My Number One Hero-(All Might/ Toshinori Yagi) Book 3

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The beginning vestiges of the rising sun appeared over the horizon, the copper hues giving way to a dusty purple scattered with the occasional glitter of a faraway star. The distant skyline stood silhouetted against a velvety sky, the golden dusk enveloped by the twilight sky. Other heroes came to find any victims while Toshinori and myself were making sure that All for One was being transported away to the most secured facility known to man, Tartarus. The same facility my brother was being housed in.

"Meanwhile, All Might and the other heroes remain on high alert." the newscaster broadcast to which Toshinori secured me tightly in his arms while using his left hand to point directly at the camera.

"T-Toshinori?" I stuttered looking towards him out of confusion just like the reporter and the cameraman.

"Now...Now it's your turn," he said to the camera causing me to smirk knowing exactly who that message was for, "Also-"

Toshinori moved a bit away from myself and called out to Tsukauchi as he turned and smiled and threw something towards him.

"I need everyone to witness this," Toshinori said, "I need the whole world to know this."

"Toshinori," I asked, "W-What are you doing?"

"Our love has survived years, rescue missions, prior commitments, and had even halted for six years to protect the children we created with one another... and yet through all of this, we still come out on the other end."

"T-Toshi..." I mumbled, "I was planning on ending it with you that day..."

"I know...to protect our twins and to protect our daughter...but you coming here to help me finish All for One, you are someone I can't let anyone else take from me. You are someone that I don't want to be away from. You are the only one who would be able to reorient what I think is possible, to realign my priorities. You make me stronger than I ever thought I could be regardless of myself being now quirkless and because of this," Toshinori said as he bends down on one knee, with the camera fixed on this moment.

The cheers were evident as everyone knew what was about to happen.

"Make sure you get this on camera!" the reporter yelled.

"Are you taping this?!" another reporter asked.

Everyone was so happy about him being on one knee but due to the drawback of my quirk and not being able to judge, I was completely oblivious to what was going on.

"Toshinori are you okay?" I questioned as I kneeled in front of him to check his injuries, "You need to go to the hospital to get your injuries checked out since you can no longer stand."

Toshinori was a bit irked at my behavior but sighed knowing that it was simply a quirk drawback and soon grabbed my hand, my left hand to be precise and held it in his hand.

"Toshinori, are you okay?" I asked, "You're making me worry..."

"I will be okay...if you marry me?" Toshinori asked.

Now I was unable to stand as I fell down to my knees and looked into his blue eyes shined in the shadows of his brow bones. He knew he was responsible for setting off a cascade of complex emotions within me. 

"I am a bit baffled that you had the balls to ask me that after you deliberately told Serah that you were her father, especially since I asked you not to because of the impending danger that was lingering around her, not to tell her" I said glaring directly at him as he held his breath.

"Shit," Toshinori thought, "I didn't think her quirk was linked through her even when she was in a coma."

"In fact, I should do what Tsukauchi predicted about me and kill you for tell her," I said, "But Serah would hate me more than she probably does now for killing you."

"So will you marry me?" Toshinori asked hesitantly.

I didn't answer and instead, stared at him expressionlessly. He seemed to realize what he did and ended up sighing before straightening his back and smiling weakly. 

"Will you marry-" His words trailed off and when I saw his eyelids fluttering, I immediately reacted and grabbed him before he could fall. He faltered and I grunted when all of his weight fell on me. I struggled to stand but held tight. Considering his height, he could really hurt himself if he fell.

"Toshinori," I called out as I desperately tried to keep him steady. He didn't pass out but sure collapsed. I could see that he had trouble to keep his eyes open.

I felt something hot dripping on my shoulders and noticed that it was blood falling from his mouth. I gasped and by reflex, I used my quirk to sustain his injuries, my brain immediately thinking that it was an emergency and brought me back to the same emotions I had felt since the first battle with All for one.

Toshinori blinked and shook his head as he slowly regained consciousness.

"Hana...please don't leave me...not like before," Toshinori said weakly.

He was putting this must strain on his body to make sure I didn't leave him. I can tell he really wanted to rest up especially with the amount of exertion that One for All left on his body...and yet he was concerned about me being by his side.

"I am not going to leave you Toshinori..."I replied, "I'll be right by your side..."

Toshinori coughed and gripped my hand so tightly that I moaned in pain. He then pulled me closer and I gasped, meeting a flaming blue gaze staring at me with the strongest determination I had ever seen.

"Stay.by.me," He grunted between his clenched teeth coloured in a dirty red just before paramedics took him to the ambulance.

"I will stand by you...but I don't think I am ready to marry you..."