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It’s been a few years now since the fall of the Hero Public Safety Commission. Though it took some time, the New Hero Commission is finally up and running with their first elected President: Kaina Tsutsumi! She looks over the city of Tokyo, with a warmth in her heart and a lovely cup of coffee in her hand. Formerly the hero turned criminal, turned yakuza boss, turned vigilante, Lady Nagant! Nowadays she’s referred to as-
“Mom!!!” -At least by Himiko, as she barges into Kaina’s office.
Kaina sighs and sets down her cup of coffee on her desk, “Himiko, sweet girl. You know it’s President Tsutsumi here.”
“Ah! Sorry-” She bows her blonde braided head. Himiko is still getting used to her new role as an agent of The New Hero Commission. She’d only recently gotten used to wearing proper formal business attire, “Can I please go on a real mission?”
“You’re always free to shadow any hero agencies.”
“But I want to stab people…- Wait, you said any?”
“Any hero agency: Yes- Stab people: No. Himiko I thought we’ve been over this…”
“I know, I know! We don’t assassinate people anymore. That was the old commission, we’re good guys, yada yada. However! What if we did like a blood drive, and I got to help out the phlebotomists- I mean you know how good I am with needles!”
Kaina considers this for a moment, and then asks, “Do you promise not to drink any of the blood?”
Himiko bashfully taps her fingertips together. “Any?”
“Himiko-”
“I won’t! I seriously just want to help out, you know. Be useful, like Deborah!” She gestures at the tall woman in the corner.
Deborah Gollini is fully not paying attention to the conversation. Too busy rearranging books and knicknacks on Kaina’s shelves. “Yes darling?” She doesn’t even look over her shoulder.
Himiko pouts, “So jealous...”
Kaina pets her, “You are plenty useful, Himiko.” Not wanting to see her daughter looking so down, she lifts Himiko’s chin. “If it will make you happy, then I’ll let you put together that blood drive, right here in Tokyo. Okay?”
Himiko lights up, and all but leaps to hug Kaina. “Thank you Mom!”
Kaina can’t help but smile, as she holds her, “Of course sweetie. Why don’t you reach out to some agencies and see if you can get them on board to help promote it?”
“I know just who to call!” She dances out of the office.
Deborah’s arranged the books and knicknacks into a pattern on all the shelves that very subtly resembles a big spider web. She sparkles at a job well done. “Mission accomplished ma’am.”
Before Kaina can offer any sort of critique Chojuro- Formerly Chimera, pokes his big wolfy head in. “Um, President Tsutsumi-”
Deborah sparkles at him. “Hi Chojuro~”
He blushes, “Uh, hi. Deborah-” He refocuses, “I have those two guests from GeL Inc. They wanted to talk to you about Herogram.”
Kaina sits down at her desk, “Let them in.”
Chojuro nods and ushers in, Gentle and La Brava.
Gentle bows his head to Chojuro as he takes his leave, “Thank you kind sir!”
La Brava hops to take her seat, and Gentle takes his beside her. “It’s a pleasure to finally meet you, Madam President.”
Kaina nods, “I prefer President Tsutsumi.”
“But of course.”
La Brava clears her throat.
Gentle says, “Right! We’ve come to you today to present a collaboration with our app: Herogram!”
Kaina’s of course familiar with the social media app. Many heroes use it to keep in touch with their fans, and fellow heroes, but she has to ask, “What sort of collaboration?”
La Brava says, “Since there has yet to be an update to the Hero Billboard Charts since the fall of the old Commission. We thought perhaps we could help with facilitating… a new ranking system.”
Part of the reason Kaina’s been putting off re-establishing the Billboard Chart is because she disliked how the old ranking system encouraged the worst behaviors in heroes like Endeavor. So she is a little interested to ask, “New how?”
Gentle says, “In the next update of our app, we’re adding Hero Teams! Heroes will be able to link their accounts to team members, sharing their posts and followers all on one page!”
La Brava adds, “These teams, and their rankings are the ones we want to promote. Encouraging teamwork and camaraderie!” She reaches to take Gentle’s hand. “Rather than individual achievement.”
