The Todoroki Family have always been quite a complex family to understand. We all know there were four children, what if I told you there was infact another child. The Fifth Todoroki. The abandoned Todoroki.
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"You have a twin, Shoto."
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"You have a twin, Shoto."
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"You have a twin, Shoto."
For a moment, it was as if time had frozen. The clink of the spoon on porcelain faded, the soft hum of conversation from the other rooms dulled, and all Todoroki could hear was the thundering of his own heartbeat.
Those words were echoing in his mind...
He didn't look at them. He couldn't. His gaze remained fixed on the surface of his tea, the liquid trembling ever so slightly in the cup.
"What did you just say?" he finally asked, his voice flat, emotionless.
Fuyumi took a deep breath, her fingers fidgeting with the edge of her sleeve. "I said... you have a twin."
Todoroki's grip tightened on the cup. The heat from his left side began to seep into his palm, but he ignored it. He swallowed hard, his throat dry.
"That's... not possible," he said quietly, though his voice wavered. "If I had a twin, I would have known. Someone would have told me."
Fuyumi hesitated, her lips parting as if to respond, but no words came out.
Todoroki finally looked up, his mismatched eyes locking onto hers. "Why are you saying this?" he asked, his voice sharp, edged with something he couldn't quite name. "Is this some kind of... joke? Or—"
"It's not a joke," Fuyumi interrupted, her tone steady but tinged with regret. "I wouldn't joke about something like this."
The room felt colder now, the warmth of the tea forgotten entirely. Todoroki's chest tightened, his breaths shallow.
"Then explain," he said. "Because this doesn't make any sense. How could I have a twin and not know? How could you keep this from me?"
"It's... complicated," Fuyumi said softly, avoiding his gaze.
"Complicated?" Todoroki repeated. He set the tea down on the table with a sharp clink. "That's not an answer, nee-chan. That's an excuse."
Fuyumi frowned. "The truth is, we three never knew...we only found out recently...," she said, her voice trembling.
None of them knew...?
"None of you knew...? Even you...?" Todoroki asked as he looked at his father, who was silent as ever
"Don't mess with me! What did you do?!" Todoroki growled angry at his dad, unable to understand what he was feeling right now
"Shoto...we met with mom, he truly didn't know...mom kept it from all us...from him because of what he had already done to us..." Natsuo's voice now echoed in his mind
