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Minami was quiet for a moment as she gazed into Todoroki's stare, captivated by his eyes. Hearing Mina clear her throat behind her was enough to snap her out of her trance. She forced herself to respond before she could make herself look any weirder, in her eyes at least.
"Hi…" Minami smiled dorkily at the boy, still enamored. Inwardly, she wanted to smack herself.
Really?! Hi?! That's all you could think of? Come on girl! Get it together! She thought to herself before she refocused on Todoroki, who began speaking.
"You were really cool when you kicked Bakugo's ass…" He quipped quietly, grinning softly at her. Minami giggled at his remark, encouraging the quiet boy to smile a bit wider.
"Really? I was scared shitless…" Minami whispered before continuing, being conscious of the fact All Might was currently answering a few questions from Iida before announcing the next students that were up for the activity, "Though I'm not sure I kicked that much ass, it quickly turned into him beating mine!" she giggled again. Todoroki snorted at her remark.
"You definitely kicked his ass, most importantly his pride. I've been looking forward to when this would happen since we all met him yesterday. He had it coming." Todoroki smirked at her again before asking a question,
"I'm sorry, I'm really bad with names, I know your last name is Yagi, but what's your first again?" The boy smiled again, looking a bit embarrassed. Minami thought the very small flush to his cheeks was absolutely adorable.
"Oh it's ok, I'm not the greatest with names either. It's Minami, Yagi Minami" the blonde girl grinned as she reached forward to shake his hand. However, Mina, who still stood behind Minami had other ideas, and at that moment decided to push Minami into Todoroki to get the ball rolling a bit faster.
"Ofh!" Minami fell forward, losing her footing. Todoroki, not expecting the fall, reached forward and caught her in his arms, pulling her close to secure her. He blushed at their proximity, inhaling on instinct, and deciding he liked the vanilla perfume she wore.
Minami wrapped her arms around his neck attempting to balance herself. Looking forward from her position, she could see Momo off to the side standing next to Jiro. The dark haired beauty was staring daggers at her.
That's right, she likes Todoroki too, like every other girl in our class… Minami belatedly remembered. Smiling back at Momo, she squeezed Todoroki a bit harder with a hug, locking eyes with Momo as the half and half boy, a bit confused at what was happening, enjoyed the affection none the less and returned the hug slightly.
That's right bitch, I got to hug him first, Minami grinned widely. She could see Momo purse her lips as a sour expression crossed her face before she stomped off, with Jiro tagging along after her.
Minami pulled back at that point, her cheeks a rosy color as she scratched the back of her head.
"Sorry Todoroki! I guess I'm a bit clumsy sometimes!" she grinned, Todoroki just laughed quietly at her response.
"That's alright…and you don't have to call me that…call me… Shoto," he smiled softer this time, without showing teeth.
"Ok…Shoto," Minami enjoyed the name rolling off her tongue, feeling a heat curl in her belly once more before continuing,
"Shoto, that's a nice name, who named you that?" His face seemed to darken a tad when she asked,
"My mother named me." There were a few seconds of uncomfortable silence afterwards, and Minami worried she had struck a sore spot. She immediately tried to move past it.
"Oh! Well, you can call me by my first name too," She grinned. The half and half boy smiled again at her response.
"Minami, I like it." he spoke again slowly, before a large figure appeared behind him. Mezo Shoji arrived to find his partner. Shoto turned to see what the boy had to say.
"All Might sensei has selected our team as the next one up, we're the hero team. It's time to go." Shoji spoke stoically.
Shoto turned back to face Minami before giving her a small wave with his hand as he walked off with Shoji.
"We'll talk later Minami," the boy walked away with Shoji towards All Might, who was waiting just outside the observation room.
"Sure! Bye Shoto!" Minami grinned, not being able to contain her excitement then. Mina finally was able to approach her friend again, giving her a thumbs up with a goofy smile, whispering in her ear "You're welcome."
Minami sputtered a laugh, "You're awesome Mina,"
Mina smiled at the compliment, "If there's one thing I know, it's love!" she laced her fingers together and swooned at the thought. Minami giggled at her friend's antics.
Encouraged by Minami's laughter, Mina grabbed Minami and spun her around. "You guys can go out on dates together, and dress up all fancy!" Mina waggled her eyebrows. "I can do your hair and make up for you! And paint your nails! And help you pick out cute outfits!" Mina squeaked and jumped up and down, getting herself excited at the thought.
Minami laughed at Mina's enthusiasm, turning back around, holding her hands up, "Whoa wait a sec, that's wayyy far off, we don't even know if he likes me like that!"
Mina rolled her eyes at Minami's response, "Oh Minami! Don't you know anything about love! Of course he does! It's why he's been giving you those GOOGLY eyes since our first day of class yesterday!" the pink girl emphasized the word "googly" by circling her index finger and thumb until they were connected, holding up each of her hands to her eyes, leaning in close to the blonde haired girl.
Minami began giggling so hard that she snorted, triggering Mina into her own laughing fit.
"Ladies! It's time to began watching the exercise now!" All Might called out to the two giggling girls as he returned, wagging his finger playfully at them.
Both Mina's and Minami's heads bobbed up at his voice; they replied in unison "Yes All Might Sensei!"
Looking up at the televisions in front, Minami could see Todoroki and Shoji briefly talking strategy, while on the other screens the villain team debated on how to protect the missile.
Would have been nice if I could have had the opportunity to discuss strategy, Minami thought to herself, still a bit bitter on how things went for her.
