Toshinori looked at the flyer a little longer as he frowned a little. Why did this name sound so familiar to him? Letting out a groan, the vampire didn't know what he was to think about. Honestly, he knew that Inko knew much about her ancestor, but did she know anything about her ancestor's friend? Maybe. Maybe not, it all depends on if her ancestor ever left any kind of records of it in the first place. Though, he couldn't help but be rather curious about it himself.
'If this exhibit has any kind of information about the warrior, maybe there is information about me as well?' he thought to himself before looking at the ceiling in his room. So far, there was nothing wrong with this plan other than the fact that it took place during the day.
'I need to feed sometime today before I even take Inko out. There is no telling what would happen to her should I end up feeding on her.' He shuddered at the thought.
Taking a deep breath in the hopes of calming himself, the young man pushed himself up from the bed that laid in his room, not sure why he even bothered to have a bed in the first place since he never slept. Maybe just so he had something to lay on when Shouta and Hizashi needed the living for themselves during their movie nights.
He had walked out of the room a few times after their movie nights to find the pair snuggled up on the couch asleep. All cozy and Hizashi wrapping his arms around Shouta as they laid on the couch together snoozing away.
Sighing softly, the blonde pushed himself up from the bed before he carefully walked out of his bedroom and looked around. He saw Shouta snoozing on the couch and of course his boyfriend once again. When did Hizashi get here? 'Must have been in my own thoughts at the time I guess…' Toshinori thought to himself as he gazed at the pair on the couch. Hizashi was a tall man, long blonde hair that he normally had gelled back though it seemed that the man showered after his shift as his blonde locks, darker than Toshinori's hair, hung over the edge of the couch.
He wore a black t-shirt with his hero name 'Present Mic' painted on in different neon colours. Next Toshinori could make out a pair of black jeans and matching black socks. On his face were a pair of yellow tinged glasses that normally hid a pair of green eyes though now his eyes were closed.
"When will you two learn to have a blanket over the two of you?" Toshinori said with a shake of his head before walking over to the couch and draped a blanket over the couple before walking over to the fridge made for him. Hm, maybe he'll need to do some research about the mysterious hero. There had to be something about the guy, a picture, an image, anything really.
As he grabbed a packet, Toshinori sighed. He knew that it should sicken him to want to drink Shouta's blood again but he knew that he couldn't stop his choice in blood as Shouta was the only one to provide for him right now until he could break into the blood bank.
Turning his gaze back to the couch, Toshinori couldn't help but picture him and Inko in their place. Toshinori, able to finally sleep and hold onto the woman of his dreams, his every waking moment and yet he knew that he couldn't have her.
Sighing, Toshinori was about to walk off until he heard a voice.
"You okay Toshi?"
Turning his head, he saw that Hizashi had woken up and followed him. Had he been awake the whole time? Blinking in shock, the vampire shifted his gaze away from him as he said "As fine as I can be being a vampire and all."
"Shouta told me you are still beating yourself up over biting him among your other problems." Hizashi said. Toshinori cursed under his breath. "Toshi, you shouldn't be so hard on yourself." Toshinori didn't look the man in the eye, in fact he was doing all he could to avoid eye contact with him at all costs. "He doesn't blame you at all. He knew that you were hungry." Toshinori's hands clenched into fists as his body trembled in self-loathing. "So stop beating yourself up."
"Do you really think it's that easy Hizashi? I saw his memories, I felt his emotions while I drank his blood and it affected me in a way that you could never understand. He couldn't even understand how it affects me. I raised Shouta as a child. I had promised him that I would never bite him and yet I did!" Toshinori wanted to yell, wanted to cry out in pain and turmoil but he knew that he couldn't do that, should he awake his son in any shape or form. He stared at Hizashi with tears streaming down his face, which seemed to have surprised the blonde hero. "I promised him when he was a child, a child who had just lost his parents in a blood path and I had told him that I'd never bite him."
"Toshi."
"I told him, Hizashi, I promised him. I felt how scared he was, how horrified he felt when he saw my red eyes, when he saw how hungry I was even after I drank from a blood pack… I… I was so hungry and it scared him. I know he can't look at me the same. He'll just look at me in fear."
"He doesn't."
"What?"
"He doesn't fear you Toshi." Hizashi said with a soft sigh, causing Toshinori about to protest until the blonde hero held up his hand silencing him. "He told me everything that had happened. Told me what he had felt and it was nothing but fear of you, but fear for you."
"You're just saying that Hizashi."
