Hello all! Sorry for the long wait, it's been hard balancing work with life. And the new Zelda game is very addicting. I hope you enjoy this easy-going chapter.
"I'm telling you, it's like this," Himiko argued to Nemuri. The two were currently trying to knit on the couch. Inko was sitting on a chair working on her own knitting project.
"And I'm telling you you're messing it up," Nermuri said as she held up her needles. "It's like this."
Izuku shook his head as he tuned them out and returned to his drawing. Kyoka was sitting next to him at the dining table listening to music and writing lyrics into her notebook. Kirishima and Mina were busy studying across from him. Ibara was helping the two and was fighting their desire to do anything but study. Izuku respected her seemingly never-ending patience.
A smile crossed Izuku's when he heard the doorbell ring. Jogging to the door, much to the amused noises of his friends, Izuku wasted no time opening the door.
"Momo-san!" Izuku said as he greeted the heiress. "Love the shirt."
Momo looked down at her plain white shirt that said pants, one that matched Izuku's.
"I enjoyed shopping at the store you suggested, I was greatly amused by the one that just said 'bra,'" Momo said entering the apartment and taking off her shoes. Izuku set out a pair of slippers for her to use.
As the two entered the kitchen, they were met by a loud groan.
"No, I can't believe it. Another one? You infected another one with your horrible fashion sense," Mina cried dramatically.
"You just can't see the nuanced humor within this shirt," Izuku replied. "Everyone, this is Momo-san, I met her at the gala. Momo-san, this is Kyoka-chan, Mina-chan, Ibara-chan, and Ejirou-kun." Izuku pointed to each of his friends.
"Oh, oh, and I'm Himiko!" Himiko said sliding into the room with a plain white shirt that said blood red.
"It's nice to meet you all," Momo said with a bow, "I'll be in your care."
As the others greeted Momo, Izuku stared at Himiko before jumping toward her.
"Wait, that's my shirt. Why are you wearing my shirt?" Izuku asked while blushing.
"What do you mean your shirt? Obviously, this is my shirt." Himiko said with a haughty sniff dodging out of Izuku's hands.
Izuku managed to turn and snag the back of the collar and pull it down to see his name in sharpie.
"Himiko, this literally has my name on here. What do you mean it's not mine?"
"It's not yours anymore. I'm claiming it as mine from now on." Himiko stuck her tongue out.
As the two bickered over whose shirt it was. Momo turned to the others with a raised eyebrow.
"Is this normal?" Momo asked.
"Them bickering? Yes. If I didn't know better I'd assumed they were siblings." Kyoka answered with a sigh. "Himiko stealing clothes? That's new, but honestly, I'm not surprised."
"Her favorite thing to do is to match with someone. Be it clothes, books, hobbies, or anything else in between," Mina said watching Izuku wilt in defeat. "She does that with all of us. I wouldn't be surprised if she tried to match your hairstyle one day. Which may I say looks amazing."
"Thank you, that's very kind of you," Momo said.
"Children, enough squabbling, please," Inko called out causing Izuku and Himiko to put each other into a headlock.
"Yes, Mom!"
"Are they siblings?" Momo asked.
"They're idiots," Kyoka deadpan. Mina and Eijiro broke down in laughter while Ibara chuckled before leaning over to Momo.
"They're not related in any way. They are friends who treat each other like siblings if that helps." Ibara explained getting a nod of understanding from Momo.
Himiko broke away from Izuku before glomping Kyoka.
"I heard what you said, even if you're right, how could you say that?"
Kyoka sat with a completely dead face. The others chuckle as Kyoka gained a blush from Himiko nuzzling into her shoulder.
"Get off me you," Kyoka said trying to push her off.
"Noooo, you're too comfy," Himiko said clinging to the punk girl.
"Is this also normal?" Momo asked amused.
"Yup," Mina said. "Today is game night right, Midori-kun?"
Izuku bounced from his spot and into the living room. He was back in seconds with a large box with the red and yellow logo that read UNO.
"Oh, we playing the ender of all friendships, huh," Mina joked.
"No, that's Monopoly," Eijirou joked back.
"Our friendship is not actually about to end, right?" Momo asked with a troubled look.
"Don't worry Momo-san, they are just kidding around," Izuku said as he began to shuffle the deck.
"Oi Green, hand it here and I'll show you how to really shuffle them." Kyoka took the deck from Izuku and began to bridge shuffle the deck.
"I was shuffling them just fine," Izuku said with a pout. Kyoka simply stuck her tongue out and finished shuffling.
It did not take long for the cards to be handed out and the game to start.
"We should totally make the loser with the most card do a batsu," Mina said playing a skip on Himiko.
"Who decides the batsu?" Ibara asked watching Kyoka draw a bunch of cards until she could play a red.
"The winner should of course," Eijirou said watching Izuku try to make Momo draw two.
"Let's try to keep it something simple then like speaking in an accent or something that doesn't interrupt the game much," Izuku said with an amused smirk as Momo played another plus two.
Ibara frowned before playing another plus two, "Kirishima-kun, I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry for me, be sorry for her," Eijirou said placing down another plus two.
Mina stared at the card before slowly looking up to Eijirou, "I can't believe you would betray me like this."
Eijirou just shrugged, "All's fair in love and Uno."
As Mina angrily grumbled and drew cards, Himiko played a reversal. Himiko said nothing but gave a wide unhinged smile. Mina's own smile became unhinged as she played her own plus two. Eijirou gave a nervous chuckle as he drew two, it was going to be a long game.
Many upsets later, Himiko was cheering for her victory while Ibara languished in her defeat.
"So what's Ibara's batsu?" Mina asked as she counted her blessing of just having one less card than Ibara.
