A week after their first study session together Izuku, Rumi, and Himiko were on their way to Mei's place to check on her and study there instead since she wasn't answering her phone.
Himiko bumped shoulders with Rumi. "So how do you know where Mei lives?"
Rumi grinned at the shorter girl but kept their shoulders connected. "I've known Mei for a while now, this isn't the first time I've had to check on her. She's probably just hyper fixated on something."
Izuku felt warm at the sight of the two girls so comfortable around each other. "Does she do this often?"
Rumi shrugged before grabbing him by the arm and pulling him closer, his shoulder connecting now too as they walked. "I guess. She gets tunnel vision sometimes when it comes to her special interests."
Himiko looked up at Rumi and scrunched her eyebrows together. "Special interests? Like hobbies?"
Rumi seemed a bit reluctant but answered with uncharacteristic seriousness. "Kind of, it's not my place to say but Mei trusts you two so I'll tell you. Mei is on the Autism spectrum. A special interest is like a hobby but it's more than that it's a passion. Like you said before Izuku, she has a different way of thinking but that's not all. Social skills for her are a muscle she has to train, for what most do automatically she has to do manually. I've always been pretty blunt so she has always come to me when she has questions about social cues or feelings."
Izuku was smiling bright as the sun at the rabbit girl. "It's no wonder she loves you!" He clapped his hands over his mouth when he realized he just outed Mei's internal feelings.
Rumi stopped dead in her tracks and grabbed Izuku by his shoulders, staring down at him slightly. "What? How do you know? Are you sure?"
Releasing his treacherous mouth, he responded. "I'm an Empath remember? When she looks at you, I can feel your mutual attraction."
Rumi yanked him into a crushing hug. "Thank you, she's been asking me about a warm feeling for a while but I didn't want to tell her that she's attracted to me."
Himiko shimmied her way into the hug. "Why not?"
Rumi extended her arm to include Himiko too. "Because what if I was wrong? She trusts me and would just believe me…I don't have an empath quirk, what if I told her that I loved her and that she loved me back but I was wrong?"
Himiko began purring and nuzzled her head into Rumi. "Ya know for how tough you are, you're quite the softy."
Rumi pulled herself from the hug and pointed accusingly at Himiko. "If you tell anyone, I'll scissor lock your head next time we spar."
'Lucky' Izuku thought as he focused all his willpower on not blushing.
Himiko grinned full of teeth. "Don't threaten me with a good time~"
Rumi blushed enough for it to actually be seen through her tan skin and sputtered, "Co-Come on," as she began walking again, this time at a faster pace.
Himiko giggled and looped her arm around Izuku's as they followed.
They caught up to Rumi as she was knocking on the door of a house that didn't stand out from the other's surrounding it except for the loud noises coming from behind it.
The door swung open to reveal a woman that looked incredibly similar to Mei, just older and with red dreadlocks instead of pink that were tied into a braid that hung over her shoulder.
The woman hugged Rumi immediately then held her by the shoulders. "Rumi dear! Come to check on my little gremlin?" She said affectionately.
"Hi Ms. Hatsume. Ya, we were supposed to have a study session but we couldn't reach her, so we decided to bring it to her."
Ms. Hatsume looked past Rumi and noticed Himiko and Izuku. "Oh, you must be Izuku and Himiko then! My Mei told me so much about you already, I'm so glad she has such good friends now." She elbowed Rumi in the ribs and waggled her eyebrows. "Maybe more than friends?"
"We're going to go find Mei now!" Rumi said as she headed into the house as Ms. Hatsume cackled in a very Mei like fashion.
The three made their way through the house and into the back yard where a large workshop was. A cacophony of sounds could be heard coming from the structure.
Rumi approached the large steel doors with Izuku and Himiko on either side. Danger Sense triggered and before Izuku could react the metal door blew open in an explosion of smoke.
All three were knocked bodily to the ground, there was something soft on top of them.
"YOU'RE ALL HERE! WHY ARE YOU HERE!? OOOH YOUR COMFY!" Mei all but screamed in their collective faces.
Rumi groaned and held her hands over her ears. "..Ouch. Hi Mei. We came to study with you."
As they all untangled themselves from the heap Izuku noticed the bags under Mei's eyes. "Mei when was the last time you slept?"
Mei grinned maniacally and put her hands on her hips. "THURSDAY!"
Rumi ran a hand down her face. "Mei it's sunday."
Mei didn't drop her grin or pose. "OH."
Himiko spoke up with a raised eyebrow. "What have you been doing?"
