With a sad look, you watched Tenko slide away from you, whispering a "I'm sorry," before he silently disappeared without looking back.
"Tenko!" Kotaro called out again.
"I'm right here, dad," Tenko muttered as he slipped out of the alleyway, trying his best to ignore the itchiness that grew the more he thought about your response and about how Kotaro would react to Tenko running off to meet the girl who wanted to be in UA.
"Where's that girl you keep talkin' about?" Kotaro sneered.
"She didn't show up," Tenko replied, glancing away and rubbing the back of his neck as if disappointed.
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The next day, waiting on Tenko took about two hours, maybe even more. You were just about to convince yourself he wasn't coming until you saw him running towards you in tears.
"(Y/N)!" he wailed, tears streaming from his eyes. "(Y/N)!"
For some reason, he was wearing gloves. You blinked. It was nearly spring, and the weather was pretty decent today. What did he need gloves for?
You also noticed that his black hair had turned light blue and his gray eyes were now pure red, which you had to admit, it was scary and astonishing.
Tenko threw his arms around you and held you close. "Oh, God, (Y/N)!" he sobbed out, crying into your neck and basking in your comforting scent.
You quickly wrapped your arms around him and shushed him quietly. You hadn't seen him this upset since he brought you the ruined forget-me-nots nearly three months ago.
"Tenko?" you mumbled, anxious about what was wrong.
"(Y/N). . .(Y/N), it's horrible. . .I'm a monster!"
"Tenko, please, calm down. . ." Your grip tightened on him. "Tell me what's wrong, Tenny. . ."
He grew silent after that. You'd never called him "Tenny" before. Quickly, he forced himself to calm to explain the problem.
"(Y-Y/N)," he stammered out, "I-I don't know why, but everything I touch keeps turning to dust. I managed to get on these gloves, and it hasn't been happening since, but I don't know what to do. . .I touched my dog, Mon, and he turned to dust. . .Then I touched Hana, and she was gone too. . .! Now my parents are dust, and when I touched the ground, it almost looked like it was breaking and. . .Everything I touch keeps getting destroyed!"
"Tenko, it's alright," you assured. "Maybe it's your new Quirk. Maybe you just got a Quirk that lets you turn things into dust."
"I HATE IT!" Tenko screeched. "I FUCKING HATE IT!"
He threw himself down, crouching with his hands over his ears and trembling. You quickly dropped beside him and rubbed his back, beginning to whisper reassurances, but he ripped himself away.
"NO!" he cried. "D-don't touch me! Please, stay away. . .I might hurt you. . ."
Tears spilled from his eyes and he turned, running off.
"T-Tenko!" You quickly picked yourself up and ran after him, quickly catching up and grabbing his wrist.
He turned back and used his other arm to try and tug himself free. "L-let. . .! Go. . .!"
You were grasping more so onto the bottom of his glove now. It pulled free as you continued trying to get Tenko to come back, and you quickly reached out and grabbed his wrist again when he tried to take off once more.
After just a heartbeat of touching him, you flinched back with a sharp squeak of pain, then held your right hand tightly for several moments.
Tenko froze, staring down with wide eyes. "Oh, no. . .no no no no no no, (Y/N)!"
Slowly, you turned your hand and opened the one that hadn't touched him, and a small pile of gray dust fell on the ground.
Tenko took a step back. He couldn't take it. He'd just hurt the one thing he loved most. Turning, he ran away blindly, trying to go anywhere but near you, too terrified to stay any longer and see what he'd done to you. He heard you call out to him, but didn't stop, couldn't stop, until he was who knows where.
Finally, he crashed into the back of a person after stumbling through countless crowds of people and narrowly avoiding them. The person Tenko ran into turned around, startled, and gazed down at him.
"Ah, hello there, young one. . ."
Tenko stared up at the man with wide eyes.
"What are you doing here?"
". . .I-I'm. . .running. . ."
"Oh? From whom?"
". . .No one important. . .I'm Tenko. Who are you?"
". . .They call me. . .All for One."
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Author's note:
Soooo maybe this isn't how Shiggy met All for One in the series, you know, running to get away from home and accidentally RaMmInG into him from behind, but that's how they meet in my story. XD
Anywho, here's a lil cliffhanger for ya, though if you've watched the actual MHA series/read the manga, you already know what happens next, or at least have an idea of it.
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