Young Innocence

Crap-

Hawks POV:

The moment his phone rang, he pounced on it, pressing accept call.

"Hey, Eraser!" He said with a nervous grin. "How you doing? Did your problem child break any bones recently?"

"Cut the bullshit, Hawks. Why did you make Hizashi think there was a ghost in the lockers just to get me to call you?" Hawks could practically hear Aizawa rubbing his temples.

"... look, I'm sorry about that. I just really needed to call you and I didn't have your number, ok? I don't exactly collect them, my phone has like three contacts."

"Why didn't you just ask All Might for my number or something?"

"..."

Hawks had not thought of that.

"I became a hero for my speed, not my brain."

"Evidently."

"Hey!" Hawks groaned. "Look, I need a hand over where I am. It's kind of weird, and I couldn't think of anyone else who could help." He glanced back at the other room where he was sure the kids were going rampant. "Please, Eraserhead, I have no idea what I'm doing here. Can you come over if I text you the address?"

Silence on the other side.

Then:

"What kind of trouble are you in? Is it the League?"

I mean, technically?

"Yeessss? Just come over, you'll see."

"Fine, text me the address. I'll get Mic to take my class."

"Yes! Thank you, thank you. Sending you the address now." He hung up, relieved. At least someone was coming over now. Within a minute, he had sent his location to Eraserhead. "Thank god." He froze as a crash came from the other room. 

"And... let's hope I can last until he gets here."

An hour later, he heard the door bell ring, and he set down Toya from the scruff of his neck. "... don't move till I'm back." Quickly, he dropped a feather and headed to the hallway, opening the door.

Outside stood Eraserhead, in his hero uniform. Just a black shirt and pants, with his goggles and scarf.

"What's the emergency, Hawks?" He said abruptly, taking in Hawks' casual clothes, yet his frazzled hair.

"... come on in." He stepped inside, holding the door open. "It's easier to understand if you see it yourself." Eraser nodded, following Hawks inside, glancing around the simple surroundings, when suddenly they heard sounds from the other room, the yelp of a child.

"Touya! Stop chasing Tenko!" Yelled Hawks, running through, wings flared. 

"Hawks, why are there kids in your apartment? Did a hero ask you to babysit?" A thought seemed to strike him. "Did you drag me here to babysit for  you?!"

"No, no, um..." Hawks struggled with his words before his wings sank, and he pointed to Toga in the corner, quietly nomming on an apple slice. "That's Toga," he pointed at Touya, "That's Dabi," and finally at Tenko, hiding behind his wings, "and that's Shigaraki. I was fighting the LOV when they fell unconscious on me and... well, this."

"Hawks, what the- fudge," Aizawa said hastily. "Fudge."

"Yeah, I know. I don't want to call the hero commission, I couldn't think of any other heroes who knew how to deal with kids. Like who, Mirko?" He snorted. "No. Nope, not happening. You're a father to twenty-something chaotic non biological children, right? One of them's even close to their age. Meanwhile, I have no idea how to look after children, and had to help Sh- I mean Tenko get changed. P-l-e-a-s-e, I don't know what to do here."

"Tenko?" Asked Eraser, possibly stalling for time.

"Tenko Shimura. And, um, Touya Todoroki. I know, it was a shock for me too."

"... fine. I'll help you. But you are going to buy me a sh!t ton of coffee and take care of my class for a week after this."

Hawks winced. "Um. Yes. Ok, fine. Fine, I'll do that."

"Also, what the fuck, Hawks? I don't have twenty children."

Hawks glanced over as a piercing wail split through the air, Tenko sitting on the floor with a cut knee and Toga having abandoned her apple slice. She was getting... uncomfortably close, staring at the blood with an entranced expression.

"NOPE NOPE NOPE," Hawks ran over, scooping her up. "No blood, bad girl."

She looked up with a lip quiver. "... bad girl?" 

Shiiiiittt.

The waterworks began as Toga started sobbing hysterically. And to make it worse, Touya was looking at Tenko really really guiltily and his eyes were starting to water-

"HELP."

Aizawa sighed.

"You are freaking horrible at this, Hawks."

Oops-

Do not let Hawks babysit lmao-

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