"Get outside, it's about to get frosty in here…" She could hear Shoto explain calmly to Shoji. Minami tilted her head in interest as she watched the screens.
Shoto placed his hand on the wall of the building, and Minami felt amazed to watch his ice spread like wildfire throughout the entire building, reaching the missile. She saw Ojiro struggling to move his feet as they were encased in the icy trap.
The ice even spread into the monitoring room. Minami felt her entire frame shaking from the heavy blanket of cold, looking around to see everyone else doing the same.
Holy crap! He's hella strong! How is he able to do that?! Minami stared up at the televisions, unable to look away from the boy's raw power.
Shoto calmly walked into the room hosting the missile and responded to Ojiro's protests,
"Fighting without the soles of your feet will be painful. Bring it on, if you dare…" Shoto spoke with an air of confidence mixed with arrogance. Minami felt shivers tremble down her spine at his statement, though not from the cold.
Mina stood next to Minami, chattering away as her breath made little puffs in the frosty air, but took a moment to lean over and whisper in Minami's ear,
"OH. MY. GOD. He's SUCH a badass!" she whispered furiously, clearly twitterpated by the strength of the half and half boy. Minami nodded her head furiously at the pink girl, too cold to utter anything.
"He's TOO strong!" Kirishima exclaimed, annoyed with how cold he was, his teeth chattering.
"He immobilized the enemy! Without harming his ally or the nuclear weapon!" All Might commented, impressed with the boy.
"Hero team wins!" All Might announced happily into his microphone, excited that the exercise with the second group of children went much smoother.
Within minutes, Shoto and the rest of the students returned to the monitoring room after the ice had been retracted.
"Wow! You're amazing Shoto!" Minami complimented as he returned next to her. She reached out to tentatively touch the ice sticking to his left side, then pulling back sharply at its icy temperature.
"Oh! It's cold!" Minami grinned.
Shoto laughed outright at her admission, "Yes, well, ice is cold,"
Minami flushed at his statement and began giggling nervously, "Yeah of course, I knew that!"
Internally, Minami was panicking a bit, God I sounded so dumb when I said that!
Shoto continued to gaze at her with a small smile on his face before responding, "Tell me, what's your favorite animal?"
Minami was taken aback a bit at the change of topic, but was eager to keep the conversation flowing with the mysteriously handsome boy. She stood there for a few moments in thought, humming to herself before she was able to decide.
"I like lots of animals, but my favorite would have to be rabbits! They're so cute and cuddly," she smiled at him.
He smirked in a confident kind of way as he closed his right hand in front of her. Minami leaned forward a bit in fascination, wondering what he was going to do. Within seconds, he opened his palm back up to reveal a little icicle bunny at the center, no bigger than several inches. Minami gasped, clearly enthralled.
"Here, he's yours," Shoto picked the mini ice sculpture up and took her hand, placing it in the center.
"I love it! I'll keep him forever! Or until at least he melts!" Minami beamed up at Shoto, bouncing a bit in her excitement.
Shoto laughed outright once more at her admission, "I'm glad you like it."
The class ended quickly as the final group wrapped up their performance. All Might stood at the head of the class with his hands on his hips, smiling at all the young faces looking up at him.
"Future heroes! You all performed marvelously today! You should be proud! Excellent first day of training all around!" He gave them a big thumbs up.
The class cheered at All Might's announcement.
"It's nice to hear some encouraging words after our homeroom class. Aizawa sensei was kind of a buzzkill." Tsuyu commented, the rest of the class nodding along with her in agreement.
"Well I'm happy to oblige!" All Might smiled a dazzling grin as he bowed to them slightly, his cape billowing behind him majestically as if he were royalty.
Standing straight once more, All Might held out a set of keys. "I must lock up the buildings and observation room before we can leave for the day, so everyone wait a moment for me outside, then we can all leave together for the last period of the day," All Might announced as he spun the key ring on his finger, whistling an upbeat tune as he left to take care of the faux buildings.
In the meantime, the class began conversing with each other.
Mina approached Minami, "Look at Bakugo, he's pouting like a baby off to himself," She snickered. Glancing over to her left, Minami saw the volatile boy a distance away, isolating himself with his back facing the rest of the group. Minami could hear sniffling from his direction and saw him angrily wiping his face with the back of his hand; she felt a twinge of sympathy go out to him.
For as awful as he has behaved recently, I do feel bad for him that he's so upset. Maybe if someone tried to be his friend, he would feel better, and wouldn't be so angry all the time… Minami began walking towards Bakugo, but Mina stopped her.
"Minami! What are you doing?! Stay away from him, you don't know what he'll do!" Mina grabbed Minami's arm, attempting to stop her.
"it'll be ok Mina, as long as I don't antagonize him, and just talk to him, nothing's gonna happen," She slipped off her friend's hand from around her bicep. Looking behind Mina on the other side of the group of students, she could see Momo talking Shoto's ear off, with Shoto attempting to converse with her, but not looking completely interested.
I'll apologize to Bakugo for how bad our training exercise went, and tell him it'd be cool to put all this behind us and be friends, then I'll go rescue Shoto from that black haired banshee, she grinned to herself as she began tentatively approaching Bakugo once more, feeling proud of herself.
It feels really good to do something nice! Minami stopped just short of Bakugo, though he hadn't seemed to notice her yet as she could still hear him sniffling, and suspected there was a tear or two rolling down his cheek. Taking a deep breath, she tentatively put her hand on his shoulder to get his attention before speaking.
