Chapter Three
Inko demanded and was there in an instant wrapping her arms around Izuku. "Izuku sweetheart its alright, tell me what happened."
"I think he's just overwhelmed by the stress of everything, I've been stressed lately too mam." Shouto said and looked decidedly uncomfortable. "It's just everything and I don't think he's eaten since this morning, if he even ate then. We were all nervous." He added.
"The final year is hard on many people, it gets harder after you go Pro." Tensei said. "We were not easy on him either, we were concerned for my brother, but we didn't think of how he might have been feeling. For that I apologize, we didn't consider how it must have felt for him to accidentally injure someone he cares for and we were not kind."
"I jumped to conclusions as well." Inko said softly. "Izuku sweetheart, its alright, I'm here, we can watch All Might videos together, like when you were little." She added. "I understand that you want to stay with your friend, but maybe its better to let his family care for him."
"Na no, its all my fault." Izuku wailed and she sighed.
"You were saying a minute ago that Tenya made a miscalculation as well, it isn't your fault Izuku and we shouldn't have been so eager to blame you. We know things happen that you can't predict when you are fighting someone and yet we automatically assumed that you were at fault." Tensei said and sighed. "We didn't wish to consider that Tenya had made an error in judgment as well." He added softly. "Its not your fault and you've been working yourself too hard, something like this was bound to happen eventually with the sort of training schedule you have been putting yourself through. I will have a talk with my brother as well, once he recovers, you shouldn't be working as hard as you are. If you continue to do work with that sort of training schedule, you can suffer burn out, or worse." He added and Izuku continued to cry, a moment later Uraraka appeared.
"Izuku, here we got you some katsudon." She said and smiled gently at him. "I know you want to spend time with Iida right now, but you need to eat too." She said and handed him the bowl of Katsudon. Izuku stared at it a moment, dully before he started to eat.
"I'm sorry Uraraka." He said.
"You won fairly and squarely, I might have wanted our battle to go on longer than it did, but the tactics you used against me were very effective. You managed to incapacitate me without leaving a scratch on me and no one else was able to do that." She said and smiled. "You came up with a strategy for each of us, that was at least in theory well planned out, did you do that for our entire year?" She asked and Izuku nodded, she smiled. "That's impressive Izuku, very impressive. You shouldn't feel upset with yourself, or torture yourself because you made a mistake. We have to learn from our mistakes, that's how we grow as heroes." She said gently as Izuku ate his katsudon. She sat on the floor next to him and smiled. "I'm glad you are my friend Izuku, its understandable that you feel upset because you hurt someone you care about. I'd be upset too, luckily I didn't hurt Asuy all that badly when I won against her in our match, but it could have been different. Its hardest to face those you care about and force yourself to fight them." She added.
"Yet sometimes you have to, sometimes there is no other choice." Tensei said. "Sometimes heroes can become villains, or can have their minds taken over by quirks, or any number of other things that will force you to fight people you care about. When that happens you need to think of the quickest way to knock out, or immobilize the person you are fighting against." He said and sighed. "That's really the whole reason for the Sports Festival, to pit each department against one another and determine who's stronger. However it is also used to get young heroes in training used to fighting against their friends and allies, in case the worst ever was to happen."
Izuku finished his bowl of katsudon. "Thank you Uraraka, I think I'm going to go to the cafeteria now, eating made me realize how hungry I was." He said and everyone laughed as he wiped at his eyes. "Do you want me to bring you something back?"
"We'll go in shifts, enjoy your meal." Tensei said and smiled at Izuku who stood and smiled at his Mom.
"Do you want to go too Mom?" He asked and she smiled softly.
"Of course, I'd love to go and you have to introduce me to all your friends." Inko said.
"This is Todoroki and this is Uraraka, they are some of my closest friends." Izuku said and smiled softly. "This is my mother."
"Its nice to meet you mam." Uraraka said and smiled softly.
