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[mehanizovati]

[i am being lazy about making catch all so hopefully poking this in here is good?? guess who is starting to get Worried about allen? this guy. so probably a couple of days after allen dies shouto gets this message:]

Have you seen Allen, Todoroki? He has not returned my messages lately.

[swellter]

[ The waves lapping at the shoreline become the background to his thoughts. Waiting for the dead on the Farther Shores, while the world keeps spinning, Shouto stares out to sea, unable to sleep when the text pings through.

He looks down at it and is immediately transported to that day. His vision wasn't wrong, he was. He'd lost control. Attacked with bladed ice. He still remembers all that blood luminescent like the moon, pooling on the ground around Allen. He saved his brother, and in return, he'd been conscripted to a terrible end. Heavy of heart, even the sapling's tranquil aura is unable to lighten the load. Or the nightmares.

While dodging his past thoughts, Shouto stares down at the message with no idea how to answer. In the end, he decides to go with the simple truth. ]

I saw him a few days ago.

I'm waiting for him now.

[stoicsilhouette]

[ Welfare Check ]

Haven't seen you in a while. How've you been?

text; un: shouto

[swellter]

[ He doesn't need a welfare check, he has enough blood. ]

Who is this?

July 6th, text

[slightlytaller]

[Mid-afternoon, Shouto would get a notification of a message from an unusual source. Waver's words were crisp and to the point, but not without care: ]

Shouto,

I received an odd message from a friend, and I am concerned.

Are you all right? That storm yesterday felt like it was more than a regular storm. Are you safe? Are you eating appropriately?

Are your friends safe?

Please reply.

-LEMII

un: shouto

[swellter]

[ The message finds him during his afternoon patrol through the city. With the heatwave under way, and his offer to provide ice for people, he's more cognizant of his messages and reads it soon after it comes in.

His feet come to a stop under the hot midday sun, a visible crease in his brows at the mention of his friends. First and foremost: ]

What message did you receive?

I'm okay. I'm patrolling in Prufrock District right now.

Why did you ask about my friends? Did the storm cause any damage?

video; un: an.exorcist

[likethelight]

[ A few days after this occurs, as Allen waited until after judging the bake-off and was then reeling from the aftereffects of that... ]

Ne, Shouto. [ He... both looks and sounds a little nervous. His right hand's also been bandaged. ]

What... kinds of fruits did you use in those jams? [ a beat ]

The labels fell off.

[swellter]

[ The video shows him sitting outside wearing a simple blue yukata. Kizu lounges beside him on the engawa, staring at the darkening woods. Catching sight of that bandaged hand, he sets down a can of worms and sits up a little straighter. ]

I can check for you.

[ He gets up and splashing is heard beyond the camera as he walks barefoot to the open doorway leading inside. ]

Did something happen?

text; un: carmilla; 6-26, evening

[yandhero]

[ it's around sundown that a message pops up in shouto's inbox. it should be fairly easy to piece together who's sending it, and the contents are short and simple: ]

i think the himiko from ur world just showed up
pls be careful, ok?

text; un: shouto

[swellter]

[ A warning from an unfamiliar username sets him on high alert. The fact that they know that name in relation to him and deem it necessary to warn him narrows it down to someone from his world. From the start, he eliminates everyone but Touya, Aizawa, and the other Touga. Aizawa would tell him not ask him, and Touya would never use please in relation to him effectively whittling down the list down to one. ]

You're Touga Himiko from the other world.

Text; UN: Dynamight [backdated to oct 1]

[detonating]

I'm back.

[Same text that he sent to Izuku. Katsuki doesn't have much energy, mentally or physically... and he wants to kind of gauge how everyone has taken the whole thing to even know how to unpack it with them. Dealing with their grief on it is a given--least it has been with Ochako and his childhood friend, but it doesn't make it any less difficult or tiring in ways.

Can't just tell them all to shake it off, like he's trying to. He's not the one who had to sit back and live with the loss, however short-lived it was.]

1/?

[swellter]

[ His OMNI goes off waking him up from a fitful sleep. With blurry eyes, he looks down at the name inscribed across his screen, and all at once, all cylinders start firing off.

