You clinched my heart (Black Clover Highschool AU)

Chapter 11: To the party after all

Thursday morning at the Staria residence

The qualifiers had come to a close, and for our heroes they were given the Wednesday off to recover and gather themselves before returning to school. For our hero he currently found himself in bed, his body honestly still pretty sore from his fight day, "Hey kid wake up", Asta's eyes slowly opened to see his mom shaking him, "Huh?", he turned his head over to the alarm clock on his desk. 6:00AM, it read causing a bit of confusion as the metro to school was pretty fast, "What happened? It's six", the young man told his mom, sitting up while he did, "I know, but I wanted to surprise you with something", Lichita smiled at her dazed son, who looked like he was barely down to earth, "What is it?", he asked, "Just get up". Asta listened to his mom and hobbled out of bed, making his way to the kitchen, "Huh?", his eyes immediately fixated on the table which had a few of his favorite dishes on it, "HELL YEAH", the smell had immediately woken Asta up as he made a quick dash to take a seat, "THANK YOU", he began to scoop food onto a plate, "No problem kid", his mom ruffled his hair before taking a seat of her own. Liebe soon entered the kitchen due to all the noise that Asta was making, "What are you guys doing?", he asked with a grumpy rub of his eyes, "MOM MADE A BUNCH OF FOOD", Asta answered with his mouth full of food, "Gross dude, hasn't mom taught you to not talk or open your mouth while you eat?", Liebe chuckled, sitting next to his brother. Asta got ready to answer, but his brothers question sparked a sudden memory of all the times Sol had strangled him and when he did, he just gulped all the food he had in his mouth. "HAHA", Liebe laughed at him, never having seen him do that anytime someone had pointed out his talk eating habit, but Asta had looked at his brother as if he accused him of murder, "Relax man I'm kidding", Liebe said, grabbing a plate of his own. Lichita rested her chin in her palm watching as her two babies ate together, "You two have changed a lot", she said, "Huh?", Liebe and Asta both hummed together, "I remember the day I took you in", her smile getting a bit more obvious, "What?", Liebe cleared his mouth with a napkin, "Remember? you tried stealing something out of my cart", she laughed, her head going back as she did. Liebe's cheeks began to glow a slight red, "HA", Asta laughed at him with a little bit of food flying out of his mouth, "And you...I remember when you would constantly bother Vanessa about marrying you", his mom and brother laughed together. Much like Liebe a red glow burned onto his face, knowing that there really wasn't a way to make it seem not cringey, "Oh come one I thought it was adorable", her snorts came through troubled laughter, "I get it", Asta rolled his eyes with a smile and went back to eating, "Aww he's embarrassed", Liebe nudged him with his elbow, "And look at you now though, number seventeen in the world", he grabbed his brother and ruffled his hair, "Thanks", Asta pulled away with a smile, "No problem, now eat so you aren't late for school", Lichita got some food for herself, "Yes mam", Asta laughed while putting even more food on his plate.

After the family had finished eating, Asta made his way to the door to put his shoes on, "Hey", his mom stopped him, he looked over his shoulder back at her, "I'm so proud of you", Lichita hugged him before placing a kiss on his cheek, "Thanks mom", he hugged her back before opening the door, "Have a good day at school", Liebe and Lichita waved at him. As he left the house, he saw that the neighbors were leaving theirs, "Morning", he waved at them. It wasn't all the time that he did as since the moved in they always seemed like a grumpy old couple, but this time the old lady waved at him before her husband spoke, "Hey we saw you on T.V last night", Asta raised his eyebrows in surprise that they actually spoke to him, "Oh uh yeah", he nodded awkwardly, "One hell of a fight", the old man gave him a two finger salute, "Thank you sir", Asta returned the gesture as he got ready to leave, "Well you have a good one young man, and bring a belt back here", the man laughed while he and his wife got into their car to leave, "Hmm think that's the first time they've talked to me about something that wasn't some mad grumbling about us being loud", he thought to himself, leaving his yard to make his way to the metro. As he began his usual walk through his neighborhood though, many people waved and said they had seen him on T.V, "Hey good fight" "Thanks" "Mommy that was the guy on T.V" "Yes, he is" "Hey Asta, you looked great out there". A lot of the area seemed to have watched his fight, maybe his mom had told the whole neighborhood about his fight? Honestly it didn't really matter since they seemed to like him. However, it didn't just stop at his neighborhood as when he got to the metro station a few people stopped him before he boarded his train. Asta put his earbuds in and turned his head to look out the window, "Excuse me?", some said, but he just ignored it thinking it wasn't directed at him, "Excuse me?", continuing as he was the person kept going until Asta felt someone tap his shoulder, "Huh?", he turned his head to see an old lady talking to him, "Yes mam" "I'm sorry to bother you" "Not at all he assured her with a smile, "It's just that me and my grandson saw you on T.V last night and I wanted to ask if you could sign these for me", Asta watched as she slowly held out a pair of kid sized muaythai shorts, "Oh sure", he began to rummage through his backpack to look for a marker, "He really enjoyed your fight" "Thanks", he replied while signing the shorts, "Thank you so much", the old lady nodded with a smile, "No problem", he returned her nod before another person recognized him, "Hey I saw you too", a man in a business suit tapped him on the shoulder, "Wait I caught my dad watching your fight", another student younger than Asta chimed in, "You were super awesome", a couple more joined in, asking for a picture or when his next fight was, "BRING A BELT BACK TO HAGE", the crowd cheered for him before returning to his normal ride.