"And can you sign here sir." Endeavour was around about ready to burn the pile of papers he was signing for the last hour, sometimes even waiting for doctors confirmation before being allowed to go onto the next page of the document. After everything that had happened today, he was ready to drown in some strong sake, even if he wasn't a drinker.

"And that will be it, sir." Endeavour handed back the clipboard and pen to the assistant. "Your wife has sustained second-degree burns on her right arm and partially on her chest area. Whereas your son received third-degree burns from his left eye area to his left temple." Endeavour nodded though only unconsciously considering it was already information he knew.

"Todoroki-san is in room 67 whereas your son is in the room 68. Both are in the east wing." Endeavour nodded and left the woman by the reception before she could utter another word.

His feet made quick work of the stairs and edged to the room and paused. His hand hovering by the door handle but just noticed how his hand was shaking, his heart was fast and his head was light with raging thoughts which left no time for rest. He had no idea what kind of face he was wearing but the other passers-by who caught his eyes by accident seemed to lose some colour and snap back to look away.

He left Shouto to his wife for four days of the week and the other three were spent with him. This was an arrangement he was content with so far until today's incident. Three days spent to harden Shouto into Endeavour's perfect hero while the other four were spent to appease the agreement Endeavour made when marrying Shouto's mother.

It was all out of convenience, but Endeavour made sure not to seem like he was forcing Shouto's mother into the marriage. He needed her to be willing to take care of his reputation and future offspring she would give him. However, the pressure of upholding the Todoroki name was getting to her. Sure she made a few mistakes along the way and Endeavour had reprimanded her and taught her the ropes of manoeuvring through society, how to act at interviews, what to say at parties and so on.

Overall the choice of choosing her as his wife was a good one.

But today says the opposite.

Pressing his fingers into his temple where a headache was growing he inched to the door and slide it open. Inside Rei, his wife was having the last of his bandage tied up around her arm. The doctor sidestepped the moment Endeavour entered the room and reached for the clipboard with all of Rei's details. The doctor purposely deflected Endeavour's hard gaze by speaking with his head down into the clipboard.

"Your wife has sustained second-degree burns on her right arm and partially on her chest area. Nurse Mikami has applied some ointment which Todoroki-san needs to reapply three times a day to reduce the chances of infection and rashes from occurring, the tube of cream will be provided once every two weeks until the end of the month when I will look over the injuries once again." The doctor paused to flip through some pages for his clipboard to find something specific as his eyes seemed to hastily skim the pages.

Endeavour took this time to regard his wife with his sharp cerulean beady eyes. His wife, however, was facing away from him seemed to be immune to the oppressive stare her husband to be giving her. She was in a sterile artic blue hospital gown tied up with strings on the back, she just seemed so bare and vulnerable with her back hunched her form still as a statue as if void of any life.

Watching her now reminded him of the time he took her to a party for the annual hero summit meeting where everyone of importance came to celebrate a year of peace. That time she wore a pastel blue chiffon A-line dress with an off-shoulder neckline embellished with opal which glistened mint greens and tundra blues. She was stunning.

That was the first time Endeavour had stopped looking at her as a stepping stone. The first time he held her hand, gazed deeply into her misty yet alluring eyes, complimented her pearly white hair which was in a simple twisted side braid, noticed her delicate smile which reached her eyes and how her hips swayed lightly as she sashayed around the room like a butterfly fluttering from flower to flower. The first time he led her to his bed.

For Endeavour the colour suited her well even if she was wrapped in bandages with skin a sickly white. Contemplating about her so deeply he didn't notice a Nurse enter the room and place a tube of cream by the dresser of his wife's bed. The doctor seemed to have collected his thoughts and continued his assessment.

"On her right temple, she has sustained a moderate contusion for which an ice pack will be provided by a Nurse Mikami until the swelling and discolouration decreases." The doctor pointed to the Nurse who had just entered and Endeavour only regarded her with a side glance while she seemed to fall into a full bow, "If the pain is too much to handle non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) will be given at intervals depending on if she chooses to take ibuprofen, diclofenac or naproxen." The Doctor ended and pushed his glasses back as if to push down the nervousness in his voice.

"Do you have any questions for me?" The Doctor asked but Rei seemed to remind frozen in time while Endeavour crumpled his eyebrows.

