Day 2: Photograph
Eri was sitting on Izuku's bed reading going through his analysis notebooks while the boy did his homework at the desk. This was one of her pastimes when she was with her 'papa'. She may not understand the notes in them but it did not matter. She just wanted to spend time with her savior turned father. The boy in question had been given full guardianship of the little girl a few months after her rescue. The reason being the fact that Eri had grown attached to him and was still very wary of other people she did not know.
"Papa," the little girl called. Izuku winced. Still not used to being called that. Holding out a page from notebook titled 'Hero Analysis for the Future No.13'. "Why do you have a picture of Ochako-chan beside her analysis? Why does this book look different?"
"Ah, it's a long story Eri," Izuku answered her with a sheepish smile while rubbing the back of his head. "I don't want to bore you."
"I'll listen," Eri said excitedly. "I like stories. Especially the bed time stories that grandpa Toshi tells me."
"Ok then, I'll tell you," Izuku complied.
"Yay!" Eri cheered.
Izuku recounted past up to the point when All Might told him he could become a hero to the girl. True to her word. Eri listened to his tale. Her expression changed from one to the other as Izuku told her his life.
"I see," Eri said with an unreadable expression. She pointed to the picture inside the book. "But that doesn't explain the picture."
"Ah," Izuku said flustered and blushing. He tried to think of a way to explain it to the child but could not. So, he decided to do it plainly. "You see. Besides you, grandma Inko and grandpa Toshi, she's the most important person in my life."
'Does that mean she's...'
The next morning, it was another normal weekend for class 1A. Sato had begun making everyone some breakfast when Eri came down with Izuku after taking a shower from his morning exercises.
"Morning Midorya! Morning Eri-chan! I'm baking some pastries," Sato informed them. "We should have them when everyone's here. Anyways, what would you two like for breakfast?"
"Pancakes with strawberries please!" Eri requested enthusiastically.
"Anything will be fine Sato-san," Izuku said.
"Eggs and sausages for you then," Sato said.
"Mhm, something smells good," Mina said coming in with the girls of 1A.
"Morning girls! What would you like?" Sato asked getting a few request. The class loved his cooking so they tend to go overboard with the request. Something the Sugarman was more than happy to cater to. He served the food a few minutes later. The rest of the class came and they ate together as though they were one big family. The scene to which Eraserhead, Midnight and All Might walked into to.
"Uncle Zawa! Aunty Nemuri! Grandpa Toshi!" Eri greeted as she jumped from her chair and ran towards the heroes with a hug.
The group just stared at the scene. Finding it adorable. Forgetting the fact that she just called the eighteen plus hero aunty and the former number one hero grandpa.
"Hello Eri-chan," Midnight greeted. "How are you today?"
"I'm great!" The child replied with a huge smile. "Papa's teaching me how to draw."
"Oh?" Midnight said. "Midorya knows how to draw?"
"Yes! He's really good at it," Eri replied before running towards the table grabbing his notebook and running back to show the pros. "See, doesn't it look exactly like Uncle Zawa?"
The heroes sweatdropped at the child's enthusiasm. They just smiled and nodded at her. Though something besides the drawing caught their eyes.
"Deku-kun aren't you going to visit your mother today?" Ochako asked brightly.
"Yeah I was actually bringing Eri-chan with me so she can see what the outside is like," Izuku answered.
Hearing this Eri went to their side. Looking at the two with puppy dog eyes causing a few aws.
"Eri-chan?" Izuku said curiously.
"Can mama come with us?" Eri answered cheerfully.
"Mama!?" The group exclaimed confused. Izuku's face turned bright red and started covering it. Having an idea of who she was talking about. The class and the teachers stared between the one-horned girl and to her teenage papa.
"Eri-chan," Mina called. A foreboding smile on her face. "Who's your mama?"
"Mama Ochako," Answered the little girl causing the brunette to turn the same shade as her best friend. Chaos erupted from the table.
"Midorya!" Kaminari and Mineta shouted together.
"What's the meaning of this!?" Kaminari asked enviously. "You're supposed to be one of us!"
"OMG!" Toru said.
"Why is it always the quiet ones!?" Mineta said in outcry. Tears of blood falling from his eyes.
"So you finally told him, Ochako-chan," Tsuyu said bluntly.
"Hmph, finally," Jiro said with a sigh.
"Midorya! Uraraka! I know that this relationship is important to you. Though I approve of this, you should not let this get affect your school work," Iida stated while doing his robotic movements. "I will not allow any tomfoolery."
"WHAT!?" The two screamed at the class rep. Waving their hands in front of them. "IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!"
"Revelry in the dark," Tokoyami said.
