MHA Chapter 59: Family (Patreon)

~Hakari Kotaro~

I walked into the gigantic mansion or compound with Fuyuki in tow, I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows in appreciation. It was about the same size as the mansion my previous boss used to have.

Wait... if I am planning to fuck his wife and daughter... does that make Endeavour my boss in another boss? Did my boos reincarnate along with me? He did try to pay me to do a job already. Well, his behaviour vaguely lined up with that of my previous boss. The only difference was that my boss was actually a somewhat acceptable family guy compared to mr. Abuse.

As we walked to the living room Fuyuki slid the door open to reveal Shoto sitting diligently on the tatami floor in front of the dinner table, hearing the door he turned his head and upon seeing me next to Fuyuki he held a confused expression.

"Welcome back, Nee-san. ...Hakari? What are you doing here?"

Fuyuki quickly gestured to me to introduce me in haste.

"Hello Shoto! I found your friend on my back and decided to invite him over for dinner after he helped me with my chores. It won't be a problem, right? I mean it's been so long since you had friends over and all and I thought-"

Shoto cut her off.

"It's fine nee-san, Hakari is fine. Thank you for helping my sister Hakari." He bowed a little and I caught onto the fact that Fuyuki wanted to hide her getting attacked by a villain and I was fine with it.

"No prob Todoroki, I am obligated as a hero to save pretty ladies. Or uh... how do I address you guys? I mean you are both Todoroki and it's gonna get pretty confusing if I still use your surnames."

"Oh, that? You can simply call me Fuyumi Hakari-kun, you are Shoto's first friend after all. I'm so happy, sit down I'll give you a big plate." Shoto flushed a tiny bit that I wouldn't notice without acting mastery at her words and averted his eyes while I did as Fuyumi gestured, sitting down across from him and smirking just a little.

"So... first friend huh?"

He closed his eyes and lightly sighed.

"Nee-san is too much of a worrywart. I did not have time or intent to interact much with others before UA and before meeting you. So, it's not like she is wrong." He said quite plainly while I stretched, this house just felt so barren, it's making me feel uneasy.

"Well, I guess thanks for considering me a friend, you're my friend too Shoto. Though you should really find some other people to talk to too. Midoriya can get along with just about anyone, maybe talk to him." He nodded and sipped his tea, we talked idly about classes and what internships he was interested in before he seemed to deliberate on a matter and finally spoke.

"Hey, Hakari... you are good with women right?"

"Spurrt! Cough cough hack hack!"

Shoto raised an eyebrow as I coughed out my drink in surprise. I did not expect that from Todoroki, from what I remember the boy basically zero no interest in women in the anime. Was this a fault of remix?

"Uhh, yeah, I'd like to consider myself pretty good in that field. Why do you ask? You interested in someone?" He shook his head, hesitating for a moment before speaking.

"No, it's about my mom." Huh? "I recently reconnected with her because we were really distant before but... I don't know how to act around her or how to really talk with her. Could you give me some advice?"

I-

I don't think-

I don't think he realizes what my experience with women is about.

Does- Does he think I have experience with women like a therapist or something? I- I feel like my brain is short-circuiting. I mean... could I fuck her back to mental health? I probably could, Expert Kama Sutra was frankly ridiculous and it wouldn't be my first time fucking someone to sanity. Ask Toga.

I scratched my head and closed my eyes.

"I don't think my experience with women is what you are looking for but... sure. I think I can give some advice." At least my advice would help someone like Todoroki with zero investment in the charisma stat, that boy did not know how to interact with others.

He smiled, almost invisibly to the naked eye, I was literally reading his micro-expression with Acting Mastery and general experience just to understand his mood. He nodded.

"Alright, thank you Hakari, then can you visit her with me next time? When I mentioned her to you she said she'd really like to meet my friends one day. So I should probably introduce her to you."

I facepalmed internally.

