"Good morning!" came a cheery voice from somewhere beside All Might's bedside.

The hero didn't need to open his eyes to know who it was, "Morning Izuku. Did you sleep well?"

He did open his eyes to look at the time. It was early. Around seven o'clock. Guess someone had been too excited to stay in their bed.

The rising sun peeked from behind the closed curtains. A car honked somewhere outside. It seemed like one of those days you just knew were going to be good even before you had gotten off of your bed.

"Are we going today? Are we?" All Might felt the bed tip as the boy climbed on. There was some huffing and puffing before Izuku succeeded. His small frame was just too short for the king-sized bed. All Might had also gotten the bed raised. It was a lot taller than a regular one.

"Going where?" All Might mumbled. He pulled his blanket over his head and snuggled deeper into the pillows. Yes, All Might slept with several. Each one served an important purpose.

"The daycare!" Izuku said. All Might could hear the pouting in his voice.

The hero decided to play a little longer. He pretended not to hear and turned his side, ignoring little Izuku and his excitement. To be honest, he was also too tired to answer such emotions. Give him five minutes more and he might do something.

"Yagi!" Izuku whined, "Lazy! You're being lazy!"

"I am lazy", All Might yawned. He was secretly smiling. Izuku was so adorable, even when he got angry. Too bad All Might couldn't see his face in the position they were in.

"Wake up! I want to make breakfast."

"Ask Aizawa."

"He was asleep. Mic said that I shouldn't wake him up. He said that 'Sho-chan would be grumpy'."

Right, Mic had stayed for the night. The three had gone through stacks and stacks of papers, sending e-mails and writing up numbers to call to. The blond had later decided to stay since it was already dark out. He had dragged the guest mattress next to Aizawa's sofa and lied there much to the other hero's annoyance. The raven head did eventually give up and instead built a wall of pillows in between them.

Izuku left All Might no other choice. He had to get up or risk an attack from a ferocious kid. Izuku already knew where to tickle too. He was an admirable foe. A true Villain.

"What do you want to eat?" All Might asked as the two lied down on the bed, Izuku lying on top of the hero's muscular chest. Izuku smiled as he moved up and down with every breath the man took. It was nice and warm too. Izuku could hear both their heartbeats.

Izuku tilted his head. He was thinking. That was his thinking pose. He would often mumble as well.

"How does bacon and eggs sound like? I could use the shapes."

"Shapes?" Izuku tilted his head to the other side. He looked like a video All Might had seen a couple weeks ago. It had been of a puppy with huge ears, turning its head in confusion when a phone rung.

"Like cookie cutters. I can make a star-shaped egg."

"Really? A star egg?" there were the sparkles again.

"Exactly", All Might nodded.

"I want one!"

"Good! I could use one too", as if on cue the hero's stomach crumbled loudly. It spooked Izuku quite a bit and he rolled off of the man's chest, staring up at him with his big eyes.

"Sorry. Did that scare you?"

Izuku shook his head. He was putting on a brave face. His heart was beating fast in his chest.

"Alright. Do you want to help me crack the eggs? I can teach you how to do it with one hand!" All Might smiled, scooping the boy up into his arms and blowing a couple strawberries onto his stomach. It was getting chubbier already. Izuku really had an appetite.

"Yeah!" Izuku laughed, trying to get All Might to stop. He was ticklish.

All Might was hoping that he knew how to crack an egg like that. He had seen a lady do that in TV once and thought that it looked really cool. He had always wanted to at least try. He would make sure to clean up afterwards.

"Get your ass off my sofa", a low grumble came from the living room as Izuku and All Might were taking out their ingredients and a pan.

Izuku was wearing one of the aprons. It was way too big and long for him. The hem was constantly in the way, almost tripping him all the time, but Izuku was careful and trying his best not to fall.

"Sounds like Aizawa is up", All Might smiled to himself, whistling alongside the radio. The two had just danced together to a really nice beat that had come on previously.

