Chapter Three
~Ellie's POV~
After visiting my family's graves, I picked up some gift wrap on my way home to wrap the things I'd picked up for Toshinori and returned to the apartment. Though he was the number one hero and made the most money, we didn't live the high life. Toshinori donated the majority of his earnings to various charitable organizations or to help with construction of structures that were damaged during criminal apprehension. He only kept what we could live on comfortably, I took on odd jobs every now and again when I got bored of being a housewife but didn't like being out in public too much.
I returned to the apartment and set my purchases on the countertop before attempting to unroll the wrapping paper. It tore in various places as whoever manufactured the damn thing taped the roll shut. It took me nearly ten minutes to get an even cut. What the hell was the point of putting it in the stupid cling wrap if they were just going to tape it shut?
I set the first book on the ugly side of the wrapping paper and measured out a safe amount of paper before sliding a pair of scissors through the paper. It was going to be a clean perfect cut. As the scissors neared the edge of the paper, it went jagged and I swore under my breath. I managed to tuck the jagged part and attempted to wrap the book, only to find out that I possessed zero present wrapping skills and managed to somehow get myself taped to the wrapping paper, dropped the book and tripped over the rest of the gifts I'd gotten. In my rage, I let out a shriek and shredded every last bit of wrapping paper in a fury of raging winds.
The door to the apartment clicked shut and I peered up from my spot on the floor covered in miniscule confetti sized pieces of wrapping paper to find Toshinori staring at me in awe. "What happened here?" He asked while trying to fight off a smile as he looked to the mess I'd created.
It looked like someone had attacked the apartment with a confetti cannon. "We can't have children." I blurted before I could stop myself.
"What?" He gaped.
"I can't wrap presents! Christmas will be a nightmare! We can't have children!" I whined helplessly as I struggled to get tape off my face not entirely sure how I managed to get it on my face in the first place.
He chuckled at this and set the now empty containers I'd packed the lunches in, in the sink before bending down to pick me up off the floor. "Is that the only reason?"
"I guess so." I sniffled feeling like a complete failure. I'd successfully turned the apartment into more of a disaster than when I'd arrived.
"I think we can save that discussion for another time." He smiled as he set me on the sofa before dusting me off sending confetti sized wrapping paper pieces flying off of me. I'd been entirely covered. "Why were you wrapping presents?"
"For you." I averted my gaze as a faint blush spread across my cheeks.
Toshinori smiled at this and leaned forward to peel off a piece of tape that had gotten stuck to my cheek, it still had a decent sized chunk of the cutesy All Might themed wrapping paper I'd picked out. "You didn't have to get me anything." His smile grew as he noticed the childish wrapping paper I'd selected. "I thought children liked confetti, so I don't think you have anything to worry about." He teased me as he picked out some more confetti sized wrapping paper from my hair.
"I-idiot." I grumbled becoming flustered.
There was a soft knock at the door. Toshinori lightly brushed his thumb across my cheek affectionately before going to answer the door. I turned curiously to see who was at the door and smiled as a man with short black hair and onyx eyes stepped inside, Naomasa Tsukauchi. He wore a nice suit with a long brown trench coat over top along with a matching hat giving off an almost Sherlock Holmes kind of vibe. His dark eyes twinkled with amusement as he noticed all the confetti on the floor.
"Were you two having a party?" He asked curiously causing Toshinori to chuckle as I slid off the couch with a groan into a pile of confetti.
"Ellie was trying to wrap presents." Toshinori supplied as he ushered his friend into the apartment and offered him a seat at the small glass dining table.
"Not that I'm questioning your methods, Ellie-chan, but are you sure you did it right?" Naomasa chuckled.
I grumbled something incoherent back at him as I continued to bury myself in confetti as my face flushed scarlet.
"What brings you here, Naomasa?" Toshinori asked his friend curiously as he made his way through the confetti to get to the kettle in the kitchen to make some tea.
