30. "Work"

(Momo POV.)

Today is going to be a long tedious day.. It's been two days since Kamino and Shouto and I slept almost all day yesterday at my parents estate. I wish we could be at home resting longer and spending some time together as a family, but we are Heroes.. And it has been awhile since we've used our office as a home setting. I just hope the twins won't be too big of a hassle here..

I've been at my desk for nearly an hour now going over paperwork and the damage and crime reports about the incident. Shouto on the other hand has been sitting on the floor beside the couch talking with the boys. They're still in their car seats completely content with watching and listening to him. I'm happy that he's getting some time to spend with them, even if we'll be stuck here all day..

"Momo, when do they need fed?"

"When they start to fuss is usually a good indicator," I reply, keeping my focus on what I'm doing. "They're quiet. Are they sleeping?"

"No.. But they're getting restless.."

I sign my name at the bottom of the report I just finished and focus on them. They're starting to squirm around quite a bit... "Why don't you try holding them? They probably just want more direct attention from you," I suggest.

"Hold them both? Can I?"

"Shouto, you're their father. You can hold them whenever you want," I remind him, almost not believing that he's this dense about it.. "Just support their heads. They're only a week old."

"Um.. Right.." He reaches in and picks up Daichi, holding his entire body within his hands. They're so tiny.. It's hard to believe how small they look when Shouto holds them.. "Can you come and help me?" he speaks up without looking at me.

I get up and come over to them and sit down beside him. "What do you need help with?"

He's hesitant before speaking up. His eyes raise from Daichi and look to Taichi in the car seat. "I don't know how to pick them both up and hold them at the same time..." he admits.

"Shouto, it's nothing to get down about," I tell him while reaching out and picking Tai up. He squirms a bit before I set him in my lap, laying him out over top of my legs. "They're not as fragile as you think they are. You won't break them," I giggle.

"...Are you sure..?"

"Yes! God, Shouto," I sigh, picking Tai back up and hand him off to him. Shouto quickly and frantically accepts him and now he's holding them both in his lap. "See? You'll be fine. You wanted to spend time with them while they're babies, remember?"

"Well, yeah.. It's just harder than I thought. And I still havent gotten to spend much time with them since they've been born.."

I stand back up and straighten out my skirt. "So do it now. You did the bulk of the fighting the other day so I can handle the paperwork and reports," I inform him, wanting him to spend time with them as well. "Sit tight. There're things for them in the diaper bag. I'm gonna go out and grab us some coffee then I'll be back at it."

"What? You're just gonna leave me here with them? We have a coffee in our kitchen-"

"I need to stretch my legs too. You'll be fine, Shouto," I assure him with a smile. Although there's about a 50/50 chance he might have a mental breakdown.. He needs to have some first hand knowledge. I don't want to have to hold his hand through everything. He'll get the hang of it sooner or later.. Besides, there's plenty of people who're gonna be here today to help him if he needs it.. "What do you want me to get for you?"

"A wife who doesn't ditch me with newborns," he states, mildly glaring at me.

"Yeah well, you're stuck with me, so, deal with it," I reply as I go to retrieve my phone from my desk. "Coffee, yes or no?"

He audibly sighs and drops his eyes to the boys. "Yeah. Get me a cappuccino, please," he sighs again.

"Can do." I walk over to him and crouch down, taking his face gently in my hands. "Thank you for watching them," I hum before connecting our lips. He moans into the kiss and I can feel him wanting more. I pull back, but he tries to kiss me again. "Shouto..." I press my fingers to his lips, stopping him.

"Momo..." he groans.

"I know.. Sorry.." I reply, leaning forward and kissing him again.

"Yo, Momo. Wanna go get a drink?" I pull back from Shouto and look over to the door. Kyouka is leaning against the frame, staring at us with a slight smirk. "Or you wanna bang your husband and have another little monster on your hands? I can come back in five minutes."

"You'd have to watch Tai and Dai for us to do that," Shouto replied with a slight smile. "And five minutes seems a little long given how long it's been.."

"Pfft. Didn't expect a response from you, Shouto," Kyouka laughs, coming into the room. "So these are the little tykes you pushed out, eh?"

"Wanna hold them?" Shouto asks, motioning to the twins in his arms.

I go to Kyouka and set my hand on her shoulder, veering her away from Shouto. "Let's go. I was actually about to go and see if you wanted to get a drink," I tell her as we leave. "Love you, Shouto! I'll be back soon!"

"I don't believe you!"

"The hell is that about?" Kyouka laughs as we enter the hallway. "You seem pretty desperate to get outta there."

