"Boys?" I groaned hearing Dad's voice. Why is he here so early? My alarm hasn't even gone off yet.
"Dad, sleep," I whined and tried to bury myself under the covers only to cuddle into Kacchan's back in the process. Oh, nice, very nice. I wrapped him in a hug and cuddled him close and I heard him grumble in his sleep but he refused to wake up otherwise. His voice was barely heard at all but the fact all he did was grumble, there were no words and it was just so cute how he tried to wiggle himself MORE into my arms. I gave him a light squeeze and smiled when I heard him sigh his relief and settle back down.
"Izuku, it's almost time for everyone to go to bed. Have you two really been in bed this whole time?" He sounded so worried but at the same time I couldn't bring myself to tell him that we did anything but sleep so I pretended to already be asleep again.
"Aizawa, what do you think? Should we take them to Recovery Girl? It's not normal to-,"
"Let them sleep. If it's that bad they have phones and migraines caused by quirks only tend to get better with rest anyway. I've been hit with far too many not to know," Aizawa Sensei interrupted and I couldn't help feeling relieved at that. At least we don't need to talk about it.
"But-,"
"No buts, don't you want them to be healthy?" Okay ouch. That was a low blow. It didn't take a rocket scientist to know that Dad loved me, even if he only knew me for a short time it was clear as day and unless they already knew he was my step dad they wouldn't think he was anything but my dad.
"I'm just so worried about them and the things Izuku said... I want to ask but I already know that he doesn't know," Dad let out a sigh and now I'm confused. What don't I know?
"Come on, let them rest. You can see them in the morning," Aizawa Sensei's voice was getting more and more quiet until I heard the door click shut and nothing.
"Don't," Kacchan groaned, his voice rasping from either too much use (oops) or too little (double oops) but he wiggled into my arms and I'm distracted by something else entirely.
"Kacchan~?" I whined only to hear him chuckle.
"Take it if you want it," he flirted and suddenly my head doesn't hurt anymore, at least not the one above my shoulders.
***
"So are we at least on track for our plans? Did we set up a plan for your pregnancy?" I asked him in one of our secret languages and Kacchan looked up from his lunch tray and blinked a few times.
"Oh, right. With everything else that happened I kind of forgot," he answered in Japanese, catching our classmates' attention. Well so much for keeping it under wraps.
"Well?" I prompted him and he pulled out his phone and showed me a few long duration missions that has me confused until I realized why.
"Oh," I took his phone and read through them looking at the dates and the mission details while I ate. It took a while but it wasn't difficult to pick one. There was a mission in Canada that would take eight months as basically hackers but thanks to the difference in tech we needed to be there in person. Perfect for a pregnant international pro hero and their lover.
"This one," I handed the device back to him and he read through the mission details and nodded.
"I didn't get that far reading them before, wasn't sure when you would get your memories back," he shrugged and we both looked at the start date.
"Looks like we have a month, should we go on a mission this weekend or take a break?"
"Break,"his answer was quick and he barely let me finish asking before he answered making me lift an eyebrow in concern.
"Deku, you only just got your memories back and as much as I love you that was one hell of a trip down memory lane. I learned a lot about the past I didn't know before and I am drained," he confessed and now I'm really curious.
"What did you learn that you didn't already know?" Kacchan should have known pretty much everything already. Shouldn't he have? I mean we grew up together and we were even lovers in the future, granted it wasn't very long but still. What didn't he know already?
"Don't worry about it right now. Just think about the fact that even though there isn't a test that would show up this early that I'm being treated as if I'm pregnant already thanks to that fucking country," Kacchan scowled, as angry as he is over it I don't think he actually cares. If anything I would think that he is excited, but he is angry. I bet it's over whatever it is that he learned but then why doesn't he tell me?
"Deku you're muttering," he sighed rubbing a hand over his face and I looked around to see everyone else still confused.
"What language?"
"Greek." Ah, yeah, I get why they would be confused over that one, they were just getting used to us speaking in Korean and Russian most of the time.
"Just tell me then, you know it's going to be on my mind all day now anyway," I groaned but the beginning of the laugh lines by his eyes disappeared as he frowned and his eyebrows creased.
"No, not yet. Just... I need time to figure it out first," he tried to deflect but his expression was pretty serious. I still couldn't drop it though.
"Kacchan?" I whined and he turned away groaning but still not saying anything. "Pretty please?" I tried again, pouting this time and I could see him getting irritated but I pushed anyway. "Kacchan!"
"Damn it Deku! Are you really going to harass a pregnant man? Huh? I said I would tell you later, that means later! Fuck!" He took his tray and stomped off but not without the eyes of most of the people at the surrounding tables watching him before they turned to me.
What just happened? I mean I know I irritated him, I kind of did it on purpose but I was expecting him to set off an explosion and flirt while picking a fight with me. How am I supposed to take this? How am I supposed to react?
This feels wrong.
"Your mouth is hanging open," I looked up to see Todoroki moving to sit across from me now that Kacchan was gone.
"He's never, well not since we've been together anyway, but he's never just left me behind like that before. I thought it would be like usual," I confessed and he tilted his head confused.
"What's usual?" He asked with a straight face.
