Waves Find Their Land

Chapter 85: Mine

A singular day has now passed. Eri was no longer wearing the rags he found her in but she still refused to take the wraps on her arms off.

It was early in the morning and Izuku was now assembling everything Nejire had bought the day before. A bedframe, dresser, nightstand, a small table, a small desk, two comfy chairs one for each, the comfiest bed Nejire could find, and a couple security cameras just in case.

Nejire also bought Eri enough clothes to were Izuku had to ask her, "Why?"

Izuku was using Black Whip to assemble everything at once.

After an hour everything was done and Izuku sat up, "Well. I can proudly say. If I didn't have Black Whip. I may have killed myself after doing all that. Now I know why people pay for assembly."

He then started setting up the security cameras. Nejire had decided to get these after the Safety Commission tried to take Eri as a precaution. The cameras would monitor the the door and the balcony door. Izuku had also decided to call up Mei Hatsume so she could make it to where a child couldn't squeeze through the balcony bars. Her only question was, "Did the purple midget get hurt again? If so I call dibs next time!"

Yeah he really needed to figure out what he was gonna do with Mineta now.

Nejire knocked on the door holding a sleeping Eri who was wrapped up in one of his spare her suit capes. He really needed to talk to the school about Mei Hatsume getting paid. Or he pays her.

Izuku stood up from sitting on the floor, "I see you slept well."

She yawned and used her free hand to scratch her head, "Mmmm. I woke up and you weren't their. And with everything going on I figured you would be here."

He nodded approached her, "I see Eri is still asleep."

He gently pushed some of Eri's hair our from in front of her eye and Nejire spoke, "She is sleeping a lot. Is she ok?"

He nodded, "Yeah. The doctors said that she is probably used to not sleeping and the sleep she did get wasn't the best."

"So? Why is she sleeping so much?"

He had a small smile, "Because she feels safe and comfortable now. But they also said this is something that will last for a short period of time. Once she kind of settles in the doctor is pretty damn sure that night terrors, nightmares, and PTSD episodes will be frequent."

Nejire smiled at that and rubbed Eri's head, "What else did the doctors say?"

"Well as I expected she is malnourished and severely underweight. The average weight of a seven year old around her age is 55-60 pounds. She weighed in at 43 pounds. But give her some good meals and make sure she takes her vitamins over the course of a couple weeks to a month she should be all fine. The doctors also re applied her bandages and put medicine on them so her arms and legs will heal faster."

"I-I wanted to talk t-to you about that. H-How bad was it? Did you even see i-it?"

He nodded, "I-It was um. It was bad. I asked the doctors for a decent comparison."

"What did he compare her injuries to?"

"To mine."

"O-Oh."

"Yeah. He said there was one difference. Her scars are straight and even. Like we expected. While mine are jagged, cricked, and all that."

She nodded, "Did they say if we needed to remove the bandages?"

"They did. They said that the scars were actually pretty well healed which surprised us both. The medicine they put on those bandages should heal them up pretty quickly. In terms of if she wants to take them off? I think we should leave that up to her."

She nodded, "I agree with you there."

Eri began to stir and Nejire quickly handed her of to Izuku since Eri was more comfortable with him.

Izuku held Eri and stroked her hair, "Good morning Eri."

Eri slowly opened her eyes, "D-Deku?"

"I'm right here Eri."

"W-Where a-are w-we?"

He turns her around, "This Eri. Is going to be your room. When your ready."

She looked around, "A-Am I-I in t-trouble? T-There i-isn't a bed."

Izuku pointed to a box, "That there has your bed inside it. Nejire also bought you sheets, covers, extremely comfy pillows, and pillow cases."

"R-Really? A-All that? F-For me?"

Izuku and Nejire nodded.

Nejire spoke first, "Anything for a cutie like you!"

Izuku chuckled, "She is right. Anything for you."

"I-Is a-a b-bed really i-in that b-box?"

He nodded, "Here. Watch this."

He then activated Black Whip to unpack the box. Once the box was weak enough the bed popped out and Izuku used Black Whip to but a sheet on it then put in on the bed frame. He then put pillow cases on the pillows and put those on the bed. And for the final touch he put the comforter on it.

Eri was amazed. And Izuku swore. He swore to all that was holy. For just a fraction of a fraction of a second. He swore he saw Eri's lips curl upward just the tiniest tiniest bit. And that alone made this all worth it.

He looked at Eri, "You wanna test your bed out and see how comfortable it is?"

"R-Really? I-I can?"

He nodded and sat her down on the bed.

She moved around on it and settled into it. But as she laid down she had tears in  her eyes.

"I-I'm sorry! I-If you d-dont like it we can r-return it!"

Before he could continue two little arms wrapped around him.

He looked over to Nejire for help but she only mouthed one thing, "Be you."

Izuku looked down and Eri was crying into his chest, "T-Thank you! I-I've never h-had anything t-that's m-mine!"

Izuku hugged Eri, "You don't need to thank me Eri. But if you do want to. Your welcome Eri. And you will have many things in the future that will be all yours and no one else's."

She looked up, "R-Really? M-More?"

He nodded, "Yes you will. I promise."

The two hugged each other and Nejire wiped a tear from her eye. But while this was going on a certain someone had caught wind of the situation and decided to see what was going on.

The black long haired, dry eyed, sleep deprived, caffeine addict, and alcoholic teacher smiled a bit under his scarf, "This year just got even more interesting."