"Alright, so let's take this nice and easy okay? My mom's a pretty nervous person just like me, so a whole bunch of new people at once is going to be a little much for her."
"Izuku, we all saw how your mom acted back at the UTF, we understand. Besides, I really don't have to think you have to worry about... well, Weiss and myself." Pyrrha seemed to do her best to speak circumspectly as she coughed into her fist, doing what she could to be polite. Weiss, however, seemed to have none of that desire to be indirect around Nora as the white haired Heiress immediately turned on her partner and gave her a light glare.
"Nora, you are going to be on your best behavior here! Izuku is introducing us to his 'mother' as part of his 'team'. We need to put our best foot forward and give her the best first impression possible, alright? So no hijinks!" Weiss wagged her finger at Nora, the bubbly bomber just having puffed out her cheeks slightly as she placed her hands on her hips indignantly.
"Oh come on Weiss, when have I 'ever' been prone to hijinks?"
...
"Nora, I swear, I will never 'stop' spraying you with the water bottle if you don't behave yourself." Weiss leaned back and rubbed her temples as Nora just immediately nodded in understanding.
"Come on guys, I'm 'kidding'. I'll keep a hold on the reigns; I promise, I'll be on my best behavior! I understand how important it is for Izuku's mom to like us: we're going to be his teammates from now on, after all! We're practically family already!" While Izuku and Pyrrha both smiled at that bit of positivity from Nora, he watched as Weiss inadvertently shivered, as if the idea frightened her. "Something wrong, partner?"
"No, nothing... I was just... imagining introducing you to my sister was all." Weiss shuddered again as Nora just grinned nice and wide.
"And you're so excited you're shaking! Don't worry Weiss, I'll be my very best around your family too when we get to meet them!" Nora chirped as, for a moment, Izuku thought Weiss was going to be sick.
"Right... well... let's just... burn that bridge when we cross it. For now, chins up everyone, feet together, be casual but not too casual and-"
"Weiss, it's okay, we don't have to be 'that' formal. My mom will love you guys; I'm just saying she can get a little spooked like me so just take it easy on her at first, give her time to get used to you all..." And the fact that they were three insanely attractive young women on a team with her own son. Izuku 'knew' his mom was going to have that on her mind tonight... 'hopefully' it wouldn't be on the forefront though. So, with the pep talk out of the way, he took a deep breath as he walked up to the door and rapped his knuckles against it. "Hey mom? It's me, Izuku. Are you home or-"
*SLAM*
"IZUKU, DEAR! YOU'RE HOME!" Izuku let out a squeak as his mom immediately enveloped him in a big old hug as soon as she opened the door, as his feet lifted up into the air from the force. While his mom wasn't crying like she had before, he could feel her smile as she pressed her face into his chest. "Oh it's 'so' good to have you home even for a bit honey! It's been so quiet ever since you left for Beacon, I've really missed you! Oh, thank you for coming by to visit dear!" Inko eventually pulled back as she gave him a bright, cheerful smile, one that he gladly returned as he struggled to hug his mom back.
"It's really good to see you again too mom, last week was too short." Izuku finally managed to pat his mom's back which seemed to get her to release him, allowing him to take a breath of relief.
"Plus you aren't just out of that dreadful Tunnel! You're actually safe and in... good company." Inko finally took a moment to realize that the two of them weren't alone, his three teammates just looking on at the scene with a few surprised expressions.
"... Oh my gosh... SHE'S EXACTLY AS CUTE AS EVERYONE SAID SHE WAS!" Nora declared as she bent down slightly so she was more at head level with Inko. "Oh I just want to hug your mom Izuku, she's adorable!" Weiss 'immediately' slapped her hand across the back of Nora's head, getting the girl to back up a bit as her display spooked his mom ever so slightly.
"Oh, why, thank you. I... I appreciate that, I suppose." Inko intoned nervously as she looked up at the rest of his team. He could already tell she had that nervous look in her eye, as if she was trying to figure out just from sight alone if he was dating any of these girls. Izuku blushed slightly as he shook his head, giving his mom a winning smile as he presented his team.
"Mom, this is the rest of Team MNVW. This is Pyrrha Nikos, my partner." Pyrrha gave a warm, practiced smile as she stepped forward, giving Inko a slight bow.
