Crimson Vigilante

Caught

~Crimson/Izuku's POV~
After taking care of Shinsou's panic attack that morning, the last thing that Izuku wanted to do was to go to work. Unfortunately, however, he'd already used his monthly 'vacation' because of an injury he'd gotten while saving a teenaged girl from a drunk creep. Sighing, he entered the employee's door. Going to his assigned locker, he put on his uniform and went out into the main room of the cafe.

~Eraderhead's POV~

Looking up at the quaint sign that hung outside the cafe's door I saw that it was called 'The Sleepy Kitty' cafe. Going inside I saw a young, green-haired boy coming out of the back room, dressed in some sort of uniform. Thinking that he was the owner's son or something, I played him no attention, until he came up to me and started asking me if I would like to have a seat. Looking him up and down, I frowned.

"Do you be work here?" I asked, knowing that he was too young to be working anywhere unless he has some sort of intelligence quirk.

"I actually do work here." The boy replied, lifting his head so that I could see his piercing green eyes. "Is that a problem Eraserhead?" He asked while smirking up at me.

"How do you know who I am?" I asked wearily. This kid gave off the same 'problem child' vibes that that 'Crimson' kid did.

"Easy." The kid replied looking at me earnestly. "First, you are in your hero outfit, and second, the long black hair and dark black bags under your eyes is a big giveaway."

"Not even the media knows what I look like in my hero costume." I sighed wearily, knowing that he must be Crimson. The only person/vigilante who'd seen what I look like and gotten away. "Look, Crimson, I am not going to arrest you, I just want to see if you and that other kid are alright."

The kid gave me a deer in the headlights look, getting ready to run.

~Crimson/Izuku's POV~

'Oh, no, he knows it is me, he's going to take Eri and Shinsou away, I will be put in foster care, if not put in jail.' All these thoughts ran through my head at super speed, unknown to me, I'd been muttering these thoughts out loud.

Looking back toward Eraserhead, to my surprise, he was kneeling on my level. Looking me in the eyes he said,

"Don't worry. I won't hurt you, Shinsou, or Eri. All I want to know is where you live, what age you are, and what adult you have who is looking out for you. That's all, I promise."

"You promise?" I asked warily looking him in the eyes to see if he was lying or not. His eyes shone with honesty and compassion. Something I had not seen in an adult's eyes in all too long. Something in his eyes begged me to trust him and surprisingly, I did.

Looking him directly in the eyes, I said, "I will that you, but if you do anything that hurts Eri, Shinsou, or me, I will hunt you down."

Smiling slightly at my protectiveness, Eraserhead nodded in agreement and stood up again. "When do you get off work?" He asked

"Not until 6 pm. So not for three hours, although I do have a fifteen-minute break in an hour and a half." I said honestly.

Meanwhile

~Shinsou's POV~

"Hey, Eri?" I asked looking around.

"Yeah, Shin?" She called from the other room.

"Izuku's said that you were going to take me shopping," I called, just wanting to go out, get the stuff and get back here to decorate.

"I know." She called back. "How soon do you want to go?"

"As soon as we can," I said tiredly.

"Alright!" She said excitedly "be ready to leave in five minutes then."

Surprised that she was planning on leaving so soon, I agreed and started to put my shoes on. Seeing Eri come into the room, I remembered that I didn't know much about her except that she liked princesses and wanted to be one someday.

"Hey, Eri?" I asked

"What Shin?" She asked

"I was just wondering how old you are and what quirk you have," I said

"I. . . why don't we go now," Eri said hesitantly.

Knowing that Eri didn't want to talk about it and not wanting to force himself onto her, Shinsou agreed.

~Later~

Shinsou sighed, they'd been to twelve different stores before Eri had finally had enough, she pulled him toward a cute little cafe called 'Sleepy Kitty Cafe'. Entering they saw Izuku talking to a tired hobo-looking man, despite having an emotionless facade on, they could tell that Izuku was not wanting to be talking to him right then.