Love in most people's eyes is seen as a battlefield, as much like a war zone there are all kinds of dangers that can make your life a living hell in the blink of an eye. But instead of bullets or grenades the battle of love was fought with different weapons, such as candy, flowers, gifts, and dates. And while all year round the battle of love raged on for countless people, it was on Valentine's day where the battle reached world ending levels of chaos. For it was during this crucial and sensitive day that one of three things were guaranteed to happen, a relationship would find it's bloom and love would blossom into something beautiful, a falling out between lovers or an admirer and the focus of their affection leading to unbearable heartache and pain, and of course the most sought outcome in which an already established relationship was elevated to the next level.
This in the eyes of Mutsuko was the ONLY outcome acceptable for today, as she was hellbent on making Saitama fall madly in love with her through whatever means and tactics that she needed. Even though she, Fubuki, and Tatsumaki had all agreed to not try anything as that would be completely unfair and in the green haired esper's own words bullshit, she still hoped that her plans to win Saitama over would be a massive success. Yet even with her intent to spend the whole day with the man of her dreams she did still have some rules and sensibilities that she would not go against, such as coming onto Saitama by trying to seduce him or aggressively try to kiss him, as well not doing anything to try and coerce him into being with her. Not like that would ever happen of course, but her whole plan was to make Saitama fall in love with her on his own, no manipulation or anything else just an attempt to make him fall in love with her.
How she would go about this admittedly she didn't know, as this was going to be her first Valentine's Day ever, so she hadn't the faintest clue as to what would be the perfect way to spend it that both she and Saitama would enjoy. But thankfully in this time of determination and desperation there was one place she could look to find all the answers she sought, the pages of relationship focused magazines. Much like a high school girl taking quizzes for both herself and her crush, Mutsuko read every article she could find to try and figure out what the perfect day would be, which in the end actually proved to be exactly what she needed. Across all of the articles there were some things that were consistent and always present, this is how she determined what was generally agreed upon as being good for the day.
Certain things like buying the man of your dreams a gift and making him homemade chocolate, taking him on a scenic date somewhere nice and serene like a park or wilderness area, and that the time of day was absolutely crucial. Why the last one was the most important detail of all was because of the mood it would set, if done at some point during the day there'd be little variety in terms of light and shadows to accentuate her features, but if she could finish their day in the glow of the sunset or the glimmer of the moon, then she was certain she could captivate him with her looks alone. But then you had the previous steps that needed to be dealt with first, which she in complete honesty had no idea where to start. First there was the matter of both the gift and the chocolate, on one hand she didn't know what would be the perfect gift to give to him, while on the other she had NEVER cooked anything before in her entire life so she didn't know the first thing about making chocolate.
Then there was choosing the right locale for their scenic walk, ANYWHERE could be made slightly more romantic due to the sunset or the rising moon, so she needed to find a place that was already breathtaking and amazing so that either time of day would just make it all the more stunning. Thankfully though she would not have to attempt this mission on her own, as she had her fellow house members to lend her their aid. Though actually convincing them to help her at all was in of itself another challenge to overcome.
"You've GOT to be joking..." Chikara said, as he and the others just stared at Mutsuko.
After gathering them all together and informing them of her plan Mutsuko wasn't meant with a response of harsh expressions or mean comments, but faces of genuine disbelief that she believed they would get involved in this scheme of her's.
"Oh come on guys, just do me this solid please!" She begged as she brought her hands together "I'll owe each of you a MASSIVE favor, just help me do this and anything you want me to do I'll do it!" She swore.
"Even if the idea wasn't insane, there's nothing that you can do or anything you have that we'd want to exploit with a favor." Bunji argued as he crossed his arms "Anything and everything we need the doctor himself provides, and as for money to buy something that he doesn't give us we make plenty of that through our hero work, considering we don't have to pay bills or buy food." He explained.
"Yeah Bunji pretty much sums it up, your idea is crazy and there's nothing you can say or do to make us help you." Genjiro agreed.
"Like you jerks have anything better to do!" She replied in anger as she pointed to the other side of the room "The only plans you have for Valentine's is to sit on your butts and read fan mail!"
Resting against the wall she was pointing at were comically huge bags of mail, packages, and so forth all addressed to the House of Evolution. Well it was actually addressed to the association as the house's location was "need to know", so anytime mail or otherwise meant for them came through they just sent it there via delivery drone.
"But most of that is for you." Fujio pointed out as he too pointed to the bags "The ones for Bunji are mostly from the kids that play with him when he's done on patrol, and the rest are for Atomu, Chikara, and Kamakyuri from their hero work." He explained.
