Tomoya sighed softly as she waited at a local café for her friend. It was hard for her lately. Sure, the work was easy, but her guilt kept eating up at her. It bothered her, making her think that Toshinori wouldn't be in this state if she hadn't separated from him. Maybe she could have done something else but no, she hadn't been able to do a single thing for her boss. She had failed in her promise to the one person who had faith in her after her parents…
Closing her eyes for a moment, the young woman let out a soft sigh as she sat outside in the sunlight. It was the one thing that made her feel a little better. A little closer to her mother at the very least. Her mother, who had the quirk that allowed her to harness the powers of the sun to increase her strength and shoot out beams of sunlight. She could create drawings in the air at will.
Yet, because of her father's quirk, moon/wolf, she couldn't draw at will but had to rely on her own sweat to create ink to do such a thing as her tail acted as the brush.
As for her father, he had in a way, his own duel quirk as it was mostly a wolf-based quirk but it depended on the state of the moon.
Her tail thumped against the ground a little before she let out a soft sigh. It made her wonder if what she was doing was even the right thing to do.
"Yo!" shouted a male's voice, causing the young woman to look up.
Walking toward her was a tall man with orange-red coloured hair that was styled in spikes. The ends of each spikey strand are orange, red, black, white and grey. She figured it was due to his quirks base form so to speak. His long orange tail hung out behind him much like her own tail did as she walked. He wore a simple red t-shirt and a pair of black jeans.
"Shun, about time you got here." Tomoya said with a frown on her face.
"I can't help it Tomoya. The ladies can't get enough of the great hero Fox Specter." Shun said with pride. Tomoya just gave him a bland look as he just chuckled a little at her. "What? You don't believe me that I am a very big ladies' man?"
"No I don't. No one tolerates you because of your jokes Shun."
"Oh you wound me Tomoya! You wound me!" Shun said with a laugh before taking a seat in front of her. "So, my sun and moon what brought on this desire to speak to me?" Shun said with a big grin on his face.
"Endeavour let you go early again didn't he?"
"No." Shun said with a chuckle. "He's just pissed off that I took down a villain before he could in one hit is all. The man just can't take a joke anymore."
"Oh really, you telling him off while on the phone with me wasn't a giveaway to how much the man wants to fire you?" Tomoya blandly said.
"Meh, he won't though. Because that would look bad on him for firing a promising hero. Plus, it's just so much fun to torment him." Shun said with a grin on his face as he leaned on the table, his chin resting on his palm as he gazed at the woman with his calm amber eyes. "Now, tell me what is bothering you so much?"
"What makes you think anything is bothering me?" Tomoya asked in a whisper.
"Well, normally when you want to meet me you shoot me a text in case I'm working. If you're calling me, it means that you are upset about something that's been bothering you for a while and is eating away at you." Shun pointed out with a grin on his face.
Tomoya sighed softly, she knew that being his friend was a pain in the ass. But, she couldn't help it. They got along, and they had a connection that she knew was unbreakable. "Well, remember how All Might kinda went missing?" She began.
"Yeah, it was all over the news. He was training a new hero then all of a sudden they said that he disappeared. What's with that?" Shun said with a frown before his eyes widened and stared at her in shock. "You didn't kill him did you?"
"No!" Tomoya all but shouted at him with a growl.
Holding his hands up, he calmly said "I'm joking Tomoya, relax here."
"It wasn't funny! Why would I kill a man that I need to repay for… for…" Tomoya went silent, she hadn't even told Shun about the promise that she made all those years ago. She had told herself, that if she couldn't repay her, that she would repay the only other person that was connected to that woman. The only way to do that, was to help All Might in his state of mind as it was now. Sighing softly, she leaned her head on the table as she looked up at Shun, her gold eyes looking a little glossy with unshed tears.
"Tomoya? What's wrong, talk to me here?" Shun said with a frown. Tomoya blinked as she saw Shun giving her a serious expression. It seemed that his joke switch had been flipped to 'serious' finally. "What happened to make you feel like this?" Shun asked with a frown on his frown.
"All Might and I were ambushed. We separated to deal with villains and I tried to reach him but was blinded by a light. He just… stood there. It was weird, it was like the lights were on in him but no one was home. I don't know what happened, I mean I feel like I did. As if I had seen it happen before but it couldn't be possible. I mean, he should be gone shouldn't he?!"
