Oh hi little girl
Izuku- 12 eri-3
Today was a normal day.Izuku woke up in his ok apartment, drank some water and ate a banana. He contacted his job telling them he might take a few days off. Once done with that he went to school for his test and to pick up the rest of his work for the year. He decided to switch from in person school to online school and today would be his last day. Izuku was on his way home from jr high when he saw this little girl running straight for him.
She ran straight for his legs so he bent down to pick her up, when he went to touch under her arm she flinched, heavily. So he just contorted his body so he could look her in the eyes.
“Hey there are you okay? Where are your parents?” izuku softly spoke.
“... um m-mister, can you t-take me with y-you… p-please?” The girl softly pleaded. Izuku paused after hearing that. This little girl wanted a stranger. Izuku looks down at the little girl looking at her clothing or the lack of them. It looked like someone had just put her in rags and her arms no- everywhere. This girl's whole body was covered head to toe in bandages. Without any more thought’s Izuku scooped her up and started running from that spot.
Lucky all his tormented days helped him become a fast runner. As holding this little girl to light for any comfort he decided to go into a super store. Grabbing a cart he put her in her spot and headed towards the baby section.
“Hey, how old are you? Oh yeah I’m Izuku Midoriya and you are?” Izuku said mentally pulling his hair, forgetting an easy question to ask.
“ i’m eri, and-d i’m f-f-five?” Eri stuttered over her words. Izuku looked down at the little girl, “you’re five?” Izuku asked, tilting his head to the side. He would have guessed four maybe even three but five, she might be more malnourished than he thought.
“Umm I'm this many,” Eri said, holding up three of her little skinny fingers.
“Eri that's three, can you say it, th-r-ee” Izuku said.
“Ttt-th-tree. I’M TREE” Eri practically scratch. With just joy in her eyes Izuku didn’t even dare to correct her. Instead he went to the kids section to look for clothes. He got her 4 pajamas, 5 pants, 8 shirts, 2 shorts, 16 socks, and a pair of gym shoes and some hello kitty house shoes. He also has a blanket, he didn’t have enough money for a futon so he hopes that she won't mind sharing it for a while. Izuku realized that he didn’t have much food in his apartment so he bought a bunch, fruits, vegetables, eggs, milk, cereal, and meat. Sure his pockets hurt a little after but he might have to watch this kid for a while.
Once he got home he showed eri around and started cooking dinner. He chose to cook white rice with beef and some carrots on the side. While that sat in the oven or on the stove he went to give Eri a bath.
“Hey Eri, ready for a bath?” Izuku asked.
“What's a bath?” Eri questioned.
“Oh, um, a bath is when you fill a tub with water, and soap, oh and bubbles, sometimes toys, and you sit in the water and I wash you clean of dirt and gross stuff. Does that sound like something you would be okay with?” Izuku said.
“Can you take a bath with me?” Eri asked.
“If you want, but um, I have a lot of scars from big mean people, so don't be scared by that okay?”
“OK” Eri said and then got up and dragged Izuku into the bathroom.
“I’m r-ready to start, um. What w-was it c-called again?” Eri said.
“A bath. I’ll start the water and bubbles. How about you go choose what you want to wear to bed, okay?” Izuku replied. Tiny footsteps were all Izuku could hear until he started the bath. Adding some pink bubbles. Once done he goes and grabs swim trunks to put on, stopping the water right before Eri comes back. “Got everything you need?”
“Mhm!” Eri exclames before trying to get in, still fully clothed.
“Oh, I might have forgotten to say that, Eri you can’t wear clothes when in the bath because then you can’t be clean.” Izuku spoke.
“Oh. W-well o-okay then.” Eri muttered. ERi then stripped and stepped into the water immediately untensing when the warmish hot water enveloped her body. Tilting her head she says, “aren’t you g-getting in?”
“Yeah, sorry about that.” Izuku says quickly, putting a towel for Eri and him on the counter.
“W-wait. I thought you have to be fully undressed to take a bath?” Eri questioned with betrayal in her eyes.