"Though we did get a few ourselves, which is weird considering we're not heroes yet." Suguru chimed in.
"So? all of mine are from people who are either fans or creepy pervs who just focus on my breasts and ass, why would I humor those idiots when Saitama's the only one I care about?" She asked while crossing her arms.
"Regardless if you read your fan mail or not the fact of the matter is that none of us are going to help you with your evil scheme to try and get into One Punch Man's pants." Chikara told her.
Upon saying that however he was met with a nearby table being thrown right at his head, which of course did nothing to phase him in the slightest as he was far more durable than it was.
"...Okay?" He questioned, as the former table had shattered upon impact and now laid scattered around his feet.
"UGH, what can I POSSIBLY do to get you guys to help me?!" She asked in frustration, though part of it was because the table did nothing.
"Like we've been saying Mutsuko there's nothing you can do, so if you'll excuse us we're going to collect our fan mail and go back to our rooms." Atomu answered.
Watching as they walked over to the bags and began to shift through all of the mail to find what was theirs, a sudden spark of genius went off inside of Mutsuko's head giving her an idea.
"You know...I'm going to have to make chocolate for Saitama." She told them as she slowly walked over.
"Mhm." They all sounded in unison, barely listening at this point.
"And it's probably going to take me a few tries to get it right." She went on.
"Mhm." They repeated.
"So that means I'm probably going to have to make like, SO many batches of chocolates before I'm satisfied, so if you wanted to help me then you could maybe eat those other batches~" She mused with a grin as she came to a stop.
Upon hearing this all of them froze in their place, as the thought of having a near endless sea of chocolate all for the taking did get their interest.
"And if you even helped me with my WHOLE plan, I might just be tempted to cook you guys whatever you want once the day is over, ANY dish you guys want to eat and I will personally make it for you." She offered.
Even though every fiber of their beings were screaming "HELL NO", the others couldn't deny the thought of having their favorite dishes be made for them was INCREDIBLY enticing. Still there was another secret reason that none of them wanted to help, ever since the heroes retreat everyone excluding the doctor, his clones, and Mutsuko knew about Kamakyuri's crush for the mosquito woman, so besides not wanting to help for the sake it was an underhanded scheme they also wanted to be on Kamakyuri's side. But they say the quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach, so after a few seconds of thinking it over they all turned around and faced her.
"We want that in writing." Chikara told her, causing her to literally jump with joy.
Being the genius of science he was doctor Genus, besides cloning himself and his creations when needed also cloned plants and food, in short he had made a stockpile of greens, meats, and whatever else that was needed so that they would never be without food. And while for the most part everyone was fine just snacking on an apple or chewing on some cooked meat they did still like to have actual meals, which is why despite the house being a place for science and combat training had a top notch kitchen space. From several ovens, fridges, cabinets, stove tops, grills, and so forth, to a plethora of spices, seasonings, dressings, utensils, and what not, the kitchen space was what every professional chef dreamed of having some day. But besides being grand and top notch it was also very efficient as well, for anytime the house wanted to have a normal meal or celebrate something the room was big enough to seat and feed everyone that lived there.
This is how Mutsuko with the others now in tow found themselves all standing in the space wearing aprons and chef hats, which on most of them were fairly comical in appearance.
"Okay!" She spoke as she clapped her hands together "I've looked into a bunch of different flavors of chocolate and have narrowed it down to three choices." She said as she laid out three pieces of paper "I printed out the recipes for each of them and we'll all be taking one and working on them at the same time, when they're done we'll taste them and see which one is the best, and how it might be improved." She explained.
"What kinds of chocolate did you pick out?" Bunji asked as he picked up one of the recipes.
"The first one is just standard milk chocolate, the second is chocolate covered strawberries, and the last one is chocolate with caramel and cream added into it." She answered.
Passing the recipe he held in his hand off to the others he did the same thing with the other two recipes, so that way they could all look them over and see what needed to be done.
"This...doesn't seem too hard." Genjiro admitted.
"Yeah, these instructions are pretty easy to follow, we should be able to make these in no time." Fujio agreed.
"We could even make a bunch of batches in advance, since we have the oven space for it." Atomu suggested.
"That's the spirit!" Mutsuko praised as she clenched her fist "Now, me and Chikara will work on the milk chocolate, Bunji, Atomu, and Kamakyuri will take the chocolate covered strawberries, and Genjiro, Fujio, and Suguru will take the chocolate with caramel and cream." She explained.
