"How would you feel about me taking you in when you're released from the hospital?"

~Y/n POV~

'For the first time since I've been stuck, nothing has ever surprised me...I've always known what was going to happen next. But this...This was not what I was expecting to be asked..'

"What...?" I said out loud before I could catch myself. I quickly put a hand to my face, but it was too late.

I looked at the man with wide eyes. Clear shock appeared on his face before he pushed it aside.

"Well, I just thought since I would be taking care of Eri and since we can't track your family...I could take you in. I can't just separate you girls.."

I stare at him, motionless. I felt the grip on my waist tighten as Eri hugged me tighter. I looked at her as I put my hand on her head.

'If I agree, we wouldn't be separated. But why should I trust him around me? Eri's kind and considerate, it's easy to like her. But I'm the complete opposite.. Why should I believe he'll be good to me too?' I pull her closer to me. 'Everything I've ever done was for Eri. Everything I'm living for, it's all for Eri. I need to stay with her. Not just because she needs me, but because I need her.'

I look at Mr. Aizawa as I take a quiet breath. I hesitated, but eventually, I nodded my head.

A small smile appeared on his face as I hear sniffles under me. Looking back down at Eri, small tears were rolling down her cheeks. I quickly pull away and put my hands on her cheeks, looking at her with worry.

"I-It's nothing.. I'm just happy me and Kemuri are going to say with each other!" She says as she throws herself on to me. I softly smile under my mask and I hold her close.

I rub her shoulder as I pull away from her, signaling for her to move in front of me. I put my hand out in front of me and she immediately knew what to do, putting her hand out next to mine.

-_FlashBack_-
-Age: 4-

I sat in the corner of my bed as I cried, curled up in a ball while hugging a small [f/a] plushy. I had just woken up from a nightmare and the dark room didn't help.

I heard a small shuffling coming from my brothers bed as he turned over.

His face..I can't remember it..But I will always remember his actions.

"—/—?" He said my name in a groggy voice. "Are you okay??" He quickly got up from bed as he stumbled over to mine.

"I-I'm okay.." I sniffed, lying through my tears.

He shook his head as he sighed. "Nu-uh, you're obviously crying.." He hugged me and I hugged him back, slowly calming down.

"Here, lets come up with a handshake!" He said, assumingely trying to lift up the mood and distract me. I nodded my head as I wiped away my tears.

He thought for a second before putting his hand out. "Give me your hand." I gave him my hand as he placed it next to his, facing each other.

He guided my hand through the handshake. He clapped our hands, then made the back part of our hands hit and we locked pinky's (pinky promised).

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(I don't watch this show, so I don't know context, but it's cute.)
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"See! Did you like it?" I felt myself smile as I nodded and hugged him.

-_Mini Time Skip_-
-Age: 5-

I furrowed my brows as my brother was putting his jacket and shoes on.

"Why do you have to leave but I have to stay?" I asked, crossing my arms at the edge of my bed.

He laughed, "Because you have an appointment. You'll only be a little late to school."

"But I'm going to be so borrrred!" I whined as I stood up.

"Ka——! It's time to go!" A male voice called out my brothers name.

"Okay, dad!" He shook his head at me and responded, slinging his backpack over his shoulder.

I sigh as I walk up to him, staring down at my feet. "Oh come on —/—!" He said bumping my shoulder. "You'll see me in less than an hour!"

I nodded and lifted my head up, looking at him. His blurry face changed, a shadow of a smile being shown. He hugged me and patted my back. "Don't worry!"

We pulled away as he held out his hand. I smiled and held mine next to it, doing the handshake we always did before departing.

We locked pinky's as I laughed. "Now come on, I don't want dad to start talking about 'important times' again." He mocked our father as he grabbed my hand and lead me out the room.

-_Time Skip_-
-Before Being Saved-

I remember seeing Eri balled in the corner of the bed. I had just come back from training when she lifted her head and stared at me. I tilted my head as I brought a hand up to wave.

I limped over to her and sat down on a free space next to her. "What's wrong?" I whispered to her.

"I just..scared.." She sniffed and turned to me, wiping her tears.

I put a arm around her and pulled her into a hug. "Of what?"

"That..That one day I'm going to come back- and y-you're going to be gone..!" She said as she tightly wrapped her small arms around me. I looked at her in sympathy. She reminded me of myself. Of me and my brother.

I pull away from her. "Let me see your hand.." She looks at me confused as she holds it out, letting me grab it.

I guided her hand the same way my brother did to me, coping our handshake. I ended it with a pinky promise. "I promise, as long as I can do something about it, I'll always come back to you."

She looked up at me with teary eyes as she threw herself into me, hugging me. Her tears running down her cheek but a small smile on her face. "I love you, Kemuri.."

"I love you too, Eri." I said with a small smile, hugging her to sleep.

-_Present Time_-

At the end of the handshake, I pulled her into another hug, whispering quietly into her ear, "I-I promised, didn't I..?" She nodded as she hugged me tighter.

"And to think you thought I'd separate you two." I heard to man sitting next to us say as he leaned back in the chair. I looked at him and shrugged. 'You never know,' I thought to myself.

-Time Skip-
-An Hour Later-

Eri has been trying to teach me some games, but since she doesn't have the physical boards or cards with her, she's kind of confusing me.

