I guess this is more of a filler chapter I think? I don't think much goes on in it. It had more to it but my friend and I agreed it was a bit much so soon and so we're gonna leave that bit Ieft out for a future chapter
Also I don't know how long Aizawa has been teaching, I made a post about it somewhere on my tumblr because by the time Izuku gets into U.A, Aizawa has expelled at least 154. I think I said that if he started teaching when he was 21 then he'd have at least expelled 17 students a year, which seems like a lot but someone mentioned he might started when he was 25 and that would be about 30 students a year which seemed terrifying so I'm just gonna say 21. Also because I have stuff I want to write.
"I'm sorry, I can't tell if you're being serious or not"
"Of course I'm being serious, why wouldn't I be serious?"
Aizawa's grip on his capture gear shifted while he kept the villain pinned down under his foot.
"I remember saying it was a bad idea"
"Phfft- Please, you'd be an amazing teacher!"
"That's not the point Nemuri, I don't even have a teaching license." Aizawa turned towards one of the police officers that was arriving and while muting his phone, showed them his hero's license just to be safe. One of the officers gives him the okay after he gave a brief summary of what happened, he'd need to give a full written one later on anyways but right now he'd prefer to leave before the media decides to show up, some people have already started to pull out their phones.
Making sure his capture gear was in place around his neck and shoulder, Aizawa moves the phone back to his ear, "Sorry, I was finishing something, but anyways terrible idea, I don't even know where to get a babysitter."
"If you accept the job, I'm sure Nezu will let you get a license while you're teaching, that's what Yamada's doing anyways and don't give me that, it isn't the best reason, I know Izukun's therapist recommended some babysitters that are specially taught to care for kids with trauma. Plus, think of how excited he'd be! His dad is teaching soon to be heros!"
"that doesn't sound like a good reason to be a teacher either, you do realize? Another terrible reason is that it's almost April, school starts for U.A in a month, on top of that U.A would start a full week earlier that Izu's elementary school." glancing at the clock on his phone, the shift Aizawa was covering ended an hour ago, and he had enough time to go back to his agency, sort everything out, then get Izu.
"Babysitter Shouta, that's what babysitters are for- wait why do even have shift right now?"
"Yamada's still sick with a cold."
"How?"
"It's was raining the other day and he insisted on taking Izu out in it"
"While he was still sick"
"yes"
"for a man who's actually really smart, he's a complete idiot."
"he's smart but his common sense is off."
Aizawa could hear muffled laughter through the speaker, " I think his need to be over the top does that to him."
Izuku was kicking his legs back and forth while he sat on couch, curls bouncing lightly with his head down but Aizawa could almost sees the gears turning.
"...But you could still take me to school, right?"
"Yeah, I can still take you to school." leaning forward, he tried to catch Izuku's eye.
"Can I just walk to U.A after school?"
"Izu, we talked about this, I don't want you walking around by yourself, not until you're… older." Aizawa sighed out as he leaning back. Kids usually did start walking home by themselves when they got to elementary, but he wanted to wait until he was sure Izuku wouldn't panic at being alone or being surrounded by strangers. "Besides, you'd have to go on the train by yourself, do you want to do that?"
Biting his lip, Izuku shook his head.
Before Aizawa had mentioned the part about needing a babysitter, Nemuri's had been right about Izuku being excited about him working at U.A. Naming off a bunch of pro heros that had gone there with a glimmer in his eyes. It was still there now, just not as bright.
"I could get him!" was followed by a cough from Yamada, hair down, shades missing, surrounded by tissue boxes and slumped against the kitchen counter because it was "nice and cool".
"You also got a job at U.A, teaching english" Aizawa turned away to glare at him "and I told you to go home, Nemuri is watching Izuku until you're not sick."
A muffled protest could be heard when Yamada pushed his face into his arms but other than that, he made no other signs of moving.
He did have some shiny star stickers on his face though, and a drawing of himself saying his signature phrase "Everybody say hey!". Courtesy of Izuku who said it would help make him feel better.
"What are you gonna be teaching? Are you gonna have a homeroom?"
Aizawa glanced back at Izuku, looking up at him with doe eyes and a renewed spark "Hero Informatics and yes, every teacher has one."
"You can teach them logic ruses!" Izuku gasped out before going into a fit of giggles.
While Yamada muttered something about Izuku being the only one who found logic ruses funny, and Izuku kept laughing, Aizawa could feel the grin creeping onto his face.
Reaching over and pulling Izuku into his side so that all you could really see of him while he was laughing was his mop of green hair, Aizawa turned back around with his arm still over Izuku's shoulder, "He's already better than most brats, he's smart."