He sits up so quickly, the blankets wrapped around him grow taunt, and he drops the phone face down. Shouto scrambles for it turning it around as soon as he plucks it from the ground, and his eyes water at the name spelled out so clearly on the screen. ]

2/?

[swellter]

[ The wake-up call is enough to have his throat clogging, and his quirk swings wildly inside his chest from the varying emotions clambering for attention all at once, making it difficult to type a simple response. ]

3/3

[swellter]

Bakugou.

[ He manages through blurry eyes as the left overtakes the ice, and he manages to wipe at his face to better see as his thoughts finally start to string a proper response. ]

You came back.

video; un: dabi ~ {omen visual misfire}

[burnitblack]

[dark, quiet, busy, who knows. only that kiza's mind suddenly get a brief flicker of light before it goes dark again. then light, almost like someone's opening and closing the shutters quickly. color and shape come into focus, showing a simple kitchen, meagerly stocked, and currently lit up with a blue glow.

don't worry, it's only touya cooking.

...cooking as well as a todoroki does.]

video

[swellter]

[ Coming across a scene of Touya cooking leaves him silent, not for a lack of words but in appreciation of those little moments lost to him growing up, and it's not until a full minute comes and goes with the sounds of cooking in the background that he makes his presence known. ]

What are you cooking?

[ Seated on the wooden engawa overlooking the river where he was watching the koi before the video popped up on his feed, Shouto wears a black turtleneck and pants looking comfortable and curious all at the same time. ]

text kind of; slightly backdated

[likethelight]

[ Do you know what November means? Because Allen sure didn't, not until it was already upon them and he realized... he was starting to recognize things. The Bone Moon. Whispers of the Zealots on the streets again. So the realization crept up on him without his even realizing it until it slapped him in the face.

It's been a year. Since he washed ashore and Shouto found him. A little over a year for Shouto. And ever since that realization he's been deep in thought. And considering a great number of things.

And he has an idea, but first he needs to check on something... He can't be too obvious though (or can he? it's Shouto), so after some deliberation he decides on a soft approach. This is very serious, after all!! It calls for subterfuge. So while Shouto is on patrol, he will receive this Very Important attachment: ]



[ less than a minute later: ]

he wanted to say hi

text, un: shouto

[swellter]

[ After his encounter with Nea, he's found Allen deep in thought a few times. A rare sight that has him gathering him up in his arms without a word and holding him for the sake of it. If questioned, he'll answer with the truth. I felt like holding you. No more, no less.

The rest of the month goes relatively smoothly so when he receives a text from Allen during one of his patrols near the beach, he finds himself smiling lightly at the koi staring back at him. ]

Hello.

Late November | misfire | text | un: londonstar

[slightlytaller]

Deku, was it?

If you don't mind, I have a quick question:

Do you and your classmates celebrate Christmas?

I know, it's a little early, but I wanted to prepare ahead of time. I don't particularly celebrate for the religious parts, but it's cultural.

After the problems with the Zealots and the Tower this month, I suspect we may all need a little cheer this winter.

Thanks,

Mackenzie

text; un: shouto

[swellter]

[ He doesn't mind. Or rather, wouldn't mind if the question were addressed to him. Does he think I'm Midoriya? Almost certainly. ]

I'm Shouto.

[ You know. Tall, bi-colored, wants to pet all the cats. ]

You have the wrong number.

[ Does he even bother to answer the question? No, because it wasn't addressed to him. He's just here to right the wrongs. In this case, wrong number. ]

Christmas Gift Delivery!! | 12/25

[floatsaway]

[Todoroki-kun, you are by far the most difficult person to gift of everyone Ochako knows, barring maybe the villains that she just gave food to. Honestly, she spent so much time pacing her her house thinking of what to possibly give her two-tone friend that she didn't even need to go running that day. Soba seems so basic, everyone is probably going to give him that, but...what else does he even like? She laments that she doens't know enough about her friend to get him something other than just thrown together things, but that's just going to have to be how it is. Next year. she's definitely got to try to get to know Todoroki a little better - that'll be her resolution.