"It's a pleasure to meet you miss, Izuku's only had wonderful things to say about you." Inko actually smiled a bit at that as she nodded back.
"Oh I'm sure, and it's been the same on my end. It's nice to finally meet you Miss Nikos." Izuku nodded as he then introduced Weiss.
"This is Weiss Schnee, one of my teammates."
"I'm also the-"
"The Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, I'm aware. Izuku's told me about you as well." She blurted out in a rush, only to catch herself, and close her mouth shot for a second. She then blushed as she scratched the back of her head. "You'll have to forgive me Miss Schnee, my house is probably not quite what you're used to, but I've cleaned it up before my son's visit so-"
"Oh, no, no, please, don't worry, it'll be fine. After living with these three, I'm sure your house will be wonderful Mrs. Midoriya." Inko relaxed visibly as Weiss did her best to reassure her, which finally brought them to Nora.
"This is Weiss' partner, Nora Valkyrie."
"Hi there! Sorry for before, I was just so excited to meet you." Inko lightened up even more as Nora seemed to reel back her energy. Before his mother could fully respond, however, Nora's eyes glimmered. "Oh hey! Mind if I ask you something? No one's answered my question about this yet and I figured you'd know." Inko just gave a curious tilt to her head while a positively 'dangerous' look filled Weiss' gaze.
"Oh, uh, of course Miss Valkyrie, go right ahead."
"Nora, what are you-"
"Oh please, Nora's fine Dekumama! Anyway, I was wondering: what's a condom and what do they have to do with grandbabies?"
...
Pyrrha's face had turned as red as her hair. Weiss' face was red as well, though Izuku couldn't tell if it was from how embarrassed she was or how 'furious' she was. Izuku felt his own cheeks burning bright and his mom? His mom looked like she was about to cry.
"IZUKU! YOU TOLD ME YOU WEREN'T HAVING, I MEAN, WHY WOULDN'T YOU TELL THIS GIRL ABOUT THE CONDOMS I SENT AND WHAT THEY WERE FOR?! HAVE YOU BEEN DOING IT WITHOUT PROTECTION! I TOLD YOU I'M NOT READY TO BE A GRANDMAMA YET!"
"MOM IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, NORA'S JUST-"
"MISS VALKYRIE-"
"Nora-"
"-I'M SO SORRY IF MY SON'S CALLOUS BEHAVIOR HAS FORCED YOU INTO A PLACE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE! PLEASE, GIVE HIM A CHANCE, I PROMISE HE'S A GOOD BOY! AT LEAST LET ME SEE MY GRANDCHILDREN WHEN THEY'RE BORN!"
"MOM, NORA ISN'T PREGNANT AND SHE AND I AREN'T-"
"What?! There'd even be a doubt that he'd let you see your grandbabies? For shame, Fearless Leader!" Nora gave him a quick 'tut tut' a couple times before snapping a salute to Inko. "I promise Dekumama, you'll see your grandbabies when they're born! I'll make sure of it!"
"THANK YOU, YOU'RE A SAINT!"
"MOOOOM! I'M NOT SLEEPING WITH NORA, THIS IS A HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING!"
"Pffft, what are you talking about Izuku? Of course you're sleeping with me! You're sleeping with all three of us, right?"
...
The last thing he heard before he fainted was the sound of his mom hitting the ground and the sound of Weiss just repeatedly slapping Nora across her head to the screams of 'YOU IDIOT'.
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Her name was Inko Midoriya...
Her son was 'not' having a polygamist relationship with his three teammates.
Her son has 'not' been having unprotected sex with Nora Valkyrie that has resulted in her being pregnant with her grandchildren.
Nora Valkyrie was just a very silly girl who sometimes can put her foot in her mouth.
These were things she had been reassured off and, so, she managed to stop crying about where she went wrong raising her son. She probably shouldn't have panicked quite so quickly; Izuku really was a good boy, he wouldn't do something like that. Still, it was just such a shock to have that brought up. She still felt bad for having panicked so quickly but, well, Izuku was her baby. Even sending him those condoms with that letter was hard for her to do.
However, enough of that... for now. Right now, she had three young women that she very much wanted to get to know better and wanted to ask some questions. To that end, she was going to make a nice dinner for everyone to enjoy together while they all talked. To that end...