"Leave us." With that, the Doctor and the Nurse stepped out of the room.

Endeavour didn't move and just watched his wife but she seemed to be lost in another place. Taking the chair from the side he seated himself in front of the bed facing her rigid form.

"Why did you do this Rei?" Endeavour's voice was soft, tired and drifted through the air like a ghost. He hung his head low not facing her.

"Do what?" Her voice equally tired however held an inquisitive tone. Endeavour's head snapped upward and gritted his teeth as Rei ignored him further.

"Rei you hurt Shouto. That same Shouto you fought against me keep him from training." Endeavour could feel his voice hardening and his flames rising to the surface of his skin. But Rei remained muted to his accusations.

"I would never hurt my son." She whispered, her voice cold and unforgiving.

"Then why did I find Shouto with boiling water on his face? You were the only one with him Rei." This made Rei turn to Endeavour, her silver eyes boring holes him his being.

"That was not the Shouto I raised. Every time he would come back from that forsaken house he seemed similar to you in every single way. You think I don't see it?" Rei questioned back hotly with eyes blazing and hands balled into fists as the temperature of the room dropped below humane standards.

"You look at me like I was a mistake. Like a burden, you wished you could throw away." Endeavour blinked with his eyes wide as an owl's while his brain whirled like a storm trying to remember when he felt like that. "His left side." Rei continued but this time if looks could burn Endeavour was roasting in the pits of hell. "I hate it."

"How could you say that Rei," Endeavour questioned darkly.

"Ever since Shouto was born and his quirk manifested you became obsessed. You wouldn't look at Fuyumi and Natsuo anymore but paraded around Shouto like he was your only child. You stopped coming to family dinner, talking to your other children, coming to parent meetings for Fuyumi and Natsuo, even being in the same room as us and everyone thinks that I did something to make you angry but I didn't do anything. I didn't! I know I didn't. I made sure to keep the place clean, feed the children, smile at the camera and only look at you when surrounded by other men." Rei had started to ramble and Endeavour started to find it hard to understand what his wife was saying.

"But when Shouto came back with bruises and cuts you crossed a line Enji. Every time Shouto came back hurt I knew it I had to do something. My Shouto was getting hurt because of you but when I stopped Shouto from going to your house you came after him. You took my baby and changed him. Changed him into someone he is not. Someone like you Enji." Enji furrowed his eyebrows.

"You don't understand Rei. I'm trying to push Shouto to limit so he might have a future. A brighter future than mine! I'm trying to make sure he survives in this world full of heroes and villains. You think that this world is sunshine and rainbows? Well, it is not. People will try to hurt him and he has to learn to protect himself! If he doesn't start now I don't want to be the one to pick up the pieces." Enji roared.

"You don't think I don't know what you are doing? You are trying to train a five-year-old. An innocent soul who doesn't even have to worry about money, scandals or villans. You are trying to ruin my baby and I won't allow you." Rei pushed aside the blanket and was ready to stand.

Enji moved forward off his chair and held onto her thin frame breaking through her misconception. "Rei you aren't going anywhere."

"What do you mean?" Rei froze and her voice was hollow of any emotion as her hands which gripped Enji's arms tightened painfully.

"You are staying here where you can't hurt him," Enji answered softly into her hair, "Until I'm sure you are well again."

"Hurt him? Hurt him! That is rich coming from you Enji. And what you are doing is better I guess?" Enji shook his head as Rei's anger was shaking her entire frame. She pulled her hands away and started to hit her fists against his hard muscular chest. Enji allowed it as he heard her sob and sniffle until she tired and leaned against his chest.

"I only want what is best for him and you go and ruin that. You've changed Rei." Enji whispered to himself and pulled up his hand to move through her soft hair.

"Know that Enji." Rei seemed to gain control of her body but her eyes were watering as tears spilt down her cheeks. "That you made me that way."

Enji jerked forward to pull Rei towards him, however, his wife tore away at the last moment and only allowed his fingers to feel her hair slipping from his grasp. She crawled to the other end of the bed and faced away from him as a violent mixture of rage and sadness racked her body with only herself to comfort.

