Palingenesis- All Might x Reader

Chapter Seventeen

Even after dropping Y/n at her apartment and getting to his own house, Toshinori still felt the tingle of her lips on his. He sat up most of the night going over everything that happened. When Tenko was dropped off by Nezu and Nemuri, he was still in a daze. His head was muddled and he could help but wish he had done it again. 

"Alright, spill the tea. You look like Cupid struck you with every arrow in his damn basket." Toshinori focused back in as Nemuri started to question him. He didn't even remember when he had gotten to UA. Tenko was in his carrier, still in his footie PJs, but at least he had brought his diaper bag. He set the sleeping baby down and put the bag beside him as he took a seat across the lounge room table. "We went out for dinner-" "That's a great start, she agreed to go to dinner." He cleared his throat after her interruption. "We talked about everything that's happened, and after dinner, we went for a walk in the park. We watched the sunset over the lake and she uh... She kissed me." He felt a bit embarrassed telling Nemuri about what happened, but it made him feel better letting it out. It made it feel more real. 

"She kissed you?" He nodded and Nemuri broke out into a fit of giggles. "She is over the fucking moon for you! Women almost never make the first move!" His mind went blank. "Are you sure?" Nemuri gave him a look "When have I been wrong when it comes to relationships?" He didn't argue with her on that. After all, she was the one to get Shota and Hizashi to admit their own feelings. And Snipe was currently engaged because she told him to make the jump. "You need to man up, clearly she isn't going to run away, and she obviously likes you. Take her to the beach, and give her a private picnic. I don't know her very well, but I do know she will love the privacy and peace." Toshinori mentally took notes. 

"And if you play things right, she might let you ravish her in the moonlit sand." Toshinori cringed as Nemuri started her voice her perverted thoughts. "That's a bit far for a second date." She pouted playfully "You're being so slow. I usually have a man in my bed by the end of the first date, and if they might be worth it the second date is under the covers all day." Toshinori cringed again and shook his head. "Nemuri, please shut up." She nodded with a grin. "Fine. But I want all the deets~" She strutted out of the lounge room. Toshinori sighed in relief after she left. 

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Bony knuckles rapped against the classroom door as Toshinori opened it softly. Y/n sat at her desk, her next class had another hour before it would start. "Toshinori, I'm glad you came to see me. I wanted to apologize for how I acted last night. I should have asked before-" "No. It was quite alright. I really loved it. I actually wanted to see if you were free this weekend." Y/n's worried expression faded as a smile grew over her face. "I don't have anything planned. Unless you are here to ask me out again-" Toshinori deflated a bit as she continued. 

"If you are then that is all that will be on my schedule." A sly smile tilted on his features. "Well, I hope you can swim." Y/n laughed as she stood up from her desk. "A trip to the beach? It's a date then." Toshinori felt fuzzy. "Oh, and Toshinori, for the record. Don't take all of Nemuri's advice, and don't give in to her persistent need-to-know-everything attitude. She's been feeding everything you've told her back to me and vice versa." Toshinori felt his ears heat up with embarrassment. Y/n strode closer to him and gave him a peck on his cheek. "See you later." 

Y/n smiled to herself after Toshinori left. She had never been given the chance to look for love. She thought over her family, no doubt would it have been the same if she hadn't been swept up by the JHC. She hadn't relayed any of the information about her family ties to anyone, but she did keep those two pictures AFO gave her. She pulled out the picture of her and her grandparents. She wished she could remember her grandmother, but doing so meant memories of that bastard would appear as well. She wanted all of it behind her. She put the picture away and forced a bright smile on her face as her students started to roll in. 

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After the school day came to an end, Y/n walked home. She let her thoughts roam with what little she could remember of her family ties. She turned a corner and pulled out her phone to send Toshinori a text. A harsh tug on her jacket hood snatched her back. Her body hit fight or flight mode and she started struggling to free herself from her attacker's grasp. 

"Stop struggling or I'm going to send us both up in flames." Y/n shakily froze up hearing a familiar voice. Dabi spun her around and slammed her harshly into the brick wall. "I have some questions and for each one you give me a lie for, I'm going to leave a handprint." Y/n nodded as he leaned closer. "You were the one to kill Shigaraki, weren't you?" It was more of a statement. Y/n nodded her head as Dabi's hand started to heat up on her shoulder. "Yes. He left me for dead and disappeared. When I met All for One, he had Shigaraki and he ordered me to dispose of him. AFO told me I was to take over the league after I kill him and he said I wasn't to tell any of you. I didn't want to take over the league, I don't know how to be a leader. He told me to think it over and sent me away." Dabi hummed as his hand cooled again. "That could explain how you looked when you returned. What happened when you went back?" 

"Shigaraki went after AFO because he was going to make me kill him. When I got there Shigaraki already hit AFO with his quirk and started attacking me. I had no choice but to kill him out of defense. Then the pro heroes showed up and they have been keeping tabs on me." Y/n was lying her ass off, but Dabi was on the fence about believing her. But his indecision was more than she needed. "Alright." Dabi dropped her and stepped back. "Explain to me your 'situation' with that old man?" Y/n mentally cringed. She realized how it would look from an outsider's perspective. Especially if he saw them in the park. She cringed even more when her mind found the easiest answer. "It's a bit weird..." Dabi shot her a look and she cringed "Sugar daddy." Dabi groaned and shoved her away from him. 

"And to think you weren't half bad, what the fuck. That is fucking disgusting." Y/n rolled her eyes. "Chill. It's nothing more than pecks on the lips, hugs, and dinners. I can't do anything risky with the league while I have the pros on my ass, and I'm broke." Dabi huffed as he leaned on the brick. "So what happened with that kid of yours?" Y/n shot him a look. 

"With pros on my ass, you think I'd bring my kid around? What kind of fuckin' monster do you take me for?" Dabi held up his hands in defense. "My bad... Are you ever going to come back to the league?" Y/n hummed as she tried to think of an answer. "Well considering how you just gracefully snatched me into an alley and threatened my life, the Pro heroes on my ass, and the fact that I just want to get my kid and leave Japan? Yeah, Not happening." Dabi rolled his eyes and pushed himself off the wall. He pushed her back to the wall and leaned down to look into her eyes. 

"If I can promise you a safe house for you and your kid, will you come back?" Y/n shook her head, and the pit in her stomach started to deepen with dread as he loomed closer. Dabi's hands gripped her wrists as he tugged her arms up. He effectively pinned her hands together, transferring his grip to one hand, and using his free hand to tilt her head up. Y/n struggled against his grip sucking in a deep breath getting ready to scream.

Dabi's half-burned lips met with hers before she could even mutter a call for help. Eyes wide open, Y/n watched his flutter shut as he attempted to deepen the kiss. When she tried to jerk her head away his free hand gripped her throat and heated up in a warning. 

She quit fighting and allowed him to deepen the kiss, the moment his tongue went into her mouth she bit down with all the force she could. Dabi dropped her and stumbled back. "What the fuck?!" His aching tongue and the taste of iron pissed him off. Y/n spat at him as she started swinging at him. Her fingers caught purchase on his hair and she jerked his head back only to slap it into the brick wall. No one had shown up as they scuffled. 

Y/n slammed his body back into the ground, knocking the wind out of him. She gripped her right hand over his mouth, slammed her left one over his heart, and activated her quirk. She didn't want to use her quirk, but if he survived and went back to the league, she would be in danger again. "Sorry, not sorry. You deserved the beating. But it's you or me and I have too much to live for. Bye Dabi... Or should I say, Touya Todoroki." 

Y/n did not stand up till his body was completely gone. And when she did stand, she stumbled on her way home.

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