"Its nice to meet you." Shouto repeated looking slightly uncomfortable. "After you get back, can I talk to you alone?"
"Of course." Izuku said and smiled, he picked up the bowl with one hand and took Inko's hand in the other.
"Your hands have gotten so big and you've put on so much muscle Izuku." Inko said and smiled. "I bet you could lift me one handed now, without using your quirk."
"I haven't tried to pick anyone up, without using my quirk." Izuku said and smiled. "Though I could try if you liked." He added and Inko laughed, before she stood on tiptoes and ruffled his hair.
"You've also grown so much, since the school let us use one of their safe houses last Christmas." She said and Izuku laughed.
"I'm nearly as tall as Yagi now." He said.
"Mutation quirks are strange, but your father always was tall." She said.
"His quirk is a mutation?" Tensei asked and she nodded.
"No one in our family has been this tall before Izuku, or had strength augmentation like he does." Inko said and smiled softly. "I can levitate small objects, nothing as large as Uraraka manages, but anything smaller than say a beach ball and Izuku's Dad can breathe fire."
"Your Dad breathes fire?" Todoroki asked and Izuku nodded.
"He works for a company in America and has since I was a baby." Izuku replied. "Sometimes he comes back to visit, but its hard."
"He came at Christmas so I had both my men together again." Inko said and smiled at Izuku. "We never need to find the lighter when he's around." She added with a laugh.
"When I was really little, he was my dragon." Izuku said and smiled and Inko laughed.
"I still have that costume, you loved to play dragon and knight when you were a child." Inko said. "Even then you were my brave hero." She said and Izuku blushed.
"Mom!" He protested and she grinned.
"Its a mother's right to embarrass their children, around their friends." She said. "I'm not letting you off the hook that easily, just because you couldn't bring them over to our house, because of security concerns." She added.
"All parents can be embarrassing, mine couldn't afford to go to the Sports Festival this year." Uraraka said. "So you don't get to meet them, but they and my siblings are coming to graduation and my little brother might go to UA too in a couple of years, he makes things heavy." She added.
"I pity your mother." Inko said and Uraraka laughed.
"I think we made her go prematurely grey. I have four brothers and sisters, I'm the oldest." Uraraka said.
"Izuku is an only child." Inko said and smiled at Izuku. "Now lets go get you something to eat, I want to see the cafeteria, I've never been on campus before." She said.
"I want to stay close to Iida Mom, I feel responsible."
"Then give me a quick tour and I can see where you have been going to school. I think the Iidas would like some time alone with their son anyway." She added.
"Indeed, we would, please show your mother the facilities, it is not as though much will change here." Tensei said and smiled at Izuku. "Sometimes you need to get away for a bit, in order to be there for the person you care about when they need you to be." Tensei added. "You are usually the most injured out of all your classmates, so I know you do not have much experience with being around others when you are not injured yourself. You need to take care of yourself and enjoy time with your Mother, family bonding time is important." He said.
Izuku look torn, but his Mom grabbed his hand and pulled in that insistent way of hers and he followed her. "Come on Izuku I want to see everything!" She said and Uraraka and Shouto stared after her. She dragged him to the common room and everyone stared at him. "We're going to get something to eat at the cafeteria, but then my son is going to introduce me to all of you." She said and smiled. "I am looking forward to meeting all of Izuku's classmates. Come on Izuku, you need to eat and I'm hungry too." She said and then she was off tugging Izuku behind her as they went to the cafeteria.
She stared at the amount of food Izuku piled on his tray, as she bought a meal of fish green beans and potatoes for herself. "Wow Izuku, I thought that was just because it was the holidays, but do you need to eat like this all the time?" She asked and he nodded.
"I burn energy with my quirk, which makes me hungry." He said and they sat down at a table, he ate steadily and smiled at his Mom.
"I came to the festival with Mitsukui, she's still trying to get clearance too, I'm glad they let me in because you seemed like you needed me." She said gently. "So how's training and your classes, I know you can't tell me everything, but I want to know how you've been doing?"
