So here is the next chapter literally wrote it in less than 24 hours! It ended up being 4558 words. Sorry it isn't the best but I feel like this thing with Aizawa needed to be explained. I think I am going to revise a bit of the first chapter to make it more cohesive. Hope everyone enjoys!
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Start Chapter 5
"Hey, I see your awake. How are you feeling?"
"I-I um. I'm... okay." Harry stuttered. He watched as a attractive, dead tired looking man with scruff, dark bloodshot eyes, and dark wavy hair in a bun went to sit in the chair next to him. Harry nearly needed to do a double take as the man's appearance screamed Black or LeStrange family member.
"Good. I was told that... you.. Were very sick. Do you feel like you can eat anything now?" The man asked. Deciding to ignore the freak out the boy had the day before. The hospital was lucky Cemetos was so close by it made for a quick repair of the building.
"M-maybe." Harry said, blushing as his stomach growled at the smells coming from the container held between the man's long thin hands. He tried his best not to focus on the man's intensely focused gaze.
"Good, I brought you something from home. I know hospital food isn't the best." The man said.
"T-thank you sir! Um... What's your name anyway?" Harrison squeaked.
The man smiled. "Shouta Aizawa, I'm the person who you will be living with after all of this." He explained.
"What? But-I thought that the blond man, he said I was going to live with him." Harry exclaimed, his face screwed up adorably in confusion.
"No, no, no. I have no idea why he...said that but I have agreed to keep you!" Aizawa said, feeling annoyed and confused. Everyone else had been absolutely terrified of the kid the only other person that he could think of that had spoken to the kid. To have actually got any information was All Might and no way would he want a kid... would he? Aizawa was actually oddly excited for the kid to get discharged. Already, he and his loud mouth friend Hizashi had begun setting up the spare room.
"Oh, okay."
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In the week that followed Aizawa found himself strangely happy, excited even and impatient feeling to get done with teaching the brats so he could get to the hospital to see Harrison. He really was such a sweet kid. He was really beginning to look forward to getting to be his parent. But then... One day Aizawa showed up earlier than he usually did. School got out early that day and that evening Harrison was to go back into surgery as they had to tweak some of the pins they had put in his leg. That day a massive man with familiar golden blond hair that stuck up like antennae was sitting in the chair next to Harrison's bedside, looking comically large.
The man was laughing obnoxiously and chatting the painfully shy child up. The strange... disconcerting thing was that Harrison was talking back, smiling.
"What are you doing here?" Aizawa finally said after a few moments of assessing the situation.
All Might jumped, flailing for a moment before making that annoying fake laugh. "You startled me there friend! I'm just visiting my soon to be charge here. Harrison's going back into surgery soon after all." He said, giving the man a radiant sparkling grin and a thumbs up. His other hand held a sundae.
"Your's?.. Sorry. You are mistaken. I've already been given temporary guardianship." Aizawa explained.
"What!? But-but I-"
"Also, do not give Harrison that. He shouldn't be eating processed sugars nor is he even allowed to eat anything before surgery.." Aizawa insisted, glaring at the chocolate fudge and strawberry topped confection then at the massive man. Almost daring him to do just that.
"Well can't he eat it after then?" All Might managed to ask. Doing the best to force his voice from crackling.
"No. I just said, I don't want him eating any processed sugars."
"Harrison is a child! A few sweets isn't going to hurt him!" All Might pressed.
"Please do not tell me how to care for him. I know what I am talking about. Now please leave."
All Might was more than a little peeved and helpless feeling after that. The man looked back at Harrison, gritting his teeth at the distressed look on his face. "Fine." He grumbled instantly forcing a grin on his face to look at Harrison. "I will be seeing you later then!" He said, giving the boy a quick friendly wave. He was sure by the intense disapproving look on Aizawa's face that he would need to be careful from then on. "Let's talk!" All Might cheerfully insisted. Leading the grouchy looking man from the room.
"You won't be seeing him anymore. At least not without me there." Aizawa immediately said, glaring up at the man who was obviously sneaking around and giving Harrison things that could make him sick.
"Why not? I was there just like you. I care for Harrison as well." All Might insisted.
"Because this," Aizawa said waving between the both of them, "Isn't good for him. You are giving him mixed messages and he is already fragile. Besides that you are trying to feed him things he shouldn't be eating!" Aizawa explained.
