MY LIFE LATELY, SO I'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY BUSY… SO AS A TOKEN OF MY APOLOGY, I AM DOING A TRIPLE UPDATE! :D
I DON'T OWN BNHA, ALL RIGHTS/CREDIT/AWESOMENESS GO TO HORIKOSHI!
MY RESOLVE STILL STANDS
Shouto's eyes wandered tirelessly around the room, he internally grimaced at the dents on the wall, the scorch marks on the ground, and the old traditional Japanese flooring that was slowly starting to peel off most likely from his dad's stupid tantrums. Now that he thought about it, this was the same room where his dad used to beat the crap out of him on a daily basis, making him making him spill out the contents of his lunch on the floor before it had a chance to settle in his stomach, and then his mom would come and defend him of course… but things would still go south from there.
'It's been so long…' the fire/ice hero thought to himself, while he unconsciously patted the empty space next to him. Over the years he had started too miss the warmth and comfort of his traditional Japanese—styled family home. He moved out some months after he became a pro and then he started living with Momo. At first, he wasn't too comfortable with the classy, modern style of Momo's house, so Momo decided to remodel their bedroom into a Japanese traditional-styled room after they got married. Shouto's eyes continued to wander the room until they locked on his fathers' for a split second and then continued to roam around the room again.
"Will you stop that!" his voice boomed loudly.
Shouto gave his father a plain look. Enji Todoroki had an immense scowl on his face, the years were really catching up to him; some wrinkles were present on his face; mostly around his forehead and laugh lines around mouth (probably because of his constant eminent scowl), his hair was a little pale, and he no longer used his quirk on his face, so his signature flaming beard and mustache were gone. Enji had retired some time after Shouto had graduated from U.A, that way he would take over the Endeavour hero agency, Enji had continued to persuade Shouto but he wouldn't budge.
"Stop what?" Shouto asked dryly earning an even deeper scowl from his father.
"You're behavior has been nothing but disgraceful Shouto"
"Is that so?"
Enji slammed his fist on the little table that sat in between them. "Don't give me that stupid attitude! Why haven't you impregnated her yet? You married a girl with a strong and promising quirk, but yet you have no child?!"
"We're going at our own pace…" Shouto replied sternly.
"Don't be ridiculous! I even allowed you to date her so you could marry her, there's no point in marrying a woman if you're not going to have a child! If you have a child with a combination of your fire and ice and your wife's creation, then the child will be unstoppable when properly trained and fit to be the number one hero!"
Shouto sighed in annoyance. "I can't believe your already planning on making a tool out your grandchild… as expected of my shitty father"
Enji had been a pain in the ass since the day he found out Shouto and Momo were dating, he immediately forced Shouto to marry her but of course he refused. Shouto honestly wondered how the news of his and Momo's relationship reached his father, he only ever told his mom and his close friends, but then after his father found out, it had somehow spread to the entire country.
Shouto knew his father only slightly acknowledged Momo because of her quirk and family line, and nothing else, and if she had all those good traits then she would be perfect for a quirk based marriage according to Enji, and that was the main reason why Shouto didn't want him meddling in their relationship.
"The main purpose of quirk based marriages is to create perfect offsp—"
Shouto glared at Enji, the whole topic of 'quirk based marriages' always pissed him off, because it reminded him of his mother's suffering. "I didn't marry her for her quirk like the way you married mom, I married her because I love her" he looked at him straight in the eye, making Enji glare in return, the two glared at each other for about a minute or so.
"Don't think you can control me, I'll have a child when I'm ready, and I will not submit my child to you" he said folding his arms.
Enji's scowl stretched further across his face. "You're just a pathetic piece of garbage Shouto, you've been like this for years! You have never been able to live up to my expectations! First you allowed that child who used to recklessly break his bones like nobody's business, to surpass All Might, and then you go around with the pitiful title as the 'third ranked hero'! I give you the opportunity to boost your popularity by taking over my agency, and you refuse, yet you still work under that… 'Deku'!"
