It was always going to be this way.

Despite how much you tried to prevent it— you couldn’t stop Tomura Shigaraki’s ways. His path of life was set in stone from the moment he took his first steps.

You stood amidst the battle field— face to face with the only man who you’d ever truly loved. Was he gone or was he still there? Deep down inside, locked away behind those piercing red eyes and a mission to destroy all that mattered to you.

He mattered to you.

“If I betray you,”

You spoke up— your shoulders hunched and your body weak. You had been fighting for hours. Although it felt like you’d been fighting this war for longer than it had been going on.

“I betray myself.”

He stared at you— and like every other time, it was like he was seeing right through you. Through the rigid cracks of your soul.

“If I betray them, I betray my country. My country is very dear to me.” You uttered. It was your duty as a hero to defend your people. Defend your country.

“Dearer than I?”

Tomura rasped, his body working itself to repair his torn skin and injured limbs.

Why did this have to be a choice? Why couldn’t you just live?.. why couldn’t he?