"Izuku, honey?" Her darling son snapped his head as soon as she spoke up, along with his three teammates, as she gave him an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry, but I don't have what I need on hand right now to make the dinner I have in mind... or much at all. I'm afraid I've been a bit lax with buying stuff for dinner ever since you left."
"O-oh madam, please, don't feel like you have to get this ready if you don't have what you need, we can just get something else, we don't want to impose!" Inko was actually surprised by how polite and nice Miss Nikos had proven herself to be. From what she read up on her she was a rather wealthy and famous celebrity back in Mistral. While she didn't want to judge necessarily, Inko knew that teenagers exposed to that sort of lifestyle had a tendency to come out as brash or arrogant. She was glad to see that, despite her fame, she was such a polite young woman.
"Hogwash. I'm not going to send you four out without dinner when we're supposed to get to know each other. Izuku will just have to head out to get the ingredients I need while I prepare everything else."
"W-What? Mom, I mean, Pyrrha's right, we don't-"
"Pfft, come on Fearless Leader! I've never had a home cooked meal like this before! It'll be great!"
...
That was a very, 'very' sad thing that Miss Valkyrie let slip just then but Inko was content to leave it be for a moment as she just looked back at her son. She knew why he was hesitant; Izuku wanted to stick around to make sure everything went perfectly. Her son was a lot like her in a lot of ways; very sharp, but also very sensitive. He'd brought his friends over and he wanted his mother to get along with them. He'd do what he could to make sure everything went well no matter what. While She appreciated that... she wanted to get to know these girls without her son hovering over their shoulders. For that, he needed out of the apartment for a moment.
"Please Izuku, I haven't cooked for you in so long plus, well, it's been ages since we had company like this. Just let me, please?" Izuku deflated slightly and even Miss Nikos seemed to fall back under the request.
"Well thank you Mrs. Midoriya, you're very kind." Miss Schnee seemed to be quite aware of her manners; the young lady offered a slight bow as she spoke. Just from first impressions, the girls did seem nice. She just wanted to be sure... and to learn some other things, maybe.
"Alright, well... do you have a list mom?" She just smiled at her son as she broke off the paper from her notepad, handing it off. She wasn't lying, after all; she really hadn't gotten anything together as far as food goes. She'd been living by herself so big dinners really hadn't been necessary. She'd put off the shopping trip as she didn't expect Izuku to come back with guests; She'd have to be better prepared in the future.
"Oh, here's the money for it; I'm not going to ask you to pay for this, after all." Before Izuku could even begin to argue, She had the Lien in his hand, the three young women having looked thoroughly amused as Izuku just sighed.
"Right. I'll be back soon, everyone take care!" With a nod from the four of them sending him off, Izuku closed the door behind him, the noise of his feet slowly drifting away as he ran off. Now then, time to actually set up the pots and pans for the meal and to start boiling some water and cutting up what she did have... and time to start figuring some things out. She knew her son wouldn't lie to her, per say... but she wanted to be sure that everything was fine. Izuku had a habit of keeping things from her if they were hurting him or if he thought it'd hurt her after all. He was a thoughtful boy like that but, well...
She was his mother. If her baby boy needed her in any way, even if it was only for advice or a kind word, she wanted to know so that she 'could' be there for him.
She promised, after all.
'Now then, time to get to know these girls better... and 'maybe' figure some things out about my son's time at Beacon.'
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As Inko left the stove for a bit to allow the water inside the pot time to boil, she heard a bit of banging around from Izuku's room here and there. Her eyes glanced around; Miss Schnee was sitting down and chatting amicably with Miss Nikos and, to her knowledge, Izuku hadn't come back from the store. A short 'oh dear' later and she made her way over to Izuku's open door, Miss Nora Valkyrie having found her way inside the room and glancing around, curious.
"Oh, hello there! Sorry, I just stumbled across Fearless Leader's room and, well, I had to take a bit of a peak!" Inko watched with amazement as Miss Valkyrie seemed to really take a lot of interest in her son's various things that he hadn't taken to Beacon. "I didn't know that Izuku had little toys like these still, I wonder why he didn't bring them to Beacon with his cool posters!" Inko's gaze went where Nora had locked on as she looked up at a few figurines of Toshinori that Izuku had left posed on his desk, the little action figured she'd gotten for him so long ago getting a bit dusty when left in a room with no one occupying it.
