By the time I got back to the apartment I was feeling pretty worn out. So I decided that there wasn't really anything else to do and just spent some me time. I just sat in my shared room and watched YouTube videos. Some of you are going to judge my choices. "Ken, why are you wasting your time lazing around when you could be selectively breeding your animals?" That's what you'll say.
Well here's my response. I'm tired.
Plus, in a way, it was a learning experience. I've learned a lot about Heroes. I knew beforehand that Heroes were extremely idolized in society, but I hadn't realized the extent that went to.
I was hard pressed to find any form of media that wasn't touched by Heroes to some extent. It was all just Hero rankings or Heroes fighting villains shot with surprisingly good camera footage for what was supposedly amateur footage. I could go on and on.
This wasn't just a thing in Japan, it was a thing all over the world. And it just reaffirmed my thoughts on becoming a hero.
I don't know why but it was starting to appeal to me. I spent one life doing nothing but working from home. And now I have a second chance so I should use it to the fullest.
I'm pulled out of my thoughts when I hear the bedroom door click open and Inko sticks her head through the doorway.
"I made dinner Ken. Come eat with me." She said with a smile on her face before turning around and leaving from whence she came.
Of course I followed her, I hadn't eaten all day and it was getting pretty late.
I sit at the dining table, a generic and small wooden table, where the dinner was already set and begin chowing down on that authentic Japanese cuisine.
I'm sure the novelty of this Japanese cuisine will wear off eventually but for now I'm just going to enjoy it to the fullest.
I glance at the short plump woman with green hair that sits across from me. It was easy to consider her as a mother. What a novelty that was. In my first life I grew up with a single father. A father who held at least some resentment towards me for living while my mother died in childbirth.
Now I have a mother who, from the original Ken's memories, seemed to care very deeply for her children.
And those memories are ingrained in me now so I guess in a way I do care for Inko. Maybe I can do something nice for her. It's easy to gain weight as you grow older and Inko has definitely gained some. I don't think having two quirkless children helped her in that department either.
Not that it's a bad thing for her. It gives her a motherly vibe but I'd still like to make sure she is healthy. Being overweight could lead to health problems later in the future.
Plus Izuku is training and he's going to be jacked in 10 months and I have Growth Surge so I'll be the same soon. It just feels right that Inko gets the same opportunity as us.
It'll be like a family bonding experience.
I apply Growth Surge on her and target her muscles. I don't expect her to be performing extreme core strength exercises but I think over time, if I apply growth surge on her every day, then she will naturally lose the weight and even build muscle just from the regular movements a person does throughout their days.
Maybe I'll even ask her to go on a jog with me or something.
Wait. Is it wrong of me to use Growth Surge on my own mother without her knowing? Is it morally dubious? It's not like my intentions are bad, I just want to thank her for being my mother and this seemed like a good way.
It's not like I'm ever going to tell her so maybe it's fine.
"Did you have fun today Ken?" Inko asks which snaps me out of my inner turmoil.
"Yeah, it was a good day."
"Your brother hasn't come back yet." She said with clear worry on her face.
"I think he's exercising. He's trying to get in shape for the U.A. entrance exam." I replied.
A slight grimace falls over her face. It was quickly masked but I caught it. I don't blame her for having grim feelings towards this subject. Two quirkless boys trying to get into the top Hero academy in hopes of being heroes. It just wasn't going to happen. But she also didn't want to outright crush our dreams so she just went along with it.
"Are you also exercising Ken? Maybe you and Izuku should be doing this together." She said with a little worry on her face.
"I am, mom, I just have different methods than Izuku. Don't worry, by the time the entrance exam comes I'll be ready." I say with a smile on my face.
It seems that was enough for now because she just smiles back at me and returns to her dinner.
We spent some more time together after dinner. I assume we did generic things that a mother and son would do such as watch tv so that was a fun novelty to experience.
Izuku came back pretty late and conked out in bed immediately. After his high intensity training I could understand that. I followed him soon after since tomorrow was a school day.
I had high hopes for the future.