Posted originally on the Archive_of_Our_Own at https://archiveofourown.org/ works/12128370. Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Rape/Non-Con, Underage Category: M/M Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア_|_Boku_no_Hero_Academia_|_My_Hero_Academia Relationship: Todoroki_Enji_|_Endeavor/Todoroki_Shouto, Midoriya_Izuku/Todoroki_Shouto Character: Todoroki_Shouto, Todoroki_Enji_|_Endeavor Stats: Published: 2017-09-18 Chapters: 1/? Words: 5556 ****** Fuel for the Fire ****** by GirlApart5 Summary During Todoroki's internship with his father, he finds a sudden flaw in his fire ability that Endeavor is not about to put up with. Where did the power he displayed before go? Notes I've only gotten as far as the anime, so forgive any characterisation flaws. I also have an idea for another chapter, so I'm leaving this as incomplete for now. Enjoy~ The moment Todoroki Shouto arrived at the veritable compound that was his family's estate after being discharged from the hospital, he was summoned to his father's office before even having the chance to greet his many siblings. Todoroki Enji stood waiting for him, frigid blue eyes critical as they analysed his son's physical condition, said nothing. "I'm home," Todoroki greeted, out of formality more than anything. Rather than a welcome, he fully expected a harsh lecture on his actions concerning his fight with the Hero Killer to be the first thing out of his father's mouth. Contrary to his expectations, the world's Number 2 Hero had other plans. "We've lost quite a lot of time to your hospital stay," he stated, folding his arms. "I hope you're ready to make up for that." It could not be more obvious that it was not a request. Todoroki straightened his back more than it already was. "Yes, Father," he replied immediately, his voice betraying nothing of the anticipation starting to fill his bloodstream. "Good. Now," Endeavor began, pinning his son to the floor with his stare. "Show me your fire." Todoroki did not dare break eye contact as he focused on the ever-present heat in his left side. Flames instantly flickered to life in an eery caress over his skin; merely an intense, rippling warmth to his senses. He was still unused to the feeling, and the natural ease with which it came continued to churn his stomach, but compared to the terror and revulsion those flames once incited, it was a very different experience. Endeavor hummed low, expressionless as he examined the display. Todoroki knew better than to flinch when his father reached out a hand and threaded fingers through the soft mixture of red hair and flames on his head. So large... He wondered absently how much longer that hand would feel so inescapeably huge. "Not hot enough," Endeavor narrowed his eyes. "Do you see now, how much time you've wasted in your pitiful rebellion? I must train you all over again." 'Steady,' Todoroki told himself as unease writhed inside him. 'You knew this was coming. You know it's necessary.' "Yes, Father." Todoroki braced himself, but Endeavor only continued to stroke his hair and watch his face closely, as though looking for something. At last he spoke. "What did you tell that boy?" A heavy stone landed in the pit of Todoroki's stomach. "I don't know what you-" The almost gentle caress instantly turned into a wrenching grip. "You know exactly what I mean. That classmate you ran off to fight with, the one you called your 'friend'. Were you complaining to him about me, ungrateful brat that you are?" Mind spinning, Todoroki tried to think past the pain in his skull and instinctive panic clawing up his spine. "I didn't... I only told him that I had vowed never to use my left side because I didn't want to become like you... He helped me see that my fire is my own. That's all." Endeavor smirked. "So that's what he meant. During the sports festival he looked at me with fearless eyes and said that you were not me. I've wondered since then just how he could find the nerve to say that." Todoroki's jaw dropped even as his heart leapt into his throat. "Midoriya..?" He knew the boy was absurdly courageous, even to the point of seeming suicidal, but for him to have really squared off against the world's number two Hero with such a bold statement... Todoroki still was not entirely sure what had possessed him when he told the boy his story. The clumsy, honest classmate with a heart of gold worn on his sleeve had captured his attention from the start, and before he knew it, something warm, exciting, and comfortable was ignited inside him, compelling him to keep pace with that natural-born hero. The "Shouto" he saw reflected in those eyes was the person he wanted to be. His father's next words pierced his yearning thoughts like a snake's bite. "And now you cling to him like a child." "..I am a child..." As soon as the words left his mouth, Todoroki regretted them. He knew his father had never once seen him as a child, and recently in particular he did not want him to. Perhaps visiting his mother was causing this regression in his emotions, or the temporary release from his father's influence that attending U.A. provided made him forget for a moment how cold and hard he had to be to survive from one day to the next. It was too late to take it back, now. He clenched his fists and waited. The smirk on Endeavor's face faltered for a split second, then twisted into a