Love The Way You Lie
Author's Note: Hello and welcome back to Love The Way You Lie, that I have neglected for over a year. Hi, hello! Um, I ventured into the world of One Piece and got back into that fandom and next thing I knew, it was all I was writing. I kind of fell out of love with My Hero Academia for a bit, but now I'm full out thinking about it again so here I am!
I don't remember what I was doing with this, so if you have anything you want to see! Let me know down below! Also, please go easy on me if something seems contradicting to another part, I don't really remember much of what I wrote xD I'm actually thinking about getting to a stop point within this and then just rewriting it. I feel like past me probably got stuck on something (if I remember right, that's why I ended up bringing in the time travel factor) and then it just went haywire from there xD I tend to do that xD
I think there was a reason I had Endeavor step in on Hizashi's behalf because I do remember that. I think it had something to do with Hizashi and Endeavor being really similar in this. So, I'm just gonna play on that.
Anyway, On with the fic!
Warnings: I'm pretty sure I went hella dark with this fic so just beware of anything honestly
Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Chapter Summary: As their vacation continues and the Future Trio – more specifically Koyuki – are recovering, they find a time of peace. Midoriya and Todoroki have a talk. Shouta reels from the fact that Hizashi is leaving U.A. Later, Hizashi questions Endeavor as the man arrives at the resort.
They had been at the resort for a few days at this point. All of them enjoying their free time and just relaxation time that they were getting. While the Future Trio wasn't telling them much about themselves except for a slight few different things, they were conversing more with Class 1-A. More times than once, they had gotten wrangled into something that the others wanted to do.
Shouta sat off to the side, his new baby sitting in a small bassinet. He never imagined that this would be his life. Honestly, when he was younger, he would have told someone they were lying if they saw him now. These past few months, pretty much the entire year, had been taxing on them all. This was a well-deserved break, and hopefully far away from any villains who might think they could come after them.
There was a part of him that couldn't believe that he allowed the League of Villains to leave that night. That he should have ensure that they were captured. If he was being completely honest, he wasn't thinking straight. He had been in so much pain and just ready for the night to be over that he didn't think twice about letting them go.
Honestly, he still couldn't comprehend why heroes would lie for Hizashi now.
Hizashi was a villain.
Though, it seemed like he did try to come clean long before he got to this point. It was just so fucked up. It was a giant mess that they would be trying to clean up for a while. That battle, now dubbed as the U.A. Incident, he had seen Present Mic again. The man he had known as a hero. Long before he knew of what he had actually been doing.
They had all been being played for years and there was nothing that he could have done to stop it. All the people responsible were either dead or behind bars.
They couldn't hurt anyone anymore.
He thought back to all the shit that Hizashi had pulled. The things that he had done. He shouldn't forgive him, but there was a part of him that wanted to. Maybe, Hizashi leaving was a good thing. He could work on himself, regain the trust of those around him. Shouta knew that he would never be able to look at him the same. Even if he was still in love with him. Hizashi had been his person. They had children together. He didn't want to see Hizashi go behind bars. To spend the rest of his life in prison like he technically should be.
If he was being completely honest, that also meant that Endeavor should as well. It was why they made this arrangement for Shoto. Endeavor could work through his past and so could Shoto. If people found out, they would see that Shoto had been taken from Endeavor's care. That he was placed with someone else. It at least ensured that if Shoto wanted him to be, Endeavor could be in his life. To him, it seemed like Shoto wanted it. He was doing so much better now. Working through everything with the amazing staff that had been assigned to him.
Hawks was off with the students, having fun with them despite the fact that he was still recovering himself. They had all been through hell. It felt so nice that they were finally getting this time to let loose. He could hear their laughter. Hear the splashing of the pool water. Bakugou's shouts of determination to win whatever game they were playing.
They were getting to be just kids.