"Rei I-" Enji started but the door to her room was opened abruptly and Enji was turned to glare at the newcomer but was surprised to see a different Doctor. His face pale and eyes searching the room wildly until they met with Endeavour'd form.

"Endeavour-sama please help us!" And with that Endeavour could only give his wife a second glance before his feet automatically took off after the panicking doctor. The man seemed to lead Enji to the men's toilet to reveal the entirety of the stalls completely sealed closed by a haphazard wall of ice.

"Endeavour-sama a man is trapped on the other side!" And Enji didn't have to hear anymore as his arms caught fire and he pushed his hands onto the wall of ice without a second thought.

"Nurse Yoshinawa please get heat packs and a thermal blanket as quick as you can!" The doctor shouted to the Nurse who was attracted to the noise and sudden rise in temperature.

Enji made quick work of the ice, it was not that cold or strong compared to his wife's abilities and he opened all the stalls one by one. When he came to the second last one he ripped the door open and it fell off the hinges but inside he found a quivering figure huddled in the corner.

The figure had balled itself and was shaking like a leaf in harsh winds. When Enji reached out to pull the man out of the freezing temperature and to the Doctor he met the figures eyes. They were blown open in relief and horror. When Enji was putting the figure onto the floor the man shook his head and gripped at Enji's shirt in a vice-like hold.

"En-Endea-Endea!" He was desperately trying to spit the words out but his tongue would not listen to his brain and all that came out was a stutter of intangible syllables.

"Calm down," Enji tried to push the man to the doctor so he could be treated but the man shook his head vigorously as if possessed.

"So-Son! Yo-Your So-son!" Enji halted as the man seemed to have Enji's full attention at the mere inclination of Shouto. "Ro-Room!" Enji threw the man into the Doctor's hands and lunged out the toilet and into the room adjacent to Rei's.

Slamming the door open he saw the room bare of his son and the churning grey sky outside thundering with a merciless downpour was invading the room from the open window, which had a strange icy block at the foot of it. Bounding to the window he pushed his head out, the wind whipped against his head and howled into his ears but all he could hear was the pounding of his heart as blood rushed by his ear. He inhaled sharply at the sight of a downward formation of ice which had the appearance of a slide to the ground outside the hospital.

Enji didn't know fear like any other until now.

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Shouto muttered under his breath. His head was aching and his body felt like it was not his. Blinking his eyes open he hissed painfully at the explosion of light his eyes came in contact with. Groaning as he attempted to lift his hand to shield from the light he noticed how his left eye wouldn't open no matter how much he tried.

Rolling his head to the side he noticed he wasn't at home, it was not like his father's or mother's house. Breathing in through his mouth he noticed how white the room was, the weird strange machinery near his bed and the strange texture of the clothes he was wearing.

Twitching his fingers and soon pulling his arm near to himself he lent on one side and pushed upwards with his forearm. His other hand came to his aid as he rolled his hips to pull his legs out the heavy blanket which had covered his entire frame. Huffing at the exertion, Shouto frowned at how the room seemed to be tilting, his head was light as a feather and rolled dangerously to either side and nearly pulling him off the bed onto the cold floor. Gritting his teeth he screwed his eyes shut to try and stop his vision from swaying side to side like he was a sea.

Opening his eyes once more his vision seemed to have stabilised so he pushed off the bed and stumbled onto the floor, nearly faceplanting onto the dustless tiles. Freezing as if once again ground himself he then stood up from his bent form into an unstable tower. His feet were bare and his head was ringing but he floundered to the door and slide it open slowly.

He was at the hospital. Why? He could not remember.

"Rei you hurt Shouto." That was his father's voice! He sounded very fierce and his voice had a bitter edge. Shouto gasped and stumbled to the door in front of his room. He knew his father was very violent in his lessons to teach Shouto how to defend himself. But he never saw his father touch his mother.

"That was not the Shouto I raised. Every time he would come back from that forsaken house he seemed similar to you in every single way. You think I don't see it?" That was his mother! Shouto felt his heart tighten at his mother's voice. It was cold and unforgiving just like that day. Just like that day. That day? Today!

Shouto slapped his hands onto his face and patted it firmly as if to find something. And indeed he found something papery yet soft twirled around his temple and his left eye. His left eye! His mother...Hot water...His left eye.