“Mm.” Kaina nods, “What other metrics will affect rankings?”
Striking a pose, Gentle says, “This is where you come in!”
La Brava explains, struggling to stay focused from her beloved Gentle’s dazzling display. “Currently, we’re only able to rank heroes by their follower count, post consistency, and engagement, but with your resources we could keep track of actual cases completed.”
Gentle adds, “We could even assign point values to completed cases, based on their complexity or importance.”
Kaina says, “Let’s say I agree to this. If the hero rankings come back, how do we ensure that we’re not encouraging heroes to overwork themselves for these points, in an attempt to climb the ranks?”
La Brava says, “Well that’s precisely why the cases are weighted. You see there’s more reward to doing bigger more important cases than resolving countless small ones. Also with the team system, people won’t be able to climb as high on their own as they would be with teammates. Like I said before, we’re encouraging teamwork, see!”
Gentle adds, “Also! On Herogram, the types of post that tend to garner the most followers are the more casual, less dramatic- People love to use our app to take a peek in the daily lives of our heroes. So that in itself should encourage heroes to relax more, and really try to have fun with their work.”
With all that considered, Kaina shakes their hands and says, “Well then, we have a deal. How do we begin?”
Ochako stirs awake, and finds herself laying next to her beloved Deku. She pulls him closer with her mittens, and just starts pecking his face until he wakes up. “Kissu kissu kissu.”
Deku awakes by the tickle of her little kisses. He slings his arms around her so she can’t escape his counter attack! “Kissu kissu!”
Ochako giggles, “Good morning.”
“Good morning.” He just holds her so tenderly for a while. “Can’t believe we’re finally living together…”
“Living with your mom and Bakugo wasn’t so bad, was it?”
“Ehhh…” He can remember more than a few mornings that began with Katsuki shouting or attacking him for one reason or another. He presses his face against Ochako’s, “I just need my soft mochiko…” He nuzzles her and asks, “How was your parents?”
“Not too bad, but let’s just say I’m happy it’s finally just you, me and-”
Mina kicks in the door, “Chako!”
Deku freezes in place. She didn’t even set off my Danger Sense!
Ochako sits up, “Mina!”
“Sorry if I was interrupting something adorable but-” She can see they’re both still fully clothed at least, so she hops on the bed, holding out her phone for the couple to see. “Herogram just updated! They’re finally bringing back the rankings!”
Deku snatches the phone, “No way! Who’s on top?”
“No one yet!” Mina yoinks it back, “They’re giving everyone a year to beef up their stats in the new system before they announce any placements, but more than that we have to put our agency together on a team cause those can get placed too!”
Ochako and Izuku both glow, “Bright Future’s gonna be on top!”
Ochako’s stomach growls, “Eheh… What’s for breakfast?”
Mina flops between them, and calls back towards the rest of the apartment, “Hey Kiri! Whatcha making for breakfast!?”
Eijiro calls back, “My Extra Manly Omelettes!”
Mina says, “You’re not putting protein powder in em right?”
Suspiciously, Eijiro says, “Nooo…”
The four young heroes enjoy Eijiro’s Extra Manly Omelettes for breakfast, which is just a typical omurice but with extra chicken, beef, and salmon all diced and grilled to perfection.
Their new apartment in Tao City is just around the corner from the new Bright Future Agency building. It took them so long to find a suitable apartment this close by! It’s a two bedroom, two bath with a cozy little living room, kitchen, and a nice view of the city from its top floor spot in their complex. The place is quite pricey, but split between the four of them they can make it work.
They still have a number of boxes left to unpack, but Izuku made sure to get their TV working just in time for their first movie night last night!
As they walk to work together, Mina is electric. Bouncing with every step, barely able to contain her excitement. “Guys can you believe we’re finally doing it!?”
Izuku is busy overanalyzing every detail of the new ranking system, trying to optimize a strategy to ensure that their team reaches the top of the charts.
Ochako wants to skip with her, but, “I still feel kinda bad that Tsu didn’t move in with us…”
Mina squishes her whole self against Ochako, “We’ll still see her at work though! It was her choice anyways!”
