"Ugh, my head."

It was at the crack of dawn when Tatsumaki woke up, her head throbbing, as she always does when she drinks too much. The heroine looked around her room, trying to focus herself. Her Imouto was sleeping peacefully in a bed next to hers, and the clock was ticking away. Tatsumaki lifted her blanket off and headed for the door. No chance she would be able to get through an entire phone call without waking Fubuki up, much less when the noisy idiots come knocking. Just as she locked the door behind her, Bang appeared.

"A headache Tatsumaki-chan?" the ESPer nodded in response, grunting.

"How much did I drink?"

Bang raised an eyebrow. "You don't remember?" he inquired.

"I only remember cue ball insulting me before I challenged him to a drink off." replied the esper, shaking her head.

Bang sighed, a slight hint of disappointment clear in his tone. "Well, I suppose we should get you some tea."

Tatsumaki, having lived with the old hero for half her life, didn't fail to notice. "What is it Bang? Did something happen?"

"You really don't remember?"

"Remember what?" her memory was hazy at best. She tried to think back to the night before, but nothing came to her.

"It's nothing. I'm sure it'll come to you soon."

"Bang," insisted the ESPer, "tell me what happened, and why it has affected your mood."

Bang looked at Tatsumaki for a few seconds, shaking his head.

"What CAN you remember?"

Tatsumaki strained herself once more, "Drink off, toilet, and that's it."


Hours prior

Saitama walked out the door, sighing in content as he stretched himself a bit.

"Sensei, shall we return to our rooms or do you have something else to do?"

Genos was waiting outside, having bid Bang and Fubuki farewell since the two needed to get Tatsumaki to bed.

"Eh, nothing really. Did they clean up our plates already? Would be a waste if I didn't finish the food."

"No Sensei, I instructed them to pack the food and leave it in our room.

Saitama smiled a bit. "Man, you think of everything don't you?" he commended.

Genos' face lit up like a light bulb at his Sensei's words. "Thank you Sensei!" he exclaimed.

"Welp, I guess that means it's back to our rooms we go."

"Yes Sensei!"

"Oh, Genos, go heat up the food first. I wanna walk around a bit"

"Of course Sensei!" The blonde raced off towards the room to accomplish the task he was given, and Saitama sighed.

"What did I do to deserve people like him..."

The bald wandered around the halls of the building, taking in the beauty of it all in the night light as he thought about his life up to this point.

"Man did I sound cheesy back there. I mean... I guess it's true and all." Saitama had gone outside and was taking in the fresh air as he watched the stars twinkle. "How should I continue from here? Kinda feel like an asshole if I just straight up confess... yet, it has been so long since I had feelings..." He placed his hand over where his heart lay, feeling it beat for the first time in a long time. "Haigh, whatever. I'll leave tomorrow's problems to tomorrow's me."

As Saitama rounded the corner to where his rooms were, he noticed one of the heroes from earlier, a pale looking guy wobbling about, knocking into the walls.

"Hey!"

The guy didn't hear him.

"Oi!"

This time, he heard him. The pale dude turned around, a Desert Eagle in hand, pointed right at Saitama's head. "Step away if you want to... oh." He holstered the gun, chuckling. "Apologies. I get a bit edgy when I'm drunk."

Saitama shrugged his shoulders. "No biggie. Just wanted to know if you were okay is all."

"Ah, I'm fine. Thank yo-" a sword was plunged right into the dude's stomach, and the drunk laughter of Tatsumaki came from behind him, along with the hurried footsteps of Bang and Fubuki. The ESPer's laughter slowed down until she was about to collapse, when Saitama leaped over the pale dude's body and caught her.

"Guys? Didn't Tats fall asleep already?" questioned the baldy

Bang had slowed down the moment he spotted Saitama, and was calmly walking up to the bald, while Fubuki was breathless from her brief exercise, and she was taking her own sweet time.

"Ah, Saitama-kun. Apologies, Tatsumaki-chan just started floating off after grabbing Atomic Samurai's sword." Bang toyed with his moustache.

"So like, sleep walking but instead of walking it's using her powers?"

"I suppose. First time I've seen it though." shrugged the old hero.

"Not the first... time I saw it." Fubuki was still trying to catch her breath as she walked to the two males. "It happened on... once, a year before she was taken-."

"Eh? You can remember stuff from when you were a kid?" interrupted Saitama as he once again passed the sleeping Tornado to Bang.

"That's besides the point." the woman had regained her breath, and straitened her posture. "That time, we just celebrated her birthday, and she was extremely happy due to the huge amount of sugar she consumed and the teddy bear she received." she said, smirking.

"Okay? So?" Saitama didn't get it.

"So, it means she is extremely happy right now."

"... Oh, that's good I guess."

Fubuki facepalmed, causing Bang to chuckle.

"What she means to say, Saitama-kun, is that you've made Tatsumaki-chan quite happy. Which means..."

