All for One leisurely walked towards the big and burly man who was standing at the far side of the room. From the distance, he could see the man's bright red hair and red beard adorning his head and face. All key characteristics to the leader of the Todoroki family, Enji Todoroki. Though everyone called him by his alias, Endeavor.

"I would like to propose a deal for you, Endeavor." All for One spoke out to him, composed and calm.

"What is it?" Endeavor asked in a bemused voice, his back turned towards All for One and his arms crossed in front of his chest.

"I will capture and bring your son back to you, alive, in exchange for the rose pendant." All for One clearly stated.

"Pendant?"

"You know exactly the pendant I'm talking about, Endeavor."

Endeavor had a small smirk play across his lips, turning around towards All for One. "I couldn't give the pendant to you even if I wanted to. I don't have it. Why would you want it anyway? It's just a piece of jewelry made from a black rose. I wouldn't peg you as the type to be so interested in it."

"If you don't have it, then who does?" All for One replied, adding on "And it's none of your concern why I want to possess it."

Endeavor clicked his tongue slightly from the other's lack of explanation, but gave his response anyway. "I gave it to my son to watch over. You can have it after you bring him back here to me,"

All for One grinned in response to his words, the menacing aura seeping through his lips and seeming to spread across the whole room.

"We have ourselves a deal then."

"My family is well known by everyone in the underground thieves along with the military within the kingdom, even with the royals themselves. We have a reputation for being exceptional thieves and a lot of people come to us to either steal from our target or to carry out other tasks.

My father is the one who's currently in charge of the whole operation, taking in other thieves and training them to become part of our band of thieves even though they weren't part of our family. They're like honorary members. My dad is a very confident and stuck up person who only really cares about his image, so he had his children become part of his legacy as well. Well...at least that's what the goal was.

He married my mom, who was part of another thief ring just for the purpose to have children. Including me, he has a total of four children. My two older brothers and my older sister. To my Dad, they didn't retain any of the skills that he was teaching them perfectly. 'They didn't get my genes' he says. But, because of my hair my father automatically assumed that I was perfect and he was partly right. For some reason I retained more of his knowledge for thievery and combat than my siblings did…So I became his trophy son.

He basically disowned my other siblings and focused on me, training me in his image to become his perfect son...Sometimes I think that it's my fault my siblings get treated like that, because I was so 'perfect' and I could learn new skills so easily...I hate everything my father had taught me, I wish I could just forget it all."

Izuku and Shouto sat in a heavy silence for the surrounding seconds, Shouto looking off to the side while Izuku looked a him with shock. It was interesting how Shouto came from a family full of thieves, but that didn't scare him in the slightest. If anything, Shouto's honesty made Izuku grow more fond of him.

The green haired boy reached and grabbed the other's hand, enveloping it in both of his own as he looked up at the person who was sitting right in front of him. "Well…" He began to speak nervously "I've been cooped up my whole life, so excuse me if I say something completely wrong but...it's yours isn't it? It's your own abilities and skills, no one else's. It doesn't matter if you got most of them from your father, because they're your own now. You shouldn't be a prisoner of your lineage,"

"Don't be a prisoner of your lineage, my son,"

Shouto widened his eyes at Izuku's words, the reasoning Izuku had piercing through his mental barrier surrounding the subject. Shouto spoke out softly "That still doesn't change the fact he's my father and I'm required to work under him,"

"Then just refuse to do anything for him," Izuku responded with a smile solution.

"I can't do that...If I do that then my siblings and my mother would be in danger and susceptible to his anger and his power...there's no telling what could happen." Shouto retorted with a counter argument

"Well, then protect them," Izuku started suggesting "Protect them using the skills and the power you have. You're amazing, so I think you'd be able to do it." Izuku didn't notice he said the last part until a couple seconds after it came out of his lips. A blush spread across his cheeks before he glanced away from Shouto, avoiding eye contact while pulling his hands away.

Shouto felt his cheeks heat up slightly from Izuku's compliment, truly flattered by it. His words also seemed to seep deep into his head to, almost inspiring him now to do something about his situation. He saw Izuku flustered by his words, so he decided to comfort the other. He reached forward and wrapped his arms around Izuku gently, a small smile playing on his lips while he mumbled a soft "Thank you, Izuku…"

Izuku felt himself blushing even more from the contact, but quickly calmed down and relaxed from how warm and comforting Shouto seemed to be. He leaned into the hug, wrapping his arms around Shouto in return and replying back with a small. "Y...You're welcome"

The two pulled away from the hug looking at each other in the eyes, rather close to each other for a couple seconds before the two boys realized their closeness. They both pulled away, embarrassed with a small bush tinting their cheeks.

Shouto then started stuttering out "F...Firewood," He stood up from his seat on the log "I'll get us some more firewood."

Izuku was broken out of his trance by Shouto's words, nodding at his statement "O-Okay!" He replied, looking up at him and smiling "B...Be safe." Shouto nodded, turning his back towards Izuku before heading into the forest. It was silent for a few seconds, besides the sounds of bugs and the crackling of the fire that was burning bright in front of Izuku. That is, until someone broke the silence.

"Finally. I thought he would never leave."

Izuku widened his eyes and turned around quickly to find the person he was least expecting to see standing right behind him.

"Father…"