Mob didn't understand her little brother sometimes.

She didn't understand a lot of things about him, like why he wore that coat all the time even though it was too cold for it…or why played fighting games even though they made him mad…or why he kept on fighting with dad even though he knew that dad would always win….yeah, there was about her little brother that she didn't understand. Maybe because he was younger or because he was a boy…or just because he was Sho.

Sho could be very confusing sometimes.

She loved her brother, she cared about her little brother, and she wanted only the best for him. That was why she didn't ask him about this…even though it was very confusing. Sho had a girlfriend. Her name was Emmy. She was sitting on the other side of the table from Mob. She had on an army helmet and an army jacket and army pants and an army shirt…so maybe she wanted to join the army? Mob didn't know. Emmy's clothes weren't the thing that confused her, and she wouldn't have said anything anyway even though she knew from Minori that you were supposed to tell your friends when they were dressed weird, it was the fact that Emmy was…there….that confused Mob. She was sitting there on the other end of the table from Mob…and she just…didn't get.

Well she was Sho's girlfriend after all.

Emmy was Sho's girlfriend. He was always sending her presents and texting her and emailing her and now that they were back in London he was always hanging out with her and talking to her and stuff. That was normal. That was the way that boys were supposed to be with their girlfriends…not that Mob knew anything about that since she'd never had a boyfriend….but she was happy for Sho. He was such a good boyfriend to Emmy. He had taken her here to this frozen yogurt place even though it was way too cold out for this and he had gotten her two things of frozen yogurt already and he had told her twice already that she was pretty….and he was such a good boyfriend to Emmy…

But Mob didn't understand why he was her boyfriend in the first place.

"Three!" said Sho as he slammed his empty frozen yogurt cup on the table. Some people turned around to look. Probably because he was shouting in Japanese. They were in London so they needed to speak English.

"Sho. Stop it. People are looking." Said Mob. It took her a minute to remember how to say that. She had a weird accent when she spoke English. Dad had told her so…well he hadn't used the word weird but he had told her to watch her pronunciations. She sort of wanted to get back to speaking Japanese but that would have been rude. Emmy was here and she only spoke English.

"San!" said Emmy as she slammed her cup down too. Now more people were looking…and Mob…well dad had told her to make sure that Sho didn't do anything dumb. She had been told to make sure that he didn't do anything that drew attention to them or that they were espers, it had to be a secret until they had taken over the world, and that was the only reason that Mob had gone on this date with her little brother and his girlfriend. She knew that Sho could keep a secret, he'd been keeping their powers a secret for his entire life, but…well she worried just a little bit too. Sho was drawing attention to them…and his aura was showing….and also he was in love and when you loved someone then you didn't keep secrets from them.

And Emmy was a normal person.

A normal person who could eat three cups of frozen yogurt in one sitting was still a normal person. Mob had been focused on her for a while and she didn't seen even the smallest hint of an aura. She was a normal person…and Sho was in love with her…and Mob was maybe with dad on this one. She wished that he'd found an esper girl so then that way they didn't have to keep things a secret. Then they would have had another esper friend who could have known everything…and she might have had an esper friend who was a girl…and stuff…but that was selfish.

Esper or not it was still rude to shout in public like that.

"Guy, people are looking." Said Mob

"Oh, sorry ane." Said Emmy. She was switching between weird English and weird Japanese, not that Mob was one to criticize anyone for anything ever, and it was a little hard to follow her. Just a little…but she was making an effort for Sho. Sho was making an effort for her, too, it seemed. She knew that he was in love with Shimazaki, and that he liked boys, and that was what was so confusing about all of this. She just…didn't know how he could be in love with two people at once like this…not that she was going to just ask him. Not here, not in front of his girlfriend, and maybe not ever.

Minegishi had told her, before, that it was none of her business.