"Good, classes have been getting progressively harder, everyone is being challenged by them. I actually had to explain about internships to some younger students, they were surprised that I knew their quirks." Izuku said with a laugh and ran his hand through his hair. Inko laughed as well and subconsciously did the same gesture.
"Well not everyone loves heroes and quirks as much as you do Izuku, I learned a lot from you, over the years." She said and smiled at him. "You are so strong and you've always been my little hero."
"Mom!" Izuku complained and looked around the cafeteria and Inko laughed, before reaching forward and ruffling his hair.
"Wow she looks just like him, look Aizawa." Hizashi said and Izuku stared at his teachers, Aizawa looked severely unimpressed.
"Introduce me to your teachers!" Inko demanded and Izuku stood up, going over to his teachers and bowing.
"Aizawa Sensei, Hizashi Sensei this is my mother Inko Midoria." He said and Inko smiled brightly.
"I like your hair, how do you style it?" She asked Preset Mic who stared at her. "Is it a mutation or is it styled?"
"I style it." Hizashi replied and she smiled at him.
"You should try styling your hair like that, but I guess it naturally stands up on end when you use your quirk Izuku." She said and Izuku blushed. "Its nice to finally meet you, I just always wondered about your hair. Izuku has told me so many stories about you."
"Good things I hope." Hizashi said as Aizawa blinked at Inko.
"Yes, he loves his teachers and he's gotten so much better at English, since you started teaching him."
"Mom!" Izuku protested.
"Thank you, I enjoy teaching my students, I'm glad that Midoria enjoys his lessons."
"Yes! He taught us all English Christmas carols over the holidays last year!" She said and laughed. "My husband speaks fluent English, but I never learned so both of them were singing and I had no idea what we were singing, but it was fun."
"I like to sing as well." Hizashi said and smiled. "Though I'm not as good at singing, I love music."
"I like music too, I listen to music sometimes, when I clean around the house. You haven't spoken at all have you, am I overwhelming you?" She asked Aizawa concerned. "I know I have a tendency to talk really fast when I get excited sometimes." She said and smiled at him. "Izuku has told me so many stories about you, did you really threaten to expel a student on the first day?"
"Of course, sometimes I have to expel an entire class, when they aren't prepared for the reality of hero work. Izuku's year is a very strong one." He said and smiled. "They are also not unintelligent unlike some of my students, that somehow manage to pass the entrance exam and then can't string two sentences together." He added and Preset Mic laughed.
"Come now, they are smarter than that, but I agree that all of Izuku's class have been excellent students and I'll miss them when they graduate, come back to visit us won't you?"
"Of course, I'll come back, maybe during the second year gala sometime, that was fun."
"Only you would think that was fun, all the rest of your class was freaking out, but you started talking with Hawks and seriously shook him up." Preset Mic said and laughed. "I see where you get it from, after all being raised by such a lovely woman, how couldn't you pick up some of her qualities." He added and Inko smiled.
"Thank you, I did my best to raise Izuku right and I'm proud of the man he's become." She said and smiled softly. "Though he'll always be my little boy." She said and Izuku blushed. "I wouldn't want to interrupt your meal." She added.
"We can eat with you, Aizawa hates meeting the parents of our students, but I always enjoy it." Preset Mic teased Aizawa.
"It can be very annoying, I'd much rather be home with a book, but every year I have to go to the Sports Festival, because the Principal made it mandatory."
"I think you're the reason why the Principal made it mandatory." Preset Mic said and Aizawa let out a long suffering sigh.
"He's too cleaver by far and he's written it in the bylines that I can't use my quirk on him, when he annoys me."
"Yes because a giant mouse was so much fun to deal with and it was even more fun once you gave him his quirk back. I thought I was the loudest person on campus, but it turns out I was wrong." Yamada said and Aizawa pinched his eyebrows.
