"I'm nervous."

"You'll be fine."

Kirishima bites his lip,"But Kat I..." He huffs, knowing hes making his lip red,"What if."

"If they don't like it, then fuck them."

"But they don't even know." Kirishima groans,"Katsuki if they don't approve, then-"

"Eijirou."

The red head stops, eyes worried and nervous as Katsuki turns on him. He stares into those crimson eyes, Kats face sure and unworried.

"Listen to me." The blond says sternly but gently, grabbing kirishima's hands and lacing their fingers,"I love my parents..." He says,"But not the same way I love you, and right now all I want is this." He shakes their laced hands for emphasis, looking the red head in the eyes,"If they don't approve then they'll say so. But I don't care, and neither should you, its us in this relationship, not them."

"Yeah, ok..." Kirishima swallows, nodding,"Ok."

"Its ok." Kat pulls him close, hugging him tight,"I'm nervous too ok."

"Well of course you are." Kirishima whispers, pressing his forehead against the blonds shoulder,"I just... Hate that my mom is probably gonna ruin this. I know Mitsuki and Masaru will most likely scream for joy, they love me to death but like... My mom is kinda weird about this stuff..."

"Yeah." Kat pulls back, swallowing,"But like I said. Its me and you. Not them."

"Right, right." Kirishima nods, taking a breath as he picks up a plate of food and follows his boyfriend into the dinning room,"Me and you."

"Thank fuck, I thought I was gonna starve!"

Kirishima laughs, smiling as he hands Mitsuki her second plate of food.

Kats sits next to him as he sits across from Masaru. He glances at the older man, nodding to the kind smile that Katsuki's dad gives him.

Only if they knew they were about to either choke on their food or die from a heart attack.

He glances towards the end of the table, where his mother sits. Shes slim, with long black hair pulled into her tight bun. Her eyes are blue, eyeshadow brings out their unique color.

Mitsuki sits next to masaru, infront of Katsuki. And god, hopefully she hugs Kat instead of slapping him upside the head.

"Mom."

The table gets considerably quiet. Its rare that Katsuki addresses his mother correctly, simply because of their constant playful banter. Mitsuki is fast to listen though, knowing that when shes called by her child correctly that something is up.

"Yes baby?" She answers back, knowing how to switch from being a playful bitch to talking to her son sensibly in seconds. Honestly its scary to see them switch so fast sometimes.

Masaru sits at attention too, and Kirishima watches as his mother straightens her form too, obviously seeing the playful atmosphere has changed.

"I uh..." Kat glances at him, and Kirishima feels his cheeks flush already, skin dusting with pink.

"I-I have a question to ask." He blurts and as all eyes turn on him, he feels the world weighing on his shoulders,"U-Um."

Fuck, god damn Kirishima grow a pair. You're 25 years old, you've been dating him for 6 years... Its time.

"I uh." He swallows, knowing the fear and the nervousness is there, his feet tingling and quirk shimmering up his unnerved fingers.

"As Katsukis parents." He watches in blunt amusement as Mitsuki and Masaru are surprised by how he addressed "Bakugo" because thats all hes called the blond around them for the last 8 years,"I think its only respectful that I ask you for this, especially considering its how things are done traditionally and we're not people that skip out on that kinda stuff." He glances at Katsuki and the blond looks ready to burst from the amount of anticipation hes holding behind his eyes.

"Can I marry Katsuki?" He says it, in one brilliant moment of excruciating embarrassment.

He watches as his boyfriends parents do a number of faces. Confusion, surprise, then something like "Holy fucking shit," then they just glance at eachother and freeze like that.

Kirishima finds Kats hand beneath the table, holding it tight. Katsuki is tense, fingers stiff and hardly holding Kirishima's back as they both swallow.

Kirishima can't take it, and he takes a deep breath as he tries to clear the silence,"I've... Already asked him." Those eyes land on him again, and he'ss trying his absolute best not to look at his mother's judgemental ones,"He's said yes, we just need you."

Mitsuki stands up and shrieks, making Kirishima jump so bad that the table rattled and Kats eyes go wide. Masaru just smiles warmly, chuckling as he looks at his wife.

