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Blazing RedSkys from Quotev: Deku and Shoto definitely need to remember that Frostbite isn't exactly a normal kid, but everyone makes mistakes!
And using her Quirk is definitely more instinctual and used out of fear at this point.
YES ALL THE BONDING!
Frostbite never learned how to read or write so she is very curious; as a normal kid should be! As for becoming an avid reader, she'll definitely enjoy it, but she won't be as absorbed as Kaneki or Hinami are.
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Frostbite watched in horror as flames exploded from her mouth, shredding through her minds image of O'Malley and engulfing the room. She screamed but clamped her mouth shut, stopping the fire. She had done it hadn't she? Had she killed them? Scrambling back on her hands and feet, her back bumped into a wall.
The fire was almost immediately put out as shards of ice erupted from the floor and extinguished the flames. Shoto had frost spiraling up his arm, onto his face and into his hair. Deku had launched himself above the flames reach, signature green lightning crackling around his body.
He landed carefully, eyes wide as he looked at Frostbite. Slowly he started towards her and she covered her face.
"Sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! I won't do it again I promise! I'm sorry!" She babbled over and over again as he got closer, he didn't say anything as he knelt in front of her.
"I'm sorry! I won't do it again! I promise-"
"Frostbite it's okay." Deku cut her off and she peeked through her fingers. He didn't seem hurt, not even singed.
"We aren't hurt, a little surprised maybe, but not hurt." He said, raising a hand and she flinched away, covering her face with her hands.
His hand settled on her hair and ruffled the strands back and forth in a comforting matter. She looked up again and he gave a gentle smile.
"I'm fine see? No harm done." he said and held out his arms to show he indeed had no injuries.
"Y-you aren't gonna hit me?" She whispered and the smile was wiped off his face in an instant, she saw Shoto approaching slowly behind Deku.
"Frostbite I would never hit you. Ever." Deku whispered, now looking sad.
"B-bu-but I was bad wasn't I? O'Malley always hit me when I was bad..." Her voice wobbled, something O'Malley would hit her for if she spoke like that to him.
"No, you were just scared. It's fine really, that's why we came here. Because this room can stand the heat." Deku said softly and she looked to see that the fire hadn't even damaged the walls. He continued,
"We aren't O'Malley, we will never hurt you. I promise."
Shoto knelt down beside Deku and Frostbite recoiled, worried that he would hit her if Deku didn't.
"I'm sorry Frostbite, we didn't take into consideration your fears and made you do something that scared you. I'm sorry, it won't happen again. How about we end training for today and start again tomorrow?" Frostbite looked back and forth between Deku and Shoto and hesitantly nodded.
Frostbite held Deku's hand tightly as they left the agency and headed back to Shoto's home. She kept close, kissing his heels with her shoes as she trailed slightly behind him. If he noticed the near stepping on of his shoes he didn't mention it. He looked back at her frequently as if to check if she was still there and still okay. They made it back in silence and as soon as they entered, Frostbite kicked off her shoes and sprinted to the bedroom she and Deku shared. She briefly heard Creati ask what was wrong and Deku sigh, but she quickly slammed the door shut and blocked out any further talking.
She clambered into the wardrobe that Deku used to hold his clothes and hid among the hung shirts in the back left corner. Wrapping her arms around her knees, she buried her face in them and simply sat there. It felt like forever when she heard the door click open and someone come in. She tightened her hold as the person seemed to search the room, looking for her. Was it Deku? No it couldn't be, he always seemed to find her no matter where she was where she hid. Who was it.
The wardrobe door cracked open and light filtered in. It was Shoto, his eyes found her quickly among the shirts and he had an apologetic look on his face.
"Frostbite? Do you want to come out?" He asked softly and she shook her head,
"No." She mumbled and he nodded,
"Alright then, can I sit with you?" He asked and after a moment of hesitation, she nodded. He sat on the edge of the closet and moved the hung shirts out of the way, then scooted until his back hit the back of the wardrobe like her. His feet stuck out of the wardrobe so he bent his knees and sat similarly to her though he was much more relaxed. His arms rested on top of his knees and not around them.
The two of them didn't say a word, the silence feeling almost muffled by the clothing that had been moved to the side.
