Chapter 14: The Comforts of Her Home

The sound of rustling paper could be heard in a nearly empty spacious room. It was Friday, so most of the teachers had already left their offices.

Except one, and it was Eraserhead.

The pro hero was sitting at his desk typing away at his work computer while Izuku sat on the floor behind him. He was surrounded by twenty large accordion folders that were filled to the brim with paperwork. For the last two hours, Midoriya had looked through all the permission slips, medical forms, and written plus practical tests for the semester of all his classmates. He was surprised that Aizawa was letting him see such things, well besides the permission slips. Izuku thought that medical information was confidential and that at the very least it was inconsiderate to look at his class's grades. He was tempted to ask Shota about it, but he was being kept so busy with the paperwork that he wasn't getting a chance.

Eraserhead had told him at the start of his detention, that at the end of the semester all homeroom teachers had to submit all paperwork for their students in individual folders. Aizawa, however, had been lazy about this whole process and never separated them by each student and they were instead still stacked by subject matter. So at the start, the teacher double checked if he had entered all the grades correctly. Then he made sure permission forms were signed and that the medical forms were up to date. Finally, Shota would then hand off the piles of paper to Izuku to separate into the various accordion folders.

Midoriya did his best to not look at his classmate's grades, but he couldn't help himself from occasionally taking a peek at their medical forms. He was able to confirm that Momo did wear contacts and that she was far-sighted. The glasses she wore during their study session turned out to not just be for show. But why didn't Tenya wear contacts? Especially with how often his glasses broke.

Either way, another tidbit Izuku found out was that Koji was a vegetarian. It made sense that Koda would have an issue eating animals that he needed to work with. Speaking of the large teen, he was happy that Koji finally came back to school today. He was quite nervous and it took some convincing from Izuku and Fumikage to get him to enter the classroom. Koda had been standing outside the classroom in the morning and was struggling to go inside. The two boys eventually got him to come in, and luckily it was still early as a larger classroom of students might have been too much for him. He still needed to thank Tokoyami for the help, as he didn't get the chance today.

After Midoriya separated what looked to be his teacher's assessment of each of his student's results from the Hero Festival, Aizawa said his helper could take a break. He reached down below his desk and pulled out some juice boxes from a mini-fridge. The teacher threw a juice box over to his student before placing one for himself on his desk. As Izuku took his straw from the packaging, he looked over at his accordion folder and pondered what his evaluation had been. Shota poked his bendy straw into his drink but continued to look at the computer as he said, "Wondering about what feedback I gave you during the Hero Festival?"

Izuku flinched at the question, which made his teacher sigh in annoyance. The boy took a deep breath before replying, "Yes. Just going from the pro hero draft picks it's hard to tell how well or bad I did."

Midoriya might have gotten praise from All Might about his performance but other pros heroes seemed to think otherwise. The draft pick results, which they received their first day back at school after the Hero Festival, was dominated by Todoroki and Bakugo. They got about 85% of them, which meant they received thousands of votes. Midoriya was happy that Ida got fourth, with 301 picks, and so was Uraraka who shook the tall teen to congratulate him. The heroine herself placed eighth, but with only twenty picks. But himself? He wasn't even posted. Only the top nine were, and at ninth was Sero with fourteen votes.

Izuku wondered, did he even get a pick from anyone other than All Might? Midoriya then continued by saying, "I mean sure, I've received some praise about how I did, but most of them weren't pro heroes. And that was the point of the Hero Festival, right? To get your name out there to the hero industry?"

"Maybe if you're All Might," the pro hero huffed. He then looked over to his helper before saying, "Sure, getting early notoriety is great and all but I think your mentor's ideals might be rubbing off you a bit much Midoriya-san. Unless you're very concerned about what your number of options in the hero industry will be the moment you graduate from here, then it's not a huge deal if you didn't get a lot of draft picks. I'm personally more concerned if my students learned something about themselves or from others they observed that day."

As both began to drink their juice, Izuku remembered back to before the Hero Festival. His idol had changed the boy's mind from not wanting to stand out to wanting to try and place first. But what option was the right choice? Was there even one? Would other options had changed anything anyways?

Before Izuku could ponder further into this thought, his homeroom teacher asked, "You really wanna know how you did from my point of view?"

Midoriya vigorously shook his head up and down a few times in response.

Aizawa gave a soft grunt then proceeded to suck out all the contents of his juice box big in one big slurp before explaining, "If you must know, my evaluation of your performance was a mix of praise and disappointment. The first two events showed me your progress of controlling your quirk, and in the specific case of the first event, knowing when not to use your quirk. Out of everyone in your class you have the least control over your power, though you've also had it for the least amount of time. So any progress you have is quite drastic compared to your peers."

The homeroom teacher paused and then took a deep breath before saying, "But then came the tournament."

Izuku lowered his head and thought, here it comes.

Shota noticed this but continued by saying, "I'm sure you've got an idea of what I wrote about how you did during the tournament portion of the Hero Festival. But there are some parts I didn't include in my evaluation."

This last statement got the student to raise his head.

"You pulled Todokori-san out of a dark path and got him to realize his full potential. That was something that I thought would take me a considerable amount of time to do, if at all. And you did it in less than a day. So for that, you have my deepest thanks," Eraserhead stated with a hint of praise in his voice. He then reached forward and gave a sudden but soft chop to his student's head which startled Midoriya.

With a stern voice, Aizawa then said, "But I've never seen Recovery Girl get so angry at a student before. You shouldn't be relying on her to always fix up your self-induced injuries in a non-life-threatening situation. Though I feel your mentor shares some of the blame for installing that signature of bravado of his into you."

Izuku was about to apologize, but the sound of a door opening grabbed both his and Aizawa's attention.

It was All Might in his muscled form. The hulking hero closed the door before asking, "Is it just you and Midoriya-san here?"

Shota gave a single nod before the number one hero sneezed and burst into a cloud of smoke. He walked out of the steam rubbing his nose and stated, "Excuse me." Toshinori made his way over and looked down at his successor who was surrounded by paperwork. He then turned his head to Eraserhead and said, "This looks to be a bit much."

"My student, my punishment. Besides I let him skip yesterday's detention," Aizawa stated bluntly.

Intrigued, All Might asked, "Hmm, why was that?"

Midoriya stood up and said, "Ojiro-kun offered to tell my friends and me why he did what he did, and for it to be on Thursday after school. I told Aizawa-sensei of the situation after class on Tuesday, and he was okay with me going over doing detention."

"That was awfully nice of you," the skeleton of a man said with shock as he looked at his co-worker.

Shota gave an irritated grunt but said nothing.

Toshinori scratched the back of his head before saying, "Well anyway, this is pretty sly of you to use a student of yours to catch up on end of the semester paperwork."

Eraserhead's eyes were closed at this point, and his eyebrow twitched at the statement, but again he gave no response.

All Might gave a wheezed sigh before turning to his student and asking, "Mind if I help?"

"Very much so," Aizawa finally responded.

Toshinori held his hands up defensively as he said, "Just offering."

Shota threw away his empty juice box as he asked, "Why are you here?"

All Might placed a fist down into an open palm as he stated, "Oh, right. I wanted to discuss the changes to the final exam that I read in that email."

Izuku ears perked up when he heard this.

Eraserhead shrugged as he asked, "What else is there to say?"