"Tomoya?"
"I mean, the man had attacked my parents so long ago and there was no way that he could be around right? I mean, the cops could have stopped him by now and had managed to stop him but… but… but… but…" Tomoya started to stutter, her eyes wide in memory as if she was trying to get her mind to process everything that was happening in her life.
"Tomoya!" Shouted Shun, causing her to look up in shock as she stopped talking. "Breathe here. Okay, explain to me what happened?"
"Promise not to talk about it. It's a secret that no one knows about this and I trust you because…"
"Because I'm honour bound right?"
"Yes."
"Fine, tell me what is it?"
Tomoya started to explain everything that had happened before Toshinori lost all of his memories. She started to speak to him about the villain, about the light and of course the spirit that she had seen. It wasn't part of her quirk, that much was for sure but it made her rather puzzled about the whole thing. Then she went on how she tried to fight off the villains until help could arrive for All Might even after he had 'shrunk' down to his normal self. His true self.
Shun seemed to stare at her in shock at that moment. She looked down as she added "I also took on most of his injuries. I didn't know how long he would have survived like that but I had to do-OW!" Tomoya cried out as she held her head. Shun, having slammed his hand onto her head, not enough to cause serious damage but his glare told her to shut up.
"Tomoya… what have I told you about using that! What if you had taken far too much to the point that it killed you?! What would I do huh?!" Tomoya sank in her seat a little. It was odd being scolded by Shun, this never happened so it was a sure sign that he was pissed off. "You're my friend, the only person that puts up with my jokes knowing that they are jokes! I swear to god if you ever pull that shit again I'll find a person who can bring the dead back to life and kick your ass."
"You won't."
"Okay I won't kick your ass but I'll yell at you!"
Tomoya sighed softly as she looked up at Shun. "Anyway, I feel bad though. It's my fault that he's like this. That he has no memory of who he was. If I had done something sooner than maybe I could have stopped it. I could have been able to stop the villain from doing… whatever it was that he had done to All Might."
"Tomoya."
"Hm?"
"Maybe All Might needs this as a break or something. After all, he has many women that would be throwing themselves at him. Give the man some joy in this at least! Come on who wouldn't want to bang him- OW!"
"Shun I am trying to be serious here!"
"Fuck. Fine, what more do you want me to say here?"
"I don't know Shun… maybe you could help me? Have there ever been villains that did something with someone's memories? Come on, Endeavor must have seen something like this before." Tomoya said with a frown on her face.
"Hm, it's possible. I'll just need clearance from the man. Though I highly doubt I can unless I offer to give him the credit but ugh… work."
"Please?" Tomoya said giving him the puppy dog eyes.
"No… I… must… resist… eyes." Shun said, trying to look away only to groan. "Ugh fine." Tomoya grinned a little before her smile turned sad. "Shun, you know you're my best friend right?"
"Of course I do." Shun said with a soft smile before he reached over and gently held her hand as he said "Also Tomoya, what happened wasn't your fault. It doesn't matter what you think, if everyone says that it wasn't your fault then it wasn't. Hell, if anything you saved All Might for being there with him when it happened. He could be dead right now. Be proud of that more than anything." Tomoya looked at him with wide eyes before they started to shine with tears.
She couldn't help but smile before tackling Shun and held onto him. Of course, the man wasn't expecting that from her as he yelped out in shock. Hugging him, Tomoya calmly said "Thank you Shun." She kissed his cheek before pushing herself up as she said "Now, let's get something to snack on shall we? My treat!"
Shun just grumbled about women and their clingy habits before following his friend into the café.
Toshinori groaned slightly as he rolled out of bed. It had been two days since he had been staying with Inko and her family and he felt off. It was a struggle for him to sleep, he wasn't even sure why that was. But, every time he tried to sleep it almost felt as if he was missing something. That he should have something to snuggle with but at the same time he wasn't sure what that was in the first place.
Sighing softly, the young man pushed himself out of bed and ran a hand through his blonde locks as he walked out of the guest room. He wondered about his life, the life that he had forgotten but it just seemed as if everything was wrong here. The boys seemed scared of him, nervous around him and that hurt his heart. What did he do to make them so scared of them? Had he abused them? No, that couldn't be the case, if that was the case Inko wouldn't have let him around them right?