"Hey Bakugo..Umm…I know today was crappy, and I'm really sorry for how things turned out, but I was thinking we could put all that behind us, and maybe we could even be fri-" Minami was cut off by Bakugo's fury at her trying to sympathize with him.
"Get off me! I don't need your fucking pity party!" Bakugo lashed out at Minami like a caged lion, swinging his arm back to push her hand off his shoulder. However, he miscalculated her proximity to him.
WHACK!
She yelped as Bakugo's heavy metal gauntlet smacked her across the face, feeling an excruciating pain go through her nose and face.
Clamping her eyes shut, she immediately covered her nose with her hands and could feel a warm liquid gushing out of her nostrils; the pain was unbearable and brought her to her knees. To her mortification, she couldn't stop herself from releasing her tears and cries at the absolutely horrid throbbing sensation going through her entire face; all she could do was focus on was the pain.
Immediately everyone crowded around Minami at the sound of her cries; it was complete chaos, not to mention utterly overwhelming for her.
"Minami-chan?!"
"She's bleeding! Someone get something to help her!"
"Yagi-san don't cry! Here let me see!"
"Bakugo! Why would you hit her?! What's your problem dude?!"
Bakugo stood there with a stunned look on his face at how fast things had escalated, his hands shaking, especially the one wearing the gauntlet that sported a splatter of blood on it's side where it made contact with the wailing girl just several feet away from him. He huffed as several of the male students came forward to push him farther away from Minami.
"It was an accident you extras! Tch. As if any of you losers could take me on anyways; She'll be fine once she stops her wailing…" Bakugo sneered at the closest male to him, which happened to be Todoroki.
Todoroki's face hardened at Bakugo's comment,
"You WILL move farther away from her, Now."
All Might's keen ears could hear a commotion as he returned to the group from closing up the faux buildings they used during their training exercises. He craned his neck to see what all the fuss was about, however, stopping dead in his tracks once he was close enough to see a familiar blonde head tucked into the center of the mass of 1-A students. Now near enough to hear her cries, his heart began hammering in his chest and he immediately rushed over to the scene; his paternal instincts triggered. Attempting to wade his way though his students to get to Minami, he could see she was on her knees covering her face. His eyes widened as he saw blood leaking between her fingers and dripping onto the ground in front of her in a small puddle.
"My goodness! What happened?!"
"Bakugo-san hit Minami-chan with his gauntlet when she tried to talk to him All Might sensei!" Tsuyu explained with a small ribbit.
All Might grimaced and sucked in his breath at that statement, attempting to keep his anger in check, but couldn't help to glance over at said boy who seemed to be shocked and was slowly backing away from the group of children.
I'll deal with him later, right now Minami needs me… All Might thought to himself before he spoke.
"QUIET! Everyone please step back so I may help young Yagi!" All Might bellowed, trying to be as patient as possible, but quickly losing that battle as he attempted to gently, but firmly push his students out of the way to get to his daughter.
With the group of children finally quieting down at All Might's shout, all that could be heard were Minami's uneven breaths at her attempts to quell her bawling. Finally being able to approach Minami after most of the students had stepped away, All Might noticed there were currently three students that still hadn't left Minami's side. Mina, who had taken off the boa from her costume to press it against Minami's face to stem the blood flow. Then Uraraka, who was crouched by Minami's side and had been attempting to comfort her by rubbing her back. Lastly, to his surprise, Todoroki was standing some distance away from Minami on her other side, his hands extended a bit, acting as a barrier between Minami and Bakugo. The fact that Minami had made friends to the extent that they would step in to comfort her brought joy to the number one hero's heart, despite the negative situation.
All Might knelt down, his proximity caused Ochacko to quickly shuffle out of his way as he closed in, laying his hand on Minami's back and taking over for Mina by holding her boa to Minami's face.
"Don't cry, young Minami, for I am here…" All Might stated softly as he patted her back gently. All Might could see Minami's eyes, which were quickly swelling, blink open briefly to glance at him before shutting once more. After holding the boa for a few moments, he rapidly discovered it was already saturated with blood. Looking up, he saw Mina and Ochako standing there, blood on their hands and some spots on their costumes, not sure what else to do.
"Young Ashido and Uraraka, Can you two ladies please go get me a few towels from the girl's locker room so we can stop the bleeding?"
The two girls quickly nodded and responded with a "Yes sensei!" before darting off.
Silence permeated the area once more as most students loitered, feeling unsure as to what they should do.
I know the kids' final class will be starting soon with Aizawa, best to send them off, and I can take Minami to Recovery Girl.
"My young wards! I thank you for the assistance to your classmate, but if I remember correctly, Aizawa-sensei's final class of the day is beginning soon. Go ahead now and get to class, I'll take care of young Yagi here and get her to Recovery Girl's office." grinning a bedazzling smile from where he was kneeling over Minami to the rest of the students, All Might hoped his mild show boating would be enough to reassure the students to leave quickly.
The students seemed to nod uncertainly, Todoroki being the last one to finally turn around and tentatively follow the rest of the students to the locker rooms to get ready for the final period of the day. As the vast majority of class 1-A was approaching the tunnel that attached to the locker rooms, Mina and Ochako passed them as they returned with the towels.
All Might took the two towels gratefully, then shooed both girls off to follow their classmates to their final course of the day, assuring them that Minami would return once she was healed up from Recovery Girl.
Once All Might was certain the students had returned to class, he was finally able to focus on Minami, who's crying seemed to have slowed a bit. Gently placing one hand on her collar bone, his other remaining on her back, he tilted her backwards until she was sitting on her behind on the ground. She moaned at the movement.