"I thought we agreed never to mention that incident in front of the students, I was drunk Yamada." He said pointedly and Inko laughed.
"Wait so you seriously took away an intelligence quirk? What happened?"
"We don't talk about it, ever." Aizawa stated and glared at Yamada. "Yamada sometimes forgets to watch what he says."
"Don't hate me cause I'm beautiful." Yamada said and Aizawa sighed again. "You should go eat, I don't want your food to get cold and you did well in the Sports Festival Izuku, you couldn't have known that each other's quirks would interact like that. I didn't know or else I would have called a halt to the match, once you tackled him. Its not your fault Iida got hurt and I don't want you to blame yourself for it." Yamada said gently. "We take the safety of our students seriously and on this occasion we failed both of you."
"Its not your fault either." Izuku said softly and Yamada nodded.
"I have to make sure Aizawa eats, he gets bitchy when he's hungry."
"Yamada!" Aizawa protested.
"Its true."
"Then is he always hungry?" Inko asked.
"Mom!" Izuku said and turned bright red. "You can't just say that about my teacher."
"Why not, I'm aware of what most of my students think of me. I assure you I have been called much worse, at least she was upfront about it, I prefer that to the snide comments others make behind my back. I assure you that I am used to it, I have been as I am, for my entire life and it puts most people off. However if I changed in order to please others, I would not be true to myself." Aizawa said and sighed. "It seems that your mother is much like All Might, you and Yamada in that she says things before she thinks them through at times. I assure you that I didn't take offense, though I must wonder what you have been telling her?"
"I haven't told her much actually, she asked about my teachers and I told her about some moments I shared with you. Things that I felt weren't confidential and it was alright for my Mom to know." Izuku added and smiled at his Mom.
"Thank you for protecting my son, I should not have teased you without knowing you, I apologize."
"I'm quite used to others teasing me and it didn't seem to be malicious in nature." Aizawa replied and attempted to smile, it felt slightly unsettling to Izuku who was used to his teacher frowning at him. Inko smiled though in return and didn't seem to see how hard Aizawa was trying to set her at ease.
"You can join us if you like, once you get your food." Inko offered.
"I'd love that, I want to know all about what Midoria was like as a baby." Yamada said and Izuku blushed bright red.
"I have pictures on my phone, he was the cutest little boy." She said and smiled.
"Mom I'm sure they have better things to do, than look at my baby pictures." Izuku said.
"Nonsense, I like looking at baby pictures of my students, I keep suggesting that we add baby pictures of our students to graduation, but everyone shoots me down."
"Because that idea is idiotic." Aizawa said.
"But SHOouta, other high schools do it." Yamada said and Aizawa sighed.
"I don't know how we became friends, you're impossible."
"Ah but you love..." Yamada trailed off and looked around him frantically.
"You are drawing attention!" Aizawa hissed and Izuku stared at them in shock, before he decided to not say anything, luckily his Mom was wise enough not to say anything either.
"Well how about I show you pictures of my little Izuku and there's some of Katsuki as a child too, they were best friends as babies."
"What no way, let me see, let me see the cuteness!" Yamada demanded and Inko laughed, before opening an album and handing Yamada her phone, he laughed. "Katsuki hasn't changed at all, he still has that expression when he's angry." He said and started scrolling through the pictures. "You were an All Might fan Midoria, that explains a lot."
"He pretended to be All Might when he was a little boy." Inko said and smiled. "It was adorable." She said and Izuku felt himself blushing again, he resigned himself to embarrassment.
"Aww, look he dressed up as me, that's so cute." Yamada said and Izuku felt himself get even more embarassed, he had been wearing a cardboard version of Preset Mic's speakers, his father's leather jacket with the sleeves rolled up, black pants and a red belt, he had gone as Preset Mic for Halloween when he was eight. He needed to burn that photo and suddenly he wished he had Shouto's quirk instead of the one All Might had given him.
"And this is why we don't do baby photographs." Aizawa said noting Izuku's embarassement.
