After another hour or so into staring at Izuku, I had come to the conclusion that I was going to adopt Inko as my new mom. I probably didn't deserve her, but she's to nice for me to just pass up the opportunity.
Of course the chances of me actually saying that were pretty slim.
"Hey... Shoto?" Inko finally asked, breaking the silence.
"Yeah?"
"About how long have you and Izuku been dating?"
An odd question, but I still thought about it for a second.
"About... six months or so," I responded.
She nodded her head lightly, bringing her finger up to her chin.
"Please answer me honestly, have you two ever had sex before?"
My face flushed as my breath hitched. Why was she so hooked on this?
"N-no," I stammered. She nodded again.
"You have my permission to marry him then."
My eyes widened, and I nearly pitched forward. Has water been in my mouth, it would've ended up all over Izuku. I looked to Inko, and I didn't see a trace of evil intention.
How did she know that I was thinking about asking him? I was planning on asking him at our one year anniversary, but...
Second thoughts clouded my mind. I could wait for another six months, or I could propose right after he woke up.
If he woke up.
I leaned backwards in my chair, trying to push the though from my mind. He's going to wake up. He has to.
And when he does...
"O-okay. Th-thank you," I mumbled, turning away from Inko slightly.
Geez, everything was so serious lately. I couldn't help but miss a few months ago, when the only thing I thought of was what to do with Izuku. And now, he was unconscious in front of me, I had just received permission to marry him without asking, and I felt like throwing up. The drama with my dad wasn't helping either.
I probably needed extensive therapy for just my memories on him. Delve a bit deeper into the self-hate, trauma of loosing a mother and a sibling, and of your boyfriend trying to jump off a bridge the second you look away? I pity the therapist that has to deal with me once I give in and get one.
Honestly though, what 22 year old didn't need therapy in this world? I was probably lucky I only needed therapy for that kind of stuff. A lot of people have it a lot worse.
My phone started buzzing again, pulling me out of my thoughts. I was a bit wary about answering, considering my last phone call, but I felt relieved when I saw the name pop up.
"Hi Ochako," I said, exhaustion probably emanate in my voice.
"Wow you sound tired. Anyway, Iida, Momo, Tsuyu, Jiro and I are going to go shopping for a gift for when Izuku wakes up. We thought since you were so close to him, you could come to! That and Iida doesn't want to be the only guy," She exclaimed, all at once.
I processed for a second.
"Uh... what time?"
"Uuuuuhhh.... is right now okay?"
"Did you seriously invite me last minute?"
"Maybe. Now meet us at think-geek, we were hoping to get an All Might figure he doesn't have yet."
"Like that exists," I snorted. "Yeah okay. Meet you there soon." I hung up, turning to Inko.
"I'm gonna head out with some friends for a bit. Need anything?" I asked.
"On your way back do you mind grabbing me some coffee?"
"Sure."
I got up from the seat, stretching lightly. I heard several of my bones pop as I did so. Makes sense, I had probably been sitting there for around five hours at this point.
When I arrived at the mall, I was fully prepared to deal with five other people, four of which being girls. Meaning, I was one of two guys. That's what I thought at least. I wasn't prepared in the slightest.
"Shoto!! Over here!" I heard Ochako yell. I turned around, searching the crowd for her. She was violently waving while Iida tried to get her to sit down.
I sighed softly, heading over to them.
"Hey guys," I greeted, sliding into the booth with them.
Iida sat next to me, looking a bit relieved to not be so outnumbered. Jiro was.... being overly friendly with Momo. Tsuyu was next to the two, not seeming to notice their make-out session. Seriously, how did they kiss like that in a public place?
"Okay, since your the last one here-"
"Cause you invited me last minute," I cut in. She looked slightly disgruntled but continued anyway.
"We've already visited hot topic. Jiro, Momo, stop fucking and show him what we got there," She finished off.
Jiro and Momo looked slightly flustered, but brought up a bag.
I looked inside to find All Might sneakers.
"Uh... I hate to break it to you, but he owns these," I said, closing the bag. Momo looked slightly deflated at this.
"Eh, he got them years ago. They're old and ratty. Time for a tune up!" Ochako chirped.
"Yeah okay," I muttered, shoving the bag back to Momo.
The group got up, and we walked to the Think Geek. There had to be something in here that Izuku didn't own.
"What about this?" Ochako asked, holding up an All Might shirt.
"He actually owns two of those. One in black, one in white," I responded, shoving the shirt out of my face. Ochako slumped over, groaning.
"That's it! He can live with something other than All Might!" She groaned.
"No wait, I think I found something!" Momo called. I went over to her.
She held up a rare collectible All Might mug. It even had a few other heroes on it.
"He has that to," I mumbled.
"What doesn't this boy have!?" Jiro shouted from across the store.
I flinched slightly when I saw the cashier flat out glare at us. We were probably scaring of customers.
"How about we ju-"
I was cut off by another shout of joy.
"He definitely doesn't have this one!" Iida exclaimed.
He held up a All Might stuffed animal.
"Now that I think about it, I've never seen any stuffed animals in Izuku's room," I mumbled, tapping my chin lightly.
"Yeah you probably wouldn't see them if you weren't looking. Their all hidden in an under compartment of his closet," Ochako responded offhandedly.
"How do you know this?" Tsuyu asked.
"Uuuuuuhhhhh...." Ochako's face flushed a bright red. "The best way to get dirt on people is to dig through there closet!"
Tsuyu leaned over and whispered in my ear.
"She was trying to find his sex toy's, she wanted to prove he wasn't as innocent as he looked," She whispered.
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Yipee! I didn't finish this half asleep and on pain meds!
Today I got to eat two sausage roll's instead of one because I was forced into a shower. How's your day been?
Anyway, hope you liked the chapter! This one is a bit more upbeat compared to a couple previous ones. I just really, really didn't want to leave you guy's on a cliffhanger. There's a strong chance that the wifi's gonna blow any day now, and when it does I'm not going to be able to update until I get home.
Fun.
Now, votes and comments appreciated, and I hope you have a wonderful day!