sneer. "Oh yes, you need much retraining indeed." With those words like a death sentence, the pro Hero strode from the room, dragging his son along by the hair. Todoroki grit his teeth to hold back any sound of pain or protest, having long since learned that struggling made no difference. He had known full well what he faced by accepting this apprenticeship, and rationally he knew it was foolish to dread what he had grown used to long ago. Deep down, he suspected that befriending Midoriya had put these gaping fissures in his defenses, but without them, the festering wounds underneath would never heal. He just needed to endure this. When it was over he could go back to school, visit his mother, talk to Midoriya. Midoriya... Ever since making the decision to do this, Todoroki had swayed back and forth in his resolve. Would the words Midoriya had given him preserve his sanity, or only serve as further torment? The vulnerability that felt so good in the light of Midoriya's smile left him feeling raw already. He wanted to run, to fight, to scream, but there was value in pretending to be his father's protegé; Endeavor possessed the strongest fire Quirk ever known, and even then was not the second greatest Hero solely on raw power. Todoroki could learn so much if only he could keep himself in a distinct contrast with his father's cruel ambition. He had to keep his focus set on who he wanted to be, not what Endeavor wanted to turn him into. The elder Todoroki paused outside a heavy steel door deep in his estate only long enough to punch in the security code. The room within was as fireproof as technology and the efforts of various Quirks could make it, and even then it needed constant restoration. To Todoroki, who had been dragged here for as long as he could remember, it was hell itself. He kept up with the large man's stride into the room through sheer willpower, but as soon as the grip on his hair relinquished, his knees buckled and he sank to the floor. There were no lights other than what was given off by Endeavor's unrelenting flames, shrouding the gray room, now sealed from the outside, in deep, dancing oranges and reds. Todoroki did not have to look around him to know the eery sight, for it was the landscape of his every nightmare. He concentrated on breathing evenly and waited for whatever his father had planned. Endeavor watched his son's back, noting the lack of a tremor. For years the boy had cowered in this room, turning from even the most obstinate of moods into a useless doll. It had taken years before Shouto started treating the situation seriously, but even then it was only to lash out stubbornly with his ice, making it even more impossible to get anywhere with him, and any attempt to train here turned into an exercise in finding a sufficient punishment. But now at long last he really seemed to have come to his senses. "Let's start by seeing just how hot you can make those flames," he directed, beginning to circle his son slowly. The silent response was a gush of fire that engulfed the whole room in an instant, but Endeavor's senses were critical as they observed every detail of the display. Todoroki kept his eyes closed against the sudden, blinding light. Fire could not burn him any more than ice could freeze him -lending a great deal of irony to the fact that the thing his mother had reached for in her fit was boiling water, almost a combination of the two, just like he was- but letting that side of himself have free reign was still hard to get used to. Mentally coaxing the flames to the highest temperature he could, Todoroki kept his expression carefully blank even as he felt even the specialty fireproof fabric of his uniform begin to singe. Minutes passed, but still his father waited. Ashes swirled in the flames around him, all that was left of his clothing, and even the air being pumped into the room struggled to make it into his lungs. Just as he could feel himself beginning to tire under the strain of his focus, Endeavor's voice boomed over the roaring fire. "Enough." Todoroki relinquished the ability immediately and fought the urge to slump in relief. His father's endurance training often lasted hours at a time, but that did not seem to be what he had planned today. Endeavor's own clothes, having not been his Hero's uniform, had also been incinerated, but the man paid this detail no mind. Ceasing his vulture-like circling when he once again faced the boy's tense back, Endeavor contemplated the fair, ash-smudged skin on display. Lean and corded with sculpted muscle, Shouto was doing well not to rely solely on his Quirk's power, just as he had taught him. Still, it was becoming increasingly obvious that his son's physique would likely always favor his mother's fine-boned figure. A knack for speed and agility was a fair enough trade for the raw, immovable power Endeavor possessed, but it also meant that he would need to pay special attention to the boy's resilience if he was to surpass All Might's knack for shrugging off even the most devastating of blows. Kneeling down behind his son, Endeavor took the boy's head in his hands, tilting it back until he only needed to brush aside his bangs to get a good look at the burn scar. There were plenty of cosmetic procedures that could remove the dark, mottled tissue, but he left it as a reminder for both himself and Shouto, perhaps the only