Twin Bombers.
My True Self With You.
It's been a while since then. My brother made his debut today and I was so proud of him. I went on a hiatus, at least until me and Momo's baby was born. She had finished school early, gaining her full license and I guess I had Mom and everyone write everything down for my lil' girl.
So as of now, I am Renaru Bakugou, age nineteen, the youngest hero ever to gain a full license. Winner of the Sports Festival, or what they call, 'Renegade Day'. Any day now, you're gonna open your eyes, and see me and your mommy for the first time…
I put down the book full of drawings and memories of UA and what happened. Momo was so nervous about how any day our baby would be born. I looked over at our bed, with her sleeping calmly, long black hair messy and her eyes opened, breath coming fast.
"Renaru! She's coming… our baby!" she snapped, I freaked out and grabbed her, carrying her and running out, seeing the morning sun rising. I dashed towards the car, getting Momo in, the night before, I packed the stuff we needed, my pragmatism well rewarded.
"Alright! Let's go! It's thirty minutes to the hospital, an hour with traffic… I could just fly us there with my explosions, but I'm stressed and nervous as all shit!" I snapped. I drove fast, a little above the speed limit, hazards on and Momo trying her best to keep our little lady from meeting us in the car.
I had never yelled out, "GET MY WIFE INTO A ROOM NOW PLEASE!" all in a jumble.
Or held her hand as she screamed in pain, "You got this… you got this…" I sighed, hearing her scream and cry, "I know it hurts, I know… but she's gonna be so happy to see us,"
"RENARU! I LOVE YOU!" she howled, then, she pushed so hard, and in a lull, there was a whimper and a loud crying. Momo held our baby girl in her arms.
"Ah… there she is…" Momo sighed, "My baby… my little Mikan…"
"She's… so small…" I mumbled, seeing her eyes so much like mine, and her hair was a spiky cloud of blond and black, "Hey Mimi… it's daddy…" I sniffed, reaching out a shaking hand and she held onto my finger.
Her hands shook like mine. And I cried.
Here I was, back against the wall, more Nomus were wrecking shop. I had to hurry, Momo was teaching my little lady how to raise her head. Momo and Mikan were a cute little pair. She was a good sleeper, but preferred me over Momo sometimes.
She'd also babble a lot. Back into the fray for me then! I blasted the Nomu in the face, sending it tumbling back and I followed up with an open-palmed grab, hooking my fingers into its face and blasting it. I found it to be tough, It grabbed me, its mouth opened.
"EAT THIS! I GOTTA SEE MY GIRLS!" I roared, blasting it dead, torn up and gasping, I was woozy, stumbling.
"What the… what the hell? I thought… this was just a Nomu…" I gasped, "Now it's got me all kindsa fucked…"
That's when the other one drop-kicked me into the wall, I plowed into it and felt nothing but pain. I thought today was going so well, Mimi was so good for me today when I got up and Momo was always so helpful.
I laid there, beaten bloody and feeling like I got run over. You know, spending time with my family was better than getting plowed through three feet of concrete and rebar. Oh wait! I can win Wall Bingo this week! HELL YEAH!
The Nomu loomed over me, "Stronger… was… stronger… Shattering… Star… stronger…" he mumbled.
"Alright… guess I gotta get serious… HUP!" I yelled, sparking and raising my hands, "BURNING ATTACK!" I thundered, a bolt of pure explosive energy struck the monster, it was barely anything special, just a breather before I struck with my true… wait, why am I being held?
"You just can't let someone take the glory, can you?" Momo sighed, "I had to drop Mikan off with your mother to come save you,"
The Nomu charged at us.
"Alright! Sword and Shield?" I asked.
"Yes!" Momo acknowledged, summoning a rounded shield on both arms while I went to Burning Full Salvo. We were quite the team when we crossed paths between her photo shoots and interviews. She was the media's darling. I was, too. Being a heroic couple together was something the public ate up.
The Nomu bellowed and went in for another hit at me, getting blocked by Momo's Double Shield. She was buying me time.
"Which shell, sweetheart?" she asked.