"Well, I'd have to assume that Izuku would've felt pretty embarrassed about bringing those kinds of things to a school. He probably would've worried... anyway, Miss Valkyrie, perhaps you could wait for Izuku to come back to-"
"Pfft, come on, these are awesome. I only ever had this little wooden hammer from home and I bring that thing around wherever I go! This kind of stuff would've been so cool to have posed around our dorm room!" Inko was a little flummoxed, on the one hand, by Miss Valkyrie's seemingly genuine intrigue and excitement for her sons old things. On the other hand, it's a little refreshing; she knew that Izuku was a little worried about even bringing his posters, so it was good to know that he had found such nice company.
Still, it 'was' her sons room and Miss Valkyrie was being a bit nosy, so-
"Ooooh, what's this?" A few sheets of paper had been sticking out from a random drawer, something she hadn't noticed in her time occasionally dropping by to clean off the dust from the room from time to time, as Nora immediately opened the door slightly and pulled it out. For a moment, she panicked; what might the girl have found that her son just stuffed in a drawer...
What would her son have just stuffed in drawer, presumably so people wouldn't see it?!
Worrying that Miss Valkyrie might've come across something private, she was about to be a little rash and go over and grab it when Miss Valkyrie, presumably, read off the title of the papers. "'Aim To Pass, Beacon Dream Plan' huh?" Immediately, she sighed in relief. It wasn't anything like those cute little stories he used to write that he got really shy over or anything... worse. It was just that old exercise plan of his with the diet on it. Inko smiled slightly.
"Oh, that's just the exercise and diet plan that Izuku was following in the year before Beacon's Initiation. It was really all so sudden; one day he was just doing his normal studies and the next... well, he really started to push himself." Nora nodded as she started going over the sheets, looking through them.
"Wow this is a pretty cool exercise program. Man, to think he was doing this when he still thought he was... you know. This would've been pretty tough even with Aura." Inko nodded; her son's unlocking of his Aura, despite the odds, had been such a recent thing. Heck, he'd come home a couple nights before Beacon's Initiation to tell her the good news himself! She'd been so amazed and so happy for him! Still, that had meant that the program was as tough as Miss Valkyrie said.
"Well... I guess my son thought that the only way he was going to get into Beacon without Aura was to push himself. Guess it helped still but, well, I'm glad it turned out to be different." Nora nodded vigorously as she walked over to Nora, ready to guide the young woman out of the room. "I'm just so surprised that he found such a professional seeming program on the web." Nora gives a short 'pfft' at that.
"Oh trust me Dekumama, you'd be really surprised what you can find online these days! There's tons of cool stuff, like all kinds of amazing pancake recipes!" The girl was certainly full of vim and vigor, She'd give her that. It must've been a bit much for her boy to handle at first but it seemed like she liked him well enough. "But yeah, this is a pretty crazy online workout plan! I mean, it even has his sleep and class schedule worked out on it!"
...
"Wait what?" Immediately the two of them blinked a little, both their eyes snapping back to the Dream Plan. Despite having come in, ostensibly, to get her back out of her son's room... she couldn't lie, she was suddenly curious. Lo and behold, there it was; her son's sleep had even been scheduled in the plan and time was made to allocate for when he'd be in class between workouts. "Wow this is pretty specific..." Nora remarked a bit as she looked over the plan a little more. "Do you think he got it from a teacher or something? It does seem like it'd be pretty crazy if he just got this off online from somewhere."
"... No. No I don't think so. None of the teachers at Birch Academy thought his goal of getting to Beacon was feasible, much less something they should encourage. I know, I got a lot of calls to that effect, even from the head of the School. Wherever Izuku would've gotten this plan, it wouldn't have come from the school... and looking at it, it seems a little 'too' well put together to be just something from online." She frowned a little as she looked down at the Dream Plan, having missed a dawning look of discomfort that was coming across Miss Valkyrie's face. Before long, Miss Valkyrie blew out her cheeks again as she tossed the Dream Plan over her shoulder, surprising Inko.
"Well who knows! I mean, Izuku's a pretty smart guy right, maybe he just came up with it himself! Like he... studied or something! Yeah, Izuku's a real quick learner, I'm sure he could've come up with his own plan in no time!" Before she could interject, Miss Valkyrie placed her hand on Mrs. Midoriya's shoulder and started walking out of her son's room. "Oh wow, you know, it was 'pretty' rude of me to just barge into Fearless Leader's room like this while he wasn't here, I should 'really' be ashamed of myself! Thanks for coming in to try to stop me Miss Midoriya, I promise I'll be better about this, hey why don't we go ahead and check out how your preparations are coming, I think that sounds like fun!" The orange haired girl ran her mouth a mile a minute as she quickly rushed out of Izuku's room, having brought her foot around to close the door behind her.