Letting out a groan, the young man walked down the hall. It was rather quiet in the house, did everyone leave? Frowning a little, he walked toward the kitchen and blinked his eyes as he saw a little note on the table for him.
Making his way over to the note and read it over.
Toshinori, I didn't want to wake you but I had to leave for work and I had to take the boys to school. You'll have the house to yourself so be comfortable. Also, I left some food for you to reheat if you get hungry. I'll try to check up on you later I'm sorry! Inko.
Toshinori sighed softly as he ran his hand through his blonde locks again before setting the card aside and made his way to the living room. Maybe watching some TV will help keep him distracted. Honestly, he felt rather restless. It just seemed wrong for him to just be lying about and doing nothing. It just seemed as if he should be out there doing something to help people.
But what could he do? It wasn't like he had a quirk that he could use to help people in the first place.
Sighing, the young man leaned his head back as he gazed up at the ceiling, trying to think on what he could do to help Inko.
Frowning a little, the young man lifted his head as he heard some music playing on the TV and blinked as he leaned forward and started to hum along to the tune. It sounded familiar to him. He wasn't sure how but maybe he had heard it before. Unless he was one of those people who had something like a musical memory.
Hm, he wondered if feelings had been stolen from him as well. He wasn't sure, but he felt like there was something there between himself and Inko. That was something that he had noticed lately. Every time he was near her, he felt as if he had some kind of unbreakable bond with the green haired woman but he wasn't sure what it was. He knew that there had to be something that she was hiding from him, but what could it be?
It was almost like when he has offered to help her cooking. Sure, he had no idea how to cook at all… at least he was sure he never knew in the first place. But, he felt as if he always helped Inko cook in the past when they were together. But why? Surely she had help from her husband right? Hm, now that he really thought about it he's never seen a ring on her finger either. Were they even together or they never had a proper ceremony?
"Ugh this is going to drive me nuts!" Toshinori growled out in frustration. Laying back on the couch, his face buried in the pillow as he tried to clear his thoughts. Everything was so close in his reach but at the same time he felt as if everything was out of his grasp. What could he be missing here? It seemed as if everything that was happening so far since he woke up was strange.
The woman, Inko, his heart beat quickened in his chest as he thought about her. He felt the blood rushing to his cheeks as he wondered why someone like her, an angel even… dared to bother with someone like him in the first place?
Were they really friends or was there something more?
Shaking his head, the blonde sighed before rolling over as he thought about the man that had been in his hospital room. Shouta? Yeah, the blonde felt like he knew the man as well. As if they had been through some tough situations in the past but what could those be?
The boys, Tenko and Izuku, he felt like he would gladly do everything in his power to keep those two safe much like Inko. But why? And, was that what he really felt for them? He knew that he felt a powerful urge to protect, at least that's what he was thinking of doing at the very least.
Digging his fingers into his head, the young man wanted to scream and shout at the world. Why did he have to lose his memories? Why did he have to be like this?! Why!? It felt as if everything was against him in some way or something, as if the world wanted him to suffer! Suddenly, Toshinori felt something poking his shoulder, causing him to slowly lift his head as he turned and blinked as he saw the concerned face of Izuku. Wait, wasn't he supposed to be in school?
"Izuku?" He mumbled in confusion. The little boy shuffled his feet a little in confusion, looking like he was about to speak only to think about it differently. "What are you doing home? I thought your mom took you to school with your brother."
"Um…"
"You didn't take off did you?" asked Toshinori with a frown.
"Uh…"
"Come on, what made you run all the way ho-" It was then that Toshinori blinked as he stared at the boy a little more clearly. The boy was covered in scrapes, cuts, bruises. How was that even possible? Quickly lifting himself from his laying position, Toshinori sat on the couch before he carefully reached out and lifted the small child and sat him on his knee as he asked "What happened?"
The green haired boy just sniffled a little, his green eyes filling with tears until they seemed to roll down his cheeks. Toshinori frowned a little, it seemed that Izuku still didn't like him. At least, not enough to really confide in him. Letting out a soft sigh, Toshinori pushed himself up from the couch as he said "Well, if you don't want to tell me that is your choice. But I should at least try to get you cleaned up at least." He looked at the small boy in his arms, holding him to his chest as the little boy sniffled and nodded. "So, where does your mom keep the first aid kit?"
"The bathroom." Izuku said with a small sniffle.