"Well I actually came to tease Ellie about an incident she was involved with earlier but I think now may not be a good time." Naomasa laughed.
"Incident?" Toshinori pondered.
"Apparently Ellie assaulted one of your fellow peers." Naomasa snickered.
"He started it!" I snapped as I leapt to my feet scattering confetti everywhere causing the pair of them to laugh.
"You got in a fight?" Toshinori asked me with a shake of his head in silent laughter.
"It wasn't really a fight..." I mumbled, "Barely even an altercation..."
Naomasa laughed, "Ellie, that sounds even worse."
"He started it." I repeated as I flopped onto the couch in a huff causing confetti to shoot out from between the cushions and go flying.
Naomasa and Toshinori struggled to keep straight faces realizing their laughter would only irritate me further. "I was only teasing, Ellie. I bumped into him on my way over and he felt the need to tell me you were in town."
"Of course, he did." I grumbled as I folded my arms in front of my chest.
"Oh, I think I found a present." Toshinori chuckled as he tripped over something in the kitchen while trying to make tea.
"You haven't found them?" Naomasa laughed.
I turned my head curiously to peer over the back of the couch and couldn't help but laugh as I spotted Toshinori and Naomasa on their hands and knees sifting through the confetti in search of lost presents. "You two look ridiculous." I giggled.
"Did you use All Might wrapping paper?" Naomasa laughed as he inspected the confetti further causing my cheeks to flush.
"So, what?!" I growled defensively causing them both to snicker.
"Ellie-chan can be so cute sometimes." Naomasa poked at me.
I made quick work of the confetti with my quirk and managed to get it all to fly into the garbage bin so Toshinori could find the rest of his presents before getting to my feet to take over making tea. Once all the confetti was cleared up, they were able to find the presents quickly and Toshinori wrapped me in his arms from behind and kissed the top of my head.
"Thank you, Ellie."
"You're welcome." I blushed.
Naomasa stayed for dinner and reminiscing of the past, when he and Toshinori were much younger before taking his leave. I put away the leftovers and started on the dishes as Toshinori flipped through some of the books and teaching aids I'd picked up.
"I want you to meet young Midoriya." His voice was softer than usual, I almost hadn't heard him.
"If he's as much of a fanboy as you tell me he is, then I don't think that's a very good idea, Toshi-chan. You said he had a notebook about heroes, he's probably studied villains and vigilantes too. He'll know who I am."
"I don't think he'd mind."
"I mind." I turned to him with a frown.
"I think you'll like him. He's a good kid."
"I already know I'll like him, because you like him." I sighed. "That doesn't mean I think it's okay for me to meet him...yet"
Toshinori smiled at this, "Will you look over his training schedule?"
"Sure." I placed the last of the clean dishes on the drying rack before drying my hands and joining him at the table. He handed me a small stack of papers with a carefully planned out training regimen for his protégé. It had sleep schedules, meal plans and essentially every aspect of his days planned out.
"It's designed with absolutely no room for error... he has to follow this exactly as it is..." I frowned.
Toshinori nodded.
"Idiot, he's a teenager. They don't listen." I shook my head.
"He's a good kid. He'll follow it."
"More likely he'll try to be an overachiever since he respects you so much he'll want to push himself." I frowned. "He's going to hurt himself."
"That does seem like something he'd do." Toshinori sighed and ran a bony hand through his messy dull golden hair. "But I explained to him how important it was to follow it exactly as it is..." He pondered it for a moment.
"Teenager." I reminded him with a smile before leaning forward to kiss him on the cheek. "I can take care of his meals during training times and make sure they have extra nutrients to keep him from burning out. Don't stay up too late overthinking things, please."
Toshinori lightly caught my wrist in his hand stopping me from retreating to the bedroom. "Ellie is the number one wife." He smiled as he gently rubbed his thumb across my wrist.
"I-idiot!" My cheeks flushed scarlet, "Don't say unnecessary things."
A/N: Ellie is too cute I can't even
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