The skeleton of a man responded with, "Well I understand what was changed, just not why. I didn't attend the meeting because-."

Aizawa interrupted by saying, "Because you were out maintaining your symbol of peace status, I get it." He turned around back towards his computer before stating,"Let me and Midoriya-san finish this paperwork first then I'll answer your question."

"Thanks, pal," Toshinori said with a big grin on his face.

As All Might made his way to his desk, Midoriya heard his homeroom teacher mutter, "He must be a handful to have as a mentor."

Izuku softly chuckled at Eraserhead's words which seemed to annoy the pro hero.

"I'm so thrilled about tomorrow, Izuku," Tooru almost squealed as they turned right on the street towards Momo's home one last time.

Tomorrow Midoriya would finally be going to his girlfriend's home. It still surprised him that he was mostly okay with this.

Izuku scratched the back of his head as he asked, "So um, do you have a plan of what we'll do once I arrive?"

Tooru then explained, "Well to make sure you're comfortable with everything I thought after meeting my folks we could hang out in my room for a bit and go from there. You know, to mirror my first two visits to your place."

Midoriya sighed in relief before saying, "Sounds good to me." He was grateful his girlfriend was so considerate about his anxiety with their relationship. It was helping him keep calm as the visit to her house approached closer and closer.

The two walked for a minute before Hagakure asked, "You think Ojiro-san is gonna show up today?"

Izuku was quick to answer, "Of course he will! Why wouldn't he?"

"Well he might not be ready to see the other classmates just yet considering everything that happened," Tooru said in a concerned tone.

She did have a point. Mashirao wasn't ready to talk to even his close friends until two days ago. But Midoriya felt that his tailed friend would want to study one last time together before the finals. He then said, "There are just a few more people today, so I think he'd be able to handle it."

"I hope so," Hagakure replied sounding not entirely convinced.

The two arrived at Momo's front gate, and Tooru spoke into the intercom while holding down the button, "Hiya there! Yaoyorozu-san's friends here for another day of academic fun!"

Almost immediately a timid voice responded, "Good morning. The gate will be opened momentarily."

Izuku recognized it as Ari's voice. Out of all the servants he had met, she seemed the most mysterious. Sure he hadn't met the cook yet, but from what Ozama had said the last weekend he had a decent idea of Sakurai's personality. Midoriya would have been more curious about her if this wasn't their final study session. But perhaps they would continue doing these in future semesters. A lot could happen though in the future, he pondered.

Ari was standing outside by the front door once the couple arrived. She silently opened the door for them and bowed. Izuku's curiosity got the better of him, and he asked before walking inside, "Ozama-san do you have a quirk?"

The boy question seemed to surprise both women, as Tooru did a quick turn around and Ari showed a slight blush.

The female butler asked, "I beg your pardon, sir?"

"Midoriya-kun let's not bother the nice butler," Hagakure said while grabbing his arm and giving it a pull.

"It's quite alright miss, I'm not offended or anything. It's just guests usually don't ask me such a question," Ozama said to reassure the invisible girl. She then asked in a curious voice, "But I would like to know why I am being asked if I have a quirk?"

Tooru continued to hold Midoriya's arm but stopped pulling. He then explained, "Well Yasumura-san is quirkless, and I was wondering if that is common in this profession."

Hagakure asked with a confused tone, "Quirkless? How would you know that?"

"Yaoyorozu-san told me some time ago. I'll talk about it later I promise," Izuku said while increasing his grip on her hand. This got a sigh from her, but she didn't argue.

Once Ari noticed Tooru calming down, she crossed her arms as she explained, "It is actually quite common for butlers or maids to lack quirks. In fact, I'm the only one on our staff that has a quirk at all." She then reached into her left pant's pocket and pulled out a radio. She grasped it with both hands and then let it go, but it remained airborne. Ozama then twirled her index fingers, and the device started to spin.

"Telekinesis," Izuku said slowly with awe.

Ari gave a soft smile before replying, "Correct but it's quite limited. I can only control one object at a time. It also only works a few meters from my body and it's a struggle for me to move anything over twenty kilograms. Otherwise, I can get headaches and even a bad nose bleed if I push myself too hard."

Midoriya saw it as a stronger and more versatile version of his mom's quirk. He then said, "It still sounds like it could be helpful in your job."

The female butler gave a nod before stating, "It does help when I need to multi-task from time to time."

"Well, thanks for telling me Ozama-san," said Izuku before being pulled away by his girlfriend. Ari bowed then closed the door to await the other arrivals.

"You can be such a nerd sometimes Izuku," Tooru huffed as the two started to climb the stairs.

Midoriya tried to argue, "What? I was just curious."

Hagakure replied, "But we barely know these people. It comes off as weird to ask about such personal details. I'm okay with your questions Izuku cause I know you and how your mind works but maybe dial it back a bit around strangers."

"This might be the last time we come here for a while Tooru. Plus I truly was wondering if butlers and maids were usually quirkless," Izuku tried to explain.

This gave Tooru pause before saying, "About that. When did Yaoyorozu-san tell you that detail about her head butler?"

At this point, the two had arrived on the second floor, and Midoriya responded with, "It was the day of the first study session. But it's going to take a while to explain. I'll tell you when I'm at your place tomorrow, okay?"

Hagakure let out a short groan before saying, "Okay." She grabbed her boyfriend's hand, and the pair made their way down some halls before they arrived at their destination. Both were happy to see Mashirao was already there. Tenya was there as well, and he informed them that Momo had asked to be excused to go deal with something a few minutes ago.

"Honestly, I wasn't sure if you were gonna show up today Ojiro-san," Tooru stated as if she ashamed to say it.

The tailed teen rested his head on one of his palm's as he said, "I just figured I might as well finish this, I mean extra studying isn't gonna hurt. Plus it will make Monday less awkward if I meet some of my classmates now rather than later."

Ida then stated, "I recommend going to school early for the test like you did today. Walking into class to a bunch of stares would be more uncomfortable than you sitting at your desk and getting a few as they walk in."

Ojiro replied with, "Thanks, I'll keep that in mind." He then turned to the couple and said, "You two might wanna separate. We'll soon have people here that are not in the know about your relationship." The pair let go of each other at this remark and thanked Mashirao.

Tenya continued with the subject by saying, "I suggest we also sit by gender. Even with our new arrivals, it's still an even split, five and five."

"Good idea. We wouldn't want you sitting next to Uraraka-chan and give Ashido-san any more ideas now would we," Tooru said mischievously.

With a slight blush, Ida stated, "You are right Hagakure-san. That would be quite troublesome."

The final study session went about at a brisk pace, as there was a lot to cover. There wasn't much time for gossip, as once everyone had arrived Momo was quick to begin. Before that point though, Mina was pestering Tooru about something, but Izuku had a good guess as to what. Denki and Hanta were talking with Mashirao about what happened on Monday, which he didn't seem to mind giving some details about it. Kyoka had asked Ochako about what they had done the previous weekends here, and she looked a bit jealous that she missed out. Tenya and Izuku mostly stayed quiet and listened in to the conversations around them, but the class president did eventually say that he might have a good idea what the practical might entail. Midoriya was going to ask how and what but Yaoyorozu arrived and immediately started the lesson.

