The next day she came with Shota to school but he left her outside the class door to explain to everyone not to overwhelm her and that she doesn't have to do anywork and then he brings her in.
"Elly!" Mina shouts and to that Aizawa gave her a look which she mostly ignored. "We were so worried about you! Are you ok?"
Elly nods and then Iida says,
"On behalf of the class I would like to say that even though you cannot participate in anything it is still good to see you back Sora." He does his usual chopping the air motions.
Most of the class nods. And Todoroki gives her a genuine smile but he still looks concerned while the explosive blonde is on school suspension until further notice which means he's not there.
Elly nods as she's put at Shota's desk while his chair has gotten moved to better suit her.
"Alright, problem children." Shota starts. "As you all know at the end of this week me and-" He pauses, grinding his teeth and Todoroki does as well with a scowl on his face. "All Might," He continues trying not to sound too angry or lose his cool in front of his class. "will be coming to your houses to ask for your parent's permission to live in the dorms."
Elly notices Shota and Todoroki's anger and looks back and forth between the two while the class erupts in excited chatter except for Todoroki.
Aizawa lets them talk sense he planned on taking a nap anyhow but stays up a few more minutes incase he has any questions to answer. He already set an alarm so Elly knows when to go to Hound Dog.
"Uh, sir?" the green haired boy says, raising his hand.
Aizawa sighs. "Yes, Midoriya?"
"W-well what if our parents don't want us to live in the dorms?" He says quickly and nervously, still intimidated by his teacher.
"Then when the time comes we'll get to it. Now if you'll excuse me, have a nap to take." He says casually then, takes out his sleeping bag, gets in it, and lays down and makes sure the alarm is on before he sleeps.
Midoriya looks dumbfounded but Ochako (The girl with the anti-gravity quirk) pulls him outta his thoughts.
Seeing that neither of them have anyone to talk to her walks over and starts whisper-talking to her since Aizawa is so close to them.
"So." He starts. "Do you wanna talk about what happened last night? You don't have to b-" She interrupts him.
"I-it's f-fine…" Little did they know Shota isn't fully asleep. He's kinda surprised but mostly not that she'll tell him what happened.
"I-I don't want you to feel forced." Todoroki says, taken aback.
She nods. "I'm ok. But what happened last night?" She starts. "Last night I had a panic attack from PTSD (A/N: er fer yall who don't know Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.) …"
"I-i'm sorry I didn't-" She interrupts him again.
"Please don't be sorry you couldn't've known that sentence would've triggered me..
He nods.
"Th-that- That w-was the l-last-t th-thing-g my m-mom s-sa-id-d b-bef-fo-re th-the i-inc-ced-dent-t…" She says softly, her voice breaking, treats streaming down her face.
He walks around the desk careful to not trip over his teacher and bends down and hugs her as she sobs into him.
After a few seconds Todoroki says,
"I get it." She looks at him confused so he continues on. "Well not 100% but when I was younger Endeavor put my mother in a mental hospital." She looks at him shocked. "I visit her 2 times a month and actually before you got hurt I was gonna take you with me. Ya'know… since I won the challenge?"
She nods.
"And my brother died when I was around six."
"But I thought you lived with him?" She asks.
"No, that's Natsuo. I- I umm… Had an even older brother, he's older than Fuyumi by a bit. He umm died in an accident with is quirk… the only thing they found left of him was his lower jaw…"
She gasps and cries into him more. "I-i'm-m s-so-o s-so-orr-ry! O-of-f c-cou-r-rse I-i'll-l c-com-me w-wit-th y-yo-u!" She says into his shoulder which only he could hear but everyone hears her crying.
"What happened? Ribbit." Tsu speaks up first.
"As class rep-"
"It's personal." Todoroki says, interrupting with a deadpan tone with a look that says 'I'll kill all of you if you don't mind your own business.'
Everyone slowly hecticly turned back to what they were doing as Todoroki just let her sob into him more as he rubs her head.
Aizawa's alarm goes off. He grones and says, "Ugh! Why can't I ever get sleep?" Then he looks at his phone and says, "Oh, right." He turns off the alarm and gets up and gets out of the sleeping bag.
"Elly it's time." She nods. "Do you know the way?"
"N-no…"
"Where does she need to go? I'm sure I know." Todoroki says.
