It was another half-hour before the three left the café. The walk back to the car was much less hectic than the way to the café, but to be safe Shōta once again kept Fred in between himself and Hizashi.

The three had spend their time in the café in relative silence, though Fred often spoke to ask questions. It wasn't long before Fred learned that the two adults have been teachers at U.A. for 6 years in Hizashi's case and 4 in Shōta's. Shōta had been recommended by Midnight, or Nemuri, against his wishes, but the man had joined the staff anyway after Hizashi convinced him. Fred also learned that Hizashi juggles three jobs; a radio host, Pro Hero, and U.A. teacher taking up most of his days with very few breaks. As it turns out, Hizashi is using one of his vacation days from his radio hosting to get to know Fred before he has to go back to work. Fred had thanked Hizashi, asking if he could visit his radio station at some point, getting an enthusiastic "Sure, anytime!" from Hizashi.

Fred also learned the name of the grey cat that seems to love Shōta, Eidorian, and that it translates to Adiran. Shōta had rescued the cat from the streets when it was a kitten and nursed it back to health, but because the apartment complex they live in doesn't accept animals that can't live in a tank, Shōta had brought him to the café to have a proper home. As it turns out, the café allows patrons to adopt the cats they house, and had promised to not allow anyone to adopt Eidorian for Shōta. It is actually quite common for the café to do so for people and have quite a few cats that are actually owned by patrons who can't currently or ever house their cat, all of whom have collars with their names and owners on them. Eidorian is no exception to this, and has a black and yellow collar with Shōta's name and the café's number on it.

After this discussion is when the three decided to head to the mall, and currently that is where they are headed.

Hizashi had tuned into his radio station, pointing out that it was the one previously playing on their way to the café.

"What genre is it? Or is it just the top trending?" Fred asked after listening for a few lyrics, unable to pinpoint what type of song it is.

Hizashi shrugs. "It started with playing the top 500 throughout the week, but now we have people call in and request a song. After it picked up more we made it so that on Saturdays we, the staff, pick our favorite music from during the week and play it. That's also when I accept calls from the Listeners and answer questions or requests such as Birthday shoutouts for the next week. It's a lot of fun!"

Fred smiles at the man's enthusiasm, finding it contagious. "Wow, that's awesome! Do you think I can come on Saturday to watch?"

Hizashi turns to Fred, having just pulled up to a light, with an excited grin. "Sure! If you want I can introduce you to the Listeners!"

Fred chuckles and rubs the back of his neck, feeling his neck and face heat up with a small flush. "Really? You don't think you'll get in trouble? I mean if you introduce only one of your student's don't you think someone might complain that your playing favorites?"

Hizashi nods in understanding. "True, but I guess I could introduce you as one of my fellow host's kid. Maybe Shōta can be the fellow host!"

Shōta gives Hizashi a look, promising a painful demise if pressed. Hizashi just gives the man an innocent smile before he turns back in time for the light.

Shaking his head at his husbands antics, Shōta turns and looks at Fred, holding out his phone. "Pick a food you want."

Fred, who had grabbed the phone while still looking at Shōta, looks down at the screen to see the photos app open, a noodle dish that looks like it was screenshotted from a restaurant page displayed. Swiping, Fred looks at another noodle dish with a different meat. Continuing, Fred looks at about twenty three different dishes before swiping back to the sixteenth, a picture with different sushi and sashimi layed out in a type of spread with a few dumpling dishes mixed in. "This looks nice." Fred says, handing the phone back to Shōta.

Taking the phone back, Shōta looks at the picture and nods, turning around to face Fred again. "You not have this type of restaurant in America?"

Fred shakes his head. "No, we do. I just want to get a taste of the sushi and sashimi in Japan. A trainer I knew visited Tokyo and wouldn't stop talking about it, so I'm curious."

Shōta nods again, before turning back around and addressing Hizashi. To whatever Shōta said, Hizashi nods I agreement before looking at Fred in the rearview mirror, not wanting to risk crashing while actively driving. "I haven't been to America, but I hear that the fish is not so good there."

Fred voices his indifference with a shrug. "I guess. I've never liked the tuna served or bought, and the octopus is kind of bland."

Hizashi nods, before pulling into a large parking lot. "Alright! Fred, keep a lookout for a parking space, the closer the better!"

