"Shoukun, you should go in by yourself first. It's the first time you've seen her in a while, we don't want to intrude."

Shoukun glances over at Izuku from his staring contest with the door to his mother's room.

"We'll be right here, just let us know when you want us to come in so we can meet her, there's no rush."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, he's sure. Just get a move on and see her already."

"Kacchan!"

"It's fine Izuku, Katsuki just doesn't know how to show when he cares." Shoukun sends the hotheaded blond a playful grin before knocking on his mother's door and waiting for a response.

"Come in?"

With a deep breath, and an encouraging grin from Izuku, Shoukun steps into the room.

"Shouto!"

"Hi Mom."

The door closes and cuts off the rest of the conversation from there, leaving Kacchan and Izuku standing in the hospital hallway.

"So Kacchan, did you tell your parents about finding Shoukun?"

"Huh? No, the old hag would insist on meeting him. I'll tell them eventually, don't get your panties in a twist." Kacchan shifts his weight from one foot to the other, looking over at Izuku, just standing calmly as they wait for Shoukun to call them in. "You told your mom didn't you?"

"Uh, well, yeah." Scratching the back of his head, Izuku looks away, pink dusting his cheeks. "She wanted to know what I had planned today, but she also was watching the sports festival, so she saw Shoukun's marks."

Kacchan rubs the back of his head, growling lightly, "I guess it can't be helped."

"Didn't your parents watch the sports festival?"

"Nah, mom was working on a case at the firm and dad has a big show coming up."

"Oh, that makes sense." Izuku taps his toe on the ground, hands clasped behind his back. "So, do you think your mom will help Shoukun when you do tell her?"

"Yeah, she can be a bitch but she isn't a crap person. She'll slap him so hard with a suit that he'll be feeling it for a long while." Kacchan pushes off the wall to stand closer to Izuku. "We also need to tell your mom about her soulmate. You've been putting it off. I know you have."

Izuku is sparred having to respond by the door to Mrs. Todoroki's room opening, both take this as their cue to enter.

Shoukun's mother is a beautiful woman. She's a bit on the petite side, with soft features and long white hair. She smiles at both of them as Shoukun closes the door behind them.

"So you two are my son's soulmates?"

Izuku nods with a soft smile while Kacchan grunts a response.

"Let me see if I can figure out which ones each of you are. Hmm, you're Midoriya Izuku, I bet you're the heart. And you're Bakugou Katsuki, the sword?"

Izuku flushes a bit, not wanting to offend the woman by correcting her. Beside him Kacchan is struggling not to laugh, hand coming up to cover his mouth while he turns away from the woman before them.

"No, mom, Izuku is the sword and Katsuki is the heart."

"Oh!" A blush settles on her cheeks, eyes widening in embarrassment. "I'm sorry, I just assumed."

"No, no, it's fine." Kacchan lets out a snort and both of his soulmates are staring at him in concern. "That whole thing where the marks have a deeper meaning's always felt like a pack of lies to me. They're just random markings."

Izuku has to bite the inside of his cheek at that. He knows they aren't completely random, but it's not like he can easily explain that, not here."

"Well, even so, it's nice to meet both of you. Shouto tells me you found out during the sports festival at U.A."

"Ah, yes!"

"Yeah, this idiot here decided playing hero was more important than the actually fight and managed to get the other idiot to use his full quirk." Kacchan places a hand on Izuku's head, roughly messing up his hair as he speaks, a thumb jerks over to Shoukun at his mention."

"Kacchan!"

Izuku is released to see the small smile on Kacchan's face and spots another one on Shoukun's mother.

"You two seem to get along rather well."

"We've known each other since we were little. Our mom's went to high school together and are still the best of friends."

"We'll introduce you sometime."

"Thank you, and thank you for being there for my son."

"Ah, it's no big deal, that's what friends are for, right?"

A small laugh bounces through the air from the woman by the window. "I see, so Shouto refuses to tell me how well all of you did in the tournament."

"Mom!"

"Oh he does, does he? Well to start with, the nerd here lost because their combined attacks managed to push him out of the ring. Then when he and I went at it in the finals we had to stop the fight for safety reasons."

"Safety reasons?"

Shoukun rubs the back of his neck, not making eye contact with his mother. "I'm not confident in not hurting an opponent with my fire side yet, and I couldn't live with myself if I hurt one of my soulmates like that."

"I see, it's alright to be cautious and learn your limits Shouto." They smile at each other briefly, "So how did you two decide who won?"

"We asked the teachers to let Deku make the call. He's such a nerd we both figured that he could analyze the fight and determine who would have won."

"Which turned out to be myself."

A worried frown crosses her features, "Shouto?"

"He left during the final fight, or so I was told. So he may not know yet. He's been at his office since the tournament ended though."

"Shoukun?" Izuku places a hand on Shoukun's shoulder, looking up at him in concern.

"It's fine Izuku, I'll be fine."

Izuku still purses his lips in thought, but doesn't add anything else.


The three spend another half hour talking with Shouto's mom before saying their goodbyes and leaving the hospital.

"Alright, let's go you nerds. We can eat when we get to the amusement park. It has this nice little cafe themed after a French bistro."

"But won't that be expensive?"

Katsuki rubs his knuckles into Izuku's messy hair, messing it further. "Yeah, but Half 'n Half is paying, and I bet he has dear old dad's credit card on hand."

"I was hoping to max it out."

Izuku looks horrified at the implications of what his soulmates are saying. "Shoukun, Kacchan, no, we can't!"

"Deku, yes!"

Both boys take one of Izuku's arms, pulling the shocked teen behind them as they head back toward the train station and make their way to the amusement park.