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And you realize in that moment, Shigaraki is no longer carving the world into his image. He's making it in yours.
He's awoken now, energy and power surging through his body. But he senses you the moment he wakes up, there's something, someone tugging at the back of his mind but he ignores it. Because you're right there, and he remembers he's doing all of this for you.
You who was hurt by heroes the most, who society left to rot too soon, like him and abandoned. You're so close to him now and he's buzzing with energy, the heroes are here and he knows you can't be too far. It makes his fingers twitch in anticipation, he wants to hold you, shield you from the disgusting heroes and All for One, who was clawing his way out of Shigaraki's mind slowly.
But Shigaraki doesn't care, he demolishes everything in his sight to leave the lower levels of the hospital, you're getting closer, or he is, he can't be bothered to think about it. He's fighting now, when did he start fighting Endeavor?
You're watching him, he knows you are. He can pick your gaze apart from the masses of people on the ground, All for One is whispering to him but his mind is screaming louder "Do you see me? Im here! All of this is for you! All of it!"
He dies and comes back to life in seconds for what feels like an eternity, every time his body regenerates again he returns with a stronger vigor than before. You're here, he sees Machia coming closer with you and the others on it, you're so so so close and he wants to end these heroes as fast as he can, and come back to you so he can show you all he's accomplished, to finally feel worthy of your gaze and give you a world where you may finally sleep peacefully because he will be at your side. Daring those who wish to hurt you to approach him, you are his and he is just as much yours.
He's fighting Midoriya now, his body regenerates faster than he can think. Blow after blow, he's getting glimpses of his memories in flashes but you stick out above them all, the glances he snuck at you and the soft intertwining of pinky's when no one was watching. 'I love you's" in the dead of night and no soul was there to listen.
He looks towards Machia, and you're looking back, Master said you were his greatest weakness and he was right, because for the moment that he stopped fighting with the consciousness of All for One, he's scratching behind his eyes and begging to be released. Shigaraki can take him, you know he can. He has to, he's promised you a world where you can live with him peacefully and if he doesn't come back from this you don't know what you'll do.
Its you that keeps him grounded to his mortality, even if he already exchanged that over and over again as he continued this fight. He wants to live. To live for you. To hold you again and kiss you before he goes. He knows he shouldn't be thinking like this, but he knows you are too because it's the truth. His life is fleeting and with every kick and punch he throws his regeneration slows, he's winning, hes making this world for you and he'll be dammed if all he's done is for nothing.
The scratching behind his eyes stops, and a clear voice speaks "Allow me to show you how to use your power Tomura." He knows this is a trap, Master doesn't help unless there's a benefit but all Shigaraki can think of is how he's forgotten what your skin feels like, and he would hate to die without feeling it one last time.
He stops fighting the tug in the back of his mind, and lets go.
Anything to feel you again, even if it's only once.