Shouta and Toshinori leave their home, walking close, about a safe distance to be considered close friends. It's a delicate balance, keeping their relationships secret when everyone knows All Might's true form. But then again, they've had years of practice. At the beginning, they kept their relationship secret for the same reasons most heroes do, to stop villains from using their loved ones against them. Now, it's mostly because Toshinori knows how media attention makes Shouta anxious.
His husband is so considerate and Shouta loves it. But even he is starting to get sick of keeping their relationship a secret. Frowning, Shouta gives a quick glance down at his husband's hand. It's been years since their wedding, and he can't even hold Toshi's hand in public. He knows the first wave of the news hungry vultures will be rough, but it'll die down. Eventually. Hopefully. Shouta worries his bottom lip as he considers his options.
"You okay?" Toshinori, observant as ever has noticed Shouta's distracted state.
"Yes, just thinking."
"Should I be worried?" When Shouta looks over Toshi is grinning at him and Shouta's sure if he had eyebrows right now, he would be wiggling them suggestively. Shouta rolls his eyes, but he has a small smile now. Toshinori always knows how to cheer him up.
Shouta is about to respond when he hears a child call out to All Might. They're a few feet away from their first stop. Shouta's surprised it took this long for someone to approach the retired hero. It happens without fail whenever they go out. Toshinori is already stopping and turning to the child and her frazzled looking mother, a big smile on his face. Shouta keeps walking, though he does reach out and give Toshi's shoulder a quick squeeze as he passes by to go into the shop.
It's a fairly good system they've worked out. Shouta muses while he's trying to find the 'magic candles that don't go out!' for Eri's birthday. He carries on with whatever task they set out to do and Toshi can spend the time he wants to with his fans. No need to worry about Shouta waiting around awkwardly for All Might to finish. Depending on how many people show up, it can take up a good chunk of time. Though most times Toshi does have a chance to catch up with Shouta before he finishes. Shouta's just happy that Toshi has overcome his initial insecurity when people recognize him in his current form.
Shouta's only in the store for a few minutes when he hears a scream. He's already moving before his mind catches up with him. A small flair of panic blooms in his chest. Toshinori is vulnerable. Even though the villains targeting him have been far and few in-between, that doesn't mean they still don't try. The scream doesn't sound like Toshi's but that doesn't mean his idiot husband wont jump into battle to defend the innocent.
He bursts out of the shop only to stop in his tracks at the sight before him. All Might is there. In his full powered form. Which wouldn't have normally been a problem, but Toshinori left the house in fitted clothes today. His shirt is shredded. His pants are the same. All Might is looking down at his torn clothes in helpless confusion. The same clothes that are threatening to slide off his perfectly sculpted muscles.
Shouta kicks back into gear and throws his capture weapon out to stop his husband from breaking any public indecency laws. It winds securely around the larger hero's chest and legs. He makes sure that Tosh's wedding band is securely covered. This is not how he wants the news of All Might being married to get out. There's a small flicker of movement behind All Might. With the briefest hint of hesitation, Shota sends the last of his capture weapon in an attempt to grab at it. It's the only thing he can think of that might have spooked Toshinori into transforming. He can feel his weapon secure around something solid. The threat should be naturalized, but just in case, he makes sure his end of the capture weapon is tightly wound around his arms and that he has a good grip on it. Satisfied that he won't lose his grip, he turns his attention back to his husband. He can't believe how careless Toshi was.
"All Might-" Shouta barely gets Toshi's hero name out before All Might has his hand wrapped around a part of Shouta's capture weapon that's connecting them and tugs. Shouta goes flying through the air and All Might catches him by wrapping one of his huge hands around his head. His own hands are instantly trying to claw All Might's hands off of his face.
"You must have a powerful warping quirk to pull me from my office. But you have made a mistake, villain, because now I Am Here." All Might's hands squeeze a little to emphasize his point. Shouta thinks can feel his skull creak under the pressure.
Shit. What the hell happened to his husband. Shouta has resorted to trying to kick All Might, but it's like trying to kick a concrete wall. He just has to get a good angle, one eye free so that he can see All Might. Then he might have a fighting chance. The first tendrils of fear start to creep over him. This is too similar to the Nomu attack. He's going to be crushed to death. He can't get any air through the hand covering his nose and mouth. He's starting to get desperate. Shouta opens his mouth to bite down.
