Inari successfully keeps the pain off of her face as she finally reaches Eraserhead's apartment with Hodaka walking behind her in case she collapsed–which would be any minute if she didn't sit down soon.
Hodaka knocked on the door for her. "Hey, Eraser. Stop sleeping and let me annoy you!" The door opens not even a second later. Eraserhead stared at Inari with slightly wide eyes and no facial expression. She probably looked like a sight to see.
She wore a black sports bra, a ratty old hoodie from an American university, blue sweatpants, and her bandages wrapped around her arms, hands, legs, and abdomen. The bandages around her head were gone, revealing a splatter of scars growing from her scalp and ending along her left temple and forehead. Dark bags were under her eyes and you could see the deep bruising on her hands peeking out from the bandages. Her hands were shaking and was barely able to stay standing.
"Yeah, I look like shit. Can I come in or not?" Inari snarks tiredly, adjusting her shaky grip on her crutches. "Also tell your landlord to fix the fuckin' elevator. I ain't going to walk up four flights of stairs again with these crutches. That was hell."
"Young Ine! You're here, I didn't realize Aizawa-kun gave you an invitation to!" The voice of Yagi Toshinori broke Eraserhead out of whatever shock he was going through. The first time Inari saw Toshinori–the day she went to UA–he scared the living shit out of her with how tall and how skeletal he looked. She also can't get rid of the nagging feeling that she's seen Toshinori before.
"Invite? What invite? This fucker ordered me to come here without any details." Inari makes her way past Eraserhead, Hodaka trying to stifle a laugh.
"Are you sure you should be walking? Why are you out of the hospital?" Toshinori asks when Inari makes her way into the apartment and reveals herself.
"No, which is why I'm here." Hodaka walks in. "Yes, she should still be in the hospital, but she managed to annoy the doctors and nurses enough to let her get checked out early."
"I would have stayed, if you agreed to smuggle in decent food and entertainment for me," The white haired woman snarks with a small eye roll as she goes over to the couch.
Present Mic walks into the living room from the kitchen. "Ine, you look like shit."
"Well I was told to come here without any details. If I'd known this was gonna be a party, I would've made myself a bit more presentable." Inari practically collapses onto the couch, cursing in pain. "God fucking damnit."
Inari finally takes the moment to see who else was here. Apparently, a lot of heroes.
"If I'm being inducted into a cult, I'm definitely leaving," She thinks with a small frown.
"Hey, Eraser. Get your sketchy fuckin' ass in here and tell my why I'm here," Inari states loudly, making Eraserhead groan loudly.
A woman with bright green hair, dark green eyes, and fair skin bursts out laughing. "It's been a while since I've seen you Ine! How are you? Managed to convince Eraser to marry me?"
"Fuck no. You two are not conspiring!" Eraserhead bolts into the living room. Inari raises one of her shaky hands and flips off the black haired man.
"Good to see you too Joke. I feel like absolute shit, but when do I not?" The white haired woman says with a smile before leaning forward.
"This isn't a cult initiation, right? 'cause the last one I joined still wants me dead for leaving," She whispers loudly to Ms. Joke. The green haired woman laughs loudly and gently pats Inari's shoulder. Inari winces heavily in pain, but doesn't mention it.
Ms. Joke quickly pulls back her hand with a guilty expression. "N-no. It's not, just a small party! Eraser thinks you've deserved it to attend. I think so too. Who's this?"
"Himura Hodaka. I'm this fucking self-sacrificing idiot's younger brother and I'm here to make sure she isn't a bigger idiot while she heals," Hodaka introduces himself with a smile. Inari flips him off and slowly raises her feet onto the coffee table.
"Yes, two dumbasses. One dumbass tasked to watch over the other dumbass. Which one's the bigger dumbass?" She says sarcastically, making Hodaka roll his eyes. He flips off his older sister.
"The one who thought the hospital ventilation system would be able to hold with a 42 kg woman crawling through them, but then pushes back her recovery when she falls through the ceiling and tears her stitches," Hodaka gives the blushing Inari a small glare, "and then gets tackled by security when she tries to run."
"Okay, I have an answer to that." The white haired teenager raises an eyebrow.
"Yes, a legitimate answer."
"While this is incredibly entertaining to watch, it's nice to meet you, Himura-san. I'm Fukukado Emi," Ms. Joke says with a bright grin.
Hodaka smiles just as bright. "Good to meet you. Ine's told me a lot about you."
"Hm... so you're the problem child everyone talks about?" A blonde young man asks with am easy-going smile, his bright red wings ruffling slightly.
"Only to Eraser. To everyone else, I'm just a civilian with a terrifying amount of connections and doesn't really care about the law, but still abides by it." Inari shrugs before giving the blonde a two finger salute. "Good to finally meet you. Jeanist complained a lot about you, Hawks."
Hawks places a hand over his heart and looks up at the tall, older blonde. "I am hurt, Tsunagu! Complaints?!" Best Jeanist sighs heavily, glancing between Inari and Hawks.
"I have dreaded the day when you two finally meet. My problem child and Eraserhead-san's."
"I'm Eraser problem child?!" Inari exclaims brightly. She leans her head back and gives Eraserhead a brilliant smile. He was busy glaring heavily at the No. 3 Hero.
"That's definitely an upgrade. I didn't think you got so soft on me, Eraser! You love me that much?" The white haired woman says with a hand over her heart.
Eraserhead just pinches the bridge of his nose. "I absolutely despise you. Why did I invite you here?"
"Jeanist, you should see him with his class. He's almost as much of mother hen as you."
"I will kill you and no one will find the body."
Yo! Hope you like the new chapter! So, what's this "party" about, huh? lol.
Hope you all are enjoying the story so far. Bye