Izuku nodded. He tried to whistle too but failed. He only managed to get spit on the table top.

"You'll learn it eventually", All Might pet the boy's head, took out a rag and wiped the table, "Go see Aizawa. Tell him that we're making eggs and bacon. Ask him and Mic how many they want."

"Okay!" Izuku hopped off of his stool and ran into the living room.

All Might turned to look at the table he had asked the boy to set for them. His eyes met the beady dark eyes of the Gozilla plush. A small plate sat in front of it on the table.

Izuku had given the lizard a collar he had made from a piece of bright red yarn and an old ring pull from a soda can. He had found both in the apartment while exploring. All Might loved the imaginativeness of it.

"Good morning to you too", All Might nodded his head towards the toy, "It's going to be a beautiful day today. The forecast promised sunshine and no rain."

But Gozilla didn't reply, choosing to just stare forward. Maybe the reptile was shy now that its master wasn't in the same room. Or maybe the iconic movie Villain was scared stiff of the hero he was left with.

All Might smiled at himself. Gozilla would get a piece of bacon. All Might threw another piece onto the drizzling pan. It was getting crowded.

"Aizawa! Yagi wants to know how many eggs and bacon you want", Izuku ran over Mic as he made his way to Aizawa's side.

The raven head was stretching his sore muscles, cracking his joints as he did so. They really had worked hard last night. They really ought to get more comfortable chairs if they were to do the same in the future.

"Bacon and eggs?" Aizawa yawned and reached out to pet the boy's head, "Morning. Tell him I said two of both."

"Okay. What about Mic?"

"One."

"Oi!" the man in question shouted from the floor. He too had woken up to the boy barging into the room.

"Yes. One", Aizawa threw a pillow at Mic. He frowned as he noticed that the wall he had so carefully built had mysteriously been half demolished during the night. Most of the pillows were now thrown behind Mic, who grinned innocently when Aizawa scowled at him.

Mic only huffed, throwing the pillow back. He took another and threw that as well.

Izuku watched the two throw pillows at each other before he, too, picked one and threw it at the blond. He had never had a pillow fight before and hardly knew what it was. Vaguely remembering seeing something like it in TV once, he knew that it was only a play fight and meant to be fun. The pillows didn't hurt when you threw them at someone either. It was safe.

"Hey! This isn't fair! It's two against one!" Mic cried, trying to defend himself from the attack. He held his hands in front of his face.

"Too bad. Izuku has picked his side", Aizawa grinned.

Izuku giggled, dodging a slowly flying pillow from Mic.

The blond wasn't really trying when he attacked the boy. For Aizawa though, there was no mercy.

Not that the other hero was giving Mic any either.

"Honestly you three. I left you for what? Five minutes?" All Might entered the living room. He had already put all the food onto the table. But when there was no one to come and eat it, he had decided to go and see what was going on. There he had found the room looking like a mess and its three occupants red-cheeked and laughing. Even Aizawa had a small smile on his usually so grumpy face.

"Pillow fight!" Izuku screamed and threw a sofa cushion at the muscular man.

"Hey, hey!" All Might crossed his hands, tapping his foot, "Do you want breakfast or not?"

That got Izuku to stop dead in his tracks. He actually had a pillow in his hands which he had planned to throw next. That was placed back on the floor quietly. Izuku took a couple steps towards the man.

"I want. I want breakfast", Izuku raised his hands. Both of them to make sure.

All Might watched the two others nod, agreeing with the youngest. They too dropped their pillows. They had planned to attack All Might together.

"Then clean up this mess and wash your hands. If you don't, there's no point coming to the kitchen."

All three did a little salute. Their stomachs growled, telling them to hurry the things up.

"Izuku, are you even tasting the food?" Aizawa tasted the coffee All Might had made them. It was alright for once. Not too strong and bitter like it usually was.

Izuku was shoveling the food down like he hadn't seen fried eggs and bacon in years. It had already made quite a mess on the table and the front of his pajama shirt. It would be late for the bib now.

