(this is a mini chapter that parallels the events in chapter 8. It seems every day, I get more friends who want to read this thing. I don't think I've felt more happy before. You all rock! I think I've said this enough already but I'll say it again. I own absolutely nut'n besides the AU.)

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It was after breakfast, and Inko had just left for work. This would usually for the psst couple days mean that it would be only Jirou and Mythra at the house since Godfrey and Izuku would spend all their time training for hours on end, but with Izuku and Mythra apparently spending some Father-daughter time, it just left the Earphone Jack girl and the Living Embodiment of Icy Justice to themselves. It was the first time it was ever only them two alone, so there was not a doubt that things felt very awkward.

Jirou coughed abit to TRY and break the silence, followed by a little banter.

"So, uh...You and Izuku have been around for...like what, a year or something?" She said, only giving a quick glance at Godfrey then looking back up at the wall.

"8 months." was all he said back, trying hard to not making things feel more cold between them, which was hard considering Godfrey had literal ice flowing though his body and blood.

More silence passed until Jirou stood up. "Alright, I got a idea. How about we watch some tv or cartoons and just talk about that? I don't know much about you and you know maybe even less about me. This will surely break the ice..." She laughed abit to herself at the slight pun.

"You're not really going to break me...are you?" It was no doubt that he was abit scared of Jirou. He was his father's son, after all, and no matter how hard he tried to hide it, Godfrey was just as nervous around girls as his father was, only Izuku could hide it a tiny bit better. "C-cartoons sound nice. Father told me all about these ones he saw from this place called, um...A-merry-call or something like that."

"It's called America, and they have some nice cartoons here and there. Not alot of big ones but the ones that are arent half bad. I think Inko said something about channels from around the world or something. Give me a second, I'll pull something up." Jirou said with a nervous smile. She hoped that it would ease the tension in the room. "Now let's see, it's obvious to put on subtitles. Sometimes dubbing over the voices doesn't translate well, you miss alot of stuff."

The Living Aux Cord girl flipped though channel after channel until she found something that was at least okay. "Here we go!" As the tv played on, however, she felt a strange feeling from her step son next to her. "Hey, you okay, dude?"

Godfrey simply faked a smile. "O-oh, I'm fine, I'm just really invested in this episode..." He faked. More time had passed until they made it to the 5th episode when he finally spoke out again. "Actually, do you mind putting it in the 'dub' please?"

Jirou tilted her head. "Why? The sub is leagues above a dub, I don't see the problem. Heh, that is unless-"

"I can't read almost at all." The Justice Loving creation said so nonchalantly and quietly, it was almost like he thought of it as no big deal.

However, his new step mom knew that was not the case. She could feel the sadness in his voice.

"O-oh, that's right..." She looked away abit, a feeling of guilt taking her over. "Mythra said you...couldn't read, didn't she? I'm sorry, I didn't hear her, I can put it on dubs if you like, Godfrey."

He only smiled and shook his head. "N-n-no, it's fine. You're the one in charge, so maybe it would be best if you choose. I can just...look at the pictures, that's what I would always do whenever grandmother took me and father out to eat."

Jirou gritted her teeth at the sight of someone she picked up as so caring and stoic act so weak and defenseless. Standing up, she turned off the tv to Godfrey's surprise.

"To the table. Now. I'll be right back, I need to look for some stuff." She said with a feeling of disdain in her voice as she looked at her stepson. Godfrey obliged.

As he waited there for what felt like a hour, he wondered why did his step-mom sound so...sad and angry at the same time to him? His thoughts only led to more questions when Jirou dropped a stack of books ranging from childrens' books to cook books and even a magazine or 2. "What is all this?"

"It's help, kid," His stepmom began. "You want to be there for your dad all the time? What if he needs help or something and tells you to look for something but you can't find it because you don't know the name of it? He's going to need you in that case. So, I'm going to do you a favor...I'll teach you how to read, at least abit."

Godfrey looked at the small mountain of books, easily a couple of inches high, with a shiver to him. Did she really expect him to read all these books?

"Don't worry," Jirou reassured him. "IlI'll help you out eith anything that's troubling you. Let's start with this one." She picked up a small book, titled Goodnight, Sleepy Hero. She passed it to Godfrey, her look seeming more calming. "Go ahead and open it to the first page."

He felt the book. Cardboard like, he thought. Seeing the look in her face, he listened and opened it, but immediately began to look strangely at the book. "U-um...The...t-that's a S so it makes the ssss sound, and that's a L so it makes the lllll sound, and that's uh...Oh, this is too hard..."

Jirou put a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, it's okay...We'll do this together. Now repeat after me." She put the book between them and held her finger under the words as she passed them. She looked at Godfrey with a smile to calm him. As she would talk slowly, sounding out each letter of the word, he would follow suit.

"The sleepy hero, Captain Good Dreams, "They both began to talk, Jirou's voice coming out more confident compared to Godfrey's shy and weak one at the time. "gave all people good dreams. But the sleepy hero could not have a good dream, he only had bad dreams..."

About a hour later

"And then Captain Good Dreams hugged his bad dreams. 'You are not a bad thing, bad dreams, you just needed a hug to make you happy.' Now Captain Good Dreams could sleep happy again." It took a while to get through, but they managed to get it done. "The end." Jirou said. "You did it, Godfrey, you got through a entire book. I'm so proud of you. Wait, are you okay, Goddrey?"