"Wait, why do we get the most complicated one?" Genjiro asked.
"Because Suguru's a telepath, he'll be able to do the complex stuff really easily." She answered "Plus Kamakyuri's got blades for hands, so it just made sense to put him with the strawberries since it'll be easy for him to pick them up." She added.
"Seriously, when am I getting some ACTUAL hands?..." Kamakyuri asked sadly, receiving a light pat on the should from Bunji.
"Anyways, if we all work together and focus on getting these done, it shouldn't take us longer than an hour or so to be finished, I'll have my perfect chocolates for Saitama and you'll all have a mountain of chocolate for yourselves, so let's get to work!" She ordered with a fist bump to the air.
With their teams and recipes all sorted out the three separate groups all went to their own parts of the kitchen to get to work, and whether it was thanks to the recipes or how well they got along with each other each group managed to work like a well oiled machine. Even Kamakyuri who had some disadvantages in the kitchen was able to contribute to his team as besides handling the strawberries he was able to cut them into perfect slices and even removed their seeds with great precision. Though making the final product for each batch did take longer than they anticipated, for while thanks to the high tech ovens the doctor had installed they were able to cook and make their chocolates faster than a normal oven would, this was still their first time cooking EVER and so their first few batches were rather goopy and not pretty to look at. But on the plus side they were VERY tasty, so while they spent the next two hours making their batches they were able to snack on the failures until finally they succeeded.
"WOW that took a while..." Mutsuko sighed as she wiped some sweat from her forehead with her arm "I didn't think it'd take so much time to get it right." She admitted.
"The doctor's clones usually do the cooking, so it makes sense we'd make some mistakes here and there." Chikara noted as he pat his stomach "On the plus side though, they were all delicious." He added with a contented sigh.
"True, but which of these is the best?" She asked as she looked down at their final batches "We've all tasted them as we kept having to start over, so which one do you guys think is the tastiest?" She asked.
"Personally I liked the regular chocolate the best." Bunji said as he lightly picked his teeth with a claw "The cream and caramel got stuck in my teeth a bit too much, and the strawberries were REALLY sweet." He explained.
"But that's why the strawberries were so good, it was like an explosion of happiness in your mouth." Genjiro countered as he was still lightly nibbling on one.
"True, but you can't have too many of them together, least I couldn't." Atomu argued "Plus the cream and caramel chocolate had a lot of different flavors to go with it, still very sweet but there was more variety." He reasoned.
"Guys, I think we're forgetting something here." Fujio spoke up to gain their attention "It doesn't really matter what we think, it all comes down to what One Punch Man thinks right?" He asked.
"True, but we don't know what kind of chocolate he prefers do we?" Suguru asked.
Upon asking this all eyes fell onto Mutsuko, who much like a deer in the headlights froze where she stood.
"Well...no I don't, but that's why I wanted to make three different batches so that way I could pick the best one from them, which is also why I'm asking your opinions." She explained.
"I've got an idea." Kamakyuri said as he pointed to the chocolates "Why don't you just take some chocolate from each batch and put them all in one box? that way he can pick and choose which ones are his favorite and you don't have to make a decision on just one?" He suggested.
Falling silent for a moment to consider this idea, a grin soon spread across her face just before she pulled him into a hug.
"Kamakyuri you're a genius!" She exclaimed happily as she even lifted him off the ground.
Feeling a blush come to his face from the sudden embrace which she thankfully couldn't see, he noticed how the others while she was hugging him were giving him thumbs up. After a few more seconds she released him from her arms and carefully took pieces from each batch and placed them all in a small box, which she would wrap up nicely in a bow later to give to Saitama. As for what remained the others simply split up among themselves and ate it, bringing their chocolate cooking session to a tasty end.
With the chocolate part of her plan now complete and the chocolates themselves resting comfortably in one of the fridges to keep fresh until tomorrow, the next part that she needed help with was finding a gift for Saitama. And while you'd think this part would be fairly simple it in truth was the hardest, as to find the PERFECT gift for him she needed to find something that was special, something that would make his eyes light up in excitement, or at least how much he was able to given his severe lack of emotions. Thankfully though the others were actually able to chime in with some decent ideas, leading them to sit around and bounce back and forth suggestions until one simply stood out above the rest.
"What about a video game? he likes those." Genjiro suggested as he laid on the floor staring at the ceiling, letting all of the chocolate he ate digest.