Momo handed out her notes to the new arrivals and began her review by going over history and literature at the same time. Izuku guessed this was probably done to save time and the two did work well together in one lesson. She mixed in questions here and there, mostly at the new classmates attending, to see if they had been keeping up with their studying. Denki and Mina couldn't answer much, Hanta was half and half, but Kyoka was answering most of them correctly. To Midoriya, while it was mostly a repeat it was still nice to go over once more. It also reminded him of the good and not so good things that happened that day they went over this material.

With those subjects out of the way, it was soon lunchtime. However, someone else brought the food this time along with Yasumura. It was a rather large set man of average height. His hair was brown, and he had a thin pencil mustache that arched upward to his nose. The outfit he wore was that of an executive chef, an all white long sleeved shirt and pants with large red buttons that ran parallel up his shirt. A confused Momo asked, "Sakurai-san, why are you here?"

"It baffles me as well Yaoyorozu-dono," Makoto said as he started handing out plates to the hungry teenagers. Lunch was nankotsu (deeply fried chicken cartilage) which had some lemon juice squeezed on top of it and shishito peppers (sweet/mildly spicy green pepper) that been roasted in cooking oil on the side.

"Well excuse me for trying to come here to apologize for the late meal I made for our guests last Saturday," Takahiro stated as if offended by his boss's words.

The head butler sighed before replying, "You almost never leave the kitchen or your personal quarters next to it. So you being here today is odd regardless."

The chef gave his boss a cold stare as he continued to serve the food. Momo poked her large portion of food with a fork as she stated, "I guess our talk this morning amounted to nothing Sakurai-san."

"You know me better than to ask me to dumb down my dishes young master. I want to make exquisite dishes that display the best of what Japan has to offer. Not to make some foreign recipe from some distant land like some hand me down third rate street vendor," Takahiro complained.

Izuku tried to help by saying, "Well I liked what you served last weekend Sakurai-san. I thought the Kobe beef pizza was delicious."

The overweight man covered his face as if embarrassed at the compliment. "Not to offend you young sir, but I'd rather not be praised for that abomination I created that day. That was a desperate attempt to feed you kids with what little I had left. If only our master's guests had been truthful about their numbers then maybe I would not have resorted to what I made that day."

Midoriya sunk his head into his shoulders at his comment had not been very helpful. He looked across the table to see that Tooru was fidgeting around a bit. She must be trying not to laugh at the whole situation, he thought.

Yaoyorozu had her eyes closed and looked to be trying to ignore what was going on.

Yasumura walked over and stood next to the man before stating, "You're overreacting as usual."

Sakurai let out a laugh and then said, "Oh, that's rich coming from you with everything that happened that day."

"Yaoyorozu-sama randomly disappearing and leaving me alone with his wife was quite stressful I assure you," the head butler huffed.

Takahiro waved off the comment with a hand as he replied, "Oh you know that our master would have eventually shown up. He just needs a breather every once in a while, she is quite a handful."

Yasumura raised his voice as he said, "In the middle of a meeting concerning his company's financials?"

The cook shrugged and stated, "You and me both know he'd rather not run it anymore."

"That's beside the point," Makoto responded slowly while closing his eyes and grabbing the bridge of his nose with one of his hands.

Momo seemed to have enough finally and proclaimed, "Are you two quite done yet?" Her words got a jump from the head butler but only got Takahiro to roll his eyes. "Now if you'll excuse us we would like eat in peace. Yasumura-san you can come back later to pick up the dishes," the tall girl said in a demanding tone.

"Of course, Yaoyorozu-dono. And forgive me for my behavior, I let myself get carried away again," Makoto said with a bow before making his leave.

Once the suited man was gone the chef said, "Well what I said was true, so I do not need to apologize. I will say, however, that I am sorry for the last meal last weekend, that was beneath me. Anyways, I hope you kids enjoy my delectable meal, toodles!"

With his departure, Kyoka turned to her host and said, "So is this, like, normal in your house?"

"It's more of a recent thing," Momo said after a long sigh. "They used to tolerate each other but ever since Yasumura-san became the head butler they've been more vocal about their displeasure with one another. It can be really pathetic at times, and it sometimes gets me very angry at the two." The class vice president looked down at her food and seemed quite stressed about the situation.

A few moments of silence passed before Denki stated, "So can we like, eat now? I'm starving."

"Real subtle dude," Jiro responded bluntly.

Kaminari had a confused look on his face, but Yaoyorozu then shook her head and said, "It's fine. Let's dig in."

Lunch went by quickly and had a lot of chatter during it. Kyoka and Mina had a lot of questions for Momo about her mansion. Ochako and Tooru were discussing something, but Izuku was too far away to hear their conversation. Hanta and Tenya were talking about things they might experience at the summer training camp. Denki was still curious about the fight on the roof, and Mashirao was starting to get a bit annoyed at all the questions he was asking. Izuku remained mostly quiet, but once he noticed his tailed friend was becoming uncomfortable, he stepped in and started answering what he could.

Just as everyone was finishing their food, Sero turned to his host and asked, "Hey you wouldn't happen to know anything about our practical exam would you Yaoyorozu-san?"

Midoriya was expecting the host to dislike the question being asked, but instead, she gave a warm smile as she said, "Oh I don't think we need to worry about that."

This reaction seemed to catch everyone by surprise, except for Ida. He cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention before stating, "Let me explain. After our last meeting with the first-year student council last Friday, Kendo-san from class 1B approached us and gave information about the exam. Apparently, from asking an upperclassman, she learned that during previous years the practical final exam for the first semester is similar to the exercise we did during the entrance exam."

Mina and Denki were quick to stand and throw their arms in the air in excitement at the news. The others expressed their happiness as well through chatting, except for Izuku. He remembered the conversation between his teachers from yesterday. He breathed in slowly and exhaled before speaking up and grabbing the room's attention by saying, "Uh guys, I don't think that is how our exam is going to be anymore."

Tenya replied with shock as he asked, "And what makes you say that?"

"Well during detention yesterday, when I was helping Aizawa-sensei with, stuff, I heard about our exam had changed," Izuku said while scratching the back of his head.

Momo then said, "There's no way Eraserhead-sensei would have told a student about the exam."

Midoriya put his hands defensively as he tried to explain, "He didn't tell me exactly what it was. What happened was that All Might-sensei came into the room and asked why the final had been changed. Aizawa-sensei didn't say why in front of me but promised to tell All Might-sensei after my detention was over."

Ida then asked, "Did they say when it was changed?"

Izuku shook his head and replied, "No, but the decision must have been made just a few days ago if no one had informed All Might-sensei as to why yet."

A mix of groans and sighs reverberated throughout the room, with Mina's being the loudest.

Izuku apologized for revealing the fact but Momo said, "We should be thanking you Midoriya-san. We might have walked into that test under false assumptions, and it could have cost us."

Everyone agreed and praised Izuku which got a small blush from him.

Yasumura then entered the room to clean up, and the group continued their studying anew by going over English. Again Momo did the watching a news segment in English exercise for her group of friends and pulled aside the new arrivals for a private lesson. Tooru joined in for practice this time, and Izuku was glad she was there and that they were doing this again. Eventually, Kyoka and then Hanta joined in as well. The other two never showed up as Momo seemed to be having trouble with Denki and Mina. Once the news segment was over the group decided to try conversing with one another in English as a way to study while they waited for the other three to finish. After some time Yaoyorozu came back with Ashido and Kaminari, and each looked quite exhausted.