He, however, was in tears. They were not sad tears, though, rather ones that made him have a warm and fuzzy feeling inside of him. He picked up his stepmom in one quick scoop, lifting her in a tight hug as he cried into her shoulder. "Mother...thank you, I couldn't have done it without you..!"

She patted his head and stroke it gentle. "You're welcome, Godfrey. If you ever want to practice reading again, I'll gladly help..." Looking around to make sure again it was only the 2 of them, she gave her step son a kiss on the forehead, which made Godfrey sigh happily. "But first go get some rest. Your eyes look like they need it."

As he left to to go take a much needed nap after his day, Jirou got a phone call. She figured it was just another scam or something and ignored it. It wasn't until it began to vibrate violently that she decided to look.

It was her father.

She didn't know what to do. She couldn't even weigh the options because even she didn't know the outcomes. Was he calling to yell at her? Was he calling to apologize, and if so, why so late? Mustering up her courage, she went off to Izuku's room and answered the phone. She could hear the faint sounds of her mother sobbing through the phone as her father tried to stay strong.

"Hey, my little rockstar..." Mr.Kyoka began.

"Oh, it's your little rockstar now, is it? Where was that when you kicked us out?" Jirou began, anger lining her lips with every word.

"I...I want to say I'm sorry...You..." he began again, leaving her on a cliffhanger.

"I what, old man?" She said back, still fuming on the inside.

"You're not a bad daughter. We fucked up big time...Your mom just told us a story that I never knew, you may want to sit down for this." Mr.Kyoka began the tale.

[One Story Later]

"And that's when we realized that we...we messed up, Jirou...We messed up worse than a broken guitar during a solo." From across the phone, Jirou could almost feel the sadness that came from her father as he told the story.

"I didn't know that happened to mom...But dad, you got to understand what I went through and what she went through are 2 different things...*sighs* OK, it's time I told you how your, um...granddaughter came into this world. But you got to promise, this stays between us and mom. No one else can know...Promise?" Jirou questioned.

"I bet my favorite pick on it, honey. Go ahead." Her father stated.

She began her story now. "You see, A while ago I met this boy...his name was Izuku, it was during the entrace exam to get into UA. I kinda sa-saved him from what could've been a nasty fall, but I kinda didn't expect him to repay the favor to me later. I, uh...honesty might have been crushed or worse if it wasn't for him rushing in last minute to save me. I wanted to make sure he was okay because he was suffering from some major wounds when he was landing. I caught him with my jacks, that's why one was so longer than the other. Getring sidetracked there, I went to check up on him and I may have sorta accidentally tri-triggered his quirk. From what he told me, if some DNA from someone, like hair or spit or something, comes into contact with that area around his heart, it will create something that he told me was called a BLADE. I forgot what it stands for but from what he told me, they are powerful beings that he can access the power from. As far as places like UA know, he can only use ice. Dad, please, if you ever get to meet him, don't tell him...It could ruin his life, like what if someone uses him for his quirk for evil purposes? I just...he's been so nice to me, he's even taken me and Mythra in, I feel like I owe the world to him..." She said, beginning to shiver abit at the sound of her own words, her heartbeat rising and her palms feeling kinda sweaty. Was this how...very deep liking felt like?

Little did she know, her talking made Godfrey woke up as he decided to 'sleep' in Izuku's room, hiding a smile on his face when he saw how dedicated his step mother...no...his mother was to making sure his dad was safe.

It wouldn't be weird to say Jirou was surprised when she heard her father laugh on the other side of the phone. "So that was the kid, huh?" He laughed more. "You know...that kid is what made us open our eyes, my rockstar...He came in, delcared his love for you and demanded we forgave you and asked for your forgiveness...Nah, I'm kidding. He did though make you your mom open up and realize her mistakes when he began shouting about how good of a person you have been...I didn't know that's how his quirk worked. I kinda already gave him my blessing to- *cough* uh...yeah. He seems like a good kid...I can tell he's going to be going places. So, uh...if you want to, you can come home and you can bring Mythra too. We can get a second bed and you 2 can be roomies, what do you say? Jirou? You there?"

She was freaking out. The blush that took on her entire face was obvious as to why. This boy who saved her life, ruined her life, saved her life again by taking her in had even fixed her family problem, but not just that...he manged to get her dad's permission to date her? Just what was this kid planning? Was he going to make a move any time soon? She took a deep breath and picked the phone back up. "I'm here, dad. I...Didn't know Izuku did that, but I...I think I...I think I'm going to stay here. At least for a while, they're just so nice it would be rude to just leave after all they have done for me. Sorry, dad, but I made up mind." She was not sure how he'll take the news, so she braced for the worst.

The worst, however, did not come.

"T-THATS MY GIRL! You're a strong independent woman at this point, you've done stuff that even some adults would not be mature enough to do! I'll tell your mother, but just remember if you ever feel like you're abit homesick, we're here with open arms...Goodbye, my little Rockstar. Talk to you soon!" He said over the line, possibly on the verge of tears.

She could only let out a weak laugh. "I'll be sure to remember that...bye, dad..." And with that, both hang up. However, Jirou wasn't done just yet. Going to the living room, she waited for Izuku to come back. When he did, however, he was meeted with both a jab to the stomach...and a kiss to the cheek. She was still kinda confused, but she knew one thing at least...

This family may not be a bad thing after all.