Well, this wasn't where Oswald thought he would be last week.
But as he looked around at the room he was in he couldn't say he was disappointed with it either.
After Aizawa brought him to U.A. he had to sit down and explain things to a social worker about why he wanted to be a ward.
Explaining how he'd constantly walked in on his dad and step-mother's "private" activities ever since the man moved her in and Oswald only got up to the shit that was going on when he was ten before the very flustered woman told him to stop.
To be fair to her though he probably should've left out the details about the 'roleplays' they did once he clocked the crucifix necklace she wore, she likely hadn't even known half of the kinks he told her about existed before then.
He'd apologize for scarring her but it got him out of their custody so he wasn't that sorry about it.
Then there was the paperwork that needed to be signed which meant his bio-dad would have to file a court case to get custody of him back, and work out whom he was going to stay with.
Aizawa and the social worker discussed with Nezu about who the best guardian for him would be, Aizawa making sure he was consulted the entire time, like his desire to not be with a foster family and preferring to live with a teacher if he could.
In the end he ended up being temporarily placed with Master-Sensei until they worked out more of the details of his case.
And now he was going to be staying with Master-Sensei in the man's really nice apartment, which was underselling the place to call it an apartment.
It was more like a penthouse with the open floor plan living room bigger than the classroom and a 'second' floor where the bedrooms were located.
Speaking of which, Oswald sat up from his new bed and looked around 'his' room.
It was a decent size, he had a nice desk and a tall ass bookshelf that might be taller than their mini-zilla, and a big ass balcony if he ever wanted to step outside for a minute he could.
Then there was the bed. Oswald wasn't sure if the bitch just had sucky taste in mattresses or something like that but his new bed was really the shit.
Like he's never melted before but he was super tempted to turn into a puddle in his bed to stay there for a bit longer.
And then there were the sheets and blankets, which were the fluffy kind that you could snuggle with, which increasingly made him want to melt more in them.
Alas, he could not do that and instead settled for turning around to lay on his belly, rubbing his cheek lazily against the softness.
A grumble from his stomach however forced him to abandon his den and go back to the main area for some food.
Glancing around he caught Master-Sensei sitting at the kitchen with a cat mug sipping something in his pajamas which made him stop and stare at the blonde.
Mainly because out of everything the man could wear Oswald wouldn't have pegged Master-Sensei as a cat onesie sort of man.
Like Oswald couldn't judge but seeing one of his teachers in a damn onesie was not what he expected to see, like ever.
Master-Sensei raised his head somewhat towards him "Morning Oswald-Kun, do you want some breakfast?" Master-Sensei offered.
Oswald hemmed and hawed, considering whether or not to make himself something to eat before ultimately deciding to be lazy and had whatever his home room teacher was having, then Oswald nodded his head.
"Alright, the steamer will be done in a couple of minutes." Master-Sensei said, motioning to the vegetable steamer, that was indeed cooking away, with his head.
Oswald hummed in acknowledgement and settled down on a stool at the kitchen isle much like his teacher had and started to go through his messages to see if anyone other than mini-zilla was up yet.
Hado, the ball of energy she was, certainly would but he was kind of hoping that it would be one of the mornings where Jiki would also be up, the boy was worried about him not showing up to school the past couple of days.
Which were spent 'settling in' at Master-Sensei's place despite him wanting to go back since yesterday, so he'd been left to go crazy from early onset cabin fever inside the apartment.
"Oswald-Kun," Master-Sensei called and he turned to face the blonde man with a raised brow "I know you don't like being cooped up here, how would you feel about going out to get some stuff for your room after school today?" Master-Sensei suggested.
Oswald blinked a bit surprised, he'd probably be moving out in a year or so once he turned eighteen, maybe he'd stay until graduation but he couldn't see being allowed to stay much longer than that.
So he wasn't sure why Master-Sensei would encourage him to get a bunch of stuff when he would be around for that long in the end.
But if the man was going to pay for his things then Oswald wasn't going to argue that much about it, if nothing else he'd just get some of the stuff he'd need once he was on his own, and depending on the place they went to he might be able to get something for the others.
"Well I guess I wouldn't mind, can my friends come?" Oswald asked.
Master-Sensei hummed consideringly "I suppose, as long as you all stay within sight and together I wouldn't mind." Master-Sensei answered propping his head in one of his hands.
"Cool, I'm gonna text them to see who'll come." Oswald replied turning back to his phone.
[Cannibal crew~ :D]
[The victim: Hey guys, the warden's going to let me out for a bit to do some shopping after school lets out, any of you all coming?]
[Enthusiastic Cannibal: () R U kidding?! Of course I'm going!]
[Enthusiastic Cannibal: Do U no where we going?]
[The victim: Nah, didn't ask where. Probably somewhere that has a bunch of home decor that you don't need but will buy anyway.]
[Enthusiastic Cannibal: Got it! I'll make sure 2 bring my wallet ο(=•ω=)ρ]
[Casual Cannibal: I wouldn't mind coming.]
[Enthusiastic Cannibal: Yayy! *: .｡. o()o .｡.:*]
[Main Cannibal: Mirio won't be able to come because he has an appointment with a costume designer but I, um, don't have anything to do.]
[The victim: Don't worry, we'll have Master around to keep us from going completely batshit Jiki.]
[Main Cannibal: Ah, okay.]