"Come on, turn your head here for a second", the raven head wiped the mouth at least. They could throw the pajamas in the washing machine. They were due for a wash anyways.

"Why the hurry, little man?" Mic asked. In the end, he had gotten two eggs and pieces of bacon. He was happily enjoying those, a piece of toast and a large cup of coffee.

"We're going to the daycare today! I want to get there fast!" Izuku exclaimed. He looked at Mic like he was the weird one here. Of course he'd hurry. He wanted to get going already.

"Whoa! Aren't you eager", Mic smiled, "You know, I think you should slow down a bit. These two old men won't be able to catch up."

He pointed to All Might and Aizawa as he said that.

Izuku turned his head to stare. He then nodded and resumed his eating at a tad bit slower pace.

Aizawa gave Izuku his medicine and checked the burn.

"This is healing nicely. I think we can take the large bandage off soon and move to a smaller one", Aizawa told the boy, spreading salve onto the quickly scarring scab.

"Really?" Izuku seemed happy about this, "Do you think they will think it's weird?"

"The other kids? They might look at it for a bit but I'm sure they won't even notice it after a few days. I'm sure of it."

Izuku smiled, kicking his feet. He was still nervous.

"Do you want to go out to eat or should we make packed lunches together?" All Might asked, "We could go have burgers at that place again. You liked it there, right?"

"Can we make something?"

"What would you like to make? Let's have a look at what we have in the fridge", Aizawa stood up and walked to the fridge, opening the door. He waved Izuku to come with him to see what they had.

Izuku jumped down from his seat and ran to the man's side.

He looked at the food items for a while, "Why are the tomatoes so small?"

"Ah", Aizawa smiled, "They're cherry tomatoes. They grow that way."

"Can we have those?"

"Sure. What else should we take?" Aizawa took out the pack of tomatoes and placed it on the kitchen counter.

"Cheese, bacon!"

Okay, now Izuku was just shouting out the names of food items he saw and knew. This would get them nowhere. They would need to change their approach a bit.

"How about we make sandwiches?"

That suggestion earned an eager nod.

All Might and Mic helped the two make the sandwiches after they were done with their breakfast.

"Mic, don't you dare. You wash the dishes", Aizawa glared at his old classmate as soon as he got threateningly close to the cutting board and other equipment.

"Aw man! Don't be like that", Mic threw his hands in the air, "I'm just trying to help out the little man!"

"The dishes."

"Whatever", Mic took the rubber gloves and apron Aizawa handed him and got to work. He made sure to pout every time his and Aizawa's eyes met.

"Thank you. You're a great help", All Might whispered to the blond as he walked past.

Mic only nodded, watching the sink fill up with steaming hot water. He dumped the dishes in and poured in a generous amount of soap.

They made cheese and ham sandwiches. The tomatoes were washed and put into a sturdier container.

Aizawa also cut up some carrots, cucumber and apples they could snack on like the tomatoes. Finally, he packed it all in a backpack.

All Might had boiled them some tea. Izuku would get a juice carton.

"Which one should we go to first? You can decide", Aizawa showed Izuku the short list of daycare options they had come up with last night. There were three places they would try and visit today.

Izuku took the list. He read it, trying his best to understand it all.

"This one", the boy finally pointed to the daycare that was located closest to them. It was uncertain if he knew where the address was or if he had just gone with his gut feel.

"Alright."

"No need taking the car to that one. The weather is so nice too", All Might nodded, "We can walk."

Izuku agreed.

"You put your shoes on all by yourself? Aren't you a big boy!" All Might smiled at Izuku, who was showing him how he had put on his Velcro shoes without any help. The two had bought him those for this purpose. Laces were just too difficult.

"Do you think you can put your jacket on too?"

Izuku nodded, taking the lightweight jacket from the man. He first put it on the wrong way. The zipper ended on the backside and the hood on the front. After a bit of confusion and laughter, Izuku got it right. Aizawa helped him with the zipper. Izuku allowed that.