For now though, on the morning of Christmas day, a gift box will be sitting outside Todoroki's door, wrapped in red paper and tied with white yarn into a neat and cute little bow. She thought she was clever with that one, hoho. There's also holly berries drawn onto it, and stars as well as glittery snowflakes. Inside the box itself is a combo set of snow leopard print gloves, a hat, and a scarf to match his Omen. There's also a box of traditional wagashi in a smaller wooden box alongside a tin of loose leaf jasmine green tea. Of course, ochako did also include some actual food, too. In some steel bento boxes, piled atop one another and wrapped in a blue cloth, Ochako included steamed white rice, a few potato croquettes, miso chicken katsu, wakame seaweed salad and pickled/boiled veggies for a side, smoked sausages, and...yes, an entire box just for cold soba. There's even a fish-shaped plastic sauce packet, too.

And finally, a card has been placed atop all the food tins - white card stock with a curled up cat next to a fireplace drawn on one side and a note on the other:]

Dear Todoroki-kun,

Merry Christmas!! I hope you're doing well, and not snowed in or anything... Though, I guess with your quirk, that's not as much of a big deal for you, is it? Haha!! Still, do be careful out there anyway, I don't trust this place enough to not imagine there's stuff lurking in that much snow or whatever... Let any of us know if you need anything too, okay? You're always welcome in our space, you know. ♥

I hope you like the gifts, by the way. I really didn't know what sorts of things you liked, so I kind of had to guess a little bit... If you don't like them, it's fine, just let me know so I can exchange them for something better. The food is all fresh, too, I sort of went crazy this month prepping and cooking stuff for people. There ought to be enough to last a few days for one person, and yes I did include some soba for you. (o-w-o)b But you have to eat the rest of the stuff, too!! I worked really hard on it, after all!!

I miss you, it's so weird not seeing everyone all the time. Let's try to meet up more next year...I've known you so long, but it still feels like we could know each other better, y'know?

Your friend,
Uraraka Ochako ♥

Holiday gift delivery

[wannasmash]

Todoroki needs to be fed constantly or he will resort to either eating out all the time or "cooking" unspeakable inedible monstrosities, and Trench has enough monsters already. Midoriya delivers his Christmas present, enough food for several days: a canister of beef stew, potatoes with gravy, katsu (he worked very hard to learn this!), steamed broccoli and carrots, a selection of tsukemono and Western pickles, and a small cake (purchased; he cannot bake) good to share with one other person. As for non-edible gifts, there is a slim box with two pairs of fancy chopsticks.

There are also satsumas, a box of traditional sweets, and a tin of green tea for New Year's. As usual when he hand-delivers something during this season, he likes to shovel snow near-instantly with super strength while he's there--but it looks like Todoroki has already taken care of melting the snow away. As expected of the industrious Todoroki!

Herenothere

[comecatchthesehands]

Because there was a time in his life where Dabi was more important to him than what it seems, knowing when Shoto's birthday is, was just part of the job.

Shoto can have the mints that are so minty they burn and feel like cold at the same time. They're hand wrapped and some are chocolate covered, but there certainly are quite a few of them. In the month where he wasn't an asshole, Shigaraki had gifts for all of them, but wasn't sure he actually felt like it. Turns out, yes he does. While Shoto doesn't get his on his birthday, since he wanted Toya to have his first... he's getting it now.

The note reads: "Birthday stuff, you get it when you get it."

There is little escaping Search again unless someone pms me and tells me to gtfo. This may not be Shoto's home, it could be his place of work, or just somewhere that he is out that day (or a day mun decides is better). That's why Shigaraki sends his Omen, knowing full well that there is another omen involved that keeps tabs. The corgi sets the package down at either Shoto's feet, or the care of Shoto's omen and heads back to where he belongs with no fuss caused.

Enjoy. Or don't and don't eat candy from strangers.

Text; UN: Dynamight

[detonating]

Status report, Halfie.

[Guess who is back? Your favorite bundle o' dynamite.]

[swellter]

[ You! Are going to kill him! ]

Bakugou?!