Eijiro huffs, “Man, just think of how big a place we coulda gotten if Tenya moved in with us too though.”
Mina makes a long beard with her acid to assist her wizened old man voice, “The Iida family must live together, lest we fall to rrrrRuin!”
Ochako struggles to remember, “Was that his reason?”
Mina shrugs, and takes a goofy selfie with everyone before letting the gooey beard evaporate.
Deku lights up, “Do you guys think Miruko and Ryukyu saw the update?”
Mina skips ahead, “Let’s find out!” She loves that the front door of their agency is already in reach. She was getting so tired of the commute from her parent’s place every day.
Himiko texts with Tsu as she makes the trek to Bright Future’s Agency, “Hey Tsu! Is it cool if I stop by the agency? I’ve got official business! 😎”
Tsu scratches her head, “What kind of official business, kero? >.>”
“I want to ask everyone for their blood ^.^”
“I don’t think that’s going to go so well. . .”
“We’ll see about that! >.<”
Tsu deeply worries for where this day is about to go.
Himiko reaches the front door of the Bright Future Agency, and knocks a little tune before ringing the doorbell she didn’t see-
She hears a big crash inside, followed by a baby crying??? She hears someone stomping towards the door, and quickly adjusts her glasses, prepares her clipboard, and tries to look as professionally as possible.
The Symbol of Hope, and Number One Hero, Miruko answers the door, looking absolutely exhausted. “How can I help you?”
“Uhm-” She was a little worried Miruko would instantly recognize her, but she hasn’t. “I’m with the New Hero Commission just, surveying with some agencies. My name is Himiko Tsutsumi…”
Miruko squints at that name. . . She can’t shake the feeling that she’s heard those sounds before… “Alright, well, come on in.” She holds the door open for Himiko.
Himiko steps inside, the walls are decorated with a crazy mosaic of shards painted with Bright Future’s colors, gold, green, pink, red, and blue. The light from the windows bounces off the walls with such a wild prismatic effect. While she marvels at this, she thinks to ask, “Did I hear a baby earlier?”
“Yeah, that was Mirai.” Miruko leads her up the stairs, revealing a strange creature clung to her back. It looks like a baby girl, but it has big rabbit ears, and a dragon’s tail hanging down from its butt, and its teeth and claws are digging into Miruko’s back. “She’s a little wild…”
“-Yeah…”
Up the stairs and through another door is their main lobby, which seems more like an apartment than an agency, with couches, a big TV, a big dining table, kitchen, and a big window reaching from floor to ceiling that overlooks the entire city, but more importantly than all of that: Tsu! The frog stands up from one of the couches, “You’re here!”
“Hey Ts-” Himiko clears her throat, getting a suspicious look from Miruko, “Hello, Froppy. I’m Himiko Tsutsumi, with the New Hero Commission, it’s wonderful to meet you.” She hides her blush behind her clipboard and holds her hand out to Tsu.
Tsu awkwardly shakes it. “Right. Wonderful to meet you too.”
Miruko is too tired to figure out what that’s about. “Ranita, can you show her around and answer her questions, mama needs a nap…” She flops face first onto the couch.
Tsu feels a little bad for her, and says, “Should I take Mirai with me?”
“No, she’ll just start screaming again…”
“Good point.”
As they leave, Mirai does seem to calm down a little, curling up on Miruko’s back like a strange little dog now.
Himiko tries to be a professional adult, focusing on her clipboard as she takes the tour with Tsu, “So… Ms. Froppy-”
“You’ve already seen my bedroom…” Tsu ponders where exactly she should be showing her, “-Oh the boys room is now Mirai’s room, but… I don’t think you wanna see in there. Uhh. Oh we could go see the dojo.”
“Ms. Froppy.”
“Yes?”
“My. Ehem- Official business?” She flaps her clipboard.
Tsu stares at her for a moment, “. . . ?”
“I came to try and recruit big agencies for a blood drive event in Tokyo.”
“OH! That’s what you meant-”
“Yeaaah.” She shows her clipboard which has a nicely printed sheet explaining the blood drive and location, but no signatures.
Tsu tilts her head, “Why didn’t you ask Miruko to sign?”
