Hizashi has taken Eri under his wing for the time being. "She's so… vulnerable." Hizashi whispered as he and Shouta both sat in a cat cafe together as Hizashi wasn't allowed near the safe house, per Nedzu's own orders. So, they met up in the cat cafe with Hitoshi and Cujo, yes, Cujo, because Eri wanted to see her big brother again. "I can't, as a hero, give her to foster care." He shook his head slowly.

Eri and Cujo were both sitting on the floor playing with the cats while Hitoshi was holding on to a gray and white fluffy kitten. Hitoshi kept looking back at Shouta, his request clear, he wanted the kitten. Shouta wanted the kitten. But they couldn't have the kitten, not while inside of Nedzu's safe house, Nedzu was already apprehensive about having four cats in the house.

"Yeah?" Shouta asked as he looked back at Eri and Cujo. Cujo had let his hair out of its ponytail and was now putting Eri's own silvery hair in a ponytail with his beloved red hair tie.

"You look so pretty." Cujo cooed in a gentle and surprising voice. Shouta was so used to Cujo's more abrasive side so it was nice to see him actually be gentle for once.

Shoto was on the floor just letting some cats climb him while he tried to gain the attention of a disinterested cat.

"Shou?"

"Hm?" Shouta looked back over at Hizashi. Hizashi reached over and touched Shouta's hand. "How are you guys since basically going into hiding?"

Shouta shrugged but still reached and cupped Hizashi's own hand into his, running the thumb along the back of Hizashi's hand. "It's been… a little rocky. The boys are all getting used to their new life as I now can't let them out, not without a tracker and an undercover cop to protect them. As you can see…" He looked back over at his boys. "They all cut their hair. I just walked into that."

"It looks good on them." Hizashi commented.

"The cats are stressed. They're all old and have to move so suddenly as we have…" he shook his head. Tora had stopped eating briefly, which wasn't good because his cat was already starting to lose weight. "But we're all alive."

"That's all that matters." Hizashi wrapped his arms around Shouta and Shouta just allowed himself to be held. "I don't mean to press you on this, I know you're going through a lot, but I need an answer."

"An answer?" Shouta asked in slight confusion.

"The cat hotel. I need to know because today is the last day I can cancel and get a refund, any later, then I owe them money." Hizashi smiled. "I know there's so much, I know you're scared of your children, so if you want to say no, I understand."

The thing was, Shouta didn't want to say no. Two days alone with Hizashi sounded amazing and like something he needed not wanted but…

"You should go-"

Both men jumped and turned in surprise as Hitoshi took a seat beside Shouta with the gray and white kitten in his lap. "Hitoshi-"

"Dad. The eyebags your eyebags have, has eyebags. Take a break. You clearly need one." Hitoshi explained while dangling a string in front of a kitten to get the baby cat to reach up and bat at it.

"Hitoshi, one: Stop listening in. Two: I don't think I physically can. Not with everything. I don't want to leave you two alone."

"Dad. We're in a safe house." Hitoshi immediately knocked Shouta's argument down and out of the water with that simple sentence. "Nobody knows where we are and it's Nedzu's safe house. It's the most monitored safe house in the world. I knocked down a cup of milk on the carpet and Nedzu personally texted me to use warm water and dishwashing liquid to get it out of the carpet so it doesn't stink. I think we'll be fine. We all have our phones-"

"None of you deserve those phones, but I'm not comfortable with you guys so much as stepping out of the house without a tracker…" Shouta grumbled and ducked his face into his capture scarf.

"The point stands. We're more than capable of surviving a day or two without you." Hitoshi stated a little firmly while he continued to entertain the kitten with the string. "You need a rest."

Shouta stayed quiet while he looked down at the table. "...Are you sure-"

"Dad, Zuchan, Todo, and myself all have strong quirks. If something does happen I'm pretty sure we'll be able to handle ourselves. Take a break."

Hizashi touched Shouta's hand. "Take a break, please." Hizashi whispered while his hand rested over Shouta's own.

He breathed out slowly. "But…Eri? She can't stay with us."

