A Deadly Secret (Izuku Midoriya x Reader)

Chapter 96: Playtime with Eri (Ft. Katsumi)

-The Next Day-

As per the Commission's orders, I'm back on standby. They really don't want a Lady Nagant part two. What does this mean, you might ask. I'm a free babysitter. By choice of course. Who wouldn't want to hang out with precious little Eri? Izuku was training with Bakugo in the gym anyway, so it wasn't like I could hang out with him. It's become the new norm for him to train in his free time.

    Togata wanted to go home for the weekend to be with his father for his birthday, so Katsumi and I were asked to babysit. This could either go very well or end up with the whole campus burning down.

    "Eri!" Excitedly, I picked the girl up, spinning her around. "I missed you!"

    "Wee!" Over the past few times that I had watched her, she became more relaxed around me.

    "It's nice to see you again, girly," Katsumi smiled.

    "(Y/n)! Katsumi!" The small girl giggled, as she sat on my hip while I held her.

    "I've got a surprise for you." My white-haired friend pulled out a gigantic box behind her back. "Wanna guess what's inside?"

    "Hmm. Candy apples?"

    "So close," I encouraged. "Try again."

    "Uh. Candy?"

    "I've got..." Katsumi reached into the box, pulling out a Ghoulia doll. "...My old Monster High Dolls. I thought you might like them."

    "Monster High?" The girl took the doll, skeptically observing it. "Why is she gray?"

    "She's a zombie," I explained. "Monster High is basically a school full of different kinds of monsters who are all unique and cool. Hey, we should show you some of the movies."

    "Movie marathon!" Katsumi spun around, her white ponytail following her.

    "Marathon?"

    Of course we had to start with Katsumi's personal favorite, Boo York. During the film, I snuck glances of Eri, who was captivated by the monsters dancing, singing, and winning with the power of friendship.

    "So, who's your favorite?" Katsumi interrogated the child, once the credits began to roll.

    "I liked that cat girl!" She beamed. "She's like the pretty lady who was singing at the festival!"

    "Catty Noir's her name," I corrected. "And you have a point about her sounding like Kyoka."

    "And..." The white-haired girl reached back into her box. "... I have Catty Noir right here!"

    After being handed the doll, Eri hugged it tightly, blushing. "She's the best!"

    We showed her another movie. This time, it was my favorite: Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love? I've always loved it, since it showed Clawd's devotion to Draculara and how true love prevails. Eri also loved the movie. Mostly Draculara's sweet sixteen dress.

    We were trained to be heroes, not babysitters, so Eri only had popcorn before she passed out at naptime. She didn't seem to mind.

-5 Minutes Later-

    Eri was sound asleep in her bed, while we stayed in the common area of the teacher's dorm, so we wouldn't wake her up. The only thing separating us was a door, so we'd know if anything happened.

Katsumi and I got bored, not wanting to watch another Monster High movie without our little buddy, so we decided to play with the big ass box of dolls and playsets. We might as well set this up for her and maybe test it out.

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    "I can't believe you!" Katsumi, who was holding Frankie, violently spun the doll to the side, whipping her hair. "How could you do this to me!"

    "I'm sorry!" The doll I held, Clawdeen Werewolf, was covering her eyes. "It was the only way!"

    "How dare you hire a mariachi band to play 'Sorry It's Over' in the middle of the Wendy's parking lot?!" Frankie held out her articulated hand to stop her... ex-girlfriend? "That wasn't even our song!"

    "Just kidding, I'm not sorry." Clawdeen began to hop away to her Scaris purple convertible car. "That's what you get for sleeping with not just my dad, but my mom too!"

    "Come on." Katsumi adjusted Frankie to be on her knees. "I'm just a girl who's fifteen days old."

    "And you won't even make it to sixteen." Clawdeen, who was now in her car, floored it, crashing into Frankie. "Bye, no longer ghoul-friend."

    "Ahh!" Katsumi threw Frankie across the floor, once she was hit.

    "Uh, you better not be teaching Eri that."

    "Mr. Aizawa!" I gasped, seeing him right next to us. "Um, we're just showing her the normal movies, I swear!"

    "Yeah, she's not old enough for Urban Monster High."

    "Katsumi!" I nudged my bestie in the ribs.

    The black-haired man just waved us off. "I don't even want to know what that is."

    Mr. Aizawa definitely didn't trust us anymore, so he decided to join our Monster High day, watching us from the couch.

-An Hour Later-

    Eri woke up about 45 minutes ago to dinosaur chicken nuggets and french fries, served on the finest plates available. Nothing can beat the Zoo Pals plates.

    Then, we decided to teach the girl how to play with dolls, since she never had anyone to teach her.

    "Basically, you make up stories as you go along," Katsumi explained.

    "Yeah, like this." This time, I had Lagoona Blue in my hands, so I tried my best to do a Scottish accent as I moved the doll. "Cleo, we should totally go to that school dance later. It's going to be scare-ific!"

    "Let's get ready at my house, since I'm rich and have tons of cute clothes." Katsumi moved her Cleo doll towards the Catty Noir doll that Eri was holding. "You coming, Catty?"

    "Huh?" Eri looked at us, very confused.

    "You gotta add to the story." Mr. Aizawa sat on the floor next to Eri, picking up a Spectra doll and adopting a higher pitched voice. "We're going to be the prettiest girls at the party."

    Katsumi and I tried our best to contain our laughter. That was too good.

    The white-haired girl moved the Cleo doll over to the coffin closet wardrobe, attempting to open it with the doll's hand. It didn't work though, since she got frustrated and opened it with her hand. "Pink is so your color, Catty, so wear this." Using the doll hand, she picked up Draculara's sweet sixteen dress.

    "O-okay."

    It took Eri a bit to adjust, but she ended up loving to play with dolls.

    "Cleo, Spectra, Lagoona!" Catty called out. We were now playing in the school playset, pretending that there was some kind of school dance. "Watch this!"

    Eri moved the doll's hands in circles, making her do some type of dance.

    "Wow, so talented," Spectra giggled. I will never stop thinking of this stupid ass voice whenever Mr. Aizawa's teaching.

    "Nice one!" I made the Lagoona doll clap her hands.

    "But wait." The small girl pulled out a Casandra doll, making her fly on her broomstick above the school. "I put a spell on the school, so this party will never end-" *yawn*

    "I think that's enough for today." Finally, back in his normal voice, our teacher scooped Eri up, as her eyes drooped shut. "You two can go back to the dorms now. Thanks for watching her."

    "Thanks for letting us," I smiled.