I Don't Run An Orphanage!

chapter 8

Dad?

Getting used to a new addition to the family had become much easier for Izuku. It helped that Izuku still recalled many of the false memories Kioku gave him, giving him a general idea of how she was and how she acted, or at least how she perceived herself and how she acted.

However, there was one thing Izuku had not gotten used to.

"Aww daddy you're too good at this game!" Kioku pouted as her character in Super Hero Bash flew off-screen.

Izuku flinched slightly. And his body tensed up.

He still wasn't used to being referred to as a father. He was still fifteen after all, far too young for fatherhood in his opinion.

At first, he had just let it go, wondering if she would stop referring to him as her father if they lived together, but that wasn't the case it seemed.

Izuku's character was blasted off-screen by Sansan's character while he was distracted. They were all playing together as a family, even Inko decided to join in with the chaotic eight-player bash, and all the kids had teamed up against Izuku and Inko.

"Gat yah!" Sansan fist-bumped everyone, making several arms out of her body to fist bump everyone at once.

"Don't get too confident children," Inko said, immediately stopping their celebration by knocking out two of them at once. As Izuku's only friend and parent, she had gotten very used to this game series.

Most people were too wrapped up in the game to notice Izuku's behavior, however Fu, as one not to get wrapped up in things, did see him react. And wanted to try something.

As Izuku got in on his next stock, Fu decided to try something.

"Try dodging this, dad," Fu said as he moved his character to attack Izuku.

After being called dad, Izuku flinched and got hit by the extremely telegraphed attack.

This odd behavior caught the attention of the other kids and Inko.

"Izuku are you ok honey?" Inko asked him.

"I'm-I'm fine." Izuku stuttered.

"Are you really ok, dad?" Fu asked him.

Izuku flinched again, causing him to randomly attack the air.

Seeing the pattern, Kiba decided to try it out next.

"Dad I'm about to attack you!" Kiba shouted out loud.

Izuku panicked and dodged too soon, causing him to get hit.

"Ah, I see, referring to Caretaker as father seems to freak him out and cause him to panic," Kiba said, before realizing what she just said. "Wait what?"

"You don't like it when we call you dad?" Kei looked at him curiously. "Why?"

"W-Well I mean-you know…" Izuku began to nervously sweat. "I'm not really sure why you want me to be your father figure and I thought I was more of a big brother figure."

All the kids gave Izuku a confused look.

"But...you are our dad." Fu pointed out as if it's the most obvious thing in the world.