The Proximation of Hello and Goodbye

10

"Thank you for your help, boys," Inko smiles.

Izuku pulls his mother in for a side hug, "I'm glad we could help."

"Same here. Is there anything else we can help you with?" Katsuki asks.

Inko shakes her head, "No, I thought I would join you two in the living room for the rest of your movie or to visit."

"That sounds nice," Izuku affirms. He walks in step with his mother back into the living room and takes his seat on the couch again, Inko opting for the chair beside the couch. Katsuki sits in the same spot as before but manages to make himself leave more space between them. They sit in silence, enjoying the rest of the movie. Katsuki remains adamant about keeping his distance in front of Izuku's mother, especially due to the fact that she seems to be watchful. Despite keeping his eyes on the tv, he can see Inko glancing at him often out of the corner of his eyes. She's not really watching the movie, she's watching them.

The movie ends and Inko stretches as the credits begin to roll. "Well, I think I'm going to go start prepping for dinner."

Katsuki sighs, "I think I need to get going, myself. I need to pick up Rin before dinner." He stands up and grabs his keys, heading for the door.

Izuku scrambles to his feet and chases him outside. "Wait, Kacchan!" He calls out as he runs out the door.

He stops and turns around to see Izuku walking down the driveway to meet him. He smirks, "What's that about? Is this your way of promoting me from co-worker to friend?"

Izuku stops a few feet away, his face suddenly full of color again, "Is that okay?"

His smirk turns to a soft smile, "Yeah, it's great, actually." He pauses and looks around, "Do you need something?"

"Well, earlier, you started to ask me something, and I was just wondering what it was. If it was something important, I wanted you to have a chance to ask," he explains.

Katsuki remembers full-well what he was about to ask at that moment. He was going to ask Izuku if he felt comfortable around him. It was a silly question to want to ask, especially considering it wouldn't change much. Besides assuring Katsuki that he was making progress with Izuku, the question wouldn't serve many purposes. He shakes his head, "I don't even remember what I was going to ask. Thanks for checking up on it though, that was considerate of you."

"Oh, okay," Izuku answers. "Thanks for coming over for a little bit. I'll see you soon, okay?"

"Yeah."

***

Dinner comes to a close, everybody still sitting around the table. He and Kyoka have done a good enough job of acting like a happy couple without being too physical about it. What impresses him more than that is that Eijiro and Shoto have hardly even stood within three feet of one another throughout the entire time they've been here. He watches as Inko gathers all of the dishes into one spot for easier clean-up later. She finishes and smiles at Eijiro and Shoto. "So, Enmei, Sana, you moved here to start work at Controlled Solutions, right? What departments are you working in?" she inquires.

"I'm in operations and Sana is in quality control. Nothing too special," Eijiro answers, his hands settling in front of him.

"That's exciting. Do you know any familiar faces due to being a transfer or are you both coming in blind? This is a lovely town from what I've heard, either way, the two of you should make friends easily," She discloses.

Katsuki yawns as Eijiro begins to answer. "Yeah, we should know of a few people already. Some transferred here before us, so we should be fine. I was actually looking forward to catching up with someone when I went in to fill out paperwork today, but I think he might've left a while ago or something. Nobody seemed to know where he was."