From the Shadows || Katsuki Bakugou x OC

Chapter Sixty-four

It didn't take a week like my dad predicted. It took just under a month to get everything sorted out to move into our new house. Everything seems to be moving so quickly recently, and there's only three more months until Himiko can come live with us.

Natsu and Shoto have even gotten their names changed to Himura to match our mom and my dad. However, Fuyumi is waiting until she gets married to her girlfriend to change her last name. That way she won't have to go through as much hassle in name changing.

Our house is really nice, and not too far from Fuyumi's job or dad's job. Actually I think it's closer to where Fuyumi works than where she used to live.

"Keiko, Katsuki is here!" Shoto yelled up to me. We have a three day weekend for a teacher in-service day, so were allowed to be home. I quickly shadow traveled to the door—I had been grabbing supplies for homework—and greeted him.

"Katsuki! I'm glad you could make it! I can show you to the living room and the four of us can start on homework." I led him to where Izuku was already waiting, and Shoto joined.

We all sat on the floor at a small square table and got everything out to work on selecting an agency to possibly intern at.

Endeavor had asked Shoto to intern with him, even saying he could bring friends. It all seems like a desperate attempt according to Shoto, and that if it weren't for him moving out he wouldn't have offered to have friends intern too. As cool as it would be to intern with the number one hero, not all heroes are great people.

"So did any of you get good offers?" Izuku asked.

"I obviously got one from Endeavor, but I also got one from Gang Orca and various other heroes."

"Huh, I got one from Gang Orca too. I'm surprised he doesn't hate Icyhot and I after having to retrain us for our provisional licenses. I also got one from Mirko."

"Well it's good that you guys are getting offers from high ranking heroes." I said, "I have an offer from Edgeshot. We do have similar quirks in a way, so that makes sense." I scrolled through my emails on my laptop to see if there were any other good offers, "What about you Izuku?"

"Well, I have an offer from FatGum and one from Fourth Kind. Fourth Kind is a very strength-reliant hero but is also very intelligent and skilled based," he rambled, "I'll probably pick him if I don't find anyone else better."

Natsu peeked over Izuku's shoulder from the couch, "It looks like you have an offer from Kesagiri Man too. Shoto's mentioned you can be pretty speedy, he could probably help you with that."

Izuku opened the email from Kesagiri Man, "Yeah, it seems like he wants to help me improve on agility and speed. Along with tactics on speedy attacks." Izuku pondered for a minute, "I might go with him."

"I think I'm gonna go with Mirko. She's a high-ranking hero, powerful, fast, and from what I've heard she smiles in the face of danger." Katsuki smirked. "And she'll give me harsh critique, she won't swaddle me like a baby and tell me I'm doing great."

"Isn't it a bit bold to be assuming that?"

Katsuki turned his laptop, "Check it Icyhot, her exact words."

"I suppose I was proven wrong."

"It doesn't surprise me that she said that. Based on her interviews, she's tough and confident enough to say that." Natsu said, barely looking up from his phone. "And Kesagiri Man will most likely be tough on you," he redirected himself to Izuku, "but he's not gonna leave you in the dust like Mirko or Endeavor may. Not like any of you would intern with him anyway."

"If you can't tell by now, Natsu is a bit of a hero nerd like Izuku," I said, "I'm sure you two will get along."

"Yeah, so what if I am."

"I think we all are." Katsuki snickered, "Some of us are just a bit more outward about it."

"Either way, we've all selected an agency now, correct?" Shoto asked. We all responded in some form of yes, then got out paper.

Along with selecting an agency, we had to write out a draft of a letter with information on our quirk, our skills, and what we wanted to improve on, and then type it up and submit it to Mr. Aizawa for him to approve before we sent it.

We worked on this for thirty minutes or so before Fuyumi and my dad announced dinner was ready.

"I hope you guys don't mind a meal that's a bit spicy," Fuyumi said while walking to the dining room with us, "Tada! Mapo tofu!" She gestured to the table.

Mom was already sitting down when we got there, and the rest of us joined to start eating.

"Wow, this is really good! Thank you for making us dinner!" Izuku exclaimed.

"Yeah, I'm gonna need the recipe so I can make it too." Katsuki said while putting some extra sauce on top. The rest of us agreed in some fashion that it was quite tasty.

Fuyumi smiled in response, "I'm glad you all like it so much!"

"So, Izuku and Katsuki. You two have known Keiko since you were little?" Mom asked. Shoto and I have talked about our friends, but she hasn't actually met any of them yet.

"Yep! They've been my best friends since kindergarten."

"Thats lovely," She smiled, "What about you Katsuki? You're dating now, correct?"

"Yeah we're dating, but we haven't always gotten along great." He sipped some water and continued. "In all honestly, I was a jackass back in elementary school and middle school."

Mom frowned a little, but let him continue.

"And not just to Keiko and Dek-Izuku."

"You don't need to force yourself to actually use my name."

Katsuki rolled his eyes, "If I didn't that would disprove the point I'm trying to make." Izuku shrugged his shoulders. "Either way, I didn't treat anyone well. But I've been trying to improve myself in that sense and make up for some of the things I did and said..." He trailed off, sipping more water.

"He has gotten better from what Keiko and Izuku have told me." Shoto stated, "Even just from the beginning of the year."

"I'm glad to hear that everything is going well as of now." Mom turned to Natsu, "Speaking of improving since the beginning of the year, have you gotten your grade up in physiology?"

"Yeah, I asked the professor for some help explaining one of the assignments. Plus I asked one of my classmates for help, and now that I understand some of the stuff I missed from being sick my grade is back up."

"Oh that's good to hear!" Mom clapped her hands excitedly, "I'm glad you did that!"

"I'm glad to hear that too. I would've helped if it was math-related, but I know nothing about physiology." My dad returned his focus to Katsuki, "Back to what you were saying, I'll admit I wasn't exactly for you and Keiko dating."

He sighed, "Especially since he told me some of the things that happened. Of course, she didn't tell me until much later. But after being able to actually talk to you since, I can clearly see you're not the same, not in the slightest."

"I'm just glad you're not one of those dads who threatens any guy who even looks at his kid with a gun."