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[bolbianddolanhouse]

BNHA self insert AU [Book 3]

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Chapter 7: America Explain! What Do You Mean ArkanSAW?!

I wake up sorta later than I would on a Sunday, it was just past 12pm. I see Tensei’s side of the room empty, assuming he got up way earlier. Not much chatter from downstairs, it sounds more like my parents talking on the phone but having two separate conversations. By the time I got dressed, mom wasn’t downstairs anymore.

“Oh you’re up!” Dad greeted me “I have your food freshly made right here.”

I sit as he hands me the plate of food “Where’s mom? I thought I heard her talking on the phone?”

“She was down here but she hopped over to next door to Jin’s house” He responded as he pours my coffee “She’ll be back in an hour or so.”

“What happened that’s making her overwork like this?” I asked with concern to really voice how worried I am.

Dad placed my cup down and sat next to me “I’m not going to lie to you Iwata, there’s a rise of super villains” he took off his glasses to wipe them “These villains are the same ones from my time at UA.”

That shocked me “They would have to be significantly aged if they were from your time!”

“That’s the weird part, they aren’t” Dad said solemnly “So your mother thinks this is the missing part to a cold case she’s been hacking away since she started at the branch she currently works at.”

“Wow, she works fast” I was in awe “Whats so bad about them?”

“They’re the reason students in the hero and Intel program have to stay in dorms” sighed the man “It was awful to have to fight them, feeling unsafe and knowing the full extent of the corrupt system. I wasn’t ready to be fighting like that but your mom and her intel friends were! She’d be in the front lines and single handedly save us all, but of course we’re talking about your mom” he nervously chuckled “She’d get angry at us for not being careful enough to stay out of danger.”

That gave me an idea for a later time “Was that when you fell in love with her?” I teased.

“No, I fell in love with your mom way before that” Dad had that day-dream look to him “I had feelings for her before the sports festival, I didn’t know that’s how you felt when you have a crush so I didn’t know how to express myself when she was around. What solidified my love for her was when she shared her most well kept secret, we shared trust and I was honored that she shared something like that.” He sighed lovingly “I ran home that day to Tensei to tell him that I’m pretty sure I met my wife, and he just laughed at me. Until I started to write and revise confession letter after confession letter, he gave me some advice.”

“What was the advice” I was being nosey like I don’t know the outcome.

“Just tell her before it was too late” he admitted “But the words couldn’t come out! I’d act foolish and mix up my words, to which your mom would politely laugh at and change the subject to relieve my embarrassment. I’d spend too much time thinking of some grand gesture to get her to say yes to consider me as a love.” a chuckle broke out of his mouth “But it was so simple, just some time alone and a ‘I love you, be mine’. Her heart was already mine to take and I waited too long.”

“Bet you made up for it when you proposed” I said with a mouthful of food, too invested to swallow it.

“Nope, I on impulse took her to the McDonalds drive thru. Then ate the food in the car at the peer over” He turned red remembering that night “The moonlight hit her just right and I just, held her hand and asked her to marry me. No ring, no plan...just my love in it’s purest form. She said yes and we worked things out from there, everyone was so excited that we were finally going to get married! We were one of the last ones in our group of friends to get married.”

 “She must really love you to say yes without a ring!” I was taken back “Wish I could find someone like that.”

Dad gave me a look “You’re not dating Beizu?”

“What? NO!” I couldn’t believe what this mans just said “What makes you think I am?”

“How close you two are and how you two cuddle” he commented “I don’t have a problem with you dating him, love is love and I accept you no matter what.”

“I’m glad you don’t have a problem with me being gay but I’m not dating Beizu” is today even real?! “We’re just friends.”

“I said the same thing when I was in high school” he stood up to leave the table “But whatever you say Iwata, I’ll leave you to your food.”

That ruined my appetite a bit. Beizu and I?! He’s my friend! I just said I’d be in poly-partnership if we liked the same person and the other person was conflicted. I’ll start dating when I’m good and ready! I absolutely refuse to be like my parent’s love story where they were in denial for too long. If I was in love, I’d make it obvious and tell the person right away. 

The portal appearing in the living room distracted me from my fuming. Out hopped my mom with an armful of files, she looked a little strung out on something.

