The Saturday, Mina had planned a small party for Nozomi, she invited her family along with Shoto's and some of her friends, but she knows that it will not be the same without Shoto

He had woken up a few days ago and she was the first one he called, she felt a huge relief when she heard her husband's voice, Nozomi heard him too and she didn't stop smiling that night, but Nozomi hadn't said a word to Shoto yet. However, on Saturday he could not call her to wish her happy birthday because he had postoperative physiotherapy to regain mobility a bit

Mina was dressing Nozomi in a little black dress with white stripes on the neck and skirt hem, also a black coat and a small bow for her head

- You are beautiful baby - Mina lifted Nozomi in her arms and hugged her

- Yaaaaa - Nozomi giggled and hugged Mina

They both went down, Mina put a birthday hat on Nozomi, after a few minutes the guests began to arrive, Rei picked up Nozomi and played with her for a while

- Thanks for coming Rei

- I would never miss my granddaughter's birthday - Rei smiled and hugged Nozomi

Nozomi grabbed Rei's white hair and played with it, tickling her when it touched her nose and face

Mina smiled to see how happy her daughter was, Nozomi saw the gifts they had brought her and pointed towards them

- Yes little girl, they are for you - Mina carry her carefully and she bring her close to see the gifts

Nozomi carefully touched the gifts and wanted to open them, Mina stopped her before she did because it was not the time

The girls played with Nozomi making her laugh, they noticed how Nozomi's hair almost reached her shoulders, almost like Mina has it

Fuyumi and Mina made a traditional dinner for everyone to eat, Mina helped Nozomi eat, her first teeth were already coming out, but she still couldn't eat very hard things, that's why Mina would puree almost all her food if they weren't very soft

When it came time to open the presents, Nozomi widened her eyes in surprise at all that she received:

Various chew toys from Mina

A big white teddy bear from Hagakure

Interactive books with different stories from Momo

Toys for her to play in water from Tsuyu

Some musical boxes from Jirou and Kaminari

A coat, a small red cape and 2 shirts from Uraraka and Midoriya

A white blanket with gray snowflake-like patterns handmade from Rei

A game to fit figures of Fuyumi and Natsuo

A little red cart for her to push and start learning to walk from Mina's parents

Mina didn't know how to thank everyone for what they gave to her daughter, Nozomi hugged each one of them and smiled

Nozomi was surprised to see the big cake that was in front of her, it had a candle in the shape of a number 1, Momo turned off the lights and everyone surrounded Nozomi, Mina held her close to the candle and everyone sang her the typical birthday song

- Blow baby

Nozomi took a breath and blew out the candle, everyone clapped, and she bit the cake, Mina gave a laugh when she saw Nozomi covered in frosting, she took a napkin and wiped her face

After they cut and everyone ate a piece of the cake, little by little everyone started to leave for the hour, the last ones who stayed were Rei and Fuyumi who helped her clean. Mina left Nozomi in the crib while they cleaned

- Mina, we're leaving - Fuyumi said in the kitchen as she put on her jacket

- Oh okay - Mina hugged them both - Thank you very much for coming

They both smiled and hugged her back, then they left the house, Mina put the papers that wrapped the gifts in a garbage bag

She hears how the living room door opened and closed again

"Maybe they forgot something" Mina went to the living room to see what it was and when she saw who it was, her eyes widened, and she dropped the bag on the floor.

- Hi Mina

And there he was, that half red and half white hair; which was a bit longer than before; those gray and turquoise eyes, that scar on his left eye. Mina was speechless, she approached slowly believing that she was dreaming

- ¿I-Is it really you? - Some tears came out of Mina's eyes - ¿I-Is this real?

Shoto caressed her cheeks softly, his fingers wiped the tears from her pink cheeks and gave her a soft kiss on the lips

- Yes, it's me Mina - Shoto smiled and looked into her eyes - I'm back home

- ¡SHO!

Mina couldn't resist it anymore and jumped into his arms giving him a hug, crossed her legs around his body to not let him go again, hid her face in the red part of his hair and sobbed with happiness

- I can't believe you're here again - Mina looked up and looked at him with a big smile - Natsumi said you couldn't move

- I wouldn't miss my daughter's birthday for nothing - Shoto kissed Mina's forehead - I'm taking strong pain relievers and small doses of morphine to move me, but it doesn't matter now, ¿Is she still awake?

Mina nodded and slowly get down from his arms, she saw that his luggage was next to him and that made her more happy, she quickly went to Nozomi trying to hide her emotion. Nozomi saw her and snuggled into her arms and yawned from being tired

- Don't fall asleep baby, there is one more surprise

Nozomi saw her with eyes that she would fall asleep soon, it was when Mina brought her with Shoto

- Hi little girl - Shoto gently stroked Nozomi's white hair and smiled - ¿Who told you that you could grow so much without me being here?

Nozomi lost her tiredness as soon as she saw him, her eyes widened and none of them noticed when she passed from Mina's arms to Shoto's, hugged him with all her strength and hid her face in his shirt

- I missed you too little one

Shoto hugged her and smiled, Mina joined the hug, that simple hug was what everyone needed to know that everything was fine

- Sho, take her up, I'll go soon

Shoto nodded and went up carrying Nozomi, first he put a totally purple pajamas on her and took her to the room, he lay down and could feel Nozomi's grip getting stronger and stronger on his shirt

- Nozomi, ¿What happen little girl?

Nozomi was not thinking of letting him go, the baby thought that the moment she released him, he would disappear from her life again and she was not going to allow it

Shoto kissed her head gently which made her smile.

- Daddy

Shoto opened his eyes in surprise to hear Nozomi speak, he had not realized when Mina had laid down next to him

- N-Nozomi just ...

- I know - Mina smiled and kissed Nozomi's head - It was our surprise when you came back, I'm glad that you could hear her

Little by little sleep was winning over Nozomi, they both saw how the baby was falling sleep hugging Shoto, Mina was on the same way, she laid her head on her husband's right shoulder and fell asleep, for the first time they both slept without no worry and with total calm to know that he was fine

- I missed this

Carefully not to wake them up, he grabbed a blanket that was on Mina's side, stretched it out and covered them both, hugged them and then fell asleep