Enji spat out Deku's name venomously with so much disgust and hatred, which made Shouto shoot a glare at him. He took a deep breath and let his face soften up. "There's nothing wrong with working in the same agency as the symbol of peace" Shouto said calmly.
"How can you say something so stupid?" the retired hero snarled, gripping on to the table tightly with a small fire in his palms, and causing the edge of the little table to char.
"A hero with so much potential and strength shouldn't be working under another hero, especially when they can easily get their own agency! Think about the amount of money you would be earning if you owned your own agency"
Shouto rolled his eyes. The money thing also pissed him off, a lot. "I'm aware of that, working in the Deku hero agency is enjoyable for me, so I'm going to have a hard time thinking about taking over your agency, I need to support Momo as her husband financially anyway, even though she doesn't actually need support from me"
Enji smirked at him and folded his arms. "You obviously can't handle working under the symbol of peace forever… because you'll never have sufficient funds"
"Actually I get paid pretty we—"
"Don't be stupid! You better get your act together as soon as possible! A hero like you, with so much potential, the fact that you're working under someone else is just so pathetic"
Shouto sighed. "I feel like this conversation is starting all over again" he stood up and stretched a bit. "I've said what I wanted to say and heard your useless opinions so I'll be leaving now"
"I want my grandchild!" Enji retorted. Shouto gave him one last obnoxious smirk before walking out through the door. "My resolve still stands dad… but don't worry, I'm done with all that disavowal shit, I will never be under your control again, not like how I was when I was a kid… get that into your thick skull" and with that final word, he walked out of the room.
"Quit worrying Momo-chan!" Fuyumi Todoroki beamed; she held Momo's hand and gave them a tight squeeze. The two of them sat down on the floor in the Todoroki households' family room. Momo had been worried ever since Shouto got a call from his father in the morning, because it was obvious that Enji wanted Shouto to come over so he could talk about their marriage.
Momo bit her bottom lip nervously, she just couldn't help but think that her and Shouto's marriage wasn't going to last, maybe Enji would finally be able to convince Shouto to get a divorce, and that made her feel very uneasy.
"I'm sorry… I'm just really worried right now… I'm not ready for a divorce—"
"Who said anything about a divorce?!" Fuyumi said cutting her off. "listen Momo-chan, I think I know my little brother well enough to see that he's crazy in love with you, so get rid of all those negative thoughts from your head and just ignore whatever my dad says alright?"
Momo nodded, Fuyumi smiled and let go of her hands. Shouto slowly walked into the family room, a small smile etched on his face when his eyes fell on the woman he adored and called his wife.
"Are you guys done with your womanly heart-to-heart?" he asked.
Fuyumi smiled at him, and Momo gave him a nervous glance.
"Hey Shouto, how'd it go?" Fuyumi asked. Shouto scratched the back of his head "it was pretty stupid more or less, it was just about the same old crap he's spewing out for months now, about having a child and becoming the top hero"
Fuyumi chuckled nervously. "Is that so, well there's nothing else I'd expect from our father… you're leaving now right?"
"Yeah…" Shouto stretched out his hand to help Momo off the floor. "I'll see you later sis"
"Alright, take care!" Fuyumi waved.
Shouto held Momo's hand as the two walked outside, he noticed the distressed look on her face, wrapped his arm around her shoulder, letting go of her hand.
"What's wrong?"
"…Shouto… are you okay with this?" she asked. "I know your father doesn't think much of me… so are you okay defying him like that?"
"babe, my dad isn't the boss of me, just because my dad wants a grandchild that will surpass Deku, doesn't mean I'll give him one… we'll have one whenever you're ready okay?" he gave her a small smile.
"Shouto…" Momo purred softly. "C'mere you" Shouto pulled her closer to him and cupped her chin, kissing her softly; Momo wrapped her arms around his neck. Shouto mentally smirked because he knew his dad was watching from afar.
"Come on let's go home I'm starving" Shouto said. Momo clutched on to his arm and rested her head on his shoulder as the two of them walked away together.
"Okay"
END
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