Stuck in a Dreamland (Nightmare)

The Mall

A/N: Because notes at the end of the first chapter don't work for multichaptered fics, I'll just put this here. I am very excited for this story, and I will be posting my current outline as another work, so that if for some reason I lose inspiration, others can see where I was going/what I was planning, and keep writing if they so choose!

This will be bouncing POV, between Izuku and Eri. Also, I will be continuing/expanding this later, it was just upsetting me a little to see no "inspired by" or comments saying they're writing something on my prompt work. So I wanted to get it started at minimum, and if for some reason I decide to never continue, then future people have a basis to start from.

^^^ these were my original notes, but i forgot i had them, so i just added them in.

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Aizawa-sensei is taking a group of us to the mall! This time, however, I'm forbidden from going off on my own. I have to stay with sensei and Eri-chan the entire time. Which is fine! I love Eri-chan, and Aizawa-sensei is the best teacher that I've ever had! But I was really hoping to be able to hang out with Iida and Uraraka and Tsu and Todoroki, though I guess I can do that another day. However, I'm really happy to be able to spend more time with Eri-chan! She really wanted to go into the Sanrio store with me to get a surprise present for Aizawa-sensei, so he scanned the inside before letting me take her in. He deemed there to be no possible way that my Villain-magnetness could possibly affect us without him seeing first, since he's waiting by the only entrance/exit.

Eri-chan swings our hands as we walk around the store, jumping up and down or bouncing/rocking on her heels every time she sees another cute thing, which is almost every second, since it's Sanrio. But I don't mind the tugging on my arm, as long as she's happy. Her smile takes up her whole face at this point. I didn't think it could get any bigger, but then she sees Chococat. "Deku-san, Deku-san, look! It's Mr. Eraserhead!"

She drags us over to the largest one, and points up at it. "Deku-san, can you get it down? That's gonna be Mr. Eraser's surprise!"

I can't help but smile too, she's just too cute! "Of course, Eri-chan! Hold on to my pocket, okay?" I gently remove her hand from mine and curl it around the edge of my pants pocket. "Can't have you getting lost on us, can we?"

Eri-chan shakes her head, expression serious. She can only hold the look for a few seconds though, before her face breaks into a huge grin again. I reach up my arms to the 3rd shelf, pushing myself up onto my tiptoes to grab the absolutely massive Chococat plush. It's almost 2 feet tall, and just as wide! It's essentially a huge pillow shaped like Chococat. I pass it down to her, wincing at the 40 dollar price tag, turning said tag away from her, just in case. She gasps in a huge happy breath, squeezing it tight. She looks up at me as I take her hand again, and she shifts to try to carry it under her arm, shaking her head at my offered arm to assist her in carrying. "D-deku-san?"

I glance down at her as we continue maneuvering our way through the store. "Yeah? What is it?"

"Can, can I get a Hello Kitty plush too? Not a very big one, it's just for me."

I smile gently down at her. "Sure! Do you want a Keychain?"

"A keychain?"

"It just means a plush that has a little clip hook attached to it. It's so you can put it on a keyring, or bookbag."

She thinks very intently for a few seconds. "...okay. That sounds nice!"

I smile and turn us towards the register, pointing out the display stand with various sizes and character plush keychains. She picks out a 4-inch Hello Kitty keychain and, after a few seconds of deliberation, grabs a green shirt Pochacco keychain. I tilt my head, knowing that she's not bold enough yet to grab two for herself, though I wish she was. "Who's that one for?"