decision they both agreed with, albeit for different reasons. "You endured this pain well," he said, ignoring the dull glare of his son's heterochromatic eyes. "And it did much to help strengthen your pain threshold. Did you tell your mother that? I know you've started visiting her." The small body at his mercy locked up, but remained silent. Endeavor expected this response, but the irritation simmering inside him since he heard about that continued to heat up. "Always so faithful to that woman. She did all this you and still you choose to hate me instead. Have I ever once hurt you needlessly? Caused you such permanent damage? Answer, boy!" Todoroki dug his fingernails into his thighs. "Permanent damage isn't always visible, father." Snorting heatedly, Endeavor roughly pushed the boy's head back down. "If you think I'll continue to put up with your backtalk after you've crawled back to me asking for what I freely gave you your whole life even as you fought every step of the way, you are sorely mistaken. I will stamp out this rebellious nature as I stamped it from your wretched mother. Now prepare yourself to synchronize with my fire." Feeling his stomach boil and flip in fury, Todoroki forced down the desire to fall back into old patterns and derail the session into another bitter feud he could never win. Swallowing the lump in his throat, he summoned his flames once more just in time to shield himself from the sudden explosion of unnatural fire behind him. The heat of Endeavor's Quirk was on a whole other level, and it took all his self control and years of experiencing severe punishment to keep from so much as leaning away from the inferno strong enough to affect the half of him that was based in ice. "Let our flames merge," Endeavour instructed. "Feel them as if they were your own, and rise to their temperature." Todoroki tried. He stretched back his flames, almost able to feel them like an appendage as they were engulfed. Reaching into himself, he focused on the anger and hurt as fuel for his fire. Long ago he had discovered that those emotions, when mixed with his volatile determination to destroy his father's expectations, made his control of ice go from impressive to devastating. If he could get them to do the same for his fire... But instead of the intense surge of power he expected, if anything, this side of his Quirk felt almost dampened. What was going wrong? He was sure that he had summoned much stronger fire than this even mere minutes ago. Endeavor was also aware of the lack in strength. Irked, he spread his flames around Shouto in an attempt to force a better reaction from the boy's subconscious instincts- the less heat he generates himself, the more uncomfortable and dangerous the fire around him would be. But another minute passed without change, and the irritation in him boiled over. "What are you doing, Shouto?! he snapped. "Are you even trying?! Concentrate! The strength of your fire is a reflection of the strength of your spirit! A weak heart has no business being a Hero!" Todoroki could barely hear his father's lecture over the roar of blood and fire in his ears. Each breath scorched his lungs and throat, his whole body searing as sweat evaporated the moment it neared the surface of his skin, and the scar on his face felt raw and shriveled as though it would crack like a dry crust. When sharp pain reached him from his fingers and palms, he realized his body was attempting to escape, the heat-resistant floor barely living up to its name. Endeavor watched his son curl in on himself before leaning forward on hands and knees, as if there was anywhere to go. All the while, the pathetic shroud of his own fire around him had almost died out completely, leaving him increasingly vulnerable to the effects of Endeavor's flames. Furious now, the elder Todoroki extinguished his Quirk and reached out to grab hold of his son's ankle. "You dare to waste more of my time than your miserable life already has?! Just what kind of game are you playing?!" "I'm trying..." Todoroki choked past his parched throat. "I don't know why this is happening!" He knew he had been able to burn hotter during his fights with Midoriya and Stain, so why now..? Endeavor scoffed. "It's because you've neglected it for so long! Like your wretched mother to the very end, you fight me every step of the way until you are capable of nothing else! Bearing so many worthless children that your existence is practically a fluke, and still her influence hinders your potential! You find ways to disappoint me even when at last you cooperate!" Focusing on the creak of bones in his leg to keep from retorting, Todoroki could feel a tremble start in his limbs. It had been a long time since he had felt anything but numb, cold resolve towards an impending punishment, but it had been even longer since he had actually tried to accomplish what his father expected of him, and now an old, familiar dread was creeping through his veins. Which would satisfy Endeavor's displeasure this time? A beating? Leaving him in here for a day without food or water? Or more training designed to be so difficult it was more humiliation and overworking than even his father's regular brand of training? Endeavor noticed his son's body quiver and paused for a moment to contemplate the sight of the pale boy on his hands and knees, silent but for his continued