บท 35: Date Night
For the record, Shouto had only brought up the whole let's go see the All Might memorial movie in full villain garb thing as a joke. But then Izuku had laughed so hard he'd shot grape soda out his nose and well… disturbing the peace was kinda in the job description wasn't it? So, anyway, Shouto was seriously questioning all his life choices as he watched people literally dive to get out of their way as they walked into the movie theater holding hands.
"So, Shouto, do you want to buy the tickets and I'll get the popcorn?"
Shouto couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Do you really think they're gonna make us pay?"
Izuku's eyes sparkled with amusement, "I mean, probably not, but your whole thing is more of a vigilante, only hurting people who deserve it, type attitude. Besides, it'll be hilarious to see how confused everyone gets!"
Shouto chuckled, "Alright. I guess I'll get the tickets then."
Izuku practically bounced with excitement, "Perfect! Meet me back here?"
Shouto nodded and Izuku ran around the corner to the concession stand. Shouto strode confidently up to the ticket counter and smiled at the trembling attendant, "Two tickets to All Might: Symbol of Peace please."
The attendant stared at him for a long moment, but jumped into action when Shouto raised an eyebrow at him. He typed a few things into the register in front of him and printed the tickets, quickly handing them to Shouto.
"How much?"
"What?" The attendant's voice was practically a squeak as he stared at Shouto in shock.
Shouto rolled his eyes and pulled some cash from his wallet, "How much do I owe you for the tickets? I'm an upstanding citizen afterall, I'm not here to rob you." He laughed at the irony. The media would have a field day trying to figure that out.
"Um...3600 yen?"
Mina and Kirishima both groaned as the movie all of a sudden stopped and the lights turned on, but they weren't the only ones, most of class 1A looked annoyed as well.
"Come on!" Mina said. "We never get permission to leave the dorms! Just let us have our fun!"
Yaoyorozu shook her head, "I'm sure they must have a good reason for stopping the movie. Maybe there's a villain attack nearby and we have to evacuate?"
Iida stood, "If that is the case, did everyone remember to bring their provisional licenses? If we need to assist the pros, we will need to do so legally."
"Yes, Iida, we all have our licenses." Shinso rolled his eyes. "Or did you forget Aizawa checked them all before we left? We wouldn't have been allowed to leave UA if we didn't have them."
"It still kinda sucks Bakugo has to go through anger management therapy before they'll give him his." Kirishima sighed.
"Yeah, well, they can't risk any other heroes going Endeavor." Kaminari said. "That'd suck."
"Could I have everyone's attention, please!" A nervous looking usher raised her voice and the theater went quiet.
"They'd better have a good reason for stopping the movie." Sero grumbled.
"Shh!" Uraraka glared at him.
"Um, the villains Mastermind and Freezerburn have been spotted in the theater. We are going to evacuate out the back door, if everyone could please calmly follow me."
The theatre emptied quickly as people rushed the emergency exits. The members of class 1A looked at each other. Shinso stood and headed for the doors that led to the lobby.
"Shinso!" Iida called. "What are you doing?"
"We're heroes." Shinso said. "And they're villains. It seems pretty simple to me."
"Wait!" Yaoyorozu said. "We aren't authorized to capture Mastermind, we could just make things worse."
"Then we won't catch Mastermind." Kirishima said. "But what Todoroki did definitely wasn't manly at all."
There were nods all around and Yaoyorozu sighed, "Alright, but let's be careful about this. We all know how powerful Todoroki is and we can't forget that Mastermind is with him."
They rushed out to the lobby and saw Todoroki leaning against the ticket counter like he didn't have a care in the world, but Mastermind was nowhere to be seen.
A slight commotion caught Shouto's attention and he turned to see all of class 1A coming out from the theater area in their casual clothes. Huh, they must have been let out of the dorms for a night of fun. Bad timing. He scanned his classmates faces, ignoring the hurt, betrayal and anger he saw there. They'd ignored his pain, hadn't they?