He had to keep a close eye on them. They had Eri in the water with them. She couldn't swim, but she was riding on Hitoshi's back. Clutching to her brother as Yaoyorozu and Iida were trying to teach her how to properly kick her legs.
Even through all of the darkness they had been going through, he couldn't help but think of all the good that came out of it.
He was rocking baby Kazuto's bassinet, making sure that the pup stayed asleep as he sat underneath the umbrella concealed chair. There was enough shading that it also covered the baby, so he wasn't concerned.
He was fully prepared to go after the Hero Commission. If they could do something as hide Hawks' secondary gender from even him, what else were they doing? He wanted to keep his trust in the system that employed him outside of U.A., but it was hard too. There was so much uncertainty that he was feeling. The lack of information was eating away at him.
How much did they truly know, and they just overlooked? There were so many red flags that he was seeing. He hated it.
His attention had been completely grabbed as he noticed Touya walking towards him, settling down on the chair next to his. There was a distant look in his eyes. One that Shouta knew quite well. He was hard in thought about something. It was still the strangest thing to him that he could now read Touya's expressions. It felt almost hard to believe that this was the same person he faced off against at the Training Camp. Even if he had only been facing one of Twice's Dabi doubles. There was still a part of him that wondered if they were truly making a breakthrough with him. If Touya would stay at the forefront, or if someday Dabi would reemerge. From what he had been seeing, he believed that Dabi was a thing of the past. That Touya was getting close to embracing Touya again. He had taken a risk in allowing Touya to be placed in his class. Thankfully, it had worked out for him in the end. They were very accepting of Touya.
The world was not black and white. It was just a large grey area. The things that they had to do to save people. Touya was one of them. He wondered what would have happened if Eri hadn't accidentally rewound Touya's body. Dabi would still be with the League. He had been given a great grace from the police. With all the crimes he committed, he should have also been arrested after being cleared by Recovery Girl.
He supposed at this point, nothing really made sense anymore.
"You alright?" Shouta questioned.
Touya nodded, blinking as he looked over to the Erasure hero. "Yeah. Just… thinking."
"About what?" Shouta went on.
Touya sighed, shaking his head as he let out a laugh, curling his fingers in front of him. "Sometimes… I wish nothing changed about me." Shouta eyed him for a second, waiting to see where Touya was deciding to take this conversation. "Then I think about it. I don't think I would be this close to Shoto again… or have the chance to change my life. I can't make any excuses for anything that I did, and yet… U.A. gave me a chance."
Shouta hummed, nodding for a moment as he turned in the lounge chair and faced more towards his technical student. "Sometimes, we realize that some people can be saved from themselves. You got very lucky. If it hadn't been for Eri's actions, it might have been different. In your case, you don't look like Dabi as much anymore. Dabi is known for his scars. You literally got a fresh slate because of the circumstances."
Touya nodded, a slight smile coming to his face, rubbing a hand over his jaw for a moment. Shouta followed his gaze, noticing exactly what or more exactly who Touya was looking at. Minato. Then the understanding came next. Shouta knew where this conversation was about to go. "That's my kid, Eraser." Touya whispered, "My fucking kid. I had a kid, and I never fucking knew about it. A person I thought I could trust destroyed me in more ways that I could ever imagine. If it was you…, what would you do?"
Shouta shrugged, "It's hard to say. We're all different. You just do what you believe is best for you."
X
The two had taken a moment away from the activities going on. Shoto couldn't stop the pounding in his chest as he balled his fists, going to a small, secluded area. It reminded him of the first time he actually spoke to Izuku. Telling him what had happened and declaring that he was going to win the Sports Festival. Now, this was different.
"Shoto?" Midoriya questioned.
Shoto exhaled sharply, shaking his head as he quickly said, "I have to say this to you, Midoriya." He couldn't help but feel the ping of guilt from seeing how Midoriya practically flinched from how harsh he said his name. "I can't have you second guessing me… the one person I believed wouldn't. I don't understand why, but I'm not going to ask you to explain it to me."