“Mom?” I said standing up, letting her know I was there.

“Hm? Oh Iwata!” she said with a hoarseness to match her appearance “You’re up, how did you sleep?”

“I’m fine but you look like you need to sleep!” I exclaimed “deadass mom, go to sleep.”

“I’m fine! I just need-” she caught a glimpse of herself in the living room mirror “Oh eww I look like Mr Aizawa” she gagged as she ran her finger over her under eye bags, then sighed in defeat “I’ll take this L, time for a deep sleep.”

I eye the thickness of the files “What happened? I don’t think I’ve ever seen you this overworked since the incident.”

She looked at me and sighed again “Lets just say, you’ll need to get your pencil out in homeroom to rearrange things in the syllabus come Monday.”

I watched her walk up the stairs with my eyes widened. What a power move she pulled on me...GOD I love her!

-Monday, in homeroom-

SHA-BLAM, SHA-BLOP! Whatever happened on Saturday night was so fucked that our dorm move in got moved to this weekend. Like, how fucked up is that?! On top of that, our licensing got moved to the week of my birthday...So that means I have to train more with both classes and learn both program’s protocols! Never have I wanted to ascend so much in my life....well, except for that one time I panic zooted straight into the podium at 1st year band camp. I’m never gonna live that shit down, no cap.

“Before I continue” Hansai sensei added “who doesn’t mind sharing a dorm? ASIDE FROM IIDA AND HATSUNE?!”

Beizu and I slowly lowered our arms in response. We were so ready to jump at the opportunity that I guess it was predictable that we’d share a dorm.

“Wait sensei” I raised my hand “not to derail what about our display of skills?”

“Still going on at the scheduled date” sensei responded “be thankful that it’s staying that way, we can’t send any of you out to agencies without all the up coming lessons.” He puts down his file down, sighs and hops onto his desk to sit “I’m going to be vulnerable for a moment. This repeat of the past makes me scared for the future of our students. I wasn’t ready to fight or protect my fellow student, I knew I wasn’t strong enough and some of you might be feeling the same way. I get it! What moved me was the leadership of these three very talented agents in my class. Their chemistry and ‘nothing to lose’ mentality inspired me to rise up and try” his face was full of nostalgia and hope “I stopped doubting myself and became a leader alongside them. Ready to fight and knew exactly what to do at the drop of danger. Whatever may come, repeat of the past or not, some of you might find yourself rising up as a leader. Some might uncover a new ability, unexpected dynamics will form or a brave soul will make the ultimate sacrifice for the safety of the team. It’s up to you in the moment.”

That struck the reality of the situation into me. Who will I be in the face of danger? I’m pretty sure he was talking about my mom, aunty Mimi and uncle Jin but....I’m nothing like them. I can’t live up to my mom’s bravery or genius level thinking, then does that make me the sacrifice?

“Hey you good?” whispered Beizu.

“Yeah why?” I dismissed my anxiety.

He pointed behind me “That doesn’t look like you’re good.”

I looked behind me to see that I levitated everything in the room that wasn’t bolted down “OH SHIT, my bad!” I set everything and everything down in panic.

“Sensei may I take them out the room to calm them down?” Beizu said standing up.

“Permission granted, take as much time as you need.”

“Thank you” Beizu bowed, then grabbed my wrist.

I was too embarrassed to protest in front of everyone. Once we were out of earshot, I spoke up “I’m fine, really!”

“Stop lying, I know you subconsciously telekinetically float things” Beizu said without stopping “especially right before an anxiety attack.”

“Well can you loosen your death grip?!” I begged, losing feeling in my hand.

“Oh sorry” he loosened his grip and came to a stop “This seems like a good spot.”

I look where he led us “The old workshops?”

“Hardly anybody comes in here” Beizu opened the door and flipped on the light “I come here to work on the device sometimes.”

I sat in a beat up, but comfortable looking, desk chair “I didn’t know these rooms were unlocked.”

“Just this one isn’t” he responded as he pulled an identical chair next to me “But tell me, what’s up? You were cool a few minutes ago.”

I trembled a bit and tucked my legs up to make myself small “I’m scared for the fight we have to potentially fight. I don’t want to die, I don’t want anyone to die.”