'... Miss Valkyrie is an... interesting young woman,' Inko decided. Giving a nod, before slowly closing the door to her son's room
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"Miss Nikos?"
"Ah!"
For the past several minutes while she had Nora on 'tell me when the water really starts to boil' duty after that odd little to do in her son's room, she'd noticed something. Miss Schnee, as if expecting that Nora would try something or would otherwise fall back in her responsibilities, had kept her eyes on the young woman like a hawk, the two 'partners' as Izuku described them shortly devolving into a little... she didn't want to call it an argument because, to her, it was beyond clear that neither of their hearts was actually in it and, furthermore, that Nora seemed to be having fun with Weiss. The two of them lightly chatted or, in Miss Schnee's case, bickered back and forth and, all the while, what Inko took notice of was Miss Nikos who had been watching from a seat nearby. She might've expected some kind of exasperation from the young woman who seemed to be a nervous sort much like her son but... well, that wasn't what was there at all.
In fact, it seemed Miss Nikos was almost delighted by the little display that the two young women put on, Miss Nikos having lightly smiled as she watched her other teammates go on and on. Inko had to admit, she was a bit surprised to see that from someone of her status and so deigned to try and talk to her next.
She hadn't expected her to be quite so jumpy, which had even made Inko jump when she reacted to suddenly.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to startle you!" The young Mistrali girl had quickly apologized... wait, what?
"Miss Nikos, I think I'm the one who should be apologizing for startling you. You wouldn't have jumped if I had been more careful. No need to apologize." Mrs. Midoriya shook her head slightly as the girl just nodded her head again.
"Oh, of course, I'm sorry." Inko just blinked again as she tilted her head slightly to the side. She'd read up on Miss Nikos' career in Mistral and the amount of wealth that she would've presumably been accustomed too; after all, one didn't end up on the front of so many Pumpkin Pete products without accruing a small amount of fame. She'd figured she'd have ended up like other celebrities, confident at the very least, even if she was as nice as her son had said. However, instead the girl seemed to be acting like she was navigating some kind of deadly storm at the moment, as if a wrong turn or phrase could ruin the evening.
"Well don't worry about it, it's perfectly fine." Inko did her best to assuage the girl who did seem to calm down after a moment, the two of them turning back to the kitchen where the little 'fight' between Miss Schnee and Nora had seemingly turned into Miss Schnee having taken a moment to instruct Nora on what she was supposed to be doing... with Nora just nodding as attentively as she could. That smile she'd seen on Miss Nikos' face came back and, after a moment, She couldn't help but offer her own.
"You look like you're having fun." Inko offered calmly, Miss Nikos having just blinked slightly as she nervously laughed.
"Oh, have I been staring?" I'm... er..." The young woman coughed into her fist before she continued. "But yes, I am having quite a bit of fun. Weiss and Nora are a pretty odd pair to have ended up being partners. They're... very different from each other and their manners of working with each other, well-" Miss Nikos chuckled to herself, "-can be... interesting."
"Nora, pay attention!"
"Ah!" Heads turn back to see that Miss Schnee, having wet her from a faucet, had flicked the water in Nora's face, causing the girl to stumble around a bit.
"I see." Inko offered, blinking somewhat at the display while Pyrrha just laughed.
"It's honestly been a bit of experience; just being around people my age without having to worry about much of anything else." Izuku's mother just nodded slightly at that. It was probably no surprise; she'd been in the limelight for a long time as a tournament fighter. The girl probably has lead a pretty sheltered life... however, where one might have expected that to lead her to put on airs, it seems to have instead had a similar effect to her own son's isolation from children his age. "So yes, I have been having fun... I honestly don't think I'd trade my experience with my Team and the rest of our friends for anything else right now. It's been... it's been pretty wonderful."
The sincerity she said that with was almost heartbreaking.
