Time Changes Us (DekuBaku)

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Deku’s POV
“Mom!” I ran into their box seats to find it empty and frowned.

“Deku, Mom and Dad said they would be in the teacher lounge,” Toshi called from behind me and when I turned he was holding up his phone with the group chat pulled up.

“Can we even go to the teacher’s lounge?” I asked confused but Toshi just shrugged.

“They would have Aiko with them so it should be fine, let’s go,” Kacchan grabbed my hand and tugged, making me smile. He had been pretty mad about our match ending so abruptly but he has had time to calm down now and as if he were trying to apologize for screaming so much he has mostly been quiet and cuddly. Holding hands and just silently standing by me. A stark contrast to how our teachers chained him to a pole and muzzled him. How exactly did Mom and Dad not get pissed over that? Kacchan led the way for us only barely glancing at the map and it wasn’t long before we were standing outside the teacher’s lounge and Toshi knocked on the door.

The door opened showing principal Nezu on the other side. “Sorry to bother you, Sir but are our parents and sister here?” I asked politely and he chuckled a little standing to the side to let us in.

“I’m afraid that your parents are not here but your sister is," he motioned inside and sure enough Aiko was in Aizawa Sensei’s arms bubbling cutely about how amazing we were, making me smile.

“Aiko?” Toshi called out and her head snapped towards us and she jumped out of Aizawa’s very surprised arms only for me to catch her using my quirk and bring her safely to my arms.

“Aiko, you know better,” I scolded but she just smiled sheepishly at me.

“But it’s so much fun and you’ve never dropped me before,” she defended and I groaned.

“Aiko, we were just using our quirks a lot, even Deku would be tired so he really could have dropped you. You have to be more careful,” Kacchan lectured her with Toshi between us nodding in agreement.

“Of course I WOULD just use blackwhip to catch you but I could only do that if I saw you falling in time and I was in the back still,” Toshi added and Kacchan grumbled something about not having any more of his fluid. I’m going to have to listen to his complaints tonight when I help him collect it but still. He has gotten really good at controlling a lot of water with so little of his fluid in it. That last wave really took me by surprise.

“I’m sorry,” she pouted and we all gave in and I motioned for Kacchan to hurry up and he pulled out her favorite cherry red lollipop.

“It’s okay, we just don’t want you to get hurt,” Kacchan told her, handing her the candy, her eyes getting big. “You can go ahead and have it now, it’s not that close to dinner time yet,” he added and we all laughed at her cuteness.

I looked up to find Aizawa Sensei standing in front of us now, watching while a bit confused but he didn’t say anything.

“Thank you for watching her, I don’t know where Mom and Dad went but we can handle it from here,” I smiled up at our teacher and he rolled his eyes at us.

“No can do, she is staying with me until your mother returns, she is picking someone up,” he shook his head but I just shrugged it off. Aizawa Sensei is riding the bus with us after all so she would still be with us anyway.

“Does this mean I get to ride the bus with you?” Aiko was practically bouncing in my arms which was just adorable. Aiko really is just amazing. She can make even the most difficult things seem like the most fun in the world. Our teacher chuckled, a sound I never thought that I would actually hear, and nodded in agreement and she bounced even more in her excitement.

“So Aiko did you get to see Kacchan acting like a big baby?” Toshi asked and Kacchan snapped at him, making Aiko and I giggle while we walked back to join the rest of our class to get on the school bus.

“Little one, sit with me in the front,” Aizawa Sensei directed and all four of us pouted at him. He let out a sigh, “She can go to the dorms with you but I must insist that she stays with me in the front. If it bothers you that much you can sit up front too.” The way he rolled his eyes, I think he really thought that we would abandon the idea.

Too bad for him.

“Okay!” I cheered, smiling big at Aiko who cheered with me happily while giggling. I threw her up in the air a few times, her squeals of joy bubbling in the air around us. Kacchan’s friends looked like they were stabbed in the back when we sat up front, with Aiko crawling across our laps giggling at the fact this was her first time on a school bus.

“Look big brother Toshi!” She pointed outside and when we looked there was an ice cream truck driving by. “Please!” She looked back at us with big eyes and her hands clasped together.

“Looks like I’m cooking stir-fry with extra bell peppers tonight,” Kacchan sighed and she pouted more.

“Why bell peppers?” She whined and I pointed out the window now behind her.

“You know the deal, bell peppers for ice cream. No cheating,” I shook my head smiling. It actually sounds really good though, the stir-fry anyway.

“Oh! But Mommy is going to pick up Yuki so we can skip the bell peppers right?” She pleaded and we shook our heads no.

“That just means that I’m adding extra carrots too,” Kacchan shrugged and Aiko whined that we were being mean.

“I’m already ordering the ingredients so I can just pick them up once we get back,” Toshi announced and when Aiko pouted angrily he added, “I even added a couple gallons of Death by Chocolate and a half gallon of lemon.” She jumped up cheering and wrapped her arms around his neck.

“I sent the message in the GC so that Mom and Dad know what we are doing,” I announced and smiled when she let Toshi go and tackled me in a hug making Kacchan pout.

“I’m the one cooking though,” he grumbled.

“The one cooking poison!” Aiko made a face at him while sticking out her tongue so that it wasn’t only us laughing but everyone who could see and hear her. We had most everyone on the bus’ attention and the fact that they were all laughing at her cuteness only made me more happy that she is my baby sister.

“Fine, then I won’t make almond cookies,” he frowned, turning away and now she lets me go and hugs him too.

“Have I told you that you are amazing?” She looked up at him with her twinkling crystal blue eyes.

“Suck up,” he turned away from her but he couldn’t erase the smile on his face when she hugged him tighter and he eventually gave in and hugged her too.

“They weren’t kidding when they said that you would know what to do,” Aizawa Sensei mumbled looking at us in surprise but I just looked back at him confused. What is he talking about?