-0-

After a few minutes of driving up and down a few lanes, Hizashi whoops in joy when they catch a car pulling out semi close to the building, of which Hizashi translates for Fred, telling the boy that the mall is called Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall, Wookiees. Finally pulling into the parking space, Hizashi unbuckles before pointing at Fred's backpack. "Bring that, no point in paying for a ¥900 bag when we can bring our own!"

Fred snaps his head up, looking at Hizashi with wide, shocked eyes. "900? How much is that in dollars?"

Blinking, Hizashi turns to Shōta, likely asking the man the same question. Shōta pauses from closing the door, before giving an answer in Japanese. "Sho says it's about 7 American dollars."

Fred nods, letting out a puff of air before opening his door, careful not to hit Shōta, and steps out before slinging his backpack over his shoulders. Closing his door, Fred jogs to catch up to the two adults who had walked ahead. Looking up at the open mall in front of him, Fred sees that the building is more or less a large wall enclosing the mall, the buildings across each other too far apart to hold a roof, resulting in it being open aired. With the lack of roof, there is vegetation scattered all over, such as palm trees, flowers, and bushes. After walking through the main entrance, Fred sees that the mall has multiple floors, and despite the size of the main plaza, a little ways into the mall it becomes close enough that a bridge from the second and third floor connects the two sides of the mall, which also doubles as a convenient place to put an elevator. Every few hundred feet or so there are stairs leading up to the different floors, and farther into the mall Fred can see a few escalators leading up as well.

Looking to where Hizashi and Shōta were last, Fred sees the men a little further then before, prompting him to jog to catch up. Once behind the two men, Fred exclaims, "It's huge!"

Hizashi turns and smiles at Fred. "Yeah it is! It has a slight bend that way that leads to a movie theater, and near the center is the arcade! Keep an eye out for school supplies, the shops that usually sell them are coming up." Pointing further into the mall, Hizashi, who had been holding Shōta's hand since leaving the car, starts to pull his husband toward the direction he pointed. "Get anything you think you need, we'll pay for it so don't worry about the price." Hizashi adds as an afterthought, waving Fred to catch up and walk beside himself.

"Okay." Fred nods absentmindedly, looking around to see into the different stores with a look of awe. Seeing the different styles of the individual stores is something Fred notices pretty quick. Though most of the stores had their store names written in Kanji, a couple had them written using English characters. As the group walk deeper into the mall, Fred sees shops dedicated to Pokémon, Anime and Manga, day-to-day clothing, and many for food both as venders and shops.

Turning to look at Hizashi, Fred realizes that he must have slowed down or even stopped at some point because Hizashi wasn't walking alongside his left. Looking ahead, Fred quickly sees the two men stopped under a tree and looking back at him. Looking at the two men's faces, Fred can see Hizashi bouncing slightly while still holding Shōta's hand, hs scarf bouncing with him and hitting him in the face once before Hizashi makes smaller bounces. Shōta himself was looking at Fred with a small smirk on his face, glancing at Hizashi out of the corner of his eye every few seconds. Walking a little faster to catch up to the two men, Fred watches as Hizashi points to his left, picking up on his bouncing in his excitement.

Once in front of the men, Fred turns to see what has Hizashi so excited. Looking into the window, Fred sees an arcade with rows of gaming machines lined up, people of all ages weaving in between other people or stopped at one of the games.

Fred turns back to the two men, a questioning look in his eyes. "I thought we were going to eat first?"

Shōta, who's smirk only grows and becomes smug at Fred's question, nods. "Yesu. We go eat."

Hizashi let's out a pained, or irritated, whine. "Fine! But we're playing after!"

Watching Hizashi pout while turning around with a flourish causes Fred to burst out in giggles, to which Shōta turns and gives Fred an encouraging half smirk. Following the two men, Fred continues to look around at the different shops, but this time makes sure to keep an eye on Shōta and Hizashi.

-0-

After going up the closest staircase to the right side of the mall and walking for another minute or so Fred finds himself in front of a, by the looks of it, traditionally decorated Japanese restaurant. Looking through the window Fred can see tables with chairs or booths, along with a large bar at the back of the restaurant that people can sit at to watch their food be made. The restaurant has a few customers already, one larger family, a few obviously tourist couples, and a group of likely high schoolers in a booth with a chair pulled up to the end of the table.

Walking up to the hostess, who is a woman with orange hair and dog-like features, Hizashi asks for a table for three in Japanese, before they are all lead to a table close to the back and near where the staff would take the food from the kitchen. On the way to the table they are lead past the table of teens, one of them looking up at the three passing and asking, "Sensei?"

