CHAPTER 175 EXPLANATIONS
<span style="font-weight:400">I was woken up by loud knocking at my door. Toru didn’t hardly stir as the door was knocked on louder and louder. Getting up I threw the nket over her, though she was invisible again I still didn’t want her to be outed. Kicking her clothes under the bed I walked to the door. Cracking it I asked, “What?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Weston,” my dad said, almost desperate as he tried to push his way in. I red at him, stopping him in his tracks.
<span style="font-weight:400">“One second,” I whispered. Shutting the door I grabbed a shirt. Putting it on, Toru hadn’t stirred so I walked out into the hall. “What’s up, dad?” <span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">“What’s up!? You were kidnapped!” He said, angry himself now.
<span style="font-weight:400">“And I got out of it,” I said as if he was stupid. “Stop yelling, kids are sleeping.” I looked around as if the other rooms were full. “Come on,” I said walking down the hall. Going to one of the many study rooms it had arge table but also a ss wall that looked out onto the forested area of the UA Campus.
<span style="font-weight:400">I moved to stand by the windows. Looking out onto the forest I forced myself to calm down. I had been thinking about too muchtely. This was thest thing that I wanted to deal with. But now I knew that this was supposedly my dad. Not some figment of my imagination he was a living and breathing person that helped to make me. It was time to talk about a subject that we haven’t broached.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Dad, I’m going to be a hero,” I said. The older man had gone quiet as he looked out the window. My words brought him out of his own thoughts. “This is not ae home safe everyday type of job. Bad things will happen. Before you start spouting off bullshit about me getting kidnapped and it not being worth it. This is what I’ve always wanted to do. Nothing you say is going to stop that.”
<span style="font-weight:400">My father exhaled a long breath. Almost deting as he studied the stern look on my face. The man had walked in with a mission, but now he had a lost look on his face. The look that had gued him for all these years after his wife was killed. A man that didn’t know what to do was back in front of me. It was sad how quickly the look came back to him. No longer confident, he struggled with what to say.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Say it,” I said, annoyed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“What?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Say what you were going to say,” I said. “I’m sure you were preparing some big long speech for me. Might as well say it.” I knew what it was like to have kids. A dad always had a lecture.
<span style="font-weight:400">My dad studied me for a long time. Struggling with that to do, but eventually he spoke. “You’re right. I didn’t think about it. I-I’ve been on autopilot for years,” he admitted. Tearsing to his eyes. “So long, after your mom died, I ignored you. Did what I had to provide for you. Just because I couldn’t be there for you emotionally. I stopped being your father a long time ago.” He was full on crying now. Tears dripping down his cheeks, it was sad to admit that I felt some sting my eyes as well. That part of me that went to bed crying because I felt like I wasn’t worth my dad’s time. That part that hated my father for how he ignored me wasing to the surface.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Even now, now that I feel a little like the old me. I still wasn’t a part of your life,” he scoffed. “I’m a joke. I couldn’t protect your mom. Couldn’t be there as your dad. I didn’t really worry about you until I heard you were kidnapped. And the-the guilt,” he said pushing down on his chest. “My guilt for what I had done came crashing down. And,” he got out through struggling breath, “And I feared I wouldn’t get the chance to say I’m sorry.”
<span style="font-weight:400">He grabbed my shoulders slowly. Unashamed about the tears in his eyes or snot dripping down his nose. “I am sorry, Weston. I am so sorry for not being the dad you deserve. I don’t deserve it, but please, let me be a part of your life. Any part. I don’t care. If you want to be a hero, I understand. But let me try to make it up to you a little. If you are going to try for this dangerous job. Let me live without regrets. Learn about all that I’ve missed in your life.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">It was sad how much this was affecting me. I could kill people and not lose any sleep. But like any child I was a sucker for my parents. I did the only thing I could. Drawing him in for a hug I didn’t trust myself to talk. All my anger slowly leaving me I let the embrace rece the hurtful words I prepared.