"Midnight agreed to take her if we went on this trip." Hizashi confessed.

Shouta shut his eyes and then turned his hand to grab on to Hizashi. "Okay, you convinced me." He relented and Hizashi's face broke into a big childish grin.

"Yea-ah!" Everyone jumped and the cats fled in fear when Hizashi accidently activated his quirk. Shouta tried to silence his boyfriend, but by the time he did it was too late and now they were being stared at while the cats and kittens all huddled away too scared to come out.

Shouta huffed out a tired sigh while his hair fell back down around his shoulders.. "And, I think that's our cue to leave."

Shouta had his bags packed and he double checked that he had everything he needed. Once he was satisfied that he had everything he grabbed his bags and walked out of his room to where his children- and Izuku's boyfriend- waiting for him in the living room. "I'm leaving now." He stated firmly.

"I'm going to be gone for two days. Do not- and I can't stress this enough- do anything stupid while I'm gone. No quirk usage. You can spar if you feel the need to burn off energy but only do it in the yard, remember this is not our house. This is Nedzu's safe house and if anything happens to it heaven only knows what that rat is going to do."

The three of them silently nodded to him and he continued on.

"Good. I shouldn't have to say this, but don't answer the door for anybody. I don't even want any of you leaving the house these two days. I know it's going to be boring but I want you all to be safe."

"We'll be fine, dad." Izuku told him softly before smiling at his father. "We promise, we won't even turn on the oven if you don't want us to, but please just go."

Shouta couldn't help but give a small smile at Izuku and he patted his son's hair. "Okay. Behave. All of you." Then, he gave Hitoshi a small hair ruffle as well. "Goodbye."

"Goodbye!" Izuku was the first to speak.

Hitoshi was next to say "Have fun!"

Shoto was the final one to speak. "Be safe."

Shouta wanted to stay longer, god how he wanted to stay longer. He didn't want to leave his boys, but he needed a vacation and bad especially before he was going to be shoved in a camp with the rest of 1-A and 1-B for two weeks. So, with a heavy heart he grabbed his bags and left the safe house. Leaving the three boys alone for two days.

"...Well… now what?" Hitoshi asked once the door was firmly shut behind their father. Izuku walked up to the door and locked it firmly with a resounding click that sounded throughout the house. Shoto sat on the nearby couch and crossed his legs.

"I don't know…" Shoto whispered. "Train? Spar maybe?" he suggested.

"Nah, we train everyday. Let's be lazy!" Izuku hopped on to the couch and practically threw himself across Shoto's lap. Shoto reached down and ran his fingers through Izuku's hair. "We train and spar and get up early everyday. Let's take this inch and make it a mile these two days! I say we watch movies and sleep in until noon the next day!"

"I'm down!" Hitoshi sat on the other side of Shoto and rolled his neck to relax his muscles. "Shame Denki can't be here…"

Izuku raised his eyebrows at his brother in a suggestive manner. "You're welcome for that by the way." To which he got a couch pillow chucked at his face. Izuku continued to smile before he chucked the pillow right back at Hitoshi. Hitoshi snorted and grabbed the pillow, nearly tossing himself off of the couch in the process to catch the thing. To which he slammed dunked the pillow directly on his brother's face full force.

Shoto just leaned back slowly and let this happen.

Izuku gave a chuckle. "Oh? It's like that?" He asked and snatched the other pillow off of the couch and instantly both brothers were on their feet, couch pillow in hand, stances low and their eyes hard with determination.

"Maybe some rules?" Shoto suggested before it could get too out of hand. Seriously, Shouta just left no more than five minutes ago and these two were already wanting a pillow war. "Don't get too rough, and don't break the pillows, meaning don't go crazy with your attacks."

"Fair.-" Hitoshi had nodded at Shoto and was immediately cut off when Izuku charged, slapping his brother down with his pillow. Hitoshi laughed and swung his pillow, catching his brother right in the face.