Himiko despairs, ashamed, “I got scared she’d recognize me if I said ‘blood’…”
Tsu snickers and signs her hero name at the top. “Eijiro, Mina, Tenya and Ryukyu are out on patrol right now, but Izuku and Ochako should be down here.” She heads down the stairs towards the dojo.
Himiko tentatively follows, she grabs Tsu’s hand about half way the stairs to stop her. “Um, Tsu… I told you before that… I kinda had a big crazy crush on both of them before right?”
“Yes?”
“And I haven’t really seen either of them in person since… ya know…” She makes a stabbing gesture with her pen.
Tsu’s not understanding the problem. “Uhuh…”
Himiko whispers, “What if they recognize me, and aren’t so chill about it???”
“. . .” Tsu shrugs. “I’ll just tell them you’re my girlfriend.”
Himiko blushes, “B-bu-buhh- W-we can’t!”
“Why not?”
“It might ruin your friendships- or your career- If everything gets out about who I am and that we’re-”
“Naaaah.” Tsu pulls her along down the stairs. “Hey guys! Can you sign my girlfriend’s paper that says you’ll come to her blood drive in Tokyo next week?”
They catch Izuku and Ochako in the middle of a little sparring match, neither of them wanting to concede a point sooner than the other says, “Yeah!” Not turning away from their bout for even a second.
Himiko whispers to Tsu, “Do you think they heard you?”
“Give it a sec.”
After a series of highspeed strikes and blocks from both sides, Ochako sneaks in a clean jab through Izuku’s guard and cheers, “Gotcha!”
Izuku falls over. “Gahhh…”
Ochako turns to see Himiko, for the first time in years, and as different as she looks now with her hair, glasses, and clothes, Ochako could never mistake her. . . “So you’re Tsu’s girlfriend?”
Himiko hides her blush behind her clipboard, “-Yea…”
Izuku does not recognize her at all. “Nice to meet you!”
“Yeah. I’m… Himiko Tsutsumi with the New Hero Commission. I was stopping by to ask if you’ll sign up for a blood drive we’re doing in Tokyo.” She shows them her clipboard.
Ochako says suspiciously, “Tsutsumi?”
Tsu’s about to speak up, but Himiko says, “Yeah, heheh. I’m President Tsutsumi’s daughter. Adopted, obviously.” She scratches at her blonde braid.
“Right…” Ochako signs. Why is she lying when it’s so obvious? She glances at the frog, Does Tsu know???
Izuku signs, still completely clueless, he asks, “So, how’d you and Tsu meet?”
“Herogram.” They answer in sync.
Izuku finds that a little weird but doesn’t really question it. . . A light bulb clicks on above his head, “We should post about this on Herogram!” He hurriedly gets out a phone- he’s about to just take a picture of the sign up sheet, but then he thinks better of it and says “Let’s all take a selfie!”
They all gather round and put on their best smiles, Ochako especially.
Shoto just does not understand this whole Herogram thing, as much as the other members of Team Creati may try. Though, he does see Izuku's post, the selfie with Ochako, Tsu, some strange blonde girl hiding behind her clipboard, with a caption that reads “Come to Himiko's Blood Drive next Saturday!”
He stares at this for quite a while before commenting, “Where is the blood driving?”
An Illus-O-Camie almost instantly likes his comment, and replies, “OMG LOL! FR tho! Where it at yo?”
Shoto's not entirely sure what that means, but before he can reply asking her, Denki's hand slams down on his shoulder, “Roki! I’ve got a serious problem only you can solve!”
“Okay…?”
Denki zips across the agency tower with Shoto, helplessly in tow, they reach Denki’s room where he reveals his brand new gaming PC!- is on fire! “Help…”
Shoto stares at him, and then at the PC, and then at him again before asking, “How did you even do that?”
“I was trying to overclock the stats with my quirk!”
“Did it work?” He asks, as if he knew what that meant- and as if the computer wasn’t actively burning in the background.
“No!” He falls before Shoto’s feet, “Please save my baby!”