"I disagree! He needs someone that will let him be a child, that will care for him and be there! Someone that is loving! You showed up and it is nearly 2pm! I've been here since 8am!" All Might insisted.
"First off, I have been here from around 4 or 5pm until nearly 7am every single day because I teach! And I stayed the entire weekend. I can't even remember the last time I bathed." Aizawa hissed, his eyes angry slits. "Harrison is extremely neurotic, anxious, and is shy. He is easily distressed on top of being quirk damaged! You cannot treat a child like him, like any other kid. He needs a calm structured environment with a strict routine and diet. Along with a calm guardian able to help ground him. You are the opposite of what he needs." The man stressed.
All Might clenched his teeth trying his best to continue smiling. "Are you implying that I would make a bad parent?"
"Do you really want me to answer that? Because I can... and you really likely won't like my answer no matter how logically my argument will be." Aizawa said eyes hooded and an eyebrow raised, making All Might twitch. "By no means am I saying that you wouldn't care about him but loving someone and being able to do what is best for them, even if it is being stern and forcing them to do things they don't want to do to help them, are two completely unrelated things. You want to be friends with everyone and that isn't what Harrison needs."
"Not to be rude but I don't think you know what that poor boy needs at all! What he needs is someone who can sympathize with him and that doesn't have an obviously defective shrunken heart like you." All Might said snidely, anger clouding his thoughts. All he got was a dull unimpressed look from the other man.
"Sir, I am going to have to ask you to leave. Your yelling is disturbing the patients." A young man in scrubs with silver thread looking hair said.
All Might let out a quiet triumphant snort. "You heard the man."
"Uh no... I'm sorry All Might sir! I'm a huge fan but I-I was actually talking about you. Mr. Aizawa I actually need to talk to you with Harrison. Just you know about the sugary." The young man said.
"Of course." The man agreed.
"I'm... I'm not giving up on this. That sweet boy deserves to be happy." All Might insisted before leaving.
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After that the pair had a bit of a war of sorts. Though kept it more discreet as not to distress Harrison. In the end with All Might convincing the court to let him have Harrison... Aizawa wasn't willing to let that slide. He may have not made nearly as much money but he had a good respectable job with normal hours and plenty of references. Within two weeks All Might had screwed up the man hadn't changed the bandages on Harrison's legs as much as he should have and Harrison's leg had gotten infected, badly. Aizawa didn't have to do much to get the boy in his custody.
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It had been awkward at first but that was expected. He knew the bedroom and general stuff was nothing like the other man probably provided but it was still done nicely and Harrison didn't seem to have any complaints...
Apparently he and All Might practically lived off of things that Harrison shouldn't have been eating making him irritable when Aizawa cold turkeyed him. After that, things looked up. The Erasing hero never thought it was possible to grow so attached to someone in such a short period of time but he did.
"So what are we eating for lunch Mr. Shouta?" Harrison asked.
"At the last checkup.. they said you have low iron and need to up your calorie intake so you can gain some weight as, like I suspected, you don't absorb things well and your body burns what you consume extremely fast. So I am making us Beef with vegetables and noodles." The man said giving Harry a smile.
"Okay, well I want to help. I'm good at cooking!" Harry insisted.
"Alright... as long as you're careful. I don't want you to end up getting hurt." The man agreed. Trying not to laugh at the adorable excitableness of his charge.
"I won't, I promise Mr. Shouta!" Harry agreed
"Then we can have apple sauce for dessert." Aizawa said, raising an unimpressed eyebrow when Harrison made a pathetic groan. "Remember, I'm only looking out for your well-being. Processed sugars are more likely to cause an imbalance in your system." The man explained. Grinning, pleased, when Harrison nodded in agreement.
"That's-that's logical I guess.." Harry relented. Blushing as the man beamed at him, looking like a proud parent.
After that Aizawa pulled the stool Harrison had been sitting on over to the stove. Letting Harry add ingredients and stir the food. The pair chatted about random things that interested them after they finished cooking. The man was sure that his fellow teacher and loud mouthed friend, Hizashi would turn up soon. The man practically lived at their home. He was pretty sure it was because they man was hardly even willing to put the effort into boiling water let alone actually taking the time to make a full out meal for himself. The man would completely live off of cheese crackers and instant cups of cheesy rice if he hadn't been willing to feed the blond. It was ridiculous.