"Nah, that's not personal enough, anyone could buy him a game, even King." Mutsuko replied.
"Well yeah, but I'm talking like a game that he'd be REALLY excited for, do you know what kind of games he likes the most?" Genjiro asked.
"Hmm...not really, I've never been into games all that much, King would probably know more about that than I would." She reasoned.
"Then why not give him call?" Atomu suggested.
"Because then he'd know something was up." She replied.
"So? he and the others already know you're head over heels for One Punch Man, he probably won't think too much of it." He argued.
"True, but still a video game just seems to be kinda lackluster, I'm looking for something that when I give it to him he's like, WHOA, ya know?" She said.
"Well then what about some clothes? like a t-shirt or something?" Bunji suggested.
"Wouldn't that be too personal though? like do friends give each other clothes as gifts normally?" She asked.
"I think so, for like birthdays and christmas." He answered.
"Yeah but those are times when either everyone's giving gifts to him, or everyone's just giving gifts period, if she were to give him like a dress shirt or even dress pants or shoes, then it'd be a little weird especially since it'd be valentine's day." Fujio reasoned.
"Ya know, I think we're going about this all the wrong way." Chikara said as he crossed his arms "We're trying to come up with a gift that most people would think is perfect, but what gift would be perfect for One Punch Man specifically?" He asked.
Putting hands to their chins to think about it, though for Kamakyuri it was a blade, they sat there in silent contemplation for what felt like an eternity before eventually they all let out a defeated sigh.
"Who're we kidding? the only one here who'd know what the perfect gift would be for him is Mutsuko, but even she doesn't have an idea." Suguru said.
"Yeah, I think I will give King a call and ask him, he's known Saitama the longest and he's the least likely to rat me out." Mutsuko said as she got up from her seat "I think I got his number written down in my room somewhere..." She mumbled as she walked out.
Going to her room she looked through her bedside tables drawers until she found a little black book in which she kept everyone's phone numbers and addresses in, should she ever need to contact or visit them when they weren't all hanging out at Saitama's. Quickly finding King's number and then proceeding to dial it in the land line phone she had resting atop one of the tables, it only took a few seconds before she received an answer.
"Hello?" King spoke once the call went through.
"Hey King, what's up?" Mutsuko responded.
"Mutsuko?" He questioned causing her to roll her eyes.
"Yeah King it's me, listen I need to talk to you." She replied.
"How'd you get my home phone number?" He asked, as he didn't recall giving it to her.
"I got it from Saitama alright? Now can you please just listen for a second?" She asked a bit impatiently before releasing a sigh "I need to ask you something, is that alright?" She asked.
"Uh, yeah sure." He replied, unsure as to why she would seek his input on anything.
"Valentine's day is tomorrow, and I want to get Saitama something for the day, nothing creepy or too romantic just something that he'll like, any ideas?" She asked.
"Um..." He hummed taking a second to think "Well...I think if you want to get him something he'll enjoy without it being too personal or romantic, then your best bet is probably to go with some manga he'd enjoy." He suggested.
"Really you think that'd be a good enough gift?" She asked.
"Yeah it should be, but Mutsuko there's-" He began to say, only for her to cut him off.
"Alright thanks King, see ya later!" She told him before she put the phone down on it's receiver.
Content with the suggestion King had given her Mutsuko began to hastily leave her room to go and buy some manga, only to bump into Kamakyuri on the way out.
"Oh, sorry Mutsuko." He apologized as he pointed to his door "I was just going back to my room to-" He began to explain, only to be interrupted as she hurried off.
"Sorry Kamakyuri but I gotta head to the city to get Saitama's gift before the stores close, be back soon!" She told him as she disappeared around the hallway's corner.
A bit taken aback by how fast she had left Kamakyuri was just about to continue to his room when the phone from her room began to ring, gaining his attention.
"Hm?" He sounded in curiosity, as he walked into her room and very carefully lifted it off of the receiver with one of his blades "Hello?" He spoke, having to lean forward a bit to keep from moving the phone too much and having it slip off of his appendage.
Due to her incredible speed through the air Mutsuko was able to easily reach a nearby city and locate a bookstore within the span of five minutes. However, once she stepped inside and began to browse the selection of manga they possessed, she found herself struggling to figure out what he'd like exactly.
"Hmm..." She hummed with a hand on her chin as she picked up different volumes of different series to look them over "Maybe he'd like this one?" She wondered aloud.
"Can I help you with something miss?" An employee asked from beside her, catching her by surprise.
"GAH!" She exclaimed, accidentally throwing the book into the air as she did.