They all returned to their seats and Momo went through the final portion, modern hero art history. It was just as awkward and quick as it was last time, again because of Midnight's unique teaching methods. Once that lesson was over everyone thanked Momo for everything before they started to make their way home. The girls all left as a group first. Tenya was followed by Denki and Hanta not long after. Izuku tried to call his mom to tell her he was on his way home. After no response, he guessed she was napping and left a voice message. He was about to leave until he noticed Mashirao was still seated and was showing no sign of getting ready to go. Momo was busy tidying up her teaching materials and hadn't seemed to notice yet.

Midoriya leaned in and asked softly, "Hey, what's the hold-up?"

Ojiro continued to stare towards one of the windows as he said, "Just thinking about how things were before I came here to now. I was really against coming here in the first place. I needed a lot of convincing from a good friend to drag my ass here."

Midoriya chuckled but then stated, "Yeah you sure were quite stubborn. And a lot ended up happening to all of us since we started coming here for lessons."

"Too much if you really think about it. To start, I almost fought a quirkless guy twice my age. You and Hagakure-san became a thing, finally. Ida-kun and Uraraka-san have gotten closer. I'm sure Yaoyorozu-san has enjoyed our company and is hopefully a bit more confident about the practical exam. And then we had a sleepover last weekend, and that was, something entirely different alright. You and I had quite an experience this Monday," Mashirao explained but then paused for a bit. He sighed before continuing by saying, "In the end, we all learned a lot academically but equally about each other as well."

"It was quite a month alright. And I'm glad you came Ojiro-san," Momo stated, which surprised both boys. They turned to see the giggling girl at their side. After she calmed down from her laughter, she approached the tailed teen and said, "Hey so, once we get through all that is coming up and are back in school for our second semester, if you ever need help studying again, I'd be glad to have you over to help Ojiro-san."

Mashirao stood up and stated, "I'd like that Yaoyorozu-san. It's a bit far off until we need to study again, but I would definitely take you up on such an offer if I need it."

The trio said their goodbyes and the boys soon left. As Izuku walked beside his friend, he was trying to keep himself calm. What had just happened had thrown him for a loop. Midoriya knew what Yaoyorozu's invitation meant, as he had previously been told by Yasumura why she would do such a thing. It had come out of nowhere. Since when did Momo become interested in Mashirao? Could his tailed friend see through the invite? Ojiro had shown to be quite observant about most things before. But this was different, very different. Regardless Izuku decided not to bring up the subject, and the two talked about the possibilities of the school summer trip until they had to go their separate ways once they reached the train station.

The chilly, foggy weather felt nice for Izuku as he made his way towards his girlfriend's house that Sunday morning. It had rained late last night, and it was a cold front and had brought a nice drop in temperature from the ever crossing summer. Though it would not last that long, he appreciated it.

It had taken them some time, but he and his mom finally decided on a nice formal outfit. Midoriya was wearing a simple checkered collared shirt with a thin light green design with a white background. Over this, he wore the same shade of green hoodless jacket that he left unbuttoned. The boy's pants were long and jet black, but he didn't have any dress shoes that fit anymore, so he just went with his better pair of sneakers.

Was Midoriya nervous? Of course. He had a lot of trouble getting to sleep the previous night and had almost tripped over himself so many times on the way there he had lost count. But was he going to be able to do this? Most definitely, Izuku kept telling himself as he inched ever closer to his destination.

Tooru looked to be living in a friendly neighborhood. The place was of the upper middle class, it had bricked houses that were mostly two-story, and some of them even had a garage and a car or two. Each also had a decently sized front yard, though Midoriya couldn't tell the size of their backyards. When he arrived at the Hagakure household, he stood there for a bit to take it all in. The house was slightly larger than her two neighbors, but it lacked a garage. The lawn was nicely kept, and there was a small floor garden in front of the porch, which was to the right of the front door. The house had large windows, and everything about it looked quite clean at least on the outside.

After a deep breath, Izuku began walking forward and eventually stopped at the front door. For a few second he fiddled with his hands in anxiety but soon brought up a hand to knock on the door a few times. Not too hard but not soft either. The boy then heard a voice from inside, but he couldn't make out who or what it was. The door lurched open, and Midoriya was taken aback at the sight.

There stood a man that looked to have just woken up. The glaring issue was his lack of pants. Dark blue boxers with a white t-shirt were all he was wearing. The man had short black hair and looked like he needed a shave. He was rubbing his eyes which were squinted at the moment. After a yawn, he said, "Izuku Midoriya?"

"Y-Yes sir, that's me," Izuku replied with a shaky confidence.

The mysterious man stepped aside and motioned the boy to come in. Izuku walked into a barely lit hallway and heard the door close behind him. The grown man walked past his guest and made his way into a room to the left. Midoriya was becoming a bit unsettled about this. Where was Tooru? Was this her dad? Where was her mom? Why is this guy just in his boxers?

Izuku then peeked into the room to see it was an office. The man sat down at a desk that had three computer monitors set up. He turned them on and proceeded to open a small but slender container that contained glasses. After he put them on and got a good look at his guest, the man said, "So are you planning on going anywhere after this?"

With his eyes completely open now, Izuku noticed his bright blue eyes behind the spectacles. He then responded with, "No sir, I just plan to head home and study one last time before our written exam tomorrow."

The pantless man gazed for a few seconds at the boy and asked, "So why the get-up?"

"I was j-just trying to look n-nice," Midoriya said nervously.

The man behind the desk raised a hand and pointed at his guest before stating, "It looks like you wanna take my daughter out for a date."

So he is Tooru's dad, Izuku sighed internally in relief. But the statement still perplexed him. Why would he say that? He had already dated his daughter, like three times. He then said slowly, "Well, I've already d-done that a f-few times, sir,"

Hagakure sniffed and then said, "Heh, I've heard, and from what I can tell she had a lot of fun during all of them. But, did you wear something along the line of what you're wearing now on your dates?

"Um, N-No, sir," the green haired boy stated.

Tooru's father leaned forward and asked, "So why here?"

"To look presentable to you and her mother," Midoriya said like it was the obvious thing to do.

Hagakure tapped his chin for a few seconds before asking another question, "Did my daughter ever describe who me or my wife were like to you?"

Izuku only remembered that Tooru mentioned how she saw her family as dull, and about their professions. Nothing really about their personality. He then shook his head as he said, "Not really, sir."

The man gave a heavy sigh and then said, "Figures. Well, I guess your clothes will make my wife happy, but I don't really care what you dress like around here as long as it's something." He then turned his attention back to his monitors and began typing on a complex looking keyboard.

Midoriya was still baffled at what was going on. Tooru's father not caring at all about his appearance somewhat made sense, the man answered the door in his boxers. He seemed to know his daughter's boyfriend was coming, so why the informal greeting? The comment about Tooru's mom did comfort him though. At least wearing this wouldn't be a total flop.

Now that he had calmed down a bit, Izuku asked, "So where is Tooru?"

Hagakure lazily responded, "With my wife at work."

Midoriya was quick to ask, "Is everything okay?"

Maintaining his gaze on his monitors, the man replied, "Yes, yes all is fine. My wife works at a child daycare center. Two people called in sick this morning, so she dragged Tooru with her, so she wouldn't have to work by herself. They left a couple of minutes before you arrived."