A moment of silence as Bang waited for it to get through the bald hero's obsidian head, before he sighed. "you have a chance, Saitama-kun." he finished.

"Oh." Saitama's eyes widened a little. "Ohhhhh. I uh..." Saitama awkwardly smiled as he rubbed his neck, completely caught off guard, causing the two in front of him to laugh a bit. "Uh, I dunno guys... you probably got it wrong. I mean, she might not even remember any of this when she wakes up!"

Fubuki shook her head as she placed a hand over her mouth to stop herself from laughing anymore. "Ahem, why are you so against dating my Onee-chan Saitama?"

The bald hero was sweating profusely, and it was not because he was feeling hot. "I... look, I just don't wanna screw it up okay? Do I really look like boyfriend material to you?"

Fubuki glanced up and down the hero with a hand on her chin, humming sarcastically.. "I don't see why not."

Saitama deadpanned, turning his head to Bang, who still had that smirk on his face. "Old man, tell your daughter I'm right, and that I'll screw it up."

"Apologies Saitama-kun, but I cannot. In fact, I'd rather you at least try."

Saitama was shaking a little bit, worry all over his face. "Okay, let's just forget this okay? I'll stay her friend, nothing more."

"But you did say you'll try if you regained your emotions did you not? Or are you seriously backing out like a coward." Fubuki remarked, folding her arms and growing her smirk.

"I... uh... Okay, fine. If Tats asks me on a date, I'll do it. There, now it will never happen!"

Bang sighed. "Very well Saitama-kun, if you insist."

"Phew... welp, I'm gonna go guys, I got a late sna- oh crap!" It was at this moment Saitama remembered the guy who got stabbed laying quite still behind him. "Uh, shouldn't we report this?"

Bang glanced at the body for a second, and chuckled. "No need at all. Fubuki-chan, hold on to Tatsumaki-chan for a second." As Fubuki levitated the sleeping ESPer. Bang walked over to the corpse, and yanked the sword out, eliciting a cry of pain from the supposedly dead man.

"Agh, who wakes a sleeping person up with that much force?" groaned the corpse

"Apologies Zombieman, but you were in a-" Bang raised the arm carrying the sword, grinning, "sticky situation."

Zombieman winced in pain as he stood up. "Hah, good one. Thanks Bang-san."

Saitama watched all of this with his eyes wide in amazement.


"What do you mean the baldy-" Tatsumaki's head throbbed once more, complaining to her she was too loud. "the baldy... likes me?" she rubbed at her head, the pain having multiplied since Bang just told her this very alarming news.

"Is it really that hard to believe after what I just told you?" Bang smirked. "You are quite charming, Tatsumaki-chan."

"Ugh, don't start with the proud father stage Bang."

"Come now, can't I be happy for my granddaughter?"

Tatsumaki pursed her lips as she looked down at the floor. "Still... all that crap in front of him... I embarrassed myself."

The old man chuckled. "Not at all. So? Would you?"

Tatsumaki thought about it for a few seconds, before glancing back up. "Uh... you wouldn't happen to know what he likes, would you?"


I apologise for this short update, but I needed to let you all know my wifi went down, and the damned company has decided to postpone the date I get the new router installed. I can only write this because of mobile data, but that stuff's expensive. Apologies, but I gotta get this done quick, proper notes will be written next chapter. Replies to reviews will be stupidly short, sorry


Chrissfragger, I missed this review, woops.: Eh, in due time?

Elfetrange: That's good to know I guess.

SeductiveSausage: Thank you. I think I could've went a bit slower honestly, but I'll keep trying.

inquirySaitama: He cooked the stuff. No further arguements can be made.

Ander Arias: Can't thank you or anyone else properly this time, but thanks.

Hektols: *Gestures to manga where she jumped in between Baddo and -*

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TbagTheGreat: Guidelines say K+ is good enough for coarse language. I'll up to T just in case, but I've yet to right any 18+ so no need for M. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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My inspirations:

The Bald and The Esper: Fanfiction

The Strongest Hero: Fanfiction

Icebreaker: Fanfiction

An Odd Kind of Love: Fanfiction

Threat level: Tornado: Wattpad

There is definitely more to the list, please let me know if you read anything similar! It could be from this here site, ArchiveOfOurOwn or Wattpad.


Stories I've been trying to learn from, including the above.

Secter and Tatsumaki: Fanfiction

Love is like a blizzard: Fanfiction

Empty Heart, Meet Aching Heart: Fanfiction

An Odd Kind of Love: Fanfiction

Flight of the Silverbird: Fanfiction

For The Love of a Favour: Fanfiction

Hit me Like a Truck: Fanfiction

Call me home: AO3

The Pain of me and you: AO3

Boundless more I should probably get around to taking notes from.


The names given to the HoE's creations belong to "The Lone Lobster".