"But he's so cute, what does he have to be embarassed about, it's adorable." Yamada said and Izuku groaned. "Can I have a copy?"
"Of course." Inko said and smiled at Yamada. "I had to convince him to go as someone other than All Might."
"I went as Grand Torino one year for Halloween when I was a boy." Yamada said and laughed. "You have nothing to be embarassed by, I see it as a complement." He added.
"But I know you now and..." Izuku groaned and covered his face. "Its just so embarassing."
"I'm sorry Izuku, I didn't think that this would embarrass you." Inko said.
"Teenagers, don't take it personally mam." Aizawa said and shook his head.
"Is it alright if I finish looking through the phone?" Yamada asked and Izuku nodded, he supposed there weren't any more horribly embarassing pictures of him. "Wow you really filled out when you were thirteen." Yamada said and Inko smiled.
"He decided to get in shape and his quirk activated then, before that he couldn't use it at all and we thought he was quirkless as a child."
"What really?" Yamada asked. "Well that explains a lot, I wish that my body protected me when I was a kid, I've heard of it happening, sometimes kids aren't prepared for their quirks until later in life. I lost all my hearing by age seven, thanks to my quirk, but I have hearing aids and I can feel the base real good. When my hearing aids are out, I can't hear anything though."
"I didn't know you were deaf." Izuku said.
"I don't like it widely known, but yes, I am, I use sign language to commutate with other heroes at times and it's very handy for using my quirk." Yamada said and smiled. "Those ways I can signal to them and most of the time the villains don't understand what I'm saying." He added.
"That's pretty cool, I'm sure it has a lot of other applications as well, why isn't it taught at school?"
"Because you're busy enough as it is kiddo, what with interning every other week and classes, on top of your training regimen, there isn't enough hours in the day." Yamada replied and Izuku nodded.
"I'll go get some food while you talk." Aizawa offered and Yamada nodded.
"Thanks Shouta." He said and sat down across from Inko and Izuku. "So how did you like the Sports Festival? Is this your first time going?"
"I went last year too, I like watching Izuku and his classmates compete and I liked watching the younger years too." She said and smiled. "Though I watched them on TV, I've watched the Sports Festival for years, I remember when you competed actually."
"You do?" Yamada asked. "My last festival was thirteen years ago."
"I know, I tape them, Izuku loved watching them as a child." She said. "At eight he started making notebooks, I thought it was cute, but he was really serious about it and he told me that he needed to analyze heroes when they were in high school to get a better understanding of their quirks."
"Really, you saw the Sports Festival the years I went to school?" Yamada asked and Izuku nodded.
"I watched it again summer before last and it was fun to watch, even though I knew what happened."
"Aizawa beat me in first year to win the Sports Festival, do you have that one?" Yamada asked and Aizawa groaned.
"Yes, Aizawa sensei has gotten a lot better at using his capture tape and you have gotten a lot better at hand to hand combat. Then again it's been seventeen years."
"Now your making me feels old." Yamada joked. "Could I have a copy, we don't let video of the sports festival go up on herotube and I'd like to see that fight again."
"Of course, I could actually just send it to your email, I digitized everything last Christmas, as a Christmas present for Izuku." She said and smiled. "He wanted to see the old festival tapes again and I thought it would be easier than sending him boxes of DVDs." She said and smiled.
"You have them digitized?" Yamada asked and she nodded.
"Of course, I can pull it up for you, if you like." She said and Yamada eagerly thrust her phone back at her, a moment later he was laughing at a video of himself at the Sports Festival.
"So you have every festival recorded?" He asked after the fight finished
"I think back to when All Might was in High School, I started recording them then." Inko said and smiled softly. "I've always loved watching heroes fight and when my son was born, we used to watch videos of hero battles together." She said.
"You are very similar in a lot of ways." Yamada said and Inko smiled.