"It's nothing against him or the twins, but I just haven't had any time for myself over the past week, and before that I was isolated at home on bed rest," I admit. Saying it out loud, I feel a little bad for up and ditching him, but I'm certain he'll be fine. "I'm just wanting like, twenty minutes away from them - enough time to pick up some coffee and spend time with a friend."

"Twenty minutes? Let's just shoot for a half hour to an hour. Do you think Shouto will need any help with those two?" she asks, glancing back to the office.

"I'm not sure... Probably," I sigh.

"Eh. It'll probably be alright. I can see if Denki can go check up on him if ya want."

"That might before the best.. I don't want him to get overwhelmed.."

(Shouto POV.)

Are you fucking kidding me? She just left me here alone with them? At least they're not crying.. But.. What am I supposed to be doing with them..? How do I even stand up with them both??

They're just staring up at me.. "What do I do with you guys..?" I mutter, rubbing my thumb against Dai's cheek. He turns his head and grabs my thumb, moving it to his mouth and sucking on it. "Are you hungry? I think your mom put some milk in the refrigerator for you guys.. If I can get up and get to it.."

Carefully, I move them both to my left arm, sort of laying Dai on top of Tai just a little as I get to my feet. It's a little challenging since my body is still aching from my injuries, but I manage.. I keep the twins huddled together in my left arm as I make my way to the refrigerator.

Opening it up, it looks like there's a twelve pack of bottled milk.. Did Momo pump this out while I was sleeping? It definitely isn't formula.. Last night she told me that she didn't want to give them formula if we could help it..

"Alright.. Guess I need to heat this up? I don't think I'm supposed to give you guys cold milk.."

"Yo, Shouto! How's it going?"

"The fuck do you mean how's it going? Top Heavy ditched his ass with the Tiny Tots."

"Kacchan, enough. You didn't have to come."

Midoriya, Kaminari and Bakugou are here now and coming into the office.. "What are you guys doing here?" I ask. They showed up all of a sudden and at the same time..

"Kyouka asked me to come and check up on you," Kaminari says with a slight laugh. "Deku and Kacchan were with me and they wanted to come too."

"I only came so I could watch you fuck up watching them though," Bakugou speaks up with an amused look on his face. "They both still alive?"

"Yes," I grumble back. "I was just about to feed them."

"Can I hold one?"

I'm kind of surprised by that from Kaminari, but I won't object. "Sure. Take Dai. He's the one on top," I say, walking over to him and offer my arm out.

He carefully picks him up, holding him in his arms and smiling down at him. "Man, it's crazy how much they look like both of you guys. I bet they'll be lady killers," he laughs. "Your daughter will have to watch out, eh Deku."

"That won't be for awhile," he mumbles.

"I didn't think you'd be out of the hospital so soon," I speak up, looking to Midoriya's arm. His arm is wrapped up in bandages, and the sleeve of his shirt is rolled up. "How are you holding up..?"

He shrugs, moving his arm around slightly. "I'm fine. Didn't want to sit around all day at home, so Ochaco and I came in to take care of some paperwork - same as you guys," he says, looking down at Dai in Kaminari's hands. "I was talking with Kaminari when Jirou texted him and I figured I'd swing by and see you and your kids."

"You should probably still be resting you fucking moron. Besides your hand, you lost a lot of blood," Bakugou says as he comes over to me. "Here. Lemme see that kid of yours, Icy Hot."

"Um.. Why?" I question, taking a slight step back.

"Tch. I'm not gonna eat him - the fuck do you think? I wanna hold him."

"Well, I've seen you around kids before, Bakugou. And they're newborn babies," I feel the need to inform him. "You can't be yelling at or around them."

Kaminari and Midoriya start laughing. "I wouldn't want you holding my kid either, Kacchan!" Kaminari laughs.

"You guys are morons," he grumbles back. "I'm not gonna explode. Just let me see it. Unless you want the one armed idiot to get a turn before me," he scoffs, elbowing Midoriya in the shoulder.

Midoriya elbows him back and Bakugou steps away. I guess I might as well use them if they're willing.. "Fine. Take him while I heat up their milk," I say to Bakugou, offering Tai out to him.

Bakugou is surprisingly careful as he takes him. He supports his head and cradles him in his arms. It's weird seeing Bakugou with a baby - let alone mine... But, he and Momo have gotten closer recently and we are friends..