"Shhhhh Little Minami, Papa's here now," All Might fussed softly at the girl, her cries of pain like individual daggers to his heart. Leaning even closer now, he attempted to peel her bloodied hands off her face so he could see her injury, though the action caused mild hysteria in the girl and immediately kicked up her crying; All Might backed off at once for fear of causing her more stress. She muffled out an indecipherable sentence in between her sobbing and tears, though All Might wasn't able to catch it.
"What was that my dear?" All Might asked as he patted her head softly, and attempted to ease away one of her hands with success.
"I-it's g-g-going to be so b-bad, i-i-i-it's going to be h-h-horrible, I'm g-going to be u-u-ugly forever n-now.." Minami spoke slightly clearer, stuttering in between her sobs, her frame shivering from the pain shock and adrenalin rush that was beginning to wear off.
"My dear, it will not be that bad, I assure you, now let me see your face, come now," All Might softly coaxed her as he began to slowly peel away her remaining hand on her face. Her crying hitched a bit more at the movement, but at All Might's shushing it slowed back down. Once he successfully had removed both her hands, he was finally able to take in her bleary face. Blood was still running from her nose; smeared and dribbling off her chin and cheeks, running down her neck and onto the front of her hero costume. It was a grisly sight. Her nose and eyes were definitely beginning to swell, but at least nothing was horribly wrong outwardly, to All Might's slight relief.
Poor kid, that's gotta hurt…
All Might masked his concern with a sweet smile as he took a towel and gently dabbed at her face, wiping away some of the blood. "See? Just as beautiful as always little one," He leaned forward to place a gentle kiss to her forehead before continuing with cleaning her up.
Minami hiccupped a laugh of disbelief, then immediately felt a sense of déjà vu. Here she was, over a year later from her first meeting with the pro hero, having All Might clean blood off her face from a bloody nose, again. She would have rolled her eyes at the absurdity of the situation if it wouldn't have been so painful. Suddenly, she took in her costume now she was beginning to see clearly once more. She felt horror rip through her as her stunning blue and white hero suit she loved so much was absolutely ruined; blood had saturated the front of her costume. She knew well enough that there was no way they could get this severe stain out of the fabric.
Her bottom lip quivered as she looked her father in his eyes; a few more tears leaked out. "I r-ruined the nice costume you paid for, that Uncle D-D-David made, and I did h-horrible today during the t-training exercise, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry Papa." Minami sounded much younger than 15 as she spoke, hiccupping as she did so. Blood coated her teeth when she opened her mouth to breathe, though it was enough to All Might's relief to see that she had in fact not lost any of her teeth in the accident.
"Oh little Minami, sweetheart," All Might's heart went out to the girl as he used an American term of endearment, scooping her up carefully into his kneeling lap, delicately holding her close to him as he rocked her gently. He cradled her head to his chest as he held the other towel to her nose in an attempt to stop the slowed bleeding. He began humming to her softly as he rocked her, attempting to comfort her and calm the last of her cries. Looking at her half lid eyes and taking in her quieted demeanor, he deemed his attempt a success before continuing,
"It's just a costume my dear, it can easily be replaced; However, you cannot. And you did not do horrible today, I am in fact very proud of you my girl. But first, before we discuss it anymore, let's get you to recovery girl to get you patched up now, hm?" All Might looked down at the girl in his arms, and smiled wider at her nod of affirmation.
Standing up slowly, he carefully repositioned the girl so he could support her with one arm, while being able to use his other hand to continue holding the towel to her nose.
"Hang on my girl, we're going to move pretty quickly here," firing up OFA, All Might jetted off, holding the girl tightly in his arm as he rushed to Recovery Girl's office. Within moments, he stood outside of Recovery Girl's office. He rapidly opened the door and stepped in before nearby second and third years who were in the hallways could stop him to ask questions.
Slamming the door shut, All Might let his muscle form drop to Yagi with a poof of smoke. Now having to use two hands to hold Minami, Toshi stifled a cough as he carried her bridal style through Recovery Girl's office into her examination room.
"What on Earth All Might?! Another one?! What kind of class are you running?!" The voice of Recovery Girl filled the small room, criticizing the number one hero.
Setting Minami to her feet, his hand pressed on the small of her back, guiding her towards a chair for her to sit in. Recovery Girl's eyes widened as she looked at the bloody girl holding a towel to her face. Yagi held up his hand before Chiyo could berate him anymore, knowing how terrible his class had gone.
"I know Chiyo…Today has been an awful day. Chaotic and out of control…" Toshi sighed disappointedly, especially as he eyed his other student, Izuku, laying in a bed unconscious.
Recovery Girl gave Toshinori a side-eye as she rolled up a chair towards Minami, increasing it's height to be at eye level with the blonde girl. Beginning to examine her face, Minami cried out at the pain that shot up her nose when Recovery Girl touched a particularly painful spot, tears immediately leaking from her eyes instinctively as she whipped her head out of Recovery Girl's hands.
"Oh dearie, I know; I know it hurts. Now let me see your face again so we can fix you up." Sniffling, she turned her head back tentatively towards Recovery Girl, fearful of feeling anymore pain.
Yagi stood nearby on pins and needles, wringing his hands, not sure what he could do. Glancing over at Izuku once more, Toshi decided to walk towards his bed to check on him closer, leaning down to pat the boy's soft green curls as he waited for Recovery Girl to finish her exam. He found combing his fingers through the boys hair calmed his nerves.
