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(3) Nightmare Can't Be Fixed With Cuddles

A/N: I know, long title! I just had too!

"Eri?" She flinched at the soft voice that called out to her, and she slowly turned around.

It was Shinso.

"Shinso?" She looked him in the eyes.

"What are you doing up, Eri-Chan? You were supposed to be asleep five hours ago." He said.

"I woke up a little bit ago... I had a nightmare" She said her voice breaking.

Shinso sighed, "Come with me to the living room, we can talk there." He leaned down and picked her up.

She nodded pitifully. They walked down the hallway and into the living room.

"So what happened?" He asked her, while holding her tight.

"O...ove..overhaul." She responded, hiccuping from crying.

'So past trauma is giving her nightmares, that's not good. I will have to tell Dad about that.' Shinso thought to himself while looking at the miserable child.

"Let's get some sleep, ok?" He asked her gently.

She started bawling and shook her head no rapidly.

"Do you want to sleep with me or Dad?" He responded.

"You." She responded plainly.

Shinso knew she didn't want to sleep, for he had been through the trama. He also knew she needed sleep.

He picked her up and took her to his bedroom. He slowly sat her down on the bed and pulled down the covers. She slipped in and laid snuggled up to his chest. It gave her comfort that her big brother would protect her, but she still couldn't sleep.

Once Shinso was asleep, Eri quickly got up and sat as his window. She sat until the sun rose when Aizawa went to wake up Shinso and saw her.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Nightmare. They can't be fixed with cuddles." She responded.

A/N: Ok, I went on a splurge and wrote three chapters in a day, but I can't promise that will always happen. I am going to try and upload at least twice a week, and at most every other weekday. I will try not to update on the weekend because those will most likely be my brainstorming/writing days because I won't have online school.