Mei's eyes glittered. "MAKING BABIES! Double majoring in support and heroics means I'll get to field test my own babies! I'm making the prototypes for my hero gear!"
Izuku's eyes glittered to match. "Show me! Show me!"
Mei looked at him with that same unrecognizable emotion as she snatched his hand and dragged him into the workshop.
On the workbench was what looked like the beginnings of a suit of armor with a metal backpack attached to it, a wetsuit that seemed to have musculature, and some kind of long rifle.
"They aren't anywhere near done but this is going to end up being power armor, a fibro-muscle layer, and a sniper rifle!" Mei said while flailing her arms wildly.
Izuku was amazed, she had made so much progress in only a few days. "Wow Mei! You're amazing! They look kind of familiar though." He said rubbing his chin.
"I based them off some Warhammer 40k models that me and my dad used to build together…before he died.." Mei said, trailing off as tears filled her eyes.
Rumi was there wrapping the pinkette into a hug immediately. "It's ok Mei, you're alright. He would be so proud of you."
Mei sniffled. "I know, I just wish he was here to build with me again.."
Himiko grabbed Izuku and together they wrapped Mei up in between all three of them. "We'll build with you, just tell us what to do." Himiko said.
Mei smiled warmly with her eyes closed. "Mmm, I feel so warm."
So with studying forgotten they helped Mei build until she had finally succumbed to sleep. After Rumi placed the girl in her bed Izuku used Cell Activation on Mei's sleeping form to restore her energy until the bags under eyes were gone.
It was Friday morning and Himiko was just about ready to leave for school when someone knocked on her front door.
'Not even Izukun knows where I live, maybe someone from the school?'
Her thoughts were cut off when her door was kicked off its hinges. A group of men began rushing into the apartment, with the largest in front.
Himiko smiled, showing off her fangs as she reached beneath her skirt. Before the large man in the front with a basic super strength quirk could even notice her she threw a knife into his foot, pinning it to the floor. The man yelled out in pain when his foot didn't continue forward with him and tripped onto his face. Himiko began throwing knives at the other five intruders as they filed in through the open door, hitting them in their knees or feet.
Himiko threw her last knife at the first man's other foot as he was beginning to stand again, then disappeared from sight. After several shouts of alarm, she reappeared behind the last to file into her apartment. She slashed at the back of his knees with her fully drawn claws, with the tendons now severed the man fell to the ground like a sack of screaming potatoes.
"You came to play, so let's play~" She giggled at the four men who were still able to stand.
Himiko didn't show up to school and nobody could get a hold of her. Realizing nobody actually knew where she lived they decided to wait at the gym to see if she showed up for training.
Izuku, Rumi, and Mei all sat around in tense silence hoping that Himiko would show up when the front door chimed.
They all snapped their heads up to see Himiko in the doorway wearing her school uniform. Her uniform was shredded and barely holding together, it was soaked in blood as she leaned heavily against the door frame.
"I-I didn't..know where else to go.." Himiko struggled out between gasps of pain.
As Himiko began sliding down the door frame Izuku subconsciously activated Float and Full Cowl and shot through the air in time to catch her before she fell. He knelt with Himiko's bleeding form in his arms as his hands began glowing, slowly closing her wounds. There were so many…
Himiko reached up and placed a bloody hand on his cheek "My…h-hero.." she breathed out before losing consciousness.
"What the fuck happened?!" Rumi yelled at his side, he hadn't even noticed that she was right next to him. Mei had her goggles down and was latched onto Rumi like a lifeline.
"An ambulance is on its way." Mr. Oguro said as he knelt next to Izuku and checked over Himiko's wounds. "Not all of this blood is hers."
Izuku, Mei, and Rumi were gathered around Himiko's hospital bed waiting for her to wake while Mr. Oguro called Mei's mom and Izuku's moms.
They had told the doctor that they were her family, she didn't seem to buy it but let them stay anyway.
Himiko woke up with three sets of hands on her. "Where am I?" She groaned.
Izuku with hands still glowing from Cell Activation spoke. "The hospital, you showed up to the gym covered in blood and passed out. What happened?"
Izuku could sense fear coming off her so he continued. "I know you're scared, but we won't abandon you, no matter what. We care about you."
"Ya!" Mei cheered as she lowered her head onto Himiko's thigh.
"We aren't going anywhere." Rumi agreed as she rubbed her thumb over Himiko's knuckles.
Himiko's eyes watered and her lips quivered but before she could say anything the door opened and a black haired man in a trenchcoat and a police officer with a cat mutation quirk walked inside and locked the door behind them.