"There you go. Looking sharp", All Might watched Aizawa try and comb the boy's hair a bit. It was a bit easier now since the hair had been cut. Aizawa would have to thank Mic for that later.

"Really sharp!" Mic agreed. Talking about the devil. The man had promised to walk with them to the first spot, then leave for work. He'd be back later that day to hear how the day had gone. He didn't have a good excuse like the two others to skip his hero duties. He also had a radio show to host. His fans would be disappointed if they didn't hear his beautiful voice this evening.

Aizawa pocketed his key, testing the door handle a couple times to make sure that the door had been both closed and locked.

"Alright. Let's get going then", he nodded, pleased that the door was fine. He let Izuku take his hand as they walked down the stairs of the apartment complex and out the door into the parking lot.

The group nodded their hellos to their neighbors who were hanging their laundry to dry in the yard. Izuku waved his free hand, smiling. The two older women had given him some candy before so he knew and liked them. They had called him adorable and pinched his cheek, telling him how they wished their grandchildren were still as cute and small as he was.

Aizawa and All Might smiled too. The two women had been nice to them ever since they had moved in. They sometimes rang their doorbell to give them some dinner. They kept telling the two men how they just always made too much. The food was delicious and free, so there were no complaints.

"Where are you darlings going?" the older of the two women asked.

"Daycare!" Izuku exclaimed, "Cause I'm a big boy now!"

"Oh! That is nice to hear. I still remember my son's first day", the other smiled.

"Good luck! Have fun. Come down for a cup and you can tell us everything that happened."

"Thank you ladies. We must hurry now", All Might flashed them one of his legendary smiled, nodding his thanks, "We'll make sure to come for coffee later."

The women blushed, waving as the group left. It was nice to have such handsome neighbors.

"A cat!" Izuku was walking on top of a low stone wall, holding Aizawa's hand for balance. Mic would've wanted to do the same, but the two stopped him. He would only embarrass them all. It was cute when a kid did it, not a grown man.

"It really is", All Might nodded, watching the cat lazily stroll out from the bushes and onto the walkway in front of them.

The feline was huge. It was fat, grey and looked like a stray. There were scars on the face. A part of one of the ears as well as the tail were cut off. Probably a result of a fight. The cat's eyes were yellow and piercing. It was like the animal stared right into your soul.

"It's Boss!" Izuku jumped off and walked to the cat.

All Might and Mic tried to say something about diseases and mean strays but both warnings were too late.

As if it understood, the feline meowed. Its tail high in the air, the cat strolled to the boy and rubbed its body onto his legs.

"You know him?" Mic asked, still with the group. He didn't like the look of the creature. It looked mean and nothing like an animal a child would want to approach much less pet.

"Her. Boss is a girl" Izuku corrected. He giggled as the cat licked his hand.

"Oh", Mic's mouth formed an 'o'. Boss really didn't look like a lady.

As if hurt, the cat glared at the blond. Her nose wrinkled as smelled the air.

"I like her", Aizawa nodded, crouching down to pet the animal.

Looks were deceiving. Boss loved being pet. She even rolled onto her back to get some tummy scratches. Her purring was loud like a car's engine.

"She is the boss around here", Izuku explained. He had sometimes come to this part of town in the past. Boss's territory was large. She sometimes even visited the park Izuku had always played in. The two had become quick friends.

"She looks like a tough chick", Mic had to agree.

"Aizawa. Don't even think about it. Our apartment doesn't allow pets", All Might said sternly.

"I know", the raven head mumbled. He liked cats. It was no secret, although he did try his best to keep it as one. It would hurt his image if everyone knew he liked cute and fluffy kittens more than anything else.

"Boss doesn't like inside. She likes to be outside", Izuku said.

The area's shelter always tried to catch the feline but would also always fail. Boss was too street wise for them. They had caught her once only to have her somehow escape her cage. Boss wouldn't be contained. She was a true outdoors cat.

