~ Watered Down ~ Todoroki Sibling Reader

~ Chapter Ten - Part Two ~

~ (y/n)'s POV ~

After minutes of countless tears and embrace, we all heard footsteps thundering down the hallway.

I take my head out of the hug, and look up to see my father with an expression of terror on his face as he just stood there, gripping the doorframe.

My mom had removed us from the hug and stood up. I was about to do the same, and leave the kitchen, but then Shoto gripped onto my shirt even harder. What was I thinking? Leaving my brother who had just gotten severely hurt, just for my own selfish reasons?

I gave him a quick back rub that reassured him that I wasn't going anywhere. I mustered all my bravery, and looked my father dead in the eye with pure hatred, "This is all your fault!" I cried.

His usual stoic  glare had been replaced with one of pure shock. I could've sworn that his icy blue eyes had softened for a split second, but they quickly fazed back to their usual icy glare.

"Shoto, (y/n), leave your mother and I alone. We need to talk..." He seethed through clenched teeth.

My faced lost it's color and my eyes brimmed with fearful tears, "N-no! I'm not gonna-"

"(y/n), that wasn't a suggestion..." He warned, glaring deep into my eyes.

I gulped, and shakily got to my feet. I also hoisted Shoto up off the puddled floor, and we made a swift exit out of the kitchen. When we were about five feet from the entrance, I grabbed his wrist. He looked back at me in confusion, but I nodded for him to sit down. He sat down on the hallway floor and I followed suit. We did this so that we could hear the conversation.

After they thought we had left, I heard my dad take a deep breath of annoyance, "What have you done, Rei?" He asked in a dangerous tone.

She sniffled, "E-Enji, I'm sorry, I-I don't know what came over-"

She was quickly cut off by a swift yet painful slap.

Shoto and I flinched. We knew that their relationship wasn't all cupcakes and rainbows, but I at least thought that it was civil!

I could hear her yelp, and a bang on the tiled floor followed by a series of whimper from mom. I so badly wanted to run back into the kitchen and protect mom and comfort her. I looked over to Shoto, and saw in his eyes that he wanted to do the same.

Even after what she had done to him, he looked like he still wanted to help her. And deep down, I knew that that wasn't her pouring the boiling water on his face, but it definitely looked that way on the surface.

If anybody knew what really did lie beneath the surface-well...let's just say it wouldn't be pretty.

I was knocked out of my train of thought, when I hear, "-and that is why I can't keep doing this anymore, Enji! They're kids, your kids, and everyday they spend with you, I see more and more of you in them every fucking time they walk out of that training room! It drives me insane to the point of no return! And what you had just witnessed, was my breaking point. I'm tired and done with putting up with all of your bullshit, Enji!" She exclaimed.

My eyes widened. She saw a piece of dad in us? The most selfish man in this planet would always be apart of us, and that stupid fact pisses me off that I can't change it!

But the fact that she thinks that we reflect even a speck of him in any way, shape, or form, makes my heart ache with betrayal.

I looked back to my brother, clutching my shirt, and we both silently agreed that we should go back to our room before anymore trauma inducing pain was said.

We stood up to go, but before we left, we heard them start talking again. Curiosity overcame me, and I yanked on my brother's pajama sleeve as if asking to stay a little longer.

"You've really lost it now haven't you, Rei?" he bellowed.

"Huh?" 

"You burnt your child on the face with boiling water, and then you go on to question my method of parenting as if your any good. What I'm doing is in fact making them stronger and preparing them what's to come in their future. I'm building their character and moral everyday they walk into that training room." He explained, venom dripping in his tone.

Shoto and I exchanged confused and skeptical glances, knowing what he had just said was complete and utter bullshit.

"And frankly," He started, "I can't take anymore of this either."

Mom hummed in response, "Well then it's settled, we'll file for a divorce, and then we'll-"

He started to chuckle, which turned into maniacal laughter, "Oh Rei, you need more than a divorce to fix what you have going on up there in the fucked up mind of yours..."

I felt the tension of their conversation wafting into the hallway. The air grew thick and stuffy as the lingering silence continued.

"W-what are you trying to say right now, Enji?" Mom asked, finally breaking the long lasting silence.

"I'm admitting you into a mental hospital tomorrow in the morning, so that you won't be a burden and bad influence on our children's well being's any more than you already have." He said this as if this had been something he had been wanting to happen for quite awhile now.

My eyes widened in fear, and my vision started to blur as it was being overcome by the tears filling my eyes. My mom, whom I loved very much, was being carted away to a mental hospital by my shit excuse for a dad.

I slowly turned my head to face Shoto, and I saw silent tears running down his face as he averted his gaze from mine. This caused my tears to overflow and roll down my cheeks. I tapped his shoulder, causing him to look up.

I held my arms out, hoping that he would want to hug me as well.

He nodded and he leaned into my open arms. We embraced, quietly crying into each other's shoulders.

How much more fucked up can my week get at this point?

A/N

Hello to all of my lovely Bugaroos! I hope that you have enjoyed part two of this chapter! It was originally supposed to be ~ Chapter Eleven ~ but since these chapters were both on the shorter side of what I usually do and they were one even right after one another, I thought it would be better this way!

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Love you all so much, and stay safe out there my Bugaroos! MWAH!