Izuku couldn't see Tooru being happy about such a situation. He sighed and said, "I can't see her wanting to go."

Hagakure gave a soft chuckle before saying, "Yeah, she threw quite a fit but she eventually left once she calmed down and I talked to her."

Midoriya then asked, "How long will they be gone?"

"Till noon, so it's just you and me till they get back," the man stated after stopping his work and bringing his gaze back to his guest. Midoriya tensed up a bit at this as he stood at the entrance of the room. Tooru's father noticed this and asked, "Nervous?"

Izuku gave a single slow nod as a response.

The grown man crossed his arms as he said, "Don't be, I don't bite, as there's no need with you." He then motioned to a small sofa that was in front of his desk that had a low coffee table in front of it. The boy took a deep breath and then exhaled before walking over and taking a seat.

After a minute of hearing the constant sound of clicks from the keyboard, Izuku asked, "So what are you working on?"

"Creating a website. Not my usual work but the money offered was good, so I thought, why not. It's, just some small business that wants a user-friendly site for their products," Tooru's father answered joyfully.

Midoriya stated, "Tooru mentioned you do computer software."

Hagakure nodded as he said, "Yeah, I usually write programs. But it's nice to shake things up every once in a while."

Izuku looked around as he asked, "So you work at home?"

A small smirk appeared on the man's face before he replied, "Yep. I'm my own boss; it's the best. I get to set my hours, vacation days, and lunch breaks."

After a few moments of silence, the half-dressed man cleared his throat and asked, "So Midoriya-san, while we wait. Is there anything you want to ask about my daughter?"

Midoriya fidgeted in his seat as he said, "Wait, why are you making this that easy?"

"Cause I can. And, I'm sure she hasn't told you everything about her. She sure hasn't told us everything about you. Why not take this opportunity to ask her dad? We do have a few hours to burn," Hagakure explained while shrugging.

Izuku lowered his voice as he said, "It feels like cheating."

The man raised an eyebrow as he asked, "Even if I'm offering it?"

Midoriya groaned at the situation. This seemed very off. No father would offer tidbits about his daughter to a guy he just met, even if he was already her boyfriend. It just felt too weird. He did think of some questions though in his mind. Some that weren't about Tooru, but related.

Eventually, Izuku asked, "Is it okay if I ask what your quirk is?"

"Hmm, interesting, you didn't take the bait," Hagakure stated as he put a hand on his chin.

Midoriya began massaging his head trying to fantom what his girlfriend's father was trying to do these last few minutes.

The man, however, waved a hand as he said, "Woah, I'm just teasing you kid. Anyways, I'll answer your question with a demonstration." He stood up and then pointed at his head before saying, "Look here!" It took a second, but his head vanished, however, his arms and legs were still visible. He then continued by saying, "I used to love doing this at school or in the office. I've freaked so many people out with this."

Izuku gave an awkward chuckle at the last comment. He then cleared his throat and asked, "So you can't turn completely invisible like your daughter?"

His head reappeared, and when it did it was shaking back and forth. Hagakure answered while taking a seat, with, "Nah. Just one body part at a time. It's got no duration, and I can switch it on and off at a moment's notice, but for some reason, I could never extend it beyond that. Which sucked cause I wanted to be a hero when I was a boy. But since I never showed any improvement as I grew up I was rejected from any hero academy. So I turned to computers, and here I am today."

Midoriya asked with zest in his voice, "Is there anything else you can do with your quirk?" He was curious from Tooru's initial explanation of her quirk to him from their first days of school. She mentioned how she learned about the science portion of her quirk from her dad but drowned it out cause it sounded boring to her. Was there more to it that she had blocked out?

The half-clothed man raised a hand and turned it invisible before saying, "Well there is this." After a few seconds, the hand started to glow, and light started to emit from his hand in a low glow. Tooru's father continued by saying, "If I concentrate my refractions I can focus on one point and produce light." Even though the man's hand was still transparent, Izuku could see a faint outline of it because of the light.

With a fascinated look, the green haired boy asked, "Can Tooru do this?"

"Probably, if she worked on it. But she seems more interested in the stealth benefits of her quirk to care," Hagakure said as he deactivated his quirk and sat back down in his chair.

As Tooru's father returned to his work, Izuku was still trying to understand his behavior. Why was he being so friendly? Why was he not asking questions about how he had met Tooru or about their relationship at all? Had his girlfriend been open about her time spent with him to her parents? Was this man just a very laid back person that saw everything in a positive light? Was he just overthinking this again?

Midoriya had to know, so after a few minutes, he asked, "You seem very okay with me dating your daughter. I expected a little more, push back, I guess. Is there a reason for that?"

Hagakure gave a particular look at his guest. He then brought up his hands and rested his chin on them as he said, "It's simple, kid. Tooru is invisible and has been for most of her life. You love my daughter despite having no clue what she looks like. A face tells a lot about a person, yet my girl has none. That tells me you aren't some hormone infused boy looking at Tooru as some sex object. You love her because who she is, and that's what pure love is kid. So why would I have any problem with someone like that dating my daughter?"

Izuku leaned back into the sofa he was sitting in and went very red in the face. He thought, why do people always say these fantastic things about me but I always have no way to match such words and thank them properly. It didn't matter who it was, All Might, Tooru, Tenya, Mashirao, Ochako, Momo, Makoto, Shota, and now the man standing before him. They had all praised him before, and it left Midoriya tongue-tied.

Izuku then thought about his feelings for Tooru. Sure he was attracted to her, but it wasn't her looks, it was Tooru's personality and her love for him that defined themselves as a couple. Heck, they still had only kissed three times at this point. It wasn't a big part of their relationship, and Midoriya liked that. They could get more physical later; they were still teenagers after all.

With what his brain could muster at the moment, the Izuku answered with, "Thank you Hagakure-san, I think I understand."

The conversation and thought process had however left the boy a bit hot and bothered. He needed a change of scenery, somewhere he could be alone and collect his thoughts for a bit. Midoriya then asked, "Where is the bathroom?"

"Closest one is upstairs. Head back into the hallway and head up. It's the door on the right. When you're done, if you're interested, Tooru's room is on the left," the half-dressed man explained.

Izuku meekly responded with, "I-I shouldn't be in her r-room if she's not h-here!"

Hagakure sighed as he replied, "It's fine Midoriya-san, she always has it unlocked. And I trust you not to rummage through her underwear drawer anyways." Afterward, he let out a hearty laugh that the boy could still hear as he left the room and began to climb the stairs. Tooru's father sure is different than I expected, he thought as his face became even more crimson at the last comment the man said.

Once he had washed his face and drank a glass of water, Izuku left the bathroom and nervously looked to his right to see an open door. It was on the left of the hallway, and after a few minutes of staring at it, he approached. Midoriya took a while to take it all in as he stood in the doorway. It wasn't exactly unexpected for a girl's room. Tooru's bed sheets had a flower design; her window curtains had cherries, there were stuffed animals everywhere of all sizes, her chair to her desk was fuzzy, there were ribbons tied in a neat bow in various parts of the room. Yep, this seemed like the textbook definition of what a girl's room would be.

