Ms. Sumi made Shoto train harder than he ever had. The moseying around his frozen room was nothing compared to this. She tested his agility, flexibility and endurance. In that small 30-minute window when they would train, they trained hard. Shoto would come out of practice dripping in sweat, smiling. This training was nothing like what his father's. Ms. Sumi encouraged him, even when he made mistakes. She still pushed Shoto hard enough for it to pay off. He looked forward to those small practices. It was only 2 hours and 30 minutes a week, but in only a month Shoto had perfected all his single jumps. The toe loop, Lutz, Axel, Salchow and even his flip. His footwork wasn't flawless by any means. He wasn't graceful at all.

He was enjoying himself. With his stoic expressions you would never be able to tell. His excitement was clear to his family when he got home. Natsuo was almost scared when Shoto started going off about how didn't land a jump in practice. For the Shoto that Natsuo knew didn't talk about himself much. As a child his confidence was low and his silence held anger and resentment but, now it was like he was free. All the things that had once burdened him fell away. The family slowly began to enjoy it though, that included Enji who would never admit it, but he was glad Shoto was happy.

Shoto continued to practice. The change in his lifestyle and improved social energy had even started to become noticeable to his classmates. Midoriya was the first to say something. "Hey Todoroki-kun you have seemed a lot happier recently, like a huge weight has been lifted off your shoulders. Did something good happen?"

"Really I look different I didn't notice. I guess you could say something good happened," he shrugged. Midoriya smiled "I am so glad, cause up until this recent change you were kind of blank, depressed even. Your aura was a bleak grey smog, but now its like BAM bright and shiny, and that makes me so happy!" Shoto stared for just a second before he gave the smallest of smiles and said, "I am going to work hard to surpass you, just you wait Midoriya." Midoriya clenched both fists, "I am counting on it!"

The interaction with his classmate had just fired him up more, literally and figuratively. During gym Shoto began to use more fire attacks fine tuning them. Training he worked harder than ever. He was going to be what he wanted to, no matter what. Nobody could get in his way now. By the 3rd month of training he was getting a handle on footwork and his double and triple jumps. In school, he was more social and even began to hang out with his friends on the weekends.

There was one weekend he brought all of them over t his house. Midoriya, Iida, Tsuyu, Ochacko, Momo and even Bakugou, who just wanted to come to see the #2 hero's house. Fuyumi was flabbergasted and nearly feinted in the entrance hall before fumbling out something about snacks. She rushed off somewhere to the left side of the house. Shoto offered a tour which basically all of them agreed to. Shoto then to proceeded to show them around even barging in on Natsuo who was in Almight Pjs surfing the web. Midoriya immediately went fanboy mode, after a couple minutes of this Iida decided to take charge, grabbing Midoriya by the scruff and dragging him out of the room. These events were priceless, for the first time in his life he could clearly see what was in front of him. He was happy.

Thank you so much for reading! It has been a long time since I wrote a chapter for this. Sorry to keep you waiting! Emotion is a tough thing to embody, but don't worry it wont be the last time. Be ready for a roller-coaster of feels. I do hope you enjoy my story and have a great day!

~Omelette ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