I'm pretty sure the poor woman was talking more along the lines of hypotheticals or the future and not talking as in 'Hey, you should bring your friends to the mental hospital to visit me.' but this boy just has no social awareness. Nothing Wrong Here™ is probably contributing to this mess too.

But whatever, I could probably help him with his relationship with his mother. Maybe work my own magic a little.

"Sure, dude, sure. If your sister and such are fine with it, why not? We're friends, aren't we? I think friends do this stuff for each other." I extended a fist bump as he hesitantly returned making me smile a little. Having guy friends was also good.

Right after Fuyumi came into the room, wearing an apron and holding a variety of dishes, she was pretty darn fast at cooking.

"Alright, dig in everyone, I made plenty since you both are growing boys."

I took the chopsticks offered and started eating the cold soba ramen she put in front of us, it tasted great, on par if not greater than even Toga's cooking in terms of pure taste but I still preferred Toga's meals.

"So? How does it taste? I-I haven't cooked for many other people before."

I nodded and gave her a smile.

"It tastes great Ma'am, it's incredibly delicious and savoury. Makes me wish I could eat it every day." Her face lit from the praise as she clasped her hands together.

"That makes me really happy to hear, feel free to visit whenever Hakari-kun, you are one of- I mean Shoto's friend after all." She briefly glanced at Shoto who nodded.

"I don't mind."

"Thanks miss."

Fuyumi was really nice. Which kinda made my opinion of Endeavour worsen.

Man... Its just like my boss all over again.

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~Kotaro Hakari~

I returned home shortly after my impromptu visit to the Todoroki family after having dinner and stuffing myself. Though teleporting to the gym and sprinting a little with Scary Monsters allowed me to burn the calories and become hungry again to enjoy Toga's meal while chatting together. We spent most of the day just watching the newest shows together, I wanted to test out my bike but I don't know if it counted as a support item or not and its legality, I'd have to give Nezu a visit tomorrow to find out.

...

Turns out, I didn't need to give Nezu a visit after all since he decided to contact me himself and call me up to his office first thing in the morning. And I entered his office to see nobody else, seeing me he waved me over.

"How are you doing Hakari-kun? Spectacular performance at the sports festival by the way. I am proud that you managed to accomplish so much while bringing out the best in the others around you."

I nodded and sat down at the chair in front of him, he certainly seemed to be in a good mood today.

"Doing pretty good Nezu-sensei, not any problems per se, it's just that I got another item from my ability, a technological bike of some sort, so I was wondering about the ruling on that sort of stuff. And my new teleportation ability, I don't know the legality of using it."

He calmly listened to my problems while sipping his tea, pushing a glass towards me which I accepted.

"Yes, those do sound like some problems, the bike shouldn't be a problem as long as you get it registered with Power Loader-sensei. And unfortunately, as you suspected, transportation using a quirk without authorization or permission is forbidden, but not on private property so you don't need to worry about using it while commuting or teleporting to places you have permission to go to." I nodded, that was good to hear, I trusted Nezu's ruling on this matter implicitly, he was the smart one after all.

As I was about to voice my thoughts Nezu spoke up again.

"Also, Hakari-kun, I have found a way to get your Gene Refiment business started since you have built a reputation for being a very chivalrous and promising talent it has been far easier. But we have to do some things first."

Nezu said clasping his hands, of course, it's not like I expected this to be easy even for Nezu. Direct genetic modification via quirk was not something easy to get a license for.

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~Nezu~

Nezu couldn't but smirk seeing Hakari sitting in front of him, enjoying the tea he brewed.

He had to admit... Hakari had grown on him, almost a bit too much. He treasured all of his students and would put his life on the line for them but ever since having met him he felt a special one after meeting Hakari.

The boy was so like him, he saw himself in the young Kotaro. He was experimented on, he lost everything, he was distrustful and wary of everyone despite how good he was at covering and schooling his expressions. Nezu was the same after being experimented on.