"Smile for me sweetie," looking closely and moving her lips delicately, Recovery Girl saw all her teeth remained. "You still have all your beautiful teeth dearie," she smiled at the girl in an attempt to cheer her up, patting her knee before continuing on.
Reaching over to grasp an instrument, Recovery Girl brought over a small, digital X-ray machine, quickly taking a few shots of Minami's face.
Rolling over to her desk, Recovery Girl grasped her tablet, thumbing through the X-rays. All Might slowly walked over, peeking over her shoulder.
"Just a hairline fracture on her nasal bone that extends across to her frontal maxilla," Recovery girl took a stylus and circled the area around Minami's nose and eyes on the tablet, showing Yagi the thin lines that represented the cracked bone. Toshi felt guilt engulf him at her words.
"No wonder she's hurting so much, she technically cracked the front of her skull, the poor little thing. If she had been directly hit any harder, she could have suffered permanent damage…"
Seeing Yagi's startled face at her last statement, Recovery Girl quickly focused on the positives, not wanting to tax the pro hero too much. "But no worries All Might, nothing that my healing ability can't fix up. Though she'll be beyond exhausted afterward, best to just take her home and let her rest until school tomorrow."
Toshinori sighed in relief, but couldn't help but to repeat Recovery Girl's words in the back of his mind,
Cracked skull…Could have had permanent damage… Yagi felt sick at merely the thought.
Recovery Girl looked at Minami and smiled, "You're lucky you have such a hard head young lady! But I wouldn't expect anything less from the daughter of All Might; your Papa has the hardest head of them all!" Minami giggled tiredly at Recovery Girl poking fun of her father's stubbornness, with Yagi joining in with their laughter, happy to see Minami feeling well enough at least to laugh.
Tough little thing to be laughing like that, even when dried blood is caked all over her face, and I'm sure her head is just pounding… Toshi thought to himself as he witnessed Recovery Girl reach over and plant a kiss on Minami's forehead. Minami winced as she could felt a tingling and popping sensation spread throughout her face as the healing quirk worked its magic, but sighed in relief as she felt most of the pain recede and the swelling disappear.
Reaching to take Minami by the hand, Recovery Girl urged her to her feet towards an extra bed, "Come lie down till your Papa is ready to take you home,"
Minami stumbled to her feet, the extreme exhaustion kicking in as she felt the last of her energy depleted. Minami blinked as she struggled not to black out.
Toshinori quickly stepped in, swooping her up bridal style before laying her onto the mattress across the room, "I've got you kiddo,"
She instantly fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, her breaths making a whistling noise through her nostrils due to the dried blood that still remained in her nasal passages.
Recovery girl appeared at Yagi's side with a box full of anti-bacterial wipes, beginning to wipe the remaining dried blood off Minami's face.
"My word there's a lot of blood, something, or someone, really knocked her around…Care to elaborate?" Recovery Girl sternly asked Toshi, clearly expecting an answer.
Toshi grimaced at her tone before speaking, "A boy, Katsuki Bakugo, gave these two a very hard time during my class today. Unfortunately, it resulted in some seriously injuries on their end…"
Recovery Girl's eyebrows rose at Yagi's explanation before she spoke, "ONE boy did all this…One?"
"Yes, Chiyo…Just one… I will need to figure out some sort of punishment for him," Yagi spoke softly as he ran his palm over Minami's hair while Recovery Girl finished up. She glanced back at Izuku to make sure he was still sleeping before speaking once more.
"That boy is trouble All Might, what he needs is a good whipping to put him in his place. Horribly injuring two students in one day, unheard of! Even in all my time here as a school nurse. And not just any kids, but your kids on top of it!" Recovery Girl griped quietly.
"Chiyo…" Yagi shook his head at Recovery Girl's suggestion. He could understand her frustration. Hell, he felt it just as deeply as she did, but disciplining a child for violence with more violence just made no sense to the older hero.
"I will handle it, I promise," Yagi held up his hand to the older woman to show his sincerity.
"Well you had better! Just remember, Minami and Midoriya are still just children, just like the rest of the students at this school. But most of all, they depend on YOU specifically to guide them and defend them, even from themselves. You best figure out how to do that so they're not winding up in my office every other day."
Toshinori nodded quietly at Recovery Girl's advice, understanding the importance of him raising the two children properly. The older woman sighed before continuing onward with her thoughts.
"Now, getting back to Minami's care. Once you get her home, you'll need to help her out of her costume and get her in the shower to clean the rest of the grime off of her. A hot shower or bath, coupled with a nice cup of tea and some food is always some of the best medicine around. Make sure she takes this medicine before bed." Recovery Girl handed Toshi 2 small pill packets.
"They're inflammatory drugs, they'll help reduce the rest of the internal swelling so she'll be as good as new tomorrow for school." The older woman clarified when Toshi gave her a questioning look.
Closing his palm around the pills, Yagi smiled at Recovery Girl, grateful for her assistance once more.
"Thank you, Chiyo, I truly appreciate it. Do you mind holding on to Minami for a bit so I can go and finish up a few quick things to end the day? It shouldn't take longer than half an hour." Yagi questioned.
Recovery Girl waved her hand at him, shooing him away as she sat back down at her desk, looking at various files on her computer. "Of course All Might, just make sure you come back soon, she's likely to wake up sooner than later, and when she does I'd rather she be home."
Minami's eyes fluttered open slowly to the sensation of the wind blowing through her hair. Opening her eyes more fully, she was met with the bright blue sky. She quietly gazed at the clouds rolling by her; It was a peaceful way to emerge from the darkness of sleep.