"Toga Himiko, I am detective Tsukauchi and this is my partner Sansa. I have some questions for you. Where were you this morning at around 7am?" The Noir detective questioned.
Himiko narrowed her eyes to slits as her claws extended, Sansa's fur stood on end in the presence of a predator. He and the detective began slowly reaching for their pistols, but before anything could happen ominous music began blaring over the hospital's PA system.
The detective looked up in confusion. "Why do I hear boss music?"
The door began to glow green before it slammed open so hard that it nearly ripped off its hinges. Midoriya Inko stormed into the room wearing her lawyer pants suit, with Nezu riding on her shoulder holding his tablet and cackling maniacally. She was flanked by Midnight and Thirteen, both in full hero costumes. Izuku hadn't seen his Mother this mad since he was misdiagnosed as quirkless.
"Interrogating a minor without their guardian or legal representative in attendance and using a truth detecting quirk without consent. Really Detective, you should know better by now." Inko growled at the man.
"Ah, Nezu's personal lawyer, Is Ms. Toga your client Mrs. Midoriya?" Tsukauchi asked, ignoring her comment.
"That and my future daughter in law." Inko stated proudly.
Izuku could feel his face turn so red that heat was coming off it.
The detective looked very confused. "Well congratulations?"
Inko moved over to Himiko's bedside and placed a hand on her shoulder. "We haven't met yet dear but I'm Izuku's Mother, he was so broken up when you disappeared the first time. I'm not going to let anything happen to you. Whisper in my ear everything that happened and I'll relay it to the detective.
Inko leaned close and Himiko began whispering very quietly but apparently not quietly enough for Rumi to not hear. Izuku could both see and feel Rumi and his Mother growing alarmingly angry, bordering on murderous rage. Rumi's forearm bulged with rippling muscle as she gripped the metal bar on the bed so hard that it began to crumple in her fist.
After several minutes of whispered conversation Inko stood back up as she exhaled through her nose harshly, her eyes glowing green.
"We'll start from the beginning. She has a blood quirk that comes with cravings, upon discovering this, her Mother forced her to suppress it under threat of violence, she doesn't know who her father is. After suppressing her urges for ten years Himiko was close to quirk induced psychosis. Instead of lashing out to fulfill her bodily needs, she ran away from home after graduating middle school and stole from blood banks. She checked for her name in missing persons...her Mother never reported her as missing. She is registered with her school as living with her Grandmother, a Ms. Tanaka. Ms. Tanaka is actually an elderly woman who donated blood regularly and whom Himiko posed as when dealing with the school, claiming to be her own grandmother. To finance herself she infiltrated two gangs in Kamino using the donated blood of their members to impersonate them using her quirk. She harmed nobody while doing so. This morning six gang members tracked her to her apartment and ambushed her. She defended herself, as is her right."
Tsukauchi scratched his chin. "All true. Gangs sure seem to have an odd sense of community, donate to local blood drives and sell drugs on the same street an hour later. The gang members used a tracking device that was hidden inside the bag of cash. Although you slashed them up pretty badly, nobody died. I can work with this but I'll need your help Nezu."
Nezu hopped off Inko and onto Tsukauchi. "Happily, I can't wait to have a chat with Himiko's Mother." He said, spitting out the last word as if it were poison.
Himiko seemed incredibly confused. "Wait, I'm not being arrested?"
The detective spoke up then. "No, due to the extenuating circumstances and you being a minor, you're not under arrest. Your Mother will be the one facing charges."
Nezu turned his attention to Himiko. "I took the liberty of testing a blood sample they took while you were unconscious. Would you like to know who your father is? You have the option of becoming a ward of UA or living with your Father."
"...My Dad? I want to know..but Mom always said he was a monster like me and refused to say anything else…" Himiko said reluctantly.
Nezu smiled mirthfully. "I can assure you that he's no monster and neither are you. His name is Sekijiro Kan, otherwise known as the Pro Hero Vlad King. Would you like to meet him?"
After a unanimous 'WHAT!?' Himiko could only nod in shock.
"Fantastic, he'll be by shortly." Nezu chirped as he and the police left the room.
Izuku got up and pulled all his moms into a hug. "Thanks Mother, Mama, Mom."
"We'll be in the waiting room with Mr. Oguro, take your time." Inko said as they left the room.
"No wonder you know so much about heroes." Mei said as if reaching a conclusion.
Izuku's eyes went wide as he realized what he just did.