"No, I'm not. Do you want proof? Because I'll gladly give you that proof if you so want it." Toshinori was a little confused on that part, how would he prove that Shouta was anything but afraid of him? There was no way that he could unless he drank Hizashi's-
"No, I'm not drinking your blood."
"Not mine, Shouta's."
"I'm not biting him-"
"I didn't say you'd have to bite him."
Huh?
Hizashi sighed softly as he walked over to the fridge that Shouta used and pulled out a blood packet that Toshinori didn't even know why it was in there of all places. The blonde turned to the vampire as he calmly said "Shouta made this for you, he wanted to make sure that you could feel what he was feeling. Shouta may not show his emotions very well but he can very well express them through the blood that is within his body, something that he has told me that you react too." How was he even holding the blood in the first place? Hizashi was terrified of blood, it was why Toshinori knew that Hizashi was grateful for the fact that his quirk was 'voice' and only loud when he chose it to be.
Hizashi saw Toshinori's silence and of course his confusion. "I'm only holding this out to you, because I know that Shouta couldn't give it to you himself. He was afraid, ashamed to show you what he really felt thinking that you'd think differently of him. Because even though he is a grown man, he still looks at you as his father, and I know for a fact that you look at him as your son."
Toshinori nodded his head slowly before he turned to the blood packet in Hizashi's hand before putting the one he grabbed back in the fridge. Carefully he made his way back to the man and slowly reached out for the blood packet as if it was glass, fearing that the moment that he would hear it that he would break its casing and all the blood would spill onto the floor. It was something that he himself feared really, as he had no idea what the blood would hold for him in memories or emotions.
Gulping, Toshinori carefully grabbed the bag and held it within his reach of his fangs, wondering what he would see. He knew, of course that he'd never know unless he bit down and drank. Yet, he was still nervous. Turning his blue eyes back to the blonde, he saw Hizashi giving him a calm yet encouraging expression before Toshinori nodded his head.
Opening his mouth, he felt his fangs growing in before biting down on the bag. It was through that first gulp, that he almost felt himself choke on the blood in shock. Hizashi stared with wide eyes and went to help Toshinori only for the vampire to hold his hand up stopping him in his tracks. Toshinori inhaled through his nose before he continued draining the packet and he started to get what one would call a backlash of emotions.
Concern.
Worry.
Troubled.
Then of course fear, though Toshinori detected the difference in the fear. It wasn't fear of him but fear for him. His eyes slowly opened as he looked up at Hizashi, tears falling from pools of blue as he gazed at the other blonde man in the room. "I told you, he wasn't scared of you Toshi. He's been worried sick about your mental health. He was worried about your heart Toshi."
"But…" Toshinori whispered softly, removing his fangs from the packet before he wiped his lips with the back of his hand.
"No buts. He cares about you, even though you try not to get too attached much like he does you both care about each other as much as any other father and son would be." Toshinori looked toward the living room as he stared at where Shouta resided. The boy, no, the young man, was more concerned than he could ever give him credit for. How could he have been so blind that Shouta had never blamed him for anything that had happened in the first place?
"How could I not notice?"
"Because you were trapped in your own sadness." Hizashi said with a small smile on his face. "You are both rather stubborn when it comes to your own emotions. You try to forget about them, try to forget that you even feel them in the first place. You yourself, may no longer be a human Toshi, but you can still feel something and from what I've been told it has something to do with a certain woman?"
"Uh…"
"Shouta told me as to how you got him to look up for any café's that she could work at."
"Well…"
"Though, I'm rather surprised that you'd go after a Midoriya. They are elite after all, though maybe you didn't know?" asked Hizashi.
"I didn't until Inko had brought up her family and I was rather curious."
"Ah." Hizashi said with a smile before patting the vampire on the shoulder as he gazed at him. "Why don't you go see her? It isn't that late in the night, it's only about five."
Wait, it was only five? "Wait, in the morning or evening?"
"Evening."
He could still go to Inko, he could still go see her. That would make things rather interesting for him and plus, he could ask her formally at last if she would like to go with him to the museum. Thinking about it a little more, Toshinori nodded his head as he looked at Hizashi and saw the man giving him a thumbs up. As if telling him that he was behind Toshinori all the way on this one.
Though, Toshinori couldn't help but frown at the blonde before rolling his eye a little. He knew that Hizashi was rather silly, excitable but can be serious when he wanted to be. He was Shouta's total opposite, and honestly, they almost seemed perfect for each other.
"Be back before sunrise." Hizashi said with a chuckle before he walked off to the living room.
