Reset and Rewind

Chapter 15 - It's not as Bad as it looks, I Swear

"Please don't make fun of my bedroom, okay?" Izuku pleaded as he led the Assembly to his apartment. They were getting together to discuss his theory in more depth and since school was on break, they thought it was best to meet up at someone's house. Momo had suggested her house, but her parents weren't allowing her friends over if it wasn't study related.

"We know you're a big hero fanboy, Deku-kun," Ochako teased. "We've all seen your dorm room! I'm sure it can't be that bad."

"Ah well..." Izuku muttered, scratching the back of his head.

"You haven't seen nothing yet," Katsuki snorted. "I'm more worried about poor Auntie Inko though. She's gonna have a heart attack when she finds out you invited friends over."

"I warned her," Izuku stated.

"Still, I know how she'll react, don't you?" Katsuki asked, raising a brow. Izuku visibly paled, imagining all the ways the meeting with his mom could go wrong.

"Oh god, you're right..." Izuku breathed, his eyes widening. "Oh my god, Kacchan I haven't told mom about our relationship yet!"

"What?!"

"Oh my- Deku!" Ochako wheezed.

"Dude, how can you forget something like that?!" Eijirou exclaimed.

"I've been busy, okay?!" Izuku whined, covering his face with his hands.

"It's fine, isn't it? You could always tell her today," Momo smiled. "I'm sure she'll understand. Your mom is such a sweet lady, after all."

They'd all met Inko before, in the future, or the past- Izuku wasn't sure how to refer to a timeline that didn't exist anymore. Or did it exist? In an alternate universe, maybe? It was pointless to theorize about it right now.

"Poor Auntie, she's going to be so overwhelmed," Katsuki laughed, making Izuku feel even worse about all of this.

"Just- Please behave," Izuku pleaded.

"Don't worry Deku-kun, we'll make sure Inko doesn't get a heart attack," Ochako promised. Izuku wasn't sure she could keep that promise, seeing as he was about to bring six guests over after not having any friends over since he was a brat, as Kacchan would say, let alone his boyfriend! He didn't have a lot of time to panic about it, since the group quickly arrived at his apartment building and soon they were standing in front of his door.

"Mom, I'm back!" he called out as he entered, allowing everyone else to come in before he closed the door. Inko entered the small entryway as they were taking their shoes off, taken aback by the amount of people in her home.

"Hello auntie, it's been a while," Katsuki greeted her, pulling her from her shocked trance.

"Oh, uh, it sure has been, Katsuki-kun," she answered, forcing a smile.

"We'll be in my room," Izuku said, wanting to get this over with quickly before his mom started asking any questions, or worse, tell them embarrassing childhood stories. With that, he was able to guide his friends to the hallway and towards the door with his name on it. "Please don't look at the mess, I haven't gotten a chance to clean yet."

"Deku, what the fuck," Kacchan breathed. The others were stunned as well. They'd all expected to see the room of a hero fanboy, expecting even more All Might figurines and posters and merchandise, probably of some other heroes too. They didn't expect to walk into the room of a conspiracy theorist... There were pictures and notes hanging up on the walls, threads connecting several of them, notebooks sprawled open over Izuku's desk and some papers lying messily on top of his bed and on the ground. It was an absolute mess.