"3 things, why is that the only way you can smile, you're ruining that child, and you said that like he's a dog," the dead look Yamada was giving him would have made him snort if Izuku hadn't of pushed his head up so that his eyes were peeking over the top of the couch.
"I like dogs! Dogs are great!"
"Cats are better kid."
Izuku let out a small gasp before he squished his cheeks together "cats are great."
Aizawa was ruffling Izuku's hair when Yamada brought up a point that he had almost forgotten about.
"Does Izukun have school on Saturdays?"
Aizawa made sure everything was ready the night before the first day of school for U.A.
The babysitter, Tadako Harue, had come by through out the month so that Izuku would adjust to being around her, and so that Aizawa could explain things.
Things like if Izuku cried, not to immediately think something bad happened because Izuku cried for multiple reasons, one of which might be that he was actually just really happy. Or if you couldn't find Izuku he would sometimes hide under his bed buried in a sleeping bag Aizawa had gotten him, which he usually only did on extremely bad days. Or when Izuku would get lost in thought sometimes it was better to let him think rather than try to knock him out of it.
He also mentioned some things that Izuku didn't like. Slime, or putty, was one of them, which was apparently sometimes used as a way to calm someone down but in this case made Izuku incredible uncomfortable which was understandable. Another was telekinetic quirks, which again, was understandable, a painful memory that sometimes even made Aizawa feel a sharp stab of guilt.
Tadako had written everything down and assured him with a smile that she understood. And Izuku seemed to be alright after she came by the 4th time.
The real test came when Aizawa had gone to U.A to get things ready there. Leaving Izuku alone with Tadako for the first time almost a week before U.A's school term would start.
It had gone better than expected, Izuku had basically done the same thing as when he had first come to stay with Aizawa. Hiding in the next room over but checking once in awhile to make sure he wasn't alone. After 2 hours Izuku decided that things would be fine and had actually come out to draw with Tadako, though she did say Izuku constantly asked when his dad was coming back.
Hopefully when Izuku went back to school in the next week, things would go just as smoothly.
The schedule he had was that he would take Izuku to school, then go to U.A. Since U.A school days tended to be slightly longer than average, specifically for the heroics department, ending closer to 3:30 or 4 if not longer, when Izuku finished school at 3, tadako would would bring him back to the apartment and watch him until Aizawa got back. Since Aizawa would be working part time night shifts instead of the whole night, he opted to take a shift that started closer to 10 and ended near 3 in the morning.
Both Yamada and Nemuri still wanted to watch over Izuku at night, and honestly Aizawa was glad they did. Tadako may have been taught how to care for traumatized children but Aizawa knew for a fact that Izuku would not fall asleep until he fully trusted her.
So while he had everything planned out for Izuku, Aizawa didn't exactly plan on the students he would have.
Most of them had been egotistical brats who thought just because they had a good quirk and had passed the entrance exam that they could easily become the world's next best hero. About 2 of them seemed decent and willing to learn but the rest… they had calmed down after Aizawa had threatened to give them all a test. He should just make that a tactique, testing them on the first day. Not only would it show their potential but it might teach them that life wasn't always what they thought it was.
Izuku running up to hug him when he got home did improve his mood but it wasn't enough to stop him from telling Nemuri exactly how annoyed he was.
She had started laughing at the beginning but laughed even harder when Izuku repeated the exact phrase he had use to describe one of his students.
"Shouta, you just have to get use to having pompous kids, they'll settle down in a week or 2" wiping under her eye to get rid of any tears from laughing so hard, Nemuri leaned back before continuing "If you'd like, I could whip them into shape for you~" punctuating whip with a wink.
"Don't do that when Yamada is around, he's already complaining that Izu is learning too many curse words- and what are you doing?"
Nemuri let out a questioning 'hmm' before realizing that he was talking about the fact that she was leaning back on top of Izuku, who didn't seem bothered by it at all. Flipping through his book happily not even looking like he cared.
"Oh this? You know how sometimes you let Izukun stand on your feet and you'll try walking with him like that, and at the same time manage to keep a straight face?"
"...yes?" he really didn't know where she was going with this.
"and how Yamada has this thing where he picks Izukun up by his legs and pretends he's a mop?"
Aizawa made a face of disgust but nodded anyways, because it was, in fact, disgusting. But it made Izuku laugh so he wasn't going to argue.
"It's our version of that." Nemuri sounded very satisfied with her answer.
But Aizawa still had no idea what she was doing, and at this point he wasn't going to question it.
Like I said, I don't think much goes on in this one but hopefully it's okay
I tried making the end less abrupt but I wasn't sure how, neither did my friend so we both cried (not actually)
I was also heavily distracted by this other fic that only has 3 chapters right now but the writing and angst is so good in it
I'm going back to school this week and I don't know how that's going to effect my schedule
