"So you're sexually active?" Uncle asked slowly while our mother's looked dumb struck.
"Not quite," I answered, trying to put it into words.
"We don't know if it was a hallucination or if we were sent into the future or something else entirely. That is the only way to come back." Kacchan answered, still sleepy and tired in general.
"Condoms?" Uncle suggested but I shook my head no.
"Won't work, we'll still be stuck there," I can't help how red my face is from having to have this conversation at all. Who actually wants to talk about sex with their parents? Like this?
Mom held up her hand letting us all know to stop and after she was able to straighten her thoughts a bit she asked, "who was the original holder of the quirk? This one, I mean. They must have had a way to bypass all of this? A way to cope?" Her voice was shaken but as of right now she isn't letting herself panic. I mean this is all extreme but unlike Aunty who doesn't seem to know how to answer any of this or even ask questions at all she is really calm.
"He has conveniently stayed silent since. He won't answer no matter how many times I call for him. I don't know any of their names. It seems that they can't tell me so that might be a dead end anyway," I started muttering, relieved that I could focus on something, anything, else for a few moments.
"Okay," Uncle took a deep breath and finally seemed to have it all sorted out in his mind. "First we need to get you two to the doctor's office. If nothing else it will let us know what we should be concerned about and we can get Katsuki some birth control."
The moment that that came out he froze, they all did. Birth control. That means that even though it was slim there was a chance Kacchan could already be pregnant, doesn't it? But it was only last night right? So that wasn't likely. No, I'm thinking too much. But the fact that there is still potential for him to get pregnant if we do nothing was giving me mixed feelings.
On the one hand, Kacchan and I are 31 years old, not physically but damn it, it wasn't a dream! We spent years pining after each other and I can't speak for Kacchan but I for one did look into adopting. The thought that maybe if I had a little girl or boy to come home to, that maybe I wouldn't feel so alone in a world where Kacchan didn't want me had crossed my mind more than once. Then there was after we finally got together. We had talked about getting our marriage license and adopting to start a family together. Not right away, in a year or even two but not too far off still.
Then on the other hand, we are now physically 16 years old. We are being forced through highschool again and even though we are fully licensed international pro heroes there are now things that we can't do thanks to our age. I don't want to be a teen dad, but at the same time, in my head I'm not a teenager anymore. Far from it.
"Right," Mom cleared her throat, her voice suddenly hoarse now. "Birth control. We can't just assume that it's just a dream, we should prepare just in case." Mom finally shook the hesitation out like she was clearing her head.
"Would you hate being grandparents?" Kacchan asked almost silently.
"NO!" All three of them nearly shouted at the same time.
Aunty cleared her throat this time and Mom and Uncle let her. "Don't get us wrong, it's just that we assumed that we wouldn't have grandchildren due to you both being boys but a lot of things have changed since then. They found out just how much of the male population could give birth and the fact that there are multiple families all over the world that have quirks to help people get pregnant. When you first got your quirk you were tested, it was a new procedure to help with planning families and futures, especially for those that would become heroes," Aunty rushed to answer. The fact that she was speaking so clearly made me wonder just how often she practiced having the talk with Kacchan before he actually got it. Or has he gotten it yet?
"The problem," Uncle stepped in now with an apologetic smile. "Is that you're still teenagers. But at the same time you're both already full heroes so the fact that either of you could get hurt at any time makes us wonder just how much we should stick to social norms or if we should ignore them altogether. The fact is," now he stopped, I don't think he wants to be the one to say it. But they all already know what he was going to say. None of them said it though.
"The fact is?" I prompted him and he let out a groan. Mom was the one that finally answered me though.
"We really want grandbabies one day. And I'm okay with sooner rather than later which is by far better than never," my mouth dropped. Did Mom really just basically tell us to knock Kacchan up? No! I definitely mistook that! Right?
"Auntie I'm sorry but WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ONLY SIXTEEN?" Kacchan's voice had risen so much that it was hard to believe. I've never heard his voice get that high before. The panic was obviously there and so was the indignation but the sheer disbelief on his face was clearly asking how she could do this to him and I don't blame him.
"Mom, I really need you to explain because this isn't normal for either you OR mother's in general," I said softly keeping eye contact and I saw Aunty and Uncle exchange glances but right now all of my focus was on my mother who just said something that I really don't understand at all.
"Izuku, Katsuki, don't get me wrong. I would rather you both wait until after you graduate," I felt myself relaxing at just those words and Kacchan, who was sitting next to me, his whole body relaxed. Our panic was slowly disappearing but we were still listening.
"Honey, we have looked into the information on child bearing heroes and the numbers are not good," Mom sighed, looking heart broken and now it was mine and Kacchan's turn to exchange glances.