It took him awhile, but Izuku eventually walked in to get a better view of everything. The first thing that popped into view was a sleep mask on a stool by her bed. It was dark blue with a black border. He pondered, why does she have this? She has curtains to block the sun if she wanted to. But then it hit him. Everything about Tooru was transparent, and that would include her eyelids. She then would still be able to see everything perfectly fine even with her eyes closed. Tooru must use this to help her sleep, he guessed. Such a small detail, yet something Midoriya never considered or thought about. The complexities of being invisible still astounded the boy to this day.

When he passed Tooru's bed, he noticed the giant bear plushie from his girlfriend's confession date was sitting on her bed. But something brought him to an immediate halt. At the end of his girlfriend's bed was her clothes drawer. How did Midoriya know? Cause in front of it were some discarded articles of clothing. A white top with short blue jeans was on the floor. But the problem was what was in between them. There was underwear. It was only for a split second, but he couldn't deny the pair of blue panties and strapless bra he saw sandwiched in-between the other clothing.

Izuku turned his body and sat down on Tooru's bed as to not focus on what he had seen. He then pondered, why was he sitting on the bed? Izuku needed a minute to think. But as he thought he slowly realized how comfortable the bed was. His eyelids started to droop a bit, but he caught himself and shook his head. Was this because he had gotten so little sleep last night?

Midoriya then glanced over again at the foot of the bed and saw her clothing again. He then immediately threw the bear plushie onto it. After realizing what he did, he almost got up to pick it up but then realized what was under it. The flustered teen shook his head while thinking, why did he glance over there again? He felt confused that he had such a perverted urge to do so.

As he pondered more, Izuku's body eventually started to sag and he felt exhausted. Maybe his lack of sleep really was getting to him. Perhaps a few minutes of rest wouldn't hurt, he thought. After taking off his shoes, and with slow movement, the boy laid on his side and set his head on Tooru's pillow. He vaguely smelled mints as he adjusted his head. He remembered smelling something similar on his first date when they first hugged. The thought made Izuku smile, and he closed his eyes to rest for a bit.

Deep slumber.

It felt good.

Izuku knew he was fast asleep as his dreams began to play about. But he didn't care, he was very comfortable and felt quite safe.

Some time had passed, and something caused him to stir. Midoriya vaguely heard noises, but they stopped after a while. Could she be back? Should he get up? But after a while nothing happened, so he returned to his rest.

Some minutes passed before Izuku felt movement. Then squeezing. After a few more minutes he opened his eyes. As his vision slowly returned so did his feeling of touch. To start the room was now darkened. It wasn't night, but it was less bright than before. Midoriya felt something in between the side of his chest and his right arm. He could also feel something light on his back. Currently, the boy was laying on the left side of his body. Something heavy was pushing against his belly, well two things. He also felt something poking him in the top of his chest, in between his pecs.

After his vision was no longer blurry, Izuku looked down only to feel his nose and chin run through someone's rough hair. It was Tooru, and she was laying in her bed with her boyfriend. As Midoriya jerked his head back up to avoid looking down his girlfriend's exposed neck hole, he felt her fidget a bit.

"Afternoon you sneaky sleepy head," the Hagakure said in a soft voice.

Midoriya gave a long sigh before responded with, "A-Afternoon T-Tooru."

Izuku's mind started to piece things together. The object between his arm and side? Tooru's left arm. The light feeling on his back? Her left hand. The two things pressed against his belly? Tooru's breasts. The poking feeling from between his pecs? Her nose. It all unsettled him but she was clinging to him, so running away wasn't the answer. So Izuku reluctantly brought up his hands and held them behind her lower back which pulled her in slightly.

"I'm surprised how well you are taking this Izuku," Hagakure said with a pleased tone.

Midoriya breathed in and out slowly before answering with, "Well, p-panicking and p-pushing you away might h-hurt you, and I w-wouldn't want that to h-happen."

"I'm not that delicate, but I appreciate the concern I guess," Tooru huffed. Izuku fidgeted a bit to get more comfortable, but his girlfriend immediately asked, "Can we stay like this a little longer, please?"

The girl's question caught Izuku off guard, and he tensed up before replying, "S-Sure, a c-couple more m-minutes shouldn't h-hurt."

As the two enjoyed each other's company in silence, Midoriya started to look around the room a bit. The bear plushie was now on the side of the bed, which meant Hagakure had put away her clothing that was on the floor, he hoped. The door was closed, and the lights were off. He glanced down to see the curtains were now closed, but immediately looked up once he was able to confirm the position of the curtains as he didn't wanna catch a glimpse of his girlfriend's unmentionables. This explained the darker room, he thought.

As time passed, Midoriya calmed down and eventually asked, "So, how long have you been in the room with me?"

Tooru brought her boyfriend closer into a tighter embrace as she explained, "Not too long. I was hoping you would snooze for longer." She giggled a bit before continuing, "When I got back my dad told me you were upstairs. It surprised me that you'd be bold enough to come here without me. But then to find you sleeping in my bed? That's pretty crazy for you don't you think?"

Izuku replied, "I had trouble sleeping last night because of the thought of coming over here. After talking with your father for a bit, it finally caught up with me I guess."

Tooru then asked, "Were you scared to come here?"

Midoriya answered with, "No, I think it was more a mixture of anxiety and excitement."

"Well I'm glad you came here without me having to drag you," Hagakure replied quietly. She paused for a moment and cleared her throat before saying, "After I came to my room I noticed my bear plushie was no longer on my bed."

Izuku slowly gulped and dreaded what might happen next.

Tooru then said, "Sorry about leaving my clothes out like that. I'm sure that freaked you out a bit. And that's my bad. When my mom told me I had to go with her to work this morning, I was a bit furious about it all. I didn't want to work, I wanted to spend time with you." She gave a long sigh before continuing by saying, "But anyways, I needed to change into a different outfit for my mom's work and just decided to change everything. In my haste, I forgot to put my stuff up."

Izuku put a hand on her head and patted it as he said, "It's fine, you didn't do it on purpose. I only p-panicked for a few seconds." Her hair was still quite rough to the touch, but he didn't care.

"Thanks, Izuku," Hagakure stated in a merry voice. She then said, "After I cleaned up my mess, I just sorta stared at you while you slept peacefully."

The statement got a blush from Midoriya.

"And after some time passed, I wanted to join you, and well here we are," Tooru explained while giving the boy a tight squeeze.

Izuku returned the embrace, and two stayed that way for a minute before they loosened their grip on one another.

Hagakure then asked after a few moments, "So how was hanging out with my dad? Not too boring I hope."

It took a second for Izuku to work up the courage, but he replied, "Uh, when he greeted me, he had no pants on."

"Yeah, that's him to a T," Hagakure said with a chuckle. She then asked, after catching her breath, "Anything else?"

Midoriya didn't feel like going into the conversation of why the older Hagakure was being so friendly with him and instead stated, "Well he showed me his quirk."

"Yep, it's a less interesting version of my quirk," Hagakure replied said dully.

"I don't know he could do this neat light trick that I've never seen you do before," Izuku argued.

Tooru sighed before responding with, "True. I have never really have worked on that move that much."

"You should," the green haired boy said bluntly.

Tooru grunted before saying, "Eventually, but I wanna continue working on my stealth skills for now." The girl began to move and pushed herself away from her boyfriend. The two separated and sat upright on the bed.

Now that she was by his side, Izuku could get a good look at her. She was wearing a dark purple t-shirt that said volunteer on it, and it had some symbol on it, which the boy guessed was the day care's trademark. She also had black pants on and was currently wearing black socks as well.

