Trials of a Hero
The rhythmic inhales and exhales fill the room. Both Tomura and Izuku sleep soundly.
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Izuku turns and reaches for the alarm and hits the snooze button. He sits up to stretch only for an arm to pull him back down, "Woah!"
"It's too early... Back to sleep," Tomura groans encapsulating both Izuku and himself in a cocoon of blankets.
Izuku inhales Tomura's scent and nuzzles into his embrace. He blinks and pushes him lightly, "No, no. I can't get sucked into this. Mura, we have to get up."
The more Izuku struggles the tighter Tomura's grip is. He pauses, 'Ugh, this is getting me nowhere. I wonder...' Tomura loosens his hold and simply looks into Izuku's eyes, "Izu, please?"
Izuku's heart pauses. He hugs Tomura closer, "I guess...a few more minutes would hurt." Tomura grins only to have the covers rips away from them.
Kurogiri folds the blankets placing it at the foot of the bed. Izuku blinks and blushes. "Kurogiri-san! Good morning!" He hops out the bed and bows. Tomura glares at Kurogiri for ruining his bliss.
"Good morning Midoriya. Tomura, Aizawa said to meet him in the fields at six in the morning sharp," Kurogiri explains, not really bothered by the displays of affections he just witnessed.
Tomura scoffs, "He can wait," he turns over to his left.
Kurogiri sighs, "Tomura-"
"Mura. We both have goals we have to complete. So we have to put our best foot towards the first step, right?" Izuku stares and Tomura slowly gets up.
"Yeah, yeah fine," he mumbles. Izuku blushes smiling and kisses Tomura on the cheek.
"See you for lunch, okay?" He grabs his clothes and heads out the door.
Tomura extends his arms in opposite directions until he hears a crack in his shoulders and he sniffs. He gets up from the bed and walks over to Kurogiri. They stand in silence. "...Aren't you going to ask me about me dating a hero?"
Kurogiri shrugs and opens the portal, "Not necessarily, afterall I've never seen you happier."
"Hmph," Tomura responds entering quickly through the portal blushing almost as red as Izuku normally does.
Izuku makes his way out from the bathroom and into the long hallways. He takes a left and makes it to the "secret" room All Might and himself usually meet in. With a deep breath in and a deep breath out he knocks on the door.
"Come in," the voice behind the door answers. Izuku turns the doorknob to see All Might sitting on the couch. He skittishly makes his way to the chair across from him and takes a seat.
All Might smiles, "I am glad to see you are alright my boy! Although, I am very curious why you requested to meet so early."
Izuku shifts in his seat, clenching and unclenching his hands. He taps his foot in an unbalanced fashion. He then takes a deep breath, "All Might! I have something to tell you!" He shouts.
All Might is taken back, "Yes?"
Izuku stands up facing All Might, "I am in a romantic relationship with Tomura Shigaraki, also known as Tenko Shimura, your master's grandson! You are the only person I have told! Well, technically speaking Shinsou-kun knew first because he was there when we confessed to each other. Then Kacchan, Todoroki-kun, and Aizawa-sensei were all second because they were there when we officially labeled ourselves. But then The League also knows because Mura just bluntly told them. Oh! And Kurogiri-san also didn't seem surprised, so he must have known. But! You are the first person I officially told! All Might, so-"
"Young Midoriya!" All Might shouts turning buff for a second and immediately spitting out blood.
"All Might!" Izuku rushes to give him the tissues.
They both take a breath. All Might peeks over to Izuku fighting with his fingers and avoiding eye contact with himself. He smiles, "I am sure Nana Shimura is happy and relieved as I am," Izuku looks up. "Knowing that her precious grandson is in great hands," he smiles.
Izuku feels the tears blurring his vision, but he wipes the tears before they fall. All Might laughs handing the tissues back to Izuku. "Thank you," he sniffs in return.
All Might returns to his seat and he straightens up his posture, "I know you requested to meet this morning, but I am glad you did. There is another topic I'd like to discuss."
Izuku tilts his head, "Yes? What is it?"
Taking a breath All Might answers, "One For All."
An undisclosed field surrounded by trees, somewhere on UA's property, Aizawa waits for all of the willing members of the League to arrive. The portal opens and out walks Spinner, Mr. Compress, Kurogiri, and Tomura. Aizawa narrows his eye at the latter.
"You all made it on time," Aizawa's eye laser focuses on Tomura, "Except you. You're late."
Spinner and shifts their eyes between Aizawa and Tomura. Tensions raising.
"What? I came at the exact time as everyone else," Tomura glares.
Aizawa shakes his head and lifts up his watch, "No, they came at six o'clock. You came at six o'one. One. Minute. Late."
Tomura scoffs and his eyes darken, "Tch, Eraser. Is this how you want to play?"