[The victim: Don't force yourself to come along Jiki, I'll send the maneater and mini-zilla over with some trinkets and shit.]
[Casual Cannibal: He's right, you can just tell us what to keep an eye out for while we're shopping.]
[Enthusiastic Cannibal: {Nodding gif}]
Oswald smiled then turned back to Master-Sensei "So Miyake and Hado are going, Amajiki is on the fence, Haya is probably still asleep, and Togata has an appointment." he told the man.
"Alright, I'll make sure to wait by the entrance for them." Master-Sensei commented then the steamer beeped very loudly to get their attention, and Master-Sensei stood to get them both a bowl.
Many hours later Oswald, along with his friends were subject to watching as Hado was pleading with what looked like her mother, said woman however wasn't budging and merely grabbed her by the ear.
"Apologizes for any inconvenience this might cause you but Nejire won't be able to join you, she has a dentist appointment today." the silver-haired woman told them.
"Obaachan." Hado whined as the woman began dragging her away from them.
He, Mini-Zilla, Haya, and Jiki stood there watching as the pair went in silence, with it broken a moment later by Mini-Zilla's thrill "I suppose Hado won't be joining us after all." the tall boy said.
"Think we should get her something?" Haya asked.
"Yeah, we'll stop by a mutation shop either way, we need to get me some star bins and bio-bags." Oswald answered with a shrug.
Miyake blinked and tilted his head, clearly not the only one confused by him saying the term and before Miyake spoke up though Haya did "You need to get star bins? Even though your cast offs are taffy?"
"Technically yeah, I fall under starfish laws. My body's taffy but it's malleable and can stretch so the bigger parts have to be 'disposed' of, I count as an editable so I have the option to 'donate' them but if I can't then I have to put them in a star bin or a bio-bag for the smaller parts." Oswald explained.
"Oh, I guess I can see that." Haya conceded with a nod.
Before they could talk more about it Master-Sensei had returned with a pair of keys "I've got Nezu's permission to borrow one of the cars, where is Hado?" Master-Sensei inquired.
"She had dentist appointment Master-Sensei and her Grandmother picked her up." Mini-Zilla answered.
"Grandma?" Haya repeated surprised and frankly he was with her on that one, the woman that picked her up looked pretty young to be her mom so he didn't know how he got grandma out of that.
"Their relation was more distant than mother and daughter, they smelt like grandmother and grandchild." he elaborated, making a show of flicking his blue tongue out of them.
"Ah." Haya replied.
"Right, will you be coming to us Amajiki or should we drop you off at home first?" Master-Sensei asked.
Jiki, who'd been rather quiet this whole time, flinched once everyone was looking at him and began fiddling with his sleeve.
Mini-Zilla offered up his tail, Jiki ducked his head as he took hold of it and swallowed "I- I'm going with." Jiki said avoided their eyes.
Oswald smiled and leaned against Jiki "Cool." he said moving some tendrils of hair around so that it covered Jiki's face, making the boy squeak.
After confirming who was or wasn't going they all went to the private parking lot, where they piled into a large truck that had a back part big enough for Mini-Zilla to comfortably sit in.
Then they were off and it didn't take them long to arrive at a strip mall.
Something that was a problem they didn't realize they would have until they stood at the entrance of the grand building, Oswald's stomach flipped and he swallowed thickly standing at the threshold.
Well looks like Inu wasn't pulling his leg about unexpected triggers, because currently speaking Oswald wanted nothing more than to turn back around and fuck off in the face of another mall.
A tug on his sleeve brought his eyes to find Jiki, the guy trembling as he worriedly looked up to him from his side.
Oswald huffed his shoulders slumped and he gave him a small smile "I'll be fine Jiki, just some nerves." he assured leaning against the other boy, Jiki jumped a bit but didn't move away like always but moved to lean into it oddly enough.
Oswald was caught off guard at first but clocked that Jiki was trembling less now and it was only then did it occur to him that Jiki might not be stressing out just from being in a crowded and loud place.
If Oswald ever got the chance, he'd punch the villains that attacked the mall in the groin for making Jiki's already high levels of anxiety worse than they usually were.
Pushing his imaginary revenge to the side Oswald refocused on Jiki and he reached down to take Jiki's hand in his "Come on Jiki, let's go in and find some crap for my room at Sensei's." he muttered, squeezing his hand a bit tighter.
Jiki bit his lip and squeezed his hand back before he buried his face in Oswald's shoulder "O-okay." Jiki quietly replied.
Steeling himself, Oswald started to walk forward with Jiki in tow and entered the mall, the brisk air conditioning hitting his face like a slap, but he didn't allow himself to falter because Jiki needed him to be strong at the moment.
Which was exactly why Oswald made a b-line for the beauty shop he spotted in the corner "I haven't been able to make that eyepatch for the mini-BJ yet, help me pick a color Jiki. Do you think glittery pink or a 'gouge your eyes out' neon tie-dye would give the real BJ a stroke?" he asked while leading Jiki over to the rows of nail polish.
Hizashi gave Isamu the onesie as a gag gift but Isamu genuinely wears it all the time because its soft and warm.
Also, strong credit for the star-bins from a fic on ao3 called Torchbearer by FalseSeraph that introduced to the whole starfish laws premiss to me in the first place.
Strongly recommend the fic for this fact alone.