In less than a week Nozomi will start kindergarten, and her quirk was about to show up.
Like any other Saturday, Shoto and Mina did not have to work, Mina finished dressing Haru and put a small hat on him so that the sun would not hurt him, because they would go shopping at the market
- Sho, we're going, ¿Where is the list? - Mina asked while holding Haru and taking her bag
- Stuck in the fridge Mina, ¿Is Nozomi still asleep?
- No, she is already bathing, we will come as quickly as we can
Shoto has some meetings in the afternoon so he can't practice numbers with Nozomi, so he called Fuyumi to take her with her. Mina and Haru go out to the market and Shoto came up to the second floor for his phone and found his daughter coming out of the bathroom shaking
- ¿What happened Nozomi?
- Th-the water it-it's sooo c-cold daddy
The little girl keep on her way to her room where she wrapped herself with a blanket, Shoto, confused, enter in the bathroom and felt the water from the bathtub, it's warm
- That's weird
He dries his hand and then take his phone and called Mina, she did not take long to answer the call
- ¿What happened Shoto? ¿Do you need something else?
- It's not that, ¿Did you use the bathtub or shower in the morning?
- You know that the bathtub, I only use the shower after training - Mina said while pushing the shopping cart, Haru is in the small space for children
- And… ¿Was the water cold?
- No Sho, you know that the bathtub is only warm water, ¿Why?
- For nothing ... Remember to buy the chocolate and cookie cereal
- It's the first thing I put in the cart - Mina smiled as she put a box of fruit juices in the cart, Haru just looked at her smiling - Yes, they are for you too baby
Shoto hung up the phone and continued with what he was doing, Nozomi came down a few minutes later and sat down to breakfast at the table, grabbed her favorite cookies along with some orange juice and a chicken sandwich, Shoto came in shortly and ruffled her hair when he saw her, she smiled and put the plate in the sink and then go to the living room to watch TV, but Shoto noticed how the plate had a frozen part, he does not understand how she did not notice it
- ¿D-did she...?
He melted the ice with a little of his heat and sat next to Nozomi, everything seemed normal, she is watching cartoons without freezing anything
- Nozomi, ¿Are you cold?
- No daddy, ¿Why?
- No reason
Shoto was still not sure if she would have an ice quirk, he was sure that if she can have one it would be acid or something, he believed that since she is pink like Mina, but he forgot the fact of her white hair
When Mina came back, he helped her put things away and explained what happened, Mina took it in a very good way, smiled and got quite excited looking at her daughter on the couch
- Don't say anything yet, we still need to know well what it is
- I know Shoto, but we must know before the next Monday, you know
They both looked at Nozomi who is still watching TV with Haru in the crib next to the couch, they finished putting things in their places and Mina sat next to her trying to see something of what Shoto told her, she looked at her little hands and didn't see anything weird, she held them and they felt normal
- ¿What you doing mommy? - Nozomi asked confused why she suddenly took her hands
- Um, I'm seeing if you wash your hands good
- ¿And am I doing it right? - Nozomi saw her own hands again
- Wonderful little one - Mina kissed her head and came to Shoto - Her hands are warm and she seems to have no idea of anything
- Even so, if something happens, let me know
Mina nodded and began to make the lunch she bought, baked pizzas while Shoto go to a meeting in his home office. When lunch was ready, Mina fed Haru with a bottle while Shoto and Nozomi eats quietly
- Naaaa
- No, mommy, try to say mommy
- Naaaa - Haru laughed while playing with Mina's hands and hugging them
- Please say mommy - Mina pouted, she really wants his first word to be mommy
- Leave him Mina, he will soon tell it
- Mphm
Haru finished his bottle and Mina took him to his crib to take his nap, Nozomi also go to her room to get some sleep, Mina also lay down to sleep in her bed, Shoto before continuing with his things, he checks that everyone is okay, even if they were a few meters apart, he made sure that nothing would happen to them before enter in his office
Mina began to feel a chill running through her body, she woke up and felt a big cold air around her, got up and went to her daughter's room and was surprised by what she saw
Nozomi was sitting on the edge of the bed scared while her entire room was freezing, she is the center of the cold
- M-mommy help me
- ¡SHOTO!