He shrugs, "Sorry, but there's no time for games. You would know that... If you had a watch," Aizawa glances over to make eye contact with an ever so lightly smug-ness in his tone. He clears his throat, "Now let's begin."
"One for All?" Izuku repeats All Might's words.
All Might nods, "How is your power right about now? No, how are you right now? Did Eri's-"
"Eri's cure... I gave it to Overhaul, and he's been missing every since the Higawase incident," Izuku recalls him falling into the other building.
"Yes, Endeavour team have been looking for him high and low. But, young Midoriya are you alright after what happened?" All Might presses Izuku slightly.
After the battle of All For One, Izuku has used his quirk three times. Once in the training battle between Aizawa, but he was able to erase it. The second time was during the attack at Higawase, but there his powers flickered. And finally was when the League broke Tomura out. Izuku uses up a high amount during that time. Seems as though after each use Izuku became much more drained and tired afterwards.
"Maybe..." Izuku looks at the scars on his hands, "Since my body is fighting to keep my quirk, I get exhausted after using it. But I hope I can keep One For All for a few more years."
All Might places his hand on top of Izuku's and smiles, "One For All may be fading, but it brought a gift to both of us." Izuku puts his other hand on top of All Might's and nods.
Knock. Knock.
They respond with a simple 'yes?' The door opens and Shinsou walks in and bows, "Sorry to interrupt, Aizawa-sensei requested me to give this to Midoriya." Shinsou handed Izuku a stack of papers, which made a thud on the table.
"What is all this?" Izuku gapes at the piles of papers.
Shinsou counts his fingers, "Files, forms, documents all about the rehabilitation process you have to read to prepare for your opening speech before the hearing."
"Speech?" Both All Might and Izuku ask.
"Oh, Aizawa-sensei said," Shinsou puts his capture binds around his neck and brings his hand up covering his right eye.
He takes a breath, "Midoriya, read all of these and make a well crafted speech. You have until the end of the month. I was originally going to do it myself, but a certain problem child went and announced at the press conference. Now it falls unto your responsibility. Oh, and don't neglect your training," Shinsou removes his hand and gives Izuku a training regime list.
All Might claps his hands, "Young Shinsou, that was amazing! You sounded exactly like Eraserhead! That is absolutely incredible!"
Izuku's eye twitches and he shivers, "Y-yeah."
Shinsou's face heats up with a dash of pink, "Uh thanks... Anyway, I am here to help you train and keep you on track."
"I will help as well!" All Might stands up and pats them both on the back.
Izuku glances over at Shinsou, 'Wow, Aizawa-Sensei must trust Shinsou-kun so much!' He smiles.
Shinsou thumps from all the pats from All Might, 'Ughh, why is Aizawa-sensei making me do all of this? I didn't watch Midoriya, one time and- Oh...'
Shinsou realizes the key part he played in Izuku's and Tomura's relationship. All Might puts his shoulder around the two and walks them out. "This feels like a long day," Shinsou sighs.
Hours passed and the sun shines at the highest point in the sky. Izuku has trained tirelessly with both All Might and Shinsou working on his reaction skills and hand-to-hand combat. On the other hand, Tomura was being lectured endlessly by Aizawa and was given various amount of situational scenarios in order to "test" him. Both were equally exhausted during lunch time.
Izuku drops to the ground and Shinsou grabs a bottle of water. All Might nods, "Great work you two. I think it's time for a lunch break." Izuku's eyes shot up towards the time and he stands up.
"Thank you for your time All Might. Shinsou-kun I'll see you later. I'll be going to get lunch for Mura, goodbye," Izuku bows and quickly scuffles out the door.
With Aizawa and the rest of the League, each one stretches and prepares for the break, except Tomura. Aizawa had been especially harsh with him. "Iguchi, good work, keep it up. Sako, your method involving the use of your quirk was quite impressive, Shirakumo you seem already very well adjusted," he says with a nod.
"And you," He turns his gaze at Tomura, "Perhaps you'll do better after lunch."
"Why you-" Kurogiri opens the portal cutting Tomura off. Izuku walks through holding several bento boxes.
"Woah!" He stumbles catching himself, making sure none of the food fell, "Phew. Oh, Mura- I mean, everyone! I brought you all lunch!"
Izuku walks around giving the League and Aizawa each a bento box. Instead of grabbing the food Tomura grabs Izuku's wrist and drags him deeper into the trees. Spinner and Mr. Compress follow them. Aizawa steps forward to follow them, but a hand on his shoulder stops him.
"Aizawa. Might I have a word?" Kurogiri asks.
Izuku walks at a slower pace, not wanting to drop their lunch, "Hey! Where are we going? Mura?" Tomura stops and sits down causing Izuku to fall.
Tomura catches both Izuku and the food, "That one-eyed hero has been pissing me off all day!" Tomura hugs Izuku from behind and his legs rest on either side of him.
Spinner sits down next to them with Mr. Compress following, "He was much more aggressive with you than with us."