Hagakure then leaned towards her boyfriend as she asked, "Why did you dress up so nice?"

"Your dad said the same thing," Midoriya said while scratching the back of his head.

Tooru tugged on his jacket as she stated, "You don't need to impress my parents that much, Izuku."

"Your dad said your mom would like it though," Izuku tried to argue.

Hagakure sighed before she replied, "True. She probably would, but it's still not needed."

Midoriya began to mope about all the time he went to choosing this outfit amounting to nothing as of yet. This brought a giggle from the girl, and she stood up afterward.

Tooru then walked over to her clothes drawer and said, "I'd like to change into something more comfortable. If you'd turn around please, like usual."

Izuku groaned as he asked, "Why can't I just step out and let you change."

"You should keep quiet and enjoy me teasing you Izuku. Now hop to it," Tooru demanded.

Izuku frustrated at this ritual instead laid down on her bed and put a pillow over her face.

"I guess that work too," Hagakure stated with a surprised tone.

Midoriya internally admitted he didn't exactly hate this, but he didn't know why his girlfriend was doing this. Was she hoping he would try and get a peek? Was this just to push his buttons? Izuku just got praised for not seeing Tooru as a sex object by her father, but yet she did things like this, and his damn hormones were secretly enjoying it.

After some time, he heard Hagakure say, "Okay, it's rated family friendly again in here."

Tooru then took the pillow away from Izuku. He was blinded by the sudden surge of brightness, which meant she had turned it on the light in the room. After his vision returned, he looked over at his girlfriend to see her change of clothes. Hagakure was now in a yellow t-shirt with light blue short shorts and now had bright blue snap bracelets on as well.

Before Midoriya could comment on her outfit, the door to the girl's room suddenly opened. A slender woman walked in carrying a small bowl. She was wearing the same outfit that Tooru had worn earlier but had no large text saying volunteer on it plus she was wearing a large white apron. Her most striking feature was her somewhat curly red hair and dark blue eyes.

The woman turned to Izuku and said, "You must be Midoriya-san."

Midoriya nodded and stated, "Y-Yes, ma'am." He was about to stand up, but the bowl the women was holding was thrust in front of him.

"You must be famished. This should hold you over until dinner," she said with a bit of concern. As the boy took the bowl, the woman then glanced over to Tooru and said, "You already changed out of your work clothes honey?"

Izuku spoke up and said, "Yes, I just got back into her room after I waited outside while she changed, ma'am."

The older Hagakure gave a questionable look between the two before saying, "Alright then. I'll see you both at dinner."

After she had closed the door, Tooru let out a long sigh and said, "Nice save there Izuku. That could have gone badly. She can be such a helicopter parent at times."

Midoriya started to eat what he soon noticed to be chicken noodle soup. As he did he began to think about what happened. His girlfriend seemed to have issues with her mother. And helicopter parent? Izuku's own mother was similar in personality to such a description. Yet Tooru and Inko seemed to get along just fine. So what was different about Mrs. Hagakure? Then a thought came to him.

"Should I avoid anything at dinner as not to anger your mom," Midoriya asked nervously as he placed the bowl of soup on the stool where Tooru's sleep mask was.

Tooru huffed before answering, "Please just act as you normally would Izuku. I sometimes can't understand what set's her off anyways. I love her to death, but she can be a hassle sometimes because of her overbearing attitude about my well being."

Izuku nodded and remained silent as he thought about what to ask next. After a few moments and a building up a bit of courage, he asked, "So, do you have red hair like your mom, Tooru? Or is black like your father"

Tooru responded as if not interested, "Yeah it's red, at least when I was little, but it's not like it that matters now."

While Midoriya agreed with his girlfriend's logic, it was giving him a better picture of what his girlfriend looked like. "True but it's interesting nonetheless," he tried to argue.

"If you say so," Hagakure answered as if bored with the conversation.

Trying to cheer her up, Izuku asked, "I know it might be a bit early to ask, but would you like to celebrate my birthday once our school trip is over? it can just be the two of us again if you want." It would basically also be their one-month anniversary, even though he knew that wasn't important in the grand scheme of thing, it was still felt special to him.

Hagakure tackled her boyfriend into the bed and kissed him directly on the nose before saying, "Of course I would! And yes, let's go alone again!"

Midoriya thought he would be used to this by now, but he still threw him off somewhat. Izuku held Tooru close as he said, "I haven't really thought what we could do together, but I'll think of something soon."

"You know I would be up for anything you decide," Hagakure stated as she pulled her boyfriend off the bed to an upright position.

Izuku nodded as he grabbed the bowl of food again. As he ate the rest of his soup, Tooru showed him her room. It was mostly about where she had gotten her plushies and dolls plus why she loved them. By the time she had finished, he was dragged over to her laptop.

Before Hagakure could show him anything, Midoriya stated, "Wait, before we move on I want to tell you how I found out Yasumura-san was quirkless."

A bit agitated, Tooru asked, "Why now?"

The boy replied, "Cause I promised I would tell you today."

Hagakure sighed before saying, "Sure, why not, it is odd that you know that fact I guess."

Izuku then went into great detail about why he had gone early to Momo's that day. He explained the various topics he and the tall girl discussed and about how Makoto loathed his presence. Tooru appreciated this as it better explained Mashirao's behavior against the head butler and that Momo was being so understanding about the situation. She thanked her boyfriend afterward for telling her.

The attention then turned towards Hagakure's laptop. Midoriya soon learned his girlfriend loved to watch Dokkiri shows, which focused on pranking people who were recorded on hidden cameras. The two watched a bunch of videos together from her favorite pranks for quite some time. At first, Izuku did find them funny, but some of the jokes started to feel a bit mean-spirited. Plus the ones with TV celebrities or sometimes even pro heroes felt a bit forced or even faked. He endured it though, as it still seemed innocent, as he never saw his girlfriend ever display this interest.

Before he they knew it, Tooru's mother entered the room once again and said that dinner was ready. The women had changed into a white buttoned-up collared shirt with blue jeans.

As Izuku sat down at the large wooden dining table next to his girlfriend, he saw her father enter the kitchen. He was cleanly shaven now and was wearing a plain black t-shirt with white shorts. Mrs. Hagakure served pork chops with a side of mixed vegetables and some buttery biscuits. All the food tasted heavenly to Midoriya.

After some time passed, Tooru's mother said, "So Midoriya-san. You must tell me how you and my daughter met, cause she's been tight-lipped about the whole ordeal."

Baffled at this revelation, Izuku said, "She has?"

"Quite," the women said bluntly.

The statement got a groan from the younger Hagakure, but the boy felt it would be best to answer her question. Midoriya explained the day before the exam and how two interacted at their first lunch together. He felt that should be enough. The act of her daughter sneaking in to visit him in the nurse's office was a big no-no. As he explained it, both parents listened in intently to the story. Had Tooru honestly not told his folks how they met? It was so different than how he had told his mother about almost everything that involved Tooru, within reason. But then again his relationship seemed to vastly different than what his girlfriend's family had.

"Almost sounds like our girl had the hots for you quite early on," Mr. Hagakure said with a chuckle.

Tooru finally spoke up and said, "Dad, please."

"What? There's nothing wrong with a lady being thirsty for the man she wants to fall in love with," he argued before taking a bite into a biscuit.