He smiled cheekily at them, "Hey guys, are you here to see the All Might movie too?"
Uraraka was practically growling at him, but nobody made a move. Yet.
"So, where's your boyfriend?" Kaminari asked.
Shouto tilted his head. Word must travel fast, considering this was his and Izuku's first date in public, "You mean Mastermind?"
"What? No!" To his surprise Kaminari looked confused. But then again, maybe he shouldn't have been surprised, this was Kaminari, afterall. "Isn't Dabi your boyfriend?"
Everyone stopped glaring at Shouto to gape at Kaminari in disbelief. Shouto's nose crinkled in disgust, "Ew, no! Dabi's my brother , you idiot! Just...no!"
Jiro hit Kaminari in the eye with one of her ear jacks, "How did you even miss that, you idiot?"
"I don't know!" Kaminari said. "I just, I guess I wasn't paying attention! You know how I get when I go over my wattage limit!"
"Wait." Ashido said. "Does that mean Mastermind is your boyfriend?!"
Shouto chuckled, "Why else did you think we were here? We're on a date. We thought it'd be funny to go to the All Movie, don't you agree?"
"You bastard!" Iida ran at him full speed, but Shouto simply froze the floor so he'd slip and fall, freezing the rest of the class to the floor while he was at it.
"Does this mean we're not going to be able to watch the movie?" He pouted. "We were looking forward to it!"
"You sick…" Sato glared at him. "It isn't bad enough that you joined the guys that killed him, now you have to mock his memory too?"
Shouto returned his glare, "All Might wasn't a hero. A real hero wouldn't have been too blind to see what was right underneath his nose. And I'm not even the only one All Might could have saved, could have given hope, but chose to crush instead."
"Oh? And who else is that?" Shinso asked.
Shouto opened his mouth to answer, then slammed his jaw shut again, making Shinso curse. All of a sudden he was knocked off balance by Dark Shadow, who obviously hadn't been frozen to the ground like his classmates. He rolled to his feet only to receive a hardened punch from Kirishima, who had managed to break through his ice. Sato broke the ice trapping him soon after and joined in the assault. Shouto lit up his left side to keep them at bay and disable Dark Shadow, but that meant that the others broke through their ice that much easier.
He dodged as Ashido skated by him and threw up an ice wall to block her acid attack, then had to shield his eyes as Yaoyorozu threw one of her flashbang dolls at him, giving Kirishima another opening to punch him again.
"Stop!"
Shouto blinked his eyes open to see his classmates frozen, staring at Izuku, who had one of his knives at the throat of a terrified concessions attendant. He shifted the knife slightly, making a drop of blood roll slowly roll down the attendant's neck.
"Move again and she dies." Izuku growled, then glanced at Shinso. "Same goes for if you speak. Nod if you understand."
There was a round of nods from his classmates, none of which looked happy about it as they refused to take their eyes off Izuku's knife. His hostage whimpered slightly as Izuku chuckled.
"Right answer. Good to know you haven't forgotten the first rule of hero work. Come on, Shoto, it's time for us to go." He stepped forward, dragging the hostage roughly along with him. "She's coming with us. If you all stay put like good little heroes, we'll let her go in a few blocks."
Shoto followed Izuku to the door, feeling the frustration of his classmates as he left them behind.
"Why?" Shoto glanced back to see tears in Yaoyorozu's eyes as he looked at him imploringly, "Why Todoroki? Why did you do it?"
Izuku stopped, letting Shoto take his time. He knew if he were to just walk away right now, Izuku wouldn't think any less of him, but he was leaving that up to Shoto. It was sweet.
Shoto took a deep breath and looked Yaoyorozu in the eye, "Because this is what it takes to be free."
Then he and Izuku walked out the door. They'd have to find something else to do for their date.
สถานะพลังงานรายสัปดาห์
-- การจัดอันดับด้วยพลัง 
-- หินพลัง