"All Might said something similar when he met me, I am his mother after all, I would think we would have some things in common." She added, as Izuku started eating again. "He was very sweet and slightly awkward, but then again its not every day that a hero approaches you and asks for permission to take your son for the summer, in order to do some secret training in the mountains. It was clear that Izuku wanted to go so badly, so how could I say no."
"All Might took you into the mountains?"
"It was to learn how to knock down trees and divert rivers, he'd already retired so he told me what to do and I did it, luckily I didn't have to change the course of a tree I felled very often, its easier to knock them down, then to drag them away." He said and smiled. "He also taught me about how to safely dig tunnels, he had a strength augmentation quirk too and although mine works differently than his did, he could give me some pointers that were very helpful."
"Are you thinking of going into disaster work?" Aizawa asked and Izuku shook his head.
"I want to fight villains, however if I'm in the area and can be of use, I want to help those that need it, so I'm training in the basics at least. That way if there's anything that needs a strength augmentation quirk, I can be of help." He said and smiled. "I feel that although I want to specialize in villain capture, that I should know something of disaster work, as sometimes I might be caught in the middle of a disaster or something, while fighting a villain." He said and both his teachers nodded.
"That makes sense, I've helped with disaster work before, though Shouta is best suited for doing villain capture." Yamada said.
"I'll go get our food, I know how much you like to talk." Aizawa teased.
"What you did today took courage, the courage to openly admit to your sexuality is hard. It continues to get better, but there are still a few holdouts that will hate you for it."
"I think its better to be honest, then to have it come out, or they're to be rumors about me." Izuku replied. "Getting it all out in the open now is easier."
"Several of your classmates seem to feel the same way, Shouto stated that he was gay as well." Yamada said and chuckled. "There you go inspiring others again." He added and Izuku blushed.
"I'm just myself."
"That's part of what's so inspiring, you're actually someone who cares deeply for others, even strangers and is very loyal to his friends and is very talented at hero work. Don't be surprised if you're signed by some major merchandise companies within the year." He said and Izuku blushed, looking slightly uncomfortable. "You're so earnest and you get flustered so easily, I've really enjoyed teaching you and I'll miss having you in my classes." He added with a smile.
"Thank you." Izuku said and smiled back at him. "Though we have over half a year left together." He added and Yamada laughed.
"You won't get rid of me that easily, you have to come back and guest lecture." He added. "I'd think you'd be very good at it."
"I'll think about it, I think I'll be very busy for the next several years though." He added.
"Of course, we don't accept lectures from any hero, who's not done less than five years of hero work, but after that you can both take on internships and guest lecture." He said and smiled. "We like to have new heroes get their feet under them so to speak, before giving lectures, or taking on interns." He said and smiled. "Though you need at least fifteen years of experience to have a third year intern under you and ten years experience for a second year." He added and Izuku nodded, he remembered his own second year internship with Mirko fondly, though he was less fond of her attaching a bunny tail to his suit while he worked under her. He was very fond of rabbits himself, but the tail was taking things a bit too far.
"What's with the altering our costumes?" He asked.
"Certain heroes like a certain style, some just like to mess with heroes in training too." Yamada said with a laugh. "I remember having to wear some pretty outlandish things that didn't mesh with my style myself."
"But a bunny tail?" Izuku demanded and Yamada laughed.
"Admittedly Mirko is way too into rabbits and Best Jeanist is somewhat obsessed with denim, then again its part of his quirk so there's that too. Before I started teaching, I made everyone rock my signature hair style." He said and Izuku laughed.
"Oh they must have loved you for that." He said and Yamada nodded.
"Naturally, though I learned the hard way that fire quirks and hair jell do not mix well." He added and Izuku laughed. "I thought it wasn't flammable that's what I get for trusting the label. Luckily the kid was resistant to flame, so nothing burned not even his hair, but everyone still freaked out." He added with a laugh. "After that I made them wear leather jackets, then I started teaching at UA about five years ago."
