Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Working from home 2

 The first thing Hizashi did after he threw on a t-shirt and sweats was call for an emergency staff meeting. His girlfriend wandered into their bedroom in a daze, her cheeks red and tail waving around behind her like a warning flag. She didn't pay much attention to him while he rushed around in a frenzy, but then again his energy levels were always erratic to begin with. Elly decided it was better to let him calm down for a bit by himself.


He grabbed her laptop and contaced everyone. Most of their colleagues joined the chat right away; he sighed with relief that this would all hopefully be over in a few minutes. His best friend, however, was not one to make such a thing easy.


<b>Eraserhead</b>: <i>Mic, please tell me why half of my class is frantically texting me.</i>


<b>Cementoss</b>: <i>Do we all need to do this? Sounds like this was Class 1-A business.</i>


<b>Thirteen</b>: <i>Mic wanted us all here.</i>


Hizashi sighed. "I, uh. Yeah. So, I <i>kinda</i> walked out half naked while Cheshire was having an online session with 1-A -"


Yagi started coughing frantically in the background and didn't type for quite awhile.


<b>Eraserhead</b>: <i>I told you something like this was bound to happen if you two weren't careful.</i>


<b>Ectoplasm</b>: <i>They're... together?</i>


"We've been seeing each other for almost a year. She moved in last weekend."


<b>Ectoplasm</b>: <i>Aizawa? You knew?</i>


<b>Eraserhead</b>: <i>We live in the same building. Of course I knew.</i>


<b>Hound Dog</b>: <i>About time you came out about it.</i>


<b>Thirteen</b>: <i>Yeah, congratulations! But I understand the reasoning behind keeping things like this private, too.</i>


<b>All Might</b>: <i>Congratulations, Mic!</i>


<b>Aizawa</b>: <i>Why are we congratulating him again?</i>


<b>Ectoplasm</b>: <i>Because they're happy?.</i>


"Yeah." Hizashi rubbed the back of his neck with a wry grin. "And it was gonna happen sooner or later, right?"


<b>Snipe</b>: <i>You walkin' out in your drawers in front of the students?</i>


"I didn't mean <i>that</i>!" 


<b>Aizawa</b>: <i>Obviously.</i>


"I meant the, uh, that we're together."


There was an awkward pause, then something happened to make it far worse.


"Zashi, honey," a sweet voice called out from the hall. 


<b>Aizawa</b>: <i>!!!</i>


"I thought we could use some downtime after what happened, relax a little..." Elly trailed off, her ears flicking when she noticed the hasty setup on the table.


Hizashi glanced up and froze, his ears immediately flushing red as he took in the sight before him.


His girlfriend was wearing one of his leather jackets - probably the older one they had one set aside for this purpose -- and not much else. Elly had carefully dressed in a matching leather bikini set that complimented his look.


<b>All Might</b>: <i>Holy</i> shit, <i>Yamada!</i>


(<b>All Might has left the chat</b>)


<b>Eraserhead</b>: <i>...</i>


<b>Hound Dog</b>: <i>...</i>


(<b>Hound Dog has left the chat</b>)


(<b>Ectoplasm has left the chat</b>)


<b>Thirteen</b>: <i>You still there, Aizawa?</i>


<b>Eraserhead</b>: <i>Yes.</i>


<b>Thirteen</b>: <i>We probably should, ah, log out too.</i>


<b>Eraserhead</b>: <i>Yes.</i>


<b>Thirteen</b>: <i>AIZAWA.</i>


Aizawa sniffed once, then shook his head, breaking the trance he was in. 


<b>Eraserhead</b>: <i>Yes!</i>


Hizashi reached up with a trembling hand and snapped the laptop closed.


"Okay, we're even," he groaned. 


"You could have told me you were on call, you know," she remarked sourly. 


"I dunno. I think you made Aizawa's year."


Elly wrinkled her nose and sat on his lap, snuggling close while he curled his arms around her. "Is that supposed to make me feel better?"


"Um... yeah, nah. Guess not. I got somethin' that might, though."


"<i>I</i> was trying to do that for you!"


"Best two out of three?"












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