Chapter Text
Shinso Hitoshi – U.A. dorms
After class Hitoshi grabbed his Switch and laid on his bed to tend to their Minecraft crops and go on a mining expedition. Instead he found Hinadori had built them a giant living tree house made of Sakura trees. The entire path down from the top made of villager ‘shops’ with little signs for what they traded. It was…so much. Her and Toga really seemed to have nothing else to do other than build an extremely ‘adorable’ and ‘cozy’ Minecraft settlement. If the chat logs were to be believed they’d spent hours on a hunt for both the sakura trees and bamboo for Hina to make scaffolding.
‘Spawn looks…different.’ Hitoshi typed, seeing Hinadori was active. ‘What happened to my farm?’
‘I built you a greenhouse!‘ Hinadori responded, quickly.
‘Of course you did. Did you sleep?’ He questioned, this was hours and hours of work. Yes, she’d been resource gathering all weekend, but this was…even if she’d started the night before it was just so much.
‘Keigo made me, but Toga saw my vision! She did most of the villager stuff. I just built a cherry treehouse, and repeatedly died.’ Hitoshi couldn’t help but laugh. At least she was in good spirits.
The boy’s were coming home from their work study with Endeavor today and Hitoshi couldn’t think of a better surprise for any of them than having their partner back. At least as much as they could. He grabbed his phone to send them a quick reminder.
Sweet Boy
Hitoshi: hey baby I’ve got a surprise for you in my dorm
Hotoshi: (˶^ з^(〃‿〃♡)
Sweet Boy: A surprise?
Sweet Boy: You didn’t spend money on me did you?
Sweet Boy: I have money. I’m the one who should be spending money on you not the other way around.
Hitoshi: no
Hitoshi: ( ⊙︿⊙)
Hitoshi: I actually do have something you could use your dads card for though!
Sweet Boy: I’ll see you soon.
Firecracker
Hitoshi: Hey I’ve got something for you in my room when you get to the dorms
Hitoshi: i promise it’ll make you smile
Firecracker: I appreciate that you’re trying, but I’m not exactly in a smiling mood right now.
Hitoshi: please for me
Firecracker: I’ll stop by
Hitoshi sighed, looking at his phone screen. They’d be in better moods once they knew she was safe. Once they got to talk to her. He was more than just on edge as well when Izuku had come, but everything was fine. She was safe! Bored, but safe. Safe from the Commission. Safe with the villains. Safe with her brother. She would be fine.
He played for a little while. He’d collected his gear and suited up for a mining expedition waiting for his boyfriends to arrive. He buried himself in a corner when the knock at the door came. Eagerly, he rushed to it. Excited for their reunion.
“Hey, what did you want to show me.” Katsuki asked, standing in doorframe, hands awkwardly in his pockets.
“First off let me give you a hug. I haven’t seen you in days.” Hitoshi said, reaching to pull him in.
“Careful, I haven’t showered yet. I came straight here.” Katsuki warned, leaning his head on Hitoshi’s shoulder.
“Heh, you acted like you didn’t want to come but you rushed straight here?” Hitoshi teased, rubbing Katsuki’s back with one hand as he held him.
“I should’ve showered first so I could push you away.” He huffed, not even attempting to break the hug.
“Uh-huh. Well I for one really enjoy the smell of caramel.” Hitoshi joked. He couldn’t really smell it, unless Katsuki was sweating up a storm like at the training camp but Hina insisted she could always smell it.
“I don’t smell like caramel!” Katsuki groaned, as the next knock on the door came.
“Sorry it took me so long. I wish our rooms were closer.” Shoto sighed, stepping inside.
“Really? You usually have no problem making it down here.” Hitoshi asked, confused.
“Kaminari and Kirishima set up a table in the elevator and are playing cards. In the elevator. They said the only way to be granted access was to take a seat and play their game. So I took the stairs.” Shoto explained. He could see Katsuki’s eye twitching already.
“Shoto, you're on the top floor. That’s five flights of stairs.” Hitoshi said, looking for confirmation.
“I know? I took the stairs.” Shoto nodded, acting completely unbothered.
“I’m gonna go blow those idiots up!” Katsuki growled, tugging away from Hitoshi.
“No, you’re not.” He pulled him back. “Your gonna wanna see this.”
“They made him walk down five flights of stairs!” Katsuki snapped, gesturing to Shoto.
“I can tie them up, and let you use them like piñata after.” Hitoshi insisted, pulling him towards his bed.
“I’m not in the mood to cuddle. I’m in the mood to blow them up!” Katsuki grumbled, trying to stop Hitoshi.
“If you don’t want to talk to your girlfriend then you can go ahead, and go.” Hitoshi huffed, feeling put out. He was trying to give them a nice surprise.
“I would love to talk to my girlfriend, but we can’t! Thanks, you ass!” Katsuki growled, heading for the door.
“You could’ve if you’d just stopped and let me show you.” Hitoshi grumbled, frustrated.
“What do you mean? Did you find a way to contact her?” Shoto asked, hopeful.
“Hina got in contact with Midoriya through the fanfic website they use. She knew we could chat on Minecraft, and it was the only way she could think to reach us without getting tracked.” Hitoshi explained, holding out his switch.
“You didn’t tell us?!” Katsuki roared, spinning back to face him.