"Oh I dunno, maybe we gotta use the blue shell?" I asked.
"Which is?" Momo asked, pushing the Nomu back.
"I gotta throw that sonuvabitch up into the sky!" I snapped.
Momo grinned, "Oh I love it when you get creative like that…" she sighed.
"You know it, baby! Wait… I thought you were- HOLYSHITDODGE!" I snapped, barrelling her over and landing on top of her.
"Okay, mental note, let's save the flirting for later, AFTER we deal with the horrifying Lovecraftian nightmare monster," I sighed, looking into Momo's eyes, we never got to have a honeymoon, ever since Mikan was born we never had time.
Mom loves Mikan, but she's a little… unreliable. Izuku's great, but Mikan doesn't like him. Ochako? Haven't asked her, but Mikan loves Uncle Katsu-chan. She listens to him and he's better with kids now that he had to deal with the Brat Brigade. Plus, Jiro's been a huge help, and Melissa too.
Even Enji came through for us, he seemed to really take a shine to Mikan, but there's no way in HELL Mineta is ever gonna be within spitting distance of Mimi. But she was always more of a Daddy's Girl. She'd smile and laugh when I'd come home and pick her up, and always was out like a light when I put her to bed.
She was a little metalhead like me, too. Falling asleep to Metallica, Ghost, Sabaton, whatever, it made her sleepy.
Finally, we got the roof blown off and that thing in the air, "HEY! LEMME HEAR YOU SCREAM! HEAT DOME!" I screamed, sending my sparks upward and obliterating the thing. My sparks winked out and I coughed.
Momo supported me, "Let's go home…" she sighed.
We got Mikan from Mom's place, ever since Momo and I got married we gave her a house near ours.
"So sorry for springin' this on ya, Mom…" I sighed.
"Oh no, don't be sorry hun, it's so good to see how big my lil' firecracker's gotten!" she cooed at Mikan.
"Hmph!" she pouted, burying her face into my shoulder, "Hah… just like Uncle Katsu, right Mimi?" I asked.
"I WASN'T LIKE THAT!" Katsuki thundered, Mikan laughed and smiled at her uncle.
"Oh, hey, Katsuki. How're you and Melissa?" I asked.
"Fine, yer lil' shit's been havin' her all excited," he sighed, "Between you and me, you got it EASY," he hissed.
"How bad is she on a scale of that crazy faker to Midnight?" I asked.
"About a solid Momo, maybe getting up to Midnight when she's in a good mood, just DON'T come over when she's in that Midnight range… she might want us to tag-team," Katsuki whispered, shuddering, remembering a very… odd mishap. That's why I always wear my bands, luckily Katsuki cleared it up before Melissa got too far, but…
That's why I was so glad I avoided her sometimes.
Momo, Mikan, and I walked back to our house as she babbled and wiggled, telling me in her baby noises all the fun she had. I looked over at Momo and saw she was a little… perturbed. Or thinking. When Momo would think… that's when things got bad.
"Renaru?" she asked.
"What?" I wondered.
"We never got to… you know, have that trip," she said.
"Yeah? Look, babe, we've been over this, with the League and the Army, I've been burnin' the candle at both ends, and then… there's you and Mimi… but if I leave now… I'll never forgive myself if there's something I could've done," I sighed deeply.
"Renaru, look, this isn't going anywhere, and it'll just be a few weeks, no media and no monsters, just the two of us, your mother can take care of Mikan and we can just be stupid together…" she said, leaning in and whispering, "Maybe we can have another baby… didn't you tell me you wanted a big family?" she asked.
"Uh… yeah?" I mumbled, "But Mimi's so young, shouldn't we space it out?"
"We're not getting any younger and… Mimi?" she mumbled, "Oh my god, Ren, look at her!" she gasped.
"What? Hey…" I said, seeing Mikan holding a little matryoshka and then throwing it.
*BOOM!* it exploded a hole in the yard and Mikan laughed at it, "I thought… they didn't get their quirks until they were four…" I mumbled.
"Well… Eri had hers when she was around three or so, but Mikan already knows how to make those," Momo surmised as Mikan made a sparking shield, giggling and laughing. But then she got fussy.
