Izuku weakly opened his eye, tears glistened down his cheeks as he sat up. He sniffed and wiped them away.
"Yagi-san…" He whispered sadly, he climbed from his bed and peeked into his Mom's room. When he saw she was asleep, he snuck down stairs and looked at the home phone. He saw a number written on a note next to a name. Yagi Toshinori. Izuku carefully tapped in the number and held it to his ear as it began to ring.
Toshinori was working late that night, helping taking down a large group of Villains, and alone. He had noticed them not to long ago, called for backup before going into his hero form to confront them… and it was a lot easier than one may expect. That was until he got a phone call in the mists of the fight. As he punched a few villains back, he pulled out his phone to see it was Inko's house phone. He frowned, she was never up this later, not with a son as young as Izuku. He quickly answered.
"Hello?" He asked, punching a villain that was getting far to close. There was a small sniffle… that was definitely not Inko.
"Yagi-san?" The small, broke voice of Izuku asked.
"My boy, it's very later, why are you calling?" He asked, worry bubbling up inside him, was the Midoriya's hurt?
"I had a bad dream Yagi-san…" Izuku said.
"My boy…" Toshinori began, before having to dodge a quirk and attacked the villain that tried to hit him. "Wouldn't your mother be the better one to speak too?"
"But, my dream… you were hurt and alone and you were hurt so badly Yagi-san!" Izuku cried quietly, Toshinori frowned. The boy had had a bad dream with him getting hurt? Whilst Inko knew who he was, knew he was a pro hero, he was sure Izuku and Shouta were unaware of that fact. "Are you okay Yagi-san?"
"I am quite well my boy. How about I come around after I finish the job I am on, so you can see I am okay?" Toshinori suggested, knowing he was going to have to message, or ring Inko about this, and warn her he was coming over.
"Okay…" Izuku sniffed, before the call ended. Toshinori put his phone away and dealt with the villains quickly, having them all tied up before the police arrive. The took them off and Toshinori made his getaway and was able to return to his civilian form. He pulled his phone out again and placed a call to Inko.
"Toshinori...?" Inko asked tiredly.
"Sorry to bother you this late, but I got a call from Izuku…" Toshinori began, "He's okay!" He added quickly to calm Inko before she panicked. "But, apparently had a nightmare about me being hurt and wanted to make sure I was okay. I may have promised to come room to prove to him I was okay." There a small silence.
"I will unlock the front door, so you can come in. He is currently in the living room watching on of your animes." Inko muttered quietly. "After having a nightmare he will be a little clingy and will need lots of hugs to be reassured." Inko told him.
"Are Nightmares common?" Toshinori asked, a little worried.
"Sometimes, usually only after something has happened. He a few nightmares after his dad came for him, after the villain attack that made him run to U.A. They usually only last a night or two, but it helps for him to see the people in the dreams not long after them, helps him feel more at ease. So, thank you." Inko said, a smile in her voice.
"It's no problem. I am almost there now. I'll see you in a bit." Toshinori nodded. Inko gave a soft hum in reply, and he had a feeling she was likely to be back in bed when he arrived. The call ended and Toshinori broke into a small jog.
He arrived at the Midoriya residence not long later, ad let himself in, he could hear the Tv playing. He carefully closed the door to avoid waking the whole household and looked into the living room. Izuku was curled up on the sofa, eyes closed as he napped, an All Might anime playing on the TV screen. He carefully sat next to the boy, who stirred from his nap. Tired green eyes saw him, Izuku shifted himself so he was curled into Toshinori's side.
"Yagi-san…" He mumbled, Toshinori smiled softly, and ruffled the boy's hair.
"You okay?" Toshinori asked, Izuku gave a small nod. Toshinori smiled, and lifted Izuku on to his lap, the boy wriggled a bit and curled into his chest, a small hand balled itself up in his shirt. Toshinori leaned his head back, holding the sleeping child close, hoping his presence could help hold back any nightmares that wanted to torment the boy. Slowly, the secret pro hero also fell asleep.
Shouta was a little surprised to see Izuku asleep on Toshinori's lap when he woke that next morning. He sort of froze in the doorway, looking at the scene.
"Izuku had a nightmare about Toshinori being hurt." Inko said, passing him to smile at the scene. "So, he came rushing around to assure he was alright."
"Ah." Shouta muttered.
"Come on, let's get breakfast ready, Izuku will likely be awake soon." Inko patted his shoulder.
Izuku woke up in a warm embrace, he weakly opened his eyes to find himself curled up against Toshinori, who was still asleep.
"Izuku." He turned to see his mom with a small smile. "You feeling better baby?" She asked, He yawned and nodded, but continued to snuggle into Toshinori. The man shifted a little but didn't wake up. "You want some breakfast?"
"Is Yagi-san staying for breakfast?" Izuku asked quietly.
"I think he is, and breakfast is almost ready. Want to wake him?" Inko said, Izuku yawned and nodded, Inko smiled softly and began heading back to the kitchen. She glanced back to Izuku softly patting Toshinori's cheek to wake him. She joined Shouta in the kitchen. "They'll be joining us in a minute." She told him.
"Yagi-san…" Izuku muttered, patting the man's cheek. Toshinori hummed, and opened his eyes weakly, looking down at the small on his lap. "Morning Yagi-san."
"Morning, how are you feeling today?" Toshinori asked, Izuku nodded and laid his head on his chest.
"You okay." He said softly, Toshinori smiled and pet his head. "Oh, mama said breakfast is almost ready."
"Ah, then let's go and get it." Toshinori said, wrapping his arms around the small boy, he stood up. Izuku giggled looking around.
"So tall." He looked down, Toshinori chuckled and walked into the kitchen. "Nii-chan! Me tall!" Izuku announced happily. Shouta looked at him and smirked.
"That you are." He nodded, Izuku giggled happily and cuddled into Toshinori's shoulder. Inko watched them with a soft smile.