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Children can be cruel. Unbelievably so. Old enough to know how to be intentionally mean while too young to realize their actions may end up having consequences and could leave lasting scars, sometimes deadly ones. Even the teens that the scruffy teacher taught often didn't get that concept until they were older.
It was the middle of the first day of the second week of class that had come back in session from summer break when it happened.. Hizashi otherwise known as Present Mic burst into his classroom, panicking and yelling about needing to head to the hospital and that he would cover his class. The man forced the phone he was holding into his hand and shoed him from the room.
Apparently some kids had thought it funny to torment his charge to the point his quirk had slipped from his weak control and lashed out, destroying part of the school building and had badly injured 8 people and had given minor injuries to 19 others. Harrison's quirk had become so out of control that eventually his body had given out on him and he had to be rushed to the hospital.
By the time he had gotten to the hospital it was so late from the traffic that Aizawa felt he should have just dismissed his students for the day and ran by foot to the medical center.
Harrison was still unconscious when he finally was able to see him. Even though he was supposed to be in Tokyo All Might was already standing by the boy's bedside. Turning to give Aizawa an accusing look as he held a twitching hand in the palm of his own. Aizawa felt like someone had taken his Heart and ran over it.
"How-how could you do something like that to him? Harrison's going to blame himself for the rest of his life for this! He should have never been put into a school or a situation like that!" All Might chewed out the other man.
"Harrison quirk had only gotten out of control... twice with me since I got him. I have been teaching him to keep calm and to control himself! We... haven't even had any problems since the end of the first month I've had him. If his quirk began to get out of control I would calm him down. I'm not going to isolate him! Doing so would make him worse and unlike you I have a job with set hours! I can't just... home school him." The man explained, expression just as intense.
All Might's eyes narrowed. "Well I certainly can! What you are doing is endangering both him and others."
Aizawa rubbed his eyes moving to the bed grimacing at the bruise on Harrison's face. "I forgot to factor in how cruel children can be." He admitted, running slender fingers through Harrison's soft hair. Trying to calm the terror that filled his chest. Harrison was alive, he would be alright.
That day ended up being probably the worst of his life.
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Aizawa was told he was no longer Harrison's guardian after months of caring for him. The man felt like Harrison was his own kid by that point. As much as he hated to admit it to others he adored the child. Harrison was his son in everything but blood...even then they looked related... He.. He loved him. The man had even been working on gaining permanent guardianship of him. That all came to a screeching halt as All Might convinced some judge friend that he would be better suited to a kid who was quirk damaged, especially with such a dangerous quirk. That unlike Aizawa he could home school Harrison and cater to his needs not having a set schedule and plenty of money. A few days later it had become official, one Toshinori Yagi had gotten custody of Harrison. The only thing that had ever made the Eraser hero truly happy and wanting to live life past his job.
The pair immediately moved to Tokyo after that.
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It was a few years later when Aizawa saw a single thing, other than visitation rejection letters, to do with one Harrison Lupin-Black. It was nearly 3 in the morning by the time he got to that particular file and-and he couldn't bare to even look at it. It was completely illogical but... seeing the file made him feel physically ill. It... reminded him of everything he lost and everything he could have had... thought he had, even if for a few short months. The scruffy man made up an excuse to himself, telling himself that he was just too tired to finish up and decided to go to bed. That had been a mistake.
Aizawa felt like he had been punched in the gut when Harrison showed no signs of recognizing him. Not even a flicker. Frankly Harrison didn't look that well to the man. He was thinner than before, tired looking. What worried him most was how absolutely terrified he seemed to be of everything. The way he right away obsessed on everything and how he didn't even seem to know how to interact with his peers. The boy hadn't been socialized at all since he had been away from him. Aizawa was certain.
During the quirk tests the first day it became even clearer how messed up the boy really was. Running around in a clear dazed terror. The last event was horrific. At first the Erasing hero thought that Harrison had snapped or something but quickly realized that wasn't it at all. Not even close to the truth. He was scared out of his mind. Aizawa reacted without thought, using his quirk in an attempt to get the situation under control as quickly as possible with so many around. He had no idea that it would just make it worse. He had talked Harrison down before wanting the boy to learn how to self sooth and calm himself down. He had no idea that his quirk would make Harrison's own lash out like that. The only other thing he could think of was, like when Harrison was younger, to talk the boy down.
