MHA Stories i find on Ao3

Nedzu Raising a Baby?...What?

By: Passing_Ghost Friend

It was a simple day in fall, and as always Nedzu's day started with a  cup of tea while he watched over UA. After all, he was the principal of  UA and he needed to make sure the safety of the school was in tip-top  shape before the school day started.

He was enjoying the pleasant  taste of lemon and honey chamomile tea while looking at the security  cameras surrounding the UA building. Nothing out of the ordinary so far.  The training areas were clear, the cafeteria was empty, the basket  outside of the front gates, the faculty-

Wait a minute.

Nedzu  looked over yet again at the camera showing the view outside of the  front gates. Yes, that is indeed a basket. A woven straw basket with a  light green blanket covering the top. There seemed to be slight movement  underneath the blanket.

Nedzu jumped from his chair with a  certain amount of difficulty due to his short stature. Honestly, he  thought he ordered it with the smaller height! Once his feet touched the  floor of his office, he headed straight to the front of the UA gates.  Once he got there, he lifted the blanket expecting exactly what he saw.

A baby.

A  young human baby with curly green and black hair. The baby opened his  eyes at the light that was blocked by the soft blanket, letting out a  soft cry from the brightness of the sun. His emerald green eyes peered  up at the principal before cooing slightly and reaching for him with his  chubby little hands.

Nedzu crouched down and picked up the baby  gently from the basket. Now that the baby was closer he could see the  freckles that speckled his round little face. The baby's body was  dressed in a very old looking gray onesie that didn't appear to provide  much warmth.

Taking his eyes away from the baby, he looked back  down at the blanket to find any clue of why he was abandoned. Sure  enough, there was a small letter under the blanket.

Nedzu, while  holding the baby safely, opened the letter to read the contents of what  reason a human would just abandon a perfectly innocent baby. The baby  looked around calmly while in Nedzu's steady hold, clutching at his red  tie while he started to read.

'Hello to whoever is reading this,'

'I  couldn't handle raising a baby without his mother. She died in  childbirth. When the baby was given to me, I couldn't handle the  responsibility combined with the grief of the loss of my love. I tried  my best for the past two months to love him, but I can't give him the  life that he deserves. Please take care of him and love him. When he is  old enough, tell him I am sorry for not being strong enough for him. His  name is Izuku, his mother gave it to him.'

There was no signature at the bottom.

'Well,'  Nedzu thought as he looked down at the baby. The baby, having noticed  the principal was looking at him, let go of the tie he was chewing on to  smile at him. 'At least he's cute.'

***

"Hello, I found  this baby outside of my school and I am adopting him as mine," Nedzu  told Detective Tsukachi as he sat down in the chair with help from a  step stool. Izuku was cradled in his arms. "The father abandoned him  because he couldn't handle being a father."

Tsukachi read the note over before sighing, "I am assuming you came here with the note for me to track down the father?"

Nedzu  smiled, "Of course; if only to charge him with child abandonment,  because I won't allow him a single chance to be near this child. No  father should ever abandon their child no matter their grief."