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Shouto Todoroki felt like a strange cryptid rather than a human kid at times.....
It was sad, the most painful thing that Shouto dealt with was how people that "Claimed" to be Shouto's "Friends", didn't include him in their fun games or parties unless Shouto forced them to have him come along.....
Middle School was horrible.....
Within a fucking microsecond of most people meeting Shouto, it was like they were immediately REPULSED by Shouto's Soul or something....
Shouto did everything right, read the stupid guidebooks on how to make friends (which fucking lied constantly), did the good things for people, and generally did the eye contact thing that personally intimidated him.....
Whenever Shouto did the rare confiding of these "Social Woes" to his Father, Shouto's Father genuinely cried before hugging Shouto awkwardly before whispering in a self-loathing voice to himself that he believed that Shouto never heard but Shouto did every single time...
"I'M SORRY YOU ARE LIKE ME KIDDO"....
This is Shouto's Story...
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Shouto Todoroki was in his Childhood Home, creeping around at 1 o'clock in the morning, whenever he saw his Father's Bedroom door cracked open, something that NEVER HAPPENED, and Shouto peeked in the crack and he saw his Father crying and more confusingly and bizarrely TRANSFORMED INTO A GIANT RED DOG WITH TURQUOISE BLUE EYES that was like a Malamute/Husky Mix, a dog that looked like a fucking wolf essentially but clearly a dog.......
Shouto felt absolute terror whenever the door opened further, revealing him to his transformed father, and Shouto's Father was BEYOND HORRIFIED but not of Shouto but moreso of HIMSELF whenever Shouto and Shouto's Father locked eyes.......
Shouto's Father gulped nervously as he turned into his True Human Self as he awkwardly scampered towards Shouto in a way that looked kinda fun, a half crouching/half crawling mode of movement before Shouto's Father very timidly petted Shouto's hair before whispering in a very awkward and slightly nervous tone of voice to Shouto.......
"SHOUTO, I AM SORRY.....I KNOW THAT I AM A TERRIBLE FATHER BUT, IF YOU KNEW WHAT I AM TRYING TO PROTECT YOU FROM, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BUT LOSE YOUR ABILITY TO BLEND IN BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL LITERALLY TAG YOU, BIND YOU, AND TRY TO DESTROY YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR SOUL THAT YOU CAN'T STOP BEING SHOUTO.......IF PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT 'US', THEY WOULD DESTROY YOU MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY BEFORE FORCING ME TO 'TAG YOU, YOUR SIBLINGS, AND MYSELF', SOMETHING THAT SICKENED ME TO COMPREHEND SHOUTO.....NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW WHAT I 'AM' TRULY SHOUTO".......
Shouto's Father curled up in a ball and ugly cried before whispering to Shouto in a very heartbroken and sorrowful tone of voice.......
"I AM AUTISTIC, SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO HIDE....THIS PARTICULAR NERUODIVERGENCY DIDN'T GIVE ME A EXCUSE TO JUSTIFY MY DICKWIPE BEHAVIOR TOWARDS YOU AND THE REST OF MY FAMILY.....I WANT TO BE BETTER BUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW, I READ THE SELF-HELP BOOKS, WHICH ALWAYS FAILED AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE EVER REASON TO HATE ME BUT, JUST KNOW THAT AT LEAST IN 'ONE AREA', I WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO PROTECT YOU SHOUTO"......
Shouto curled up in a ball in front of his Father and asked his Father in a very curious voice...
"DOES BEING AUTISTIC RELATE TO HOW YOU CAN TURN INTO A DOG?"......
Shouto's Father nodded yes before saying in a awkward and slightly soothing voice towards Shouto.....
"YEAH, LET ME EXPLAIN......
IN QUIRKED AUTISTIC PEOPLE, THEIR QUIRKS ALWAYS START VERY SMALL AND WEAK IN POWER BUT, TO OFFSET THIS, A AUTISTIC QUIRK HAD FOUR POWER BRANCHES WITH 8 NODES PER BRANCH......
1. HERO/GOOD/HOLY
2. VILLAIN/EVIL/DEMON
3. BODY/VICE/CARNAL
4. SOUL/VIRTUE/SPIRIT
THE MORE YOU DO 'GOOD', 'EVIL', 'VICE', OR 'VIRTUE' ACCORDING YOUR QUIRK'S OWN INTERPRETATION OF YOUR OWN HUMANITY BEYOND ITSELF, THE MORE POWERS AND ABILITIES YOU OBTAIN WITHOUT ANY DRAWBACKS OR WORRIES ABOUT PERMANENT TRANSFORMATION STRAIN IF YOU HAVE A NONHUMANIOD TRANSFORMATION IN A NODE AWAKENING......I UNLOCKED ALL OF MY 'DEMON NODES' BECAUSE I WAS 'A ABUSIVE DOG' TOWARDS MY FAMILY, TOWARDS YOU AND YOUR SIBLINGS, YOUR MOTHER, SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL MY WILDFIRE QUIRK CALLED ME OUT ON IT.....ALSO, THAT'S A ANOTHER THING ABOUT AUTISM AND QUIRKS SHOUTO, A AUTISTIC QUIRK IS 'SENTIENT, BEYOND IT'S INSTINCTS' AND CAN 'SPEAK TO IT'S HUMAN WELDER OR EVEN OTHER PEOPLE BY TEMPORARILY HIJACKING THEIR HUMAN WELDER'S TONGUE'......AUTISTIC QUIRKED PEOPLE ARE SEEN AS 'ELDRITCH ABOMINATIONS' SHOUTO, I DIDN'T WANT ANY OF MY CHILDREN TO DEAL WITH 'THAT KIND OF BIGOTRY' EVER".........
Even though it was very awkward, Shouto did that weird scampering/crawling/crouching thing that his Dad did,(something that was way too insanely fun to do), hugged Shouto's Father, and whispered in a slightly playful manner to his Father.....
"I WON'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT YOUR AUTISM NONSENSE DAD, BUT, IS IT ALRIGHT IF I CAN DO THIS 'SCAMPERING/CRAWLING THING' CONSTANTLY BECAUSE IT'S FASTER AND ODDLY ENOUGH, MORE COMFORTABLE THAN REGULAR WALKING".......
Shouto's Father awkwardly and nervously laughed before saying awkwardly and bashfully....
"OKAY YOU CAN'T 'WEREWOLF RUN' AROUND EVERYWHERE SHOUTO BECAUSE YOU GOTTA 'LOOK NORMAL' BUT, AS A COMPROMISE, YOU CAN 'WEREWOLF RUN' WHENEVER YOU'RE DOING PRO HEROIC TRAINING BULLSHIT TO GIVE YOU A EXTRA BOOST IN SPEED AND ACROBATICS SHOUTO".....
Shouto clenched his fist excitedly, said "FUCK YES!", and immediately scampered around the entire house several times, until Shouto got so tired that he crashed in his bed whenever he hopped into it........