Toshinori just blinked at the man before shaking his head and starting to make his way out of the building. He had a feeling that he didn't want to be in here when they did… whatever it was they would do.
Toshinori walked through the darkened streets. Rather surprised that he hadn't noticed what time it was in the first place. Had he been so distracted that he just hadn't realised what time it was or how much little time had even past him in the first place. Looking up at the sky, he saw that the stars were starting to come on out of their hiding spot under the blanket of the brightened sky.
He gave a small smile before he looked over and saw Inko's building and gave a small smile. It always seemed to warm his heart a bit when he saw her building and knew that he was so much closer to the woman than he thought would have been possible. Letting out a soft sigh, the young man knew that Inko was special. Knew that she deserved to be with someone that could love her completely and who was better yet, human of all things.
Letting out a soft sigh, the young man looked up at the sky once more as he let out a deep sigh before crossing the street rather quickly as he made his way over to her building and frowned as he checked to see if the door was open. "Of course they haven't fixed it yet." He mumbled softly before he let out a soft sigh and walked inside before making his way up the few flights of stairs.
He couldn't help but frown as he heard a gentle humming. He couldn't tell who's it was, but knew that it had belonged to someone who lived in this building. Tilting his head, Toshinori let out a soft yawn as he stretched his arms above his head, feeling a stiff joint in his back crack and loosen up. Even though he was the living dead so to speak, he could still feel sore and stiff.
Once he made his way onto Inko's floor, he blinked as he heard the humming a little more loudly. Tilting his head, the young man knocked on Inko's door and that was when he heard the humming stop. So, it was from her apartment though was it from her TV?
Tilting his head a little more, he tried to hear more of that melody, he knew that he heard it somewhere before but wasn't sure where it was that he had heard it before. It was so familiar to him, but he couldn't help but wonder where it was that he had heard it before.
Soon, the door opened and Inko looked up with wide eyes. "Toshi?" she asked in shock.
"Hey, I know it's kinda late and all but I thought I'd drop in. I uh, wanted to ask you something. Mind if I come in?" asked Toshinori.
"Sure!" Inko said with a smile on her face before inviting the blonde in her apartment. Toshinori smiled a little shyly before he walked into the apartment and looked around. He saw that it wasn't as furnished as he thought it'd be, though then again he knew that Inko couldn't afford as much as she would like because of that job.
Now though, he knew that she would be able to afford everything that she wanted in her life.
"So, what brought you by tonight Toshinori?" asked Inko with a smile on her face.
"Well, a friend told me about this exhibit that they got going on at the museum and it seemed interesting. I mean, I know it has something to do with your family so if you don't wanna go I understand completely, but, I thought, you know. What could it hurt?" Toshinori rubbed at the back of his head as he took a deep breath, looking away from the green haired woman. Far too afraid to stare at her thinking that she would give him a bored expression or even just point out that it was a stupid thing to even suggest to her.
"I think it sounds interesting, what's it about?" asked Inko.
"Oh…" Toshinori blinked as he stared at the green haired woman and gave her a small smile. "Some warrior known as 'All Might'. Honestly, I've never heard of him so I wasn't sure if you knew about him so, would you like to go? With me? Unless your boyfriend wouldn't mind you going with me anyway."
"I'd love too. To be honest, I wouldn't mind seeing what they have. My ancestor only wrote so much about her friend, well she wrote a lot about him in the beginning but after a while most of it had seemed to have stopped. I don't know why though…" Inko said with a frown on her face before letting out a soft sigh. "It makes me wonder why she would stop writing about him…"
Toshinori frowned a little, he felt a little bit of pain in his chest when Inko mentioned her ancestor's lack of information. He couldn't help but wonder about it himself. Why would a princess not mention her friend anymore? Did he leave? Did he die? Was he killed off? If that was the reason, why didn't she ever mention about that in the journal? It had him rather curious, though he knew that he couldn't bother Inko about it now. Maybe she would mention it during their time at the museum.
"I'll go, Hisashi won't mind, he'd most likely just want me to be careful even though we're not together anymore."
Wait what? "Huh?"
"Yeah, we just… grew apart. Learned to love each other as friends more than anything really. Maybe it's better this way, I won't lie it was a little saddening to part like that but we left on good terms." Inko said with a soft smile on her face. Before looking up and frowning as she saw Toshinori's expression on his face. Though that was an understatement. Toshinori was rather shocked, surprised even. Though at the same time he felt some kind of hope in his chest for the first time in a while.