"Oh, you," Tooru's mother said with a giggle. She then cleared her throat and stated, "But that's inappropriate phrasing around the kids, honey,"

Midoriya thought the woman would be more angry with her husband at the comment. Either way, he then explained his other two dates in sparse detail after Mrs. Hagakure asked about them. This time Tooru joined in sometimes during the conversation to better explain things.

As dinner came to a close, Tooru's father finally asked a question. "So, I know your quirk is strength based, Midoriya-san. I'm curious about your parent's quirks if you don't mind me asking."

Izuku froze. He had no problem explaining his mother's quirk, but his father's? It wasn't the quirk itself, it was just mentioning him felt awkward. He didn't want to bring questions about his dad so he answered with little details.

"My mom can attract small objects to her and my father can breathe fire."

Tooru leaned in at her boyfriend revealing this. He had never told her this but then again she had never asked.

"That's odd that your quirk has no relation to your parents. But then again, a child having a quirk totally unrelated to his parent's isn't unheard of, it's just extremely rare," the Mr. Hagakure stated. He continued by stating, "Guess you're just one of those examples Midoriya-san."

"Yep, that must be it," Izuku responded with a sigh of relief. He hoped Tooru wouldn't ask about this later, but it almost seemed certian she would.

Eventually, the meal was over, and as Tooru's mother started taking up the dishes, Izuku offered to help clean them. This confounded the women, and she said, within earshot of her daughter, "Well isn't that nice. Tooru never helps me with such work."

The younger Hagakure just grunted as she left the room.

Midoriya just sighed at this. Whatever was happening between the two was something he didn't want to butt into right now.

As they reached the halfway point in washing, the women finally spoke up and said, "Sorry if I come off as brash. I'm just a bit anxious my little girl is growing up and dating a boy I've heard so little about." She sighed before saying, "To tell you the truth, it's only because of my husband that I'm okay with this. He does have a way with words."

Izuku collected his thoughts before responding with, "It's okay, ma'am. Honestly, I'm still surprised that Tooru has spoken so little about me to you. It's been quite the opposite experience for me and my mom."

"That's good that you and your mother are that close. It's my fault that my daughter has been cold to me, as I worry about her too much, especially since she started going to that hero academy. Thank the heavens for her quirk though. If she ever get's in a bad pickle she can use those good legs of her's to run away safely from almost any situation cause of her transparency," the older Hagakure explained in a worried tone.

The conversation got Midoriya intrigued, and he asked, "If you don't mind me asking, what's your quirk ma'am?"

"I'm unfortunately quirkless," the women stated with a sad sigh.

Izuku was tempted to tell Tooru's mother that he too had been quirkless for most of his life but felt that would have sparked more questions than he would be willing to answer and instead said, "Sorry, I didn't know."

The women handed Izuku a pot to dry as she said, "It's okay Midoriya-san. It's becoming a rare trait these days, so you're not wrong to assume otherwise."

The two finished the rest of the dishes in silence. Once done, Mrs. Hagakure turned to her daughter's boyfriend and hugged him suddenly. It had caught him off guard, just as Tooru's embraces usually did.

"Thank you for being there for my daughter. Please keep her safe and happy, cause she means the world to me," she said while attempting to hold back tears.

The last few minutes really changed Midoriya's view of his girlfriend's mother. She was actually quite similar to his own mother, she just displayed her love to her child in a different way.

Understand that she truly cared for the well being of Tooru he slowly put his arms around his girlfriend's mother and said, "I plan to ma'am, I can promise you that with my life."

Well, to start off I want to discuss something that's been simmering in the background for a while. As a writer, I feel like I am lacking. I think I come up with good ideas, it's just how I convey them is what's flawed, whether that be dialogue, grammar, or word choice. So I wanna up the quality of my fic for you readers and one way I felt I can do that is to have a beta-reader. After looking around and sending out some pm's to potential beta-readers, one did agree to help me early last Monday, and that is Night Foliage. We discussed to first work on chapters that are already posted before working on future work.

Another important note I wanna make is the chapter release schedule is going to make a change. After the release of chapter sixteen, which will come out Christmas, chapter releases will become monthly, the first of the month to be exact (so chapter seventeen will release February 1st for example). This is for a couple reasons. Two weeks is doable, but it really cuts into my real life stuff (and this was a decision I made long before becoming sick last week). At first, I tolerated it because I was eager to write but that's starting to wane. So as to not burn myself out, I'm extending the time between chapters. Another reason is to give time for Night to catch up, even if that takes many months. Finally, it means I won't catch up to the manga as fast, which has been a concern of mine. I've previously stated that when I do catch up to the manga I would take a hiatus until the most current arc concludes before beginning to write again. To stave this off as much as possible (because hiatuses suck, *stares at Berserk*), more time between releases is required.

Now on to the current chapter. First, the scenes before the visit to Tooru's house. I know the results of the Hero Festival have been well stated already but Izuku never discussed the aftermath of it with Eraserhead, even in the manga (we just get inner thoughts about it as he's in the announcer box). Plus this detention time gave an excuse to use him and All Might together(even if it was short), which hasn't happened yet in front of Midoriya yet this fic. Having Koji be a vegetarian made sense to me, as I sort of see him as being similar to Beast Boy from the DC universe. Of course, their personalities vastly differ but their views on animals are probably the same as becoming or talking to animals would definitely hinder your desire to eat them I feel. I felt the final study session could cover some of the aftermath of what happened in the last chapter. Plus it was fun to expand on an event that was literally just a single page in the manga. I originally had Yasumara give a tour of the estate to all the students but Mashirao and Momo to give them some alone time. Mashirao would then later tell Izuku about Momo's offer but I felt the tour was out of place for the last visit to her home and dragged out this section too much.

The butler OC's make their exit after this chapter (even though I only just introduced the chef, but he's somewhat been in the background with his food), minus Yasumura. We'll be seeing him in some unexpected ways once we get to the dorms. But since we're talking about them I might as well reveal how I decided their names (cause I suck at making names on my own). All of them are from various Japanese voice actors that worked on the One Punch Man anime. The selection was not based on the character they voiced, I just went with what sounded the coolest to me. Makoto Yasumara is the VA for Spring Mustachio, the #28 A-class hero who uses a rapier when fighting. Aoi Yuki is the VA for Tatsumaki/Tornado Terror, the #2 S-class hot-headed hero with psychic powers. Takahiro Sakurai is the VA for Zombieman, the #8 S-class hero that can, almost, never die. Ari Ozama is the VA for Lily, the #74 B-class hero that is a member of the Blizzard Group. Only Yasumura has any resemblance to the character the VA voices. They both prefer to use a rapier in combat and have somewhat similar personalities (a gentleman but also a passionate fighter).

So, the visit to Tooru's house. I didn't want to go for the overused "overprotective dad" trope when it came to her father, hence the personality I gave him. I hope you liked my take on his quirk as well. I was tempted to make Mrs. Hagakure have some unrelated quirk to Tooru that would be useful for taking care of small children (probably a mutant quirk, like having multiple arms or something) but that kind of fell to the wayside as it felt too drastic. Instead, I made her quirkless for a future plot point.

In the next chapter, we will see an altered shopping scene from after the Final Exams, it's aftermath and some in-between scenes from the summer school trip. Chapter sixteen will then deal with both the aftermath of the Forest Battle and the Hideout arc. See ya again on December 11th!