|| ~I Will Protect You~ || {BNHA}

|| ~Chapter 5 - Accidental Discovery~ ||

~O~

Two Years Later

10:26 Pm

Dark clouds rolled over the dimly lit horizon, covering any faint light emitted from the stars that dotted the sky. Izuku sat pressed against the wall on his bed clutching his blanket, flashes of bright light accompanied by booming noises plagued the sky, terrifying the young child. Rain pounded on the roof of the two-story house, echoing around the walls from the various open bathroom windows.

To aid in Izuku's discomfort he could hear voices from the living arguing over something or other. He definitely caught the names of their three cats, Milly, Waffles and Smokey somewhere in the midst of the yelling too. Izuku picked up his blanket and wrapped it around his shoulders before sliding off his bed and heading to his door, he quietly opened it, not that it mattered from all the other noises in the house. Walking to the top of the stairs Izuku held onto the railing as he slowly descended down, jumping as a particularly loud strike of thunder split the air.

As he entered the kitchen that was at the bottom of the stairs he looked around, trying to find where Aizawa and Yamada were. Izuku covered his ears as the pounding rain became heavier, continuing to walk around the bottom floor of the house even as he felt his legs shaking, reflecting on his inner discomfort from the storm. Normal storms in their area weren't this heavy and Izuku was, to put it bluntly, terrified.

Walking through the house, the familiar walls felt cold and towered above him as he stumbled his way to where he thought his parents were, the living room. Peeking into the room he caught Aizawa and Yamada across from one another, Yamada was yelling about cats while Aizawa, who looked particularly tired was mumbling things in reply. While Yamada wasn't intending to use his quirk he had found himself using it by accident and Aizawa, who was too tired to really register the situation hadn't bothered to erasure it. Not that his constant slow blinking would have helped anyway.

Standing at the door to the living room Izuku watches as his parents fought over something he wasn't too sure about, he only knew it had something to do with cats, affection and Yamada not getting any. Yamada's voice kept unintentionally increasing with each sentence, which only increased the strange feeling stirring inside Izuku as he watched. As another loud boom of thunder could be heard in the house Yamada's voice fell quiet while Izuku's eyes released tears that he'd been desperately trying to keep back.

Yamada looked at Aizawa in confusion, "you're not using your quirk... are you?" he asked.

Aizawa's eyes widened in realisation at his question, Yamada had gone quiet because he no longer had his quirk. Aizawa looked around before spotting a shaking Izuku at the door to the living room, his fragile figure was wrapped in a blanket while his normally idle hair was floating ever-so-slightly. Upon seeing Izuku, two things came to his mind, the first was about his quirk the second was about his state. Rushing over to the child he scooped him up into his arms, without any resistance from Izuku.

Izuku blinked, causing tears to spill over and Yamada to regain his quirk. He clung onto Aizawa, unaware that he'd just discovered his quirk, just thinking both Yamada and Aizawa had noticed him. Thunder continued to crack through the air, making Izuku bury his head into Aizawa's shoulder. Aizawa sighed, clearly regretting not checking on him. Yamada approached the pair from behind and wrapped another blanket around Izuku.

"Poor thing," he muttered before taking him off Aizawa, who surprisingly handed him over without any complaints.

Yamada walked over to the couch while Aizawa closed the doors to the room, limiting the noise from outside before sitting next to Yamada on the couch.