Super Science

Ch 36: Confessions

"Good morning Megan.", Inko said in a cheerful voice as she strolled into the front entry of the facility.

"Ah, Inko! Good morning, I'll call the professor and your son.", the woman said to her as she punched in the numbers of both offices.

A few minutes later and only Egon showed up at the front entryway. Seeing the woman he greeted, "Inko, what a surprise. What brings you here?"

"Just dropping off some lunch and snacks.", she told him while placing two bento boxes and a box of assorted doughnuts in his arms.

Looking at the lunches he commented in surprise, "Geez! Izuku must be a big eater if you packed him two bento boxes."

Inko waved off the interpretation and told him, "Oh don't be silly. One's for Izuku and the other is for you."

Egon was shocked by the gesture and told her in a baffled tone, "For me? Wow Inko, I don't know what to say. Thank you."

She smiles at the thanks and motioning to the doughnuts she says, "I also bought some donuts for your staff. I couldn't make bento boxes for all of them.", she told him with a sweat drop, a tired look on her face, showing it took a lot to make just the two.

Seeing this he reassured her and replied, "I'm sure they'd be happy. Thank you again."

Inko looks around the area and asks, "Where's Izuku?"

"Held up in his office.", Egon answered while giving the doughnuts to Megan to bring to the other staff.

"Keeping him busy.", she asks suspiciously.

"Keeping himself busy.", Egon huffs with an eye roll.

Surprised by this, she then said with pride, "He must be your most diligent employee."

'Too diligent if you ask me.', Egon commented on his head, knowing how hard he was pushing himself.

Egon wondered if he should tell Inko about what was going on, but has no idea how to bring it up. He wondered if she noticed or if Izuku had even told her a thing. He knows he should, he just has to find the right time.

However, as he was deep in thought he couldn't help but notice a few things about Inko as she stood there. She had a new scent on her: maybe a new perfume or shampoo? His hair was more shiny than usual and the way she would move it almost looked as if sparkles were being shed. Then he faces; her full cheeks, her full glossy lips, and her dazzling eyes. She was beautiful today! But then again, she was beautiful no matter when he saw her.

Then Inko spoke and she shook him out of his daydreaming as she said, "Well tell him I was here and that I love him. Keep up the good work."

"Sure thing, and thank you.", Egon replied a bit quickly, mentally disciplining himself for it.


Some time later when he was finally having lunch, Egon was shocked and amazed by the meal Inko had prepared for him! It was so cute with the carrots and tomatoes cut into little flowers, the rice balls were shaped like pandas, and the sausages were cut like octopus, the noodles were so soft, and the tempura was grilled to perfect! He wondered if Izuku got the same thing or if they both got a similar one. He'd find out later.

Though before he could chow down a familiar woman burst through his office and yelled, "O!M!G!"

Nearly falling off his seat and saving the bento, Egon breathed down his racing gear and exclaimed, "Honey Lemon! For the love of the gods! Don't do that!", but the woman ignored him as she pattered into his desk as he jokingly asked in a dry tone, "Now what's gotten you so excited? Did you finally discover expresso?"

"You like Inko!", she said with warning, pointing a finger at him.

Before he could wonder where she got that idea, his face grew red, and his mind went blank as he argued quickly, "What!? No no no! That's crazy talk! I don't like her! I mean, I do like her, but not in the way you're thinking!", this just made he smile wider at him as he tried to calm down and collected his thoughts. "I just…admire and respect her as a person, and capable woman who raises and provides for a son all on her own. She's a…visionary! Yeah!", he stated boldly as Honey Lemon just continue to stand there and stared at him with the same overly excited smile.

His sweat dropped and inquired, "You're not believing a word I'm saying?"

"Nope.", she shook her head.

Seeing no way out of this, he sighed in exasperation and admitted, "Ok fine! You got me! I may have feelings for her.", before Honey Lemon could squeak like a fan girl, Egon stopped her and stated, "But leave it right there Honey Lemon! She is called Mrs. Midoryia. Mrs! She's married and I'm not going to degrade myself by going after a married woman."

"Have you ever seen her husband?", Honey Lemon asked him back.

He rolled his eyes and then explained, "He works overseas. The American dollar is very high over here. And that's not an excuse!"

She shrugged and offered, "Well, why not just tell her to get it off your chest? I can tell it's been eating away at you."

Egon opened his mouth to argue, then he stopped as he thought it over. He slumped into his seat as Honey Lemon watered his reactions until he turned around in his chair and told her, "Leave me to my own business, Honey Lemon."

She giggles and tells him, "Whatever you say. Just think about what I told you."


For the next few days, Egon does think about it…a lot. And it didn't help that Inko came almost every day with a fresh bento for both him and Izuku. Finally, after letting his thought and emotions eat at him to the point he couldn't work, he confronted this just as Inko left after dropping off lunch.

"Inko! Wait!", Egon called out as he practically bounded down the front steps of the entry. Once catching up to the worried woman he said, "There's something I have to tell you.", she quirked an eyebrow and the first thing to leave Egon's mouth was, "Aboo daboo dabee dabbe dipple dibbly!"