Though why was that? Why would he feel such a thing in the first place? Gulping a bit, Toshinori scratched at the back of his head as he said "I… uh… I don't really know what to say about that. I'm… sorry I guess?"
"No need to be sorry at all Toshi! After all, not like it's your fault." Inko said with a smile on her face before giggling a little before sitting down. "Join me Toshi?" He blinked a little before making his way over to the couch and sat down with her. Though, he couldn't help but feel rather nervous as he sat next to her.
Turning his gaze to the green haired woman, he frowned a little as he asked "Um… Inko, may I ask you something?"
"You just did."
Chuckling a little, Toshinori gave her a fond smile before asking "What were you humming? I swear I've heard it before."
"I don't think you would. It's a song that sticks to my family in all honesty, though I… I wouldn't mind sharing it with you."
He blinked a little in shock at that. What was he to say to that? Toshinori tilted his head before he just nodded his head, bangs flying around as he did so. "Then lay your head here." Inko patted her lap, causing him to stare with wide eyes. The young woman just giggled a little as she added "It's mostly a song we sing when we're sad, lonely or have trouble sleeping. I think you should be comfortable listening to it and well, you look rather tired."
Strange that she would think such a thing about him. Though he wasn't going to deny this chance even though he knew that he shouldn't. Closing his eyes for a brief moment, the young man turned himself around and laid down, resting his head on Inko's lap and looked up at her in confusion. "So, now what?" He asked softly, feeling rather comfortable laying here. It felt, safe… comforting and oh so familiar to him. Though he wasn't sure why that was in the first place.
"Just get comfy." She said before starting to run her fingers through his blonde bangs, causing him to sigh as he closed his eyes. Feeling rather comfortable at her gentle touch.
Four scenes of love and laughter
I'll be alright being alone
Four scenes of love and laughter
I'll be alright being alone
Four scenes of love and laughter
I'll be alright being alone
Four scenes of love and laughter
I will be okay
Toshinori took a deep breath, he knew this song that was for sure. How was it that this song was only in her family? That only those in her family know of the song and the lyrics? He couldn't help but opened his eyes a crack as he saw that Inko's eyes, her smile on her face was so fond, filled with love and joy. A feeling that made his heart blossom in warmth, something that he had never felt before.
Our meetings, though fleeting, are close to my heart
You're with me, then swiftly, it seems we have to part
Searching longingly throughout all my memories
For just one glimpse of that shadow I have loved
He closed his eyes again, giving into the feeling of Inko's touch. He could picture himself having a future in this life. If he was human, he would have been married to the woman of his dreams and knew that he loved her more than anything in this lifetime. Yet, he knew that he couldn't be with her in this life but maybe, some other kind of life that he would have a chance with her.
I can taste the sweetness of the past
All of my time spent with you that never seems to last
I'll be alright
Every time I close my eyes and dream
Love is the only thing I see, I believe
Soon, images started to appear in his head, causing him to frown a little. He found himself in this position before. Resting his head on a lap that he knew better than anyone. The feel of grass could be felt under his hand as well as the fallen cherry blossoms that had fallen from the tree above. Toshinori opened his eyes, at least he was sure heh ad but felt like it was only in his mind as his 'dream self' had opened his eyes and gazed up at a beautiful woman that was a dead ringer for Inko. The shape of the eyes were a little different, a little rounder, softer and filled with love that he knew was just for him.
Under the warm shining light of the sun
Bloom the flowers of spring
When your eyes shimmer beneath the summer moon
You will find me
As your hands tremble against the autumn wind
Warm the air with your sighs
When the snow melts as winter ends
Four seasons with your love, will come once again
He saw that her hair was longer than Inko's, it was pulled back into a little bun that had a little crown piece attached. He saw that it had ornaments attached that made him think of cherry blossoms and flowers. He couldn't help but stare up at the woman with a love in his gaze that he knew would only belong to this woman. Toshinori couldn't help but stare at this woman, his heart filled with love, hope and joy as he stayed with her yet, it was filled with a hidden sadness and hopelessness as he gazed at her. As if he knew, that no matter what they could never be together.
We promised to each other that we'd both be
Forever, but time is crueler than it seems
Can you feel me underneath the skin?
As long as we share these feelings, as it's always been
We'll be alright
Just as long as both of us believe
No matter the distance in between, stay with me
"Toshi, I want us to be together… but I don't know what we can do. I fear that my father may give into the lord's hands and make me be his bride." the dream Inko said with a soft frown on her face. His hands, at least his dreams hands, went up and gently stroked her cheeks, wiping away any and all of her tears.