<span style="font-weight:400">My father was full on crying now as he tried to crush me. Hugging me with all he had I actually felt it a little as he cried into my shoulder. It took time but eventually he stopped. Sniffing he wiped his nose as he said, “Jeez, you’re like hugging a brick.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Been training,” I said, wiping my own nose. I took a steadying breath. “I…am hesitant to trust you, dad.” He gave me a confused look. “10 years you’ve been depressed and distant. I doubt that a few months is enough to fix everything.” I moved to the table. Sitting down I decided, “I will give you a chance. Tell me. What changed with you.”
<span style="font-weight:400">He slowly understood what I was saying. Sitting opposite of me at the table he admitted, “It changed when I heard that the guy that killed your mom was dead.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Go on, there has to be more than that,” I said bluntly.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Honestly? That was it,” he said,ughing at himself. “Do you have any idea what it’s like to not be able to do anything? Your mom and I had quirks, but we didn’t train with them. They couldn’t do much. We were normal people. So when she was killed, I wanted revenge. I wanted it so bad.” He gripped his hands together, both shaking with anger. “In the beginning I called daily if there was news. Then weekly. Then monthly. Then nothing. I forced myself not to think about it. Focused on work. I turned my mind off to everything. I interacted with people, but I haven’t felt my true self in years. Then I heard he was dead. It was like…this headache that had been guing me for years finally stopped hurting me. My eyes opened for the first time in, I don’t know how long.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“And your girlfriend?” I asked, skeptical.
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<span style="font-weight:400">He chuckled. “She had been hitting on me for years apparently,” he admitted. “I didn’t register it. Always workingte together. I didn’t see it until after I heard the news about that Landslide asshole. I actually asked her ‘are you flirting with me?’ and she said, ‘duh haven’t you been paying attention?’”<span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Jeez, you’re hopeless,” I said, a wry smile on my lips.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah,” he said, shaking his head. “What else do you want to know?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">I thought about it. “Where do you want to go from here?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t know,” he admitted. “I don’t know how to be a dad. Hell, you’ve been raising yourself since your grandparents died. You’ve done so-”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s leave that out of the equation for now,” I said, cutting him off. “I have a life, dad. I have sses and training. A girlfriend of my own. This is my focus. I can’t move back home. It takes too much away from my goals.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I understand. Anything,” he said quickly. “I would be happy with anything you can give me. I want to know about your sses. Your girlfriend. Just tell me all about it. I want to hear it all. I want to know when you are on summer break. Hell, I didn''t even know that.”
<span style="font-weight:400">I chewed my lip. “Fine, tonight,” I said. “I will try to bring my girlfriend over. You can meet her. We can have dinner and talk.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Great,” he said, a big smile on his face. “Please, anything.” <span style="font-weight:400">
<span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t act so needy, dad,” I said, rolling my eyes. We studied one another, both chuckling at the same time. I got up and he followed. “Thank you. For saying all that. It’s…what I needed to hear.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I would like to say more, but I’m not the best at expressing how I feel. Instead, let me do better,” he said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I think I can give you the opportunity,” I said. We spoke a little more and he was soon on his way out of there. I shook my head. Going back to my room Toru threw the nket off of her as I walked in. “Who did that?” I asked in a scared tone as I looked around.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Your horny ghost girlfriend,” Toru said, still invisible. I could feel her get up from the bed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Does that mean you have horns?” I asked, my eyes wide as I pretended to look for her still.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So many horns,” she whispered next to me. I pinched her nipples. She yelped, but I held them firm in my hands.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh they’re pointy too,” I said. She grabbed my crotch. “That’s my horn.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Already hard,” she noted, squeezing it. Iughed moving to her face. She met me half-way, kissing me deeply. When we pulled away a little my hands moved to her ass. “Where were you?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Had a visitor, my dad,” I admitted. <span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">She pulled back a little. “How did that go?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Better than I thought it would,” I admitted. “He invited you and I to dinner tonight.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh? Meeting your dad? That’s a big step,” she said, her hand snaking into my pants. “I don’t know if we are that far in the rtionship.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“You’re right. We should at least have a foursome before that step,” I said.