Sho's heart was his own business. What was in his heart was between him and his heart and his head and just…it had nothing to do with her. She knew that she would have been upset if someone had gone poking around in her heart. She knew that, back when she'd been in love with Hatori, she had hated it when dad and Sho had asked her about it. She would never put her brother through that…even though this, whatever was in his heart, was a lot more complicated than what was in her heart. Boys liking boys was very complicated….and boys liking both like Sho maybe did was also complicated….and the books that she had found under Sho's bed hadn't helped much…but she knew not to ask.

Because, really, it was none of her business at all.

"Oneesan. Big sis is oneesan…but ane works too. It's just kind of weird. Ane is kind of like saying…like…a big sis. Big sis is oneesan because…well she's MY big sis…if that makes sense." Said Sho

"Oh…that's brilliant I guess…but she's not my older sister…so is she ane or oneesan?" asked Emmy. She was digging her boot into the floor as she talked. There was a loud squeaking since she was wearing combat boots even though she wasn't going to a war…unless she was just getting ready…but Mob didn't know what she was dressed like that for or what that was about. Like she was scared or nervous. What did she have to be scared or nervous about? Sho loved her. He would protect her from anything…even the war that she seemed to be so worried about.

"Or Shigeko, you can call me Shigeko. Or Mob. I like that too. Or Shige, or Suzuki." Said Mob

"Um…which is more polite?" asked Emmy

"Whatever. I don't care." Said Mob. Anything but Miss Suzuki. The only person who could call her that was Serizawa and that was because he just…well he was Serizawa. She wondered if he liked Frozen yogurt. She'd have to bring him some, maybe, with a lot of different toppings. He seemed like he would have liked toppings…maybe he would have liked to come with her…later. When he was more used to people. He had just now started making friends with everyone else…even Shimazaki for some reason.

"Well I've got to know what's the most polite. I'm not Japanese and you guys are bloody complicated. Kun and san and sama and tan and chan…it's a lot." Said Emmy

"Oneesan is fine." Said Mob. They'd met before but they hadn't talked since then…and they hadn't even really talked then either. She had given Emmy and Sho some space. She knew that if she'd had a boyfriend then she wouldn't have wanted her little brother to be there…even though that was mean of her. She just knew that she would have wanted some space for…well kissing and handholding and stuff…and she didn't want to do that where her little brother could see.

But he didn't seem to feel the same way.

He and Emmy were holding hands under the table. They were holding hands even though their hands must have been really sticky. She knew Sho, he was always eating something sticky, and frozen yogurt was just as sticky as ice cream…and Sho liked to scoop it out with his fingers. Emmy too. Was that something that he loved about her? She didn't know. She knew, however, not to ask him such personal things…even though she really wanted to….

But she didn't want to ruin his date.

"Ok….oneesan. Do you and Sho want to go for four….I mean…go? No, yon. Want to go for yon? I'm not skint yet." Said Emmy

"Put your money away, I told you I have this. I'm the guy and I pay for things. That's how it works." Said Sho

"It's the twenty first century, girls can pay for things too….but if you insist I can't pass up free food." Said Emmy

"Cool. Do you want me to make yours again? I know how you like it. Chocolate and coconut with cheese cake pieces, gummy worms, strawberry goo, and sprinkles….I mean hundreds and thousands." Said Sho

"Yes…loads of everything please." Said Emmy. She was sort of red there. Mob didn't get why…but she didn't get all of these couple things. She had never been in a couple before…and also she wasn't going to ask so she just needed to stop wondering. This was none of her business.

"Got it. Big sis, you want more strawberry and vanilla with gross fruit stuff and hundreds and thousands?" asked Sho as he got up. Mob…well she knew how he put frozen yogurt together. Very little frozen yogurt and a whole lot of toppings. She liked the yogurt part best. It was like soft serve only there were no self-service soft serve places.

"Yes but I can get it myself." Said Mob. She tried to get up but Sho stopped her with his powers. She looked around…was anyone looking!? No, nobody had even looked their way. Emmy didn't even seem to notice. That was good…but she would have to talk to Sho about using their powers where people could see. Dad had been very clear that the normal people couldn't know about them now…even normal people who Sho was crazy in love with.