Shoto recognized Mina's scream of fear and concern, he stopped what he was doing and left his office, he was surprised to see the same as Mina, he told Mina that she will not approach, she nodded and saw him approach Nozomi
- Easy little girl, everything is fine
Nozomi just looked at him scared and with tears in her eyes, he stretched his arms to her and did not hesitate to throw herself at him
- Don't worry, I'm here - Shoto kissed her head to calm her while he used his left arm to hug her and the cold went down, the ice in the room was melting little by little and Nozomi calmed down a bit
Mina approached without care Shoto's warning, Nozomi is also her daughter and wants her to be fine, they both hugged her and she calmed down completely
- Don't leave me alone - Nozomi said weakly clinging to both of them
- We won't - They both said as they carried her, Mina gave her to Shoto so that she could calm Haru, the baby had woken up from the cold and Mina's screams
- Shhhh, everything is fine, daddy is going to help your sister - Mina smiled at him making him calm down a bit, he was still cold so she wrapped him in a blanket and go to warm him milk
Shoto kept hugging Nozomi so she wouldn't freeze anything else by accident, he took her downstairs and gave her a glass of water to calm her down
- Calm Nozomi, I'm not going to leave you alone - Shoto looked at Mina who was still worried about her daughter - I'll sleep with her so nothing else happens
- It's okay Sho, don't worry little girl, daddy will take care of you
At bedtime, Shoto lay down on Nozomi's bed with her by his side, she was still a little scared because her quirk reacted that way, but she was reassured that her father wouldn't leave her, the warmth of his left arm was like the perfect pillow, warm and soft, within minutes Nozomi fell asleep hugging his arm
The next morning, Nozomi woke up and this time there was no ice, she saw that her mother and Rei were looking at her
- ¿Mommy? ¿Grandma?
- Hi darling - Rei smiled and put her hand on her head - Your mom told me that your quirk appeared
- Y-yes, I'm scared
- You don't have to - Rei carefully carried her into her arms and smiled at her - I'll help you with that
Shoto woke up with so many voices and was confused when he saw his mother
- ¿Mom? ¿What are you doing here?
- Hi you too Shoto
- I called her Sho, to help Nozomi
- But first you have to shower little girl - Rei smiled and put her on the floor
- I don't want to be alone - Nozomi hugged her legs
- You won't be, we will be on the other side of the door waiting for you, if something happens call dad - Mina gave Nozomi her clothes and her pink towel
Nozomi, still scared, nodded and went to take a bath, luckily nothing happened this time, Shoto and Rei came out they went with her to the back garden and sat on the ground
- Let's see honey, try to remember, ¿How did you wake up your quirk? ¿Did you do something to wake it up or did something make you do it?
- W-well, it was first in the bathroom ... I saw a spider and it scared me ...
- ¿And in your room? - Shoto asked putting his hand on Nozomi's head, he was not angry in any way since she was not to blame
- I had an ugly dream and when I woke up my hand was frozen and… And… I couldn't stop it
- Sho, fear made her use her quirk - Rei hugged her so she knew she was not alone - Darling, ¿Can you try to show us?
Nozomi got a little scared but she tried, put her hand on the ground and a little ice started to form, it was a little at first, but it got out of control and formed a small spike
- ¡Daddy!
Shoto held her little hand and melted the ice, Nozomi was scared again and hugged Shoto stronger, Mina saw everything from the door while carrying Haru
Shoto came back in leaving his mother and daughter alone, Rei told her a story of how she went through something similar when her quirk appeared
- Shoto, ¿How is my daughter?
- She is fine, she gets scared when she tries to use it, so I'll help her with that - Shoto said as he took a couple of bottles of water
- ¿Does that mean you'll train her?
Shoto stopped short when he heard that, ¿Training a little girl? Especially to his own daughter, it seemed horrible, he would never put Nozomi through the hell that he went through
- No, never that Mina, I will help her to control it and know how to use it, just that, I do not want her to accidentally freeze you or the house, or hurt herself
Mina smiled knowing the great importance that Shoto gave to all this, he canceled all his plans for that day just so he could help his little girl. The 3 continued in the garden trying so that Nozomi was not afraid of her own quirk
In some point Endeavor called Shoto asking about Nozomi's quirk, to which Shoto replied "Ice business, get lost" and they kept practicing.
They were like this almost all day until dinner time, Nozomi came in excited and showed Mina how she could make a tiny ice cube
- ¡Wow! ¡Very good little one!
Nozomi was happy to no longer be so afraid of her quirk, she made everyone's ice for the drinks, she even hugged her little brother without anything happening
When she went to sleep, Shoto, Mina and Rei were in the door frame seeing that nothing will happen, and nothing happened
As Shoto said she only learned to control it, but until then, if she wants to learn more it will be her decision and Shoto will not force her