Amazingly, before the book had a chance to hit the ground the employee caught it midair and put it back onto the shelf, the employee in question being a seemingly normal woman in her twenties.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." She apologized.
"It's fine, I was just lost in thought is all." Mutsuko replied awkward as she looked back to the books on the shelves.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" The woman asked a second time, since it seemed that Mutsuko hadn't heard her the first time.
"I'm trying to decide on what kind of manga a...friend of mine would like." Mutsuko told her.
"Well, what kind of things does your friend like to read?" She asked.
"I...don't entirely know, he kinda just likes to read everything I think..." Mutsuko answered with a bit of a shrug.
"Well if that's the case then I think he might enjoy this." She told her as she pulled a book from the shelf "This is one of our most popular series, it's set in a fantasy setting and it tells the story of a man who slays goblins." She explained.
"Really?" Mutsuko inquired, taking it from her hand to look it over "It does look kinda interesting, maybe he would like this." She said as she looked back to the employee "How much action is in it though, is it like lame pg action or is it ACTUAL action with like stakes and stuff?" She asked.
"Oh it's filled with action, some of which can get rather intense and dark at times." She answered.
"Huh, I think he would like it then." Mutsuko said with a smile "I'll take it, got anymore that I can buy with it?" She asked, causing the employee to smile.
"Why yes, we have few more volumes right here." She answered pointing to the shelf as she did "Would you like me to go ring these up so that way you can just pay for them at the counter?" She asked.
"Yeah that'd be great, thank you." Mutsuko replied.
Watching the woman leave the aisle Mutsuko picked up a copy of each of the other volumes and gave them all a quick look over to see if what she had said was true.
"Whoa." Mutsuko said as she flipped through the pages "This does get pretty intense, he'll love it." She said with a smile as she closed the books and went to the front.
Just as the employee had said the items were already tallied up, meaning all she had to do was simply pay the total and she'd be on her way.
"Would you like me to gift wrap these for you miss?" She asked before she put them into a bag.
"No, I just plan on giving them to him, but thanks for offering." Mutsuko replied.
Once all of the books had been put into a bag and were given to her, Mutsuko took her leave of the store and went back into the sky. Yet instead of heading back to the house right away, she spent the next hour or so searching for a place to take Saitama for tomorrow, instead of just looking up some place on the internet. Unfortunately every place she thought might be good was a bit too out of the way or would already be crowded by couples and people for the holiday, so with a sigh of defeat she finally returned home just as the sun was setting.
"Ugh, this suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks..." She groaned as she walked in stretching out her arms as she did "I'm gonna have to stay up all night looking for something online." She said with a sigh, just as an idea occurred to her "Although, if it came down to it I guess we could just spend the day together in his apartment, we might get interrupted at some point but a few hours alone might do the trick..." She thought.
Walking through the halls until she reached her room, the moment she began to step inside she immediately saw Kamakyuri sitting on her bed while looking at the floor.
"Kamakyuri?" She spoke gaining his attention "What're you doing in my room?" She asked.
"Oh you're back, finally." He spoke as he got up from her bed "I've been waiting for you to come back ever since you left." He admitted.
"Um...okay?" She replied, a bit unsure as to why he would do that.
"Listen Mutsuko, there's something that I've got to tell you." He said as he took a few steps closer.
"Uh huh, and it was so important that you needed to wait for me in my room?" She questioned.
"Well...the thing is that...right as you left your phone began to ring so I came in here to answer it." He explained.
"And?" She asked, still not sure where this was going.
"It was your friend King, he tried to tell you before you hung up on him and left, but you can't go over to Saitama's tomorrow to give him your gift." He told her.
"...What." She said, her confusion quickly changing into fear at whatever was about to come next.
"Well, apparently since One Punch Man hates Valentine's day, your friend King decided to make plans with him to spend the whole day playing video games at his place." He explained.
However, instead of seeing her suddenly light up in a fit of rage or have tears begin to well up in her eyes which he was expecting, all Mutsuko did was slowly look down at the floor with her eyes slightly widened from the news.
"So...all of my planning...was pointless?..." She asked as the bag she held in her right hand dropped to the floor "I'm not even going to get to spend the day with him?"
"Mutsuko..." Kamakyuri said, reaching out to try and comfort her.
But instead of letting him gently rest his blade against her arm she just walked past him and to her bed, where she then fell down on top of it face first.
"Just go..." She told him, a bit muffled as her face was in the covers "I just want to be alone..." She said.