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<span style="font-weight:400">She giggled cutely. “Sounds fun.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Which part, dinner or foursome?” I asked as she squeezed me harder.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Both,” she whispered. I pulled her closer. I felt her shiver as I kneaded her ass harder. Trying to reach her pussy from the back I coated my hands in chakra but she whined, “My pussy hurts sooo bad.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I can be gentle,” I offered, nibbling her ear. She shivered. “Or we could take a really big step and you give me your ass.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">Toru giggled again. “Okay.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Really?” I asked as she turned visible. A wide hopeful smile on my face she bit her lip, nodding quickly as she blushed. I kissed her deeply as I picked her up. Taking her to the bed I dropped her onto it.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Get the lube, lots of it,” shemanded. I nodded moving to my chest of drawers I dug through it but was stopped as another loud knock sounded on my door.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Fuck!” I hissed as Toru threw the nket back over herself. I opened the door to find Aizawa, detective Tsukauchi, and skinny All Might.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Aizawa,” I said, nodding to him. “Detective Tsukauchi…wait are you All Might?” I asked the third man as if I didn’t know. “I saw you on TV.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">All Might coughed. “Uh yes, hello young Weston. We um wanted to talk aboutst night.” I had expected this so I wasn’t as scared seeing them.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure, do we need to go to the station?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“The school is fine,” the detective said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure, give me a second,” I said. Moving back into the room I moved to the bed. “Better head out. But I expect your asster.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Toote,” she teased. “I’m not in the mood anymore.”<span style="font-weight:400">
<span style="font-weight:400">“You monster,” I grumbled as I kissed her. “Head home, I’ll call you when this is over. We can get dinnerter.” <span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Okay,” she whispered. Grabbing my ears she pulled me in for another kiss. “Love you.” <span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Love you,” I said and was out the door. We went to the teacher’s lounge this time. There were lots of them around. I didn’t really care if they were there. They asked me pretty simple questions. <span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I waspressed in a ball most of the time,” I admitted. “That handjob guy thought I was your apprentice or something,” I told All Might. “I don’t know. It was kind ofme.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“How did you escape?” The detective asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well they dpressed me in another room and put these shackles on me. That Roronoa guy, I think he grabbed my butt. You might need to watch out for him. I got a gay vibe from him. That vampire girl drank some of my blood. I knocked her out. Then melted the cuffs. Broke through a wall and headed out of there.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes, that was about the time we attacked the bar,” All Might said. “You did a good job saving yourself, but it was dangerous.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah, that’s why I wanted to get the hell out of there,” I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“What happened next?” The detective asked.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I…ran into some kids from ss,” I said.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“What?!” Aizawa asked. “Who?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“People,” I said. “They uh might have put a tracker on one of the Nomus that attacked the camp.” I didn’t trust the others not to b. Since no one was hurt, I didn’t think it was too much of an issue to admit the truth. “They were trying to save me. Then that guy with the mask blew up that warehouse. We ran out of there after that.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Who?” Aizawa asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t remember his name. He had this ck mask-”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Not him. Who from ss was there?” He growled.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I have been under a very traumatic experience,” I said. “My memory is fuzzy. I think I hit my head.” <span style="font-weight:400">
<span style="font-weight:400">“Weston, this isn’t a joking matter,” Aizawa said. “They could have been hurt.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“As I could have been,” I said. “Sorry sensei. You’ll have to drag it out of them. Friends don’t narc.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Aizawa grumbled but dropped it. “Anything else?” The detective asked.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Uh I don’t think so?” I asked. “Anything you all want to know?” During an interrogation I didn’t want to talk more than I had to. I might identally slip something. <span style="font-weight:400">