"Well, let it be known that my son's said much the same when we've been talking over the phone." Pyrrha craned her head up, as Inko offered the best smile she could. "He's been talking about how amazing his three teammates have been, what great friends he's had and just... well, just how much his time at Beacon's meant to him. It's been reassuring to hear..." And that moment in particular had been reassuring to see. "Thank you for giving my son a chance, Miss Nikos."
"Oh, no, please. Izuku's the one who walked up to me and tried to be friends without even knowing who I was. I should be thanking him... and, please, Mrs. Midoriya, umm... you don't have to be so formal. I'm fine being called Pyrrha."
"NORA!"
The two flinched for a moment, though a smile remained on Inko's face as she nodded. "Well Pyrrha, I think that's my cue to get back." She immediately headed back toward the kitchen, ready to try and put down whatever chaos had erupted in there.
Pyrrha Nikos... the first friend her son made himself after leaving. She seemed like a nice girl.
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"I do apologize if this isn't quite what you're used to Miss Schnee. I didn't quite expect that I'd have such company when my son left for Beacon and, well, I realize that it's probably a lot more rustic than what you might've expected." Now, Weiss Schnee wasn't someone she quite knew what to expect out of. The entire time she'd been in your home it'd been like she was walking on eggshells, as if nervous about every last step she took or every other corner she peeked around. Inko knew how wealthy the Schnees were.
'Everyone' knew how wealthy the Schnees were.
The girl had probably never seen a home as cramped and as... well, plain as the apartment had been. And it wasn't like it was low end; it was a nice apartment she and her husband could afford. But compared to what she knew of the Schnee family wealth, it probably 'paled' in comparison to what the young woman had been after. Not wanting to make a poor impression for one of her son's teammates, she decided she'd try to head that off, offering a slight apology to the young woman.
So she was surprised when, instead of just turning imperiously toward her and accepting the apology, the young woman stiffened a bit as she immediately turned and offered a nervous, strained smile. "Oh please Mrs. Midoriya, don't worry about that. This is a perfectly fine home! It's quite cozy and comfortable and none too big. Please, don't think you have to worry about my tastes here, this place is just so very... homey?" The girl seemed to stretch to find a word, her entire demeanor and behavior having caused Inko some confusion.
"Homey?"
"O-Oh! Uh, perhaps not the best choice of word, it's quite nice for its size and probably more than suitable for you and your family's needs! I didn't mean to say anything about how it looked ma'am." Inko offered a small nod after that...
Wait...
"Miss Schnee... am I making you nervous?" The young woman flinched slightly, though she just stood up straight as she tilted her chin up.
"Not at all Mrs. Midoriya. I was merely ensuring that you understood I meant no offense in my description of your home." The young woman's hands reached down to even out her skirt a little as she spoke. "I am, after all, a guest in your abode and, furthermore, you're the mother of my team leader and friend. It wouldn't do if I paid you some unintentional insult."
... ''She' is afraid of insulting 'me'?' Inko nearly felt her jaw drop.
"O-Oh, I see. Well please, try not to worry Miss Schnee. I was just worried that my home wouldn't be... well, up to what you might be used to. You're my son's teammate and he's stressed how impressive of a young woman you are so I was a little worried that my home might not quite be up to stuff."
"Oh there's, well, please don't worry about that. After living with everyone else for well over a month at this point... well, your home is quite amazing compared to the state I sometimes find our dorm room in." Miss Schnee spoke sincerely as she tried to offer a smile. "Besides Mrs. Midoriya, I am the one in your home, as I said. It's my job to present to you 'my' best face as part of assuring you that your son is in good company. Please, don't feel like you need to impress me."
...
"Oh thank goodness that's a load off my mind." The young woman blushed as Inko visibly deflated a bit, the stress just pouring out of her. "I'm sorry, it's just, well, when I figured out you all would be coming and with you and Pyrrha being such big people on the world stage, I just got a little worked up I suppose. We've never had such important people here, after all."
"In fairness madam, right now the important person here is you. You're the one we're here to make a good impression on 'because' your Izuku's mother and... well, while it isn't an absolute necessity, I think everyone, especially Izuku, would like it if we could all get along."
Hmmm, prim, proper but not the sort of imperious person she might've expected from the Heiress of the Schnee Dust Company... well, that really 'was' a load of her mind. Inko knew how nervous son could be around people... it seemed like he was being genuine about the young woman, rather than putting a pleasant face on a situation that could've wrecked his nerves.