"Hound Dog." Aizawa whispers as to not attract anymore attention from the class.
"Oh, I have to go there after lunch. I can take her."
Aizawa nods and gives them both a pass.
"Why'd you give us both a pass?" Todoroki inquires.
"Because I know him, if your there he'll take you in at the same time."
"Hm." Is all Todoroki says, taking the passes and leaving.
As they go through the hallways he thinks to himself, "This is gonna be one long~ session."
They reach Hound Dog's office and Todoroki knocks 3 times. Once slow then fast then slow again.
"Come in!" Hound Dog says knowing it's Todoroki but wonders why he's early.
They go in and Hound Dog says, "Hello Todoroki." without looking up.
"It's not for me if your wondering." Todoroki says and Hound Dog looks up.
"Ah, yes. Elly Sora. Correct?"
She nods slowly.
"Ok good. Well Todoroki you mind's well stay. I know Aizawa's already predicted it so just hand me the passes and take a seat."
Todoroki does as told.
"Now who wants to go first?" He asks, looking at them.
They look at each other. Neither of them wanted to start.
"No one? Hmm… what about you go first Elly?" He asks gently.
She looks at him shyly. "U-umm…" She mumbles not knowing how to start.
"Would you like it if I started?" Hound Dog asks. She nods. "Well how about we start with why Aizawa sent you in specifically today?"
"W-well l-la-ast I-I h-had-d a-a p-pts-sd-d p-pan-nic-k a-att-a-ck…"
"Oh? Well, how are you doing today?" He says writing something down.
"U-umm i-i'm o-ok…?" She says not knowing how to respond. She looks to Shoto while Hound Dog writes something else.
Shoto smiles at her softly and gives her a small nod.
Ryo (hound dog's real name.) notices this but doesn't bring it up at least not right now. He looks back up and asks, "Do you mind telling me what happened before you had a panic attack?"
She quickly glances and Shoto then looks down with a flushed face. "I-I w-was o-on th-the ph-phon-ne w-with Sh-shot-to…"
He writes something else. "Go on, I'm listening." He says looking back up.
"W-well…" She looks at Todoroki and she doesn't want to make it seem like it was his fault and he can tell.
"It's fine. I know you don't blame me." Shoto whispers and she nods.
"I-it w-was-s f-fin-e a-and I w-as h-hap-py t-to c-cal-l h-hi-m 'c-cau-se I-I was ex-ci-it-ted."
"And why's that?" Ryo asks, not knowing that Shota actually plans to adopt her.
"W-well" she starts more confidently. "M-mr. Ai-aiza-wa i-is a-adop-ptin-g m-me!" She says excited and Todoroki smiles more. He loves seeing her confident and happy.
"Congratulations!" Ryo says, truly happy for the girl and co-worker that he has someone to be with. He writes something down.
"Th-thank yo-u!"
"Of course. But, how did your panic attack happen?"
Both Todoroki's smile and Elly's excitement fades.
She stutterly tells what happened starting with the phone call from the night before last when her ghost friend visited, to last night's panic attack all the while Ryo wrote things down.
"Hmm… how about you Shoto? How've you been doing?" Ryo asks checking up on the boy.
"Hmph." Shoto says. "Same old same old." He says monotonously which she doesn't like when he's like that, she likes it when he's happy and outgoing, and making her laugh.
"So what about your mother? Have you seen her recently?" Ryo asks.
"Actually we're going to visit her Sunday."
"Hm, that's nice. Tell her I say hello."
Todoroki nods.
After a while Hound Dog sent them off to lunch.
When they reach their usual table Elly asks hesitantly, "C-can you t-tell me m-more a-about y-our mom? S-she s-seem-ms m-mis-un-nders-stoo-d…"
He looks up at her from his cold soba, surprised. No one's ever truly wanted to know what his mom was like; they all just thought she was crazy and deserved to be in the mental hospital. No one's ever cared enough to ask… at least until now.
"I-if y-you do-on't wan-nt t-to…" She says taking in, his shock the wrong way.
"No, no! I-I do it's just your the first person who actually cares enough to not just assume my mother's crazy like everyone thinks…" He responds back melancholy.
She nods. Knowing what it's like to be misunderstood.
"Hm, well;" He says, closing his eyes, reminiscing.
