' I reached to you, like weak tendrils,

believing that you would still give hope to me'

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All Might scanned the surroundings, unsure of their whereabouts, he was still recovering from the shock earlier, at Midoriya's reaction towards Bakugou, he couldn't fully say he agreed with what Midoriya did, but he found sense in that.

He smiled to himself.

Love can make people do strange things, can't it?

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Meanwhile Midoriya and Bakugou hid in the alley, their plan formulated. They were waiting for All Might to walk past their building before they struck.

Lifting Bakugou's heavy gauntlet, Midoriya winced at its weight, but he couldn't complain, not after what he went through, this was nothing compared to it.

Bakugou stood at the entrance of the alleyway, staring at him, he could feel his stare boring into his back. Fighting back his embarrassment, he was about to turn to him, ready to go through the plan one final time.

"Oi, deku."

He turned around to see Bakugou pointing at him.

"Don't you dare die on me, you fucking nerd."

Midoriya took awhile to process those words, was it a way of Bakugou expressing his concern? Or was it usual bantering?

Nevertheless, Midoriya couldn't stop himself from beaming at him, cheeks slightly rosy. Breathing suddenly became more ticklish, and his heart felt like it was going to leap out of his chest as he watched Bakugou's each and every action, from the battering of his eyes or how he unconsciously curled his lips.

"Yes!! Kacchan!"

Mind filled with a new sense of determination, he felt as if the gauntlet became lighter.

The crunching of footsteps on gravel echoed in Midoriya's ears, as he and Bakugou turned to see the brightly colored hero suit of All Might, as he walked past the alley, not noticing the two boys. Midoriya sprang out, aiming Bakugou's gauntlet at the back of All Might, who had just begun to notice his presence.

"Sorry, All Might!" his words rang out as he pulled the trigger, setting off the stored nitroglycerin. The strong impact strained his arm, but it seemed to work as All Might was knocked away, cast in smoke. As Midoriya struggled to control his damaged shoulder. It further amazed him how Bakugou was capable of using such high impact equipment, as he was even struggling to move his arm. But they had to stick to the plan, gritting his teeth, Midoriya ran away from All Might, attempting to catch up with Bakugou, who was propelling himself towards the gate too.

"Kacchan, I never knew you used such equipment with high blowback rates." Midoriya exhaled, as he caught up with him. Bakugou merely huffed, "Next time, it'll be my turn to hit him with my other gauntlet."

"Mhm, and then?"

Midoriya's eyes widened as All Might appeared between them.

One punch was all it took to break Bakugou's gauntlets within seconds.

"Shit!" Bakugou hissed, turning around.

"Fucking Deku! Get out of the way!"

Midoriya sprang back as Bakugou released a large blast, the one used at the UA sports festival, he covered his ears, just barely out of range of the blast. He noticed Bakugou's muscles straining, veins popping out of his shoulders, and felt a twinge of pain in his heart.

He saw All Might withstanding the blow, and avoiding all the oncoming rubble of the city buildings hurled at him. Bakugou noticed it too, judging by the way his bloodshot eyes narrowed, as he let out a low growl.

Once the large explosion ended, a puffing Bakugou stood on the damaged city streets, battered and bruised, but still standing. On the other hand, All Might stood, suffering burns here and there, but still mostly unscathed.

Fear glazed Midoriya's eyes as he felt a strong grasp on his collar, being pulled towards Bakugou as he muttered.

"Get ready." There was a certain desperateness in his eyes as he stared at Midoriya.

"I'm going to send you flying."

And with that, he hurled Midoriya towards the gate.

"ARE YOU SERIOUS KACCHAN?!"

All Might watched the scene, and immediately started towards Midoriya. Jumping into the air and launching himself at Midoriya. Bending his body into a V shape.

"New Hampshire Smash!" He yelled at his projectile body connected with Midoriya's back.

A sickening crack was heard, and intense pain shot through Midoriya, as he crashed into a nearby van.

His back was messed up real bad, he must have broken quite a few bones, as cutting pain bore into his body, threatening to knock him out. His vision spiraling out of control as he tried to stand, as he struggled to breathe.

All Might was about to launch himself at him again when Midoriya saw Bakugou propel himself in front of him, blocking All Might.

"As if I'm gonna let you have him!" he snarled as his muscles tensed, Midoriya stared in horror as Bakugou let out another massive explosion, clearly going over his limit.

"HURRY UP, FUCKING DEKU, I STILL CAN FIGHT AFTER ALL THAT, DON'T ACT SO WEAK!"

"Bakugou-shonen, you can't handle this,"

"SHUT UP, IF I DON'T TAKE RISKS , I CAN NEVER BEAT Y-"

All Might's hand clasped around his face as he slammed Bakugou towards the floor, knocking him out.

"Go to sleep, Bakugou-shonen, it pains me as a teacher to see you destroying your own body."

Midoriya gasped as he saw Bakugou's limp body, grinding his teeth, he stood up.

Don't hurt Kacchan...

Get away from him...

A surge of adrenaline coursed through his veins, giving him one last ounce of energy, as he sprang towards All Might. All his admiration and love for the ash blonde gathered in his one last punch.

"Please make way, All Might!" he yelled as he punched him square in the face, sending him back a few steps, as he grabbed Bakugou with whatever strength left, dashing out of the gate at breakneck speed.

All Might was about to set after them, before he himself coughed up a splotch of blood.

Staring at his hand now caked with blood, he stared at Midoriya's back.

He really gave it his all.

The gate set off a string of melodies as Midoriya crossed the gate with Bakugou in his arms. He was panting heavily, and was battered all over, scars and cuts laced his body , along with the sharp scent of blood oozing out of his back area.

Putting down Bakugou's body, he knelt beside him.

Taking in the fact they had passed, Midoriya heaved a huge sigh, they did it.

All Might was walking towards him too, probably to congratulate him on passing, he felt his heartbeat calm down, and pain starting to kick in even more, as he bent down, struggling to even stay conscious.

He desperately sucked in a breath, bending down, he couldn't control himself as he felt something ticklish rise in his thoat.

He coughed.

No one missed it, as All Might slowed down his pace, mouth slightly parted, shocked to silence.

Even in his half conscious state, Midoriya saw it too.

On the ground, beside Bakugou,

was a canary yellow petal stained with blood.

A/N: Hihi all, I was late for school, but it gave me ample amount of time to draft this out, and I've just finished editing and adding to it, what a lovely day it was.

Thanks for sticking around, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

See you soon :3