The war began. Pillows flew and insults were hurled as brother battled against brother. Hitoshi would strike to which Izuku would literally flip over his bother to get him in the back of the head. Which, in turn, caused Hitoshi to go down and sweep Izuku's leg out from under. Izuku fell to his back and was smacked in the face mercilessly by his brother's pillow. "Do you yield?!" Hitoshi cried with each smack.

"Never!" Izuku grabbed his brother's shirt, yanked Hitoshi down, and flipped him by planting a foot against his stomach and tossing him. Hitoshi gasped as he fell to his back breathlessly. He was then assaulted by a pillow. The pillow struck his face, once, twice, three times, then his chest and back up against his face with several dull 'thump! Thump! Thump!' to be heard from this. He let his greed get the best of him because by the time he felt his ankle being grabbed it was too late.

"Wah!" Izuku cried in alarm when his leg was knocked off balance and down he went on to his side. Hitoshi scrambled to his feet and in a second he was on top of his brother, straddling Izuku's waist with his knees, he raised the pillow above his head.

"You should have yielded, brother." Hitoshi whispered; the both of them fully committed to the bit at this point.

Izuku gave a dramatic sigh. His own pillow was knocked away from him and out of his reach. "I see. This is the end… Just make it painless." He exposed his neck and waited for the killing blow.

It never came, instead there was a sudden and surprising thump! Followed by a pause from all parties. Shoto had picked up another pillow from the bedroom and smacked Hitoshi right in the face with it. "I won't let you go any farther, Hitoshi."

Hitoshi almost looked betrayed when Shoto lowered the pillow. Almost. "I should have guessed!" Then he turned his attack on Shoto and attacked.

Izuku grunted and kicked his brother off of him and he scrambled for his own forgotten pillow while Hitoshi and Shoto were at war with one another. All Izuku could see was flying pillows as the two boys were just a flurry of movement. He picked his own pillow up-

Other me! Idea!

'What?'

Izuku listened to Cujo's idea and he smiled. Was it going a bit far? Maybe. But this was a pillow war and all was fair in love and a pillow war! Izuku scrambled to the couch and jumped on it while Hitoshi and Shoto continued their own battle. Izuku laid in wait. Watching. Scheming. His stance was low and his pillow was at the ready.

Hitoshi and Shoto continued to dance around while wildly swinging their pillows-

Finally Hitoshi stood in just the right spot.

"For my love!" Izuku declared and leapt. Hitoshi had no time to react when Izuku jumped. All he could do was turn in alarm and brace for impact. Izuku threw his pillow behind his head and on his way down he smacked his brother over the top of his head with the pillow.

The two of them tumbled to the ground and Hitoshi had stars dancing around his head. "Okay… you win…" Hitoshi breathed while he rested on the ground. Both of them just panted heavily.

Shoto fell on his butt and just started to laugh. "The way you-" He snickered behind his hands. "You just descended from the heavens to avenge me." He continued to weakly chuckle and he fell to his back. He tried to run his fingers through his hair, but stopped when he remembered that he got a haircut.

All three boys laid on the ground as they caught their breath while also laughing weakly at what they just did.

"So…A movie?" Hitoshi asked and twisted to look at the two of them. He propped his elbow up and rested his head on palm.

Izuku gave his own smile and chuckle. "Yeah, a movie sounds fun."

One movie turned into two, then three, then soon it was five in the morning and they were all still up and awake. Shoto was lying lazily on Izuku, his head on Izuku's chest while Izuku rested on the couch. Izuku was running his fingers through Shoto's hair absent mindedly as they stared mindlessly at the TV. Hitoshi was lying on the loveseat with a blanket draped over his body. His eyes were glazed over and glassy. This was just what they needed to turn their minds off and get lost in a movie.

Izuku felt Cujo press against him and he reached over to hold his quirk's hand. Cujo responded in kind.

It wouldn't be long before Izuku allowed his eyes to slip shut and let sleep pull him in.

Well, he would open his eyes and find himself and Cujo in the void. Cujo had his arms wrapped tightly around Izuku's middle with Cujo pressed firmly against his back. Cujo was fast asleep. Izuku gently patted Cujo's hands-

Tap.

