Chapter 11: Sleepover.

"Finally I can rest~" Emilia murmured as she lay down on a huge bed. She had dressed lightly after taking a hot bath, and now she just wanted to rest. Even though it was early, she was very tired.

"The girls and Izuku are planning to have a sleepover, I don't know why I'm so excited about it. Maybe it's because they're the only young people I know personally after the Martians," the girl whispered, closing her eyes and falling asleep with a tired voice.

A few minutes later, there was a knock at the door of her room, and when she did not get an answer, the person on the other side seemed to understand what was going on, so she stopped.

This was the first time in so many years that Emilia had spent a day without training or meditating, her tiredness was not just because she had been awake all the time with nerves and fears, her body had accumulated a lot of exhaustion.

Her mother knew that it was counterproductive to push her daughter so much, that she might be a bit mentally unbalanced, but she didn't want to ruin her daughter's talent with psychological trauma or unscrupulous physical abuse, that is, if we ignore her training as torture.

But unlike a certain guy with a fiery beard, Selene is not training her daughter for her own dreams, but to make her daughter a formidable being because she noticed that particular trait in her.

As a respected scientist, she knows that quirks usually affect a person's mind, behavior, and personality; she had already noticed that her mental state was not the healthiest by standards, but she never expected to see something similar in her daughter.

Although Emilia acts like a normal person most of the time, she has a similar madness in her bones, one similar to her mother's. The eagerness to fight, the eagerness to get stronger, the eagerness to go beyond.

Selene wouldn't be where she is now if she didn't have that same madness, that same craving, she even managed to awaken her quirk and push it so far that it seemed like she wasn't a superpower user herself, but an ancient witch.

Not only did Emilia inherit that from her mother, but her former self was a friendly, kind, and quiet person. But that was because society in general expects us to be that way, and we actually turned those traits into something of our own, but he, before he was reborn as a baby, was someone with an interesting mind.

Why would a ROB send a nice person to a world where you can get bitten by a zombie if you're careless, because a madman wants to "restart the world according to divine design"? Add to that the fact that he has been exposed to incomprehensible knowledge that is engraved in his soul, in his essence, and we get an Emilia who, as arrogant as it may sound on my part, is a complete and real character.

She has motives for her thirst for strength, her thirst for self-improvement, and her heroic motives. Not only does she want to be strong enough to become a deity to humans, she has personal motives for doing so.

Or would Selene train a megalomaniac who wanted power for its own sake? If she saw those traits in a daughter, she would have killed her herself. But seeing how Emilia cared for her friends and did everything she could to strengthen them, Selene felt reassured.

She didn't mind raising a monster, but she didn't want the monster to be a being that would forget everything she did for it, at least she knows that Emilia really loves her and actively seeks out such disastrous trainings for her, even if she sometimes cries in pain for them to stop.

The dream Emilia had was a kind of retelling of her whole life so far, her old life not being used as much as it could be, now that she had supernatural powers and lived in a more incredible world, she didn't want to just be something else.

She dreamed then of his transcendence, of what he wanted to achieve, but when he realized that he was in a dream, he woke up with a smile on his lips.

"It won't be just a dream anymore...oh, it's getting dark!" realizing that it was getting dark, Emilia went to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face, then came out to meet her friends.

She felt her steps were relaxed, not only because she was in the second level of the Realms of Refinement, it was something different. She didn't feel tired and seemed to be full of energy.

Even if she could use a little more of her energy, she was still a drop in the ocean, but this drop seemed much larger and more condensed.

She walked a bit until she found her friends gathered in a game room with several couches, a huge TV, various consoles, and several tables full of food and drinks.

"Sleeping Beauty is back!" shouted Mina, who dropped a video game controller and jumped on Emilia, hugging her.

"I haven't slept for so long!" complained Emilia, but she returned the pink girl's hug with great enthusiasm.

"I knocked on your door a few hours ago and you looked dead, if you hadn't said you were tired, I would have forced the door open," Momo teased with a small smile on her face.

The other people hugged Emilia and she joined them sitting on a couch and saw that Izuku, Mina and Ochaco were playing together while Momo was checking something on a holographic screen and Jiro next to her seemed to be helping her. Jin was alone at a table eating, apart from what was going on, because her eating was more interesting.

"Tomorrow we have a beach day, luckily I was warned in time and was able to buy a swimsuit," Ochaco said, giving Izuku a furtive look after finishing his words.

Mina, who was paying more attention to him, noticed this and a smile appeared on her face as she thought of a way to tease her friend.

"I hope you chose a sexy one, there will be boys who want to see you, won't there, Izuku~?" her question made Ochaco's face turn red and Izuku became visibly nervous.

Even though he had lived with girls for a long time and had even seen Jin naked, he never felt uncomfortable, especially since she seemed to have no problem showing her body at all.

But such a blatant question made him feel really nervous, he was a Hamon Master and could obviously feel Ochaco's constant stares, but he never knew how to deal with it and now that it blew up in his face, he felt nervous.

"Mina, you are making the poor boy uncomfortable," Jiro reproached, using his earpieces to squeeze the pink girl's sides, making her laugh.

"Although I have to admit that they would look good together, Ochaco is a hardworking girl and Izuku is a trustworthy boy," Momo added, finding the situation particularly pleasant.