Hizashi and Shōta stop, causing Fred to accidentally bump into Shōta's back at the man's sudden stop. Turning to make sure Fred doesn't fall, Shōta waves the blonde to continue to follow him to the table, leaving Hizashi to talk to the teens.

Hizashi, who was perfectly okay with this, greets the seven first, son to be second, years. "Hey list- students! How've your summer breaks been?"

The student on the end, a boy with lizard features along with a tail and a pair of wings wearing a black kimono, turns in his seat. "We just watched the new All Might movie that came out a few days ago."

"Nice!" Hizashi holds up a hand for the student to high five, which he does. Turning to the rest of the students, Hizashi gets a few "Okay" and "Been fun" before he's asked how his summer's been.

"Been busy with Hero work and the radio show. DJ'd for a coworkers wedding in Tokyo, which was really amazing!" Quickly pulling out his phone, Hizashi pulls up a photo if him taking a selfie in a black suit and his hair braided back, a couple slow dancing in the background while Shōta was sitting with his back to the camera, his hair braided as well. There were a few people scattered in the background, none Pro Hero's by the look of it.

Swiping the screen, the group of students can see another selfie of Hizashi, this time the background is dark with random colorations like a club and with Shōta facing the camera and right next to Hizashi's left side. Shōta was flushed and his hair now loosely pulled back in a ponytail that was obviously not tied tight enough, and he was leaning against Hizashi while giving a more natural smile compared to his usual "I just ate a baby and liked it" one he uses around the students. Hizashi was sticking his tongue out while blinking only his left eye, his head tilted back and facing Shōta slightly so his tongue was close to touching Shōta. The girl in the last seat closest to the window on Hizashi's left, who's yellow hair is cut into a pixie bob and is wearing a pink sundress, lets out a small giggle before commenting, "I've never seen Aizawa Sensei smile like that! What got it out of him?"

Hizashi smirks as he puts the phone away, knowing that the next picture of him and Shōta kissing would be inappropriate to show to his students and also something Shōta wouldn't appreciate. "Well first off we were both drunk off some really good Scotch, and I also think some sake. I don't remember what I said but I think I told him to smile at the camera."

The girl makes a small squeal along with the boy next to her. The boy has extremely pale skin and black hair that goes a little past his ears in a short bob cut with random white streaks running through it and is wearing a white t-shirt with black sweats. The girl directly to Hizashi's right, who has red hair that was buzz cut and punk clothing, leans around Hizashi to see Fred and Shōta sitting at their table, Shōta, who was sitting across from Fred, was trying to help Fred read the menu when he can only read the kanji out loud to Fred. "Sensei, who's the kid with Aizawa Sensei? You two finally adopt?"

Hizashi blushes and shakes his head, a few strands of his bun falling out with the movement. "No! We didn't adopt! He's just living with us while he's in Japan. Fred-kun is a transfer student from America."

The whole table lets out a collective "Ohhh." before the student directly to Hizashi's left, a boy with white hair that has a gold streak running along the left side of his head and is also wearing punk clothing, though with a lot more metal then the girl, speaks up. "Why is he living with you two? I mean with both of you juggling multiple jobs I'd think you wouldn't be able to look after a student after school hours."

Hizashi smirks before leaning forward, prompting the teens to do the same. Whispering, Hizashi says, "Don't tell anyone, but Fred-kun has an Erasure Quirk."

The teens all make sounds of understanding and amazement, before collectively looking over at the table to see Fred looking over at them as well. Fred, realizing he was caught by the whole table of teens and his teacher, quickly ducks away and looks at his menu as if he's reading it.

Hizashi just chuckles lightly, before excusing himself. "Well I'm sure you want to get back to your meals, and you probably don't want to talk to a teacher outside school."

The teens all give their goodbyes, Hizashi returning each one with a bow before he walks away. Once sitting next to Shōta's left, who had had sat with his back to the group of teens, Hizashi takes up a menu and starts reading. After reading over the menu once, Hizashi stands and sits next to Fred with the menu in hand.

"Want me to translate the menu for you, or was Shōta simply reading it okay?"

Fred, who had looked up at Hizashi when the man stood and sat back down, nods. "That would be nice. I only recognized a few words here and there when Mr. Aizawa read it."