"All Might please stop! That's another Hero! Eraserhead!" It's the mother from before. Shouta is instantly dropped.
"Oh my, I'm so sorry! You must be a new hero." All Might kneels down so he can rub Shouta's back as he's trying to gulp lungfulls of air. "I was just so startled, one minute I was doing paperwork and the next I was outside with my clothes shredded!"
"Stop." Shouta holds his hand up to quickly cut off any further rambling from the large hero. He is pointedly ignoring the fact that his husband has suddenly lost over six years of his memory and doesn't seem to have any trouble staying in his muscle form. Instead, he pulls himself off the ground and makes his way around All Might, following the tugging of his capture weapon.
There's a mousy looking man standing there trying to free himself from the capture weapon. It's wound around his upper body, securing his upper arms to his waist. When he notices Eraserhead advancing on him he quickly puts his hands up in surrender. "Sorry! Sorry! I should have asked before using my quirk on him, but I was so excited, I might have acted without thinking." A feeling of dread slowly starts to intertwine with the earlier fear that hasn't quite dissipated.
"What. did. you. do?" Shouta's voice is low and dangerous. He can feel his quirk activate, his hair gently floating around him. He tightens the capture weapon, so it squeezes the guys arms closer to this body. Only to loosen it again when he realizes the guy can't get in any air to answer with.
"Calm down man, All Might's perfectly okay. My quirk is called Prime Time, it brings a person to the point in their life where they are at their prime, peak condition, their best self you could say." The man looks so proud of himself. Shouta wants to rip him apart. He settles for a deep breath. He deactivates his quirk and eases the flair of irritation in his eyes with a few eyedrops. A crowd is starting to gather around the small group. It won't be long until the press gets wind of this story, he can already see too many cell phones out. Letting out a curse, he quickly pulls out his phone to get a cab.
"You two are coming with me, we are going to U.A. "You-" He says pointing to the mousy man "are going to explain yourself in detail, to the staff of U.A. a few select hero's and the police."
The man squawks at the mention of the police. "Why the police? I didn't do anything wrong, I saved All Might! The symbol of peace. He was dying and I made him strong again! You should be celebrating me."
Shouta barely stops himself from punching the man in the face. "You used your quirk on another person without their permission. I would advise being silent until we get to U.A. and cooperate fully when we do get there." That shuts the guy up for now. He seems to be realizing not everyone is going to fall over and bow to him for bringing back All Might.
Taking another deep breath, Shouta turns to All Might. He's been surprisingly quiet through this whole thing. He looks fine, with a huge smile on his face, even though the only thing covering him are the thin fibers of Shouta's capture weapon. But Shouta can pick out the tension in his shoulders, how his forehead is creased a little too much, his nervous habit of clenching and unclenching his fists. All signs that All Might knows something is very wrong here.
"You're a teacher at U.A." Shouta says softly. All Might and his blinding smile turn towards him. "They should have some spare clothes for you. We'll figure out the rest when we get to the school." The cab pulls up and Shouta couldn't be more thankful for the chance to escape that gaze. He quickly turns away from All Might to unbind his captive, trusting that he will behave himself for now. Shouta shoves the guy in the back seat, giving him a look that dares him to try and escape. He secures the rest of the bindings around All Might, making sure that they won't fall off on the ride back.
"Here, please" Shouta opens the front passenger's side for All Might. He is very careful not to look at his husband again. There wasn't an ounce of recognition in his eyes the first time. His smile felt so vacant. A question forms on the tip of Shouta's tongue. Was the quirk permanent? Was the man who filled up his miserable life with love and warmth, gone?
Rationally, he knows quirks like these tend to be temporary. It's rare that any quirk lasts without the user to guide it. Shouta takes a deep breath, and lets those thoughts placate his growing fear. There's no need to ask. He can wait. This will all pass and be another tick in their long list of mishaps and adventures. The underground hero moves into the backseat and lets the driver know to head to U.A.
Soon after they move, Shouta pulls out his phone to inform the teachers of U.A. to call an emergency meeting. He makes sure that Tsukauchi and Grand Torino know about the meeting as well, though he's not sure if Grand Torino will be able to make it on such short notice. He would have added Shinso as well, but he's currently on an undercover mission.
Tentatively he adds in Midoriya and Bakugo as well. Both of them drop by his and Toshi's home often. To have dinner, catch up, talk about the latest villains and how best to counter them. They even help babysit Eri when both he and Toshi are busy.