"Well good afternoon sunshine! Did you have a nice nap my girl?" hearing the deep, smiling voice of All Might, she looked to her side and could see her father grinning at her happily as he held her bridal style. Glancing around herself, she could see they were high up in the sky as her father bounded from building to building, carrying her home.
Minami smiled and yawned, stretching slightly and went back to leaning her head against her father's chest, enjoying the feeling of safety despite being high in the air.
"hmm hmm, it felt really good to sleep," She scratched her eye. "Are we going home?"
"Yes my dear, in fact we're getting home right now!" All Might beamed, feeling upbeat.
Swooping in to land just outside his apartment window, All Might jimmied it open while still holding Minami with one arm. Ensuring no one could see him, he quietly slipped into through the window and set Minami down carefully on her feet in their living room.
"Head to the bathroom now to get in the shower, I'll be there in a minute."
Minami slipped off her costume boots stretched more thoroughly, wincing at the soreness she felt throughout her body, then nodded tiredly before walking slowly off.
That kiddo is going to crash hard tonight, best to get her to bed nice and early…
Hearing the shower water turn on, All Might deflated into Yagi, a bit of steam filling the area. He coughed into the crook of his arm, feeling his own exhaustion kick in before turning around to shut and lock the window, pulling the blinds.
The tired hero reached over and grabbed the remote off the coffee table to turn on the television, switching it to the news station as background noise before slipping off his own boots and heading over towards the bathroom.
Entering the bathroom, he came face to face with Minami struggling to get her skin tight costume off, the blood and sweat sticking to her only making it more difficult. She griped to herself without realizing Yagi was in the bathroom with her.
"Minami my girl," Yagi stepped forward to assist. She jumped at his voice, feeling a bit embarrassed, not realizing he was in there with her.
"How do you get such a tight costume off Papa?! Ugh this is so dumb!" she growled low to herself as her patience wore thin.
Reaching into the neck of her costume on her back, Yagi found a tiny zipper he knew to be there, and pulled it down several inches until it could go no further.
"Oh!" Minami had no idea there was a zipper in it when she originally put it on. Yagi chuckled at her surprised face before peeling the costume down off her frame, eager to prevent anything else from irritating her at that moment to avoid a full blown melt down.
Minami whined as the action aggravated the sore spots on her body, exposing several large bruises, the largest being on her ribs. Yagi grimaced at the black and blue.
This is something she will have to get used to. As a hero, you will always have a few scrapes and bruises after fighting crime…
Holding her bloodied hero costume in his arms, Yagi waited for her to remove the remainder of her clothing so he could ensure she got into the shower without falling, then place all her clothes in the washer at the same time. As she stalled for a few moments, suddenly it occurred to him that she may have been feeling shy.
I forget, I went many years before my injury not really caring if other heroes saw me nude when I changed in between costumes…though I'm sure it's different for a teenaged girl…
"It's alright my girl, no reason to be embarrassed around me. There isn't anything you can't show me or talk to me about regarding your body. I'll take the last of your clothes to get them to the washer, then leave you to it." Yagi assured.
Minami stood a bit taller then at his reassurances, and quickly removed the last of her clothing before eagerly attempting to get into the shower, tripping slightly as a wave of dizziness hit her.
Yagi stepped forward then and gently took her bicep when he saw her stumble, helping her get in, then pulling the shower curtain in front of her.
Chiyo had warned me that she may be slow and clumsy for the next 24 hours as her body finished up healing, the blood loss and head injury really doing a number on her. He thought to himself as he left the bathroom.
Toshi entered the tiny laundry room, filling up the sink up with hot water before pouring some stain remover on a few spots of her costume. Reaching for a scrub brush, Yagi scrubbed the thick liquid into Minami's costume, letting it sit for a few minutes before placing it in the washer with the rest of her dirty laundry, setting the water to extra hot. He grinned as he stared at the front loader beginning its wash cycle, watching the suds roll around in the machine.
If there's one thing I know, it's how to get blood stains out of hero costumes. Toshinori thought to himself proudly, being able to do one domestic duty well; laundry.
Turning into Minami's room, he opened a few of her drawers, looking for the most comfortable pajama pants and top he could find, and returned to the bathroom, setting them quietly on the counter next to a fresh towel. Looking at the shower, he could hear it still running.
"How are you doing? Feeling alright? Do you need help?" He called to her from where he stood, checking to make sure she was still fine.
"No, I'm ok Papa. I'm finishing up now." the girl called back quietly from behind the shower curtain as she rinsed the suds off herself
Yagi nodded at her response, then walked out of the bathroom to go prepare an instant ramen soup for her as a quick but filling dinner. Turning on the stove eye and placing a small pot of water on it, he walked back towards his room to change into something more comfortable for the evening. Returning to the kitchen, he saw the water was boiling and added the noodles with seasoning, stirring it together.
The sound of soft feet padding onto the kitchen tile drew his attention, and he turned to see Minami walking into the room dressed in her comfy pajamas he laid out for her, beaming up at him.
"That smells really good!" her stomach growling in response.
Yagi grinned back cheerfully as her appetite had returned, "Well go ahead and take a seat at the table,"
Scampering over to sit in a chair, Minami couldn't help but feel her spirits lift as Yagi placed the bowl of steaming ramen in front of her, along with a cup of tea. Taking the seat opposite of her, he sat down with his own cup of tea, watching her enjoy her food.