Hizashi nods his understanding, briefly looking up at Shōta before looking back at the menu and starts to read it out for Fred, stopping and explaining something when Fred asks.

It isn't long before they get through the whole menu, and Fred had chosen to order a platter of sashimi and a meal bowl of steamed dumplings along with a bowl of miso soup. Hizashi chooses a bowl of chirashi and Shōta a large ramen bowl with shrimp, tofu, and assorted vegetables. For an appetizer Shōta wants to get a platter of fried squid, and Hizashi wants to get an appetizer bowl of dumplings.

After their server comes back with three glasses of water ordered by Shōta, Hizashi orders for both himself and Fred before Shōta orders his own dishes. Once the waiter leaves to put their orders in Hizashi moves back to the seat next to Shōta. Once seated Hizashi links his hands together and rests them on the table and leans forward. "When Nezu told us that we're going to look after a new transfer student he hadn't told us much about where you live. All we got were your grades, school photo, and Quirk description, which was pretty vague if you ask me. Can you answer some questions we, well I, have?"

Fred nods, giving Hizashi an encouraging and excited smile. "Sure! There's not much to tell, but I'll try my best."

Grinning back, Hizashi jumps right into it. "So we know your Quirk's name, Vocal Eyes Touch Erasure, but we don't understand how that all works."

Thinking on what he knows of his own Quirk, Fred realizes that he really doesn't know much about it either. "Well, as we talked about last night my eyes can erase emitter type quirks along with some transformation type quirks. When I have Visual Erasure active my eyes glow in the dark enough to read close to my face; which actually comes in handy sometimes. My voice can also erase emitter type Quirks, and I think it caused someone to briefly lose function of an extra arm once. I don't know how to control my Vocal Erasure and every time I've used it my vocal cords are damaged."

Hizashi, who had been translating to Shōta the whole time, stops Fred's explanation with a hand gesture. "You're telling me you've never been able to control it? Not even once?"

Fred shakes his head. "No, ever since the first time it happened I couldn't stop it from damaging me. I did try, but all I got for it was a few weeks of being unable to talk."

Shōta asks something in Japanese, leaning forward to rest his crossed arms on the table. Hizashi, once Shōta finished speaking, translates for him. "Shōta, asked how you communicated during those few weeks."

Fred smiles sheepishly, before lifting his hands and starts waving them in patterns as he speaks. "I learned basic American Sign Language. My teacher also learned so he can understand what I was saying. It started with basic requests and only the alphabet, but after I was able to speak again I continued to learn."

Hizashi whistles quietly before being nudged in the side by Shōta, and quickly recounts what Fred had said. Turning back to Fred, Hizashi also starts talking while

making hand gestures and patterns, though they made no sense to Fred. "I actually learned Japanese Sign Language not long after I started talking. I was born with my Quirk and had no control over it. My first cry caused my parents and doctors to go partially deaf."

Fred winces in

sympathy.

Laughing in self deprecation, Hizashi continues. "My ears are mutated to better handle my Quirk, though only enough so that any internal vibrations won't hurt me; so I wear top of the line noise canceling headphones to protect myself."

Fred nods along with Hizashi, but furrows his eyebrows in curiosity when a question pops into his head. "Did you have to wear noise canceling headphones as a kid or were you able to learn to control your voice early?"

"Well," Hizashi starts, rubbing his left ear as if remembering a past injury, "I'm also partially deaf, but not to the point of needing hearing aids all the time. I do have them, but I really only use them during school hours or if I'm at a fundraiser."

Fred tilts his head in curiosity. "You go to fundraisers?"

Nodding excitedly, Hizashi says, "Yeah! I go to all kinds of fundraisers when I can, and I've hosted a bunch too!"

"Really? What do you usually raise the money for?" Fred asks, leaning forward.

"Usually for damage relief from villian attacks, since I can't do as much hero work now I try and help where I can. I've also done a few for the deaf or hard of hearing. Those are a load of fun, because everything is both spoken and signed!"

Fred smiles at Hizashi's excitement, before turning to Shōta. "Do you go to these?"

After Hizashi translates, Shōta nods his head before answering. "Sho usually goes as a donator, and occasionally as my guest. Anyone who goes and knows us both thinks we're just 'really good friends.'" Hizashi says, giving Fred air quotes, to which Fred snorts in amusement.

"Anyway," Hizashi says, "back to our earlier conversation, you were explaining your Quirk."

