Souls Hero Academia (Rewrite)

Chapter 56: A Mother's Love

The sun rose from the horizon, the light filtering through the blinds. Izuku's eyes twitched, a ray of sunshine directly hitting his face like a blanket. Letting out a deep breath, he scooted up, only to remain unmoving as he felt something restricting his movement.

Glancing downwards, he saw Himi with nary a piece of cloth preserving her dignity save for the blanket that covered her frame. It was like this every day, with the blond girl preferring to sleep in the buff while clinging onto him like a vise.

He didn't mind, so long as the girl didn't do anything untoward without him knowing. Grabbing the limb that tangled around his shoulder and back, he slowly pried it off, Himi groaning all the while. He made his way out of the bed, then felt a chilly breeze. He looked down, then saw his willy hanging about. Blinking, he turned around to the bed, noticing his clothes laying neatly on the side, folded and stacked on top of one another.

Shrugging, he grabbed them all, took his time to wear each of them, then left Himi to her snoozing.

Out in the hall, he could already smell the tantalizing aroma of breakfast being cooked to perfection. Humming a discordant tune while skipping like a kid, Izuku arrived at the kitchen-cum-dining room with his mother cooking up some fish – which was starting to make his taste buds tingle – while the television nearby was blaring morning news. Also, the rice cooker was already humming to life, the lid moisturized as pearls of white grain lay compact within.

After all, no meal is complete without rice. If it doesn't have any, it's just a snack.

"Mom." Izuku called out and Inko turned around. Her eye bags were prominent, just like earlier this morning, but that cheery demeanor was not something that could be faked. "What's for breakfast today?"

"Just the usual." Inko replied, hands still on the frying pan as she turned over the cooking fish. "What about you, how's Himiko? Any progress with giving me grandkids yet?"

Izuku laughed, taking a seat for himself as he waited for his mother to finish cooking.

"You've asked how many times already?" He grinned as he propped up his head with his hand.

"I don't know dear, ever since I realized Himiko slept in your bed in the nude?" Inko chuckled lightly, while Izuku followed along. During the early days when Himi was still new to their household, his mother would freak out every time she saw Himi clinging to him fiercely, much more so when she was nude. Her knowing that they slept together naked also made her faint one or two times, but over time, she managed to get used to them being degenerates.

Of course, those times gave Izuku no little amount of worries as he took care of his unconscious mother.

"Eh, she keeps on sneaking into my room during the night. Might as well share the bed if she's hellbent on sleeping together." Izuku explained once again. This kind of early banter has been a common occurrence ever since Himi thrust herself into their lives. "Also, no."

"Now that's not nice." Inko's tone took a teasing, albeit warning tone. "Listen to your mother when she says this, leading a girl on is something you wouldn't want to do." Her brows furrowed as her hands stopped for a brief moment. "Much more so with a girl with so many problems like Himiko."

"... True enough." Izuku laid his head on the table, arms splayed across the wooden top as he dragged them from side to side. A frown graced his lips. Was he really making things worse? He didn't really know. And knowing that it was affecting Himi just didn't sit right with him.

Lifting his head up, he stared at his mother's back, her chubby appearance a thing of the past as she slowly regained her youthful form day by day. "So, what should I do?"