Shoto extinguishes the flames with as gentle a frosting as he can manage, to both of their surprise, the PC is somehow still completely functional. What’s more is it gets a notification, a post from Momo, declaring that in one year’s time, Team Creati will be at the top of the Hero Billboard Charts!... And then it falls apart.
“GAH!”
Shoto pats Denki, “I’m sorry for your loss…”
“No, it’s fine, I just have to take it down to… Her.” He shudders.
“Her?”
“Will you come with me?”
“Um… okay.”
Denki gathers up all the pieces of his PC and takes them with Shoto to the elevator. The Creati Agency building is a rather extravagant spire funded by Momo’s family, it’s one of the tallest buildings in Tokyo for kind of no reason since there’s only like five actual floors, but the bottom floor has a lovely lobby, and what Denki refers to as “The Gates of Hell!!!”
Shoto wasn’t listening to whatever Shakespearean tangent Denki was going on as their elevator descended, but he recognizes the doors as they’re walking out into the lobby, “You mean, Hatsume’s lab?”
They can already hear some crazy sounding tech things happening on the other side! Denki is actually shaking, “Roki, maybe I go and you actually just take this to her-”
Before he can hand the PC off to Shoto the doors swing open, “Hello Charger Cable!”
Denki, so quietly, corrects her, “It’s Chargebolt…” He gets plucked by a big robotic arm from deeper in the lab and pulled inside. “Roki, help!”
Hatsume laughs, “Quit being so dramatic! I just need a little bit of your electricity to fuel my babies so we don’t crash the power grid again!”
Shoto really does try his best to help, “Uhm, Hatsume, we actually just came because-”
“You want help with your PC!” She wrestles the box of computer parts away from Denki before he’s deposited in a big glass bulb, “I’ll be done with this in no time!”
Shoto gets a message from Momo, that he knows must be a call for backup since she’s out on patrol with Kyoka, realizing he’s about to leave, Denki cries from his glass prison, “-Roki, don’t leave me with her! ROKIIII!!!”
“Sorry Denki! Yaoyorozu and Jiro might be in actual danger!”
“That’s so mean! I’m in danger!”
Meanwhile, In Kamakura, Ibara was feeling just a little bit in danger- Okay, maybe danger isn’t quite the word… It’s just that, after graduation when her, Katsuki, and Izuku moved in to Inko & Mitsuki’s house that didn’t feel like this, it wasn’t dangerous- or… Sinful. They were all a sort of family for a couple years there, they had their arguments, but it was nice! Wholesome! Her and Katsuki had their own rooms of course, but they were also rarely ever left alone in the house. So now… Ibara wasn’t so sure why moving into Burnin’s Agency felt so sinful! Her and Katsuki had been together for nearly five years now! It’s not like they’d be sharing a room or anything that would be obscene… However they would be left alone… in this big nice building, all by themselves… With all the amenities a newly moved in couple could want-
Ibara’s mind spirals a bit with these thoughts as she moves the last of her boxes into her room. She wonders if Katsuki is already settled in- Not that she would just go into his room! That would be sinful! She decides to focus on unpacking, she enjoys decorating. Putting fresh sheets, blankets, and pillow cases on a new bed is so satisfying. She’s so tempted to flop on it and take a nap already, but there’s a lot of work left to do first!
Her vines make quick work of stocking up her little bookshelf, her cheesy romance novels, her bibles, and other religious theory books. They make for quite a nice little collection. She decorates her desk with a few picture frames, a picture of her and Katsuki of course. One with her, and Kinoko when they were kids, and one with her and her dad in front of a well-decorated Christmas tree… She stares at this one for a while before setting it down. . .
She sets up her laptop, her chargers, she hangs up her golden cross, and sets out some of her candles, though as she’s looking around the room, she senses something is missing… - Lambert! She almost forgot! Stuffed in her backpack, she plucks her adorably grumpy faced plushy sheep son out, and sets him gently on the bed. With her room complete she dives onto the bed to snuggle her greatest treasure. Giggling to herself. “We made it, Lambert!”
Burnin stands in her doorway, “Is now a bad time?”
