Blind man says: Only fools rush in

Lunch

“I’d be delighted; thank you sir. Let’s go see what trouble Inko’s cooked up for herself, shall we?”

With that, Mitsuki found herself walking beside and idly chatting with the Principal, who had taken it upon himself to regale her with all his theories about why Quirks act out more often with the kind of children Mitsuki worked with, as well as all the evidence he currently had to support his ideas. In all honestly, it was probably the most informative and interesting walk Mitsuki had ever endured, and she was almost sad when he opened another door that she assumed was to the staff room, which was currently filled with a various assortment of heroes, as well as Inko, some gruff looking man in a sleeping bag and some kind of skeletal figure in a suit that looked too big for him.

Mitsuki almost wanted the principal to continue talking, if it wasn’t for the fact Inko was talking to the skeletal man and was apparently laughing at something he had said, the man in question’s face blushing lightly, his gaze flicking to the opening door and Mitsuki herself, to which Inko’s gaze followed and smiled brightly, making her way towards the two newcomer and that’s when Mitsuki saw it; the sparkle of joy, happiness and admiration that Mitsuki hadn’t seen in Inko’s eyes in a very, very long time…. And looking to the skeleton man, Mitsuki could see the same look in his eyes as his gaze lingered ever so slightly in Inko before meeting Mitsuki’s eyes.

“’Suki, how was the lecture? Were the kids behaved? Come over here, we were just about to start eating, I want you to tell me everything!”

Mitsuki couldn't help but laugh and oblige, noting how Inko’s eyes seemed to darken for a moment at the mention of Monoma, but otherwise kept her stunning smile while the skeleton man seemed to listen thoughtfully and nod silently until he caught Mitsuki staring absentmindedly before Inko thought to introduce the man.

“Oh, Mitsuki, this is Toshinori Yagi. He’s an assistant here at U.A for All Might, since he’s a busy man and all. Toshi, this is my best friend Mitsuki Bakugou! She works with special needs children and their quirks, but Nezdu invited her here to talk to the hero course students about how to handle those kinds of kids properly.”

The man gave a small smile to Mitsuki, who noted that Inko was not only on a first name basis with the man, but a casual name basis with him.

“It’s wonderful to meet you, Mrs. Bakugou. I’m told your son is quite the student, temper aside.”

Mitsuki sighed quietly, making sure to meet the man’s eyes, making sure his piercing blues ones saw every ounce of steel and fire within her own.

“Brat’s got an attitude, I know… too many shallow complements from incompetent teachers growing up if I had to guess. But it could be worse; I hate to think of what he’d be like if he hadn’t befriended Izuku.”

“’Suki, don’t be too hard on him! Katsuki’s got a good heart at his core; it just takes a little while to see it! Our boys are fine young men, and the hero course will do them good, just you wait. They’ll be upstanding heroes in no time.”

Mitsuki couldn’t help but break her intense gaze and smile, looking to her friend, who looked like she was about to say something else but Nezdu’s voice cut out from across the room, to which she excused herself and walked over briskly, leaving Mitsuki alone with Mr. Yagi, who looked incredibly nervous as he leaned forwards and spoke quietly.

“Pardon my manners, but I must ask you something… It is my understanding that you and Inko have been good friends for a long time, yes?”

Mitsuki nodded quietly, having her own sneaking suspicion on where he was headed.

“As her friend, I was wondering if you, um… uh, know of anything she might be interested in? I must admit… I’ve grown quite fond of her in the past months, but I do not wish to intrude or assume! I’m so sorry I shouldn’t have asked, it was stupid of me to- “

The man was about to go into a rambling spiral, which reminded her of Izuku for a moment, before Mitsuki cut him off, discreetly holding out a small business card to the man, who took it quizzically.

“It’s to a restaurant; My husband and I went there for out first date and our wedding rehearsal dinner. It’s got good food and atmosphere… but if you do anything to hurt Inko, I will hunt you down, Mr. Yagi, got it?”

The man visibly gulped as he nodded frantically, slipping the paper into his pocket as Inko reappeared at the table, slightly confused but happy Mitsuki hadn’t decided to do anything to her friend, smiling brightly as she picked the conversation up as if it had never been interrupted.

Notes:

Heyo, guess who's not dead and is going to love having Mitsuki at U.A every so often

(I went with the scenario Mitsuki presented because that exact thing (people trying to touch me when everything is too much) has happened on multiple occasions and it's what i know the most about without trying to insult or offend anyone else.