While they're all checking out the twins I can heat this stuff up.. If I remember correctly it's supposed to be about 37°.. And I'm not supposed to use the microwave.. There's a thermometer in the cupboard.. I grab it and stick it in the bottle that I've got in my left hand. Slowly I raise the temperature in my hand, careful so the bottle doesn't get too hot and I watch as the temperature slowly begins to rise.

"Which monster do I have? And what are your kids names again?"

"Um. Kaminari has Daichi, and you have Taichi," I reply to Bakugou, keeping my eyes on the thermometer.

"How much longer on that milk? I think this one is getting hungry," Kaminari speaks up.

"He has to heat it up to the right temperature first, Kaminari," Midoriya says to him. "Otherwise it'll be bad. And it can't be too hot, Shouto. You don't want to burn them."

"I know. It'll be ready in a minute."

"I can't believe you have two of these things to take care of. And you, Deku. Yours is coming soon too. Next thing you know everyone is gonna start popping these out," Bakugou begins to say, raising his eyes to Kaminari. "How about you? Is Ears pregnant yet?"

"No. We're careful about that. She doesn't want any yet anyway."

This one's done. Now just one more. "Here, Kaminari," I say, turning to face them, holding the bottle out, "do you want to feed him?"

"Really? Don't you want to?" he asks as he accepts the bottle.

"I'll do it later. I've still got to heat up Tai's milk."

"Pfft. Wait. Your kids are Tai and Dai? Tie-dye? Were you expecting them to be a mismatch of colors just like you?" Bakugou laughs. He bounces Tai slightly, calming him down seeing as he's getting more restless with waiting for milk.

"No. It just happened to turn out that way," I reply, rolling my eyes at him. "If you and Kirishima have any kids what the hell would you name them?"

"Tch. I dunno. Something cool like Lord Explosion. Fucking Dominatrix Hero said I couldn't have that as my Hero name, but I can name my kid whatever I want," he laughs.

I'm unsure if he's serious or not... I really hope he's joking.

"You really think Eijirou will let you name a baby that?" Kaminari chuckles while he feeds Dai.

"Is that something you actually think about, Kacchan?"

"Yeah. Sometimes," he shrugs, setting the knuckle of his index finger in Tai's mouth, allowing him to chew on it - or, gum it.. "We're gonna get hitched and I know that he eventually wants a family and I'd be up for raising a little bruiser to put your kids in their place," he smirks.

"My kids are going to be older than yours."

"Tch. So? You don't think I can train mine better just 'cause they're gonna be younger?"

I finish heating up Tai's milk and approach Bakugou, offering my hand out to take him back. "I don't. My father is a former number one and I'm the current number three," I reply with my own smirk, "plus my wife is a literal genius and can educate them in basically anything."

Bakugou hands Tai over to me and I begin to feed him. "She might be a genius, but I still question her decision to settle for you," he chuckles.

"Kacchan, that's enough," Midoriya sighs.

"Yeah, Kacchan, knock it off. We all know if you weren't gay you'd have totally gone for Momo during school."

"Tch. I never said I was gay you fucker. The person I fell in love with just happened to be a dude," he scoffs. "But, if I had known Ponytail wasn't as lame as I thought, I might have tried my hand at her."

"I'm gonna let that one slide, because if I don't I might literally murder you," I state, unintentionally lowering the temperature around.

"Tch. Cool your jets, Scarface. I'm just fucking with you," he laughs. "Your wife is hot for sure, but I'm not attracted to her. It sounds lame as hell and I'm already pissed at myself for even thinking it.. I've only got eyes for Eijirou..."

"Someone's a big softie," Kaminari mocks.

"Shut your fucking mouth you discount battery pack!"

"Anyway," Midoriya speaks up, pushing Bakugou back and away from me, "when's Momo going to be coming back?"

"I don't know.." I sigh, now remembering how she just ditched me. "Why?"

"Eri just texted me saying she's coming here to see us."

"Eri's coming!?" Kaminari exclaims, accidentally pulling the bottle from Dai's mouth. He resituates it and gives an apologetic look before continuing. "I haven't seen her in forever. Oh! Is she coming to fix your hand!?"

"She really wants to more than anything, but I told her to wait until she gets licensed," Midoriya replies, glancing down at his missing appendage.

"Why wait? She's gotten the hang of rewinding lost body parts of animals. Can't she just do the same with you?" Kaminari questions.

"Moron. She needs the license so she can start working with human patients more," Bakugou states in his usual attitude. "Her Quirk only works on living beings and practicing with something like that is difficult for people. She's already gotten more training than she normally would since Eraser is her legal guardian and she's been in the care of UA since she was six."

