The Emerald Prince

Chapter 95: His Strays

Izuku's alarm went at 5:30 am.
Eri slept through it, so Izuku prepared for the day before carrying her down the stairs to start breakfast, reading through Toga's new quirk as he did so.

Name: Transform (upgraded)
Ability: To transform into a physical lookalike of another individual - including clothes, as well as copy their voice and obtain a complete set of memories from the 24 hours prior to them being touched. User can transform into anyone they touch the skin of in the last 24 hours. Duration of transformation correlates to duration of touch.
Side effects: None
Drawbacks: None

Izuku smiled at the outcome. It did the trick.
He taught Eri how to stir pancake mix as the kettle boiled.

"You owe me kid." Growled the yellow sleeping bag as it shifted off of the table where it had collapsed the night before and onto the chair.
The greenette shrugged. "Sorry you couldn't bring Yamada-san round, but I'm pretty sure he can visit the dorms."

The ravenette glowered, glancing pointedly at Eri who had left Izuku to wander upstairs and find Toga.
Izuku snorted, "send her up to me for a sleepover. Every night if you want, don't be awkward Dad, you know what I did for a living, it doesn't make me uncomfortable... just a little jealous."
The greenette gave a small smile before turning away quickly to prepare the coffee.

Aizawa swallowed, Izuku seemed pretty relaxed so this would be his best opportunity to probe, "I do know...but, how much?"
"Oh, four or so nights a week."
His knuckles were whitening under the table, but Aizawa remained relaxed, "was it all safe?"
"Yeah, I did manage that. Mostly. But I've got myself checked for anything and I'm clean."
Aizawa swallowed a lump in his throat. "How..."
Izuku turned to look at him in a way that made clear he knew exactly what his father was doing, "I lost my virginity the same day I discovered my quirk to a man I'd guess was fifteen years older than you are now. Please don't ask me about it again...it's not a fun time to remember."
The teacher got up and pulled his son into a hug, ignoring the nausea in his stomach at the new revelation, "I'm sorry Izuku, I wish I'd found you sooner."
Izuku nuzzled into his chest a little. "Me too..."

Aizawa opened his mouth, planning to return to the topic to love, but closed it. He shouldn't interfere, eventually one of those three would grow a pair. Or Izuku would actually fall for Hawks and vice versa. Or one of his other students would come out the woodwork and surprise him. He felt strangely conflicted, Izuku wanted love, but no one was good enough for his son.

"I love you, Izuku."
"I love you too dad." Izuku tilted his head back and smiled his bright reassuring smile, looking up affectionately at his father. Aizawa returned the smile and kissed Izuku's forehead causing the greenette to chuckle before kissing his nose and returning the older man's quirk.

"I love you both!"
They turned to Eri who had just returned and laughed, kneeling and hugging her close.
"We love you too Eri." They murmured together, enjoying and accepting the feeling of family.

"Am I interrupting something?" Asked Toga, a little envious from the doorway.
The greenette looked up and gave her a lazy grin, lifting an arm in invitation. Aizawa was hesitant but Eri positively beamed, opening her own arms wide.
"Auntie Himiko!"

Hesitantly the blonde moved forward, joining them on the floor and allowing friendly arms to enclose her. Izuku kissed her cheek, and she felt whole again. Whole in more ways than one.

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The dorms were a five minute walk from the main building, and there was one entire five story building per class. It was quiet when they arrived, the others would be moving in in the afternoon, but Aizawa was allowed to settle his stuff and Eri, so Izuku joined him.