"You look at me like I was a mistake. Like a burden, you wished you could throw away." He heard his mother but this time his right eye started to water and fat tears streaked down his cheek. He never knew his mother felt that way.

"His left side." Shouto hiccuped and slowed his breathing to better hear his mother, "I hate it." Shouto felt his heart stop. His lungs wouldn't work to take in the air. His eye swimming with tears making his vision a white mess. Until he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Are you okay?" Shouto gasped in lungfuls of air and quickly wiped his right eye to hide his misery. Turing around he gave a quivering smile to the man who questioned him. His eyes not working properly so he couldn't make out the man but he still replied with a stammer.

"I wa-wanted to g-go to the t-to-toilet!" He quickly scrambled for a lie so he wouldn't have to go into the room with his parents.

"Well, that is this way if you follow me." Shouto gave a final longing look at the door seperating him from his parents and followed the man who patiently waited for Shouto to fall into step beside him.

The man was kind and led him to the toilets and stood in front of the stalls. "Here we are. Just finish up here and then I can take you back to your room." Shouto nodded numbly and walked into a random stall, not actually caring which one.

Locking the door behind him, he pulled down the toilet seat and sat down, his world was shaking at his feet. His mother hated him. Hated him so much that she poured boiling water on him. Shouto couldn't imagine why! Surely he did everything his mother told him to do. He never complained, only the odd time he wanted to watch All Might's interview instead of helping her with the dishes or laundry but his mother never scolded him for it. So he couldn't imagine the reason.

'His left side,' his mother's voice boomed in his head. Shouto placed his left hand on his left eye and felt a shiver rake through his whole being. His mother hated him. Because of his left side. Left side. His father's side.

His father.

His father was the reason his mother hated him. Shouto felt his hands ball up into fierce fists of pure rage.

"Are you done there?" Shouto nearly falls off the toilet seat when the door to his stall shook.

"Nearly!" Shouto called out. He had to lose this man. He had to leave this hospital. He had to run away.

Turning around Shouto quickly opened the toilet seat and used his right hand to freeze the water in the toilet. He opened the door and wore a clueless yet frighted look.

"Sensei, there is something in the toilet." The man frowned and allowed Shouto to leave the stall before entering it himself. Shouto watched as the man inspected the toilet and carefully closed the door to the stall. Without thinking Shouto felt ice expand and spread from his right hand over all the stalls and up to the ceiling trapping the man from all sides into the stall.

"Need to get out!" Shouto left the man, not hearing the estranged screaming behind him of the man who he had trapped. Running out of the toilets he rushed to the stairs but froze on his descent as he heard the grating chatter of two overly excited nurses.

"I heard Endeavour-sama is here!" One commented passionately.

The other nodded insistently and replied with equal fervour, "Apparently something happened to his wife and she was burnt badly." Shouto only heard that much before he exited on the floor he was on and ran to his room to not be seen in the hallway.

His heart was hammering against his small chest and all he could remember was the word 'burnt'. He knew he lost conscience the moment the hot water touched him. He blacked out after that event. That means his father was behind this.

He knew his father never touched his mother is any violent fashion but hearing the nurse he wasn't so sure. Now he knew he definitely had to leave.

He surveyed the room he had been settled in and tried to find a means of escape. The stairs were off limits considering anyone could see him and if he made it to the last floor unseen then he was bound to be seen by the receptionist. So when he saw the window he knew it was his ticket out. He wasn't going to his father. Not after what he did to his mother.

Using his ice he formed a staircase to the window pulled it open. The wind came hitting his face with full force as the sky was mixing into a hideous black and grey mixture. Not caring about the weather Shouto pulled his leg forward and slowed his breathing down.

It was now or never.

So he lept.

The first strike of thunder roared supreme.

Sorry for the late update everyone! I have been looking forward to writing Enji's and Rei's story and how Shouto came to meet Izuku. I know in the anime that Enji was said to be abusing Rei but to be honest if I was a hero number 2 a scandal about domestic abuse would most likely ruin my career. So I made it that Rei broke under the pressure of expectations and psychological pressure from her family and her children and the pressure she puts on herself.

But yes please do comment and tell me what you think! Lots of love to all the people! I have read the comments and I am happy that you love my writing and how cute Izuku and Shouto are.