After that Aizawa was quick to read through Harrison's folder. Paling as he read that Erasing quirks were to never be used on him as all they did was make Harrison's quirk turn into a raging beast of a thing along with dozens of hospital visits because his quirk was so out of control. Warnings about his blood sugar levels and general bad health and mental state. Harrison was an utter mess. Toshinori... All Might.. That man had destroyed him with his misguided love.
Aizawa was at a lose when Harrison repeatedly refused to visit him like requested after school. He clearly needed help. He was falling apart at the seams and he was the only one willing to give him real help. Even Hizashi had noticed the condition the boy was in. Harrison was clever, figuring out ways to avoid the scruffy Erasing hero. After trying to talk to All Might and getting no where Aizawa had enough. The idiot was making Harrison just as self destructive as himself and he wasn't going to put up with it. It was already bad enough that the man clearly neglected Harrison to focus on his protegee.
Once he learned that All Might would be gone for nearly 2 weeks, apparently on some mandatory contracted tour, Aizawa decided that it would be the best time to act. The man wasn't around to block him from speaking privately with his student. Who at the time he found him was hanging out with a group of all male students. He was so oblivious.
After finding out Harrison would be left all alone Aizawa decided that there was no way that he would allow him to stay alone. Anger filled him at how careless All Might was. Harrison was clearly not well in any sense of the word and the man just runs off to smile on TV and to sign some more autographs? What a shit parent! Seeing Harrison's hand lightly twitch he pulled out the Blood sugar meter he had begun keeping handy on him like when Harrison was younger. Pricking the boy's finger. 72. Not good. He was quick to give Harrison a snack.
It became clear nearly immediately as they walked that Harrison was avoiding the train. The hoboish looking man allowed him to have the pair walk for a bit to see what he would do but instead of eventually giving in and steeled his nerves he continued walking. He was obviously use to the long walk all the way home but unlike Toshinori, Aizawa, wasn't going to allow him to do that. First off he didn't feel like walking all that way secondly Harrison needed to face his fears. Anger filled him once again with the other man. How could he let Harrison get this bad? How couldn't Toshinori understand that he was obviously bad for him?
Harrison had clearly not liked being on the train but Aizawa did his best to distract him, ignoring the staticy feeling filling the air. Harrison was shaking again by the time they got to Toshinori's home. It was of course beautiful and ugh bright like expected from the Number one smiley hero though not as large or elaborate as the man was actually expecting.
Aizawa was absolutely appalled at the state of their kitchen. It looked like the pair completely lived off of sweets and take out. No wonder the both of them were so sickly. Toshinori was clearly not capable of taking care of himself let alone another.
The man was sure to take several discreet pictures while Harrison was busy freaking out. Harrison's body quite obviously seemed to have grown to like all the processed junk he ate. Ugh. The first time around was bad enough. Causing Harrison moodiness, fainting spells, terrible head aches, and random fits of rage for several days before he could completely detox his system. The quirk erasing hero hadn't just insisted on no processed sugars because he was some super health nut or something, clearly he wasn't normally. Aizawa practically lived off of apple sauce, grilled cheeses, and trail mix on week days. It was because it was what Harrison needed. Both because of his aggressive unstable quirk and because of his sickly body. Apparently Toshinori had completely ignored the strict meal plans the hospital had imposed once he got permanent custody. It wasn't going to be happening anymore.
Living so close to his place of work, Aizawa didn't have a car he could use. He did have a motorcycle but that wouldn't be any good for groceries so he called up the only person he could think of, Present Mic, once he had cleared everything out. Once they got back from shopping then he would make sure nothing was left behind. He wouldn't even let there be the slightest temptation left behind. Especially nearly having to fight Harrison for a piece of cake.
Shopping wasn't to bad and dinner ended up good. It felt... nice. Reminding him of when he and Hizashi and Harrison would have dinner together. If only Harrison would remember. He was just glad that he got to spend time with the boy though.