Sighing izuku accepts faith, “I- actually sure just, don’t ask too many questions. Okay kiddo?”
Nodding, Izuku drops his shorts and steps into the water. Eri soon experiences her first bath ever, and she loved it. Once they were both clean and wrapped in towels Izuku helped Her get dressed. Once that was done He put on a pair of boxers and an Oversized shirt on.
Eri sitting down, little legs dangling over a few stacked pillows so she could properly reach the table. Izuku puts a serving of food in both bowels and puts the rest in a container labeled left over. Izuku sits down and they both start eating a comfortable silence in the air, until it is broken by a phone call.
“Hello” Izuku speaks into his phone without getting up. “Oh yes sir, well some things occurred and I will be able to work during the day part time now. Also tonight I will work but this will probably be the last night shift going live for a while.. Yes sir I understand thank you, have a good night.” Hanging up Izuku looks over at Eri and explains, “that was my boss, don’t worry though everything is all good.” They continued eating in silence until Eri broke it.
“Um, i-zzz-izu-zuku. W-what do you d-do d-during t-the day?” she asked.
“I used to go to school but today was my last day, now I will do online school and when I’m not doing that I am doing one of two of my jobs.” Izuku answers happily, he never gets to talk to anyone about this, well anyone at all really.
“W-what y-your jobs are?” Eri asked, her big red eyes glossed over with curiosity.
“Well one of them, the one that I was just talking to my boss about, is gaming, well streaming and gaming.” Izuku pauses, looking at Eris' face, noticing confusion, he continues. “They are when you record yourself doing different activities. I stream, which is a record for anyone who wants to see, and sometimes when I stream I play video games. I can play with others too while streaming. My best friend and I used to play all the time, but um, he moved suddenly and I haven’t heard from him since.” Glancing down at the only jewelry on him, a green ring when in light turns red, continuing. “Anywho my other job is top secret so get a little closer.” Eri getting out of her chair and running towards Izuku, he carefully picks her up as they crash into their couch, Eri laying on top of him with her attention directly on him wanting to know the secret. Whisper Izuku says, “I’m an analyst. I analyst certain heroes and send it to them, I don’t do it as much but I love doing it.”
“Is that your quirk then?”
“Hm?” Izuku says calmly. On the inside his heart dropped as soon as she asked about quirks, this normally when people leave, will she leave too?
“Are you l-like, umm, s-super s-smart?” She asks gripping on his shirt so she doesn't fall off.
“Oh that, nah. I don’t have one.” Izuku says, closing his eyes as he speaks. A minute goes by without a sound from the little girl. Confused, Izuku opens an eye looking at the girl thinking heavily over what she heard. Sighing, Izuku closes his eyes again and lets her collect her thoughts.
“P-people can n-not have q-quirks?” She timidly asks, the shy girl from earlier returning as her shoulders start tensing. Was she uncomfortable because he was quirkless?
“Yup, and I’m one of the few. Why what's up kiddo?” izuku questioned.
“Umm, I w-wish I d-din’t h-have a quirk, s-sometimes.” With that Izuku pauses almost immediately, a breath caught in his throat. She doesn’t like her quirk then.
“What's your quirk, Eri?” He asked. Immediately her whole body tensed and tears started building in her eyes.
“My q-quirk is a c-cursed.” She cries out. That wasn’t what Izuku expected. Maybe a mental quirk or a minor quirk like fire display. “I-it k-killed my parents- I-I-k-killed my parents. M-my quirk r-rest t-things and It man-i-fest-ed un-ex-pec-ly. S-so I l-lived with m-my grandpa b-but he t-tookmy b-blood. A-a lot of i-it. So I ran away, b-but he saw and s-said ‘Y-you’ll d-die in o-one night’.” She blurted.
“So you're telling me that your quirk was an early manifestation and accidentally reseted your parents, but you never got therapy and instead got punished and hurt. I’m so sorry that happened to you Eri.” Izuku confessed.