"Man, the last 24 hours have been some of the worst and best moments of my life. But I'm just looking forward to starting fresh tomorrow." Minami enlightened Yagi as to what was exactly on her mind. The older hero raised an eyebrow at her statement, not sure what has been good for her in the last day or so. Seeing his befuddled look, Minami began clarifying as she slurped her noodles.
"Well, sneaking out at night with Mina, getting chased by villains, then getting in trouble was awful. But it's nice having a best friend again," She beamed at Toshinori as she took another bite of her soup.
Toshi chuckled at her response, urging her continue with a hum as he sipped his tea.
"Well, then today wasn't fun getting beat up by Bakugo, but I did speak to a nice boy today, which was good…" she trailed off, staring hard at her food, not sure if she should have mentioned the last part.
Yagi was confused at that one as he stared at her, trying to figure out what she meant by how it was good she spoke to a boy today…
She speaks to a lot of boys at school, they are her class mates after all, OH!- his eyes widened as he figured out what she meant by that. Looking more closely at the girl, he could see her cheeks had a dusting of pink as she concentrated extra hard on the food in front of her, stirring her bowl nervously.
The kitchen fell silent as Toshi processed what she said, the only sound being Minami's spoon and chopsticks clinking against her bowl. Her statement triggered his protective side. Somewhere deep inside him, the guttural, animalistic side of him that wanted to protect her from all things that could harm her roared.
Come now Yagi, you knew this day would come, Recovery Girl even foreshadowed it. You knew she would eventually start showing interest in boys…Well that day is now. Now time to deal with it…
"Papa?"
You can do it,
"Dad?"
She's growing up, nothing you can do to change that.
"Dad…"
It would have happened eventually, better to know it is happening now than being surprised later…
"DAD!"
Toshinori jumped at Minami's shout, coughing up a bit of blood as he was startled, nearly spilling his green tea on himself. Grabbing a napkin near him, he wiped his mouth.
"I'm sorry Dad! Are you ok? You just started staring off into space and didn't say anything…It kinda freaked me out! I'm not in trouble, am I?" Minami asked, looking concerned.
Yagi chuckled to himself softly at her concern as he finished wiping the crimson off his chin.
"No my girl, no trouble at all," Toshi cleared his throat before continuing, "Young Todoroki eh? He's a mystery that one."
Minami squeaked at his statement, her eyes darting wildly around as she tried to lead him off the trail.
"Shoto? Why would you think that?!" Minami laughed nervously, pinching the end of the table with her fingers.
Yagi held his hand up to her, trying to signal Minami to calm herself.
"I have my ways of knowing my dear, no sense in trying to hide it now. I used to be a young teenager in love myself you know," he winked at the girl, chuckling as he took another sip of his tea, seeing a deeper flush appear across her cheeks.
That, and the fact the chemistry between those two was quite obvious during class today…Though she doesn't need to know that part; let her think I have some super power that all parents are supposed to have… Yagi chuckled to himself before continuing.
"Just get to know him first, S-L-O-W-L-Y," he emphasized, "You're too young to be seriously dating anyways,"
"Daaaadddd" Minami whined,
"Well, tell me this, what do you like about him?" Yagi asked.
Miami pursed her lips in thought for a few moments before speaking, "He seems kind, and he's handsome; he has nice eyes. Oh and he smells good!" Minami smacked her hands over her mouth when she said that last statement, her entire face going tomato red.
Oh my God! I can't believe I just said that! What's wrong with me?!
Yagi initially choked on his tea at her last sentence, then snorted, beginning to laugh loudly, a few tears of mirth dotting his eyes before he flicked them away with his index finger as he finished his laughing spell.
Minami sat there feeling mortified as she stared at her father laughing.
"Minami, it's completely normal to have these feelings at your age. In fact, if you weren't feeling these kinds of things at least occasionally, I'd be worried. But this?..." Toshi trailed off a bit as he spread his hands before him, slightly shrugging his shoulders, "not unusual in the slightest. However!" he held up his index finger with a smile, "It does NOT mean you should act on those feelings, especially now, as you're only 15 years old. Relationships are very complex things that even many adults have trouble dealing with. Which is exactly why I cannot support you pursuing one at this time."
"But Dad! That's not-" Minami began to protest before Yagi cut her off.
"You're at UA for school to become a hero, not to date boys. Trust me, there will ALWAYS be opportunities in the future for boys. But for now, I want your focus on your studies."
Minami pouted at his statement.
"How about this, when you turn 16, we can discuss you going out on a few dates with boys, is that fair?" Yagi asked as he calmly finished off the last of his tea.
Minami thought about what he said for a moment or two, then smiled and nodded.
Yagi grinned back, reaching forward to pinch her cheek gently. Minami giggled at the action.
Good job dad… and maybe by the time she's 16, she'll have forgotten all about Todoroki… Toshi congratulated himself before speaking once more.
"That's my girl! Now off to bed, you need lots of rest before school tomorrow, you're running on fumes right now!" Yagi smiled as he stood up to collect her empty bowl and cup.
"Bed time? But it's only 7:30pm!" Minami looked offended, "I'm not a baby! I don't need a bedtime like one!"
Yagi cast a doubtful eye at the girl as he stood at the kitchen sink rinsing her bowl out.
And here's where the temper tantrum starts. I knew she was overly tired, poor kid. I'd say she's hit her limit. I'm sure she's still exhausted from last night, and today's school activities only add to that. Then being healed by Recovery Girl only kicked things up a notch. I haven't seen her this ornery in a long time.
