Toshinori had tried to go back to his duties as king. But, after a few days it seemed that he had fallen ill once again. It seemed that the villain, had some kind of toxin on his claws though it wasn't deadly to anyone it seems. Toshinori though had gained a terrible fever and had spent most of the time, for a week at the least, coming in and out of consciousness.

He didn't know what was going on around him otherwise.

The only thing that he was aware of, that he could remember was a blur of green. It would come to him, when he would be awake he could hear a kind and gentle voice telling him to drink for them. To eat, and to rest. To regain his strength until he was strong enough to return to his duties.

Though he wasn't sure who the blur was, but in a way he did at the same time. The voice, warm and comforting. Made him feel safe and loved in a way. His heart would beat quickly in his chest that he wasn't sure what had caused it, though all he would know was that he hated it when the blur was gone.

It was cold, and lonely without that green blur coming into his sight. Toshinori tried to come back out from his sleep but knew that he couldn't fight it. He groaned a little as he tried to wake up, tried to open his eyes once again but knew that he wasn't strong enough.

"Toshinori? Can you hear me?" came a voice, the voice of the green blur. Toshinori blinked his tired blue eyes at the image, still no clearer as it was before. He just weakly stared at the image as he tried to think on what it was, no, who it was that came to see him. "Come on Toshi, let's get you some more medicine okay?"

Toshinori just blinked his tired blue eyes at the image before him. He frowned a little before tilting his head at them. Blinking slowly, he felt something brushing through his hair, he couldn't help but close his eyes and lean into their touch. It felt so soothing, so comforting. Letting out a soft sigh, the young man opened his eyes and thought for a moment that he saw the blur smiling down at him. He felt, a little more at ease with this person around him.

"Can you have your medicine for me? It'll make it easier to tend to your injuries." Injuries? Right, he was in a battle a while ago. He was fighting… to protect someone dear to him. That much he could remember but otherwise he had no idea what he was fighting for. Or even who for that matter. It was all a big blur for him, and he hated it. "Toshi?"

He just blinked his blue eyes at the blur before he closed his eyes as he nodded. He felt the blur help him to sit up a bit before holding a cup to his lips. He drank the drink and he couldn't help but be repulsed by the taste but he drank it down anyway. "It'll be okay Toshi, I'm here for you." The voice said in a soothing voice. Toshinori sighed softly as he leaned against the warm body that was next to him.

"I'll be here for you Toshinori… I still care about you and I'll do whatever I can to make sure that you are safe and well." The voice whispered.

Toshinori let out a soft sigh of content. He felt rather comfortable like this. Just being able to enjoy this warmth, just feeling comfort and safe for the first time in a long time. Toshinori all but giggled softly at the thought of being held like this. He slowly reached up and wrapped his arms around the mystery person's midsection and held onto them weakly. Just nuzzling his head against their shoulder as he let out a soft sigh of content.

"Toshinori, you are still clingy." The voice said, only to giggle a little as they held onto him for a while longer. Honestly, he wanted to enjoy the feeling for as long as possible. He just wanted to hold onto this person so long as his body would allow him. It just felt right, to have them in his arms. Just wanting to be safe, to be loved for the first time in a long time. Closing his eyes for a brief moment, the young man looked up and looked at the green blur once again. "But I still find it rather adorable." He couldn't help but grin widely at that.

This person found him adorable, and it made him giggle a little more before he nuzzled against this person once again. "Toshi, you should get some rest. The more rest you have, the better you'll feel later. You are doing so good though, you've been up longer this time than last time." The blur said, a happy tone laced her words. If he was getting better, that had to mean something right? He was healing though he still had no idea who it was that was helping him.

He went to speak, but he closed his eyes as he felt their fingers running through his hair. Gently caressing his scalp. The young man sighed softly as he peeked up at the person once again, he felt like his eyes cleared a little more. Yet, the only thing that he could make out was a pair of warm, gentle and loving green eyes. Eyes that reminded him of emeralds, eyes that he loved more than anything in this life.

Blinking slowly, he reached out, wanting to touch the person but his vision started to darken. Yawning softly, the young man went out to speak but his voice didn't want to work for him it seemed. The person just smiled at him, he could make out such a beautiful smile before he felt himself drift off to unconsciousness.

Toshinori frowned as he wandered around some kind of darkened abyss. He tilted his head a little as he looked around, trying to find something that could tell him where he is. Though so far he found nothing that could help him. Or at the very least, give him any kind of indication of where he was, or where he is.

Scratching the back of his head, the young man wandered around as he tried to find anything that could help him. Though again he found nothing.

Sighing softly, the young man blinked as he started to make his way toward the sound of screams and cries for help. Rushing to the sound, Toshinori couldn't help but stare in shock at the scene that was playing before him. No, he had moved on from this, he had made sure that he had moved on!

