The front door to Shoto's apartment opened again. Izuku attempted a casual entry, now dressed in street clothes.
"Did you see it? Did you see what happened? Man, I hope I got a decent picture!" Izuku said.
"Pete, there you are. This is my father, Enji Osborn." Shoto said.
"Oh! Pleasure to meet you, sir." Izuku said.
Kuri smiled a knowing smile.
"Likewise." Enji said.
Osborn stepped forward. Forgetting, Izuku extended his right hand, the one with the cut, which had been hastily wrapped up. Osborn took it and squeezed, Izuku gasped.
"Sorry... hurt your hand?" Enji said.
Still holding Izuku's hand, he pulled it into view.
"Broken glass. Landed on it." Izuku said.
"You landed on it?" Reiko said.
"Yeah. I'm an idiot. I was trying to get a picture of that thing in the sky and I stepped right out in front of a taxi. Must have knocked me twenty feet." Izuku said.
"Better have me take a look at it." Enji said.
Osborn unwrapped the handkerchief, took it off Izuku's hand, revealing the jagged cut made by the Goblin's boomerang.
Osborn's eyes widened, he looked directly into Izuku's eyes.
"You've got to be more careful in the streets. This city's full of lunatics." Enji said.
Izuku nodded, uneasy. The hairs on the back of his neck were standing up. Spider sense going off like crazy. Izuku furrowed his brow, rubbed the back of his neck. Couldn't figure it out.
"Just a... few cuts and scrapes. I'll be fine." Izuku said.
Avoiding Osborn's gaze, he limped over to the couch, where Kuri helped him to sit down, concerned. Osborn watches him as he walked, studying the limp. Thinking. Always thinking.
Izuku sat, noticing Osborn's glare. What's going on here?
While Shoto and Reiko started peppering Izuku with questions, Osborn just stared at him, long and hard. He looked down, at the bloody handkerchief that wrapped Izuku's hand, which he still held. He slipped it into his pocket.
Kuri clutched Izuku's hand.
"I really should be going. Shoto?" Enji nodded toward the hallway, for Shoto to join him.
In the hallway, Osborn left the apartment, followed by Shoto. Osborn pulled the door nearly shut behind him. But not all the way shut.
"A word to the not-so-wise. That little tart will be gone at the first sign of trouble and she'll take half your trust fund with her." Enji said.
"Don't talk about Reiko like that." Shoto said.
"I wasn't talking about Reiko." Enji said. "That other girl, she's cheap and dangerous."
"But-" Shoto said.
"I'm not finished." Enji said.
"Oh, I think you are." Izuku was standing in the doorway, his eyes filled with fury.
A short pause.
"I'll be going then." Enji said, and then left.
Kuri was at Izuku's side, pulling his body, trembling with fury, into her arms. "It's alright Izuku. Thank you."