Michi was slowly looked down from the sky as he heard those words come from Mari. He must have had a weird expression in his face because Mari began to laugh, she was covering her own face

"your face is redder than Shizu's flames, Michi."

Michi quickly turned away, he cleared his throat as he thought about what he should say. He then turned back to Mari. The confidence he had built up for this moment was gone, as he turned away again.

"Mari... listen I..."

Mari grabbed his head, turning it to face her. Michi looked her up and down, he thought that this would be easy... but admitting it to her directly is different compared to telling others

"Mari..."

"yes?"

"When I first met you, I thought you were infuriating. I thought I hated you frankly. But... I realize that the qualities I saw in you that I "hated" were qualities from myself. I hated myself and in return I thought I had to hate you. But after a while... I saw you as a dear friend. Someone I knew I could rely on. Someone who helped me, return to myself... to start loving myself."

Michi looked her in the eyes.

"in that process... I couldn't stop myself from falling in love with you."

Mari had a sweet smile on her face, as she placed her arms around Michi's neck, she pulled him in, their faces were centimeters apart.

"I know..."

Mari kissed Michi on the lips. Together they held onto each other for what felt like an hour. Michi pulled away, with his arms still wrapped around Mari

"you knew?"

Mari laughed a little bit

"when we had our late night talks.. sometimes a thought or two of yours drifted to me... so... I've known for a little bit."

Michi was slightly bummed out hearing this, Mari panicked

"but that's not necessarily a bad thing! I was thrilled to know! I just didn't want to bring it up to you... I wanted you to come to me yourself when you were ready... I didn't want to rush you."

"except for on the plane."

Mari rolled her eyes

"yeah... I grew kind of impatient."

Michi kissed her again.

"well. We're here now."


Shizu

Shizu was out on another late night shift, as he watched over the city with Onishi. Shizu was resting for a moment as they looked for a new mission. Onishi spoke out

"So... how are you and the Doc?! From what I heard from Mari, you two were caught locking lips!"

Onishi mocked Shizu by making kissing noises.

"oh um... that was just a small... in the moment thing.. nothing more than that."

Onishi looked confused at Shizu

"what do you mean man?! A woman like that isint gonna pull out for just about anyone!"

Shizu put his hand out to stop Onishi

"don't talk about her like that."

Onishi beamed with interest

"oh so you DO like her!!"

Shizu shook his head.

"nah man... it's not like that cuz it can't be right now."

Onishi looked at Shizu with a smile

"there is always time for love. Allow yourself to feel the love you deserve, Baga."

Shizu listened.. he remembered his dad telling him the story of how he met his mother. And how they got together. If it wasn't for masa having the confidence to Approach Tsuyoi... they probably wouldn't have happened.

after their shift, Shizu used his quirk to fly back towards base. On the way there, he spotted some wild flowers.


Toma

Toma was taking care of Michi in the morning, healing him more after the fight that transpired a few days ago. Now, she was taking care of Masa Baga. Suddenly, Toma heard a knock on the door.

Toma put down her stethoscope and went to the door, as she opened the door, she saw Shizu with a roughly put together bouquet of wild flowers. Toma looked at Shizu with his goofy, goofy smile. She took the flowers with a smile

"thank you.. Shizu."

Shizu smiled and said "I saw them outside and I thought.. well... I thought of you."

Toma went onto her tippy toes, and kissed Shizu on the cheek

"that was really sweet. Thank you."

Toma went back to work, as she placed the bouquet onto the counter. Shizu walked in after her

"there's one more thing.."

Toma was working

"what's that?"

Shizu tried to show confidence

"c-can you look at m-me please?!"

Toma turned her head "what's up Shizu?"

"I... I want us to be.. I want us to be a thing! You know? Not just friends.. I want a relationship."

Toma had a blank face

"wait. Aren't we already?"

Shizu looked confused

"what?"

Toma blushed

"well.. when you kissed me.. and everything that happened after I assumed that we were... together."

Shizu face palmed.

"yes yes I think we're on the same page... I just wanted to make sure that we were.."

Toma smiled as Shizu, as Shizu smiled at her.

"Look at my boy... you get that from me, son."

Shizu looked over surprised at his father, his eyes were open for just a second before he fell back to sleep

"dad! Dad!!"

Toma quickly grabbed the phone, and called the actual doctor for assistance.. Masa Baga has finally woken up.


Nemui Shinomori

Nemui stretched and yawned.. it was a long night, and it was going to be an even longer day. Earlier this week, he got a tip from a misplaced family that one of the leaders of the New World Order, was camping out in a warehouse. Nemui was in charge of watching what this crazed leader was doing. Nemui reviewed his notes

"there seems to be three leaders. Andras Higgs.. the so called "prophet" and founder. He leads the main army. Then there's Tarú Atsugi. We don't know much about him... except that he's the leader to an elite team of fighters."

Nemui browsed through the last page

"the last boss.. the "king pin" is unknown... but it's someone with a lot of power... as they fund this goddamned order."

Nemui closed the file as he looked out again.

"...!"

Nemui recognized the man, it was definitely Tarú Atsugi.

"dammit!"

he saw five or six operatives following behind him. It seemed to be his elite team,

Nemui took a photo and as he was packing up, he looked back at the group, he saw one of them pointing at his position

"shit... time to go-"

suddenly, a giant explosion went off, as Nemui's vision fades to black