Izuku immediately turned in surprise when Yoichi stepped up to the two of them. Izuku put his finger to his lips and silenced Yoichi. "Let him sleep." He whispered. "He's been on guard since Tomura broke in. If you're here to pick a fight then I must ask you to leave."

Yoichi shook his head. "No, I'm not here to pick a fight." He whispered and he slowly squatted down so they were eye to eye. "We've been watching, just observing really. We just wanted to be sure he was as changed as you claimed him to be. We witnessed that night that Tomura broke into your room and we were… surprised by how calm he made you and how willing he was to protect you."

"I told you. He's not All for One. He's just a kid even if he might not look or even act like it." Izuku whispered right back to his uncle.

Yoichi scratched at the back of his head and Izuku was sure his uncle's face turned pink with embarrassment. "We owe you both an apology."

"Hell yes, you do." Izuku nodded firmly to his uncle.

"I'm sorry." He finally said with a deep sigh. "Listen, you've been growing in your power and while you're not at hundred percent yet we think it's time that you can start tapping into the other quirks."

"...What?" Izuku felt confused and tilted his head.

"Cujo didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what exactly?"

Yoichi gave a smile at this. "Oh, Izuku. You're in the progress of getting more quirks. In fact, Thanks to Cujo here, we came up with a bit of a deal. Cujo talked about what quirk he wanted to come to you first and what quirk he wanted you to have last…"

"I don't…understand?"

"Izuku, there are seven users before you, you didn't think we were all quirkless did you?"

"Wait, I'm getting your quirks?"

"Yes. In fact…erm, you might want to wake up, Nana just gave you her quirk-"

"Wait, what was her quirk!?" Izuku woke Cujo when he jumped up but it was too late as not only did Yoichi vanish but-

"IZUKU! Oh my-"

Izuku gasped as his eyes snapped open and he found himself being confused for a moment as he was staring down at the couch. He blinked aggressively as his mind just couldn't register what he was seeing as Hitoshi and Shoto were staring up at him.

They were staring up at him.

He was staring down at them and the couch alike.

"Oh my god!" Izuku gasped once he realized that he was on the ceiling.

Then gravity came hard and fast as the quirk was turned off and he fell. With a scream he landed face first on the couch, bounced off of said couch, and landed on the floor just missing the coffee table. Izuku scrambled into a sitting up position as he looked around frantically. Immediately he was hugged by both Hitoshi and Shoto, the two of them holding on to him tightly, fearful that he might float off into the ceiling again. Several breaths left Izuku's mouth as he leaned into both of their touch.

"Are you okay!?" Hitoshi demanded first as he kept his hold tight. "You just… it was like watching a possession."

"What happened?"

"You just started to float away. If it wasn't for the ceiling I don't know how far you would have gone." Shoto said softly. "I tried to wake you but…"

Izuku relaxed and swallowed a dry gulp before turning to focus on Cujo's silhouette. Cujo gave Izuku an embarrassed wave. I might have forgotten to mention the other quirks to you.

"Might have?" Izuku responded out loud almost incredulously.

Whoops?

Izuku groaned and rested his head on Shoto's shoulder. "I got a new quirk." He came out and said and both boys looked at him in surprise. "And no. I didn't steal it… Hitoshi, I need your help with something."

"Yeah? What do you need?"

"I want you to grab your laptop and search up how to do an exorcism."

Hitoshi gave a snort before bursting out into a laugh. Shoto, while confused, also laughed a little uneasily. It made Izuku weakly chuckle all the same. "Oh god… I don't… I'm going to have to do some research in all seriousness." Izuku sat up fully. "For now, I need someone to lay on me or tie me down so I don't have a repeat of being on the ceiling."

In the end they decided to do a cuddle puddle on the floor with Hitoshi and Izuku both laying on both of Izuku sides so he wouldn't float away again. He didn't, thank goodness, but still Izuku was going to have a long- long- talk with Cujo as his quirk apparently knew about these quirks laying within One for All.

So, I just wanted to give you guys one more calming/ fluffy chapter before I get into the heavy shit again. Because it's all about to go down and we all need a moment of respite.