So he decided to give the Hakari the chance to heal faster that he never got, he still held a grudge towards humanity deep in his heart but he knew that was just the trauma talking and not his real feelings. Despite that, emotions were often smarter than logic.

But Hakari, he was getting so much better than him. He supposed what Toshonori felt toward young Midoriya he felt the same toward Hakari, he was almost like a protege to him. Or maybe even a son, someone that he wanted to watch over and help him grow and prosper.

Despite whatever wounds he had, he pushed himself every day, he strove to bring out the best in everyone, he broke his body to save his teacher and friends even if he had so many ways to escape. Yes, no wonder he felt a special connection to him.

Nezu, decades ago swore to himself that he wouldn't let his hatred of humanity cloud his judgment. So, despite knowing he could have used his fearsome intellect to become an enemy of humanity, he wanted to prove to himself that humanity wasn't bad. He wanted to bring out the best out of humanity.

That was why he started one of the first-ever Hero Schools in the world. To nurture the good in humanity to oppose the cruelty of it that he faced himself. To right wrongs.

And that was what he saw in Hakari. A wrong that was righting himself and the world around him. He was sure Hakari was haunted by his demons, probably something different than human experimentation even. Yet he was what Nezu strived for, striving to improve himself and the world around him.

Yes, however hilarious the thought was to him, Hakari was basically a son to him. Even a creature of pure intellect like him was not spared from paternal instincts it seemed.

He pulled out a form and put it on top of the desk.

"Normally, Hakari-kun. You couldn't possibly use your genetic alteration quirk on others, and UA as an institution, it would be difficult to get permission for you specifically as UA is not I-Island. But under the permission and directive of a trusted professional as well as permission from a parental guardian, it would be possible after proving your ability works. But there is also the fact..."

Hakari raised an eyebrow as Nezu chuckled. He definitely did not understand the legal jargon he had been speaking for the past 10 minutes, he probably did not even try to understand, simply trusting that Nezu would give him a brief explanation afterwards and he was right. He just had to say the legal jargon out loud for it to be legally binding.

"...Nezu-sensei, can you please speak Japanese?"

Nezu gave a hearty chuckle at Hakari who looked bored out of his mind.

"Hahaha! Sorry for boring you Hakari-kun but that's how legality works. To simplify it for you, for this whole business to work you need a Legal Guardian since you are an orphan. So, if you sign this form I will be officially taking Legal Guardianship of you."

Hakari showed a shocked expression, at least as much as his normally iron-like face could show.

"What like adoption? You would go that far Nezu-sensei?"

Nezu shook his fondly, he would have had the same response if a human had offered him the same thing years after he escaped.

"Yes, I suppose it is. Don't worry about it Hakari-kun, I don't mind taking further responsibility for you. I resolved myself for at least that much after you nearly died under my watch after all. So, are you willing Hakari-kun?"

Hakari scratched his head, he probably couldn't understand his reasonings and truly neither did Nezu, but he knew he wouldn't regret such a thing.

"...Sure, it's not like it changes much, does it?"

Nezu understood the subtext almost instantly and couldn't help but laugh slightly. Yes, he might not have been very subtle in his favour of Hakari. But he could obviously see that Hakari was definitely not opposed to it.

"Hahahaha! I suppose it doesn't now, does it?"

Hakari signed the form without hesitation.

A/N: Shoto is Hakari's best bro, handing over the route to both his sister and mother on a silver platter, he is a wingman only below Toga in power level, too bad he is too socially awkward to realize his blunder of letting a hyena into a chicken coop. Also, Endevaour is the parallel version of Hakari's boss now.

Nezu is officially dad now, for real now. He was already basically Hakari's dad and now it's in paper. I didn't intend it to be so deep but thinking about Nezu being older than All Might(At least 60+) and owning a Hero School after being experimented on made me think of his motivations and the rest wrote itself. I can't believe a throwaway line I made back in chapter 16 would evolve into an entire Nezu dad storyline. What about Semi-Dad Nezu? Do you guys like it?