- Izuku's 13 Birthday – Nejire almost 15 Years old -
"IZUKUUUUUU. Isn't it nice that our school let us out earlier because of a teacher meeting?!! They didn't even tell us beforehand?! Is that even legal?! Surely not considering that our school is from elementary to middle school, and the small children would have problems with going home alone in some cases." Nejire, who was currently jumping around the calm-looking Izuku, said to Izuku with some excitement in her voice.
She was very happy about the free day.
It made her even happier when she thought that this free day fell on Izuku's birthday.
Izuku turns thirteen today, and Nejire wants to watch Izuku's favorite shows with him to celebrate.
Izuku wasn't one to celebrate with big parties, and Nejire is completely okay with that. Simply celebrating in private is also good.
With Nejire growing to a height of 1.78m over the last two years, it certainly started to look funny when she jumped around Izuku like an excited puppy.
People would expect it from a child, but now that Nejire looked like an older teenager, it suddenly gained a weird vibe, and the two of them got some odd looks on their way home.
Not that Izuku or Nejire would care about that.
After so many years together with Nejire, Izuku didn't care about the opinions of others anymore.
Even though he was still on the shyer side of the coin, he didn't have as many problems as in the past.
"Well, it's my birthday, so I just thought I had to give myself a small present," Izuku said to the excited Nejire with a cheeky smile.
Shocked by his words, Nejire suddenly stopped in her treks. "NOOOO! Youuuuuu didn't! Did you actually ask for a free day of school for your birthday?! It's no wonder that something like that will happen with your luck. Oh, Izuku?! You are a genius?! But since when did you turn into such a bad boy?! NOOOO! Give me back my innocent and cute Izuku?!" Nejire said exaggeratedly with a mocking look on her face.
'As if my Izuku would turn into a bad boy. Normal students with Izuku's quirk would have long quit school and lived the life they wanted, but my Izuku didn't. Of course, he still wishes for some things, but he doesn't completely abuse it to harm anyone.' Nejire thought to herself with a smile.
She likes her innocent Izuku the best.
When she left school with Izuku some minutes ago, she already saw many parents who had walked by the school by accident the moment their children walked out.
'Like come on… There were surely over 100 parents who just randomly appeared by luck.
Some of them even work in another city, and it made no sense that they appeared here.
'Well, it's good that Izuku still thinks of the accidental harm that his wish could do to some innocent people.' Nejire thought to herself happily, pleased by Izuku's action.
Even though her wish to be a Hero isn't as strong as in the past, she still wants to be one.
She even got admitted to U.A. some weeks ago.
She would officially graduate from middle school and attend U.A. high school in four months.
'It's a bit bad since my Izuku time gets reduced a bit after I enter another school, but at least they could still meet when she comes home every day. High school, even the top Hero school in Japan, is actually not that much longer than middle school. At most 1 or 2 hours longer a day than in middle school if the internet didn't lie to me.' Nejire thought to herself with some sadness in her thought process.
Nejire has already decided to go home with Izuku today, and she will send her mom a message when she arrives at Izuku's place.
It shouldn't be that surprising for Nejire's mother, considering that Izuku and Nejire spend almost all their time together.
"Is everything all right, Nejire? You are so silent today." Izuku asked with some worry in his voice.
Nejire smiled back at him. "Don't worry, Izuku. Everything is alright. I was just thinking about High school. We have to arrange our time a bit differently, but nothing should change besides the time we can see each other."
"Yeah. I also don't think there will be any big changes to our lives either." Izuku answered, but Nejire could see the worry hidden in his voice and face, but she decided to ignore it for the moment.
Time will tell that nothing significant will change.
She would never let down her childhood friend and, until now, her only friend.
The rest of the walk to Izuku's home was silent. It was rare not to hear Nejire talk about anything, but it was also not without precedence.
Some minutes later they finally arrived at Izuku's house.
Without any further words, they entered together.
"Mom! School finished earlier today, so I am back, and Nejire also came over!" Izuku screamed from the door before the two heard the sound of something hitting the floor in Izuku's mother's room.
"Mom?! Is everything okay??" Izuku asked from the door while pulling off his shoes.
"Yes. Everything is okay, sweetie." Inko screamed back from her bedroom, but Izuku couldn't help but detect some fatigue in her voice.