Wiping his hands dry on a hand towel, Yagi was silent for a moment as he gathered his thoughts before approaching Minami, who currently had tears swimming in her eyes as she sat at the kitchen table. Crouching down in front of her, he took her face in his large hands and smiled, running his thumbs over the darkened skin under her eyes.
"Those dark circles under your eyes don't lie kiddo…But listen to this proposition. How about you go brush your teeth and meet me back in the living room. We'll watch an episode of Full Metal Alchemist before you go to bed. Sound good?"
Her tears dried instantly at Toshi's proposition and she grinned, "That's definitely a good deal!"
Toshi handed her the two pills that Recovery Girl had given him.
"Make sure you take your medicine after brushing your teeth now," he ruffled her hair smiled back at her as she dashed off towards the bathroom.
I've definitely improved at this whole parenting thing…This should work out just fine…
As Yagi had predicted to himself, within 10 minutes of the episode starting, Minami had passed out into a deep sleep, and was currently leaning on him, gently snoring.
Scooting forward on the couch, he pulled the girl fully into his lap and stood up, shifting her in his arms and balancing her on his hip so her head remained resting on his shoulder; his forearm supporting her weight as she drooled slightly on his shirt.
Omph! She's getting heavy. She's not so little anymore… he winced as he could feel his knees crack from the extra weight.
Tip toeing to her room, he gently placed her on her bed and pulled her purple comforter over her form, tucking her in. Turning on her fan for some white noise, he backed quietly out of her darkened room, leaving her door a smidge open in case she needed him at any point.
Returning to the living room, he exhaled tiredly and scratched his eyes.
Today couldn't have been any worse. Hell, the last 24 hours couldn't have been worse. But at least it's over now.
Then Toshi remembered one last task he had to do and groaned to himself. Looking at the clock that shone 7:55pm, he pulled out his smart phone, making sure to use a special app to mask his cell number before dialing a number he had saved before leaving the school earlier that day.
Or at least today's almost over…This phone call definitely won't be fun…
"Moshi Moshi" a feminine voice answered on the other end.
"Is this Mitsuki Bakugo?" Yagi asked.
"…Yes…May I ask who is calling?"
"Madam, this is All Might, your son's teacher from UA. Do you have a few minutes to speak?"
"All Might?! Why yes of course sir!" Mitsuki responded excited, clearly a bit star struck to be speaking to a famous hero.
Yagi could hear the television volume going down in the background on the other end of the phone as she listened in.
"Madam, I am calling to inform you that your son, Katsuki Bakugo, was involved in injuring two other UA students today. I am sorry to have to inform you of such bad news, but in light of his recent behavior, I cannot let it pass by without proper punishment."
The other end of the phone was silent for a few moments before the woman spoke once more.
"Oh really? Katsuki was bullying students at his high school already?" the woman sighed, sounding stressed out. "I am so sorry All Might, we have been trying to discourage this kind of behavior for some time, but Katsuki has a mind of his own and isn't very good at listening to our wishes…" She responded, sounding embarrassed.
Rightfully so…Yagi thought to himself before continuing.
"I'm afraid it was more than bullying madam, he caused one boy to break his arm, and broke the nose of a girl outside of combat." Yagi explained further.
"WHAT?! He attacked a girl?!" Mitsuki screeched into the phone, the volume causing Toshi to pull the phone away from his ear, wincing, before placing the phone back to his ear to speak.
"Yes, madam. These actions are taken quite seriously at UA as they are not very becoming of a hero. Now I was calling to ask if it was alright with you, to have Young Bakugo report to school at 5:30am tomorrow for a morning detention session. While I believe the injury to the girl was an accident, I cannot-" Yagi was quickly interrupted by Mitsuki as she prepared to take some justice into her own hands.
"Of course he can be at school tomorrow morning at 5:30am! Oh this is UNBELIEVABLE! KATSUKI!" Yagi held the phone away from his ear once more as he could hear the woman stomping somewhere, still holding her phone.
"KATSUKIIII!" The woman shrieked again, searching for her son. In the background, Toshi could hear the grumpy voice of Bakugo as he answered his mother. His eyes widened as he heard garbled shouting, then the suspicious sounds of smacking and screaming on the other end, the shouts of the crimson eyed boy evident in between his mother's screeching and slaps.
Toshi quickly hung up the phone call, coughing up a bit of blood, which he wiped away. Feeling a bit stunned he sat on the couch for a few moments, holding his phone in his large hand.
I didn't mean for the boy to get smacked by his mother…Toshi thought to himself, his eyes still large as he felt some sympathy for the volatile boy. Shaking his head to clear his thoughts, Yagi rose to his feet once more to fix himself another cup of tea.
May as well enjoy a quiet evening catching up on some television, who knows when I'll have this opportunity again. He thought to himself as he shuffled off to the kitchen.
Alrighty! Here's the end of Chapter 18! Kind of more of a filler chapter, but still fun to write! LOTS of Dadmight! For those of you wondering why All Might hasn't been fussing over Izuku that much yet, well, I always pictured All Might as being a bit more old school. Hence his comments of telling Izuku to stop being a cry baby, but never saying it to Minami, etc. But it doesn't mean he doesn't care about Izuku's well being or doesn't expect females to be tough heroes; I think in my mind he just expects girls in hero training to be more emotional and a bit more delicate I guess. Also, Izuku is generally tougher than Minami, and hasn't had a big crying session yet like she has, but it doesn't stop All Might from worrying over him or looking after him, he is his heir to OFA after all . Thanks again for following my story! Please leave lots of lovely reviews!
