Chapter 25 - Heavy Sleeper

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As the initial shock of meeting your future self began to wear off, you found yourself slowly coming back to your senses. It was a lot to process—time travel, parallel realities, and the weight of resetting the timeline—but there was a strange clarity in the chaos. Once you managed to calm down and think it through, you realized that maybe, just maybe, this whole reset plan wasn't as bad as it first sounded.

Sure, it meant going back to the beginning and starting over, but you could live with that. After all, you'd already learned something important: you knew how All Might would react if you confessed your feelings again. The memory of his reaction flickered in your mind—he hadn't exactly pushed you away, hadn't closed the door completely. It wasn't a perfect response, but it gave you hope. A glimmer of something that made you believe that not everything was lost. It was enough to push you forward

Your future self had handed you the solution on a silver platter. Now, all you had to do was figure out how to make it work. But there was a glaring problem: how? You barely had control over your Quirk as it was, and she expected you to use it with precision. To reset an entire timeline without messing it up even more? That seemed like a tall order. The idea left your head spinning. She hadn't exactly provided any step-by-step instructions, either. All she'd said was that you needed to be precise, and then vanished without another word.

Annoyed, you paced back and forth in your room, glancing at the bedside clock. It was a little past six in the morning, much earlier than you had expected. The early hour only added to the surreal quality of the whole situation, like the world was somehow off-balance. You rubbed your eyes again, as if you could wipe away the last few hours and start fresh, but the truth remained. There was only one person who might have the answers you needed—well, two people, actually.

You stopped pacing and let out a sigh. You needed help, and that meant telling All Might everything. Not just All Might—Toshinori deserved to know as well. Maybe they could figure out a better plan or at least come up with something resembling a strategy, because right now, you had absolutely nothing.

You took a moment to peer out the window. The world outside was grey and misty, with a light rain tapping against the glass. The street was empty, and everything seemed perfectly ordinary—peaceful, even. It was strange to think that while your life felt like it was spiraling out of control, everyone else was going about their day as usual. School was still in session, people were still getting ready for work, and the rest of the world had no idea that time itself was bending and twisting because of you. For everyone else, nothing had changed at all. You felt a pang of longing for that kind of normalcy.

You left the room, moving down the hallway with a hesitant step, your thoughts now occupied with finding a bathroom. It felt a bit awkward, wandering around a house that wasn't truly yours, but then again, you did live here now—temporarily, at least. You might as well get familiar with the place. You'd have to ask Toshinori later if there were any rooms you weren't allowed to enter. Surely, there were some boundaries you shouldn't cross.

The upper floor stretched out in front of you, a long hallway covered with dark wooden floorboards. The beige walls, dimly lit by a small circular ceiling lamp, created a cozy but somewhat somber atmosphere. The hallway wasn't very well-lit; it was probably even gloomier on a rainy day like this. From your room, you could see the stairs leading down, the front door below, and your shoes sitting neatly beside it.

Further down the corridor, you noticed four more doors: one at the far end, another directly across from your room, and two more on either side of the hallway. Which one led to the bathroom? You hesitated, debating whether to just choose a door at random, but then another thought popped into your mind.

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