"Thank god I was right!" Mitsuki proclaims,"God Eijirou- what took you so damn long!? I've been waiting for you to ask us that since the day Katsuki let you move in with him!"

"Ah um-" Kirishima flushes,"So you-"

"We didn't know per say..." Mitsuki smiles gently at him, a rare look he gets,"But I'm happy our suspicions were right." She nods, looking between them,"You two suit eachother, even if you are both men..."

Kirishima feels a weight lift off his chest, floating away and making him feel his lungs work again,"So yes?"

"Of course." Masaru nods,"You have our blessing."

Kirishima looks to his mother, watching as her inner turmoil outwardly unfolds. She bites her lip, looking him in the eyes before standing up and walking away from the table and out on the balcony. Kirishima clenches his teeth, lips pressed together tight. He takes a deep breath, trying to ignore the urge to cure his mothers teary eyes.

"Is she ok?" Mitsuki asks, looking over her shoulder, watching as his mother stands outside with her arms crossed over her chest, staring out at the city with her back to them. To him.

"Shes like this." Kirishima smiles gently to his future parents in law,"Just give her a minute."

-

"Eiji honey..."

Kirishima looks up from his conference notes, watching as his mother sits next to him on the couch. She look tired and worn down, eyes puffy from crying. The last two years have been hard for her. She lost her job because she told her boss off and she seemed to break after that. She lost her apartment, her sense of self worth and her hard working personality. She lived with Kirishima and Kat for 7 months, getting better slowly and learning how to get back on her feet.

She now owns an aprtment just down the road from their flat, working in a sweet little coffee shop where shes been the happiest she's ever been since kirishima can remember.

But right now... She looks really distraught.

"Honey why..." She swallows,"Did your father know?"

"He's..." Kirishima sighs, laying his notes aside,"He's known since I was eighteen mama." He says gently.

"Then why couldn't you tell me too? Am I not trustworthy?" She looks at him,"Is that why you didn't tell me sweetheart, I-I would've understood. Why didn't you tell me while I lived here with you, why'd you hide it?" She bites her lip, sighing,"Gosh, how come I didn't see it, you two always acted so sweet towards eachother." She smiles,"Makes me jealous."

Kirishima smiles with her, but swallows and takes a breath,"No mom I..." He turns more fully to her, trying to ignore Katsuki's and Mitsuki's bickering over the messy side of Kats bed in the bedroom,"I was just scared... A lot of people look down on this kind of stuff and I..." He presses his lips together as he thinks hard,"I didn't want to be somebody you'd look down on... The way you did dad, and the way dad did you." He takes a breath,"I knew dad wouldn't be here often, since he was moving to England after the divorce anyways so... I knew that if he rejected me, then it would only affect me a little. I wouldn't see him as often as I would you."

His mom stares at him, her eyes searching for something.

"I love dad to death ok, but like..." Kirishima swallows,"I may have got my good looks from him-" His mother nods and he laughs,"But most of who I am came from you because you practically raised me on your own." He smiles at her,"And I never wanna let you down ok, that's why I didn't tell you. It's not because I don't trust you, its more because I just can't let you down."

"Oh Eijirou..." His mother chuckles and pulls him into a hug,"I'm only proud of you." She squeezes him tight,"You did a good job baby, Katsuki is very sweet, and he'll keep you in line and healthy."

Kirishima laughs,"Yeah I know."

"And you better adopt so many babies!" She gives him a stern look,"I wanna be a grandma before I die damnit!"

"Mom!" Kirishima flushes,"Give us a few years!"

"Years!?" Mitsuki squeals from the kitchen doorway, startling Kirishima cause he didn't even know she was standing there,"I'll give you a few months, you fuckers! Do I look like I'm getting any younger to you!?"

Katsuki growls,"God damn calm down. We haven't even set a marraige date dumbass."

"Fuck you brat! I want grandbabies!" Mitsuki yells poutfully,"Maybe they'll be sweeter than your raunchy ass!"

"Hey! Who's fucking fault is that!?" Kat yells back.

Kirishima laughs, and he smiles as he takes a deep breath and falls back against the couch.

Thats a relief.