Ochako had just finished up a defense class she was teaching in the dojo. She sat down at her desk and stared at the empty dojo floor. She started to reminisce of the first day that Eri had come to work with her.
Flashback
The family of three had walked into the dojo when Eri saw a man with no eyes and big things around his arms walking towards them. Seeing the strange man made Eri hide behind Izuku's leg while grabbing his pant leg."Hey Ochako, Izuku. I wasn't expecting both of you today." The man said. "Hi Gunhead. Yeah it was just gonna be me but Eri wanted to come and train today." Ochako said while motioning towards the little girl. Gunhead saw her and knelt down to Eri's level to introduce himself. "Hi Eri my name's Gunhead. It's nice to finally meet you." Hearing him made Eri look up at Izuku. Seeing him smile down at her gave her the confidence to say "H-Hi."
"Oh your even cuter than I could have imagined!" Gunhead said while blushing and had his hands on his cheeks. Seeing the man who she though was big an scary acting like this made her laugh which caused him to gush over her even more. "Ok Eri, why don't we start training with you showing me and Deku what you have learned so far." The young brunette said while showing her to the mat. On her way over Eri had grabbed a few apples from her bag. "Ok sweet pea remember to focus and relax." Izuku yelled across the room.
Before anyone said anything else Eri's horn began to grow and her hands began glowing. They then saw the little girl sweating and trying to catch her breath while no longer holding the apple. Instead she was now holding a seed, which means that Eri was able to rewind the apple back to a seed and control her quirk. Seeing this made Izuku and Ochako run up and hug her while saying how proud they were. Once the two adults calmed down it was time for Ochako to start Eri's combat training. After a while Ochako decided that Eri had had enough training for the day. While the girls were putting some things away and getting things out for Ochako's class Izuku got a call that he had to take outside.
As he was coming back in Ochako could see the look of dread on his face. "What's wrong hun?" she asked walking closer to her boyfriend. Izuku let out a big sigh before saying "The office called and said I have to go in. There's a bunch of villains causing damage downtown and they need me, Shoto, and Kacchan to help out, which means I can't bring Eri back home with me while you work today." "Ok well Eri can stay here while I'm teaching then I'll go home and finish anything else there. Also this is the safest place for her to stay especially if there are villains running around." She said.
"I can watch her while you do your classes." The couple heard Gunhead making them both turn toward him. "Thank you sensei! We owe you." Ochako says. They then saw Eri running toward then saying "Mo-Chako I put the mats out! But then they fell can you help me?" Hearing the disappointment in her voice all Ochako could think was how she never wanted to see/hear her little girl be disappointed again. A while later Ochako was walking to her office after she finished her last class for the day. While walking she heard Eri and Gunhead having a conversation that made her stop and listen.
The two were playing with some hero action figures when Gunhead had said "So, I thought I heard you almost call Ochako Mom earlier. Why didn't you if you feel comfortable telling me." Hearing this caused the little girl to stop what she was doing. "I-I don't want her to leave." She responded while looking sadly at her superhero's. A little confused he he had asked her what she meant by that. "The last person I called Mommy left and gave me to the bad people. And I made my Daddy go away. I love Deku and Chako like them, maybe more, but if I call them those names they will leave me too." Eri said while starting to tear up. Listening on the other side of the door frame it took all Ochako had to not run in and comfort her little girl.
Back in the room it was in that moment that the hero decided to share something with the young girl that he doesn't talk about. "Eri they would never leave you especially if you call them that. Do you want to know why I know that?" Gunhead asked while seeing Eri nod her head. "Like you I was adopted as a kid. It took me a long time to call the people who took me in Mom and Dad, but when I did they were so happy. I know that Ochako and Deku will feel that same happiness if you call them that. But only you can make that decision." He said while whipping a tear from Eri's eye. "Thank you Mr. Gunhead." The little girl said now knowing she had a lot to think about. Just outside the door Ochako was holding back tears. She wanted so much to tell Eri how she and Izuku felt like she was their daughter and would never leave her.
End Flashback
As Ochako thought about that day she was interrupted by hearing her phone ring. When she picked up the phone she heard Ms. Todoroki'a voice. She had told Ochako that Eri had gotten sick at school and needed to be picked up. Ochako immediately went to go pick up Eri and bring her to the doctors. The only person that they trusted to be Eri's doctor was Recovery Girl's granddaughter Kami. Kami had diagnosed they young girl with a stomach bug and a slight fever.
The apartment
When the girls got home form the doctors Ochako got Eri settled into her bed and made her some soup because she was starting to get hungry. As she was making the soup Ochako had to stop herself from thinking that she should have noticed that her daughter did not feel well. When she was bringing Eri her soup the brunette had to ask her something. While gently stroking Eri's head she asked "Hunny why didn't you say you didn't feel good this morning?" "You had to work. I didn't want to not let you save someone cause of me." The little girl replied as she tried to eat as much as she could. Ochako couldn't believe what she was hearing. 'How did we get so lucky' she thought. "Oh sweetheart, you are always thinking of other people. We don't want you to worry about things like that. Izuku and I want you to know that you are the most important person to us. Which means we want you to be happy, safe, and healthy. So next time you don't fell good please tell one of us ok?" Ochako said. As Eri finished as much as she could of her food he replied by saying ok.
Time Skip
It was just after dinner time that Izuku had come home and still able to read Eri her bedtime story. He wanted to be home earlier to help take care of Eri but there were to many crimes being committed for him to be able to leave. When he entered her room he saw that she was already in bed and his girlfriend was tucking her in. He then sat next to her bed and said "Hey sweet pea. I heard you didn't feel good today. Why don't you choose whatever book you want tonight?" "Can you read one fish two fish?" She asked. "Of course he said.
After Izuku finished reading both adults gave Eri a kiss on her forehead as she was falling asleep. When they turned off the light Eri said "Goodnight Mommy and Daddy" right before she fell asleep. It wasn't until they closed the door that what she said registered in their heads. "Did she just..." Izuku asked. "Yeah" said Ochako. They turned toward each other having the biggest smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. As they were hugging Izuku felt his phone vibrate. He saw that it was detective Tsukauchi and answered it.
"Deku I know it's late but we just got the tests back that you wanted run and I wanted to share what we found out. It seems you were right we were able to find out that Eri was related to the head of the Shie Hassakai. Unfortunately he died shortly after we got his DNA but that led us to look more into him. Apparently he has a younger brother named Kane that took over after his brother got arrest and now can officially take the head spot. We found that one of the henchman called Kane and told him about Eri. We think that's who captured you in the building." Tsukauchi said waiting to hear what Deku would say. The phone was silent until Izuku was finally able to say "Thank you for letting us know Tsukauchi. I'll talk to you about this more tomorrow." As he hung up the phone him and Ochako just looked at each other. "What are we gonna do?" Ochako asked. "I don't know...but we will figure it out." He reassured her.
AN: Hopefully this works now and there's no code. IDK why I can copy and past from pages on Wattpad but not here. Oh well everyone stay healthy and safe. Till next time :)