"We have good tuna", Aizawa whispered to the cat, scratching her head.

"I already said no", All Might sighed.

The group finally left the cat, who vanished back into the bushes as soon as the cuddles were over. Apparently she was also a huge opportunist. She would for sure move to the next place she knew she would get either love or food.

Aizawa made a mental note to come back for her. Even when she wasn't clearly starving or anything, probably a result of several cat-lovers she frequented, he couldn't help but want to take care the cat. He'd buy her a can of tuna at least. It would be unfortunate if she ended up in his jacket and sneaked into their house. Unfortunate indeed.

As soon as the daycare building came to view, Izuku's speed increased. He ran the last block, coming to a halt in front of the colorful wooden fence that surrounded the playground.

The children were playing outside. It was noisy. Theyran around, screaming and laughing as they played together.

Izuku's eyes were sparkling. He stared at all the equipment in the yard. There was a sandbox, a swing set and a jungle gym to name a few. There were also many colorful toys spread around.

"Hello", a worker leaned over the fence, smiling as he noticed the excitement in the boy's eyes, "Midoriya I believe?"

All Might and Aizawa joined the two.

"Good evening. Here to have a look around? Come on in. We can go inside to have a little chat together. Then I can give you a little tour", the man greeted them as well.

"Izuku? Do you want to come with us or do you want to have a look around?" Aizawa asked as the three stepped in through the gates.

Izuku glued his body close to the two adults and shook his head. No, he wanted to stay with them. He was acting shy, hiding his face in Aizawa's pant leg. He snuck a peek though. Curious of the other children.

The other children stared at them as they walked inside. Some pointed and whispered while others smiled and waved. They were all looking forward to possibly getting a new playmate, no matter the initial reaction.

One child stared longer than the others, going as far as to follow the group to the door. The boy's mismatched eyes stared at the new boy, full of curiosity.

Izuku gave him a shy wave. He thought that the other had very pretty eyes.

"Ah? Todoroki? What are you doing there?" the worker smiled as he spotted the boy. Then, he had an idea, "Why don't you come here. Introduce yourself."

Todoroki Shoto blushed, unsure what to do. He put his weight from one foot to another, clinging to the doorframe. His white and red hair swayed in the slight breeze coming in from the open door.

"Isn't this nice", All Might smiled, "Izuku, you two can play together while we adults talk. Doesn't that sound nice?"

Izuku looked up at the hero before slowly nodding his head. He really wanted to be friends with the boy.

"Izuku, would you like to show him your toys? Didn't we pack those with us today just for that?" Aizawa was referring to the backpack Izuku had insisted on taking with him. He had packed the hero figurines as well as his hero notebooks in, hoping that he could share them with someone.

"That's a great idea! Todoroki here really likes heroes", the young man explained, "Isn't that right?"

"Really?" that got Izuku to step closer. He took another step, then another. Soon he was in front of the boy who was almost a head taller than him. It didn't seem to bother Izuku one bit.

"You like heroes too?" Izuku was shaking where he stood.

Todoroki nodded, watching the boy's reaction. This one was really weird.

"There they go", All Might said, watching Izuku follow the taller boy into the playroom. He was already talking non-stop.

"Aren't they cute? Don't worry. The others will be outside this whole time", the worker explained, "The two have the whole room for themselves. No one will disturb them."

"Thank you", Aizawa nodded. It was the best for Izuku. He wouldn't be overwhelmed.

"You're very welcome. Now now. Come on inside and I'll tell you everything you need to know. I know you have a ton of questions for me too. Let's get those sorted out."

Aizawa and All Might stepped into the small office and sat down as they were instructed to do so. The room was as colorful as the rest of the building. The walls were covered with photos and pictures mixed with a calendar and some other important-looking documents. Some broken toys lied on the worker's desk next to a hot glue gun and other tools. He quickly cleared the table, placing a wad of papers on it.

"Here we have some forms for you to fill."

Both heroes let out a long sigh. And here they thought that they had seen the last of those.