"Oop! Looks like she makes 'em outta body fat like you do, honey," I commented, passing her to Momo, we got her bottle ready and she drank all of it. She fell asleep holding her little shield. I smoothed her golden and black spikes. Kissing her on the forehead.
"Goodnight, lil' Metalhead…" I sighed.
Momo pulled me into her arms, smiling, "See? I told you fatherhood wouldn't be so bad…" she sighed, I kissed her neck and trailed up to her lips, kissing her.
"I missed you…" I sighed, "I miss doing this, just having time with you," I pulled at her shirt and she removed it, "I remember when you were so embarrassed by cuddling against them," she chuckled.
"That was when I was dumb and all embarassed. I wasn't ready for skin-to-skin contact… and you have a supermodel-level body, that's why I was embarrassed, why was someone like you with such a gawky lil' shit like me?" I sighed, "Then I knew the moment you and I finally saw each other naked, that you trusted me,"
She removed her bra, "Then use me as a pillow, darling, you love it when I uncover them for you," she teased.
"Yeah, 'cause they're warmer that way…" I sighed, kissing the one closest to me, licking it.
"Mm… you know why I like cuddling you?" she asked.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because you're a little space heater… so cute and small and angry…" Momo giggled at my 'You take that back right now' expression.
"You know why I like to cuddle with you, Momo?" I asked.
"Why?" she wondered.
"Because your boobs are soft, warm… and big… makes me think of how much Mineta's gotta be jealous, when you remove your hair tie, god… when it cascades down your back and you shake it out, when you blush it's so cute and when I taste your sweat… it's so bitter…" I sighed, sliding my finger along her rim.
"Ee…" she gasped, I licked my finger, "Mm… so good…" I crooned.
"You're so smart and beautiful and… and you've saved me a lot…" I sighed, "I'm addicted to you… all of you, Momo… and… and Mikan's a testament to what we can make together…"
"No baby… not now… breed me when we're alone… truly alone…" she sighed.
"But… I can't wait…" I sighed, pouting.
"Even if I challenge you?" she taunted.
"Babe, no," I said.
"Are you sure…" she trailed off.
"Babe, stop, you're pulling a Twin Incident," I warned.
She tipped my face up, looking me dead in the eyes, "Katsuki?" she teased. I started to cry.
"Ah! Sweetie… aww, don't cry…" she sighed, burying my face into her chest, "Shhh…" she soothed.
"I don't like when people mistake me for my brother!" I sniffed, "It's not right… we're really different,"
"I'm sorry, honey… I'm so sorry…" Momo sighed, "How about I just dry your tears and we can just cuddle?" she asked.
"Okay…" I sighed as she pet my hair and started to hum again. Ever since I grew my hair out longer, I've been tying it back like hers. Still, hearing her heartbeat, laying against her soft body and feeling her fingers running through my hair… I couldn't help but be lulled into a safe calm.
She wrapped the sheets around us and continued to pet my hair, humming still. Momo was doing something she'd do when I had a bad panic attack, she'd pull me into her arms, shirt off and bra off, hair down, and hold me, laying me against her chest and soothing me by petting my hair and humming Life Eternal or Bible.
I didn't like heartbeats muffled. I liked them loud and calming. She kissed the top of my head gently.
"I love you, dear…" she sighed.
"I love you too, Momo…" I mumbled.
"No,"
"Enji, please… I don't think I can do this…" I sighed.
"Renaru, I need you HERE," he growled.
"Enji, I can't be doing night and DAY patrols… it's dangerous if I don't take breaks or sleep…" I sighed, my sparks wouldn't ignite if I didn't get proper sleep.
"I know that," he said.
"Then why?! You know I have a family! You know I have a life outside of you!" I snapped.
"Renaru, I will NOT ARGUE with you," Enji continued, barely keeping it down.
I ignited blue, "I'm not the same fearless little boy you saved all those years ago… I've got a little girl, I've got a wife… they care about me and they're the best things to ever happen to me, Mikan won't even remember me if I die," I sighed.
