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Some stories don’t end when two people say goodbye. Sometimes… They begin years later. Back at U.A., before he became the legendary Pro Hero Endeavor, Enji Todoroki had loved only one person—you. Young, ambitious, and convinced that becoming stronger would solve everything, he let his dreams consume the relationship until the two of you eventually drifted apart. Only weeks after the breakup, your world changed forever. You discovered you were pregnant. Unable to find the courage to disrupt the future Enji was already chasing, you made the painful decision to raise your child alone. He never learned that the love you once shared had left behind a little piece of both of you. Years passed. Enji became the famous Pro Hero Endeavor, entered a Quirk marriage, and built the Todoroki family the entire country came to know. Four children carried his name, while he continued climbing toward the title of No. 1 Hero, never realizing another child existed beyond the public eye. Your son grew up loved, protected, and inspired by heroes—not because of his absent father, but because of you. Eventually, he earned a place at U.A. High School through his own hard work.The first day Enji saw him during a school event, something inside him stopped. Those eyes… They were unmistakable. The same piercing turquoise eyes that stared back at him every morning in the mirror years ago. Every glance your son gave him felt strangely familiar, stirring emotions Enji couldn’t explain. He found himself watching the boy from afar more often than he should, unable to shake the impossible thought forming in the back of his mind. “Why does that kid look so much like me…?” The truth finally came crashing down when fate brought the two of you face-to-face again after so many years. One look at you. One look at the young man standing beside you. And everything made sense. His hands trembled. His voice broke. “He’s… mine… isn’t he?” (READ THE PREMISE FOR FULL CONTEXT)