-Rose's POV-
In the few days since finding out that I was pregnant, Toshinori had been getting more and more protective of me. On one hand, it was endearing and sweet. On the other hand, I had been pregnant before and I did not enjoy being treated like I couldn't do anything for myself. Not wanting to ruin this experience for Toshinori, I did my best not to snap about it, and instead, suggested that we should tell the rest of the of the faculty at U.A. That way, I would have more people looking out for me, and he could relax a bit. And now was the perfect time. We had just finished the meeting about the upcoming Sports Festival when Toshinori stood up to speak, not even bothering to keep the giant grin off of his face.
"Before all of you go, I'd like to make an announcement if I may," Toshinori requested, looking to Nezu who gave him a curious nod of approval.
"Go ahead, All Might," he spoke, giving his approval verbally as well as all the teachers turned to stare at Toshinori curiously, well except for everyone's favorite emo hobo who rolled his eyes in obvious annoyance. Toshinori cleared his throat, whether from nerves or excitement, I wasn't quite sure. Probably both.
"Rose is pregnant," he announced with a huge grin earning shocked expressions from several teachers and words of congratulations to be echoed throughout the room. Nezu stood up with a happy smile just as the bell rang for students to get into class.
"Alright, everyone have a great day of classes. Rose, if you would please stay for a couple of minutes. I need to speak with you," Nezu announced, dismissing everyone except me. Toshi gave my hand a reassuring squeeze before heading out to teach his own classes. I followed Nezu to the couch where he poured me some tea.
"Congratulations, Mrs. Yagi," Nezu started with a comforting smile. I returned the smile, but I'm sure my nerves showed through. Becoming pregnant right after starting a job was not something employers typically appreciated.
"Thank you, Principal Nezu. I'm sorry for any inconvenience it may cause," I replied honestly, getting to the heart of what my nerves were about and giving him an easy way to approach the topic.
"Don't worry about that at all, Rose-chan! I'm quite happy with this development actually! Your position is safe, and I don't consider it to be an inconvenience or a hindrance to your ability to work at all," Nezu comforted putting a paw on my knee with a kind smile before his expression turned more concerned, "Quite the opposite. I just wanted you to know that if there's anything you need or are unable to do throughout this time, just to let me know and we will figure out a solution. Given everything you've gone through, you deserve for this to be a joyous time just as much as All Might does." Tears filled my eyes at his kind and unexpected words, and without thinking, I gave the small rodent in front of me a hug before quickly pulling back with an apology, remembering his distrust of humans and the fact that this rodent is MY BOSS.
"I'm sorry, Principal Nezu… I just… Hormones… Sorry," I apologized, an embarrassed blush now covering my face earning a laugh from the white rodent.
"It's quite alright, Rose-chan. As fearsome as you try to act, I just can't find myself uncomfortable with you. Though please refrain from hugging coworkers without their consent in the future, alright?" he replied with a half serious tone, "Now I believe you need to go prepare to teach your first class right?"
I nodded and excused myself to the teachers' lounge to pick up my lesson plans. I had left them in there along with mine and Toshinori's packed lunches. As I got into the teachers' lounge, I noticed no one else was in there except for Toshinori who immediately ran up to me to ask about my meeting with Nezu. After explaining to him how the conversation went, he pulled me into a loving embrace.
"I still can't believe we're going to have a baby," he admitted, awe and happiness shining through in his voice causing me to let out a small giggle and return his hug.
"Well as much as I would love to stay here like this and talk about our little family, Toshi, I have my first class at U.A. to teach," I informed him with a wink as I pulled away from his arms, grabbed my lesson plans and headed for the door. Right as I reached the door, Toshi caught me by the waist and placed a chaste kiss on my lips.
"Good luck, my dear. I know you'll do great," Toshinori encouraged with a kind smile that I returned, a warm feeling ever present in my stomach at how incredibly pure and sweet the man in front of me was.
"Thanks. I plan to go beyond, plus ultra all that fun stuff," I teased as I headed towards the door earning a slightly panicked reply from him.
"Um… Maybe don't go too beyond or plus ultra until after you have the baby," he panicked causing me to laugh as I walked quickly down the hallway before he could follow me.
Seconds after reaching Class 1-A, I stood outside the door seriously debating imitating Toshi's first entrance to irritate the heck out of Shouta, but I ultimately decided against it. Going instead for an actually normal entrance called walking through the door without announcing yourself. Shouta nodded in acknowledgment in my direction before turning back to the class.