"Oh, right!" Fred starts before holding his hands up and wiggling his fingers. "The last part is that I can erase quirks by touching them. It's really uncomfortable for me to do, and honestly, I wish I couldn't."

Shōta, after hearing this, scrunches his eyebrows in concern, and when Fred sees the change in expression on Shōta face he elaborates. "Whenever I activate Touch Erasure my entire body starts tingling. It feels like when your foot falls asleep and the blood is returning, but it's all over and ten times worse." Shrugging, Fred continues. "It's really uncomfortable, and borderline painful. I do know that when I touch someone the tingling shifts to only be where I'm touching the person, and that alone is disorientating."

Shōta nods along to Fred's explanation, and when Hizashi finishes translating he says in English, "We work on that first. You show us later."

Fred's eyes widen, but before he can say something the waiter arrives with their appetizers, setting a bowl of dumplings and their sauce in front of Hizashi and a platter of breaded and fried squid tentacles with their sauce in front of Shōta. Hizashi and Shōta thank the waiter in Japanese when their food is set in front of them, and after the waiter leaves Fred turns back to Shōta.

"What do you mean we're working on Touch Erasure first? I just told you I don't want to use it."

Shōta raises an eyebrow at Fred, and signals for Hizashi to not translate with his left hand by placing it on Hizashi's right arm. "You can not be a Hero and not use your Quirk. You can learn to use it or go home."

Fred looks down at the table at Shōta's words, taking his arms off the table and instead hugs himself.

Hizashi turns to Shōta, worry clear in his eyes. Shōta can only shrug, not knowing what to do for the boy across from him. Sighing, Hizashi eats his dumplings before speaking up, wanting to break the silence.

"I'm sure you're curious of who those kids were."

Fred, who had stopped hugging himself in favor of staring at his hands, looks up at Hizashi before looking past the man and at the table the teens were previously at, the table now void of people and used dishes. Nodding, Fred gives Hizashi his attention.

"They're student's from Yuuei that are all going into their second year. Four of them are in the Hero Coarse; Tokeru Akane, Kenshi Shoinu, Hyoto Domizu, and Hachurui Kiboko.

"Tokeru-san, the girl with short red hair, is able to manipulate metal at will. Kenshi-san is the boy that has dog ears, and he can turn into different dog breeds. I think he's aiming to be a rescue hero. Hyoto-san, the girl with the long, fading blue hair, can manipulate water, or something similar. Hachurui-san was the lizard boy on the end. His mother has a lizard Mutation Quirk and his father a bird Mutation Quirk, which gave him the dragon features."

Fred holds up a finger to ask something, but Hizashi beats him to it. "No, he can't breathe fire." Fred closes his mouth and lowers his hand, looking rather put out at this fact.

Hizashi just chuckles at Fred before continuing. "One is in the Support Coarse, and his name is Kinzoku Kinzokuhen. He's the one with the white hair with the gold streak. He can transform metals into other types of metals, give metals that can be magnetic a weak magnetic field, and manipulate any metal to an extent. It's, complex, but Tokeru-san is helping him strengthen it.

"The last two are in General Education. Sosa Hikari and Kataru Tokukiita. Sosa-san is the pail one with black and white hair. He can manipulate light. And no, he can't do it to the point something becomes invisible, it just becomes really dark or really bright."

After taking a sip from his glass of water, Hizashi continues. "Finally, Kataru-san is the one with short yellow hair. She can speak to anyone that has heard her voice, and uh, hold on."

Turning to Shōta, Hizashi asks the man something, and after getting the needed answer turns back to Fred. "Okay, so the person she wants to talk to has to hear her voice once, talk to her once, and she has to either remember their face or be looking at a photo of it. It's not telepathy, because she has to speak out loud. So far we know she can speak to at least nineteen people because I caught her cheating with the whole class on an English quiz. She originally applied for the Hero coarse, but because of the Entrance exam she couldn't be accepted and was instead invited to General Education." Nudging Shōta, Hizashi continues with a sly smirk. "Sho-chan over here has been advocating for her to move into the Hero coarse, and it's finally paid off. As of next year she will be in class 2-B!"

Fred smiles over at Shōta, seeing the man glaring at Hizashi, though his eyebrows were furrowed in confusion.

Hizashi just chuckles at his husband before filling him in on what he said, causing the man to roll his eyes and stuff the last bit of squid into his mouth. The waiter chooses that moment to come by and remove the finished dishes, Hizashi thanking him for both himself and Shōta seeing that the man was still chewing.