Bakugo's anger has cooled over the years and Shouta knows its always soothed the guilt in his heart see how happy All Might has become. Midoriya has always been happy just being able to spend time with his two former teachers. They both know about One for All and All Might will want to meet his successor. He briefly wonders if this All Might still has one for all, but pushes down that question as well.
Worrying his bottom lip, he gives the briefest of glances to All Might. He adds one more line to the message, requesting that no one mention that All Might is married. Everyone at this meeting will know and he doesn't want to overwhelm Toshi. Maybe after he has a chance to process everything that's happened to him. Feeling satisfied with the message, he sends it out and hopes Tsukauchi arrives before they do. The less time he has to spend in the presence of the quirk user, the better. He gets a few curious reply's, but quickly pockets his phone. Looking out the window instead to watch the city go by.
They make it to U.A. fairly quickly. Tsukauchi isn't there yet, but the other teachers are. Midnight eyeballs the bandaged All Might when he steps out of the cab. Shouta glares at her and pointedly stands between the other teachers and All Might. He really needs to get him into some actual clothes and fast. She just chuckles at his obvious distress and saunters over.
"Go get the big guy some proper clothes, we'll take care of the baggage" She throws him a wink as she goes to secure the quirk user.
The other teachers move to help. They'll get down all his general information, but the actual meeting won't start until both All Might and Shouta in the room.
Shouta chances another brief look at All Might. Still smiling. Slowly taking in everything, looking at the building and the people like they don't fit quite right. Shouta wonders if it's like looking in a funhouse mirror for him. Strange people in a strange place, no one recognizable. Hopefully, he'll know Tsukauchi, so he won't feel so alone.
"Follow me, please" His voice is still soft as he leads All Might into the building. Shouta is nervous. Compared to All Might he feels so small. He looks over his shoulder just to seem him, make sure he's still there. He is. And so is that damned smile. "You don't have to put on a brave front, I'm sure this isn't easy for you." It's said barely above a whisper. Shouta feels like a teenager again with his first crush. Toshi made this so easy. But this All Might has such a strong, overbearing presence. It throws Shota off balance.
"That's kind of you hero, it is quite a unique situation I find myself in." All Might lets out one of his booming laughs. "But worry not, from what that man said earlier, it sounds like he saved me life! Is it true, I was dying?"
Shouta wrinkles his nose at the mention of Toshi dying. "You had an injury and lost your quirk. The injury was bad. But for the most part you were able to manage it." He doesn't want to make light of Toshi's life altering injury, but his Toshi was still strong. He always found a way to push past the blood and pain, bursting with strength and life. "Of course, you revealed you're weakened state in the flashiest way possible. The whole world was on the edge of their seats."
"Even you hero?"
Shouta paused at that question. Letting a wave of memories flood over him briefly. He should have known then that Toshi was nothing but trouble. "Even me." He continues walking. "From the dramatic difference between your form then and now, people probably thought you were on deaths door. It was… shocking."
They make it to the teachers' lounge and Shouta goes in to pull out a set of spare clothes that Toshinori kept around 'just in case.' He gently rubs a thumb over the fabric while he holds it. He tells himself one more time that it's going to be okay. Before turning to face All Might again.
"I'll help you get my capture weapon off." Shouta grabs onto the ends he tied before and makes quick work of unwinding the weapon. While All Might is distracted by the ribbons flowing from his body, Shouta smoothly removes the chain that Toshi's wedding band is on from All Might's neck. It feels dirty, stealing his husband's wedding band, but there's no point in keeping a secret if the evidence is there clear as day. He adds the ring to his own neck under his capture weapon that is now secured around his shoulders. He then turns around to give All Might some privacy while he changes into the clothes Shouta handed him.
"Are you in any pain now?" Shouta knows he should wait, but the question slips out before he can stop himself.
All Might slides into his view, fully dressed in his yellow pinstripe suit. "I'm feeling great hero! As strong as ever, I could take on a room full of villains if need be!" He is flexing and posing to show off how 'great' he was feeling.
Shouta takes a reflexive step back, and quickly turns back toward the door, away from All Might. It's been a long time, but he knows exactly how strong those arms are. And he rather not explain the sudden flush of his face. This whole day is putting him through the ringer. He hopes he can survive it.
"Come on, everybody's probably gathered in the meeting room already. Let's see what exactly that guy's quirk does." With that, Shouta quickly escapes the room.