Beizu leaned back into his chair “I thought that might of been it” he sighed “I’m scared too but I’m inspired to fight.”

“Why? You’ve never fought anyone in self-defense!”

“It’s not that, I’m inspired by sensei’s little moment” he defended “if he realized this and lived to tell the tale. I want to live to tell the tale too!” Beizu sat up and faced me “I want to live and fight alongside you. You’re my day one, my ride or die, my stars to my universe.”

I chortle “That was just a Steven Universe reference!” we made eye contact “If you put it like that, then I feel a little better.”

“Lets not think about that fight that may or may not happen” Beizu changed the subject “When we dorm, wanna turn it into a fort palace?!”

“Suddenly I have to buy 20 more pillows” I perked up on the idea of a dorm room sized pillow fort. He always knows what to say...so grateful he’s my friend. 

-Later that day, in the hero class-

There was also uproar in this class but Mineta sensei didn’t have the same level of control as Hansai sensei.

“...and here is our protocols Iida-kun.” Sensei hands me a thick booklet “Back in my day, it wasn’t this thick! Your mom had a hand at editing and readjusting the school’s protocols at your age.”

I wince at the tiny text upon opening to the first page “Whoopie, another thing my mom did that I have to do now” I said very flat and unenthusiastically “Why can’t I just be like my dad and just be ignored?”

“That’s not true! Your dad was our class rep, we listened to him sometimes” sensei said to try to comfort me.

“My mommy said she had to constantly rescue your bitch-ass during crisis” I sassed back “and that she’d yell at the class if you listened to my dad, everyone would’ve been okay and she didn’t have to come down to scold everyone.”

The entire class was shocked at my sass and turned to look at sensei for his response.

“Well...it’s true BUT! Things were different” sensei clarified “She was an agent, best in her class, and she was our part time classmate. Just like what Iida-kun is doing.”

“Wait- who’s your mom?” asked Kage-san “It sounds like she met your dad in this class and might be on the notable alumni wall.”

“I literally look like her” I sighed as I put the booklet in my backpack “She’s CEO of RoboDog INC.”

“Yup, she’s also one of the biggest donors and advocates for UA” beamed sensei “You can thank his Mom for the botanical gardens, comprehensive sex ed and hero school extracurriculars.”

I chuckled nervously “Lili was responsible for the last one, mom just convinced the board to approve it.”

“BRO! Your mom is one of the most powerful women in the country!” hollered Gon “My big sis went to college because your mom is a big role model for her! I didn’t know she had kids?!”

The rest of the class was even more intrigued and swarmed me about being born into two wealthy families. It just made me realize that they don’t get it, nothing was handed to me as a child just because I was son of two famous figures. I had to work hard to get here just like them, plus with the added pressure everyone has on you to be a good sibling and student. I hate being put in this hole that I clearly don’t fit into! This sucks!

I tried to escape as quickly as possible after class, to avoid anybody asking me more questions. Didn’t work as well as I thought it was because the guy that doesn’t like me caught me.

“Oh hey, how are you-”

“Shut up” snapped the guy “You know, I hated you before but now I absolutely hate you! I looked up to your mom and her success. She had nothing and worked hard to get to where she is now” he looked intensely into my eyes “I came to UA because of her origin story, I want to help other displaced heroes too! My dream is to build an agency that will benefit them. But to think she birthed you” he spat “A weak, disrespectful, ungrateful son! Riding on the success and wealth of your parents, when your mother worked herself to death to have what she has today.”

He was getting me fumed “You don’t understand how things are! She’s not my free ticket here, I worked my way in here like you! And I’d never disrespect my mom!”

“Oh yeah?! Seems to me that you can’t decide which program to be in!” He snarled at me “Afraid to disappoint her? Some of us don’t have the privilege you know! But let me do her a favor” he raised a hand “let me erase this pest from her life!”

The hand coming down toward my face triggered me that I stopped him before he could touch me. As he struggled to move his arm, something else in me snapped and I released an energy from my brain that pushed him back a good 10 feet. He released his quirk on me and I couldn’t fully process what was happening, my head felt like it was in fog. I didn’t notice how I got home, but I woke up in my bed. Checked the time and it was a little past dinner time! I changed out of my uniform and ran down the stairs to see who was still downstairs.