"Well... thank you Miss Schnee. Would you like some tea while we wait for my son to get back?" Finding it much easier to get into the swing of things now that she understood exactly where things stood between herself and the young Heiress, she immediately felt a little more comfortable. Miss Schnee, on the other hand, just nodded gratefully.
"Well I would be delighted Mrs. Midoriya, thank you... but please, Weiss is fine." Inko nodded as she turned and went to the kitchen, ready to put on a nice kettle of tea for her various guests.
While the girl did seem to have a nervous sort of energy about her, there was no denying that she was quite polite and, when she had a hand on a situation, quite diplomatic in her own way. Who knows, perhaps Izuku could even improve his manners with the presence of the young Heiress around.
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"... Could I ask you three something?"
The three young women, having been various scattered about either with cups of tea or busily reading something or other turned their gaze as Inko stepped out from the kitchen, her hands wringing slightly. Her son was a good boy, she knew that to be true... but as evidenced by her talk a little while back, he was so hesitant to do or say things that might hurt her... he was so afraid of it, it seemed. Now, Izuku was an honest boy but... well, there was always that nagging feeling in the back of her mind that maybe he didn't tell her 'everything'. That he held some things back so she wouldn't worry about him or so she wouldn't get scared. She didn't even really know that he was going to be in Mountain Glenn for some dangerous test until news of how things were going wrong came up.
Izuku just didn't want her to worry... which just made her worry even more.
"Izuku... well, Izuku tends to try to spare my feelings when it comes to how things are going in his life. He's always telling me how well things are going at school and how happy he is but... well, I'm sure I don't have to tell you that my son can be a bit... overzealous sometimes." Nora, Weiss and Pyrrha all shared a glance with each other, their lips thinning slightly. She sighed, figuring that her son's hard work, his 'very' hard work, did indeed continue on to his days at Beacon Academy. She wasn't surprised... but she wanted to know if he was still alright.
"So I figure that... well, while he isn't here that maybe I could hear it from you three, as his team and as his friends... is Izuku... is my boy doing okay at Beacon? He's not pushing himself too hard is he? I know he's going to get hurt in a school like Beacon, he came home with all kinds of bruises and cuts from Combat School from the training they expected, but... I just want to know that he's doing alright? I know he's said he's made friends and I believe him, but he had such a hard time at the Combat School because of what we thought was his condition and... well, I know he's behind and that has to be rough..." She sighed as she reached a hand up to wipe at the corners of her eyes.
The three young women just looked at her with sympathy for a moment before they all closed in on each other, seeming to have words amidst themselves...
"Well..." The three girls, after a few moments, broke up as they all turned to face her, slightly sheepish expressions on all their faces. "You see, Mrs. Midoriya... first off, let us assure you that Izuku's doing 'very' well at Beacon!" Weiss started them all off as both Pyrrha and Nora nodded.
"Yeah, Fearless Leader's totally made a ton of friends besides us and he's been doing really well in all his classes and stuff! He's probably in, like, the top... uh-"
"Ten percent?" Weiss offered, clearly guessing off the top of her head.
"Yeah, ten percent of our class!" Both Weiss and Pyrrha nodded in agreement with the assessment. Then, taking the lead, Pyrrha stepped forward, and gave a truly genuine smile.
"More importantly he's gotten to this position and acted in a very upfront and honorable manner. A lot of students know Izuku by his good reputation around the school. He's even getting along well with some of our professors." The other two nodded in agreement with Pyrrha as she spoke, while Inko just nodded her head very slowly.
"... And?" She knew there was something to follow up to all of that. They wouldn't start with such overwhelmingly positive news, such 'good' news, if they didn't have something to follow it up. Especially not when they had explicitly stated that they were 'reassuring' her of something. Still, she'd tough it out. Whatever they threw at her, she wouldn't cry, she wouldn't break down. She would be strong for her son and for his team. She promised she'd support him now that he was so close to having his dream, after all. Besides, how bad could it have honestly been?