"Please don't tell anyone, it's supposed to be secret and Mom's a really private person." He rushed out.
Rumi waved him off. "Don't worry Izuku, we won't tell."
She turned to Himiko then, the blonde shrinking under her gaze. "Why didn't you tell us? We could have helped you."
Himiko looked down at her lap. "...That's what I was afraid of, If I got caught it could have jeopardized your futures as heroes."
Rumi, Izuku, and Mei climbed onto Himiko's bed and pulled her into a hug. "I think I speak for a-all of us when I say I would rather not be a hero than lose you Himiko." Izuku said with watery eyes.
They lost track of time as they held each other closely, Himiko's purring never letting up. Izuku idly wondered at how right it all felt.
A knock sounded on the door, they all looked up to see an uncomfortable looking Vlad King peeking around the broken door. "Is one of you Himiko?"
They pulled themselves from the hug and Izuku turned to Himiko. "We'll wait outside."
As they began to stand up and leave, a hand grabbed Izuku's shirt. "Stay…Please." Himiko said quietly.
They all sat back on the bed without another word. Himiko smiled small and waved at the large man. "Hi…"
Tears ran down Kan's face as he slowly walked up to the bedside and dropped heavily to his knees. "I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you, I didn't know that you existed until an hour ago. I met your Mom when I graduated UA, I was only with her one night. In the morning I told her about my quirk and she called me a monster, I never saw her again. If you give me a chance I would love nothing more than to be your father."
Himiko slowly made her way off the bed onto unsteady feet and pulled a still kneeling Kan up.
"I'd like that..."
Kan lunged forward and pulled her into a hug, at first Himiko stiffened but it was so gentle and filled with love for his newly discovered daughter that she melted into the hug and began purring.
Since it was Izuku's turn to host study/movie night he was waiting with Himiko at the gates of UA for Rumi and Mei to show up.
"So you all moved in with your dad?" He asked, turning to Himiko.
"Ya, I didn't really have anything to move anyway. When Dad saw my place and how empty it was I thought he was going to kill my landlord." Himiko giggled at the memory.
Izuku's face fell. "I'm sorry Himiko, I should hav-"
Himiko cut him off before he could continue his apology. "I didn't tell you because I didn't want to tell you, you have nothing to apologize for." She said as she leaned her head onto his shoulder.
"Besides! Now we're basically neighbors!" She chirped.
"If you count five miles away as neighbors, ya." Izuku laughed at the absurd size of UA.
"I went to visit Ms. Tanaka at her nursing home too actually." Himiko said with an odd expression.
"What for?" Izuku asked.
"To apologize for impersonating her and wasting her blood but she just said that if her blood helped me then it wasn't wasted…I never imagined myself being accepted by so many people before." Himiko said, her eyes beginning to water.
"Well you are, and I'm sure there will be even more to come. You're amazing Himiko, you would have to be blind not to see it." He said, smiling brightly.
Himiko began purring against Izuku's shoulder as two figures walked up to the gate, hands brushing against each other's.
"they're here!" Himiko whisper shouted.
Izuku smiled at the two "Hey girls!"
After they let Rumi and Mei inside the gates, they all piled onto a UA golf cart used for transportation on campus grounds. Mei had vehemently insisted on driving. Other than Mei's maniacal laughter and a few close calls with pedestrians it wasn't too bad.
Once they made it to Izuku's house in one piece they went to Izuku's room to begin studying. His room was full of hero merchandise, predominantly All Might. Once they were done Rumi and Himiko began speaking at the same time.
"We need to talk." They both said in unison. They looked at each other in surprise and seemed to have a conversation with their eyes before nodding.
Rumi looked at Izuku. "It's hard to believe that you can have an empathy quirk and still be so dense, though I guess it's not entirely your fault. You can sense Mei and I's attraction for each other but can't sense it when it's directed at you?"
"Directed at me? What are yo-" Izuku began.
"Is this about that warm feeling I get when I'm with all of you!?" Mei screeched.
Izuku scrunched up his eyebrows. "All of us?...I really am dense. I thought you all loved each other, not me too.. I couldn't recognize it because it was actually being directed at me for a change."
"Yu-p!" Himiko said, popping the p. She climbed onto Izuku's lap and cupped his cheek. "I've loved you forever Izukun, you've always seen me for who I really am." She held Izuku's head in both hands as she slowly pulled him into a kiss. It was a chaste kiss but Izuku blushed enough to resemble a strawberry. After a moment's hesitation he returned the kiss and held her closer, one hand moving to her lower back and the other to the nape of her neck. Himiko but lightly at his lower lip with a fang, a drop of blood. She purred at the combined taste of Izuku's lips and blood. After a minute, Himiko broke the kiss, and she turned her focus to Mei and Rumi. "I haven't known either of you very long but you both became such big parts of my life and accepted me too. I love both of you too."