<span style="font-weight:400">“What can we do for you?” All Might asked. I looked at him confused. “You were kidnapped under our watch, young Weston. I heard you warned everyone that the viins wereing. But still, you were taken. What can we do for you to regain your trust in us?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh that,” I said, waving my hand to dismiss it. “Don’t worry about it. They were going to kidnap someone. I thought it might as well be me.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“What?!” Aizawa yelled, standing up he had more emotion on during this conversation than any others. “You let yourself be taken?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. I mean I wasn’tpressed anymore. I pushed Bakugo out of the way. I figured if they were going to take anyone I couldn’t let it be the number 2 guy in ss. If anyone could escape, it was me. I mean they left right after. No one died. Kind of wrapped itself up nicely. I appreciate youing to save me and all. But we are training to be heroes. Would be kind of dumb if I needed saving, right?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Everyone needs saving in one way or another, young Weston,” All Might said. Spouting some wisdom as always. “We appreciate how well you are taking this.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah, no problem,” I said. “We uh done here?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“We don’t know where the League of Viins have disappeared to,” Aizawa admitted. “It would be best if you stayed close to the school over the rest of your break. They may try to kidnap you again.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh right, sure,” I lied. There was no way I was hanging there for summer break. What were they going to do? Kick me out? Then I could get kidnapped more easily.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thanks again y’all. Appreciate the hard work.” I gave them a double thumbs up and headed out. Unfortunately my day of exining things wasn’t done though. Going through the main lobby to disregard Aizawa’s words I came upon a crying Tsuyu.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Froppy girl, what’s wrong?” I asked. She jolted, hearing my voice she hopped up then jumped to me. Hitting my chest hard as she cried into me. “What’s the matter? Did someone steal your favorite lily pad?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">She scoffed, trying not tough as she cried into my chest. I patted her back letting her cry it out. It took time but she eventually mumbled out. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Bopping her on the head I asked, “For what?” <span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">“We discussed it!” She cried out, still muffled by my chest. “We talked about going to save you. The whole ss. I-I was the only one that said we shouldn’t try to get you. It’s against the rules to use our quirks. And I didn’t want anyone else to-”
<span style="font-weight:400">I stopped her yammering by picking her up from under her arms. Lifting her off she utched reluctantly. Staring her in the eyes I put my best stern face on. “You did nothing wrong,” I said. “You were right to tell them not to go.” She sniffed trying to pull snot back in. Her big eyes still watery as she fought tears. “You understand? I am not angry with you. I couldn’t be if I wanted to. You were the voice of reason for those idiots. Okay?”
<span style="font-weight:400">She wiped her eyes but nodded. “Good, but you need to know. Nothing could stop me froming to save you,” I told her with all the seriousness I could muster.
<span style="font-weight:400">“That makes me feel even worse,” she said, tearsing to her eyes again. I rolled my eyes and pulled her closer kissing her to shut her up. She froze up, unsure how to respond. No tongue, I was afraid she would stick her long one in my mouth. Luckily, it was all lips. Simple and to the point to shut her up.
<span style="font-weight:400">As she slowly rxed I began to move my lips and she responded in kind. Moaning in my mouth as my hands moved to her ass. The much smaller girl wrapped her legs around my torso as the kiss became more heated. Tsuyu soon initiating the movement of our lips as we kissed over and over. Her body reacting to my hand movements I didn’t use any chakra to take her first kiss. Simply letting 2 normal people enjoy the caress of one another.
<span style="font-weight:400">Eventually she caught herself. Pushing away a little she asked, “Toru’s your girlfriend.” Saying the words to herself and me.
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<span style="font-weight:400">I nodded slowly. “She is,” I admitted, making her frown. “Toru and I have an unconventional rtionship. She won’t care.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“What?” Tsuyu asked, not understanding.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Sorry can’t say more without her sayso,” I said. “But trust me, she won’t care if we kissed.” I could tell the moment was gone though. Releasing her very muscr rear I set her back down on the ground. She was in a daze for a bit. “Are you good now?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">Lost it took her a moment. “Um yeah.” Trying to move on she rified, “You’re really not mad?”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“No, you’re my Tsuyu. I couldn’t get mad at you,” I said, rustling her hair. She smiled slightly. “Besides, you were right. I escaped on my own.” <span style="font-weight:400">
<span style="font-weight:400">“That’s what I heard,” she said with a giggle. “Momo told me.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah, Bakugo was really sad. I think he wanted to be the white knight so I would swoon for him,” I admitted. She giggled again.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m d you’re safe,” she said.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m d you’re safe,” I said. “I heard you fought that vampire girl.” <span style="font-weight:400">
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh right, she was crazy,” Tsuyu said. I rested my hand on her shoulder as she told me about it. Toga had stolen a lot of Uraraka’s blood during the camping trip. I would have to watch to make sure she didn’t turn into Uraraka. With luck, my Roronoa clone would end himself soon to catch me up on the League’s ns. Then I could send a new clone to rece him.