Ibara freezes with embarrassment “-....” My boss-landlord-mentor just saw me rolling around talking to a plushie like a little kid… Maybe if I stay completely still she’ll just go away and forget this ever happened…
Burnin, not forgetting this is happening, says, “I was just wondering if you wanted to take a tour of the place before I head out for the night.”
“A-ah! Um, yeah!” She pops up- She tosses Lambert back on the bed- She gently fixes him to be placed properly between her pillows. She bows her head to her mentor and says, “Lead the way.”
Burnin snorts and heads out, “So there's a lot of stuff you gotta take care of every night. Make sure all the doors and stuff is locked up, obviously.”
As she's led down the hall, past Katsuki's room, Ibara wonders aloud, “Did Katsuki already…”
“Oh yeah, you wanna see his room?” Burnin just opens the door to it with no hesitation or worry about whats on the other side.
Ibara averts her gaze! Certain she'll see something sinful on the other side if she looks! But, there's no explosion, no shouting. Katsuki's not even in his room. Though that makes looking feel even more sinful. She does peek before asking, “Where is he?”
“He's down-”
“BURNIN! WHERE'S YOUR SPICE RACK!?” Katsuki’s voice echoes through the building.
“-stairs…”
Ibara chuffs, just a little embarrassed by him for a moment, though she finds it more funny than anything.
“BURNIN!” Katsuki shouts again.
“WE DON'T HAVE A SPICE RACK, YOU'RE LUCKY WE HAVE A STOVE!”
Katsuki's roar is quelled the instant he sees Ibara descending the stairs with Burnin. “-Oh, Ibara I didn't know you were here already.”
Ibara snickers, “Katsuki, we can just buy stuff for the kitchen. It's okay.”
Katsuki argues, “It's about the principle. This is supposed to be the successor of the biggest agency in Japan and we have a barely functional kitchen. That shit is unacceptable!”
Burnin sneers at him, “You're the first two to live here, everyone else just brings their own lunch. Be grateful I stocked the fridge for you!”
Katsuki grumbles.
Ibara giggles, “We're very grateful for everything you're doing for us, Burnin.” She nudges her boyfriend, “Isn't that right Katsuki?”
Katsuki mutters. “Yeah, yeah…”
Burnin is so glad Ibara is here to keep the bomb boy defused. She pats both of their heads, “Just make sure you clean up after yourselves. I put all the streaming services on the TV down here, so enjoy that. You already know where the gym and bathrooms are. If the place gets lit on fire or something for any reason, call me. Any questions?”
Katsuki rather innocently asks, “You're really not staying here with us?”
Burnin tilts her head, “Why would I? You're two adults now. I don't gotta supervise you.”
Katsuki actually gets more flustered at the implications than Ibara does.
Burnin says, “Besides I wanna live alone with my girlfriend.” She laughs and leaves…
An awkward silence fills the room for what feels like eternity as for the first time ever, Ibara and Katsuki are alone together. With no one to stop them…
A blaring kitchen timer rips apart the silence. Katsuki yelps and rushes back into the kitchen.
Ibara follows, “Whatcha cooking?”
“-I figured since it's our first night living together I should do something special, but I didn't have all the ingredients I would've preferred…” Katsuki presents a couple plates of savory gyoza, glazed with a sweet ponzu sauce.
“Aww, Katsuki.” Ibara takes her plate and wonders, “You made these from scratch?”
“Yeah. I kinda rushed it though…”
“I wish you told me. I would've loved to make them with you.”
He didn't even think of that!
Ibara reads that on his face and snickers, bumping against him, “Come on, let's eat these on the couch!” In truth Ibara has been wanting to sit on that couch since she laid eyes on it. Far cushier than any she'd seen before, and when she takes a seat it's even softer than she imagined.
Katsuki sits- or more accurately sinks beside her. “Woah…”
As she takes her first bite, the flavor is divine! She wonders what Katsuki could've done with more time and ingredients if this was already a ten out of ten… She catches him staring at her, and she plucks a dumpling from her plate to stuff into his mouth. She giggles when that somehow shocks him.
Oh my god she's so fucking cute… He finds his gyoza obviously delicious, but he says, “Tomorrow we gotta go shopping…”
“You wanna go together?”
“-Yeah, I mean I'm not gonna just know what all you want to get!”
