Chapter 35 – Games Night

"Can you put those ones back on the shelf, Onii-chan" She sighed as she let her eyes glance over all the other flavours of crisps before them. Hizashi just stood there with the packet of spicy crisps and stared down at his sister.

"Why?" He looked to her like she had just said the world's most ridiculous joke. "… they are your favourite?"

"Yeah, but I don't think the others will like that they are so spicy… I should get ones that everyone will like, right?" She reasoned back to him, her usually bored looking eyes shining with a little excitement in them.

"WOAH!" Hizashi gasped playfully and ruffled his sister's hair. The increase in volume making a few of the store patrons jump and look over. "When did you become such an angel!"

"Get off Hizashi…" She swatted at him with her big, bandaged hands making him jump back to make sure he didn't knock them.

Hizashi was helping Mika shop for snacks before dropping her off at her friend's house for a game night. He was over the moon that after all the stress of the training for the sports festival, and then the festival itself that the students in his sister's class were all getting on and jumping straight back into being friends. It made his heart even happier that his little Mika was getting involved and was seeming brighter because of it.

After getting home after the festival she had shut herself in her room and not come out till lunch the next day, which was very much like how she used to behave before she had opened up to him. He wasn't that worried though, every now and again he would peek his head into her room and find her either snoring her head off or chatting to her friends on the phone. It had taken her a little longer to realise that asking for help from her big brother was not an admission of weakness. He had found her trying to open the fridge with her bundled up hands and getting frustrated, he had come in and sat at the table to watch her and wait for her to ask. He thought it wouldn't take long, but obviously he had underestimated his sister's ability to sulk and therefore had to wait another three hours.

"Here, these ones say they are a best seller, so that's a safe bet" Mika reasoned as she gestured to a green packet a few shelves over. She smiled gently as her Brother did as he was told and placed two of the bags into their basket before heading off to the sweet and chocolate isle then onto the checkout.

He ushered her out of the store and they set off across the last few blocks to their destination. Mika had been so excited when Kirishima had rung her the day before to invite over to his house with a few of the others for a games night. Although she had warned him that there was no way that she could play anything with the lack of hands she was currently experiencing but he had promised with a bright and cheerful laugh that they would team up.

"MIKA-CHAN!"

Both Mika and Hizashi span around in time to see a pink blur launch itself at Mika and pull her into a big hug.

"WOAH!" Mika yelped out as she was crushed in a hug that was both suffocating but thought out for her hands were left unsquished.

"Hey Mika-chan… I knew it was you, I could tell by the green ribbon and your wicked boots!" Mina said pointing from Mika's ribbon and back down to her battered black doc boots. "I love your outfit!"

Mika blushed at this compliment. It was the first time that she had ever been complimented by a girl her age for how she dressed. Usually, her Brother was the only one to ever hype her up when it came to her looks, but she had previously just chalked it down to the fact that he was her Brother and it was kind of his job. She had gone for her usual plain black full length vest dress and an over sized open flannel shirt over the top, usually she would have a belt on to keep it neat around her waist but with her hands in bandages she opted for comfort over style. Her Doc boots were her usual go to, especially because they were so big and battered that she didn't have to undo the lasses to get her feet in and out of them so they were a winner whilst she was unable to use her fingers for the laces.

Mina herself was dressed in ripped skinny black jeans, a black frilly vest and leopard print cardigan. The whole outfit really suited her and Mika realised that this would be the first time seeing her classmates in their normal clothes.

"Who is this?" She asked then, pointing over Mika's shoulder to Hizashi, who was also in his casual attire. He had his glasses on and his hair in a bun at the back of his head instead of standing on end. His hands were stuffed into his hoody pockets with the bag of snacks swinging from his wrist. Skinny black jeans and his usual battered converse.

"I have no idea, he has been following me the whole way here…" Mika put on her best puppy dog eyes. Upon seeing them Mina straightened up and glared over her shoulder at her Brother.

"Look, she's not interested and frankly way too young for you dude…" Mina attempted to glare even harder at him.

"Mika-chan!" Hizashi gasped.

"I am kidding Mina-chan, that is Hizashi…" She snorted, but when Mina just looked confused at her she chuckled even harder. "… Present Mic, in other words my Brother on his day off!"

"WHAT!"

"Hehe sorry listener… my sister is such a practical joker all of a sudden" Hizashi winced whilst scratching his head.

"I am so sorry Present Mic-Sensei…" Mina gulped and bowed deeply to him.

"No no, there is no need to apologise… I guess I shall leave you to it!" He laughed and then patted Mika on the head. "I shall swing round in a taxi to pick you later ok?"

"Yeah, perfect!" She smiled to him as he offered Mina the bag with the snacks in so she could carry them for Mika. "Thanks for helping me out, Onii-chan!"

"No worries, have fun ok?"

"You too, see you later!"

"I cannot believe you just did that to me…" Mina whined as they continued together down the street.

Upon arriving they were met with a rather bright and smiley Eijiro, he let them in and showed them through his house and up into his room where they found Sero, Kaminari and Bakugo shouting at a tv screen with x-box controls in their hands.

Kaminari all but chucked the remote out of his hands and into Sero's lap to jump over to greet the girls, wiggling his eyebrows at them.

"Ladies…" He greeted slipping in between them and placing his arms across their shoulders to pull them along further into the room. "… finally, some good looks to brighten up the room."

"You will never guess what Mika just did to me…" Mina immediately started to playfully whine as she jumped onto the bed to sit behind Sero and Bakugo.