“Oh you woke up! I was just about to check on you” Mom said, sitting at the table “come and eat, I bet you have a lot to tell me.”

I sat at my usual spot “Um, yea” I gave a long, tired sigh “Mom...was it always this hard to be an agent?”

“Yes, it was” she answered “I know you probably want me to say that it gets better or a trick that helped me. But I’m going to keep it real chief, it sucked ass!” She levitated the pitcher of lemonade to serve me “On top of not wanting to be there, I was a target in the hero course for basically all 3 years.”

“Why? You only had one class there?”

“Thats the thing, everyone knew I was just taking one class to better understand hero society. But not everyone agreed with my ‘choice’ to be an agent” she started to clarify “Before Lemillion became the hero he is today, he was a 3rd year when I was in 1st year and he somehow got access to my student file along with his friends. His little group tried to convince me to switch over, but he caught feelings for me and we dated.”

I nearly choked on my food “You dated Hoshi’s dad?!”

Mom blushed really hard “Yeah...not the best choice, I know! But that’s what he did before I snapped at him for assuming that I was hometown hero in America. He apologized later but then broke up with me out of guilt.” she flexed her muscles “Oh but the ass whooping we gave him and his friends really showed him! And at the same time, Mr. Eijiro was sus of me being an undercover villain because of my high skill in everything. He’d be going off on how I behave wishy-washy around certain heroes and how my strategies are solid.” A chuckle left her lips “I mean, he was right to be sus but I wasn’t going to betray the school! I was under different rules and I always be actin’ out. When I protected them against the villain attacks, he later trusted me more and more until we became friends. But how I’d be tip-toeing around the hero wing, hoping nobody would confront me!”

“Why didn’t you just teleport to class?” I said, thinking I was clever.

“Same reason I don’t levitate the fork up to my mouth when I eat” she shaded me “like, yes I can, but why would I if I have a functional arm to feed myself with?”

I looked at my forkful and my arm that I use to hold my fork “Oh, I get it. You conserve your power for training.” I think about my next question “I heard you edited the school’s protocols when you were my age.”

“That I did! Wish there wasn’t so many to remember” she leaned back in her chair “All those all nighters I had to pull to read through and edit with different outcomes. Otherwise a lot of lives would be at stake at that school!”

“Then why make you the editor? Where was the teachers or school board input?”

“They had other things to worry about, but these protocols were for the students to follow. Since the intel students are the front lines in case of the building defenses go down, we have to know who or what can we save/attack.” She paused to remember something “Like I caught on to a contradiction that we could only save individuals that had a hero license for less than 5 months. At the time, only 2 students were in that situation and it wasn’t ideal. The bigger flaw was that it didn’t say anything about gen ed or the business students, so I changed it so nobody is left to fend for themselves if they don’t have a hero license.”

“Wow, I didn’t think about that” I was blown away “You really did think of everything!”

Mom giggled “Oh stop! I just wanted to make things easier to remember for future students.”

I picked at my food for a bit “Were you scared to be fighting a fight that had nothing to do with you?”

“I was always scared, I’m still scared! But my drive to protect my friends overrides everything else I feel in the moment” she took a deep breath “I fought fights that meant life or death, fights that were never supposed to start, and fights that had to happen...but I was never alone. That was the key to victory, being in numbers. Sure I can take on 20 people at a time but imagine the fatigue and that slim chance of them defeating me? Who’s going to help me? And if they’re busy helping me, who’s helping them?” She looked at me with seriousness “Promise me Iwata, you never go off fighting on your own.”

I swallowed my food “Yes, I promise to be rational mom.”

“Good, now onto the other thing I wanted to talk to you about” she changed tone “What are you taking to your dorm? Or do you want to get new sets of things for dorming so you have some at home for home visits?”

“Oh right! That’s this weekend” I remembered “guess I should get myself sorted out.” 