It isn't long after the waiter leaves that he brings the groups meals, setting the sashimi platter in front of Fred and the large bowl of dumplings in the empty seat next to the boy, along with Hizashi's bowl of chirashi and Shōta's bowl of ramen.

Fred looks at his sashimi, only able to recognize the eel, squid, though only because it still had tentacles, two types of tuna, salmon, and the octopus. Turning to Hizashi, Fred points at the two he doesn't recognize. "Mr. Yamada, do you know what these are? I've seen this one but I've never seen this."

Hizashi, having looked up at his name, sees which ones Fred is pointing at. "The first one is saba, or mackerel, and the other is uni, sea urchin."

Fred scrunches his nose at the second one, before asking, "Is sea urchin good? I didn't know you could even eat them."

Hizashi nods his head vigorously. "It's really good! Sho doesn't like the texture though, says it feels like eating toothpaste."

Fred once again scrunches his nose, but decides to eat it first. Easily cutting the uni with his chopsticks, Fred picks up one half and eats it, chewing it slowly before finally swallowing. Nodding to himself, Fred picks up the second half and eats that as well, Hizashi giving a quiet cheer. "Finally found someone else who likes it!"

Fred chuckles, covering his mouth to prevent it from opening on accident, before swallowing and speaking. "I agree with Mr. Aizawa, it does feel like toothpaste, but the flavor is way too good to pass up."

Hizashi sticks his tongue out at Shōta before digging into his own meal, Shōta ignoring his Husbands childish actions in favor of stuffing his face with noodles.

After a few minutes of eating in silence Fred's phone lets off a trill, causing the boy to scramble to put it on silent. "Sorry," Fred winces, "that's one of my friends from America."

Hizashi shakes his head, waving Fred to answer it. "It's fine, you can answer it."

Fred nods, before quickly unlocking his phone and opening the conversation that's highlighted blue, which is also his group chat with his closest friends from America.

MicMic: Yo anyone else unable to sleep?

Freddy: Yeah. Want me to come over?

MicMic: Sure, I'll unlock the back door. Make sure to lock it on your way in.

Freddy: Dude

MicMic: What?

MicMic: OH!

Freddy: LMAO WOOOOOOWWWW

MicMic: Dude it's been like a day cut me some slack!

Freddy: Nah, you're stuck with this.

MicMic: Noooooooo!

Freddy Anderbro took a screenshot!

MicMic: aww come on!

Freddy: Wallow in your misery.

MicMic: Rude.

BruceyBro Host took a screenshot!

Freddy: Sup Bro!

BruceyBro: Wallow in your misery is being added to my "Fred's a poet and doesn't know it" list.

Freddy: Wait you're still doing that?

BruceyBro: Yup! I've added like, 12 since you last asked.

Freddy: Wow, someone doesn't have a life.

BruceyBro: Hush.

Valkyrie: I helped with the list. Also Mick next time you can't sleep don't say it in a group chat, I was asleep.

MicMic: How is it that the guy in a different country answered me first?

BruceyBro: IDK.

Freddy: Talent.

BruceyBro: No.

Valkyrie: time difference?

MicMic: Oh yeah...

BruceyBro: Being on the other side of the world does that.

MicMic: Wait Freddy what r u doing now?

Freddy: Out eating lunch. It's 2:50 here.

Valkyrie: It's 12:50 over here.

Valkyrie: Where are you eating lunch? You said 'out'.

Freddy: Uhhh...

BruceyBro: Pffffff don't even know the restaurant name!

Freddy: It's in Japanese!

BruceyBro: Oh, that makes sense.

Freddy: Mr. Yamada says it translates to Yuba's Restaurant

MicMic: Who?

BruceyBro: Nice original naming style

Valkyrie: Mr. Yamada?

Freddy: One of my hosts. The other is Mr. Aizawa.

BruceyBro: Oh yeah you mentioned living with two guys before moving.

MicMic: Why was I not told of this?

Valkyrie: Are they nice?

Freddy: You didn't ask?

BruceyBro: Ouch!

Freddy: Yes they're good people. Both are Pro's too!

MicMic: Hero names. now.

Valkyrie: That's so cool!

MicMic: H

MicMic: E

BruceyBro: Pictures?

MicMic: R

MicMic: O

Freddy: FINE! I'll ask!

MicMic: N

MicMic: Wow normally you let me finish. Rude.