Enji loomed over me, and I stared right back at him, "Renaru… listen to me…" he growled.
"What?! You're NOT my dad! I'm an adult, I can make my own calls, and I decide that spending time with my girls is the best decision right now, let me rest, sir," I sighed.
"Mmrgh… fine," he scoffed.
A few days ago… a villain attacked a small park, and of course, a kid decided he wanted to be a hero. I partly blamed the workload on Enji… but… the poor kid did manage to save a few people before I showed up.
Poor kid was beaten bloody, I barely got him to the hospital and he lost his arm… he said he didn't want to stand by and watch as innocent people get hurt, citing the way I did things. Telling me that he was just like me, a kid running into danger, wanting to save people.
I remember just looking at that kid's mom and dad and… I saw him as being lucky. That's why I took on so many patrols. That's why Enji needed me. I couldn't let kids or anyone else try to pull a 'Me'.
But I knew I couldn't stop them. I came home early, with Enji letting me go. I opened the door and saw Momo holding Mikan, she was greedily feeding.
"Slow down, dear… you're as eager as your father…" She sighed, Mikan pulled back, seeing me.
"Dah!" she snapped, "Bleh!" she smacked Momo's boob.
"Young lady!" Momo gasped, "Where'd you learn that word?"
"Hmph!" Mikan scoffed, "Unnn," she admitted.
"I knew it! Mikan, Mommy doesn't like it when Uncle Katsuki teaches you naughty things, it makes her sad," Momo explained, "You don't want Mommy to be sad, right?" she asked.
"Nuuu… Maaa saaa…" Mikan sniffed, crying.
"Aw honey… It's okay, Mimi…" I sighed, scooping her into my arms, "Mommy's not sad, she's just a little mad at Uncle Katsuki, uh… hey, Momo?" I asked.
"What is it, Renaru?" she wondered.
"Bad news about my mom, she went on a bar crawl with Midnight and Auntie Uwa, she's wiped," I huffed, "Izuku can't, he's too busy dealing with Ochako, Katsuki and Melissa… dear god, I think I need to gather a search party, she's ramped up to Midnight level now. He's not-" I was cut off by…
*Du du! Duh Duh Dah DAH DAH!*
Bro, gettin' laid.
Why the fuck are you telling me this?
Turns her on.
I'm gonna turn my phone off now. And bleach my eyes.
You should give it a try.
DON'T MAKE ME FUCKING BLOCK MY OWN BIOLOGICAL BROTHER ON THIS GODDAMN PHONE, KATSUKI!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I REGRET FUCKING NOTHIN-
Then the panic started.
Help.
Help.
BRO! SHE'S GOT THE HARNESS!
Bro?
Ren…?
CODE 34! IT'S A CODE 34!
I left him on read. Deserves it, teachin' my girl to disrespect her mom. That's when Denki texted me.
Yo! Heard Mama Bakugou's sloshed and Big Bro's stuck with his girl! Need Uncle Denki and Auntie Jiro to watch Mimi-chan?
Oh thank GOD, you're a lifesaver.
Hold up a mo, gotta put Otohon to bed, lil' dude's been vibin' all day with his mama. I heard that Mimi got her quirk, and so did Oto!
Really? Awesome.
Oh shit! Gotta go.
THTHRO%(()))))LLTT!
So sorry. My DEAR HUSBAND'S been kinda… odd. Readin' porno mags when I can do the real thing? Ugh…
Nobody's perfect, Jiro, glad you two can watch Mimi for me an' Momo.
Hell, you two need it, you deserve time alone with her, See ya in a bit.
Denki arrived sheepishly, and Jiro too. Mikan was peppy and happy, she took one look at them and yelled, "Deeee! Jiiiiiiiii!"
"Haha! Hey there, Mimi!" Denki laughed, sweeping her into his arms, "Mommy and Daddy gotta get some R&R, that means yer with us for a while, lil' lady!"
"You two have a good time, you both earned it!" Jiro stated, giving us a thumbs-up.
Then we were alone, packed up and ready to leave. Momo grabbed my hand, and I grinned.
