"Deku?" Kacchan asked sleepily and I hummed in acknowledgement, we are in class at the moment. Actually I was sitting in the back of the class while Kacchan was lying on a cot next to me using my lap as a pillow. He was supposed to stay in bed but after finding out the whole strangulation incident. It was decided that he would stay with me. Our class has adjusted to staying silent when possible with only Sensei's lectures helping to lull Kacchan into a deeper sleep but Present Mic needs to be reminded every time still but then Aizawa Sensei has always gone out the door to remind him so it's been nice. It's also been really nice going to class again. Even with Kacchan sleeping through most of our classes he has been enjoying the down time and something about being close to our friends just helps.
"Deku?" I snapped out of my thoughts and turned my attention back to Kacchan and this time he cracked his eyes a little to see me and I nodded for him to continue.
"The baby's coming," he whispered and I could see the color draining from his face and I dropped my pen.
"How long?" I asked, completely ignoring the fact that the surgery was scheduled in another two days. If Kacchan says the baby is coming then the baby is coming.
"Hospital now," he groaned and Iida jumped out of his seat and ran out of the classroom.
"Hey, I've got the overnight bag right here, can you take a few deep breaths please?" I asked him softly but I could see that he was already breaking into a cold sweat.
"She's coming," he whispered and I slung the bag over my shoulder before kneeling next to him and picking him up. "AGH!" He cried out at the small motion. What all happened next seemed like a blur of movement, between Recovery Girl directing me on what to do when and how. I think I used a shadow gate to get to the hospital but after Recovery Girl confirmed that our daughter was indeed coming it was really just a spinning mess in my head. I don't even remember using my quirk but it doesn't make sense otherwise.
"Deku!" He grunted, squeezing my hand and I had to hold my breath to try and hold back the cry from the pain.
"I'm here, I'm right here," I whispered, kissing first his forehead and then his lips. "You're doing great, amazing," I whispered my encouragement only for him to calm down, the meds finally numbing the pain for him. "Our baby is coming, breathe for me Kacchan. Breathe," I reminded when it looked like he either forgot to breathe or was holding his breath. The gasp of air only settled my nerves when I heard the rhythmic flow of air. The doctor had me cut the umbilical cord but it took a while for them to hand our daughter to a nurse for shots and tests, making my heart jump into my throat when I saw them leaving with her.
"Go! Stay with her," he shoved me weakly and I did. As much as I wanted to stay with Kacchan I couldn't let our baby out of my sight. It didn't take long and the nurses were giggling like crazy when they saw me following closely behind. After what only felt like five minutes we were taken to a room where Kacchan was already propped up in a bed.
"Our-," he didn't finish, the nurse held our daughter out to him and her mess of green curls were louder than her cries, answering his question before he could even finish it. Kacchan was helped to hold her and it was explained to me that he wouldn't be able to hold her properly for a few days but after that there was a doctor that was scheduled to use their quirk on him to finish the healing process.
I still haven't held our daughter yet but just seeing how Kacchan watched her, his eyes soft as he held our world told me everything. Once our baby was burped and the nurses finally left, Kacchan smiled up at me.
"Ready to hold her?" He asked and I quickly wiped my palms on my pants before swallowing nervously but I nodded anyway. He let me take her and I cooed at my soft, sweet baby.
"She's beautiful," I whispered, her mess of green curls looked even wilder than mine and the little bit she opened her eyes I saw red before she closed them again. "She has your eyes!" I whispered excitedly only to hear Kacchan chuckle at me. I sat down next to him and held our baby until Kacchan held up a hand. I don't think he meant to end my time with her but I could see the longing in his eyes so I quickly helped her back onto Kacchan's bare chest and I swear she fell asleep as soon as I stopped trying to move her around. Of course my daughter would want her mother before falling asleep. I always want Kacchan before I do so how could it be any different than that for our daughter?
"Aiko," Kacchan sighed out before yawning. I helped him lower the back of the bed and he was quick to fall asleep, still holding our daughter as I watched. I rubbed her little back and watched as she rubbed her face and snuggled into Kacchan. I could feel my eyelids drooping from all the excitement of the day but I only laid my head on Kacchan's shoulder and watched as they took deep breaths, matching mine to theirs.
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"Boy-!" I heard the muffled noise of Dad bursting into the room only to open my eyes to find Kacchan and Aiko both still sleeping deeply and Mom covering Dad's mouth with her hand. I chuckled a little at their antics but motioned them inside only to find Aunty and Uncle behind them. They were all careful not to crowd us and the fact that Kacchan and Aiko were sleeping kept them quiet but it was pretty easy to see that they adored us. It wasn't until Mom and Dad stepped back that I saw Toshi and Shoto standing out in the hall. Right, they are basically my brother's this time around Toshi literally if only legally while Shoto seemed more iffy than anything else. They saw the fact that no one else touched either Kacchan or the baby so they only got close enough to see her and coo a little at her cuteness before backing off again.
A nurse came in and shooed everyone else out and told them visitors were only allowed in when the mother was awake which I found interesting but I didn't know that ahead of time. They waved their goodbyes and told me that they would return the next morning and it's only now that I learned that it was almost ten o'clock at night. Time really just flew by. I turned my attention back to my beautiful daughter, her skin tone easily matched Kacchan's much easier than mine and I have to wonder if I'm really in the sun all that much more than he was out if I was really that much darker than him?
Our baby made a face and it wasn't long before she was crying again. A nurse helped me with learning how to change her diaper again, that's going to take some practice, and I was able to hold her for a little bit before the nurse pointed out things that she was doing to let me know that she was hungry and I had to wake Kacchan up. The medicine they gave him was really making him sleep so it was difficult to wake him up but once he heard me say Aiko was hungry he forced himself up anyway.
"She is perfect," I whispered and I got to hear Kacchan's tired chuckles. He gave me an amused smile but otherwise stayed silent while I chatted away about how perfect she truly was. I wish that our life could always be so peaceful but then would the world really need heroes at all? Would that really be a bad thing though? Creating a world where our daughter could be anything at all without fear of villains. It's almost too good to be true.
Kacchan yawned and Little Aiko let him go, giving a little burp at the same time making me chuckle. I took her from Kacchan again and burped her properly before helping her to snuggle back on his chest again.
"She really is perfect," he hummed while carefully rubbing just the top of his nose on her head. "My sweet baby," he cooed, his eyes drooping again and I stood up enough to give him a kiss, making him lift his head up to smile at me. "I love you too," he whispered, making me smile. I gave him a quick peck on the lips before he leaned back and shut his eyes again. I kept watch the whole time he was sleeping, part of me paranoid that our beautiful daughter would roll over in her sleep or maybe Kacchan might drop her in his but they never moved in a way that could put her in danger and I was able to just watch the two people I love most in the world sleep peacefully. It took more than thirty years but we've finally started our family. The fact that our bodies are only 17 is a little off putting but it's also a relief that my joints aren't cracking and popping like they did in the future. I've already avoided most of the injuries that will never truly heal in the future and it's kind of embarrassing that they almost all happen during our first and second year of high school but then again. That's not really the case anymore.
"Deku? Are you still awake? You need to sleep too," Kacchan grumbled when I woke him up to feed her again, the sun already up again and it wouldn't be long before our parents arrived. "I'll deal with them when they get here. You need to go to sleep, now," he huffed and I smiled dreamily at him.
"You're perfect you know that? It's no wonder where Aiko gets it from," I teased him a little bit. He just rolled his eyes at me muttering something about me using that line way too early and I was pulled back to his shoulder again. My eyes couldn't stay open any longer and I drifted off to sleep.