ragged gasps. "What am I going to do with you," he mused, almost under his breath. He had gotten so used to his son's rebelliousness that he had almost forgotten the heady rush that came with the evidence of his power over the boy. Even so, whether it was with tears or stubborn silence, Shouto was notoriously difficult to wring a desired reaction from, regardless of what punishment was inflicted, although especially so in recent years. He stood still and silent when beaten, and made no attempts to escape or plead for mercy when confined. Only one thing elicited a satisfactory response these days... Trepidation turned to terror when Todoroki felt another bruising grip clench around his free leg before both were yanked back and apart, forcing him to straddle his father's thick, bare thighs. A cry caught in his throat, and before he could think better of it, he looked back over his shoulder. Endeavor looked down at him with a burning gaze, but what those eyes saw was no longer the tool with which he wanted to overtake his rival, but a tool of another kind entirely. Todoroki knew that subtle difference in expression well, and a sickening sensation flooded his veins as he turned back to face the blank wall. Pleas clamored into his mouth, but he swallowed them back. They did nothing but eat away at what pride he could still cling to during these times, and now especially that he could only question his abilities, his resolve; he needed that pride or risk losing himself all over again. Endeavor took no notice of Shouto's inner battle as he slowly ran a hand up one slender leg, taking in the sight of the darkening bruise left behind and feeling a rush of possessive pride. This soft skin, the trembling muscles beneath, all the potential contained in this small vessel, he had created it all with his body, in his image. Up his spine to his neck, Endeavor gripped the slender nape and pressed down until the boy's arms folded, leaving his cheek and chest pressed against the floor while his lower half remained propped up tensely on the man's lap. After taking a moment to relish how he could still wrap his fingers all the way around that delicate column, Endeavor moved his hand back down to cup the boy's backside. Todoroki was fighting a losing battle as he struggled to contain the twitches and tremors wracking his body as it struggled to convince him to run, to protest, to do something against what he knew was coming. But there was no way out of this room without his father's consent, and no one who could help him even if there was. An embarrassingly pitiful sound escaped his throat when he felt both his father's hands converge on him, large, calloused fingers mercilessly gripping and prying at his sensitive skin. This... what was being done to him by the man he had only ever known as his tormentor, had begun not long after his mother was institutionalized. He was given a reprieve from training while the burn healed, but once it had, a restlessness could be sensed in the way his father treated him. When at last it culminated... Todoroki even now could not fully acknowledge the truth of the situation, even to himself. Part of him did not want to accept the reality that even someone as cruel as this man was capable of such a thing, while another part decided he deserved this more than anything else. This was neither the merciless Hero nor the ambitious father, but the relentlessly selfish man who had driven his mother mad. Another whimper refused to be bitten back when one large finger pushed inside him, dry and careless. Todoroki shut his eyes against the burning tears and tried to hold still, lest his father find reason to beat him anyway. Pain worked its way up his spine with every stroke of that finger which seemed intent on forcing more and more sounds out of him. He grit his teeth until he could feel them shifting from the force, but the effort did nothing to stifle the frantic gasping of his lungs. Todoroki felt his father's free hand leave his skin for a moment before it was pressing two fingers against his mouth. A deep shudder ran through him as he pried his own jaw open to let them in, working to summon as much saliva from his dry mouth as he could, knowing it would be the only thing to ease the inevitable pain. He was disgusted with himself for being so powerless as to let this happen, to cooperate. Unbidden, a flash of his classmates'- of Midoriya's impressed and even adoring gazes, those of friends and rivals alike, appeared in the swirling darkness of his closed eyes, drawing a dry heave from his stomach. If Midoriya, compassionate and forgiving though he was, could see him now, like this… Todoroki turned to press his forehead into the hard floor as Endeavor took back his wet fingers, immediately replacing the one already inside him with the two. Todoroki groaned at the stretching of them, no longer able to care about keeping quiet. It was stupid to even try to pretend that there was any pride or dignity to be kept when his father was thrusting and rubbing against places inside him that made his lower body start to tingle and grow warm. Endeavor intently watched Shouto struggle to keep from writhing, the sight of which, combined with the sound of soft moans and the feel of the flesh around his fingers tightening left him painfully hard already. Wrapping a hand around himself to relieve some of the