"You really set someone on fire?" Izuku asked.
"It was one time and he was fine." Yamada replied. "I never hear the end of it, I think that was about the most embarassing thing that ever happened to me, in the history of my work as a Pro Hero. That and the time Shouta put pink hair dye into my shampoo after I accidentally broke every mirror in the apartment."
"I remember that, I thought you were just trying out a new look."
"No, played a prank on me, but after I accidentally dyed his capture scarves pink and he had to wait a week to get a replacement, we agreed no appearance related pranks." He said and Izuku laughed.
"I thought he was just trying out a new look too, though it was slightly puzzling as to why he choose neon glow in the dark pink." He said and Yamada laughed.
"Because that totally screams Shouta, I actually like pink, but Shouta can't stand wearing the color, he says it's too loud for his tastes." Yamada said and smiled at Aizawa, as he came back with several trays.
"He hasn't been telling you anything too embarassing has he?" Aizawa demanded and Izuku shook his head.
"Just some funny stories." He replied and Aizawa groaned.
"Not about how you turned my capture scarves pink again."
"But everyone likes that story and you dyed my hair Shouta, my beautiful hair." Yamada whined.
"After you broke every window and mirror in our apartment, I had every right to give you a dye job." Shouta returned and Yamada crossed his arms, before stealing a bite of the fish Shouta was eating. "I got us the same thing."
"Yours still tastes better." Yamada said and Izuku was surprised by how few people were in the cafeteria. "Hardly anyone goes to the cafeteria after the Sports Festival." He said and smiled. "Those that do, generally are more focused on what happened during the festival than others around them, it's the one time we get to relax." He added and stole a bite of rice from Aizawa who sighed and stole a bite in return from Mic's plate. Izuku returned to eating, as his Mom asked questions about his training, a topic he was much more comfortable with than baby photos. He finished and set the dishes in the busting station.
"We should get going, Izuku promised to show me, what I'm allowed to see of campus." Inko said.
"It was nice talking with you Mrs. Midoria." Yamada said and smiled at her.
"I liked talking with you as well." She said and smiled, she then dragged Izuku all over campus, insisting that he show her everything. Then when they finally made it back to the dorms, she smiled at his room. "Please watch some hero footage with me, under the blankets, it will be like old times." She said and smiled at him, he returned the smile, it had been nice being with her today. They got into his bed and she put his computer on her lap, searching for a series of videos she enjoyed watching, though why was beyond Izuku, they always bored him.
Halfway through the tenth video he was snoring loudly and Inko smiled softly, she knew that if she hadn't exhausted him, he'd stay up all night worrying about his friend. Slowly she put the computer away and got off his bed. She then walked to Iida's room and smiled at the Iidas. "Hello." She said and they turned to her in turn.
"Hello Mrs. Midoria, are you back from looking at the college, where is your son?" Someone asked.
"I tired out Izuku, otherwise he would have been here all night and I thought it best that you had this time to yourselves." She said and one of them laughed.
"I suppose that was practical, we're worried about Tenya and it will be nice not to worry about sparing his feelings, or not discussing certain topics tonight."
"I just thought what I would have wanted, if my son was the one that got hurt and I also wanted to help my son. Knowing Izuku he would have exhausted himself and everyone around him, worrying over his friend tonight." She said and smiled softly. "I'm going to leave now, but before I do, is there anything that you need?"
"We are fine, thank you Mrs. Midoria, to seeing to our well being as well as that of your son and Tenya."
"Well of course and this way my son will be well rested, to help you tomorrow, I heard that Tenya's recovery would take several days. I'm sorry I can't keep him from your son's side, longer than tonight, I know how you must have wanted to see him."
"It has been hard, but we are used to being apart, it is rare that we can get the time to come together like this, as we all work different hours and in different cities." Tenya's Father said. "Thank you for your consideration."
"Of course, I should be going, have a nice night." She said and left the campus. Leaving the Iidas to care for Tenya.