'Did she do anything exhaustingly today?' Izuku thought to himself, not thinking about it further.
After that, they heard hurried footsteps until two disheveled women came out of Inko's room to meet them.
It was Inko, Izuku's mother, and Umiha Hado, Nejire's mother.
Both looked a bit flushed and nervous at the moment.
Izuku didn't think anything about this scene but Nejire raised one of her eyebrows in interest.
Her mom was currently completely red in the face, and her clothes were completely disheveled.
If Nejire wasn't seeing things, she was fairly certain her mother was wearing her T-shirt inside out.
'What did they do together in Izuku's mother's room? Did they?' Nejire thought to herself, a bit disbelieving.
"Hey, you two. Happy birthday, Izuku. We just looked at some childhood photos of you in your mother's bedroom. Yes, we only looked at photos. And I am here to celebrate with you later. So why did school let you two out earlier?" Umiha said in a bit of a hurry and also out of breath, obviously wanting to change the topic quickly.
"Oh, it's good to see you, Umiha Aunt. There was a sudden teacher meeting today, so they let us out a bit earlier. By the way, is everything okay with you two? You look a bit red and out of breath." Izuku answered without any weird thoughts but with some worry in his voice.
Both of them looked a bit out of breath.
He obviously believed Umiha's story and didn't question it.
But considering how exhausted both of them looked, he was worried that the two of them were sick.
It's not rare that Nejire's mother comes over.
Izuku knew that Nejire's mother and his own mother were best friends nowadays.
"Oh, that? No, that's okay, Izuku. We were doing some exercises while looking at the picture of your childhood. You know you and Nejire do so much sport nowadays, so we two were a bit worried that you would leave us far behind. Hehe." Inko said without even blushing about the fact that she was lying to her son.
If he wasn't that young and innocent, she wouldn't even bother to hide it. She didn't have a problem confessing it to Izuku, and she wasn't ashamed either. But right now, it would probably only confuse the innocent boy, so the two of them decided to tell him when he got older.
Umiha, who was still a bit shy, also nodded without thinking.
Nejire found this situation a bit weird since she didn't know her mother liked women.
'Are the two of them actually dating? Weird… Since when did my mom like girls? Not that there is anything wrong with that, and I also don't care, but it's still a bit weird... If the two married, wouldn't Izuku and I be brothers and sisters?! Wouldn't that be nice? Wait… NO IT wouldn't!!!!!! No, wait, Nejire… calm down… Even if they marry, Izuku and I wouldn't be blood-related, so everything is okay… Anyway. As long as my mother is happy, I won't say anything.' Nejire thought to herself, calming herself down.
'Haaaaa. Can't Izuku grow up faster? It's not the right time right now. He is still too young. I have to wait until he is a bit older, then I can get him… Anyway, just wait one or two more years, and it should be okay. Until then, I must be careful so no other girl gets to my Izuku...'
"Sooooo. Since it's Izuku's birthday today, did you two plan anything for today?" Nejire asked her mother and soon-to-be 'stepmother?' about their plans for the day. She already suspected what the so-called party would be but still asked to be sure.
"Well, it's like every year, " Inko said with some distress. Of course, she wanted to throw a big party for her boy, but it would be a bit counterproductive if the person in question didn't like to have a big party, so like every year, they would just have to do with a small gathering.
"Just the four of us," Inko added, regaining her smile while looking at the now absent-minded Nejire, who obviously asked her the question but ignored her completely after asking.
'What is she thinking about, and is that saliva at the corner of her mouth?' Inko thought to herself, weirdly, while looking at the girl with some interest.
'Step Bro!! Please Help Step Bro... I am stuck! NOOO Nejire! Don't go in that direction! Bad Nejire!' Nejire thought to herself, her horror getting bigger by the minute, but weirdly enough, some saliva gathered at the corners of her mouth.
"Whaaa. Sorry, Stepm... Inko aunt. What did you say?" Nejire asked, a bit embarrassed since she had originally asked the question.
Inko looked a bit weird but repeated it again for Nejire, not bothering about the fact that Nejire almost called her stepmother.
In contrast, Umiha, standing beside Inko, almost had a heart attack hearing her daughter wanting to call Inko Stepmother.
'She knows!!'