Staring at the scene with wide eyes, Toshinori watched as he saw his mother, his father and sister, along with a younger version of himself. He still remembered that day, the day that he lost them. Turning to the remains of their carriage, Toshinori saw that his mother's arm was bleeding, trying to keep himself and Miyoko safe. It was the one duty that his mother had told them many many times that was her duty to them. To keep them safe.

His father held a sword in his hand as he prepared himself to fight the enemy that had dared to attack him and his family. "Dad…" Toshinori whispered as he watched the memory play before him.

Toshinori though watched as his younger self rushed forward with his own sword in hand as he let out a primal scream as he tried to protect his family. Yet, Toshinori couldn't help but grip his stomach as he felt the scar that he had gained that day. The scar that no matter how many times he tried to forget, no matter how many healing quirks he had used on him they could never remove the scar that remained.

The scream of his younger self reached his ears, causing Toshinori to look up as he saw the shadow figure of the one that had attacked him. He wasn't sure who it was that had attacked him and his family but he knew that the fate of his family still haunts him to this day.

Young Toshinori was gasping out in pain as he held his stomach to stop the bleeding. The shadowy figure walked over toward him and all but sneered at him before walking toward his family. "No! Leave them alone! Fight me!" Young Toshinori shouted as he pushed himself up and went to attack only to fall forward, using his sword as a support to keep him on his feet. "Leave my family alone!" Shouted Young Toshinori.

"He won't leave them alone." Toshinori whispered as he watched his younger self.

Young Toshinori screamed as he rushed forward once again, seeming to ignore the pain in his stomach. Yet, Toshinori knew that it was a terrible feeling. It had felt as if his stomach was burning, his skin melting from the heat that radiated itself from his entrails. Yet, he knew that he was still in one piece as he could still eat and so on.

The younger version of the king screamed as he slashed at the shadowy figure, managing to slash at their right forearm, just below their elbow. He went to give another attack until the figure kicked Toshinori in the stomach. Causing him to scream out in pain as he rolled on the ground. He weakly stared at his family and tried to push himself back up onto his feet only to fall over from pain that seemed to surge through his entire body.

Through every single fiber of his very being, through his very nerves he could feel the pain. Young Toshinori's screams echoed through his mind as he could hear them.

"No! Leave them alone! What have they ever done to you! No! Mom! Dad! Miyoko!" shouted young Toshinori as he tried to push himself back up. The only sound that Toshinori could hear were the cries of his family as they were torn to shreds.

Tightly shutting his eyes, Toshinori felt the pain in his heart once again. He had, in a way moved on from this scene. Having tried for a few years in the hopes of finding the man that had nearly crippled him and took away his parents. But he had come up empty handed each and every time. Yet, the only thing that had come out of the death of his family was that the lead guard at the time, Nana, had seen great potential to be the next holder of her quirk.

He had done the training, in order to gain the power of this quirk. A quirk that he had worked hard to gain, in order to use to help others but sadly it could never help fill the hole in his heart at the loss of his family. Looking over at the frozen image of his younger self, he saw the pain in his blue eyes. The sadness, the tears as they streamed down his face.

That was also the day that he told himself he would stop showing his emotions to the world. Never wanting to show his weakness, never wanting to show his fear to the world and his sadness.

"You failed us." Came a voice, a voice that he hadn't heard speak to him in years.

Eyes widening, Toshinori slowly turned around and looked at the bloody bodies of his parents and sister. His mother, hair once blonde covered in blood as she had her left arm missing. Her eyes, dulled from lack of life. "You should have saved us Toshinori."

"You failed us son. You couldn't save us, how are you to run a kingdom?" His father said, the man had his chest ripped open with his organs hanging by what someone would mistake as threads.

Backing up, Toshinori felt tears streaming down his cheeks as he looked at his family. "Better yet, how can you protect Inko if you couldn't even protect us?" said his sister, who was missing half of her face and her right hand. Toshinori could only look at his family as they started to get closer to him, walking toward him as they chanted under their breath that it was his fault. That they were dead because of him. That he had failed to keep them safe from all the danger that had been brought to him.

Toshinori looked up at his family with tears never ending as they flowed down his cheeks. "Stop it… I… I tried! I tried to save you!"

"You failed us." They kept chanting.

Toshinori could only scream out bloody murder.

Toshinori woke up to the sound of his own screaming. Throwing himself forward, elbows resting on his knees with his hands covering his face as he felt himself tremble. God, that had felt so real, had felt as if he was reliving that day all over again. God, why did he have to relive such a thing?

"Toshinori?!"

Looking up, Toshinori blinked as he saw Inko rushing toward him. She wore a simple pale green sleeping gown as she rushed toward him. Her arms quickly found themselves wrapping around the blonde in a comforting hug. He had no idea that his body was still trembling until he felt Inko's touch. "Toshinori are you okay?!"

"In… ko?" He whispered softly.

"Oh god you spoke!" Of course he did why wouldn't he?

"Why wouldn't I Inko?" Toshinori asked softly.

