1953 words!! Yay! So after this chapter they start getting a bit lengthy again. I hope you prefer long chapters! If not I'd adore you letting me know!!
~Lisa

Shoto's POV

After the endless hours of training I swiped my phone back up off the bench on my way to the changing room. The boys quietly avoided me, most likely still stunned from my outburst. The training helped my attitude though and I was in a much better mood while changing. The first to notice seemed to be Izuku as he tapped my shoulder as I unlocked my phone again. I half turned to him, still steamed with the semi-argument from the previous night.

"Hey, Shoto... I'm sorry about last night.. Ochako told me more about what happened, and I understand your worry." I hummed in acknowledgement as my eyes lit up seeing she had accepted my request.

"It's whatever... Don't worry about it." I muttered, walking out, looking through her posts from today. 1:20 am 'Leaving now! Can't wait to explore!' paired with it a picture of her and two others who she shared resemblance to. 6:43 am 'Look at my baby girl getting along with the jaguare!' I examined the photo, taking note that one of them wore a bracelet. That one must be her. '(F/n is with (fake/n) at 7- OMG LOOK AT THE FUCKING WANDERING SPIDER, I'M OUT!' I watched the video in slight amusement as the camera was shakey and the two were running from the small spider. 8:58 'So I look like I'm part of the forest now!' I stared at the picture longer than necessary as her face was filled with flowers where my lip had been split and the bruises from my cheeks. '(M/n) was with (fake/n) at 9:04- Well she's gone..' The picture was of (Y/n) on her front and the flowers covering her from the attack on my back and her arm had a light scratch.

No denying it now, eh? I went through the rest of the posts before scrolling back down to the first one and starting my way up reacting to them all. It looked like she was having so much fun, and I kinda wanted to be supporting. Sitting down with my tray of cold soba, I greeted the others, finishing with my reacting and comment spree that oddly bothered me. You don't normally go all out, moron. I shook my head and sat my phone in my lap, eating.

"So Shoto, are you feeling better?" I stopped mid bite, done with the interruptions I've had everytime I'm near food.

"Yes, I am Momo, thank you for asking." I went back to eating and listening to Iida and Hatsume talk. "Are you guys soulmates?" I asked, piecing together finally. Of course they are. She's never eaten over here, and they rarely talked beforehand.

"Yep!" Hatsume cheered, winking. "Thanks for taking my advice by the way Shoto!" I blushed lightly, knowing what advice I took.

"Huh, what advi-?" Momo's question was interrupted as my phone went off. My ring tone wasn't too loud but loud enough I jolted in my seat. (Y/n)😝? A smile crept onto my face as I answered the phone.

"He-!"

"I SWEAR TO GOD SHOTO IF YOU DON'T STOP BLOWING MY FUCKING PHONE UP! I'M TRYING TO FALL ASLEEP!" The smile I held fell instantly at her heated words. "I GOT ONE MEASLY HOUR! FULL OF NIGHTMARES! TO SLEEP. I'VE BEEN UP ALMOST 30 MOTHER FUCKING HOURS! I DEALT WITH YOU GETTING THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF YOU, WHAT THE FUCK WAS CUTTING YOU, YOU MORON? AND I WAS WALKING AND RUNNING ALL DAY! I. AM. NOT. ATHLETICALLY. INCLINED. I NEED SLEEP!" I went silent as she screeched into my ear, which I didn't mind, but I started to silently cry from her scolding.

"Alright! Who the fuck?!" Ochako stood and snatched my phone as I instinctively reached for it. "Who the fuck are you and why are you making Shoto cry?" I couldn't hear her loud words anymore and the side of her line almost went silent, at least from my distance. "Oh? Yeah he's fucking crying, you were yelling at him! ....Damn, okay okay.." She gave me my phone back as I listened quietly to the deep breath from her.

"..Shoto.. Are you there?" I looked down at my lap, sniffling.

"....Yeah." My voice had the eerie dead tone to it that I thought I had forgotten how to use.

"Look, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled, but I'm so fucking tired right now. It warms my heart that you're so supportive.. of me? Uh, but I'm not in your timezone, you should have concluded that. And with the day I had I'm not in the mood to miss much more sleep, plus I already have severe problems getting my ass to sleep. You really worried the hell out of me earlier, and I get it, I really do. You're in the hero course. You're achieving big things, and I should be better at handling the second hand pain. But! I'm not, plus it takes a toll on my emotional state. You wouldn't get it.." My tears slowed as her voice had softened and became the one I heard last night.

"See, as we grew up.. With you going through whatever your father did to you, I grew an emotional attachment to you, and it's weird, I know. I didn't know you, but I associated any pain that came from you to sadness. So when you're hurt, may it be hero training or your stupid father, I get emotionally drained and instantly worry for you. And that hasn't made this easier. And you don't need to be hurt anymore, I should not have yelled at you." I could hear movement as she paused, my crying picking back up from hearing what I've done.