Freddy: My phone buzzing like a bee is not fun while in a restaurant.

BruceyBro: He has a point.

BruceyBro: Also adding that to the list.

Freddy: Dude...

Valkyrie: Lol

BruceyBro: ITS POETIC!

Freddy: IT'S A SIMPLE SIMILE!

MicMic: Are we getting those pic's or?

Freddy: If y'all shut up for two seconds

BruceyBro: Oof!

Valkyrie: fair enough.

MicMic: Rude!

BruceyBro: You were still talking too!

Freddy: Details.

Freddy:

MicMic: Wow, the blonde must have really long hair.

BruceyBro: Wow they're a lot younger than I thought they would be.

Valkyrie: They're teachers too right?

Freddy: Mr. Yamada's hair goes down to his lower back.

Freddy: Yeah they're 30.

MicMic: What does he do with it?

BruceyBro: Wow, tell the black haired one that he looks really good for 30.

Valkyrie: Dude...

Freddy: And yes they're teachers. Mr. Yamada, the blonde, teaches English and Mr. Aizawa, the one stuffing his face, is my homeroom teacher.

MicMic: Why would you ask him to tell his teacher he looks good?

Freddy: I told Mr. Yamada to tell him you said so.

BruceyBro: Wait really?

Valkyrie: Holy shit.

MicMic: What did he say?!

Freddy: He's super uncomfortable omg!

Freddy: He's blushing slightly holy shit what!?

BruceyBro: rip

MicMic: Wow.

Freddy: Mr. Yamada, who's his husband btw, told me to tell you he agrees.

Valkyrie: HOLY SHIT!

BruceyBro: WAIT WHAT?

MicMic: R.I.P. Bruce Host.

Freddy: You can see Mr. Yamada's ring why y'all flipping out?

Valkyrie: Wait really?

MicMic: Omg yup there it is. Barely.

MicMic:

BruceyBro: Duuuuuude! You don't tell someone to tell their spouse that you're friend said that they're hot!

Freddy: Relax! Mr. Yamada is totally ok with it.

BruceyBro: What you mean?

Freddy: He's currently trying not to laugh, like you have no idea how weird it is to get that type of reaction out of Mr. Aizawa.

BruceyBro: What does he not show emotion?

Freddy: No he does, but it's more action based. Like this morning as soon as he woke up he hugged Mr. Yamada.

Valkyrie: Aww!

MicMic: Aww, cute.

BruceyBro: Oh.

Freddy: We just got the check and Mr. Yamada wants to go to the arcade and get my school shopping over with.

Valkyrie: Sounds fun.

MicMic: Oof. Thanks for the supplies though.

Freddy: Welc.

BruceyBro: ttyl.

Looking up as he locks his phone and stuffs it back into his pocket, Fred sees Hizashi has finally got his laughter under control and Shōta is putting his credit card away. Finally standing when Hizashi and Shōta get up, Fred throws his backpack onto his shoulders as Hizashi puts his scarf on and Shōta his jacket.

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I Hate this ending but the next chapter picks up right after this. Like the continuation is instant.

The first picture is of Fred turned away from both Shōta and Hizashi, with Hizashi throwing up a peace sign with his left hand and Shōta with his mouth partially puffed from food and still holding his chopsticks, though his right hand is out of the frame and his left is handing at his side. Fred is winking with his left eye and has his tongue caught between his teeth and sticking straight out slightly. Hizashi's bowl still has a few Sashimi and Shōta's bowl is almost empty, while Fred's Sashimi platter is empty along with his dumpling bowl, the only dish that's obviously his and still has food in it is a half empty bowl of miso soup. Hizashi's glass is half full, Shōta's is behind Fred's head, along with Fred's own glass. Hizashi's bun is coming undone slightly, and his scarf is draped over the back of his chair to prevent it from getting dirty. Shōta's jacket is also off and draped over the back of his chair and his hair is tucked behind his ears. Fred's jacket is still on but you can see the collar of his shirt, which is black, and one draw string is tucked in between his shirt and jacket. Fred's backpack is visible on the empty seat. Hizashi also has a soy sauce dish that's half full and slightly clouded with wasabi. You can barely see the mall through the window because of it being out of focus, but it is evident that the restaurant is not on ground level because you can see the obvious top of a tree.

The second picture is a zoomed in photo of Hizashi's hand where you can barely see his ring on the edges of his finger.