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He had went on to explain his mother's looks and personality as well as how his siblings are much like her as well.
Elly had listened very intently as when he was done she said: "I can't wait to meet her." while smiling.
He nods. "She'd love you."
After school Shota and her had to go to the grocery store.
He just remembered he had to get something from the next aisle over.
"Hey Elly I'll be right back ok? I forgot the sauce for the katsudon. Can you get the white rice?" He requests.
"O-ok. H-how ma-ny b-bags?" She query's.
He thinks about it for a second then replies, "Two. There should be enough for lunch or leftovers tomorrow."
She nods and he heads off to the next aisle while she wheels over to the rice where a lady is. She scans the shelves looking for it when she finds it she wheels up to it and realizes she can't reach it although if she could stand she could get it.
"S-sum-mima-asen-n, o-ojōs-san?" She starts, (Sumimasen, ojōsan. Is supposed to mean ' Excuse me, miss '. I used google translate so if you c + p the english and use english to japanese that should show up.) "C-could-d y-you p-pass m-e th-that w-whit-te r-ric-ce?" She added.
"You dare speak to me?!" She KaReN started. And why are you speaking like that?! Do you have speech issues?!"
"N-no…" She responds.
"And where are your parents, little girl?!"
"M-my d-dad i-is i-in th-the ne-xt a-asi-ile o-ver." She says not pointing in any direction.
"Who's your dad kid?" She asks rudely.
"E-era-as-erh-he-ad-d…" She replies softly.
"HA!" Real funny little girl." The KaReN says, snarky. "You know you shouldn't lie." (A/N: TW.)
"I-I'm n-not-t m-mi-" She was interrupted by the woman slapping her on the face hard.
Elly raised a hand to her face and as soon or she touched it it stung more and she quickly withdrew her hand while crying.
"Don't talk back little girl!"
"I-I wa-" She had started but was soon interrupted by another slap on her right cheek again. She cried harder and knew in the back of her mind that it'll be a bruise later and that Todoroki will worry.
"HASN'T ANYONE TAUGHT YOU MANNERS?!" The KaReN was now yelling and slapped Elly again right as Shota was coming back.
He was looking down between two bottles and said, Elly I'm-" He paused looking up and was terrified of the scene before his eyes.
He ran to them and quickly set the bottles carelessly in the cart and bent down to Elly's level.
She was shaking with fear and hyperventilating her cheek was red and he could already see some purple forming on her face and her lip was bleeding from something unknown to him like the bruise on her cheek. His back was to the lady and he looked at her with anger filled eyes.
"Oh sir!" The woman started. "That little girl mocked and hit me!" Elly had a look of shock on her face.
Shota glanced at Elly then back at the KaRen and said, "Where's your proof because I don't see anything except for MY DAUGHTER," He emphasized his words. "With a bruising cheek, bloody lip, and looking scared and obviously hyperventilating!" His hair and scarf were starting to float.
Just then an employee came and asked, "Oh, dear! What's going on here, Aizawa-San?" She addresses him since he's a regular.
Before he could answer, The KaReN said, "I want to speak with you manager! That little girl harassed me!"
Aiuchi (A/N: The employee's name is Ichika Aiuchi. I did that in 1st name last nm format. So if you are confused, Aiuchi is her last name.) and Aizawa she gave an annoyed glance and they both thought, "Karen."
"I could get my boss but she won't be very happy.'' She said smirking at Shota and he smirked back they both already know how the manager handels KaReN's.
"Just get her already!" The KaReN demanded.
Aiuchi used her walkie talkie. "Boss, we have a code ' K '." She said. Her boss then said something that was unintelligible to everyone but her in the walkie talkie while Shota was calming Elly.
Shota just barely got Elly calm enough as Aiuchi said, "Follow me." They did.
When they got to the security room they saw the manager and she looked bored and unimpressed.
When the manager saw Elly her eyes widened. Elly was still nervous and the manager gave her some water. Elly had bowed to her, being too afraid to speak and thinks if she does she'll start crying again and won't stop.
"How about we just go ahead and watch the security footage? It'll be easier and faster." Shota said, his voice monotonous and bored.
Both Aiuchi and the manager nodded and the KaReN started to panic.
"U-uhhh, why would you need to do that it's obvious she harassed me!"