"Congratulations," Shoto said as he put a hand on the flustered boy's shoulder. He turned to Momo. "Is this when we're supposed to give them the gifts?"
'Gifts!?' Izuku and Ochako shouted in their heads.
"No, I do not think so," Momo replied casually. "If I remember correctly it's when they have the ceremony."
'Ceremony!?' Izuku and Ochako screamed in their minds. Images forming courtesy of their imaginations.
"Ah, I see," Shoto said.
"Silence!" Aizawa said pointedly. His eyes glowed red and his hair was floated. "Eri, any reason why you think Uraraka is your mama?"
"Well, papa had a picture of her in his notebook," she explained. Opening a similar notebook to the one she showed the pros, she went to the page depicting Uravity. It had a sketch of her, stats, quirk, upper and lower limit of her quirk, strengths, weaknesses, and a full psychological breakdown. The next page, however, was very different. It showed a picture of Ochako when Izuku first met her. This alone caused questions but did not end there. It showed her birthday, goals, desires, likes, dislikes, cute little ticks and what he likes about her.
"Um Deku-kun," Ochako said surprised. "How did you get a picture of me during the entrance exam?"
In response to Uraraka's question, Izuku took out his phone. He opened a video and passed it to Ochako. Her eyes widened in surprise. This footage was of their first meeting. A few curious people gathered around the brunette to watch the scene unfold.
"I paused the video and took a snip of the scene," Izuku explained as his thoughts went into a downward spiral. "I'm sorry. It's just… It was special to me. Oh, what am I saying! I'm so sorry Uraraka-san! I didn't have any bad intentions! Please don't hate me!"
"This kid," Aizawa said with that same creepy smile he had during the quirk assessment test. He knew where he got the video and the picture. It came from the security footage of the day of his test. He had asked for it under the pretence of reference for future improvement which the principal was more than happy to oblige. He had questioned the principal about it before. 'It will help Mr. Midorya in more ways than one. Ahahahaha' remembering his words. He sighed. Apparently, like Mic, the principal was on this ship. 'Seriously, you're teachers, not matchmakers. How irrational.'
Ochako locked the phone which showed her picture as the screen saver. Though, it should have been creepy. She was extremely happy that Izuku kept her close to his heart. 'Deku-kun, you can be really sweet at times.' She thought. Smiling at him before returning his phone.
"Did I do something wrong?" Eri asked.
"No Eri-chan," Ochako answered while patting the girl's head. Taking it as her chance. "It's ok. Mama was just shocked that papa had a picture of me."
"Please don't be mad at papa," Eri pleaded. "He said that besides me, grandma Inko and grandpa Toshi, you're the most important person in his life. If you get mad, it will make papa really sad."
'Please kill me now!' Izuku thought. Hiding his face in his arms. Praying that the ground would swallow him whole. Missing the smile that the brunette had sent his way.
"It's alright," Ochako reassured. In her mind, she was jumping for joy.
"Promise?" Eri asked.
"Pinky promise," she replied as she took the little girl's pinky with her own.
"Yay!" Eri cheered. Oblivious to the bombshells and revelations that she had caused, she continued to her previous question. "Papa, can mama come with us?"
"Uh, sure," Izuku answered in an awkward tone.
"Sure my ass!" Denki said in pure envy. "You curly haired, smooth talking SOB!"
"We misjudged you!" Mineta wailed pulling his hand about to punch their shy friend. "You! You! Player!"
"Shut up!" Katsuki shouted, stopping the students. He stood from his seat and stomped his way to Izuku. "If Deku and Round Face wants to get into a relationship that's their business!"
'Thanks Kacchan,' Izuku thanked him mentally.
"And you!" Katsuki growled at his childhood friend. "Just because you got yourself a girlfriend doesn't mean you've won one over me! I can have any woman I want! Round face over there must be blind to like a weak ass like you! I'm gonna beat you as a hero and as a …"
The sound of cracking glass could be heard in everyone's minds. The males in the room went pale. Bakugo was silenced and crumbled to the ground. His eyes had rolled back and his mouth had foamed a little. Standing above him was the one-horned little angel that they have come to love but instead of the usual cheerful (if she was around someone she knows) or wary expression, it was angry.
"That's for all the things you've done to papa in the past! You big bully!" Eri spat before turning back to her self-proclaimed parents with a smile. "Mama! Papa said it's fine, will you come with us to grandma's?"
"Okay," was all Ochako could say. Overwhelmed by the series of events that happened in the span of a few minutes. Her face still red and daydreams of her and Izuku playing through her mind.
"Young Midorya," All Might called, finally coming back from the shock.
"Yes All Might?" Izuku responded. Finally able to calm down.
"Come with me," All Might said. "We need to have the talk."