Nodding his head, Toshinori made his way to the bathroom. He hummed a soft tune under his breath, not really sure where it came from really but he just gave a mental shrug.
Once he reached the bathroom, Toshinori set the child on the closed toilet before he pulled out the first aid kit. He turned to stare at Izuku now and again before frowning at the child in confusion. Well, a mixture of confusion and concern. It had only been two days since he had been here, and he couldn't blame the child for being so uncomfortable with him in the house.
Though, he also couldn't help the feeling of being concerned about the child as well. Izuku just struck him as a rather sensitive child that made anyone drawn to him. Drawn to want to help him, to shelter him. To want to keep him safe, but he couldn't truly understand the feeling really.
"Toshinori?" came Izuku's voice, causing the blonde to turn to the child as the little boy sniffled as he sat there. Looking at the floor as if it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"Yes?"
"Why are the other kids mean to those who… who don't have a quirk?" asked the child.
Toshinori frowned a little. Really, he himself wasn't a hundred percent sure but he couldn't help but try to search his own feelings on the matter. It was something that he himself couldn't really explain to the boy. After all, Toshinori had no memory of his own childhood at this given time. He knew that he had to do something, no, more like he had to say something to help the boy with his own problems. "I'm not really sure. Some children, are raised to hate anyone who don't have a quirk." Toshinori said as he scratched the back of his head.
"But, why don't I have a quirk…? Both my parents have one so why don't I?" Izuku said with more tears rolling down his cheeks. Toshinori frowned a little more before sitting on the floor in front of the boy. Gently grabbing onto the boys arm, Toshinori carefully sprayed the boy's scrapes with disinfect spray. Mostly in deep thought as he tried to think his words carefully. Izuku was a child, and even he knew that children trusted the words of adults more than anything.
"Well…" Toshinori began, struggling to find the words. "They just think they're better than those without quirks. But, they still lack one thing." Izuku looked up at Toshinori as if wondering what it was that they lacked. Toshinori looked at the boy and gave him a small smile before reaching up and patted the boy's curly green locks before ruffling his locks. Izuku closed one eye as he stared at Toshinori with a frown. "They lack a good heart."
"They do? How are you so sure that they do?"
"Well, from what I can tell about you." Not to mention the feelings that he felt swirling in him around the boy. God it sounded creepy like that really… "You have a good heart Izuku, someone that most kids don't have or even dare to have." Toshinori calmly said before getting back to the task at hand. Once he had finished cleaning up Izuku's scrapes and cuts, he started to bandage him up. "Anyone would want that, even most heroes would want such a thing. But, it's hard for most heroes to have a good and kind heart."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"But how are you sure if you don't remember?" Izuku said with a frown.
"I watch the news while it's just me in the house." Toshinori said with a chuckle before patting the boy's head again. "Now, I think that's everything. Now, what should we do? I know your mother will be notified about you taking off from school- wait… how did you even get home?"
"I walked…"
"Izuku…"
"I know my way home! I knew that I would be safe, I… I…"
"That was still dangerous. You could have been kidnapped and your mother wouldn't have known what happened to you." Toshinori said while he crossed his arms across his chest, just gazing at the poor boy. Izuku sniffled a little and Toshinori knew that he was being tough on the boy but he had to learn that he couldn't just wander off like that. What would the boy's father do if he was here?
"He would have done the same thing as you." said a voice, causing Toshinori's eyes to widen as he turned his head and gazed at the woman from his… could he say dreams? Coma dream? He wasn't sure, but she was here! He thought that he made her up! There was no way that she could be here! Shaking his head, Toshinori turned his head away, ignoring her for now as he merely just stared at her with a frown on his face as he gazed at the green haired boy and gave him a small smile.
"How about, until your mother returns we watch some TV hm?" Toshinori said with a small smile on his face.
Izuku blinked as he said "You won't call mom?"
"I don't know her number so I can't do that." Toshinori said with a chuckle before pushing himself up from the floor and lifted Izuku up in his arms, holding the child close to his chest before making his way to the living room and sat down before looking at the small boy as he said "How about you choose what we watch? I think I've hogged the TV long enough." He chuckled a little before giving Izuku the remote and watched as the boy switched to a cartoon based on a hero called 'All Might'.
As the show went on though, Toshinori couldn't help but frown a little as he thought that the hero, All Might looked awfully familiar to him.
