Thawed Hearts

Chapter 20

"Midoriya, love, you've been pacing in front of the door for about twenty minutes." Todoroki let out a huff. "It's making me anxious."

"I'm sorry I can't help it. This anxiety's part of my nature." Midoriya responded, forcing himself to join Todoroki on the couch so he would stop the pacing with a sigh.

Why was he so anxious? Well for the first time in months, his mother was coming up to visit him. It was a couple of days ago when she told him her plan to come up for a week; she didn't quite give a reason why, but word about All Might must have gotten to her pretty quickly and Izuku's first guess was that she was very worried. But the truth is, with his new job and Todoroki still beside him he was pretty okay. In fact they both were; it had been weeks since Todoroki's relapse and the only recent change in him was that he had become much more of a snuggle bug. He also had become a bit more vocal of his pain which really helped Izuku know when he had to tend to him for a change.

The news she was coming up was such a shock, that he completely forgot to tell his mother about his official job at the company. The office that was once All Might's had his name on it now, and though it's bittersweet having that specific office to himself it also made Izuku feel such pride. Since there was enough space, he also sometimes split the area with Todoroki if either of them were feeling lonely in their own separate offices. This office hopping also caused them both to get playful jabs from the others at the company; sometimes teasing them not to get distracted, an office is for working and not for other more personal pleasurable things. That comment always made Todoroki turn red in embarrassment, it was one of the cutest things Midoriya had ever seen. Izuku made sure that he worked hard everyday to honor the position he held now, working on scripts, sketching whatever he could. Much like All Might did before, Todoroki made sure to keep tabs on Midoriya every once and a while to make sure he doesn't overwork himself as that was something he would totally attempt to do some days. But work was going extremely well, and he wouldn't want to be working anywhere else.

"She just texted me twenty minutes ago that she landed, do you think she got lost? Do you think her phone died? Do you think –"

"Midoriya." Todoroki stressed, wrapping his arms around Izuku's waist and giving a kiss to his cheek. "Relax. It's okay. She probably is just running a little late."

It was like he was psychic; just as Todoroki spoke, the door rang, causing Izuku to once again spring to his feet, almost tripping on them as he made his way. Good thing the door was there to catch him, if it wasn't he would have given Todoroki quite the show by falling on his face. His feelings were all over the place; never had he been so nervous, anxious, overjoyed, and excited at the same time. Midoriya wanted to see his mother. He wanted to see her so bad and be in her arms once again. He wanted to tell her about his new job and most importantly, he wanted to introduce her to Todoroki, the love of his life. Now he can because she's here. It had been way too long.

His hands were shaking, but as soon as he twisted the door knob Midoriya quickly swung it open. There she was, Inko Midoriya in the flesh. Immediately Izuku flew forward, throwing his arms around her. When she gave a squeeze back, it all seemed so nostalgic. The Inko Midoriya hugs had not changed a single bit since the last time they were together, moments before she left to go away.

"Mom, oh my god. It's so good to see you."

"I missed you, my baby, I missed you so much." She returned, running a hand through his hair. "I'm so sorry about All Might, honey. And I'm so, so sorry that I couldn't come back and see you sooner."

"You're here now. That's all that matters."

After about twenty minutes Todoroki, who was still located on the couch awkwardly cleared his throat. "You know, Midoriya, I know that you're excited to see her but you could have let her walk through the door."