pressure, he pushed in a third finger prematurely just to see what kind of noise would be forced out of his son's throat. A pained wail did not disappoint, and Endeavor groaned, pumping himself a few times as he grew that much harder. It was proving to be a struggle, deciding whether to continue like this, drawing out the anticipation and savoring the way he could keep the boy hovering between pain and pleasure, or satisfy the growing ache to bury himself in this small body up to the hilt and take his pleasure. Endeavor knew he ought to be thinking about what is best for his son, what would help him learn that mediocrety is unacceptable if Shouto really wanted to stay out of his father's bed. He knew this, but it was getting harder and harder to think clearly when tight flesh is trembling around his fingers as the sound of strangled wimpers and stifled gasps fill his ears. As a test, Endeavor pressed his thumb against the soft skin beneath Shouto's balls while simultaneously curling his fingers. Todoroki was helpless as his whole body jerked and arched, a melting heat spreading outward through the pain. Even he could hear the minor change in the tone of his own voice, tinting it with some emotion still foreign to him. Another wave of heat, this time from shame, felt as though it would make him shrivel up and die. With nothing to cling to but his own arms, Todoroki buried his face in the crook of his elbow and hoped Endeavor would not notice him crying. 'Just a few more days,' he told himself as the fingers digging at his flesh sent pulse after pulse of blood to his growing erection, a throbbing weight that demanded attention. 'Withstand it a little longer…' Too much. Shouto, probably unaware of his own actions, was rocking his hips back into Endeavor's touch and it was immediately more than the man could withstand without coming right then and there. Pulling his hand away, Endeavor shifted forward onto his knees while gripping his son's hips to guide them back. The hiss of nails clawing at the smooth floor in a subconscious attempt at resistance only made him all the more eager to press himself against that tight entrance, to push in, slowly but steadily. Feeling as though all the air was being forced from his frozen lungs, Todoroki welcomed the pain which distracted him from the more mortifying sensations. His limbs locked up, and beneath him the puddle -tears? Sweat?- turned to frost as his powers instinctively activated to cool his body down from the inhuman heat invading him. When the hard shaft was at last fully inside after what felt like an eon, Todoroki's body at last allowed him to breathe again in the precious few moments he knew Endeavor would give him to adjust. The Hero groaned, letting his head fall back as the pleasure of the tight, quaking body around his cock made his mind swim. As ever, it took considerable effort to keep himself from pounding in to the limits of his strength and stamina. But his ambition once again proved stronger than his lust, and he cleared his head with the reminder that this entire week would be for nothing if he was too rough on this still too-fragile boy. Looking back down, he took note that trying to not break the small body servicing him while in this position was perhaps making things harder on himself than it should be, so with another groan as he at last shifted while buried to the hilt, Endeavor sat back down, moving his legs out in front of him while pulling Shouto up to straddle his hips. Todoroki gasped and cried out at the drastic change, even the smallest movement feeling huge inside him, but with his father's hands still gripping his waist with bruising strength, he could do nothing but writhe helplessly to find the least painful angle. He wanted to look back over his shoulder again, to ask what this unfamiliar position was for, but his own weight was sinking him down, pushing Endeavor deeper inside and leaving him feeling impaled. Nothing but inarticulate sounds would come out of him now, whether he wanted them to or not, so he tried to relax and wait for whatever came next. Loosening his hold on Shouto, Endeavor took a few steadying breaths before he spoke. "Start moving." It took a moment for the words to register through the haze of pain, but even when they had, Todoroki was confused. Twisting as much as he dared, he hoped his expression would ask the question his mind could not yet properly form the words for. Only mildly amused by the flushed, dazed face of his son, Endeavor lifted him several inches before letting go. Shouto cried out again as he slid down, back arching and thighs clenching. It was a pleasing sight, so Endeavor ran his finger down the boy's stiff spine indulgently, feeling the shudder that traveled with it. "You came to me, didn't you?" His voice was a soft murmur, one that would sound almost tender to anyone who did not know him. "You came to learn even though you've made yourself so weak. Don't you think you owe me at least this much cooperation to compensate for that setback?" Breathing raggedly, Todoroki tried to pull himself together. Apparently there was not enough humilation already involved? He wanted so badly to say something that might just have a chance at slapping his father in the face with his own perversion, but he knew that if his situation was already this bad and getting worse, making it back to