Suicidal Ideation『Depressed Todoroki』

#7 | Sticks And Stones, They Break Bones

"Aizawa-Sensei, what's going on? Does it have something to do with Todoroki-kun not being in class today?" Midoriya asked, already starting to worry.

Aizawa was surprised at how quickly he figured it out.

"Yes. Is everyone here?"

Quickly some students went to retrieve their missing classmates.

As soon as everyone was there Aizawa started,

"Yesterday, Todoroki was found..." Aizawa cleared his throat, bracing himself for the reactions, "attempting suicide." Aizawa hated this. The kid should be able to tell them this himself, but he won't have time to do that. He's emotionally unstable and the recovery will be a long one, he probably won't be able to return to school in a while.

The room was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop. No one says anything; Trying to absorb the information. They might not be saying anything but Aizawa can practically see the guilt washing over them.

"Before any of you say anything or blame yourself," He said, staring at Midoriya, "he wrote a note." He had already read the note, but he thinks it would be a good idea to read it to them.

Everyone's attention was once again on him. And so, Aizawa read...

_______________

I'm sorry. It wasn't anyone's fault.

I simply had 2 choices,

Destroy others

or

Destroy me

I chose myself

-Shoto Todoroki

_______________

When he looked up, most of the class were either shocked or crying. Yaoyorozu was sobbing into Jirou's shirt, Kirishima was trying to comfort anyone he could, Shinsou sat still with guilt clear on his face, Midoriya was the worst of them. His face was covered in tears, eyes puffy red, and his posture was slumped.

Aizawa had never seen the boy in a worse state. It hurt that he couldn't do anything to help them. Because frankly, saying that Shouto was okay would've been a lie. Sure, physically he's fine, other than the cuts on his wrists, those will probably scar. But mentally...

That's a different story.

Aizawa can only imagine the number of times that boy was suffering and hid it behind sleeves, makeup, and a big lie that's shaped into the words of "I'm fine".

He can practically hear the self-deprecating thoughts going on in his student's minds,

'Why didn't I realize?'

"Before any of you ask, yes, he's physically fine. I stopped him from trying to jump off of the UA building."

Horror flashed across each of the Class 1-A students. Midoriya cried even harder (if that's possible).

"Do you know why...why he tried?"

Aizawa knew this question was coming, which was why he was ready to answer.

"Yes. But I assume you will most likely hear it on the news soon, so there's no need to say."

This was one thing that Aizawa was not going to discuss. He's already overstepping his boundaries telling Shouto's classmates about this when it's obvious he didn't want to. They'll find out soon enough.