They spent the rest of the day enjoying their time at the beach, unaware that Nico's cousins had arrived and had been watching them. They waited until Nico was on her own before making their presence known.
"Well look at you, it almost looks like you're happy with them." Nagisa commented as they cornered her in the hallway to her room. "It's almost like you forgot about us."
"No matter how hard I try, you'd never let me forget about you." Nico spat at him, "I thought you were here to check on the hotel, so you've also taken to spying as well?"
"We're just keeping an eye on our little cousin," Nori said, barely masking his malicious tone with a smile. "It's been a couple of months since we saw each other last, I just wanted to see who's responsible for stealing all your time."
"No, you wanted to get black mail material so you could use my friends against me next time you want me to do something." Nico knew how they worked, "So I assume you managed to get something or else you wouldn't have made yourself known." she crossed her arms and leaned back against the wall.
"You wound us, all we wanted to do was say hello since we're here at the same time." Nagisa fainted being hurt, "I was hoping that you would join us for the inspection while we're here, as you happen to know the place so well."
"And if I say no?" she asked, waiting for the threat to come.
"Well I wouldn't say that grandfather might get word that you seem to be getting a little too friendly with that blonde kid, but you never know what could come up when I tell him of our time here." Nagisa looked over to Nori, "We only plan on being here for a couple of days, I don't think your friends would even notice."
"Fine as long it's only a few days and you get permission from my teachers first." she pushed past them, "Meet me in the lobby first thing and I'll give you a tour. It's been a long day and I would like to get the sand out of my hair."
"Sleep tight little cousin, see you in the morning." Nagisa called after her as she slammed the door shut.
She debated which was more important, letting Bakugo know that Nagisa had shown up or getting the sand and sea water off of her. It'll be easier to focus on talking once I've cleaned up. She decided on a quick shower before messaging, so she could fall asleep once she was ready.
Wrapping her hair up in a towel, Nico picked up her phone. "Nagisa and Nori actually showed, I'm going to be showing them around the next few days." she said as she typed. "I'm not going to be able to spend time with you guys while I'm busy with them, sorry."
It didn't take him long to message her back. They didn't bully you into it, did they? I can blow them into next year if they did anything to make you agree to that.
Nico smiled a little. "No, I didn't let Nagisa bully me." she lied, it was easier for her to convince him when he couldn't see her. "I just want them gone and it was the fastest way to do it. The sooner they leave the sooner I can get back to having fun with you."
No sooner than she dropped the phone to the bed, there was a knock on the door. "Wow you couldn't let me finish writing out my message." Nico laughed as she opened the door to see Sakura there with a suitcase.
"Nagisa asked me to bring this to you, said it was important that you look the part of a Gatta from the main house while showing him around." she explained, "I know it's not the ideal situation and I'm sorry you have to put up with him."
"It's fine, I'll endure it because I don't want to put targets on any of my friends." Nico sighed as she rolled the case past her. "And if it keeps their eyes off of Katsuki, I'll just grit and bear it. Thanks for putting up with them, I'll try to take care of most of their demands so they don't keep pestering you."
"Don't go out of your way, I would think you would want to spend as little time with Nagisa as possible." Sakura gave her a sympathetic look, "but it would be a great help. I'll make sure that you have a keycard that will get you to all the different areas they may want to see."
"What is family for if not to look out for each other." Nico gave her a small smile as her phone chimed. "That's going to be Katsuki, I'll see you in the morning." she waved as Sakura left her to see what Bakugo had sent and to look through the case.
I thought I told you not to lie to me, just don't let them walk all over you. I'll be over to check on you after Aizawa comes by. There was no stopping him and Nico knew it.
"Fine, but if you get caught I didn't know you were coming." she laughed, turning her attention to the case Now I have a feeling what he's planned, but knowing him it's going to be lavish to make me feel out of place.
Popping open the case she found everything she needed for the kimonos Nagisa provided. "Asshole, of course he would make my life hell." She cursed as a light tapping came from the balcony. "Crap, can't let anyone see this." she quickly shut the case and stashed it under the bed.
"Come on house cat, any longer and I'm going to get spotted." Bakugo tapped on the door again.
"Sorry, I was just finishing up with my tail. There was so much sand in my fur you wouldn't believe." she bent the truth a little. "You know you don't have to worry about me, I can handle Nagisa and Nori on my own."