Talking to my mom about this put things into perspective, she fought battles that others started and helped to end them. She was just as busy when she was my age and somehow squeezed in normal high school things like dating. Then maybe I can follow her example, to do it for my friends. When I was done eating, I immediately ran to my room to write in my timeline the information my mom told me about her. So that yellow haired boy was Lemillion, and she was tossed into a dorm in the summertime. That’s bringing something together in this mystery...Kinda want to know more about after UA and before I was born. But I guess thats all for another time. I have to sort my sweaters out and pack them up for move in day!

-Friday, during lunch-

“I didn’t want to say this earlier, but you kinda look like that time your head got stuck in the sousaphone and nobody knew until it was showtime” commented Beizu at my appearance “Did you sleep at all the past few days?”

“What chu mean? I feel like lechuga” I mustard the energy to say “Fresh and crunchy as FUCK!”

Beizu rolled his eyes “Right, I’m sure those bags under your blood-shot eyes are just part of the fresh look huh?”

I frame my face with my hands “Thanks for noticing! They’re Gucci!”

Beizu playfully shoved me “Be serious! I’m concerned that you’re being over worked.”

“I am feeling the wear and tear in my brain” I flop over, accepting my new position on the bench “I just wanna sleep in our dorm room size pillow fort already!”

Beizu extended his arms to prop me back up “I know, me too. But please get some sleep tonight.”

I rest my face his hand, closing my eyes for a moment “Wish we could just go back to your birthday and cuddle” I yawned remembering that “It was so nice, the best sleep I had in a long time before everything escalated. Cuddle me again Bei.”

Bei started to get flustered “Well ummm we could...cuddle whenever you want to when we move in.”

“You mean it Bei?!” I said, my eyes still closed “I can’t wait to rest easy every night in the dorms with you” I yawned again “You’re the bestest friend anybody could ask for!”

“Sit up sleepy face!” Beizu laughed and straightened me out “Eat something before you get all whiny after school!”

I somehow made it through the last half of school.....okay it was more like, I tripped on my own feet and sensei told me to sit out the rest of training. I tiredly floated my way to the front of the school to wait for my mom. Before I could get to the main hall, Gon hopped in front of me.

“Iida-kun! Where are you floating to?” Gon yelled.

“Home, I’m getting picked up” I yawned as I floated around him “see you on Saturday.”

Gon followed me “Are you going to be in the hero dorms?”

“Nope, I’m staying in the intel dorms” I yawned even harder “Can’t wait, I’m sharing with my best friend.”

“Does that mean I’ll finally meet them?!” gasped Gon “I have to visit your dorm on move in day!”

I see my dad pull up at the pick up area “Sure, whatever. See you then.” I zoomed toward the car without looking back.

“I got your- Iwata! What happened to you?!” gasped my dad in horror.

“Jeez I know I’m ugly, don’t rub it in!” I joked “I haven’t slept in maybe...2 days?”

“We are going home and getting you straight to bed young man!” Dad scolded me “It’s just like when your mom stayed up for days at a time when we went to school together! Except she had the stamina to pass off as wide awake, you look like you got ran over by a truck on day two of no sleep.”

“What do you mean she did the same?” I fought back a yawn.

“She’d work on so many things without noticing the time, of course I’d make sure she took breaks and ate something” He responded as we drove home “There was this one time she rested her head on my shoulder at lunch, asking me to stay with her as she napped. I never knew why she’d do that or why she trusted me to be the shoulder to nap on, but I’d hold her hand and made sure she was comfortable.”

“Yet you didn’t confess your feelings?” I shaded.

“I couldn’t, I didn’t want her to stop spending time with me if she didn’t have feelings for me. There were so many opportunities to tell her how precious she was to me” Dad sighed “but then I look at her and how peaceful and happy she was to be in my company, and it was enough for me to hold back to preserve that happiness she had.” He stopped at the light “She wasn’t the happiest person, she was always tired and sad under that cool demeanor. She trusted me with those secrets, with her true feelings, and I became her chosen family.”

“What were those secrets?”

“Don’t be nosey! I’m not telling” He chuckled “And don’t go asking your mom either! You’ll just get her mad, trust me.”

Well that just peaked my curiosity! Wonder what things Beizu and I will find at the dorms with the cube? Whatever it is, hopefully it’s not as bad as dad talks it up to be. I’ll just...lay down until I have to move in, good night.

-Chapter 7, End-

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