Egon continued to babble out more incoherent nonsense until Inko went from intrigued to frightened. She backed away and said, "Wha-? Egon, you're starting to scare me."

Egon held his breath till he was red in the face and let it all out in one raspberry before asking her, "If I do that again, I want you to slap me.", Inko nods in concern and Egon tries again.

"Gobble gibble go-!", this time Inko quickly smacks his face and stops his chicken scratch talk. He runs his face and says, "Thank you. As I was trying to say, there is something I have to confess to you. Something that has been on my mind for a long time."

"What is it?", she asks him, intrigued once more.

Egon rubs the back of his head as his face begins to burn up, then finally admits, "Inko…I have feelings for you. But I know you are a married woman and that it can't work out between us, I just wanted to get it off my chest and not make things too awkward between us in the future. I'll drop it right here and now.", he says while letting out a breath.

"Egon.", Inko starts before grabbing both his hands, surprising him as she tells him, "Im…flattered. Truly I am. I never could guess someone like you would fancy a woman like me."

Egon was enamored by her, but only for a moment. When he realized what she was doing, he ripped his hands away and exclaimed, "Inko! What are you doing? Have you forgotten your marriage?!"

"That's the thing.", Inko says while looking down. Drawing out the suspense in his heart before following up, "I'm…not."

Egon's eyes go wide and he asks in confusion, "What? But you and your son have told me your husband lives and works in America to provide for you? And your maiden name isn't Midoriya. I'm so confused."

She sighs as she walks over to the steps to sit down, with Egon right beside her. Where then she tells him with shame, "That was a lie. Well partly. My husband lives and works in America, but not for the reason I told you or my son.", Egon raised his eyebrow, now even more curious. Watching as the woman gripped her hands as tears welled up in her eyes as she admits, "It's to stay as far away from us as possible."

"What!? Why?!", Egon shamelessly asks her.

After wiping her eyes she explain to him, "When Izuku turned four and we found out he was quirkless, my husband-."

She fell off her story until Egon filled it in for her and said, "Was shunned by his family for it, put in for a transfer, divorced you and had given up all custody, and is now paying you monthly child support from a world away."

"How did you-?", she tried to ask, surprised by the accuracy of his guess.

He chuckled dryly while rubbing his head and looking down as he admitted, "My father was in many situations like that throughout his whole life. And Izuku doesn't know, does he?"

Inko shook her head sadly and replied, "He's already been through so much. I couldn't bring myself to tell him his father abandoned him.", She takes out some tissues from her purse and wipes her face once more before taking a shaky breath and telling him, "I'm not proud of myself for lying, but I know it was the best thing for him at the time."

The two of them sit in silence for a while until Egon inquired, "Is it still the best thing for him?"

"It's been so long and…I'm not entirely sure.", Inko admitted while calming herself down and telling the man, "But getting back to what we were talking about, I'm flattered you want to be with me, but I'm not sure you're making the right decision."

Confused by her statement, Egon prompted her further and asked, "What? What do you mean by that?"

She stands up quickly, nearly making Egon jump as she motions between Egon and herself, stating, "Come on, Egon. You are a tall, young, handsome man with a successful business. While I'm just a 40-year-old, short, chubby, divorced woman with a son."

"Oh Inko, please don't threaten me with a good time.", Egon begged her as he shut his eyes with trembling fingers a cold shiver and a trail of blood going down his nose, making Inko blush beet red. After focusing himself and cleaning away the blood, Egon told her, "Look, I don't care about how you look or whatever notions there are about you. I like you for…you.", he took her hands and continued saying, "When I first saw you it was like watching an exploding supernova. So beautiful and terrifying that I couldn't take my eyes away from it."

Inko raised an eyebrow and asked back, "You were terrified of me?"

"When we first met you were two seconds from calling the police on me, thinking I was a pedo.", Egon drowned out.

"That makes more sense.", Inko sweat dropped, remembering their first meeting. "But I'll be honest Egon, I haven't been on the dating scene in a long time.", she admitted in shame.

"That's great to hear because I've never been on it before.", Egon readily admitted back.

Inko shuffled on her feet and asked him, "Do you think we can take things slow? Perhaps start with coffee and work our way from there?"

Egon's mind went black for a moment as his head overheated with a plume of smoke coming off his head as he said in a stuttered hurry, "Y-Yeah! Sure! I'd love-I mean, I'm just fine with that."

"Then I'll give you a call when I'm free.", she tells him with a small wink before walking away.

"S-Sounds great. See you then.", Egon says to her while waving bye.

Once she was out of sight, Egon began to make a string of strange sounds and movements before falling to his knees and melting into the ground as he prayed to the sky, "Thank you gods in heaven!"

Meanwhile in the building, Honey Lemon clapped hands with Megan as the two watched the whole scene with binoculars as the other Morgan triplets alongside Cho, Cluck, and Otto all exchanged money for their bets.


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