Puppet Master

First Day of UA

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Asa sighed.

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"He's doing it again," Yuma whispered.

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"I know," Asa replied, rolling over in bed to check the time.

It was currently 2 in the morning, it was still pitch black outside, and their son was somewhere in the house checking all of the locks because-

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-when he gets overly stressed he doesn't sleep well and thinks that every sound is someone trying to break in and-

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-tomorrow, or today considering the time, is the first day of his classes at UA.

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And... when he cannot get into his parent's room to lock the window in their room because he doesn't want to wake them up he gets overly worried about them and ends up not going back to sleep and instead...

Asa got out of bed, turned on the lights, and opened the door to his room. He took a deep breath, turned his head to the left, and there Izuku was, leaning on the wall next to their door. And... because their other son didn't know how to handle this and would get too overly worried about Izuku not sleeping or having a panic attack which he was already having if he was doing this... Asa turned his head to the right and there was Eijiro. Leaning on the wall on the other side of the door.

Their met eyes. Asa looked over at Izuku who was currently focused on the sounds all through the house, now sure that his father and mother were alive, and did not react or look up from the oh so interesting wall.

"Izuku," he spoke in as unthreatening of a voice as possible. Cold, green eyes flickered up to him. Asa swallowed. "Is everything okay?" The boy looked him up and down, unblinking. Unmoving.

From the other side of the house, Akio's dog collar could be heard as the dog realized that Eijiro was not there and began to move around. The greenette's head snapped to the side and he was gone because Izuku was not in the right state of mind and did not register that as a dog collar. Eijiro, Asa, and, from the bedroom, Yuma all sighed.

"Sorry," Eijiro whispered.

Asa shook his head. "It's not your fault," he whispered, going down the hallway to follow Izuku.

"I- it's not Izuku's either..." Eijiro whispered.

Asa nodded. "Don't worry, Eijiro. I'm not mad at him. I know he can't help it."

The first tried Izuku had done this Asa really did think an intruder had entered the house. It did not help that Izuku was right outside their door when he opened it. Scared the heck out of Asa and Yuma.

The second time, Izuku 'learned from his mistakes' and moved to the side of the door so that his presence would not scare the adults. The adults were still not used to this being an occurrence and so Asa looked over, saw Izuku, and it started again.

The third time, Izuku was on the other side where when the door opened he would be concealed. By that time, Asa had expected it.

Then Eijiro started following him and Izuku didn't want Eijiro to be seen when the door was opened just in case it actually was an intruder and not their parents so Eijiro got that spot and Izuku got the spot on the other side where he would be seen.