"Shoto…" Midoriya whispered, shaking his head slightly, "I'm sorry. That wasn't what I meant that night, but… I understand."
"No… you don't." Shoto muttered, turning on his heel and starting away. It felt harsh to leave him there, but Shoto honestly couldn't even begin to actually know what he was feeling. It hurt that Midoriya had second guessed him during that fight. He had been doing so good. Finally starting to cope with everything that happened to him. Why did it have to be Midoriya? The one person he thought would never do that. The one person he thought would understand. He was being so harsh to him, but even now, he couldn't stand the thought of actually hearing Midoriya out.
He just wanted this to be all over with. He didn't want anymore of this. It was driving him crazy. He was trying to take Hitoshi's advice, but it wasn't necessarily working. That much he could tell. He reached up, grabbing ahold of the necklace around his neck.
Was this all worth it?
Did he still have it in him?
The thought made him sick to his stomach. Maybe, with time, he would go back to this. Try to understand what had happened. Why Midoriya had said what he did. Why it was all changing now. They would understand at some point.
Just for now, he couldn't do this. Not yet.
X
Midoriya groaned as he watched Todoroki walk away, leaning back against the wall before he was sliding down it. Why couldn't he just say the right thing for once? Tell Shoto everything that he wished he could say? He was known for just spewing out anything and everything that came to mind. Muttering out until it was just a spill of word vomit.
There was so much that he wanted to tell Todoroki.
Bakugou was right. He knew that much. Todoroki was losing faith in him. Or maybe, Todoroki thought Midoriya was losing faith. That it wasn't the way that he thought it was.
There had been so much going on all at once, so much that he didn't know about the world, and it was all coming out now. He couldn't even think about it now. Not that he didn't want to. He wanted to be a hero. He wanted to be that person that Todoroki could rely on. He cared so much about Todoroki. Worried so much about him throughout the last few months. There was nothing that he could do at this time to fix it and it was killing him inside.
There was a part of him that wished the world would just return back to before Present Mic had betrayed them. That their entire worlds hadn't been flipped upside down and practically going up in flames.
He had to give Todoroki time. He knew that.
He just hoped Todoroki would let him be there with him through it. Even if it wasn't as his boyfriend. He valued Todoroki's friendship too much to lose him completely. He wanted to stay by him. Keep him there.
It felt almost possessive to say that, but what could he say? He just wanted his friends… his pack to be okay. Todoroki was one of them. He would do anything to make sure that he saw a smile on his face again.
X
Endeavor waltzed into the resort. Dressed in his hero costume as he walked into the building. He had been making sure that heroes had been patrolling the area. Making sure that there would be no villains that would dare disrupt the time that the heroes and aspiring heroes were taking to relax from the absolute shit show that they had been through.
Though, there was another reason that he was here.
He hadn't actually walked up to Class 1-A. Instead, hanging back and watching them from the side lines. He didn't show it on his face, but it made him happy to see that they were in fact taking the time and just being kids. His gaze fell on Touya for a moment. He never thought he would see his eldest child again. Touya held so much distain and hatred for him. He knew that he deserved every word lashing that he could from Touya. The broken nose that he had received.
There was something he had seen within Touya. A change. Not just from the difference he heard about Dabi. It actually had been his hair. The last time he had seen Touya, his hair was white as snow. Just as white as his mother's. As Natsuo's. Fuyumi's. His red hair had slowly changed over the course of his childhood from red to white. Yet, with that little girl's power, it had been changed to red. Though, Touya dyed it back to black.
He had a long way to go as a man. A father. A hero. All before he could ever try and rekindle what broken relationship that the two of them had. He still had a chance with his kids. He wanted to change. He wanted to be the hero, the father that his kids wanted him to be. He had been spent so long chasing after All Might's shadow that he had destroyed every good thing in his life aside from his hero career. He had never been fully content with just being the Number Two Hero.
