My Unrequited Love || All Might × Reader

Chapter 21

"He's going to die..."

"What? I-I know, I mean we're all going to die someday right?" I asked, my brows furrowing, still confused about what Midoriya was saying.

But in the back of my mind, I understand well enough what he was trying to say--

"No! ...He's dying! " My mind went blank and all I could do is stand in disbelief.

"Huh?"

I just couldn't accept it.

"You must be joking, right? Come on, tell me this is a joke! April is still a couple of months away."I stared at Midoriya, never letting my eyes leave his face as I try to search for any hint that would give away that he is only joking...but there's none.

Of course there is none...

It's not like Midoriya to joke about something like that especially if it's about All Might.

Midoriya shut his eyes hard and swallowed thickly. He took a deep breath, before turning his intense gaze to me once again. "During the first day of my internship with Sir Nighteye, All Might's former sidekick; I found out a lot of things that All Might's been keeping to me. So I had a talk with All Might...then he told me everything. Sir Nighteye's quirk "Foresight" allows him to see someone's future. He told me that Sir Nighteye saw his future and confronted him about it..." Midoriya inhales sharply, his hand curling into a fist.

"Sir Nighteye saw that All Might would face a villain that would lead to his...t-to his death." I opened my mouth but no words seem to come out of it. I couldn't understand, why...why now?

"...when...when did he say that it would happen?" I asked, finally able to choke out words, even if my voice is barely above a whisper.

"...this year..." He hang his head low, avoiding my gaze. When those words left his mouth...

I felt like someone forcefully pulled out my heart from my chest.

"I see...thank you for telling me. I'll go now." I'm still trying to absorb what Midoriya told me. My thoughts are all messed up and I feel so...empty.

I want to cry but I couldn't...

"Wait, where are you going (Y/N)?"

"To All Might." I felt the slap of reality...

Why does it feel like the universe is so insistent in making us apart?

hitting me harder than ever.

~

I rang Toshinori-san's doorbell a couple of times before I heard the sound of his footsteps. I'm not even sure how I was able to keep my calm and not literally smash the door open. There's a peephole so he opened the door right away.

"(L/N)-san? What are you--" He was baffled at first but eventually, realization became apparent.

"Midoriya...he told you, didn't he?" He said smiling wryly.

"Why didn't you tell me?" His expression turns into a neutral one, masking his emotions.

"I was planning to tell you myself but he beat me to it."

"Really!? You plan to tell me!? You've been completely ignoring me ever since...ever since that incident! Is this another part of your quirk? Huh? Ignoring people like as if their entire exsitence never mattered to you?"

"I'm sorry."

"Just what am I to you? Tell me, what am I to you Toshinori-san?"

"...You are an important student to me."

"Can't you just be honest to me for once? Did you do to all the 'important' students you have what you did to me? You kiss all of them and then ignore them? Is that it?"

"No, I don't."

"Then why!? Why did you kiss me? And don't tell me it was a mistake! I know you better than that...you are not that kind of person!" I grab on his collar but Toshinori stood motionless, just staring at me.

"I did that because...

you are special to me...you aren't just any other student or friend. You are so much more than that--

you make me feel things I haven't felt before. Ever since I learned of my upcoming death, I accepted it easily...but then you came. You made me want to live a little longer." Those words made my chest tighten and I instinctively let go of his shirt's collar.

"...then why? Why did you turn me down? Why are you pushing me away? Why are you doing this?"

"I turned you down because it was the right thing to do. We can't be together...I'll just end up hurting you."

"Do you think I am not hurting right now!?"

"(Y/N) please, don't get involved with me any more than you do. I wanted to spare you from the pain of seeing me die."

"But I love you..." I muttered under my breath but enough for Toshinori to hear. He looked away, with an unreadable expression on his face.

"I don't care how painful it is, I jus-I just want to be with you...I-I'm sure there is something we can do to change the future! Right? Right? There must be a way!" I said desperately. Please...please tell me there is!

When he returned his gaze to me, he had a melancholic look on his face.
"I'm sorry...but we can't change what Nighteye sees in his foresight." My body went limp and all tears finally break loose.

Toshinori-san wiped away my tears with his hands then gently, he cupped my cheeks, his eyes full of love. Despite my blurry vision, there is no mistaking the look in his eyes, this time I am sure of it,

so sure that it made my heart ache.

His hand found its way to my chin then I felt his thumb trace my bottom lip lightly. His face slowly came closer, until his lips collided with mine. I was expecting it to taste salty because of the tears instead--

Our second kiss has a bittersweet taste.

And this time, when he kissed me, he didn't leave like how he did the first time;

Both of us pulled away to grasp for air, face flushed. He pressed his forehead against mine and said softly,

"I love you...I will always love you, remember that. But I'm sorry,

however, it wasn't the kind of soft tone he usually use that I love...there are tinges of grief, pain, maybe even guilt...and his blue eyes? Oh--

it had that kind of look that clearly meant one thing...

this is goodbye..."

Instead, he disappeared...completely.

If I had only known sooner--

maybe I shouldn't have let him go.

M̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ I should have held on him tighter...