"Even so, I want her to do things by the rules. Eraser feels the same."

"So then, why's she coming to visit?" I question.

"Our agency scouted her from the Sports Festival. It happened last week and she chose us," Midoriya proudly states. "I can't wait to see her again. I haven't gotten to see her since she started attending UA!"

"Deku! There you are!"

We all turn and face the door. "Hatsume?"

"What are you doing here?"

"I thought your lab exploded last week and you died."

"That explosion was contained and only about ten of my babies were lost," she says as she walks in with a large metal case.

"Um, can we not talk about losing babies? And what are you bringing into my office?" I question, pulling Kaminari away from her. "It's not going to blow up, is it?"

"Ease up, baby boomer, they're fine. This is for Deku," she says as she sets the case on the counter.

"Uh, what is it..?"

(Momo POV.)

"We were gone way too long.. Shouto's probably mad," I mutter, sipping my mocha. "He hasn't texted or called at all.."

"He's probably fine. Denki said he and Deku were going to hang out with him, so he's in good hands," Kyouka replies.

"I suppose. I'm just a little worried. He doesn't have any real experience with children and Deku only has one hand, and no offense to Denki but he still doesn't strike me as responsible around children.."

Kyouka sighs and shakes her head. "Denki is fine with kids, Deku is smart and probably won't overdo anything, and Shouto's their father. He won't let anything happen. Stop worrying so much," she says, poking my arm with her jack.

"Ow! Okay!" I exclaim, rubbing my arm where she got me. "Do you still do that to Denki? That's so mean.."

"Sorry.. He's kind of gotten used to it and I didn't think about the wavelength for you.. But, we're almost back. Agency is just up ahead."

"Oh.. Is that Eri?"

Just ahead is a girl with long silver hair with a horn protruding from her forehead. Her hair is up in a ponytail and she's smiling, looking ecstatic.

"I think so.. Wonder why she's here."

As we near the agency she spots us. Her smile brightens and she waves to us, stopping and waiting in front of the building. "Kyouka! Momo! I haven't seen you guys in such a long time!" she happily exclaims. "How are you!?"

"We've been better - Kamino and all, ya know," Kyouka nervously chuckles. "Besides that, I can't complain. Not sure about Momo though."

"Oh yeah! I heard that you and Shouto just had twins!"

I can't help but smile at her enthusiasm and excitement. "They were born last week. They're up at the office with Shouto. Do you want to come and meet them?" I offer.

"I'd love to!"

We enter the agency and walk across the lobby. "Why are you here anyway, Eri? Did you come to fix Deku?" Kyouka questions, sipping her latte.

"No. Both Deku and Eraser told me that I can't until I get my license," she sighs as she straightens her book bag. "I'm just coming by to visit before I start my internship here," she warmly informs us.

"That's amazing! How well did you do this year? I missed seeing it."

"I got sixth," she says, still smiling. The elevator comes and we step inside, heading up to my floor. "Kouta got second though! He's coming here for his internship too!"

"That's awesome. I take it you guys picked Deku's branch of the agency to do your internships with?" Kyouka asks.

"We did, but since Kamino and what happened... I'm not sure if we'll be able to.."

"Once we get up to my office we can see what he thinks. He's up there with Shouto," I tell her, smiling kindly. "If he's unable who else do you think you'd want to work under?"

"I don't know. There's so many choices here.."

"Just pick anyone but Bakugou," Kyouka laughs. "Although, I bet Kouta would do well with him."

The doors open up to my floor and we step out. "Katsuki has gotten much better since high school," I remind her. "He could do well as a mentor... Just, as long as Eijirou is with him.."

"Red Riot and Ground Zero aren't exactly the kind of Heroes I'd want to learn from. If I can't go with Deku, maybe one of you could do it," Eri says. " I think learning from a strong Heroine would be useful."

"That's a wonderful idea! Depending on when I come back to work I would love to take you on if you're willing and if Deku is unable."

"And I'd be down if Momo can't do it," Kyouka adds on, smiling at Eri.

We near my office and it surprisingly is quiet. I was expecting screaming children.. I hope Shouto was able to feed them..

As we enter the office Deku, Bakugou, and Kaminari are here, along with Hatsume.. "What are you two doing here? I thought it was just Denki and Deku who were going to be here."

"Deku!"

"Eri!"

Eri rushes to Deku and he embraces her in a hug, wrapping both arms around her. And on his right arm.. Is a metal prosthetic hand..? I guess that's what Hatsume is doing here..

