Mute

12 | Monopoly

"Emiko! Todoroki is here!" My uncle yelled from the front room.

I glanced up, we didn't have anything planned today, did we? My calendar didn't say anything.

Todoroki walked into my room, his eyes landing on me. "Hi."

I smiled, motioning for him to sit somewhere. I only had a hundred spots to sit.

"Sorry I came unexpectedly, you're not busy are you?"

I shook my head, tilting it as he sat on the bed next to me. "I wanted to spend time with you. Is there anywhere you'd like to go or something you'd like to do?"

I thought, scanning my head. I pulled out a piece of paper from my desk and wrote. "I have no idea."

He smiled, glancing away for a moment before looking back at me. "Do you want to go outside or...?"

I smiled and quickly began writing. "We could play board games."

He nodded. "Alright, just not the one we played with Iida."

I nodded and bounced to my feet, motioning for him to stay before bouncing out of my room. I quickly found the closet I was looking for and opened it, pulling a chair over to stand on. Akito ran over as I was picking out board games, leaning on the chair curiously.

"Oh! Can I play? Can I play!"

I nodded. "Take the games to my room and ask Todoroki which one he wants to play first." I instructed. He nodded and grabbed the pile before taking off. I put the chair back before following him.

When I reached my room Akito was already instructing Todoroki on how to play a game while they set it up. I rolled my eyes, of course they'd chosen the longest game. I dropped my pillow on the ground beside them and sat down on it, picking my usual player out of the pile before sorting out the money. I was always the ship. Akito was always the car.

Todoroki picked the hat, setting it beside our players on the go square.

I passed out the money and rolled my die, 4. Akito got 1, Todoroki got 5.

I handed Todorki the dice and he rolled. And so our long game of Monopoly started.

I yawned as my uncle strolled into the room carrying takeout. "Hey kids! You guys never came down for food so I went ahead and got you some! Here! Are you spending the night Todoroki?"

"No, I'll walk home. It's not too late ...oh."

We all stared at my clock, only just realizing how late it was as my uncle laughed. "I'll guess you were distracted huh?! Well! Not to worry! We have plenty of blankets and such, and I'll call Aizawa so don't worry about it!" He added as he left.

I smiled, ducking my head and tuckng my hair behind my ear as I grabbed a box of takeout and opening it. It was Akitos turn anyway.

We ended up playing for another two hours before Akito fell asleep. I sighed and stood, stretching as Todoroki stood.

"I'll carry him to his room if you show me the way."

I nodded with a small smile and he picked the much smaller boy up. We walked to his room and I tucked him in, whispering a goodnight under my breath before leading Todoroki back to my room so I could clean up the game. Todorki helped and we finished quickly. I typed a message on my phone.

"Thank you, would you like for me to show you the guest room?"

"Yes please."

I led him to the guest room, it was only a few doors away from mine. My uncle had a huge house, much larger than I liked.

"Thank you, and Emiko?"

I turned back towards him with a small smile, curious what he wanted. I was mildly surprised to find him less than a foot away. "I appreciate you letting me spend the night."

I shook my head with a smile, writing something on my phone. "Goodnight Todoroki."

"Goodnight Emiko."

I bounced on my toes and gave him a quick hug, smiling once more before going to my own room and going to bed.