Nedzu realized that Izuku doesn't really have any friends his own age. The only friends he has are his stuffed animals and his family.
So, Nedzu, the great father that he is, decides that it is time for Izuku to make a friend his own age. It didn't take much deliberation to decide that Tensei's younger brother, Tenya, would be perfect. Izuku is already familiar with Tensei, and apparently, Tenya didn't have many friends his own age either.
Nedzu looked over to Izuku who was wearing a short-sleeved black shirt with red shorts. The black shirt had a design of one of the top ten heroes at that moment. And on his feet were bright white shoes that lit up every time he took a step. The shoes were Izuku's favorite thing at the moment since he couldn't stop staring down at them, stomping his feet to cause them to light up again.
Nedzu looked over to Izuku. He hopes the playdate this weekend goes smoothly.
"Izuku's first playdate? Hell yeah, I'll be there," Nemuri stated, downing her drink in one go.
"Alright," Tensei chuckled. "Hey, do you guys want to come too?"
"We can't," Hizashi grumbled, staring dejectedly down at the table...
Aizawa explained, "We have to work on a project on hero history. We are supposed to do research on heroes from about 100 years ago or so that made an impact on society in some way. But we have to get all our sources this weekend."
"And it is ridiculously hard to find a hero that someone else in the class isn't already doing," Hizashi groaned with his face now smushed against the table.
"Relax, Hizashi," Aizawa said. He turns his attention to the other two, "I want as many pictures and videos of Izuku as you can get."
"Roger that," Nemuri saluted.
Sunday arrived fast. Aizawa and Yamada were away at a public library scouring the computers and books desperately searching for a hero to do their report on. Meanwhile, Nemuri was led into Nedzu's apartment with Tensei and his brother right behind her. Nedzu guided the three inside where they saw Izuku laying on the floor in the living room with a coloring book set in front of him.
"What're doing, bud?" Nemuri asked, crouching down beside Izuku.
"Color!" Izuku replied loudly, showing the bright colors that the marker had left all over his hands. Nemuri giggled at the display, and Tenya peeked out from behind his older brother's legs.
Izuku's attention drifted to Tenya, and reached out his hand and waved at the other boy.
Tenya's eyes brightened and he waved back at the other boy. Tensei noticed this and introduced the two, "Tenya, this is Izuku. Izuku, this is my little brother Tenya."
"Hi," Izuku greeted.
"Hello," Tenya replied quietly while his brother guided him to Izuku. Tenya reached out his hand towards the other boy for a handshake before Izuku pulled him into a hug. Tenya froze up momentarily before he relaxed into the hug.
Nemuri was taking a video of the whole thing. "Aizawa and Yamada are going to be so jealous."
"I know, right?" Tensei whispered back to her.
Izuku was wearing his favorite light-up shoes which he was now showing to Tenya excitedly.
Tensei backed off, allowing the two to sit together as Izuku showed Tenya his coloring book and markers. Tenya picked up a blue marker and started to draw on one page as Izuku scribbled on the other. Nemuri sat on the couch to watch the television while the two kids colored. Tensei sat on the other side of the couch, watching them draw calmly while Nedzu worked on school-related stuff for tomorrow behind them.
It wasn't long before Tensei turned his attention to the television while Izuku continued coloring with Tenya.
Izuku wanted to show Tenya his favourite stuffed octopus toy. He looked around to see where he left it, finding it laying over the chair next to the couch.
"Be back," Izuku whispered to Tenya, who looked confused. Izuku started to crawl towards his toy before realizing that his toy was laying on top of the chair, out of his reach. He furrowed his brow, trying to reach for one of the knitted tentacles.
Nemuri glanced over to Izuku. "Tensei, look."
Tensei looked to where Nemuri pointed to see Izuku trying to stand up. Nemuri quickly took out her phone to start recording a video while Nedzu came around the couch to get a closer look. The three didn't dare to stop Izuku as he started to stand up on his little legs.
"Come on, squirt," Tensei encouraged while Tenya watched his friend.
Izuku used the chair as something to lean on while he grabbed his toy from the top of the chair. He stumbled a bit when he took his hand from the chair. Nedzu walked around the couch to the other side to encourage Izuku.
"Come here, little mouse," Nedzu called, making grabby hands towards his child.
"Papa," Izuku mumbled as one of his arms gripped his toy. He slowly and unsteadily made his way to Nedzu before finally collapsing into a hug.
"I got all of it on camera," Nemuri cheered while Tensei looked emotional.
"So did I," Nedzu stated proudly. "But please send me that video since your point of view is closer than the security cameras in my house."
"Cameras?"
"Oh yes, I got them installed shortly after everyone stayed overnight to babysit," Nedzu added, which made the two friends look at each other in slight fear.
'How much does he see? How much does he know?'
"The playdate yesterday was adorable. And it was so cute when Izuku called Tenya 'Ten-chan' and then Tenya called him 'Izu-chan'," Tenya said.
Hizashi groaned into his hands. "I can't believe we missed Izuku's first steps! Sho! Why couldn't we be there?"
"We didn't want to fail our project," Aizawa sighed. Hizashi hadn't stopped complaining since Nemuri had sent the video of Izuku walking. Speaking of, "Thank you for sending the video of him walking to us."
"No problem," Nemuri smiled, leaning back in her chair. Tensei continued to eat his fruit salad in silence while Hizashi was still talking about how he wished he had been there in person to witness the event.
"It was so cute!" Hizashi sobbed dramatically, "His little bitty baby arms were wrapped around his little toy, and those little bitty legs were..."
Hizashi pauses before crying out, "WHY?! Why weren't we there?!"
Aizawa canceled his quirk just in time so that they all didn't bleed from the ears.