"Hey, keep it down." Shouto comes over to us and I hand him his cappuccino. "The twins just went down," he says, looking only at me. "You took forever."

"I know. I'm sorry," I reply, brushing the hair away from his eyes before leaning in. "Thank you for watching them," I whisper, planting a kiss on his cheek.

"Get a room, Nerds."

Shouto deeply exhales and shoots Katsuki a glare. "You're in our room," he says back, taking a sip of his drink. "And be professional, Bakugou. Eri is here."

"You're one to talk. She basically shoved her tongue down your throat."

"Wow. Are you blind or do you just like acting this way?" Kyouka scoffs.

"Enough you guys," Deku speaks up. "Oh, Eri, Ochaco will be surprised to see you! Let's go talk in my office. I'm sure Shouto and Momo would like some time together since their kids are asleep."

"Oh.. I was looking forward to meeting them," she mumbles.

"Well, they're over here," Shouto says, motioning towards the couch. "I laid them down there since we don't have a crib in here and we all failed trying to keep them asleep in the car seats.."

"Wait, you laid them down on the couch?" I question.

"It was Kaminari's idea."

"But it was my idea to make a pillow shield around them," Katsuki chimes in.

We all go over to the couch. They're fast asleep cuddled together with a single blanket over top of them both. It's about what I'd expect from this group watching them... Shouto was nervous and I'm sure he did his absolute best..

"You guys are... Creative.." Kyouka states as she stares at them.

"Oh, they're so precious..." Eri whispers, cupping her hand over her mouth. "What are their names?"

"Um.. This one is.. Taichi, and that one is Daichi.." Shouto says, pointing to each of them, sounding very unsure. "It might be the other way around.."

"I told ya he couldn't tell them apart," Denki laughs while nudging Kyouka who's also smirking.

"To be fair, no one can," she replies.

"Dai was wearing the golden age All Might shirt and Tai was wearing the silver age," I remind Shouto.

"Right.. Then I was wrong. It's reversed," he replies.

"Well, let's go, Eri," Deku says,
setting his hand on her shoulder. "You guys coming too?" he questions the others.

"As if. I'm gonna go take a nap. I've had enough of you people for the day," Katsuki grumbles, before turning and facing Eri. "See ya around, Short Stuff. Make sure you listen to this nerd. He might have one hand but he's reliable.. Later." Katsuki leaves, yawning and shuffling off.

"It was nice to see you two again, Momo, Shouto," Eri bows kindly to us. Her smile hasn't faded since coming here. "Congratulations on your family too."

"Thanks.."

"Thank you so much, Eri," I reply, bowing back. "Have a good visit with Deku and Ochaco. I hope to see you again soon."

Deku waves his new hand at us, smiling as he and Eri leave. "It looks like Hatsume took off already, but if you see her can you tell her I'd like to talk with her before the day is over?" he asks us.

"Sure. But I'm not going out of my way to find her. You should have been listening to everything.. She explained it all to you," Shouto says, walking around and taking a seat on the couch.

"She was just so energetic.." Deku sighs.

"I can go find her. She blew off the questions I had," Denki grumbles.

"Have fun with that. I'll be back at the office taking care of our share of paperwork," Kyouka says, focusing on Denki.

He takes her latte and rushes out the door. Her face scrunches in confusion and anger as he runs away. "Jamming- you little-" she exclaims, running after him without finishing her insults.

"Well, that sure was interesting," I mutter, walking over and closing our door.

"It's about time it was quiet," Shouto sighs. I face him and go back over to join him, taking a seat on the couch. He sets his arm around me and I lean into his chest. "I haven't gotten to spend any time with you in a week.."

"We slept in the same bed basically all day at my parents house."

"That doesn't count, and your dad almost made me sleep in the guest room on a different floor..." he mumbles back. He leans his head against mine and pulls me into his lap, wrapping his arms around me. "I just have missed you so much.."

"I know what you mean.. With everything that's happened over the past week, I just want to be around you as much as I can.." I reply, leaning into him. "Being stuck at the hospital after giving birth, you not being there with me, discovering Touya has been out there... And then Kamino..."

"Yeah... I know... Sleeping at home in an empty house without you was the shittiest part..

"Our house won't be empty anymore," I whisper, taking a glance at our sleeping children.

Shouto looks over at them too, leaning his head against me. "Yeah. I'm looking forward to finally go home with you guys.." he whispers back. "But since they're asleep, we should power through as much of this paperwork as we can. With the way things are going to be going, we'll probably be getting to have some more free time..."

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