Even though he wanted to stay and comfort her he knew that he'd probably just end up annoying her, so he did as he was told and left the room closing the door as he went. Once she heard the door slam Mutsuko after a few more seconds of just lying there picked up one of her bed's pillows and tossed it across the room out of frustration, a few tears welling up at the sides of her eyes.
"DAMN IT!" She shouted in anger as she buried her face into the covers once more "ONE DAY! JUST ONE DAY IS ALL I WANTED! AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GET THAT!" She continued to shout, only to find herself sighing a few moments later "If only there was a way I could still get to spend SOME time with him, then maybe my plan would work..." She said as she turned her head to look at her wall.
Laying there for the next few minutes sad and angered, the cogs of the mosquito woman's mind began to turn and turn until suddenly an idea came to her that made her sit up in joy.
"THAT'S IT!" She shouted as she hurried for the door.
Using her speed she rushed out of her room while picking up the bag of manga as she did, from there she went to the house's kitchen and took her chocolates from the fridge before then going on to leave the building.
"Please please please PLEASE BE HOME!" She pleaded in her mind as she took to the skies and flew all the way to City Z.
Managing to make it there just as the moon was beginning to rise into the sky, she went right to Saitama's apartment building and landed in front of his door. Wasting not a single second she began to rapidly knock on his door, while doing her best to not break it on accident.
"Come on come on come on come on come on!" She thought, hoping that he was home and wasn't asleep.
"I'm coming I'm coming!" His voice called from inside, bringing a great deal of relief to her as she heard it "Who are you and what do you want?" He asked as he opened the door.
Yet once he did and saw who was on the other side, the irritation he had at whoever was rapidly knocking on his door like an insane person quickly disappeared, and was replaced by confusion.
"Mutsuko?" He greeted as he raised a brow "What're you doing here? and why were you knocking like that?" He asked.
Instead of replying with words however Mutsuko immediately bowed before extending out her arms, holding the box with her chocolates in one hand and the bag with the manga in the other.
"Saitama!" She exclaimed a bit loudly, as she was extremely nervous "I-I'm sorry to show up so late, but I heard from King that you'd be hanging out with him tomorrow, so I decided to give these to you tonight!" She explained before she stood upright to look him in the eyes "A-and I'm not giving these to you to try and be weird, b-but tomorrow is my first Valentine's day, a-and I thought that I could give you something, i-if that's alright!"
Even though she had originally planned to spend the entire day with him tomorrow, Mutsuko hadn't at any point thought of what she was going to say to him to try and get him to both accept her gifts as well as spend the day with her, so as she now stood at his door with her entire plan shot to hell, she was as anyone would expect immensely nervous.
"...Are those homemade chocolates?" He asked, pointing to the box.
"Mhm!" She exclaimed as she held them out, her arms lightly shaking from how nervous she was.
"...Huh." He sounded as he took them from her "No one's ever given me chocolate before." He said as he opened the box.
Looking over it's contents he not only found regular looking chocolates, but also chocolate covered strawberries and ones that seemed to filled with something.
"Saitama." She spoke again, regaining his attention "I-I know this is weird, a-and that you probably didn't want anything to do with the holiday, b-but I just wanted to do something nice for you, so...here it is." She said, still trying her best to keep calm.
Looking down at the chocolates once more and to the bag of manga that she held in her other hand, even though Saitama didn't care for Valentine's day nor was he crazy about chocolate, he could tell that she had put a good bit of thought into this.
"Hey, Mutsuko." He spoke as he looked to her "Wanna come inside and eat these with me?" He offered.
"R-Really?!" She asked in surprise, causing him to nod.
"Yeah, I just ate dinner so I don't think I'll be able to eat all of these, plus you did fly all this way so you're probably hungry right?" He asked.
But before she could answer her stomach decided to do so for her, with a very audible growl that even he could hear.
"Um...yes..." She meekly answered, a bit embarrassed by that "A-Actually I haven't had much to eat all day now that I think about it, do you maybe have some leftovers I could eat too?" She asked.
"No, but I've got plenty of other things in the fridge, so help yourself." He offered causing her to smile.
"Thanks." She replied as she stepped inside.
Closing the door behind her the two would go on to spend the next few hours talking to each other as they shared her chocolates and read the manga she had brought as well. And while this was in no way how she thought she would celebrate Valentine's day with Saitama, in the end while unsuccessful in making him fall in love with her she did get to spend a great deal of time with just him and no one else, which to her was all she really wanted to begin with.