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The spider incident was terrifying and weird. Aizawa was unsure what to think but he sure wasn't going to let Harrison out of his sight until the situation was resolved so he set up the blow up bed that he had seen while searching through the living room closet and had Harrison sleep on it. The man was happy to take the couch, he wasn't the biggest fan of beds after all and it was one of the most comfortable couches that he had ever laid on. It reminded him of the sleep overs he and Harrison and sometimes Hizashi would have when Harrison's leg was all messed up. He would wake up before the other two to make food. Hizashi would be sprawled out leg twitching, half of his clothes somehow nearly off of him, and muttering in his sleep while Harrison would be curled as small as possible minus his injured leg, nested in blankets.
The smell of food flooded Aizawa's nose waking him in a pleasant delicious smelling haze. He had obviously forgotten to throw away a few things as pancakes had been made but he really didn't care all that much at that moment. It was nice and made him feel nostalgic. The whole situation. Though Instead of him cooking up breakfast it was Harrison.
It shouldn't have surprised him when he found chocolate in the refrigerator but it had. He thought he had been pretty thorough but apparently not. He was quick to confiscate it, though, was happy that the boy was finally starting to be truthful it didn't mean that he didn't intend to search under ever cushion and behind every picture frame after that. As Harrison tried to begin complaining Aizawa reminded him that he was simply looking out for his well-being getting the boy to quiet down pretty quickly after that. Aizawa pulled a hair tie from his pocket and put his hair up after grabbing a jar of sugar free jam, sitting at the bar stool. Startled at the startled yelp he heard.
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"Mr. S-Shouta? I-is that's why you smell...why you sound so familiar?" Harry stuttered, pale as a ghost.
The man gave Harrison a startled look. His face slowly twisting into a sad smile. "Finally remembered me?" He asked. His eyes suddenly far less dried out than they normally were.
Harry burst into tears. "Y-yes! Why didn't you say-say any-anything?" The boy whimpered, clearly hurt.
"I'm just the guy that had you for a couple of months." Aizawa said trying not to choke. He could feel his lips twisting upward, almost painfully.
"That's-that's not true!" Harrison insisted, rubbing at his wet cheeks. "I-I missed you so much and I'm so sorry I didn't recognize you. I-I thought you just didn't want anything to do with me anymore after.. What happened." Harrison admitted.
"What? No! Is that what you thought? That isn't true. Never think that again." Aizawa instantly corrected. Planting his hands on the boy's shoulders to make sure he had to look him in the face. He allowed Harrison to pull him into a hug, to reassure him. "I always wanted to see you. But... I wasn't... able." Aizawa explained. Unsure how to really do so without causing trouble between Harrison and Toshinori and even though he resented the man and found him lacking as a parent he wasn't going to destroy that relationship. The man may have been a terrible parent and an idiot and was even clearly bad for Harrison but he clearly loved him more than anything.
"Now lets finish up here and I'll report the incident from last night." Aizawa said, focusing back on his food once Harrison began to calm down.
"No! You can't do that! Dad said he will get in trouble if that happens. I could get taken away if that happens again!" Harrison insisted, going pale.
"Again?" Aizawa uttered. Trying to control his anger.
"Yes." Harry squeaked, looking anywhere but at his teacher.
Aizawa pulled out his phone. "Well I have to report it. You were clearly in danger." He said. Ignoring Harrison as he insisted that he didn't and that he was to instead call the building crew that Toshinori regularly used when his quirk acted up. "Yes, hello. This is Eraserhead there has been an attack."
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When the police found out that Harrison had been left for weeks at a time since All Might had gotten him they had been less than pleased or impressed. Of course he still got a slap on the wrist but it was something. Aizawa has been assigned to watch the pair for the next year. All Might didn't even know. He was sure the man would be half way to a heart attack once he got back and saw that Aizawa had pretty much moved in. The dead tired looking man didn't really care though because first off he finally was able to spend time with Harrison again and hopefully pick up from where they left off and secondly he was happy that he could make sure Harrison was properly cared for. He didn't care what All Might thought. Harrison would begin to be parented properly and Toshinori would learn how to at the very least take care of himself.
End Chapter 5
So here is chapter 5! I hope you enjoyed it. Toshinori's going to be freaking out soon with all that happened while he is gone! I'm sure Mic is going to be getting out the popcorn.
What should I do next and suggestions?
Please review! It keeps me motivated and gives me ideas!
I am also setting up a poll for the pairing of Harry with others to see opinions so please vote as the more the write the more mixed feelings I am having as I am really starting to like several people other than the ones I thought I would.