22 The Talk

Inside the night bakery, we can see Fuyumi talking with Hana while eating shortcake and ice cream. As they were talking with each other, the bell on the door chimed, indicating someone had entered the bakery. Hearing the sound, Hana looked at the person and found out that it was her brother. So she said to Fuyumi, "Brother is here; I'll go." Saying that she took her portion of short cake and ran way from there.

Seeing his sister running with cake in her hand made Haruto smile. He sat down opposite Fuyumi and looked at her. A second later, he said, "What is it? It's not normal for you to come in on a weekday."

"Do you know Touya?"

"The Fire Hero Blazes Right I know him, and I know he's your elder brother too."

"Why didn't you say anything about your meeting with him all those years ago?"

"Well, first, I only knew his name was Touya; we didn't share our surname, so how am I supposed to know he's your brother? Two, you didn't ask."

"That's it."

"Yep. That's it. I don't have to lie to you."

She looked at Haruto and said, "But you didn't tell me about your real parents."

"Well, in my book, they're not my parents. They gave birth to me and my sister; that's true, but they also abandoned us as soon as they found that we're quirkless." He paused and looked into her eyes and continued, "Sho and Hina are my parents, so I didn't think that it's necessary to tell you about some people who have no rights to be in life."

"You're right. It's just that if I knew you were the same kid who helped Touya-nii, I could have told him that I found you. He's been searching all over for you, you know. He said that you are his first friend who helped him out in his need. So I have dreamt about finding you and presenting you as a gift for him."

"You do know that I'm your boyfriend, right?"

"I am an idiot."

"So now what? Are you going to reveal something about our relationship to him?"

"I was thinking about that."

"Don't; it's not time yet."

"Then when do you want to reveal it?"

"After our midterms."

"Why?"

"Well, if we wait until then, I can show off at the Sports Festival of the U.S. and impress your dad. So he'll at least consider me for your boyfriend position."

"Ah, that might be needed. But mom said that she'd talk with him."

"All the better."

"You know it's getting difficult to contact you at home. When I called you yesterday, mom came into my room. I don't know when my brothers will find out about it."

"Ah, I got a solution for that; don't worry."

"You do?"

"Watch" He said that he put his hand out towards his shadow, and from his shadow, a little black bird flew out and preached on his hand. Showing the bird to Fuyumi, he said, "This is one of my shadow birds'. If this is in your shadow, you can communicate with me telepathically."

"Really?"

"Yep. It will also alert me if anything happens to you."

"So sweet. Come here, little fella." She said that to the bird. The shadow bird looked at me, so I gave her a mental command to be with her all the time. Obeying my command, it flew towards her and preached on her head. Seeing this, she smiled and said, "Thanks."

"Before you thank me, you should know that I could also see through its eyes."

When she heard that first, she was confused, then realisation struck her, and looking at me, she said, "Pervert."

"Well, I'm your pervert. Deal with it."

After that, we talked for a bit, and when the time for her to leave arrived, she left after saying to look after Shoto at school.

Half an hour later, Fuyumi left. Touya came in for the cake he ordered. Seeing Haruto at the counter, he said, "Hey man. How's the school?"

"It's good. All Might is teaching us combat training, you know."

"I know shithead. Shoto told me."

"Mmmmhm"

"So tell me, what have you been doing after that time?"

"Well, for starters, I got adopted at the age of eight by my dad and mom, then I came here and started to learn baking as time passed. I didn't go to school since I got a lot of bullying at the orphanage, so I was homeschooled by my parents."

"Then."

"After two years, I found out that I have a sister from my birth parents, who's also quirkless and abandoned by them at an orphanage."

When he heard that, small blue flames were erupting from his eyes.

"So I asked mom and dad to adopt her, and they did, and because of that, I live with my sister now. Two years after that, I manifested my quirk. It was a late manifestation, seeing that Hana, my sister, asked me if I would become a hero with stars in her eye's, so I just agreed with it, and here I am, studying a first-year hero course at the U.A."

He was looking at me in understanding and said, "Well, that was quite a history. Man, you got a nice family."

"Speaking of family, is everything alright for you?"

"Me? Ah, you mean my mom and dad, huh? Well, it took a while to piece together the broken relationship, but we made it after four to five years of struggle. But now everything's good."

"Good for you, man."

"Yeah, thanks. Anyway, I'm running late; I have to go home to celebrate Shoto entering the U.S."

"Didn't you celebrate when he joined?"

"Me and dad were not there when he joined the U.S. We were outside the country for hero business."

"I understand. So see you around, and take care."

"See you around, man."

As soon as Touya left the bakery, he called one of his friends in police and said, "Hey, man, I need your help to dig some dirt on a Nakamura couple."

{Why did they do something to you or any of your friends?}

"Yeah, I'll send the details."

{Alright, the file will be in your hands in two days.}

"Thanks, man, I appreciate it." *Beep* The call was disconnected.

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