"It was so funny, I didn't think you could blush even pinker than you already were" Mika snorted as she followed but took to sitting on the floor with her back resting up against the bed with Sero and Bakugo's legs either side of her.

"Hey, Mina… Hey, Mika" Sero greeted them both in between weird, concentrated faces.

"Hey Sero" Mika replied with a smile, catching Bakugo's eye and sticking her tongue out at him in greeting.

"So… I spotted Mika walking down the street infront of me so I totally surprised her with a hug right!" Mina started off, Kaminari plopping back down on the bed to listen. "…and this guy was with her and she totally made out that he was a perv so I sassed him, only for Mika to tell me it was her Brother, Present Mic-Sensei!"

"Woah shit…" Kaminari snorted and clapped his knee in laughter.

"How did you not recognise him, extra?" Bakugo rolled his eyes over his shoulder at her.

"He was totally in civilian clothes… kinda hot actu!" Mina started only to have Mika hiss and interrupt.

"ANYWAY, Kirishima… I bought some snacks, but I am going to have to ask you to share them out if that's ok?" Mika looked back round at Mina who was waving the bag around in the air. "Mina has them"

"Woah, that is so manly!" Kirishima smiled, and patted Mika on her shoulder as he grabbed the bag and left the room calling over his shoulder as he went. "… back in a sec"

"So, what are you guys playing?" Mika asked as she knocked Bakugo's legs to annoy him.

"Want me to kick you back, bitch?" He snarled.

"Actually… no, not right now sunshine" Mika faux winced as she held her bundled arms up at him, flashing him a playful wink over her shoulder at him. He merely sighed and went back to the game.

"It's a shooter game, but… we should play something else, so you girls can join in" Sero suggested.

"On it, let me have a look…" Kaminari jumped back up again and wondered over to a bookcase on the other side of the room.

"You know… I think Mineta got my number guys" Mina sighed.

"Oh god, how?" Mika let her eyes slip from the tv before her and leaned back to look back at Mina, only for Mina to offer her phone over.

Mika just stared at her as if any second now Mina would realise that she couldn't use her hands. There was a moment that stretched out that become so awkward that Sero and Bakugo ending up pausing their game to watch. Mina huffed and shook the phone at Mika as if she was not taking it on purpose. Finally, with Sero sniggering away Bakugo snatched the phone out of Mina's hands and all but growled at her.

"She can't use her hands, you turd for brains!"

"Oh yeah… oppsies!" Mina laughed at her own silliness.

"Here!" Bakugo snapped, as he leaned over to hold the phone screen in front of her face. Mika quickly read the messages that the unknown number had sent before nudging him to let him know she was done.

"Thanks, Sunshine…" She gave him a small smile before looking back at Mina. "… block that number, doesn't matter if its from the grape perve or someone else, that shit is gross!"

"Yeah, you're so right" Mina sighed as Bakugo dropped her phone into her lap and turned back away.

"Now I don't mean to brag, but I am amazing at this game…" Kaminari announced as he fished out what looked like a car racing game as Kirishima entered back into the room balancing a load of bowls up his arms.

"Oh, I love that game" Mika bounced and then huffed at the realisation that she couldn't hold a controller.

"Ha, sorry maybe next time Mika-chan!" Kaminari chuckled as he moved before her to sort out swapping the games over.

"No matter, I shall just beat you all into the ground when my hands are all healed and ready to go" She sassed back.

"Yeah right, Curly"

"You best believe it!"

They fell into an easy atmosphere then. With everyone apart from Mika having a go at racing each other in turns. Mina was actually a lot better than they had thought she would be, and Kaminari was absolutely distraught when she lapped him when they went against each other. Bakugo one every single game that he played, and it was starting to get to his head, but not in his usual exploding at everyone and wanting to kill everyone kind of way.

They chatted about the sports festival as they went, picking apart each other's performances and for once in her life she didn't mind that others were pointing out places where she had let herself down. It felt like a safe space and she took every point to mind and promised herself that she would think them over whilst training in the future.

Bakugo refused to talk too much about this fight with Todoroki but everyone agreed that the half and half bastard should have fought with everything that he had. It was rude to all the others that had done so, to just fight with no grit and drive to be best.

Mika didn't offer too much in terms of conversation, but she jumped in when ever she felt like she wanted to. It was just nice for her to be involved in the first place and she had never really had friends that she got close enough to do normal kid stuff like a game's nights with all that much. The girls in her school before U.A weren't as welcoming as everyone in Class 1A had been and she just had to thank her lucky stars that she was able to be strong enough to join 1A and meet all these new friends.

"WOAH… those are spicy!" Mina squealed a little as she started fanning her mouth, her eyes watering.

"Oh shit… I told Hizashi to get the plainer ones" Mika worried, turning and peering round Sero this time.

"Well, there were three bags of crisps… two of that new flavour and one spicy bag" Kirishima explained. Grabbing the bowl of spicy crisps back away from Mina. "I can go and get rid of them!"

"Noooo, they are my favourite… can I have them over here?" Mika almost gasped in horror at the thought of her favourite crisps being thrown out.

"Sure…"

"I'll help, there is no way that you are going to be able to pick out crisps in a bowl to eat" Mina laughed and jumped up from where she was squished between Kaminari and the wall to pick up the bowl and move to sit down on the floor with Mika. Even thought she was about to hand fed crisps in front of a bunch of guys but, what was more prevalent to her was the fact that Mina was willing to do it for her. A soft warm feeling pooled within her chest and her cheeks felt a little warm as she smiled brightly to her friend.

"Thanks Mina-chan"

"No worries, Mika-chan!"