"I'm sorry," Shoto said abruptly, "For making you do something you didn't want to do. It was never our intention to scare you." Frostbite shrugged at that,
"S'okay." Was all she said and Shoto shook his head,
"It's not. We are making you do things you don't want like attacking someone. That can be scarring. I should know, I had a similar childhood growing up." Frostbite looked up at him in confusion. Similar childhood? What did he mean?
Shoto noticed her confusion and gave a small smile,
"Not exactly the same. My father was the Flame Hero Endeavor, he was number two behind the hero All Might. It didn't sit well with him so he set out to create a successor. He and my mother had my older brothers Touya and Natsuo and my older sister Fuyumi. I was his prodigy." Shoto's fists tightened momentarily and Frostbite's eyes widened as he told her about his childhood.
Tentatively she scooted closer to him, he was more similar to her than he thought. She reached up slowly and pressed her fingertips to the scar that adorned the left side of his face. It was warm to the touch and felt rough, almost leather-like. The dual hair colored man chuckled,
"Kind of a nasty scar huh?" He asked and Frostbite shook her head,
"Mm mm."
He was quiet after that and Frostbite was more than happy to just sit in silence. After hearing his story, she decided she liked Shoto. That and she liked him cause his left side was always warm. It was a few moments before she poked his shoulder to get his attention, when he looked at her, she pointed to him and then her,
"Friend?" She asked, testing a word she had heard Deku use countless times. She knew it was like a companion and someone you liked being around. Shoto blinked a couple times before nodding,
"Sure, I'll be your friend."
Frostbite held Shoto's hand as he helped her out of the wardrobe and walked with her back into the living room. Deku was sitting on the couch, reading something in a magazine. He looked up when she came out and gave a gentle smile.
"Do you feel better now?" He asked and she nodded, letting go of Shoto's hand to scamper over to Deku and climb onto the couch next to him. She scooted closer until her side was pressed against his and pointed to Shoto and then herself,
"He's my friend!" She said and Deku's smile widened,
"That's great Frostbite!"
Slowly, hesitantly, she pointed to Deku and then frowned,
"Can you be my friend?" She asked quietly, unsure if he was mad at her from earlier. To her surprise, his smile widened even more and she swore his eyes were gossy,
"Of course Frostbite, I'll always be your friend!"
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Frostbite held Deku's hand as they walked back through Shoto's agency the next day. Shoto had gone on ahead, this time with Creati, saying he had a way to help her train without hurting anyone. Frostbite ducked her head as Deku waved to the receptionist and the two of them headed down the hall towards the training room.
Inside was as they had left it with a few added pieces. Model dummies stood in various places throughout the room and Creati was talking with Shoto about something.
"Ah, so this was what you meant!" Deku called and the two of them turned with smiles, both with varying degrees of joy. That was something Frostbite noticed about the couple. Creati was more expressive and jubilant, especially when it had to do with something she liked. Shoto was more subdued, content to watch and observe, but he was gentler around Creati, like he was afraid of hurting her. They complimented each other.
"It was Shoto's idea, I just helped make it." Creati commented and Deku allowed Frostbite to lead the way into the room.
"We decided having something that was obviously not a person would be better to train against than an actual human. Is this okay Frostbite? You wouldn't be hurting anyone." Shoto explained and Frostbite inspected the dummies, they didn't look anything like a human or person. If anything they looked like rectangular shapes with a vaguely humanoid head and shoulders attached. Some were ice and some were made of wood or leather. Satisfied she wouldn't be hurting anyone, she gave a confident nod.
Deku stood right behind her as she listened to Creati explain the exercise. She would just be trying to destroy as many dummies as possible; even if it was just one. Frostbite nodded hesitantly and the woman stepped off to the side. Frostbite studied the dummies, she knew that just expelling gas and igniting it would cause the same reaction as yesterday and she didn't want to hurt anyone. She snapped her fingers experimentally, sparks lighting and falling to the floor as she did so.
Finally she pursed her lips and came to a decision. She inhaled deeply, feeling gas start to seep into the back of her throat. She brought her fingers in front of her lips and blew the gas out in a condensed, steady stream. Snapping her fingers, she ignited the stream and breathed fire in a semi-controlled, semi-condensed plum that consumed the dummies.
Stopping the fire, she waited for the flames to die down. A smile stretched across her face as she saw that she had lit the leather dummies on fire and half melted the ice. Spinning around, she came face to face with Creati's happy clapping, Shoto's small smile; and what made her feel almost giddy with happiness, Deku's proud grin.
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