He scanned the card first and his mouth opened, then he looked at the picture and I could practically see things clinquing in his head.
He looked up at the both of us with tearful eyes.
"You're my children."
Chapter 7:
The room's temperature seemed to drop.
Not a word said.
Kacchan and I just stared at the man before us. The man who'd missed our entire lives. A man of integrity, who always put others before himself, who always stood up for those who couldn't do it themselves. A man whom we'd both looked up to.
A man who had been a father despite not knowing he was our real father.
And suddenly I recalled Ochako's words.
"Your mom has done her best and she's done well, but there are times when a fathers advice is needed and no matter how good of mom the mom might be, only the father can help."
And all I wanted was to tell him everything, even though he probably already knew. I wanted his counsel in my life apart from the professional council he already gave me.
"All Might?" I asked focusing back on the situation at hand.
In the few minutes I hadn't been paying attention All Might had started crying silently shaking in his seat.
"I have two powerful sons, that have had to face the world without me to protect them." He says as tears continue to pour down his face.
"That's not true, All Might even if you weren't there for us personally, you did protect us. Remember that day we first met. Plus all the other times we could've been hurt if you hadn't taken those villains down." I said trying to calm him down.
"And don't forget that you were the one who inspired the both of us to become top rank heroes." Kacchan said looking at the floor.
"Yeah, plus remember when I was still quirkless, you believed in me enough to pass One for All down to me and then you even trained me enough for my body to handle it."
"And what about that time during our first year at U.A when we took a camping trip. I was kidnapped and would have probably suffered a lot, had it not been for your fast rescue. Plus at that time you were even willing to expose your weakness for me." Kacchan said, looking back All Might had always pulled through for the both of us. "That was a pretty awesome thing you did then All Might."
All Might whom had seamingly closed his eyes, opened them and smiled weakly at us.
"You guys flatter me, but in those moments I only did what was necessary. I don't believe those count as fatherly acts." He said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"What I mean is, as a father I believe I would have reacted very differently under both situations. I don't think a father would even slightly risk the life of his children which I did when saving you Katsuki-kun."
"Well then, I am grateful that you weren't aware of our relationship then, because I can only imagine all that would have gone wrong if you had made sure that the both of us were safe instead of focusing on finally imprisoning All for One." Kacchan said as he twiddled with his thumbs.
"All Might, we found this information a couple of weeks ago and have been debating on what would be the best way to tell you." I said, looking away from the scene for a slight second to think my next words through, "we decided that being simple was best because we don't want you to feel pressured under any circumstances. If anything we just think you deserve to know, just as we did."
"We also believe that you can do with this information whatever you want. We don't expect any different treatment." Kacchan added while closing his eyes.
All Might took his time to answer, thoughtfully. "If you believe I wouldn't care about the fact that I have two sons, then you are very wrong. I care and I most assuredly say that I want us three to work on our relationship as father and sons. I want you guys to feel free to burden me with any of your troubles. And when you guys too have your own families I want to be able to spoil them rotten just as any other normal grandparent does."
I looked away as a lonesome tear fell from my eyes. I've already cried so much today. Even Kacchan, whom barely ever does was crying.
"It's getting kind of late All Might, but we'll be in touch." Kacchan said standing up. I could tell he needed some time to process.
"Ah wait Katsuki-kun if it's okay would you give me your phone number and email address so we can keep in touch. I already have Midoriya's but yours….." He stops looking down.
Of course he had my contact information the man had practically been my father for the last three years.
"Yeah, that's fine here," Kacchan says handing All Might his phone,"why don't you put your phone number in and then I'll give you a call."
"All right." All Might said as he typed his number.
When he was done Kacchan made sure to exchange emails and then to call All Might.
"Alright All Might I think it would be best if we left you now." Kacchan said, as he and I stepped out of All Might's house.
"Wait guys before you go, please feel free to call me by my name or anything you want really." He said bowing.
"All Might I mean Toshinori-Sama."
"No please no honorifics. If it's going to be my name than Toshinori is fine." All Might said," my hope is that sometime you guys will feel comfortable calling me dad." He blushed.
"All right well good day Toshinori." Kacchan said practically running away.
"Good night dad," I said as soon as Kacchan was out of ear-shot.
I wasn't purposely hiding my comfort at All Might being our father from Kacchan. I just feared his reaction.
The car ride was tense. Tomorrow we both had to go back to our regular lives. Or better said start our new lives as pro-heroes. What an exciting feeling this is.
"Hey Deku!"
"Yes, Kacchan." I responded waking up from my dream like state.
"Will ALl Might be there with you tomorrow?"
"I'm not sure, but you know Kacchan. I am sure that no matter which one of us he goes supporting tomorrow, he loves us both equally."
He stayed silent,
"You're a good brother Midoriya."
Completely dumbfounded I looked up.
"Sorry did you just call me Midoriya?" I asked.
"Forget it Deku, let's get off this freaking car of yours.
"You're a great bother too Katsuki." He blushed as he ran away from me.
"Oh Kacchan," I say about to go into full cowell mode to catch up to him.
"LEAVE ME ALONE IDIOT!"
Author's NoteHey guys so while I am aware that Emily's chapters tend to be a lot longer, I really didn't have the time to write so much so I was only able to get it this far.Emily has been struggling to write this chapter for a few months now, but I am glad to have been able to at least get the story through the tense situation it was left on last week. Our schedules are just becoming more hectic, but we promise to make an effort to keep up with the story.Please leave comments and make sure to follow and favorite.Yours truly wishing you a happy new year's since we haven't updated since before the New year.Joky04