"Alright everyone. I know you have all met her before, but this is Mrs. Yagi. She is a new teacher here and will be the teacher in charge of a new class we are starting here at U.A. called Victim and Civilian Management. Why it took us this long to incorporate it, I have no idea. This information is really important for when you get into the field, so pay close attention to what she has to say. I'm going to take a nap," Shouta announced before crawling into his yellow sleeping bag and immediately falling asleep. Shaking my head at the overworked underground hero, I turned to face the class.
"Alright. You guys already know who I am, though I will say this: I'd rather you all call me Rose-sensei instead of Yagi. I literally have siblings y'all's ages so it's weird for y'all to call me by my last name," I announced, "Also, please note that while this is a new class here, this is not my first year teaching. In fact, some of you have had me in class before. For those of you who haven't, know this: I am not as kind and encouraging as my husband. I expect your best and will accept nothing less than that. Education is something I take extremely seriously, so if you can't do the same, you will not do well in my class. That being said, I am here to help you understand the material, so if you are trying your best, I'm more than willing to work with you. Any questions?" Several hands went in the air. I pointed to a girl with short brown hair that according to the seating chart I was given was named Ochako.
"How long have you and All Might been married?" she asked with a blush. I rolled my eyes but smiled, trying not to show how annoyed I was at the irrelevant question.
"I should have been more specific. Does anyone have any questions about this class and its material? Not about my personal life," I corrected trying to hide my irritation. Only one hand remained up.
"Yes, Izuku?" I called on the greenette with a raised eyebrow, to which he looked very nervous.
"Uh… Yes maam… I was just wondering if this class would be all written work or if we would be doing practical training at some point as well?" he asked nervously. I gave an encouraging smile at his question.
"That is a great question!" I replied with a smile, "I do plan on you guys having some practical training but I will have to coordinate that with some other teachers, so it will come in a little later in the school year. For now, I prepared a diagnostic quiz for you all. Please answer them to the best of your ability. The only grade you will get for this is whether you complete it or not. The answers do not have to be correct. They just have to reflect that you have tried."
My announcement was received a mix of groans and relieved faces from my students. I smiled encouragingly as I handed each of them a test, ignoring Izuku's worried face when I almost tripped over Katsuki's bag that was in the middle of the floor. I activated my quirk briefly using my wings to stop my fall but keeping them small enough to leave the room unscathed. Well except for letting the tip of a certain angry hedgehog's hair catch on fire.
"Dude, Bakugo! Your hair is on fire," Kirishima yelled in concern as the angry blonde quickly patted his hair before turning to yell at me.
"What the hell, hag?!" he snapped which was met with a fierce glare from me that made all of the students freeze in fear.
"Keep your bag under your damned desk like it's supposed to be, and I'll keep my quirk from singeing your hair off and making you balled. I don't have the patience for your bullshit this year, Bakugo Katsuki," I replied bluntly, my tone taking an icy edge as the students around me paled. Katsuki just clicked his tongue in irritation but moved his bag as I finished handing out the diagnostic tests.
Forty minutes later, class was over, and the students each came and handed me their papers as they left the room. The last one to leave was Shoto, surprising me because I figured he had finished his fairly quickly. He handed me his paper, but didn't leave the room.
"Aunt Rose?" he asked with a serious expression, "I would like your help training for the sports festival. I want to train my ice against your flames because they're much hotter than they were before." I gave him a sad smile.
"I would love to, Shoto, but using my quirk to that extent could risk hurting the baby," I responded, regretfully. I wanted to help him, but the doctor had me under strict orders to avoid letting my flames get beyond the weaker white stage. Even that stage was only supposed to be used for small amounts of mobility and other weaker attacks and defense.
"I'm not a baby, Aunt Rose! I'm 15!" Shoto pointed out as though I had lost my mind earning a laugh from me. God this kid is dense!
"I'm not talking about you, Shoto!" I explained in between laughs, earning an even more confused expressions from the dual-tone haired boy, "I'm talking about my baby. The one I'm pregnant with." His mouth formed a shocked o as his eyebrows raised in surprise before a small smile crossed his face.
"Okay. Congratulations, Aunt Rose," Shoto said with the rare smile across his face, "Can I tell Fuyumi and Natsuo? They will want us all to have dinner to celebrate I'm sure." I nodded with a smile of my own as we said our goodbyes, and we both left the room and headed to our respective homes.
Song: If You Could See Me Now by The Script