"No, you stay with Emmy, I can get you too. I'm strong enough." Said Sho

"Ok Sho, but put some fruit in your cup to make it healthy." Said Mob

"I…fine. But just this once." Said Sho

"Thank you, little brother." Said Mob. Sho saluted her as he walked away. She watched him and…well he was putting in the toppings first again. That was something else that he did. She didn't get it…but Emmy did the same thing. She must have liked it that way…or maybe that was just the way that you were supposed to do it. She had been the one to show them this place after all. She was nice like that. She was a nice person and Sho loved her…

And Mob wasn't going to ask why.

She wanted to ask, though, especially since Emmy was looking at her. She was looking at her and maybe she expected Mob to say something…but Mob had nothing to say. She had nothing but questions that she knew not to ask. She knew not to go poking around people's hearts and feelings…and also she wasn't going to do like Minori and tell her that she was dressed weird and that she looked weird and stuff. Mob…well she would never call Minori a b-word…but Mob…well she felt like she would have been sort of a b-word if she told Emmy that she was dressed weird….and also if she just came out and asked why she was in love with Sho, why Sho was in love with her, and if she knew that Sho liked boys and if she knew that he was in love with Shimazaki.

She kept her mouth shut just in case the words found their way out.

"So…do you still like…princesses?" asked Emmy. She was the one who talked first. Good. That was the best thing that could have happened. Now they could talk…and Mob…well last year she would have been happy to talk about the princesses and girl Disney characters….and she still liked them…but she also…well she sort of wanted to ask Emmy if she liked makeup and stuff…but she knew that Emmy didn't so she said nothing. She was more like a boy than a girl, and Mob meant that in the nicest way possible, and maybe…maybe that was what drew Sho to her.

Not that she ever would have asked that. Even Mob wasn't that clueless.

"Yes but not as much as I used to. I pretty much just have this Elsa dress now. Um…do you like…the army? I mean do you want to be a soldier when you grow up?" asked Mob. When you were having a conversation with someone then it was important to ask a lot of questions…and that seemed like it would have been an ok question to ask. It had nothing to do with feelings and she didn't feel like a b-word when she asked it.

"Maybe. I either wanted to be a soldier or to open a museum of medical oddities." Said Emmy

"Medical oddities?" asked Mob. She…had no idea why anyone would have wanted to work with things like that. Sho would have, if he'd had a choice, so maybe that was something else that drew him to Emmy. Oh. Now it was starting to come together. Sho liked boys and girls and he liked girls who were like boys the best. Well that made sense.

"Yeah, you know, conjoined twins and giant tumors with teeth and hair and brain worms and, like, there's this thing where you swallow your twin up while you're in your mum's belly and then when you're born you look like you're up the duff and then your twin grows inside of you until-" said Emmy

"That sounds cool! Um…I hope you achieve your dreams." Said Mob. She didn't want to hear any more. They were eating. Well they had been eating. Sho was covering something, hopefully not her food, in strawberry syrup. She didn't want to think about the sorts of things that Emmy had been talking about, the things in the pictures that she and Sho exchanged, at the table or anywhere at all…and she meant that in the nicest way possible.

"Me too. What do you want to do when you grow up?" asked Emmy

"I guess get married and have babies and stuff." Said Mob. There was no choice in it for her…and that was ok. She liked babies and she liked taking care of her family and dad was really looking forward to when she grew up and had babies and stuff. So she didn't mind not being able to pick…even though she had liked going to the animal shelter with mom when she had been a kid. Well then she could always get pets…if dad ever let her.

"That's boring…not to be mean. I mean…it's brilliant! I like babies." Said Emmy

"Yeah, they're the best aren't they? They're so cute and they love you no matter what." Said Mob

"Yeah, and it's fun to dress them up in their little clothes and push them in their prams. My neighbor has a baby and sometimes I come 'round to play with him. He's called Tommy and he's one now. He can put his foot behind his head like he's doing yoga. It's brilliant." Said Emmy

"Yes babies are brilliant. How many are you and Sho going to have?" asked Mob. This was so great! Emmy liked babies! That meant that she and Sho would have a lot of them and then maybe they could all live together, in a house big enough that they never crossed paths with dad because he was still mean to Sho even though he had stopped hitting him, and their babies could be best friends with her babies. Also Shimazaki and Minegishi would have some babies too…and Shibata would help out and bring his babies to, even though girls were scared of him he'd meet someone, and then maybe Hatori could meet a boy and he could adopt some babies…and then Serizawa…well she had no idea what he would do…probably live in his room…it would be great. Yes. Everything would be great.

