Eri Goes To School -Discontinued until further notice-

Chapter 5 - Scars

      "And then, they told me they would love to have me back for another meeting!" Eri gushed about her time at the dance club. When she had gotten back to the dorms, she immediately ran up to Izuku, who was sitting on the couch doing homework, and started talking non-stop about her new club. She had been talking for a full 20 minutes while the older boy sat there smiling, wondering if he should tell her that she had started rambling and repeating herself. "They were so amazing! And so cool! And they showed me the outfits they were gonna wear to the elementary dance competition! I'm so excited!"

      "Sounds like you had a lot of fun, Eri," Izuku finally got a word in. He wondered how her throat didn't dry out at this point. She practically went from barely talking to a full on chatterbox. Which was actually good, in his opinion, since she was starting to act like a normal child.

      "Yeah! I hope I can keep up with their moves. They started me out on the basics and then-" She started telling her whole story all over again.

      "Eri, Eri," Deku repeated until the girl stopped talking. "I'm sure you had a great time, but I really need to get back to my homework. Wanna talk about it later?"

      "Oh, ok. How's your leg?"

      "Fine now. Recovery Girl said that I could go back to school tomorrow and I can start work studies again the day after. Now why don't you go and play?"

      "Ok."

      She ran off to her room, one of the previously empty rooms on the second floor on the girls side, and looked out the window. She missed staying with the third years, but when they graduated, she had to be moved to the now second years dorms. Fortunately, she didn't have a lot to move, but she missed the big three. But at the moment, her mind was filled with the basic dance moves she was shown just earlier that day. Quickly, she went to her closest to switch out of her school uniform into something she could move around a bit better in so she could practice what she learned. As she took off her arm tights, she couldn't help but look at the scared up mess that was her arms, knowing that a similar mess was all over her legs. The dance outfit they were to wear for the competition would leave both to be completely exposed. Emiko had already tried to tell her to take off her arm and leg tights in her gym uniform, but Eri was able to convince her to let her keep them on. But the elder girl warned her that she might overheat if she wears too much while doing intense exercise. Suddenly, the horned girl's once happy demeanor completely diminished as she thought about her options. She, instead, changed into one of her dresses and then sat down on the floor. Looks like she won't be joining the dance club after all...

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      "Hey, what's wrong, Eri?" Eijirou asked the small girl.

      The class had gathered together for dinner, like they usually do. Due to being busy most of the time, they all decided to eat together to at least socialize. And by all, it was actually everyone excluding Bakugou who had liked the quiet. But he was forced to participate anyway. Eri was currently picking at her food and only taking small bites. She looked up at the guy talking to her.

      "Oh, uh, nothing..." Eri lied.

      "Come on, you can tell me," Kirishima insisted. The girl looked down at her food then back up at the red head and noticed something.

      "Umm... Can I ask you a question?"

      "You just did, but go ahead."

      Eri let out a small laugh before continuing. "Did you ever try to hide your scar?"

      Eijirou gave the girl a confused look before realizing why she asked. "No. I got this scar from fighting in a war, and I'm proud of it!"

      Mina spat out her food. "You liar! You got that from rubbing your eye!"