Mei jumped onto Rumi where she was standing, holding on like a koala. "I LOVE YOU!" She whipped her head over to Himiko and Izuku, eyes manic. "I LOVE ALL OF YOU!"
Rumi held onto her passenger with little effort, she looked down at Mei's manic face. "I've loved you for a while now Mei, I'm sorry it took me this long to tell you." She leaned down and kissed her, Mei froze at first, eyes wide but after a couple seconds she melted into the kiss and hummed.
After a few seconds, Rumi broke the kiss and looked at a blushing Izuku and a grinning Himiko. "I fucking love all of you."
Izuku couldn't believe what was happening, was he asleep? The three most amazing women he'd ever met just confessed to him? Him? He realized they were waiting for him to say something. Now that Izuku could recognize the feeling it was almost overwhelming how much love he could feel coming from the three girls, it seemed to resonate and build with each passing moment.
"Himiko, I've thought about you everyday for ten years, falling in love with you was the easiest thing I've ever done, it just felt so natural. You're so strong despite what you've been through, you know what you want and you go for it. Rumi, I love how blunt and protective you are of those you care about, you live your life with no regrets and I love you for that. Mei, I love your energy and passion, and you are one of the smartest people I've ever met. I love you. If you'll have me and you're all open to it, would you all become my and each other's girlfriends?"
"Like your Moms?" Rumi asked.
"Ya, it's called polyamory. They're a lot of versions of it and each relationship within a polycule is different but that's what makes it special. I would like us to all be dating each other. But before you answer I have something to tell you that might affect your decision, but you have to promise to keep it a secret first." He explained.
After they all promised and Empathy registered all answers as truth, he told them the story of One for All, All for One, and how he came to have the quirk.
"That's…a lot to take in but I won't let you bear the world on your shoulders alone, I'm with you all the way." Himiko said resolutely.
"This is a fight you won't fight alone, I won't let you Runt." Rumi said with her trademark smirk.
"With my babies, we'll be unstoppable!" Mei cheered, still clinging to Rumi.
"T-thank you" Izuku said with a watery smile.
"Now onto our answers," Himiko said, excitedly.
"I don't know how to be in a relationship but as long as you're patient with me and we can take it slow I want to try." Mei said from her perch on Rumi.
"We can go as slow as you want Mei, and I'm obviously in." Rumi said as she carried Mei over to the couch and sat down next to Izuku with Mei now in her lap. Though it was more accurate to say that she flopped onto the couch.
At the questioning looks from the others Rumi explained with a sigh. "It's a rabbit thing, it means I trust you and that I'm content." Izuku, Mei, and Himiko all cooed at her explanation.
"I've never imagined being loved back by anyone, let alone three people. I'm all for it." Himiko said as she leaned into Mei.
Mei turned to the blonde and pulled her into a small kiss while Himiko ran her hands through Mei's hair and purred.
"Oooh that feels nice." Mei said after they broke apart.
Himiko guided Mei off of Rumi's lap and onto Izuku's before plopping onto Rumi's. The two pulled each other into a deep, searing kiss with tongues fighting for dominance. Himiko rubbed the base of one of Rumi's long ears with one hand, causing a moan to escape the rabbit girl's mouth and her foot to begin tapping against the ground, Himiko purred at the reaction.
Himiko came up for air first. "Did you like that~?"
Rumi blushed. "I can't help it anymore than you can help your purring~" She teased back as her nose scrunched.
Izuku and Mei were both watching with red faces. "You can go at your own pace Mei, I want to take things slow too." Izuku reassured the pinkette.
Mei turned to look down at Izuku with love radiating off of her. "Thanks Izuku." She leaned down slowly and gave him a quick chaste kiss as he cupped her cheek, her leaning into the contact. "Mmm, perfect." She cooed.
Izuku looked over to Rumi who was looking at him too. She leaned closer and Izuku met her half way. Their lips met roughly though still chaste.
A creak from his bedroom door caused Rumi to whip her head to the noise, followed by everyone else.
Peaking through the doorway were all three of Izuku's moms with tears in their eyes.
"Oh no..." Izuku whispered in horror.
"WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SO MANY GRANDBABIES!" Inko and Nemuri shouted in unison as Anan wore an apologetic expression.