She loved Sho and now she loved Emmy too. She would be a good little sister.

"Are you daft? I'm not even in secondary school yet. I can't have a baby." Said Emmy

"No, not now. I mean when you guys grow up and get married." Said Mob

"…what?" asked Emmy

"Sorry, my English isn't that good. I mean that when you and Sho are adults and married…um…did I use the right word there?" asked Mob

"Yeah, I understand you." Said Emmy

"Ok, good, I was worried about that. I know that I have a funny accent. I was just asking how many babies you and Sho were going to have when you get married…also can you send me a list of names that you guys want? That way I won't accidentally take any of them. I mean I'm older so I'll probably end up having a baby first but you guys are in love already and that gives you a head start. I don't even have a boyfriend…or know any boys even." Said Mob

"….what? You want…a list of names I like?" asked Emmy

"Yes. You can have dibs on any names. I mean I like Shoko and Shigeo and Souichirou and Masa and Ami and Nozomi and Hiro and Toshiko and Ryoko and maybe Katsuko…maybe….because I have a new friend named Katsuya, well he's Serizawa to me but his given name is Katsuya, and I like to use the names of my friends and my family because they're important to me just like my babies are going to be important to me. Um…if you want those names you can have them but…I also really like them." Said Mob

"Wait….you're telling me that Sho…wants to marry me and have babies with me? He told you this?" asked Emmy. Mob wondered if this was supposed to be a secret or something. She didn't know why, though, it would have been a secret. That was what people did when they were in love. They got married and had babies. Sure they were young but that just meant that Emmy and Sho would have even more time together to be happy. You never knew how much time you had with someone after all. They could always just…leave one day….suddenly….without warning….

If Emmy ever tried to leave Sho then Mob would do….something mean.

"Well he never said so to my face but he really loves you. You're his girlfriend so of course he's planning on asking you to marry him and then have a bunch of babies. Sho likes babies. I like them too. I like you too. Oh! You and Sho can live with me and my family! We can live in a manor house here if you like so you don't get homesick." Said Mob

"Wait…what? Are you being seri-" said Emmy

"Here. I put strawberry goo on it…and that's a fruit." Said Sho as he sat down. Mob helped, with her powers, to make sure that nothing fell. She used her powers but not in a way that people would notice. It was ok if she did it because she knew what she was doing and also she was the oldest.

"Sho!?" asked Emmy. Mob was glad that she had been holding the cups down because Emmy practically jumped up out of her chair. She'd need to work on being jumpy if she was planning on going off to war…or maybe not. Dad said that once they took over the world then there would be no more wars or crimes.

"What's wrong? Did it get the wrong thing? I can go back and-" said Sho

"No, no, no, this is brilliant. I um….I'm fine. So, anyway, did you unlock Mewtwo yet? Because if you did can I have a go with him?" asked Emmy as she took her cup. She mashed her stuff up and looked down at the table. Mob did the same but she watched Sho and Emmy instead of the table. They were so cute together….the best couple…the cutest couple….

And they'd have the cutest babies too.

"Of course I did, who do you think you're talking to? I'll unlock him for you, too, on your Switch." said Sho

"You'd do that for me?" asked Emmy

"Of course. I'm your boyfriend, I'd do anything for you." Said Sho. Mob didn't understand it, how this worked, what happened in his heart…and she didn't have to. Her little brother was happy. He had met the perfect girl for him. She liked gross stuff and violent stuff and boy's stuff…and that was perfect for Sho since he liked boys. Yes, this was perfect and Mob…well she was so happy for her little brother.

She didn't have to totally understand his feelings to be happy for him….but understanding helped.