"Is that what you call getting cornered in the hall? Because if that's your best, you're in serious trouble." Bakugo smirked as he pulled her close. "I know that you only agreed to take them around to protect us, which you don't have to do."
"Not everyone, just you. Nagisa threatened to tell grandfather about how close we are, it's not for him to tell." she answered, wrapping her arms around him. "I'm going to put up with them for a couple of days and then I'll be able to spend the rest of the time with you." she loved it when he rested his chin between her ears. "I was wondering if you wanted to come see Granny and Gramps Evergreen with me? I know it wouldn't make up for all the time I'm going to be chained to Nagisa but I think you'd like them."
"Only if you want me there, I know you can't come and go as you want so if you wanted to see them on your own I wouldn't mind."
"Are you kidding me, if I didn't bring you with me then I would have a new set of problems. I'd love to show you off to them, they took care of my father when he was younger, what no one really knows is that they happened to be papa's aunt and uncle." she knew that very few people knew the truth, "Not even Nick and Nina know, so it has been a while since I have been able to see them."
"Alright, you twisted my arm." he smiled, "but are you really going to be alright with those two on your own?" Bakugo became serious as he held Nico out by her shoulders.
"Please, I'm going to be a glorified tour guide until they leave. What's the worst that can happen?" she was confident that nothing could go wrong. "I'll message you at night once I'm alone." Nico placed her hands over his, trying to get him to relax a little.
"Call if you need anything and I'll be here in a heartbeat." Bakugo sighed, smiling a little. "So what are the Evergreens like, I hope they're not like the rest of your family."
"Not even, I wouldn't want you to meet them if they were." she went to sit on the bed, "If I had my way I would have stayed with them, but I ended up with uncle Nick and auntie which is fine enough. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful that they took me in but I think mama wanted me raised away from the main house."
Joining her on the bed, Bakugo flopped onto his back. "So why not say anything about the other relatives if that was the case?"
"Can't be sure, but all I know is grandfather made it clear that I was to come live at the Gatta estate. I think he was upset about what had happened and he didn't really know how to react." Nico leaned back against the headboard, "I don't think he's hard on me because of what mama and papa, I think he misses her and it's the only way he knows how to express his emotions."
"That doesn't make any sense and it doesn't explain why your cousins hate you so much." he tried to see things her way, but it seemed a little backwards to him.
"That's an easy one, they copied the old man." Nico pointed out. "Nori is only following Nagisa's lead and he picked up on the harshness from grandfather."
"So what was with that case the manager dropped off?" Bakugo changed the subject, seeing that Nico was getting quiet. "You looked like you wanted to kill someone."
"What are you, some kind of stalker now?" she laughed, lightly kicking him in the ribs. "If you must know, Nagisa sent something to wear while I'm showing them around."
"Now this I got to see." he said dodging another kick. "Clearly you don't want anyone to see so it has to be bad."
"Not on your life. I'm warning you now I will hunt you down and end you if I even think you've got a picture of me." she shot him a glare as he grabbed onto her ankle and pulled her closer. "God only knows what a stalker like you would do with a picture of me." she could feel herself blushing as he leaned over her.
"I think I prefer the real thing." he leaned in and gave her a light bite on the neck.
"Katsuki," she half moaned, "we shouldn't be doing this, not here at least. It would be too easy for one of the teachers to catch us." as much as she wanted to keep going Nico knew any of the teachers could come by at any moment.
"Fine, but I'm making my territory so no one know to mess with you." he growled as he bit down a little harder, not enough to break the skin, just enough to know he'd end up leaving a mark.
"Your so mean," Nico whimpered a little, "That's going to be impossible to hide." she put her hand over the bitemark, her face bright red.
"That's the whole point," he smirked making his way back to the balcony. "I'll be waiting to see what your cousin picked out for you, and you know I'll be wanting to get a picture."
"Good luck with that." she threw a pillow at him as he just laughed. "I don't plan on letting pictures be taken of me."
Author's Ramblings: I want to apologize for the long wait, we've had a long going on the last few weeks so my progress has been super slow. Hopefully now that things have calmed down I can get back on track and take care of all the notes I have put on the side. I also want to thank everyone of the continued support and I hope that I can count on everyone to continue enjoying my story. Zenn