Mr. Compress opens his bento box, "It was like watching a mother-in-law torture her daughter-in-law."
"Why am I the bride in this scenario?" Tomura snarls. Izuku pats him on the head and lifts up some peppers and beef with his chopsticks. Tomura opens his mouth and eats.
"Mura... Aizawa-sensei was always intense. Like in the beginning of the Hero Course, he threaten to expell the lowest ranking student!" Izuku feeds Tomura again, "...But he really is the best teacher, and he genuinely cares about his students. Just give him another chance, he's doing it to help you."
Tomura stays silent then groans placing his head on Izuku's shoulder, "...I guess he still is pretty cool. Alright, fine! But I want a reward."
"Like what?" Izuku turns his head to look at Tomura.
Tomura's thoughts take a filthy turn, he smirks glancing down at Izuku. Mr. Compress focuses on his lunch. Spinner shifts his eyes uncomfortably to the left and stares at the trees.
Oh, what a mighty tree it was. Could it have been an oak, spruce? Either way it was magnificent. Standing. Oh so tall.
Izuku tilts his head in confusion. '...guess it's still too early,' Tomura sighs and kisses his head. "...a bento."
Izuku laughs and raises up more food to Tomura, "No, I want you to make me a bento for lunch. Every day Eraser nags me!"
"Oh. A bento?" Izuku holds his chin in thought, "Yeah, I can do that. It won't taste as good as these though."
Tomura pouts, "If it's not better, I'm suing."
Izuku leans back into Tomura's chest and laughs, "Suing, what?"
Spinner looks embarrassed at the two lovebirds, "You two really don't hold back." Izuku blushes and shakes his head.
Mr. Compress points to himself, "Do we get bentos too?"
"No, it's mine," Tomura says threateningly, his eyes narrow at the current company, "Why don't you two go way over there?"
Spinner awkwardly gets up and makes his leave, Mr. Compress stands up and bows at them before following along.
Izuku and Tomura finish their bentos. Tomura lays down in the grass and Izuku joins him resting his head on his chest. They feel the gentle breeze from the wind and thank the tree for the shade from the sun. Izuku plays with the ends of Tomura's white hair. Twirling it around his finger.
"What are you doing?" Tomura asks, making no real effort to stop him.
"Oh, sorry. Your hair is nice..." Izuku let's go.
Tomura moves his nose into Izuku's hair and kisses the top of his head, "I didn't say stop." Izuku giggles, brushing his hand through his hair, cups Tomura's cheeks.
"That lotion from before really works, you skin is smoother," Izuku lightly laughs caressing Tomura's face.
"Well, I guess you have to help me put on more... Or I can help you," Tomura's hand trails across Izuku's body. His subconscious, allowing him not to use all five fingers.
"Mura! Wait! I am ticklish there!" Izuku holds back his laughter.
"Oh really?" He replies with an evil glint in his eyes.
Kurogiri and Aizawa have lunch together, and he waits until he is completely finished before asking, "Aizawa, don't you think you're being a little too harsh to Tomura?"
Aizawa wipes his mouth, "Of course not. I am just looking out for my students."
"As am I," Kurogiri responds bluntly.
He sighs, "Shirakumo, I bear no grudge towards Shigaraki. Even if he did impair my vision," he pats his eye patch, "Or was a throne in my side," he casually taps his prosthetic leg.
"Oh," Kurogiri responds gathering both their trash and opening up a portal.
"...If he is serious about becoming a civilian, he'll be under high amounts of stress and scrutiny from most of the general public. Not everyone will be keen on 'Tomura Shigaraki' roaming freely on the streets, even if he was being 'controlled' by All For One. He needs to realize Midoriya won't always be there to lessen his burden," Aizawa sighs and continues, "Thus, if he can't handle this, then what chance does he have to be rehabilitated?"
He pauses again looking around, "Where did they all run off to?"
Aizawa walks deeper into the trees and follows Kurogiri while nodding, "Hmm, seems you thought about this... I apologize for questioning your methods."
Aizawa scoff, "No, I suppose I could give Shigaraki a fair-" They turn behind the tree and see Izuku both hands above his head being pinned down. Pinned down by Tomura. His legs straddle his waist. His shirt, raised with Tomura's other hand underneath it. Kurogiri rubs his eyes and sighs.
Izuku's face turns his signature bright red, "Aizawa-sensei! No, no, wait! This isn't what it looks like. Mura was just tickling-" Aizawa entraps Tomura in the capture binds and throws him against a tree while yanking Izuku to his feet. He glares at Kurogiri. He nods and opens up the portal.
"Write your speech," Aizawa says dryly and pushes Izuku in the portal's mist. He shifts his glare and Tomura, "Let it be known, I have been going easy on you. Not anymore."
Tomura's eyes narrow and he scoffs, "Bring it on."