"So? let's go, anywhere you want," I stated.
"Well… since I have the family fortune… have you been to Tokyo?" she asked.
"No? Thank god you didn't say anything out of the country…" I huffed.
"Who said anything about that?" she teased.
"Uhhhh… what?" I mumbled. I couldn't believe her.
"What? It's our night and you're still embarrassed?" Momo taunted.
"Well uh… just uh… why the hell are we at a love hotel? Out of all the places in Tokyo we could go and you pick this?" I asked.
"Yes, but after this… I'm gonna spoil you ROTTEN…" she hissed into my ear, "This is the fanciest one in the country,"
She wasn't wrong. Momo DEFINITELY wasn't wrong. The bed was smaller, and it was more intimate. The bathtub was clearly made for more than two people… Momo cheekily grinned.
"I reserved this room for only tonight, so you better enjoy it…" Momo said, hair loose and silky. Dark eyes twinkling and the most crooked smile on her beautiful face. But I was still hesitant. Still paranoid that someone was going to take her away from me. All that I earned and bled for, all held in my arms… gone in an instant.
Mikan and Momo were the brightest lights I had in my life beyond my family.
"Nothing like fucking me in a fancy Love Hotel, right?" she asked, I didn't like when Momo would try to be like anyone else but herself. But my heart was pounding so fast. So quickly that I thought I'd explode.
"H-hang on a minute…" I mumbled, "Just uh… hang on…" I mumbled, feeling her hands on my bands.
'Oh no… she's going for my bands! Quick! Just… just go ahead and skip the formalities! I mean, what're the limits? Is she wearing perfume? Is… is she… she's taking them off…' I thought, feeling the heat rush out of my arms and immediately die in the cool air of the room.
"See? Normally your arms would be shaking…" she said, kissing my arm that she held in her hand, "Mm… your sweat smells so good…"
'Oh no… she's… cooling me down? What? Normally I'd already be well on my way to Shattering Star at this point… or what the media calls 'Gojira Mode'.' I thought bitterly, feeling her lips on my other arm, kissing and licking away the sweat.
'OH GOD… that's so… HOT!' I thought, she was slowly going, kissing every scar on my body, pulling me into her arms, sitting on the bed and she practically sank into the mattress. I held her in my arms and felt them start hurting.
'Oh no… not this again…' I thought, she was above me, flipping me around to stare up at her.
"I'll lead… and you'll follow…" she whispered gently.
"Momo… I… My arms… they're…" I mumbled between kisses, she undid her bra.
"Shshshsh… nothing will get in the way of this… me and you, Soundproofing… no one will hear us…" she muttered.
"No, that's not what I'm worried about… my bands… they're meant to hold BACK my sparks… not control them…" I explained while she nibbled at my neck, her little bang, the only other thing Mikan inherited from her aside from her secondary hair color, brushed against it.
"I don't want you to hold back…" she sighed, continuing to kiss me. My eyes drifted to her scar, still noticeable even now.
"I… I don't want to hurt you again…" I sighed, "You scared me back then… I never thought you'd wake up again… so I waited and waited and waited…"
"You won't… I know you. You'd never dream of hurting me… not intentionally or unintentionally. You missed, didn't you?" Momo asked, lowering herself to lay on me.
"You're the man I decided to grow old with… for better or worse, through the end of the world… I'll always love you, You always saw me as my true self… and I saw you so innocently grab it and hold it," She sighed, kissing me, letting me lock my legs around her and hold her tight. My hands sparked, but they weren't violent, they wheeled through the air, playfully chasing each other.
I was gently responding to every touch and kiss with my own, my sparks going, her body brushing against me and I followed her lead, not wanting to go rough or soft. I wanted to go my way. Close, intimate, barely an inch away, where I could look into those dark eyes, full of love, full of confidence and passion…
The eyes that stared at me with such awe. The eyes that held worry and anger and desperation. The eyes that held a hidden melancholy when we spent those days at her house working together. Only for it to vanish.