school without any telling marks would be impossible if he tried the man's patience even slightly more. Todoroki carefully shifted to brace his legs under him, then cautiously reached out to place his hands on the tops of Endeavor's thighs for further stability before slowly pushing himself upwards. The slow slide of the cock inside him had Todoroki biting his lip hard as he felt his own body's tightness. His limbs trembled, the urge to keep lifting until he was free, until he could run, lit up again, but before it could take hold in his mind he relinquished himself to gravity, taking every burning inch back inside. Then he started again. "Faster," Endeavor muttered, flexing his hands on the boy's hips in warning. Skin slick with sweat, Todoroki wordlessly obeyed to the best of his ability. Though his muscles protested the exertion while wrenching pain continued shooting up his back, the slide of his flesh over his father's became smoother with each passing, and after shifting a little to gain more leverage and feeling Endeavor's cock twitch in response, he found a rhythm of rolling his hips while the man was settled deep inside. Doing it like this, all himself… The moment he was able to think past the effort, shame came rushing back, threatening to drown him in it. It was one thing to have this done to him, but to play the part of such a willing participant… Yes, he thought, heart sinking. He had come to this man, knowing what he was capable of, hoping like a fool that he could glimpse the Hero the world adored rather than the bastard who made him an object. After hearing the story behind Stain, it had occured to him that it was perhaps not so unusual for someone to have two opposing sides to their personality. It was a frightening notion. The movement of his father's thumbs, rubbing slowly back and forth across the back of his hips, pulled Todoroki back to the present with a deep shiver. It was almost soothing, that carress, although he knew if anything it was meant as encouragement. Shaking off the childish instinct to feel happy at the gentle touch, Todoroki moved faster, knowing he could only keep this up for so long. The wet friction inside him was causing a return of the melting, tingling sensation from before, and as the pain receded even slightly, his own cock began to stiffen once more. He shook his head as if to clear it, trying to focus again on something that would snuff out the pleasure, -Midorya's face, his voice, calling Todoroki's name- when suddenly the cock inside him pressed into the spot Endeavor had tormented him with earlier, and a fire that had nothing to do with Quirks suddenly ignited under his skin. All ability to think flew from his mind, and his body felt suddenly lighter with renewed energy, frantic to hold onto that surge of pleasure. Todoroki's head fell back onto his shoulders, his entire body vibrating as sensation rocketed through his overstimulated nervous system. He had never felt like this before, never known it was possible, but it took him away from this room, from the man beneath him, even from himself, and he chased it, grinding down repeatedly with complete abandon. He could feel his inner muscles tightening of their own accord, making the large weight of Endeavor's cock seem even bigger, but now the pain felt sweet, pushing him all the harder towards something, and as he pressed himself down one last time, taking it as deep as it would go, his hand fumbled for his own throbbing cock, pumping it once before the coil of pleasure wound so tightly inside him suddenly unfurled with a violent rush of sensation through every atom of his being. Endeavor watched his son, having apparently lost all inhibitions, fuck himself with enthusiasm before coming into his own hand. It would have been amusing were it not so arousing, and combined with his impassioned cries, the way his body clenched like a vice, Endeavor let out a long, slow exhale as he released, finally letting his hips jerk up a few times just to drag more gasps and whimpers out of the boy still in the throes of orgasm. As his body began to relax, more sated than he could remember being in a very long while, Endeavor guided Shouto off of him, laying him on the floor before he could collapse. Todoroki slowly returned to himself, the wild, ringing rush of blood in his ears fading as every muscle in his body hummed with the aftermath. Dazed, he looked down at his hand and the thick, white fluid splashed across it. His mind was still blank, numb as if in shock as it tried to process the many conflicting emotions and sensations circling his head, just waiting for an opportunity to drag him back into turmoil. The sound of the door opening made him consider trying to get up, or at least look over his shoulder, but the will to do anything other than breathe was beyond him. Endeavor glanced back at his son who lay like a discarded doll, and considered his options. Shouto had performed well, but whether or not the punishment would have the appropriate impact remained to be seen. "Keep practicing with your fire," he decided upon. "I'll let you out in three hours, but I expect to see some improvement by then." Without bothering to wait for an answer, he stepped from the room and closed it up behind him before heading to the bath. Please drop_by_the_archive_and_comment to let the author know if you enjoyed their work!