Petra actually almost falls asleep in her hammock, the darker it gets outside and the longer she stares at the history textbook now open in her lap. She'd taken a break from her applications to get some studying done before her final exams. No matter which college she gets into, having the best grades that she can get will surely help. Beneath the hammock, her bedroom door opens and Shota lets himself in. He didn't knock, mostly because he knows that she knew he was coming, or at least assumed that she'd heard him coming along the hall, but she hadn't, she had been so engrossed in her thoughts that she missed his telltale footsteps approaching. His eyes scan the room before they instinctively turn upwards towards the corner of the room where the hammock is. He knows her so well. Petra pulls the cup away from her, the straw popping out from her lips.

"You missed training" He points out, but there is no scolding to his tone, he's just worried about it. She never misses their evening training sessions. Because with her going to school and him teaching, they don't have as much time as they want for it. By the time they get home, do homework or class prep, dinner, it does leave little time for anything else. Weekends give them a little more time but it's only really Saturday that they use because Shota wants her to have time to actually relax.

"What?" She asks him and then leans over the edge of the hammock to check the clock. He's right. She is late, by an hour. She closes her eyes and sighs. She's been so caught up with her college applications that she lost track of time. "I was...." She starts and then flips out of the hammock to land upright on the floor in front of him. "College applications..." He softens a little. The deadline is still a couple of weeks away, but he knows that she wants them done so she doesn't forget and miss her chance. College is important. And whilst she has applications for a number of pro-hero colleges and a number of support ones, UA is the one she really wants. The top hero college in not just Japan, but the world. The best heroes graduate out of it. Her parents both graduated from it. Of course, that is the school she wants. "And then.." She waves her textbook a little and sets it down on the desk. She nods a little and then jumps up, attaching herself to the ceiling by one hand whilst the other plucks the UA application form from the top of the shelf before she drops down again. She holds out the UA application towards him and sighs. He takes it and peers down at the half-filled in page. He knows she has been applying to various colleges all across Japan, and even some in America. He wasn't exactly pleased to hear about her wanting to apply to schools that far away, but there was nothing he could do to stop her from sending them, just like he can't stop her from applying to UA's hero course now. "I know you don't want me to..." She lets out a breath and glances at him. "Join a hero course" She finishes. Shota's eyes sadden as he realises that he's warped her choices by pushing it too hard. It should never have been about his choice, he only ever suggested, but maybe he did that too hard. If she is this worried about upsetting him with her choices.

"It's not up to me" He stops her firmly. Giving her a look. "This is your future..." He adds and holds back the application towards her. "Your mother would want you to join the hero course....she would want you to apply to UA..." He admits. "I..." He looks away from her. "If this is what you want" He manages to choke out without sounding too upset. He loves his daughter, only wants to protect her. To save her from the same fate her mother suffered. It's reasonable for a father to feel that way. But he is not about to control her into picking something she doesn't want to do. He has tried to guide her towards support, but he would never force that on her. He just wants her to be happy.

"Are you sure?" She asks him softly. She doesn't want him to be unhappy with her choices and if she does get into UA, then they'll have to see one another, if they fall out over this, then that would be unbearable. Shota smiles warmly at her and takes her face in his hands.

"I'm sure" He assures her. She smiles brightly, relief flooding through her with his words. With the acceptance. She shrieks a little and throws herself into his chest. Shota catches her, to stop them both from falling over. He lets out a breath and curls his arm around her shoulders, stroking the back of her hair, letting her curl into his chest. She is so happy about this. And of course, that makes him happy. Even if worry and fear is constricting his heart as his mind unravels with everything that could possibly go wrong.