"He'll never have you my dear. I'll make sure that you'll live for the one you love and be happy. We'll escape this place and I'll find you a new place to be. To be free, to love, and love who you love without any kind of sneer from those who deem him unworthy." Dream Toshinori said with a smile on his face.
"You silly man, I love you."
"And I love you, my dear sweet Inko."
Who were these people? Were they nothing but images brought onto him by Inko's song? Was it something else? He didn't know, but what he did know was that he felt the emotions in his heart. As if they were truly his own and he felt as if he could never get away from such a feeling. That it was a part of him for some reason.
Under the sweet gentle moonlight of the spring
There, the flowers all sleep
Write me a message against the summer sand
One I can't keep
And when the cold autumn rain begins to fall
Warm the air with your love
As the tears fall in winter's gleam
Four seasons with your love, live on in my dreams
"Toshi, can we ever be free though? Free from such a fate?"
"I don't know, but I will try, I am the great warrior after all!" a chuckle echoed in his head, making Toshinori frown a little. Who was laughing? Who was this that he saw as himself and Inko? There was no way that these were normal images. There had to be something else, something that he couldn't really understand, but knew that he wanted to figure out more than anything. Yet how?
Holding on tightly to all the time that's passed
We'll never be apart
Every day that we had together lives on in my heart
All of the love and the dreams we used to have
Fade into a memory
Remember the way things used to be
Four seasons with your love, will stay within me
Taking a deep breath, Toshinori felt his dream self lifting himself from Inko's lap and gazed at her with a soft smile on his face. "I promise, on my very life that I will get you out of here. That no matter what, we will live that life that we've always dreamed of. Where we can get away, and love."
"But what if we can't?"
"Then I'll die trying. I won't live without you, I can't live without you there for me… you are my heart, my life… my very reason for existing." He found those words to be rather dramatic, but knew that in a way, that the man spoke the truth, as there was so much emotion flowing through his entire body that it almost seemed to effect Toshinori more than it should have.
Four scene, four four seasons
Four scene, I'll be alright
Four scene, four four seasons
Four scene, stay with me...
"But Toshi…
Four scene, four four seasons
Four scene, I'll be alright
Four scene, four four seasons
Four scene, stay with me...
"I speak nothing but the truth my dear. I love you, it's why I became your guard, not just to protect you, but to make sure you know that you are loved by someone who isn't told to by your father. I don't need to be told, to love you for I am in love with you my princess…"
Four scene, four four seasons
Four scene, I'll be alright
Four scene, four four seasons
Four scene, stay with me...
"Please Toshi, take me away from this place. I want to live away from here, with you as my husband."
Four scene, four four seasons
Four scene, I'll be alright
Four scene, four four seasons
Four scene, stay with me...
Toshinori felt tears streaming down his face, he opened his eyes as he saw Inko staring down at him with concern in her eyes as she gazed at him. "Toshi, are you okay?" asked Inko with a frown.
"I… I don't really know to be honest." He whispered before wiping at his eyes, trying to get the tears to stop before he looked up at the green haired woman. "I felt as if I had seen her memories… your ancestors."
"I guess, it is said that those in my family who sing the song can get flashes that it was part of a quirk that was in a sense, passed down in the family but at the same time it isn't seen as a quirk as it only affects us mostly, as for you I can't be sure." He gave her a small smile before he wiped at his eyes, trying to get the tears to stop.
"I pictured your ancestor as you and me as her guard or something. It was rather strange, don't you think?" He said with a chuckle.
"Not really, from the drawing that resides in my family home I do look a lot alike the princess. As for her guard there aren't any pictures of him, drawings or paintings of any kind. Though if they now have an exhibit of him, maybe they found an old painting that even my family never found." Inko said with a shrug before looking away, still running her fingers through Toshinori's hair. "Though they were more concerned about her story than his so I guess my family wanted to erase him from the picture in some way, one reason or another."
"Rather sad really. He was her friend wasn't he? So why erase him at all?" asked Toshinori.
"Not sure, but, the only information I could gather myself was that he was her friend, her guard though it's hard to get any other kind of information from the real journal as the print had faded a lot over the years."
"If you'd like, I could ask a friend of mine to take a look at it. He is bound to have some kind of system at the station that could read the ink through the pages." Toshinori suggested with a small smile on his face.
"I'd like that." Inko said with a soft smile on her face. Yeah, things were going to be okay, though what he didn't get was the weird images that flashed through his mind… were they just that? Images? Or something more?
if you want the song, look up Four Seasons by LIzz Robinett, she's really good