Here he was, the Number One by default.
Aizawa had been one of the people who opened his eyes. Two of his children trusted that man with everything. He had taken the lead on making sure that repercussions didn't come back on them. Aizawa had been putting everything on the line. If word got out, Aizawa would surely face consequences for it. Hell, everyone involved could. Aizawa had given him a harsh dose of reality that he didn't know that he needed. He had seen part of it back when he witnessed All Might's final fight. When the Symbol of Peace's career had ended.
Within the span of the last few months, they had lost All Might as the Number One Hero. They had lost Hawks. Japan needed him now more than ever.
He kept standing there. Just watching Touya and the rest of Class 1-A. These were the same kids that he had to set an example for. Honestly, that night, everything had been reaching a boiling point. He felt like he was losing so much that he had worked to gain. In the end, he still had to work. Work to gain back the trust of his children. He still had so far to go.
He would prove it.
He would atone for his sins.
Starting with his family.
With his hero work.
He would do it, and he would do it for them.
He had to face his past, and he would do it in his own way.
X
With the night coming to an end, they had gone to dinner and retired back to their rooms. Aizawa had left early along with the baby. The hero was still clearly exhausted from childbirth and was still healing. It would take a while before he was back to being the Aizawa that his class new and Touya had come to know.
His talk with Aizawa had help a lot.
He was starting to get a clearer picture of what to do with everything. What he could do with his life. What his son – could he even call him that – could possibly become. He looked like he had a good life. He could smile without a care in the world.
He was sharing a room with Hawks. Still being older than the pro hero. Well, former pro hero. It still felt odd to him to be wrapped up with a class of teenagers. Teenagers that he had in all technicality was close to killing. This class felt far too accepting for the circumstances that they had found themselves in. The more that he worked with them and Aizawa, the closer he was getting to being able to leave without concern.
There was something that was bugging him. Wondering about what happened to his body and what was learned about Eri's quirk. Her quirk should not have been able to help his weak constitution. It should have just sent him back to what he was before. Just with less scarring. He wasn't burning himself.
He wanted to bring it up to Aizawa, but at the same time, that meant adding more to the Omega's plate that he already had to deal with.
Touya sat back on his bed, staring up at the ceiling. Hawks was lounging in his bed, laying on his stomach as he scrolled through his phone. The more time that he spent with these students, with the heroes, he was seeing more to what Stain's ideology was. Honestly, Stain was correct in a lot of his ideals. There were heroes that didn't actually appreciate the life of a hero. What it actually meant to be a hero. There was another part of him that wanted to reach out to the League again. He wanted to be back with them. Just not as a villain. They had been his pack. They had been the closest thing to a family he had.
He wondered what Aizawa would think of that if he had told him.
He peered over, seeing Hawks still just mindlessly scrolling.
To think that the man who he thought was an Alpha was actually an Omega. No wonder he actually felt comfortable with him. Hawks didn't act like the stereotypical Alpha. Hell, he didn't even act like an Omega. It was like a giant mask over his entire personality. Hawks was a hard person to pinpoint down. Hawks tried to appear as if losing his wings wasn't bothering him. Anyone with a brain could see that Hawks missed the skies. Flying. During the fight of U.A., it was clear that Hawks had been itching to run into the fight. The former pro had lost everything because of Kenzou Yamada. His quirk. His livelihood. He had lost everything. He lost even a sense of security that he would have had for himself. That his entire life had been built on a lie. He couldn't imagine it. He couldn't imagine what that was.
At least, with him, he knew that he was in the pit of villainy. That even all the fucked-up shit that happened to him was clear to him. He had missing memories. He bared a child that he couldn't even remember. Had no connection to. Didn't even know if he wanted one. He just knew that he didn't want that kid to have a fucked-up life like him. That was the least that he could do. He never wanted children.
Hawks had finally noticed him looking over, giving him a grin as the Omega sat up on the bed, crossing his legs as he held up his phone, "Touya, I've been meaning to tell you about something."