“I was trying to! I invited you both here to show you! To let you both talk to her because I know you’ve been missing her just as much as I have!” He defended himself.
“Calm down, both of you. I understand why you’re mad, but it’s not like he could text us. That would’ve been compromising her to the Commission. We know they’re at least tracking me, with as close as we all are they’re probably watching both of you as well now that Hina’s gone.” Shoto cut in, attempting to break the tension.
“So what, I just can’t be mad about anything? I can’t be mad she got taken. I can’t be mad you gave her to them, to the guy who kidnapped me! I can’t mad he’s had a way to talk to her for who knows how long and didn’t tell me!” Katsuki shouted.
“I’m sorry, I should’ve told you the second you came inside. I shouldn’t have teased you and waited for Shoto. I just thought it would be a nice surprise for both of you to get to talk to her after spending the last few days at Endeavor’s agency.” Hitoshi sighed, feeling guilty. He wasn’t even the one there when she was taken but he was the one who got to have her back first.
“No, I’m sorry. Shoto’s right I shouldn’t be mad at you. I just…I’m so angry but I don’t have anywhere to point it. I shouldn’t be angry with either of you, but the Commission is like being angry at an idea! How do I let that out?!” Katsuki huffed, frustrated.
“Hina’s been on pretty much twenty four seven since we started. We have two options here. You can sit down and try to relax and talk to Hina, or we can go ask Kirishima if he wants to get a little training in. I’m sure he will gladly take the brunt of this as a way to strengthen his quirk.” And help you. Hitoshi thought to himself but knew Katsuki wouldn’t want to hear that bit just yet.
If he mentioned Hina, Kirishima would immediately agree without hesitation. He was a good friend who knew Katsuki wasn’t doing well. If he thought training, letting off a little steam, was what he needed to get back to normal, he’d do it.
“I don’t want her to think I’m angry at her.” Katsuki whispered, looking at the floor.
Hitoshi’s heart ached. Katsuki could be loud, and snappy, but they all saw through it. There was a sensitive little sweetheart under there, scared, coming across wrong. Scared of letting people see him. The real sticky rich caramel sweetness that was hidden behind his insecurities and shielded by anger.
“Let’s go. Kirishima’s in the elevator if Aizawa hasn’t come yet. I’ll drag Kaminari with us and we can clear the elevator for Shoto to get back up. Actually, give me a second I got electrician gloves added to my costume.” Hitoshi said, grabbing his training bag he’d set up for his morning training with Aizawa.
“When did you do that? I don’t remember it looking any different.” Shoto asked, confused.
“Well, they’re black and purple just like the rest of my costume, so they don’t really stand out visually but the rubber does put a good amount of buffing if Kaminari isn’t using a million volts.” Hitoshi explained, looking back at him gloves in hand.
“Does he do that?” He asked, suspiciously.
“Sometimes, then I use my quirk on him so he can’t run away, when I walk over and deck him.” Hitoshi explained, draping his scarf over his shoulders.
“You know he’s training with you so you’ll tie him up, right?” Shoto asked, completely serious. “He’s said it. Out loud.”
“I am aware of that fact, but I need someone who’s not scared to train with me. You won’t train with me because you’re scared of hurting me. So, I train with the guy we all know likes me. If you don’t wanna be jealous you could always actually train with me.” Hitoshi said, crossing his arms and looking at Shoto.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.” Shoto shook his head.
“Because you’re scared of hurting me, or scared you’ll get turned on when I tie you up?” Hitoshi asked, seriously.
“…hmmmm.” Shoto stared at him for a moment, pensively. “Both.”
“Oh my god. I’m going to go explode Kiri, you to figure that out.” Katsuki scoffed, walking out of the room.
“Wait. If you’re both leaving, what about me?” Shoto asked, watching Katsuki walk away.
“You can come if you want, or you can stay and talk to Hina, or you can take my switch with you back upstairs to your room. I got to talk to her privately, you could do it now, and we could let Katsuki tomorrow. Make it fair, give us all some time.” He offered, watching Shoto stare at the hand held console.
“Can I follow, and watch while I text her?” Shoto asked. Hitoshi was starting to get very familiar with Shoto’s anxieties. How he’d manage to find himself in a polycule with separation anxiety, and abandonment issues a plenty was beyond him. Hinadori and Shoto both had it rough in both regards. That might honestly be why she wouldn’t leave the game.
“It might be a little distracting, or overstimulating for you, but I don’t mind you watching us if you want to be there.” Hitoshi offered, watching Shoto’s eyes flit up to him.
“Can you show me how to talk to her?” Shoto asked, holding the switch shamefully.
“Of course I can, Sweet Boy.” Hitoshi smiled, walking him through jumping into her multiplayer world.
“This way of typing is extremely inefficient.” Shoto sighed, having to use the joycon’s to move to each character.
“Well, you could play on my computer and type faster, but you wouldn’t be able to come with us.” Hitoshi offered, gesturing to his pc. He rarely let people touch it but Shoto would be his exception.
“I’ll figure this out.” Shoto nodded, then froze. “Where’s the punctuation?”
“Don’t worry about it. She’ll understand.” Hitoshi laughed, pulling Shoto out of the dorm with him. “Oh, but you’ll probably have to use your phone's hotspot to play in the gym. I don’t think there’s WiFi over there.”