Ibara giggles and snuggles up against him, as she pulls in the remote with her vine. “I know just what we should watch.”
The two enjoy their dinners with The Great Hero Baking Show. Katsuki very quickly becomes invested in the competition aspect of the show.
After binging through a few episodes, the taste of gyoza and ponzu still on their tongues, Ibara stares at Katsuki till he looks at her, and then she kisses him.
Realizing they’re all alone, she kisses him with a sort of ferocity. Forcing him to lay back on the couch as she pushes to be on top of him.
He fights back before long, pushing till he's on top of her. He puts a stop to this bout of madness before they can take it too far- “I'm… -We should stop there…” They each find themselves just a little out of breath.
Ibara smiles, she loves how much he respects her chastity. Though it does just make her want to kiss him more, if only to torment him. “You're right…” It would be tortuous to herself as well-
He pecks her lips, “Let’s go do the dishes!”
She pecks back with a giggle, “Okay!”
He gets up, pulling her free from the cushy couch’s clutches! Then he tows her to the kitchen, saying, “Try not to get too mad, okay?”
She tilts her head, holding the two plates they used on vines, wondering how she could possibly be mad. “I’m pretty sure that should be my line-” It actually startles her, when she sees just how many dishes the other members of Burnin’s Agency have left behind in their kitchen sink. She’s even more shocked she didn’t notice it sooner when she was in the kitchen! “Who could do something like this?!”
Katsuki laughs, “You know exactly who.”
“Sinners…”
“Yes!”
Although it was quite the chore, Katsuki and Ibara actually end up having a bit of fun with it. Working together, and getting the satisfaction of watching those dirty dishes just disappear. Katsuki bumps shoulders with Ibara and smirks, “Maybe those extras aren’t so bad…”
Ibara snorts and bumps him back, “Have you learned any of their names yet?”
“Of course I have! There’s Burnin.” He hands her a dish to dry off and put on the rack. “. . .” Then he hands her another.
“Kido would be so hurt if he found out you didn’t know his name.”
“Which one is he?”
Ibara snorts. “Mummy Guy.”
“Oh I love Mummy Guy! He’s such an idiot. Did you hear about what happened to him the other day?”
“No, what happened?”
“He fully got hit by a car.”
“Oh my god! Is he okay???”
“Yeah, he did like a full flip. It was hilarious. He just walked it off after.”
Ibara laughs at the mental image, “As long as he’s okay. Do you know…”
“Sato, and Yamato. It helps their names kind of rhyme, and that they went to U.A. with us.”
“I was going to ask about the blue horse guy…”
Katsuki thinks long and hard about the guy she’s talking about. Though he eventually says, “I’m convinced he doesn’t have a name.”
“Surely he does…”
“Wait, do you not know his name either?”
“Maybe…”
Katsuki explodes with laughter, “You’re just as bad as me!”
“No one ever talks about him! He’s just like, around.”
“I’ll ask him tomorrow what his name is.”
“Katsuki! You can’t do that- We’ve talked to him so many times!”
“Yeah, so?”
“It could hurt his feelings…”
Katsuki squints, “Nah, I think he’ll be chill about it.”
Ibara butts her head against his shoulder as she puts away the last dish. “Finally done…”
Katsuki wraps an arm around her, “You going to bed?”
Ibara yawns, “Yeah…” Burnin didn’t care what they did while they were alone here, they were adults, they could make their own decisions, but the two of them decided to wait till marriage! Even so, Ibara’s heart always pounds in these quiet moments. “Are you going to bed?”
“Yeah… but I don’t have to right away…” He starts to lean towards her…
“Me neither…” She leans too, and the two enjoy an almost sinful kiss until- The fridge door behind Ibara opens and she nearly jumps out of her skin- “A bandit?!”
Rikido Sato waves awkwardly from behind the door, “Uh. Hey guys.”
“Sato???”
“Hope it’s cool with you. Burnin said we could stay here too.”
“We?”
Hina Yamato emerges from behind him. “Hiiii.” She takes a quick candid photo of them all, and says, “For the Gram!” She takes a selfie with all of them before they can even react!