Auntie spoke up now, "85% of heroes that could have had children become barren due to accidents or over exertion over long periods of time, just ten years. Of the remaining 15% only 5% actually ever have children. This includes both men and women. The remaining 10% usually die young, or don't become intimately involved at all," I blinked several times. Those numbers are actually a lot better than in the future but then again there are a couple wars that break out so I guess there is that to consider.
"Boys," I guess it's Uncle's turn to speak up. "If you were still immature and childish then we would never even consider any of this. We would have looked into a strong birth control that didn't need to be taken absolutely every day. After all, as heroes you never know what could happen in the future. But the fact of the matter is that in the last year, just since you took the entrance exam. It's almost like you grew decades and not just a single day. We trust your judgment and the fact that you're not only taking this seriously but your first response to the situation was to not only bring it to our attention but you listed possible side effects and consequences. You are at least as mature as I am and quite possibly more so."
I swallowed the lump in my throat. I really want to tell them that we came from the future but what if that makes things dangerous? What if it sends us back? What if nothing we've done would matter because of that one choice?
"Let's just say, for argument's sake," Kacchan was speaking calmly now and he looked a little pale, avoiding my eyes while he talked. "That we knew the future, no, that we "lived" through the future and now we are back again." I froze, I could feel all the blood draining as I kept my head down, not wanting to see how our parents reacted to it. I don't want to see us ripped away from this life when we've already done so much good.
"In simpler terms that our minds are that of actual adults, say thirty years old," I elbowed him but he ignored me, not even grunting at the impact. "What would you say then?"
"When the hell are you going to give me grandbabies?" Aunty said with zero hesitation and I couldn't help looking up sadly. They were watching Kacchan but I saw Uncle glance over at me while I tried to wipe away a stray tear.
"What if I wasn't able to have children anymore thanks to a fight. A fight that saved Izu's life. A fight that would have killed him and almost killed me," Kacchan asked without blinking and Mom sucked in air so fast but she clenched the chair she was sitting in to keep from jumping out of it.
"Hypothetically," I added, giving Kacchan a warning glare but he shrugged it off. The fact is that our parents don't believe for a second that we are talking hypothetically at all at this point.
"Then don't give up this chance," Uncle's words were soft, almost like he couldn't take that kind of pain before he cleared his throat. "I will bring a pack of pills for Katsuki to take every month. We won't say anything more about it but regardless of what you choose, know that we will stand behind you all the way. If that means little feet running through the halls in a year or ten..."
"I don't think we can tell Dad all of this," I whispered looking up at Mom. "For more than one reason. Especially the "hypothetical" parts."
"Don't worry about Toshinori, I'll tell him that there were some health concerns from the side effects and that little Katsuki just needs to pay attention to his health. He would never fault either of you for whatever you choose to do," Mom rolled her eyes before smiling like a highschool girl in love. "He adores you both so much."
"Come on, I think we need to see that doctor now rather than after the fact," Uncle stood up and guided our sleepy bodies to the door.
***
Kacchan was prescribed a mild birth control and when we got to the pharmacy Mom came back with vitamins for not only Kacchan but me too. Turns out that there was evidence of sexual activity left behind so even though we woke up still wearing underwear it looks like we didn't just dream it but hallucinating was also unlikely because we were wearing clothes when we woke up. So in all likely hood we were sent somewhere else (maybe the actual future like we think we were) and we just came back after we were done, cum included. Kind of off-putting but okay then.
"Like we said, we will support either decision you two make," she handed me the package with all the vitamins and pills while giving Kacchan another package, "And you can change your mind. We won't ask but we will bring you both sets of supplies every month." I couldn't help my curiosity and l looked over Kacchan's shoulder to see into the bag. Condoms, lube, and a few other things I'm sure but she decided to roll the top of the paper bag just then so that I couldn't see anymore.
I think they took our "hypothetical" as very real because now they aren't even trying to act like before. They were trying to still act like we were teenagers (of course) but now it feels like they are treating us more like friends, like they did before we came back in time. Is that the secret of having kids? You're creating lifetime friends?
Somehow I really like that thought but now I'm tempted to have a baby even more now. Kacchan and I agreed, at least for now, that our adult activities should just be when we were adults, so unless something happens I don't plan to change that. But of course I also expect something to happen eventually.
Our parents left after dropping us back off at the dorms and we climbed back into bed after locking the door and putting everything away. There really wasn't a whole lot in Kacchan's bag, two bottles of lube, a big box of condoms and a note that said to be liberal. There was also a bottle of prenatal vitamins. Well at least we don't have to worry about how our parents would react anymore.