cold love

Ch 6. return

Lillia P.O.V

As the plane touches down on the runway I smile. Finally. After seven years I'm home. Back where I belong. I grab my backpack from the overhead cabnet. The stewardess smiles at me. "First time here?" I smile back. "No. I'm actually from here." She nods and moves on. I get in the que to disembark. All the time excitement thrums through my body. I can't wait to see mom and dad. Kacchan. The girls. Even though we kept in touch with the precious once a month calls Its not the same. You can't tell how much they have changed just by hearing their voice. I wonder if Kacchan changed his style. Probably not. And mina must still be a fashionista. Did Froppy get the navy job? How are Uraraka's parents? I grin. I'm so exited to see everybody. Suddenly a smiling half red half white haired face pops in my mind. Strange. I didn't think about him at all while I was gone. He probably hasn't changed at all either.

As I exit the terminal a mop of blond hair catches my eye. I smile. His red eyes scans the crowd eagerly. He is wearing a leather jacket tank top and camouflage pants. I chuckel. That is most definitely Kacchan. But he looks different in ways. More toned. Taller. Taller than me by a head in fact. He also has a smudge of a beard. OK. So he did up his style a little bit. Suddenly I get the urge to give him a fright. Alright kacchan. Let's see how sharp your senses is. Quietly I sneak up behind him and say. "You could almost swear you don't recognize your own sister Kacchan." He whirls around and his eyes widen. "Lillia?" I smile meeting his red eyes with my own. "Hello big brother." He face splits into a smile. Before I can react he has me in a full bear hug crowing loudly. "Lillia! Your here! Your finally here!" I gasp. "Kacchan...can't...breath!" He holds me at arms length. "Let me get a good look at you. God you look great!" I laugh. "Years of dieting and hard exercise." He smiles. "Was the hair part of the deal?" I selfconsiosly touch my now black hair. I changed it last year. I felt like I owed it to myself. Among the black some purple and red strips show. "No. I wanted something different. Gosh Its great to see a familiar face! But there are three familiar faces I don't see. Where are the girls?" He chuckles slipping his arm around my shoulders leading me to the baggage belt. "They had missions today. By the way Froppy says hi, Uraraka apologizes for not being here and Mina is demanding a girls night soon." I laugh shaking my head. "Thats them alright! So how is everyone?" He smiles. "Their great. But you can find out on your own time. We need to get you home and in bed. You gotta be ready for your first day of being a hero after all! And on the way home what do you say to a burger and chips?" I look at him wide eyed. "Thought you would never ask!" He smiles while I grab my bags and Tomo's cat carrier. Inside Tomo yowls wanting to get out. Softly I croon. "Don't worry Tomo. We will be home soon then you will be free." Tomo screeches in reply. Bakugo chuckles. "Looks like someone didn't enjoy their flight." I laugh. "Tomo is a down to earth cat." He smiles grabbing some of my bags. "Let's get out of here." I nod following him to his car. He places my bags in the trunk and we get in. In the backseat Tomo yowls. We ignore him. Soon we are on the road. "How are the folks?" I ask with a mouthful of burger. Admittedly I feel a little guilty for not going to say hi but I feel like I should first take a look at my apartment. Kacchan smiles. "Same as always. Dad wouldn't say boo to a mouse and mom is loud enough for three people." I lift my eyebrow. "Only three? As I recall she was loud enough for twenty." He laughs. "Yeah but remember she ages. So she scaled down a little. By the way. She says your coming to dinner tomorrow night. No negotiating. Its beef ramen. Your favourate." I smile and nod. "I've been craving for moms famous beef ramen for months. I'll be there." He grins and ruffles my hair. "I was hoping you would agree." Suddenly a rock song rings through the car. Bakugo awnsers his phone. "Go for Bakugo." He listens giving me a glance. "I'm kinda in the middle of... Yes I understand but can't you send... I see. Alright. I'm on it. Give me twenty minuets.* he listens and rolls his eyes. Then he blushes and gives me another glance. "Love you too Teddybear." He rings up I give him a look. "So..." He lifts a finger. "Don't. Not a word." I can't resist. "Teddy bear? So my big brother has a special girl?" He blushes. "Yeah alright. You got me. We only have been dating for a few months." I smile. "When am I gonna meet her?" He blushes avoiding my eyes. "You know her. But I'm not telling you. You'll see tomorrow night. Anyway. I was hoping to help you take your luggage up but something has come up. There is a problem in midtown I gotta get to so I'm just gonna drop you and your stuff off. Is that OK?" I smile. "No problem. Go kick bad guy butt." He smiles turning into the lot of my apartment building. "Alright here we are. Are you sure you will be OK?" I sigh and chuckle softly. "I'll be fine Kacchan. Don't worry." He smiles. "Nevertheless I still feel like I should help a little. I'll get your stuff to your door then you take it from there. Here. These are your keys. Don't lose them." He tosses my keys to me and I catch them. We get out and I grab half of my stuff. He grabs the rest. Soon we lug all of it to the third floor. I grin. "Home sweet home." He nods. "Yep. Now I know where you live and I can check on you." I grin and ruffel his hair standing on my tip toes to reach. "You would think after me training for years you would be confidant enough to realize I can take care of myself." He chuckles. "Your not that lucky. Once my baby sister always my baby sister. Now I'm heading out. Get in bed and sleep. See ya tomorrow." He gives me a last hug and I smiles. "Alright kacchan. See you tomorrow. Be safe out there." He thumps his chest and hurries off. I smile. Opening my door. Soon I start lugging my stuff inside. Starting with the light stuff. I turn around to grab another bag spotting the heaviest sliding down the stairs. "No no no no!" I run after it. If that bag ends up in the street I'm screwed! "Yaaaarrggghhh!" I scream leaping on the bag and landing on it bronco style Just as the suitcase bursts out the door and onto the sidewalk. Crap what now?? The road gets closer. I close my eyes terrified. Suddenly I feel a arm around my waist and the world comes to a standstill. Slowly I open my eyes. Only to find a pair of familiar mismatched eyes meeting mine. Shoto? I blink rapidly taking in the man cradling me. Shoto has changed. His hair is longer and tied back. His face is more angular. He is wearing a light blue cashmere sweater. He is pressing me firmly against his chest. I can feel his heart beat against my upper arm. My eyes glance to my suitcase. He stopped by encasing it in ice. I look back to his eyes. Softly he asks. "Are you okay?" I nod speechless. He gently sets me down. I take a step back. He walks to my suitcase. Placing his other hand on it the ice melts. "Don't worry. I only froze the outer area. Your clothes will be dry. Cold. But dry." He carries it over to me. All the time I've been staring. He frowns slightly. "Anything wrong?" I start realizing my mistake. "No. Nothing." I can't seem to break my eyes away from his. He frown deepens. "Do I know you?" I nod. "You do. Well you did. We use to be best friends in school. Well. Before I went aboard to train." He looks in confusement. "The only girl I was best friends with was..." His confusement turns to surprise. "L-Lillia?" I smile and nod. His face brightens up. "Lillia!" He tackles me in a hug. Lifting me clean off the ground. I laugh and hug him back. "Its good to see you too Shoto!" He sets me down. "Where do you live? I'll help you get your suitcase there." I smile telling him. His smile widens. "No way! I live there too! Second floor! Seems we are nieghbours." I smile