Title: Inside Your Mind, part 2;
Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia;
Character: Fatgum;
Note: Y/N: Your Name;
Warning: None;
Summary/Request: Reader has a quirk that allows them to get inside someone’s head when they touch the target with their bare hands and the heroes ask them to peek inside All For One’s mind to disclose his plans while he is held in Tartarus. They go crazy bcuz of AFO sick and evil mind and touch a lot of people accidentally but snaps out of it when they touch their crush, Fatgum and find out about his feelings, the happiness and tenderness breaking the berserk state of the readers mind.
Part 1
I’m sad cuz I couldn’t find a gif of Fatgum’s bigger form that looked nice here :( I’m horrible at this honestly, sometimes I feel like an old lady trying to understand technology
You were really scared.
You had no idea that the Villain in question was none other than the one from the Kamino Incident. The one that made All Might reveal his true form.
The one that almost killed All Might.
They called him All For One.
While you walked in the hallways of Tartarus you had the sensation of walking towards death itself. You remember the man’s appearence and that only added to your nervousiness. Besides, his quirk was never really revealed to the public, so you had no idea of what he could or could not do. Of course, you had studied about Tartarus at school and knew that the place was a really high tech facility but the images of the Kamino Incident and the power that man had didn’t help easing your nerves.
You also overheard a conversation between two guards, stating that this would be the first time a visitor would be so close to one of the villains imprisioned there. Mostly, when someone was being interrogated, the visitors would stay behind a glasswall and not in the same room.
“F-Fatgum...” you called the hero who was walking silently by yourside, a little behind the other guards and the hero Eraserhead. You didn’t wait for him to answer, because you knew he was paying full atention to you ever since you arrived with the police “I’m really... really... scared...”
You felt his large hand rub your back soothinly, pulling you towards him matching your steps in a sidelike hug. One of your hands went to his yellow hoodie, grasping the fabric tightly, trying to ignore the tingling sensation in the tips of your gloved fingers. It was almost like your quirk was stirring inside of you, excited to be used after so much time dormant.
“If you want to stop... even if you don’t touch him, just call my name, okay?” he said, squeezing your shoulder lightly. In a normal situation your heart would be jumping inside your chest out of happiness to be so close to Fatgum, receveing such sweet gestures from him “Me and Eraserhead will be inside the room with you the whole time. A few other guards too.”
You looked up to his face, meeting with his usual smile and for the first time in that day you managed to smile a little. His warmth was so comforting that you felt the urge to confess your feelings for him.
Pursing your lips, you looked the other way.
Maybe... maybe if everything went well you’d feel brave enough.
You failed to notice his smile changing to a scowl, worry plastered all over his features.
The rest of the path was like a blur. When you paid atention again, you were already in a white room, facing All For One.
His omnous presence knocked the air out of your lungs. You knew that he couldn’t use his quirk because of all the weapons present in the room that would shot at the first sign of intention of using it and because of Eraserhead by your left side, whose hair was floating around and eyes glowing red.
Trembling you took off your gloves, feeling the cold air hit your skin and the tingling increasing at the tip of your fingers. Fatgum’s reassuring hand was still around your body while the other streched before you, offering silently to hold your gloves. You gave them to him, looking into his eyes one last time before nodding and walking towards All For One.
The spot he touched you was still warm and was what made you feel protected. If anything went wrong you knew he would save you.
And then your fingers made contact with the villain’s face.
And your world went black, your eyes turning completely white and unblinking.
There was no way to describe the mess inside that man’s head.
It was filled with pure evil.
His mind wasn’t like any other you remembered. It was huge, with so many memories and you found out it was because of his age. He was really old. You tried diving deeper, failing to notice that you were losing yourself, but the frustration of not being able to actually find anything useful pushing you further. And suddenly you were swallowed by a dreadlike feeling. Feeling of death. Of how All For One felt taking out lives. You saw every single one of his cruel antics and how he didn’t care.
You started to feel desperate because you could understand enough about your quirk to know that somehow you were not in control. He was pushing those memories to you. He was pushing his beliefs inside YOUR head, pushing his desire to kill the holder of the One For All, pushing you so that your mind became a mess of fear and despair.
On the outside you seemed normal but soon Fatgum and Eraserhead noticed you ragged breath and how your body trembled from head to toe. The guards positioned around you and All For One noticed too, but waited for what the heroes would decide to do.
It happened so fast that no one even registered.
And then you screamed.
But it was like you were stuck, glued to the villain, unable to find your way out of his mind and back to your own. The dread feeling grew even stronger, your knees buckled under you, making you lose balance, but your fingers were still frozen into his face.