"Like it or not, I already know that you play tough and you're actually pretty sensitive, I can sense it. It was wrong on my part. You don't need stress, you don't need rude words. You need love, that's why I told her to just hold your hand. It's fucking irritating to watch her hug all her stupid friends and treat you like a germ!" Her voice rose a bit in a dark growl. "Just calm down with your support.. And when I'm awake I'll text you, and we can talk about your day. I'll try to be up in enough time that you get your deserved rest, alright? Please stop crying, I can hear you still..." I wiped my eyes quickly.

"A-alright, don't worry about keeping me up, I won't mind.. I'm sorry about earlier and even more about just now.. I was..careless.." I whispered, feeling like the little boy I was after mom left, just wishing to be hugged.

"Don't be! It's in the past, I've calmed down, I was just as careless. And I really shouldn't be putting you in a stressful situation with little sleep, so later as soon as you say you're tired, I'll leave you be..." I heard her yawn loudly. "Sorry! But talking to you has kinda made me properly tired..." I smiled gently, her words running together, blushing a bit.

"Then get some sleep.. I look forward to chatting later.." I gave it a moment but heard a light snore.

"She's really something, fell asleep instantly to your go ahead. Have a great day honey, we'll remind her of her promise." A female voice started up as I went to end the call. I blinked, blushing deeply as I heard that my voice was the literal last she heard. The dial tone picked up and I sighed, looking at my phone.

"Who was that?" I ignored Momo as I stood, set on helping her the best I could.

"I'll be back, I have something to take care of."

"Oh?" I flashed a confused expression to Hatsume who wiggled her brows. "I didn't know you were so easy like that~" I quirked my white brow at her, not understanding.

"H-Hatsume!" Iida squealed, his face 10 shades of red.

"I don't..? I'm gonna be back." I pushed my chair in, making my way to the teachers lounge, knocking.

"Todoroki?" All Might's face peered from the crack he made. "What's up?" I cleared my throat, closing my eyes.

"I would like to refrain from training the rest of the week, until (Y/n) (L/n) is back to school." His expression turned to one of shock as he slipped from the door to talk to me.

"She's a support student, correct? So why? Is it to do with your outfit?" I shook my head, and kicked the ground lightly in shyness.

"You see.... She's my soulmate. And she's been having a rough time, which is no doubt my fault, so while she's away with her family, I want to refrain from making her time extreme."

"That's... So heroic!!" All Might popped into his big form, grinning at me before coughing and shrinking again. "I'll talk to Eraser about it, but you have my approval!" I sighed some, bowing.

"Thank you sir." His hand rested on my shoulder as I stood straight.

"Is that what earlier was about? Don't hold yourself accountable for things out of your control. I'm sure she understood." I looked to the side. Took her a minute, but yeah I guess... I shook my head.

"I just feel drained, it's all confusing after all." I turned on my heel and headed back to finish eating. Once I pulled my seat out and sat down I looked to my side. "To answer your previous question, it was (Y/n)." I responded nonchalantly as I started eating again. I smiled blissfully at my food as I ate, ignoring the looks I got.

The rest of the day went by smoothly, as we worked on core classes. I was feeling better after the talk and my mood improvement must have been shown cause after lunch, the others talked to me freely and it stopped being stiff chat from them. I stood making my way to Momo upon the bell ringing. "Want to walk with me?" I smiled at her gently as she stood up.

"I'm sorry, I'm going to be tutoring some others! I'll see you tomorrow." I nodded.

"Fair enough, see you later then..." I slumped out of the room, my mood suddenly dropping.

"Heeyy!" My gaze shifted to Hatsume as she came up beside me, Iida following. "Why the sad face? Didn't talking to (Y/n) earlier make you feel better?" At the mention of her name I felt a warmth spread in my chest, yet I sighed, ignoring it.

"Momo is going to be tutoring some classmates, so I'm kinda on my own.."

"Really? That's odd because I sa- Oof!" I looked over in shock to see Hatsume rubbing her side. "It's odd because I swear I overheard her telling Ochako to help her find you a perfect gift, in exchange for the flowers this morning!" She stated, glaring at Iida. I blinked some, letting a half smile wash over me.

"Well... Either way, Mei and I were going to the public library! Would you like to join us?" I scrunched my nose in thought.

"But I'd just be a third wheel.."

"Nonsense! We're not dating! Just hanging out while finding books!"

"I need to grab some books (Y/n) wants." Hatsume giggled. "She said leave them in her mailbox and her mom would get them since they're waiting for some stuff to show up." I bit my lip in thought. Momo will be busy, so what could it hurt? Finally coming to terms with dealing with loneliness or going, I nodded.

"Sure. Thanks for inviting me."