I felt something new at that moment. It was an overwhelming bliss, calm, and gentle. She loved me. Shaking and sputtering, teetering and tottering, holding her so tightly and desperately, filling her with my love, giving her the love I felt for her.
That's why I fought so hard. That's what I was looking for. Someone who'd accept me. Someone who'd love me aside from my family and friends. Someone I could truly call mine. She'd tell me all the time that she'd show her colleagues pictures of me and gush over how handsome I was, how I'd still cook dinner after a long day beating up baddies, how I'd sleep in Mikan's crib if she couldn't sleep.
That was the real me. Loving so purely without regard for the past or social status. Breaking down walls with my blasts and determination, how I'd joke about getting hurt and just laugh it all off. But inside? I was scared, wanting to run away and hide.
Yet Momo picked us both up, and held us so tightly, told us we were worthy and perfect. And I finally made peace with my younger self. Momo groaned and cried out, her body shuddering and leaning against me, keeping pace.
"Momo… I… God! I! I love you, dammit! When I saw your face… when I saw you so worried… I wanted to stop it. I wanted to see you smile… and all day today… I saw you smile. I saw you laugh and joke and be happy! That's what I want. That's what I wanted to show you… one day, I wanna be your hero forever… you pushed me in such a good way… you pushed me to be the best I can be…" I sighed, pulling her into my scarred arms, hugging her tightly.
"Let me do the crying, okay? Let me take the pain… I love you… even if I keel over and die? I want you to know that you're so much more than what your mother says… you're so much more than what you think you are… You're gonna be the greatest hero. You're gonna be the best hero. Any time you have any trouble with yer mom… just gimme a holler, I'll be there. I'll be right…" I faltered off, pointing at her chest.
"Here," I said. I saw her face screw up into a tearful one, tears flooding her cheeks and she buried herself into my chest, letting it all out.
"Hey… hey… shhh… It's alright, Momo… It's okay to cry…" I assured her that. At this point, we were going down.
I remembered that day fondly. The day I saw Momo smile. The day I cracked the chrysalis and saw the butterfly she was. She cried out and fell against me, I buried my face into her hair.
"Ah… ha… I love you, Ren… I love you so much… I knew I had to lead to see the diamond everyone else does… or for you to see it…" she sighed, feeling her still going.
"More… more…" she whispered, "Show me your true self, Renaru…"
"Okay…" I sighed, starting anew, her smile was so radiant, her hair so soft. And she was mine, we went all night, slow, steady… measured and logical, dumb and stupid sometimes, but I always rebounded with snark and a good quip.
She and I laid tangled in each other, "Let go, baby…" she chided.
"No, you let go," I snapped back.
"No you!" she said.
"Nuh-uh!" I denied.
"Honey…" she sighed, giving me 'The Eyes'
"No no, nonono, don't pull that face! Don't gimme the eyes!" I snarled.
She sniffed, tears sparkling at the corners.
"Ah hell… fine…" I sighed, "You and Mikan got me wrapped around yer little fingers…"
"You know it… maybe this time it'll be a boy?" Momo asked, finally plucking her underwear and our clothes from the previous night off the floor.
"Chances are fifty-fifty, but… I want 'im to be like you, not dumb like me and his sis," I huffed.
"Renaru, you're not stupid!" she snapped her fingers in my face.
"BULL-SHIT! My dear, sweet, supermodel wife and… beauteous GODDESS of a hero Mo-Mo Ba-Ku-Gou!" I snapped back in a zig-zag motion.
"You married the man who used to reverse engineer ice cream with his bros at three AM, if our little girl doesn't do the same shit she is smarter than me and worse at science, if our son or other girl ends up the same way… then intelligence is recessive," I surmised, smirking.
I took a look at my phone, seeing a ton of messages from Katsuki.
Bro.
Bro.
Dude, I'll NEVER look at hydraulics the same way again.
I am SO glad you weren't here, because we'd be stuck tag-teaming.
You have NO idea what I go through when she's crazy…
Momo wrapped her arms around me and hugged me tightly, "Next stop: Malibu!" she chirped.
Bro… if I don't come back, burn my stuff.
He left me on read.
Son of a woman I dearly love!