One of the guards reached to hold you and prevent you from falling.
His own mistake.
Scared out of your mind you tried to push him away with one of your hands, touching the small portion of skin between his neck and shirt collar. He groaned because of the headache your quirk caused, falling to his knees by yourside, uncapable of moving away. Your body drooped a little to the side, the feeling of the two minds overwhelming your senses and causing even more distress.
The only thing your own mind could muster was a soft voice far away in the back of your head.
If you want to stop... even if you don’t touch him, just call my name, ok?
You whispered his name in a tone so low that he almost didn’t heard over the grunts of the guard in pain. But even if you didn’t call for him he was already intending to stop you anyway.
Fatgum yanked you away from All For One and the guard, but your eyes were still white with your mind collapsing. You whimpered and sobbed, lost, without knowing if what you were feeling was you or the other two minds you accesed.
“Y/N!” he exclaimed, carrying you out of the room when you started to struggle against his hold, terrified.
You tried to push him away, but his arms were firmly enclosed around you so you grabbed his wrist with your hands, trying to pry him away from you. That movement made the sleeve of his hoodie slide up, exposing his skin to your bare hands. When you first touched him you could feel his body tensing and the grunt of pain escaping his lips.
And then a different feeling washed over your erratic mind, making you take a sharp breath.
Memories flooded your head, all focused on you.
You saw your face while working at the restaurant, heard your laugh and watched yourself with what you could only describe as pure adoration and tenderness. That was the way he felt looking at you. He felt so happy whenever you were near and loved hearing you talk about things you enjoyed. He liked you the same way you liked him and the reason he actually started to go so often to the restaurant was you.
You saw a memory of your face in a file and the worry that flooded him when he heard the plans of making you use your quirk on All For One. He not only tried to talk them out, he actually fought with everyone else until they only convinced him by allowing his presence there.
Before you noticed, your breath started to ease and your fingers slipped away from him, stopping the invasion in his thoughts. Tears streamed down your cheeks when you slumped against him, turning to burry your face in his hoodie, holding your hands tight in your chest.
Fatgum sighed in relief after the pain stopped, pulling you up and cradling your weak body in his chest. He sat with his back against the wall, nodding to the worried glances of Eraserhead and the guards.
They understood that he needed a moment with you, so they turned, focusing on the groaning guard, walking away.
“I’m... sorry...” you muttered.
“There’s nothing to be sorry about... it’s okay... it’s over. He can’t hurt you.” he took your gloves out of his pocket, handing them to you.
Still trembling, you took them, sighing when your fingers met the warmth of the fabric again. His hand enclasped both of yours while the other still hold you close to him.
“I am the one who’s sorry. I knew I should have stopped this idea.”
“You didn’t know this would happen, Fatgum...” you said, your chest clenching with the guilt tone in his voice.
“Just... call me Taishiro...” he said, resting your joined hands on your lap and looking at them and not at your face.
You blushed.
“Taishiro...” you tried, loving the way his name sounded leaving your lips “You saved me... just like I knew you would.”
He furrowed his brow, confused.
“No, I didn’t...”
“Yes, you did.”
“... how?”
Knowing he felt the same way towards you was cheating, of course it was, but now that your mind was a little bit clear you couldn’t stop yourself from opening up to him.
“Your feelings for me...” you noticed the red that tinged his cheeks when he understood that you had seen his thoughts and memories about you, but kept talking “They made my mind clear again. I was full of... fear, despair. I’ve never seen something so wicked before. The guard was afraid too, so when I touched him it just got worse. But when it happened with you the only thing in your mind was me. My safety.”
He stayed silent for a while, slowly looking up at you again.
“Since you already know there’s no point pretending... so of course you were the only thing in my mind. I was afraid of losing you without having the chance to tell you what I felt.”
You threw your arms around his neck.
“You don’t have to be afraid anymore. I’m here.” you whispered and even without seeing his face you knew he was smiling again “And I like you too... so much...”
He chuckled, hugging you back and kissing your hair lightly.
“I’m still sorry about something, though...”
“What?” you asked curiously, pulling away just enough to be able to see his eyes.
“That you had to look into my mind instead of having me actually telling you that.” he pouted jokingly, ripping a little laugh out of you.
You pursed your lips, faking a hard time thinking, snapping your fingers when you had an “idea”.
“Then to make up for it you can take me to a date and show me more about your mind...”
“Without using your quirk, please?”
“Without using my quirk, indeed!”