Tapping a finger against her cheek, Himiko thought for a moment before bouncing and clapping her hands.
"I know the perfect thing! Shio-chan you have to talk in a valley girl accent."
Ibara looked up with dead eyes she took a deep inhalation before sighing.
"Like, how could you do this to me bestie? Like can you even?" Ibara said with a near-perfect imitation.
Everyone blinked before laughing.
"Oh my god, Shio-chan out of everyone I never imagine you pulling this," Mina said wiping away her tears.
"Like, I got a cousin right, and she's heavily invested in the valley girl lifestyle. A real westabo. Like, I've listened to her rant enough that, like I can pull this accent like straight from my memory." Ibara shuddered. "Like gurl, you have no idea, like how much this accent, like haunts my dreams."
As they played their next round, the group enjoyed drawing reactions from Ibara.
"Bestie, what you did was not… gucci," Ibara put her face into her cards after getting hit with a plus four. She was cringing very hard at her words much to everyone's amusement.
"Gurl, like, how do you live like this," Ibara said with a deadpan look after getting hit with a plus-two from Momo.
"That was like, totally not cool," Ibara said as her Uno was denied by a plus-two from Eijirou.
"Slay gurl, like show her how's it done!" Himiko said trying to copy Ibara. Ibara blushed as she played a
When the game ended, Ibara slumped over in relief. Kyoka was trying to hold back a chuckle from Ibara's increasingly fast-mumbled prayers.
Himiko wrapped herself around Ibara's shoulder. Ibara's thorns were blunt so it did not bother Himiko at all.
"Thanks for being such a good sport Ibara-chan. You were an amazing valley girl," Himiko said.
"Thank you Himiko-chan. I'm glad my performance was okay," Ibara said. "You also did a good job with your own valley girl accent."
"Aww thank you," Himiko said nuzzling into Ibara's hair. "It's fun learning how to imitate other accents."
"So Izu-kun, what shall be my batsu?" Momo asked her eyes sparkling.
"Are you able to make a cat ear headband?" Izuku asked. After getting a nod, Izuku blushed a little. "Well, could you make one for yourself? You will have to wear that and end all of your sentences with, 'nya.'"
Momo blinked rapidly for a second before a slight sparkle appeared and a pair of black ears popped out of the top of her hair.
"Will this be acceptable, nya?" Momo said while blushing heavily. Izuku, Eijirou, and Kyoka blushed while everyone else cooed.
"You make for a super cute cat girl Yaomomo!" Mina said.
"Thank you, nya~"
As they were playing Momo somehow convinced Izuku to wear cat ears that matched his hair and to also say nya.
"Hissss," Izuku said as Momo played a plus two.
"Did Izuku just hiss?" Kyoka asked confused.
"I was just trying to get into the role." Izuku hid his face in the cards.
"But it's not even your batsu?" Kyoka said.
"I-I didn't want Momo-san to feel singled out. And since I was wearing this," Izuku shook his head making the cat ears wiggle, "that I might as well get into the role as well."
"Well I think you make a very cute kitty," Himiko teased.
"It's cute that they match," Mina said in a stage whisper causing everyone to chuckle while Izuku and Momo were both blushing red but were smiling widely.
As the games rolled on, Kyoka had to speak in a cowboy accent, Himiko had to act like Eijirou, Mina got Izuku and Eijirou to wear lipstick when they tied for last. Eijirou got Mina back by making her wear one of Izuku's shirts. This one saying dress on it.
"It's time for dinner dears," Inko said. She had been silently cooking in the kitchen as the kids played.
The teens chorused their various acknowledgments as they helped to quickly clean and set the table. It did not take long for the teens to dig into food.
Inko blushed lightly as she was praised by everyone. Nemuri teased her slightly about how she was a better cook than Lunch Rush. Not that Inko took her seriously but the praise still made her smile.
Momo and Izuku ended up dissecting their friend's quirks while trying to figure out appropriate support gear that she could make for everyone. Himiko was able to make draw the two nerds away to talk about a new movie that recently came out. Izuku allowed himself to smile as Momo eagerly shared her opinions of the movie.
The ding of a phone interrupted Kyoka's story of a crazy performance she had seen with her parents once. Momo blushed slightly as she pulled out her phone. She sighed before standing up.
"It seems my parents wish for me to return home now. Thank you for your hospitality Midoryia-san. Your food was excellent," Momo said with a bow.
"You're most welcome, dear. You are welcome to join us anytime," Inko said giving the girl a warm smile.
"I walk you out," Izuku said standing up. They walked in silence until they were outside.
Momo stopped and leaned against the balcony fencing. Izuku stood beside her and they just looked at the cityscape.
"Izuku-kun, thank you for inviting me. For introducing me to people who do not simply see me for my name. They were some of the most genuine people I have met and I hope to one day call them friends." Momo turned and gave Izuku a wide smile. "I never thought I was lonely until today. So thank you for saving me from that."
Izuku blushed as he scratched the back of his head.
"Y-you a-are giving too much credit, Momo-chan. I'm just glad that y-you enjoyed our crazy games and that you had fun." Izuku had a small smile as he, in a rare burst of confidence, put an arm around Momo's shoulder. "We will always be here for you if you need it."
Momo said nothing as she wrapped Izuku in a tight hug. The boy was quick to return it but as soon as it came the hug ended. Momo gave Izuku one last smile before rushing down the stairs to where her limo awaited her.
So for context, a batsu is a Japanese comedic punishment game. While I am not sure if it is common for people to do batsu outside of streams or shows I figured it be fun to watch everyone bond like this.
I hope you enjoyed watching Momo interact with everyone!