Normally, she wouldn't make such comments, but with her friends, she was freer and could express herself without thinking about etiquette or maintaining a refined, ladylike appearance.

"I-I..." without much to say, Ochaco's face was completely red and she could hardly find her words.

Izuku, on the other hand, looked at her friend and although she got along well with the others, she always felt that her relationship with Ochaco was much better than with the others. Then she felt something inside of her, maybe butterflies in her stomach, but like any impulsive teenager, she stood up and walked over to Ochaco and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

He wanted to give her a kiss on the lips, but thought it would be something inappropriate, so he decided to just kiss her, placing his lips on her eternal blush.

Everyone, even Jin with his mouth full, looked at the boy in shock. What had happened to the always happy and serious Izuku?

"MIDORIYA IZUKU KISSED URARAKA OCHACO!" Mina shouted, snapping everyone out of their stupor, causing all the girls to surround her and look eagerly for something older than anything else, gossip.

"So is this some kind of statement or something?" asked Jin, who sat down next to Izuku and nudged him so that they all stared at him.

"This... I guess. I think Ochaco is really cute and I feel like I get along better with her, she's always been there to cheer me up and she's one of the few people who really appreciates me, I'm not saying you don't, but she just seems more... special to me," Izuku replied, putting his hand around Ochaco's body and pulling her closer to him.

"But I know that we can't be anything right now, not only are we very young, we haven't realized our dreams yet and we're very weak compared to the threats out there, so even if I want to, I don't think it's right for us to start a relationship, even worse if I want to make things clear with her," at that moment, the shy expression on Izuku's face was swept away by a serious look and small golden sparks that had occasional flashes of red appeared all over his body.

Wow, I never expected the whiny All Might fanboy to be so overbearing," Emilia scoffed, but gave her friend a thumbs up.

'The canon went in the trash, but I never thought that seaweed boy would be a possible possessive boyfriend,' Emilia thought, looking into Jin's eyes and they both realized they were thinking the same thing.

"I'm of the same opinion as Izuku, I like him but there are still things to do and no time for romance, maybe later when we're stronger we can be together without any problems," although she was nervous about how things had escalated so fast, Ochaco said these words with conviction, that and she felt especially comfortable feeling the muscles of Izuku's body that calmed her enough.

"So, the swimsuit, did you buy it with Izuku in mind?" asked Mina, who was again reduced to a giggling bundle by Jiro's jacks.

"Mina doesn't learn," Momo said, seeing this situation.

"She can't read the situation," Jin complained.

"I think her laugh is beautiful," Emilia commented, causing everyone to look at her, causing her to make a fake cough.

"So, do we have our beach chapter tomorrow?" asked Emilia abruptly to change the subject, causing the group to drop it and talk about tomorrow's activity.

But Mina glanced at Emilia, noticing that she was also looking at her, and although they both quickly averted their eyes, the little sparks had already been created.

...

It was late at night, everyone was either on the floor or on one of the couches, the TV was on and the game was on the menu screen. A figure walked in the dark, approaching one of the couches where another person was resting.

The sleeping person opened her eyes when she noticed someone nearby and realized that it was Mina who had approached her.

"Is something wrong?" whispered Emilia, her voice containing no trace of tiredness, which showed that she hadn't been asleep all this time.

"Hey Emilia, have you ever liked someone?" asked Mina in a low voice, and maybe it was because of the dim light in the playroom, but only she knew that her face was flushed at the moment.

"Oh, of course I do, in fact I still like him. Not a day goes by that I don't think about this person, and even though it might be a bit obsessive of me, I even knew about this person before I met her," although she knew that her words might sound terrible, she never thought that this would ruin her relationship with Mina.

"So, what do you think about a girl who has something like a crush on another girl?" she asked Mina a little more boldly.

"Well, after several centuries since the appearance of quirks, people have accepted that, even those extremist radicals don't mess with that aspect because their goals to harm have changed. I would just advise the girl to check if what she feels is really an infatuation, once confirmed she can start working on it and see if it turns into something else or just disappears" Emilia's answer made Mina go silent for a few moments.

The pink girl's breathing seemed to become agitated and Emilia, who possessed keen senses, easily noticed it.

"How can the girl confirm it?" she asked in a somewhat anxious tone.

"By kissing the girl who gave her these sensations," replied Emilia, sitting down on the sofa and looking directly into Mina's eyes.

At that moment, time seemed to have lengthened and moments passed much more slowly than usual, silence hovered between them, and only the sound of one of them breathing excitedly remained.

Then Emilia felt something soft and moist against her lips, her nose twitching slightly as she inhaled and smelled an intoxicating scent. Her body felt a tingling sensation and her pupils dilated as she looked directly into the eyes of the girl kissing her.

She decided to stay with her eyes closed and enjoy the moment until those sensations were gone and only the aftertaste remained on her lips.

"I could confirm it," Emilia heard Mina whisper to her, sitting very close to her.

Emilia looked at her, feeling the impulse to kiss her again, but she knew it would be inappropriate, not only because of their age, but also because of the environment. So she just hugged Mina, pulling her body against hers.

"Emilia Reinhart and Ashido Mina like each other~" Mina muttered in a teasing tone, but with clear happiness in her voice.