"Todoroki! Let's go karaoke!"

You smiled brightly. He looked at you. He then looked at your legs. The were covered in dirt, cuts and bruises.

"W-what happened to your legs?! Why is it dirty??"

He asked.

"Oh, I was on garden duty and I fell on the flower beds."

You lied.

They stopped targeting me completely... They moved on to her instead...? This isn't what I wanted.

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You looked down at your desk covered in sharpie. It has horrible things written on it like

Whore
Hoe
Bitch
And even a penise was drawn. You took a rag and started cleaning your desk.

"Jeez, those bastards are childish. What are they elementary?"

You said to yourself.

"What are you doing?"

You looked at the doorway and saw him.

"Todoroki..."

"Why are you letting them do this to you? Aren't you sick of it already? Just leave me alone and they'll stop harassing you. Don't you want your old peaceful life back?"

He asked. Your lip quivered. Your bangs covered your eyes.

"No. I promise I'll stay with you no matter what."

Todoroki glared at you.

"GRR! LOOK HERE. I CAN DO THIS ALONE. I'VE ALWAYS HAD! I DON'T NEED YOUR PETTY HELP!"

He screamed at you. You were about to cry but you didn't instead you said something to him.

"This isn't some petty help. I'm not trying to 'save' you. But if this was the price of being friends with you... THEN I'LL TAKE IT ALL IN. I don't care what people think or say. Even if the whole world was against you... I'll fight them all with you. So please..."

You said

This wasn't my plan.

Todoroki thought.

"Let me stay with you."

You said. Todoroki started crying.

I never intended to be this close to you. I knew you were only doing it because of my brother. You felt guilty, didn't you? I thought maybe... You were using me to ease your own guilt. But whenever I'm with you... I was genuinely happy. For the first time in a long time... I never felt alone, I felt alive again. Thank you.

"I've forgiven you... All these years. I want you to be happy. It's time for you... To forgive yourself."

You felt as if the glass behind you broke. You felt like a little kid again. Todoroki bent down and embraced your little self. You began to cry. Your little self grabbed the back of his shirt.

Im... Free. Thank you.

I can't right now! I'm crying.