A few weeks for their second baby to be born, the girls decided to make a "Baby Shower", Nozomi had had one too but very small with only their families as guests, this time it would be bigger and they respected the decision of Shoto and Mina of not knowing the gender of the baby, so all the gifts would be unisex
Mina finished dressing Nozomi in her little purple dress and made her hair with a pink bow
- Ready little one, remember not to eat a lot of sweet things
Nozomi smiled and hugged Mina's neck, then went down to the living room where her aunt and grandmother had already arrived, Shoto helped Mina down the stairs and to the car
- Thank you Shoto - Mina smiled and kissed his cheek, then put the belt on her, careful not to hurt her belly
- Ready, now you little one - Shoto carried Nozomi and put her in her chair, he secured her and then his mother and sister sat on each side of said chair, he felt that he forgot something and put his hand in his pocket, sigh and looked at Mina - I forgot my phone in the room, I'll go fast
- Hurry Shoto, we don't want to be late - Fuyumi said from inside the car, then Shoto entered the house again - Something is affecting him
- ¿Why you said it? - Rei asked looking at her
- At breakfast he was looking for his cup of coffee like 4 minutes, and he had it in his hand the whole time - Fuyumi said trying not to laugh
- I know, he is going after the last members of the League in recent months, he barely wants to sleep for train or look for clues of where they are ...
- We better not talk about it now, today is about you and the baby - Rei said trying to change the subject
- Yes - Mina smiled and put her hand on her belly, felt soft kicks from the baby which made her happier
A few minutes later Shoto came in and started driving to the place of the "Baby Shower", Hagakure sent them the address by phone, it was not that far from the house so they would not be late
- ¿Are we there yet? - Nozomi asked from her chair
- No little girl
3 minutes later
- ¿Are we there yet? - Nozomi asked again
- No Nozomi
2 minutes later
- ¿Are we there yet?
- Let me see… Yes
Shoto parked the car in front of a column, Uraraka and Tsuyu received them and helped Mina to get out, Rei came down carrying Nozomi and Fuyumi under the gifts from the trunk, Shoto stayed a few seconds in the car waiting for everyone to enter to make sure they did not they saw him and he took out a pack of cigars, took one and lit it, he smokes and stared down
- I'm going to find them, even if it's the last thing I do - Shoto burned the cigar with his fire and put the box under his seat, then he went out and met Kaminari and Kirishima at the door
- Hey bro, ¿Why did you take so long? - Asked the electric blond
- I was thinking, nothing more
- Alright
The 3 entered and Shoto was surprised to see everything decorated completely in white, tablecloths, balloons, chairs and even cutlery, he saw his wife and daughter totally happy in their seats and smiled for that, he decided that he would stop thinking about his work for the rest of the day to enjoy with them, he sat next to Mina and she took his hand
- This is very nice of them
- I know - Shoto squeezed her hand a little tighter and then kissed her
Nozomi came and sat on her father's lap and hugged him
- ¿All those gifts for baby? - Nozomi asked looking at Shoto
-Yes little one - Shoto put his hand on her head and kissed her head - I'll give mom mine when we get home
- But ... I did not buy a gift for baby - Nozomi looked down as she felt bad about not bringing anything for her brother or sister
- Don't worry, we'll give her mine from you too
That put a smile on her face and she hugged Shoto's arm tighter. Mina looked at everything around her and got up to go with the girls and thank them for everything they did for her and the baby
- Time for you to open the gifts - Uraraka said biting a cookie
They take her to another chair that was next to the table with the gifts and everyone surrounded her to see which one she would choose.
- Go help her little one - Rei whispered to Nozomi, who walked to Mina and helped her by giving her each gift:
A little music box
Lots of unisex style clothing
Diapers, many diapers and towels
Baby toys and plushies
Baby bottles and powdered milk
A new crib, which was from Rei and Shoto's siblings
- Thank you all very much - Mina said with a big smile, she felt a little kick from the baby and everyone went to hug her
When it was time to leave, not all the gifts fit in the trunk of the car, so they had to put them on the side that was Nozomi's chair, Shoto decided that he would stay to help everyone pick things up while Fuyumi and his mother were going to leave them at home, they didn't take long to go and leave them with the gifts and come back for Shoto, then he was going to leave them at home, but they didn't get off
- ¿What happen?
- We have to talk Shoto - Rei said looking at him and closing the windows so that no one would hear
- We know that something is affecting you and Mina told us that you are still after the League - Fuyumi said with a worried voice - You don't have to continue with that
- But…
- The League no longer exists, since Shigaraki was arrested there have been no more reports of attacks from anyone, you have to leave it like that - Fuyumi tried to convince him not to continue with that search
- I can't ... I know they're still around ...
- There are more important things than that Shoto - Rei changed her voice to a more serious one - You have a daughter who will soon enter preschool, you have a baby on the way and a wife who needs you, that's more important than the League, they need you … And you have to be there for them
Fuyumi got out of the car and closed the door, then Rei showed him the cigar box
- ¿W-where did you…?
- Shoto, please stop all that search and don't smoke anymore, all that is slowly killing you... ¿Do you really want to make Mina a widow and let your children without a father?
Shoto lowered his gaze without being able to see his mother
- Think about it Shoto - Then she got out of the car and walked with Fuyumi
Shoto sighed and slammed his face against the steering wheel, they both entered the house and he started driving back home, his mind was in chaos the whole way
He did not want his family to suffer if they attacked him, but at the same time they suffered because Shoto was chasing them, but there was a truth in his sister's words, there have been no attacks from any of them for years, only sightings, maybe it was time to leave them
When he entered the house, the first thing he saw on his way to them was the baby's room with all the gifts and the crib that was still in its box, then he saw that Nozomi was in her room painting one of her color books, he approached her and hug her
- Daddy - Nozomi smiled and hugged him by the neck - ¿Where is the gift?
- Right, come
Shoto carried her in his arms and they went to her room, Mina was lying down drinking a tea and she saw them go to the closet
- ¿What are you...?
She opened her eyes when she saw that Shoto opened a shoe box and from there he took out a small gift wrapped in blue and pink paper, Nozomi gave it to her and Mina opened it quickly, it was a yellow pajama in the shape of a rabbit
- Thank you - Mina hugged them both and Shoto tucked them together on the bed
- You have to sleep
- But Shoto, it's 7 ...
- It doesn't matter, we have to rest
Shoto lay down next to them and hugged them
- Don't worry anymore
- ¿Um? - Mina looked at him confused
- Everything will be better from now on, I promise Mina
And so it was, after leaving the search, Shoto was able to concentrate more on other more relevant cases and be with his family, he took care of the papers more so that Nozomi entered preschool and that Mina did not stress with that or with anything more, and just like that, the day of birth came