"Umm, well, he will usually get irritated but then he would set off an explosion, maybe a few and then try to distract me with kisses and his cuddles. It's adorable and I love it," I answered, not really sure if I should have told him that or not.
"So you were pushing him to try and get a few kisses?" He asked and that sounds bad, like really bad, maybe even abusive. I don't like that but was I being abusive? Or manipulative?
"I mean," I paused to think about it for a second but I guess that was about it. "Yeah, I still want to know what happened but he said he would tell me later so I'm sure he will." Did I actually do something wrong? Wait, didn't Kacchan say that we were kidnapped and pumped with...
"Oh!" I felt my eyes go wide and I ran off after him and sure enough when I rounded the corner I saw Kacchan outside Recovery Girl's door with one hand on his belly.
"Kacchan!" I called out and he looked up shocked and confused. "Did you go in already? What did she say? Are you?" I turned my attention down to his belly.
"She already told me that the earliest we could know is next week. I just," he stopped talking and looked down at the hand rested there. "What about before then? The quirk?" He asked and I nodded before gently grabbing a hold of his other hand.
"Can I go in with you? You can say no, I understand that it's hard," I whispered and he looked back at the door again, just standing there.
A long time passed by but I didn't try to convince him one way or the other, I didn't try to push him to go inside and I didn't bring up my request again. We just stood there until the warning bell rang.
"Okay," he let out a long sigh. "Okay," he whispered again and he took a step towards the doorway, holding my hand so hard I could see his knuckles turning white from the pressure but I didn't complain.
"Couldn't wait?" Recovery Girl asked without looking up. "You've been standing out there for a long time now," she added as if answering our unspoken question.
"Sorry, please?" I asked and she finally looked up and smiled at us, a far cry of what she would have done in our first lives.
"That's just fine sweetie," she motioned us inside before locking the door behind me. "Young Bakugo, lay down and lift your shirt up. If you were a girl I could just have you pee in a cup but you're certainly not that now are you?" She chuckled to herself but busied herself with some instruments that I vaguely remembered from a TV drama that I happened to see once.
"Why don't you tell me what brought you here? Did something happen that made you feel anxious?" She asked a few questions and Kacchan explained that he lost his temper with me during a normal conversation.
"No Kacchan, I was just trying to get you to act like you usually do," he looked at me confused and I sighed already regretting what I'm about to say. "When you get pushed like that you usually set off a few explosions before you get all cute and cuddly. I know you're just trying to distract me but still. I love seeing that side of you and now that I think about it, it's abusive. It's me manipulating you into doing what I want and that's not okay," I was getting progressively more gloomy with each word I said but he just looks more confused.
"Deku, that's pretty normal in a long term relationship," I looked up more confused than before. "Deku, do you have any idea how often I would open my door to go downstairs just to slam it shut again because I heard my hag asking Dad to do something he didn't like in exchange for something he very much liked?" Oh!
"But that's not-"
"Deku, we are in this for the long haul. You're not hurting me, gas lighting me, destroying my self esteem or otherwise negatively affecting me. If it helps you sleep at night you have my full permission to tease and flirt with me to your heart's desire and yes even that little 'manipulation' as you put it. You even pointed out that I do it in order to distract you so it's not like I'm innocent or anything," he rolled his eyes and I kissed his knuckles that were no longer white before switching hands trying not to make a big deal of how much my hand hurt while I gave him the light kisses.
"I'll try not to push my luck still," I smiled at him and he visibly relaxed. I saw Recovery Girl motion for me to keep going and I vaguely remember that pregnant people aren't supposed to be stressed and slightly nodded.
"The fact that you're just so cute when you are doing it is extremely distracting. Most of the time I forget whatever it is that I was bothering you about. My mind just goes blank when I hear you giggling in my ear and the ticklish kisses make me squirm, most of the time in your arms and I get to just cuddle you without anything else on my mind," I sighed as I thought about it and I saw him grin while he listened to me talk, his eyes watching me until I leaned forward and gave him a small peck.
"You're the sweetest man alive and I can't get enough," I grinned at him and it's only now that he remembered where we were and he clicked his tongue amused but frustrated but that's okay. I plan to satisfy his frustrations later.
"Okay, now that you've calmed down, this might be a little cold," Recovery Girl spoke up and Kacchan looked startled. We watched her put the gel on his stomach and then the wand and I saw Kacchan flinch as she pushed it hard into him but he didn't say anything. We watched the screen with the black and white static until there was what looked like a little white bubble. It kept moving and disappearing as if it were coming in and out of focus but then she was doing other things at the computer before coming back to do it again.
She smiled at us kindly, "it's a little early but congratulations. You're pregnant." Kacchan and I watched the bubble move and otherwise drift in and out of focus for a long time, Kacchan not letting go of my hand as we watched.
"It's okay Kacchan," I whispered before kissing his hand, not looking away until Recovery Girl removed the device and the image was just a still. "You'll be the best mom ever."
"Nope, I'm Papa. Don't call me a mom," he huffed, pretending to be angry but he was smiling too big to convince anyone he was mad.
"Doesn't change what I said. You'll be amazing," I nudged him before leaning my head on his shoulder just to feel him lean on me.
"Better not leave me alone, I'll blow something up," he grumbled, making me laugh.
"Never."