the new Ironman

chapter 51

* The day continued. We see Inko and Izuku walking to the train station to go to the new aquarium. Both of them, as they usually do, ignored their previous conversation and pretended like it didn't happen. Inko glanced at her son, who on the positive side he didn't have a smile on his face, but on the negative side, he had a black face mask with a little cat smile on it to cover his lips.*

Inko: "Well, I guess it's more positive than negative. At least he's giving his cheeks a rest. I worry that he'll hurt himself if he keeps this up."

*Inko thought as they continued their walk. She wasn't wrong with her concern. Izuku's cheeks have been hurting today, seeing as yesterday he spent most of his time with his acquaintances whose company he enjoys, and Shinsou asked to spend the night in his lab with him because he pissed his parents off for some reason again. So Izuku had very few to no opportunities to simply stop smiling. So his cheeks were sore. Unfortunately for Izuku, life always seems to want to mess with him.*

Mitsuki: Inko!!

Izuku: " Why do you hate me just because I refuse to worship you? Don't you have better things to do, like punishing the predators in your church?"

*Izuku thought to a god he refused to acknowledge, as both green-haired individuals who refused to go to therapy turned around just in time for Inko to be hugged by Mitsuki. While Mitsuki was distracted by Inko, he took off his mask with his plastic smile on his face. Did his cheek hurt? Yes. But he'll be damned if he'll let someone like Mitsuki catch him without his smile protection. Inko laughed a little and hugged her friend back.*

Inko: Hello, my birthday twin. Happy birthday

Mitsuki: Happy birthday, my main squeeze.

*Mitsuki said with a big grin as she hung onto Inko like a koala, Izuku had to fight with his eyes so they wouldn't roll to the back of his head and back in front again He glanced around and could see people staring at them. Just what they needed today, attention. Inko laughed a little as she let go of Mitsuki, but she didn't fall, I wasn't lying when I said she was hugging her like a koala. Her legs wrapped around Inko's waist, and her arms around her neck.*

Inko: Oh, don't say that. People will start making assumptions.

Izuku: "Yeah, like you having no standards to speak of, since you can do so much better than this piece of work."

* Izuku thought to himself, feeling as if toxins were growing inside of his body, since he couldn't expel them and use them to attack Mitsuki. Mitsuki finally let go of Inko, making the shorter woman take a step back from her best friend, standing next to her son, whom Mitsuki finally noticed was there. But Mitsuki ignored him and concentrated her attention on Inko.*

Mitsuki: Oh, what do I care about that? So! How about you keep me company for a while? While my boys are working

Inko: Working? I would've thought they would've taken their day off for your birthday.

*Inko said surprised and a little thankful that Izuku bought them tickets to the aquarium, since she doesn't want to be anywhere near this neighborhood, if god forbid those two forgot Mitsuki's birthday a second time. Mitsuki just laughed all innocent like, which made Izuku and Inko glance at each other before taking a step back at the same time.*

Mitsuki: Oh, they did. I meant so they can set up my surprise party! Their so cute pretending that they forgot.

Inko: Um, not to be rude, Mitsuki. But how do you know they didn't forget?

*Inko said carefully, knowing that her friend was like a time bomb, and worse of all, Inko was wearing her good shoes for this day. She can't run in heels. Mitsuki kept laughing, but this time, it sounded a lot more menacing since Mitsuki remembered the last time Masaru was dumb enough to forget.*