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"Oh jeez, don't tell me I'm getting stick..." He muttered quietly to himself as he rubbed at his ears, feeling them getting quite warm. He ascended the stairs with some haste, bags of groceries lightly bouncing around his arms as he rushed to get up to the apartment. Who knew what his mom was getting up to with his team, after all; he wanted to be there to help guide them through the water of getting to know his mom and getting her comfortable with them, and having to spend so much time picking up what they all would need for dinner had just proved to be a hassle. Most people were preparing for big family meals after the festivities were over, after all, the best way to cap off a good Hunter's Day for most people who lived in Mountain Glenn, so he found that most stores he stopped by were either sold out or had long lines... which was probably what his mom had in mind now that he thought about it.
Still, as he walked back up to his mom's apartment and reached for the handle, he couldn't help but sigh in relief. He hadn't been gone for 'that' long and his mom couldn't have had that much time in order to really drill your friends on much of anything that might've spooked her. How bad could it have honestly been?
"IZUKU MYYYYY BAAAAAABY!"
Upon opening the door, he got a good picture of how bad it had gone. With reflexes barely fast enough to have registered that his mom was rushing to scoop him up in a hug, tears pouring down like torrents from her eyes, he quickly tossed the groceries over to his teammates, who were all watching the display of his mother jumping over the couch to tackle him with some amount of shock. Thankfully they all manage to catch the groceries while he caught his mom... and immediately felt her pretty much snap him up into a rib breaking hug.
"M-MOM, WHATEVER YOU THINK IS GOING ON, I PROMISE IT'S JUST A MISUNDERSTANDING, MY TEAMMATES-"
"TOLD ME THAT YOUR SEMBLANCE BREAKS YOU ALMOST EVERY TIME YOU SERIOUSLY USE IT IZUKU?! IS THAT A MISUNDERSTANDING!?"
...
'Oh jeez.'
His silence seemed to be enough of an answer for his mom who immediately howled as she continued to hug him. "MY BABY BOY'S BEEN BREAKING HIS ARMS AND LEGS THIS ENTIRE TIME BECAUSE HE HAS SOME CRAZY SEMBLANCE, OH MY POOR CHILD, THAT HAS TO BE SO PAINFUL, I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW!"
"Oh you probably shouldn't worry Dekumama, I mean, Izuku doesn't even seem like it hurts him all tha-" Pyrrha and Weiss immediately slap their hands over Nora's mouth and he was 'grateful' for the assist. He didn't think 'Izuku's done it enough times by now that it doesn't hurt nearly as badly' would be very assuring to his mom. Plus, in all honesty, it wouldn't even be mostly true. Yeah, he'd gotten 'used' to it but it didn't hurt any less. Now he just knew how to grit his teeth and go through it... still hurt 'pretty' badly.
"OH IZUKU, ARE YOU STILL HURT, YOU'RE NOT STILL HURT ARE YOU?!" His mom tried to pull up his sleeves to see if his arms were broken or if there was any sign of damage; thankfully not, his Aura had patched that up all the way, but she still seemed to panic. "OOOH! I'LL GET THE FIRST AID KIT! I CAN SHOW YOUR TEAM HOW TO TREAT YOU WHEN YOU GET HURT LIKE-"
"Actually ma'am, we already have a first aid kit back at our dorm." Slowly their heads turned back to his teammates, Weiss having spoken up to keep Inko from running off.
"Yeah! We even have a super cool nickname for it! We call it the Izuku's Done Some... Super Training Kit, yeah..." Nora seemed to realize, thankfully, that maybe revealing the Izuku's Done Something Stupid Kit's name wouldn't have been a grand idea. Pyrrha just nodded in agreement with Nora as she smiled at Inko.
"We're still a little rough around the edges but we've actually got a class that teaches First Aid... and we've gotten a lot of practice with it." Pyrrha gives a bright smile as, slowly, Inko approached, seemingly stunned for a moment. He was worried about what she was going to do next when, all of a sudden, his mother grabbed all three of them and wrapped them up in a hug, her tears pouring forth again.
"THANK YOU! OH GODS, YOU THREE ARE SAINTS, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'LL EVER REPAY YOU FOR LOOKING AFTER MY BABY BOY LIKE THAT!"
Izuku sighed in relief, even as Weiss had a minor freak-out from having been so suddenly hugged like that, Pyrrha just seemed embarrassed and Nora was laughing all she could, considering the pressure his mom was likely putting on her lungs. Well, it seemed like things had gone pretty well despite his absence, something he could definitely be pretty grateful for in the grand scope of things.
Maybe he didn't need to micromanage it after all. His friends were pretty amazing people on the whole, so he should've had more faith in them.