"What?" Touya questioned, his voice not changing the from deadpan tone that he had carried normally.
"So, I know a doctor that operates in Kyoto that has a quirk kind of similar to little Eri's." Hawks stated, twirling his phone for a second before tossing it over to Touya's bed. "That's her contact. She has a quirk that can age up a body. She normally works with people who have that hormone disorder that makes them appear like children."
Touya frowned, grabbing Hawks' phone, and looking down at it. Doctor Sueyoshi. "Why are you telling me this?"
"I figured you might want to have a body that had been yours before." Hawks replied, "I'm sure she could help you out. Get you back to looking like an adult rather than a teenager."
Touya hummed, nodding as he let his gaze move to Hawks. "Still trying to be a hero, Takami?"
Hawks shrugged, "What can I say? I actually wanted to be a hero." He laughed for a second as his smile faded for a moment, "I do miss it. I really did want to be a hero. I at least got to live that dream for a while."
"Eri has been wanting to help you." Touya muttered.
Hawks sighed, slumping down onto his side. "Yeah, but that poor little girl is traumatized. Aizawa-san had been working so hard in helping her and so has All Might and those kids. I couldn't ask that of her. At least, not right now. I'm okay. I can live with this. I do want to do know what the future holds for me."
Touya couldn't help the smile that came to his face from Hawks' optimism. Hawks was covering himself with that fake smile again. Though, he seemed sincere about his answer. He would drop it for the time being. He looked back down at the contact, pulling out his phone and jotting it down. Maybe, Aizawa would let him do this. It would be nice to be back in an adult's body. This was just strange to him. This would be much nicer than what he was now.
X
Hizashi had a separate room away from the others. He couldn't bear to stay in the same room as Shouta. He had hurt his former mate more than he ever could in his life. Somehow, Shouta was being so understanding. So, forgiving. He didn't deserve it at all. Not after everything. He still had so much to do to clean up the mess that his family had made. So many people to help now. He would ensure that they all got to somewhere safely.
Though, he still had many questions.
He should be behind bars. Spending the rest of his life in prison for everything that he had done to everyone that he cared for.
He had decided to take a walk, to try and clear his head of all the intrusive thoughts. He still had a lot to break out of from what he had been taught over the years. There was still that feeling that he just needed to turn his back and go into the opposite direction.
His walk had taken him out of the resort, but he had paused as he walked right into the person he hadn't been expecting. "Endeavor?" Hizashi exclaimed, skidding on his heel as he noticed the Flame Hero.
Endeavor gave him a sharp glance. One that had sent chills down his spine. "Mic." Endeavor grumbled. "Just the person I was looking for."
"You were looking for me?" Hizashi questioned.
Endeavor didn't say anything at first. Not making a noise as he stared down the former Hero. After a moment, he broke that silence, "You are going to work on a case with me."
Hizashi blinked. Endeavor wanted to work on a case with him. He had to let that statement go through his mind a few times to make sure that he had understood it correctly. He exhaled sharply and nodded, "What for?"
"I'm launching an investigation into the Hero Commission. It had come to my attention that your mother had been leaking information to the League of Villains." Endeavor stated, "She went under her birth name with the Commission which is why she was never traced back to Kane. With everything that has also come to light, a few of the agencies are on my side for this."
"And you want me?" Hizashi questioned.
Endeavor nodded. "Technically, you are now my undercover."
Hizashi's jaw dropped. Endeavor was being serious about that. It wasn't just a lie. Though, technically, it was. "I've been meaning to ask… Endeavor, why did you lie for me? You should have just let me get arrested."
The silence had fallen over them for the time being as Endeavor turned to look out to the ocean. Not saying a word as his gaze surveyed the waves that were hitting the shoreline. "We have both made mistakes that in all accounts, would make us villains." Endeavor finally said, "Now, it's time for both of us to make up for our sins."