So when I said Eri had a really tragic backstory one of you brought up Guts. Yeah no, I think Guts has the MOST tragic backstory in all of fiction. It's kind of ridiculous. If you don't know about Guts from Berserk than I would recommend you give it a google search. Unless you want to sleep at night then don't look it up, it's haunting.
Izuku woke up to something rather unusual.
Eri was gone.
This was strange for a number of reasons. Firstly, Eri hated being away from him. She would only ever willingly separate from him when either Kota was around or Izuku had to go to work. She just didn't want to be alone. Secondly, Eri normally woke up after him.
Izuku heard something in the kitchen and got up to see what it was.
When he got there he discovered that Eri was there. She had one of his cooking books out while she seemingly attempted to make eggs, standing on top of a chair so she could reach.
"Eri," Izuku said as he entered the room.
Eri quickly turned her head around to face Izuku.
"You know you're not supposed to use the stove," Izuku said crossing his arms.
Eri looked down at her feet with a guilty expression. "Sorry. I...I wanted to make you some food. Your busy a lot so I thought that if I learned how to cook...I would be more useful...but ..."
Eri looked back at the eggs. They were burnt and there was still a bit of shell in them.
"I messed up." She said sadly.
Izuku looked at the eggs before shaking his head. "It's fine Eri."
He walked over to her and picked her up. "It's not very often that someone gets something right the first time they do it. It takes lots and lots of practice in order to get things how you want them. Besides-"
Izuku pulled out a fork and cut a piece of the egg before picking it up and eating it.
He almost shivered. It was easily the worst tasting thing he had ever eaten, the burnt taste mixed with the slightly crunchy texture created something that was truly unpleasant.
But looking at Eri's astounded face and hopeful eyes made it bearable. And Izuku swallowed the egg without a single sign of displeasure.
"-This isn't that bad." Izuku finished.
"I-It isn't?" Eri questioned.
Izuku shook his head. "No. You know why? Because you made them for me."
The two smiled and Izuku put Eri down. "Next time you want to learn how to cook tell me and I'll help you."
Eri nodded excitedly. A bright smile plastered on his face.
Izuku laughed. "Now go to the room and I'll join you after I eat these eggs."
"Ok!" Eri said running to the bedroom.
After a few seconds, Izuku picked up the egg turned into Ghost Rider and dropped the egg down his open jaw where it was promptly incinerated.
I technically didn't lie.