"You've been drifting in and out of consciousness for weeks. I've been scared that you wouldn't be strong enough to get past the fever but…" She placed a hand on his forehead and smiled a little. "Seems like your fever finally broke though you're rather sweaty. What happened?"

Toshinori looked over at Inko, his eyes wide and filled with so many emotions that he didn't know what it was that he was feeling. He couldn't really fathom what it was that he was really feeling in that moment. Tightly shutting his eyes, he let out a shuddering shaky breath as he tried to get his thoughts together. "Toshi?" God, why did hearing her call him that made him feel so calm? "Are you going to be okay?"

"I… I just relieved a terrible memory." Toshinori whispered.

"What was it? I mean, if you don't mind talking about it. It may help but, I understand why you don't want to share." Inko whispered gently, her fingers still combing his blonde locks. He couldn't help but lean into her touch.

"The day I lost everything." Toshinori whispered.

"Lost everything?" Inko whispered softly, her confusion echoed in her words.

"The day, I lost my family, and lost the desire to express my emotions." Toshinori whispered, looking over at Inko and saw her staring at him in concern. Letting out a soft sigh, the young man started to explain his nightmare to her. It was hard for him to talk about but knew that Inko, even if she wouldn't voice it, would want to hear his tale in the hopes of it making him feel better. May as well get it out of the way.

"We were traveling from another kingdom. Making our journey home… my parents along with the parents of a princess wanted us to wed so she could be my bride." Toshinori said with a soft sigh and looked over at Inko with a frown on his face. Something that he hadn't known that he was doing in the first place. "The princess, I will not lie to you but she is beautiful but…"

"But what?" Inko said with a frown.

"She may be beautiful on the outside but, her soul… her inner core… it was nothing but darkness. Something I wouldn't want for a bride." Toshinori said with a soft sigh before running a hand through his hair and looked away from the green haired woman and sighed softly. What was he to say, what more could he say to her? It wasn't like he had really confessed to her of his own growing feelings. But it was something that he knew that he couldn't allow himself to ruin because of something his parents, and the princess's parents tried to set him up with.

"You didn't want her?" Inko asked softly.

"No, to me, outer beauty is meaningless without inner beauty." Toshinori said with a soft sigh before leaning his head against her shoulder. "I would want a bride that has great inner beauty. A beautiful soul that I can see through her eyes. The princess, I didn't see a beautiful soul but an ugly one." Toshinori let out another sigh before looking up at Inko and gazed deeply into her eyes. Eyes that showed him the very thing that he craved… a beautiful soul in someone that he deeply loved.

"What happened after that?" Inko asked softly.

"We were on our way home when our carriage was attacked. I tried to fight, as did my father but we weren't strong enough. You've seen my scar, the one on my stomach right?"

"Yes…"

"I got that, during that fight. I tried to get back up to fight. To fight and protect my family but I couldn't… It was amazing that I even survived but I had still seen my family torn and ripped to shreds." Toshinori bit his lip, his voice starting to get choked up before taking a deep breath. "I cried the last ounces of my sadness that day. I let out all of the emotions that I felt in my heart that day and vowed never to show my emotions to anyone else again."

"But Toshi, if you don't show your emotions then people will not know what you are feeling…"

"You have no problem of that."

"Because I can seem to read your eyes." Inko said with a sigh.

Toshinori pulled his head away from her shoulder, gazing at her. The green haired woman looked up at him with her green eyes as she whispered "If you never show your emotions, people will think you are nothing but a heartless man who cannot love."

"I can love still Inko, I love many things and I love one person in my life…"

Inko stared at him with wide eyes as she just seemed to gaze at the blonde man. He reached up and gently grasped her hand in his as he gazed at the woman. This was it, he was going to confess to the woman that held his heart in her hands. A woman, whom could easily save him or crush him… But he had to do this, if he couldn't even do this one simple thing how could he ever call himself a man?

"Inko… I… um…"

"What is it?"

"I… I love…"

"You love?"

"What I'm trying to say is that I… I…" Toshinori licked his lips a little trying to think of the right way to say this to her. But how could he say this and not to mention, bring up that he was All Might. The captain that had accidently kissed her? Not to mention, had taken his first kiss of all things. Closing his eyes for a moment, the young man tried to say it again. "I love-"

"Toshinori!" shouted Hizashi as he burst into the bedroom.

Fucking shit damn it! Toshinori cursed in his head as he turned to his friend and all but glared at the man.

"Are you okay? I heard you scream and rushed down here as quickly as I could! At least until I could remember where I put my armor." Hizashi said with a nervous laugh.

"I think you should be okay now King Toshinori." Shit she went back to calling him by his title. "Night." She gave him one last smile before getting up from the bed and made her way out of the bedroom

"Did I miss something?" asked Hizashi.

Toshinori threw the nearest thing at the loud blonde and watched as the man ducked out of the way. "What the fuck Toshi?"

"I was going to confess damn it!"

"Oh… sorry."

"You damn well better be damn it!" shouted Toshinori. Sometimes he loved his friends but damn it they ruined things sometimes.