Everyone ignored her as the manager rewound until Shota and Elly came into the store.
When they finished watching the video Shota was seething so much and his face was so red from rage that someone hurt his daughter. He doesn't care about the fact he's still waiting for the adoption process to finish or that she's not blood related; he's still proud to call her his daughter. He loves her with all his heart and that will never change.
"YOU!" Shota yells, forgetting momentarily of Elly's fear of loud noises. He goes tocharge at her and Aiuchi holds him back.
"Whoa, whoa, woah! Easy Shota-kun!"
"LET. ME. GO. ICHIKA! I'll make her pay for hurting my daughter!"
Both she and the manager look shocked not knowing that he had a daughter.
Elly's wolf ears go down and back and her tail wraps around her midsection and she whimpers.
"Shota-kun you're scaring her!" Ichika says, noticing Elly's fear.
Shota looks at her and calms down a bit and mumbles, "Aw, man I forgot about her fear of loud noises." He looks to the employee to let him go, which she does as he walks over to Elly. Her head's down and her hair covers her eyes.
"Elly?" Shota says softly as he crutches in front of her and he grabs her chin gently to make her look at him.
She whimpers and recoils from his touch.
"I'm sorry." He starts to whisper now his voice, soft and non judgemental. "I didn't mean to scare you. I hope you know that. I hope you know I would never do something to harm you in any way on purpose. That being said I can't always control myself but like earlier. Ineed to work on it more and I will. I love you, you're my daughter I always will." He finishes carefully moving the hair from her face seeing the tears which makes him start to tear up.
She slowly reaches for his face to wipe his tears like he did for her the other night and hugged him tight and replied, "I-I l-lo-ve -hiccup- y-you-u t-too-o d-da-ad… -hiccup-." against his shoulder muffling the words but had been heard nonetheless.
Meanwhile durning that the manger had gotten the Karen arrested for child abuse and banned her from the store and now there's a police officer questioning Ichika while waiting to question Shota and most importantly Elly and have her checked out by the paramedics on site.
After she was questioned the manager said that she could pick out a toy, book, or a few pieces of candy for free which Elly thanked her for and told Shota that his next shopping spree would be half the price of whatever it'll be that he gets.
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As Shota made dinner Elly had calledTodoroki but normally instead of ft cause she didn't want him to freak although he was suspicious when she called him normally. Ft had been her preference which he didn't mind. He loved to see her face especially when he teased her or made her laugh.
*"Elly?"* He finally broke their comfortable silence as she sat in the dining room and watched her dad make the katsudon. He was on speaker but it was fine sometimes Shota was added into their convos.
*"Hm?"* She hums questioningly.
*"How come we aren't face timing? It's become your preferred method of talking when we're not face to face."*
There it is. The question she thought she could avoid. She tendsed heavily as Shota faced her while still stirring the rice.
*"Elly..?"* Shoto says quietly.
-"Want me to tell him for you?"- Aizawa mouths.
She nods.
So then Aizawa explains what happened earlier and Todoroki flips.
*"What?!"* He said loudly enough to make her flitch.
*"I get it Todoroki;"* Aizawa starts. *"As her father and even if I wasn't, as a decent human being in general I was angry too."*
Todoroki was silently fuming on the other side of the phone. It was so tense that Elly could almost see him. But, instead she said, *"I-i'm f-fin-ne n-now-w Sh-sho-ot-to. I-I prom-mise!"* She says trying to sound enthusiastic and change the subject to calm him.
*"S-soo h-ho-w w-was t-tra-ain-ning-g..?"*
*"Same old."* He huffed back.
*"U-umm… S-so d-didn't y-you s-say th-that F-fuyum-mi a-nd N-nats-uo-ch-chan a-are c-com-ming w-with us on S-sund-day?"*
He can tell that she's trying to put him in a better mood so he puts off the anger for now.
*"They had a change of plans unfortunately Fuyumi has an emergency teachers meeting and Natsuo has a cold. And he doesn't want to get mother or anyone else sick."*
*"Mmm. T-tell N-nats-sou-s-san I h-hope h-he g-gets b-bett-ter s-so-on."* She says trying to be empathetic.
*"I will."* He says his voice, monotonous, sending a chill down her spine. She knows that he's still mad about earlier.