She puffs out her cheeks as she finishes explaining a game called 'CandyLand'. "I can't explain without the game." I pat her head. 'Maybe that's for the best, I didn't understand anyways.'

"Eri, how about you teach her tic-tac-toe?" The man says as he grabs a pen and paper off the counter. She looks at him and nods as she grabs the stuff from him, placing them on the bed.

"So, I pick 'O' and you're 'X', okay?" I nod at her. She draws two lines horizontally and two vertically. She then puts an 'O' on the middle box. "You have to get 3 X's up and down, left or right, or sideways. Got it?" I squinted my eyes slightly before nodding slowly, not understanding but knowing I'll get it after a bit of playing.

And I was right. I understood the game after the first 2 rounds, Eri winning both of them.

It's been around 5 minutes now, and Eri's won the majority of the games. "Kemuri?" I look to my left, seeing the man looking at me. "Do you mind me coming closer?"

I furrow my brows confused before looking at Eri who shrugs her shoulders. I look back at me man before thinking. 'Why does her want to get closer? He's suspicious..'

"I see that came out wrong," I nodded. "What I meant was, can I come closer to brush your hair?"

I blink at him. 'Brush my hair?' I look at Eri. 'Like Eri's? He likes Eri..I don't think he'd hurt me right in front of her..'

"I think you should Kemuri! Then we both have soft hair!" She says, staring back at me. I sigh as I turn to look at the man, who was already getting up and grabbing something out of his bag.

I stare at him as he comes closer to me. "Here, you can look at the brush, make sure there's nothing suspicious about it." I nod and hold my hand out, grabbing the brush from his grasp.

I look at the brush, touching the bristles. I turn it around and take into account the color. The brush was black and red, a color I use to remind myself of my brother. His eyes. I remember their color. Red.

I take a deep breath, trying to push away the thoughts of a family who we can't even find. I give the brush back to Mr. Aizawa as I cautiously turn my back to him, continuing to play with Eri.

His hands grab my hair gently as I shiver to the sudden touch. He stops for a second, noticing my body language before continuing to move his hands slowly. I softly shake as the man continued. 'I feel pathetic. I've survived literal hell..why am I so frightened by something so simple.'

I feel a tug at my hair before whipping my head around, grabbing the man's arm. He looks at me with a calm face, a complete opposite to my wide eyes.

"You're hair is tangled, it'll take some tugging and pulling for me to properly brush it." He says, not making any attempt to pull away from my grasp. I release my hand from his wrist as he brings it back to himself. 'Why did I do that?' I thought to myself, not processing what just happened.

I look back at Eri as I turn back around. She's looking at me with a worried, holding the pen in her hands. I shake my head before patting her head. She nods as she continues playing.

I tense up, feeling the man's hands touching my hair again. I just stare at Eri, who's making the spot for another round. Another tug comes from my hand as I grab onto the blanket on my lap, stopping myself from grabbing him again. I close my eyes as I feel like tugs on my hair.

'It doesn't hurt..He's not Overhaul. He's not trying to hurt me..' I take a deep breath as I open my eyes to Eri handing over the pen. I nod as I grab the pen, continuing to play the game.

~Aizawa POV~

I hold onto a chunk of her hair with one hair as I brush with the other, trying to lessen the pain.

I mentally sigh. 'Just what happened to her? Why is she so cautious and untrusting? I know she was trained, Eri told me; but to what extent?' I shake my head, not wanting to imagine the young girl in front of me being abused.

I try to brush her hair gently, but with the amount of knots and tangled in her hair, it's almost impossible. 'Poor girls..They didn't even have access to proper hygiene?'

The girls started playing a new game, rock-paper-scissors. It's one of the first non-board games I taught Eri. I've still yet to see her smile. To imagine a 6-year-old girl not knowing how to smile..Can't bare to even think of what they went through.

I'm only half way through Kemuri's hair before Eri runs out of things to play. I stop brushing as I look up at the two girls. "I'm sure the hospital has coloring supplies, if you want me to go check that out? I can print some coloring pages too."

Eri tilts her head as Kemuri looks at her. She nods, which influences Eri to talk. "Sure, I want to know what that is!" I give a half smile as I get up, putting the brush down next to Kemuri.

I walk to the door and wave, opening it and leaving. 'Seems like Eri depends on Kemuri a lot..Can't blame her.' I continue walking down the hall towards the front desk, not wanting to disturb any working nurses. 'But to think, she doesn't know what coloring pages are? Jeez..' I sigh and shake my head as I make it to the front desk.

"Hello. I was wondering if you guys had any..coloring supplies and pages? I need it to relax a patient."

The receptionist looks at me and smiles. "Yes, sir, we do. I'll have a nurse bring it to the patient, if you would please tell me the room number?"

"Mhm, it's room 275. I need enough for two girls." The woman nods as she picks up the phone. I back away from the desk, walking to the side in case someone needs to talk to her.

"Mr. Aizawa!" I turn my head to see Izuku and Mirio walking towards me. I sigh as I nod.

"How's Eri doing?" Mirio says, a smile plastered on his face as he stands in front of me.

"She's good. Ready to be discharged soon." I say few words.

"Really? That's great! But..Where will she stay?" Izuku thinks as his face fills with slight worry.

I shake my head, stopping his rambling before it starts. "She'll be staying with me, at U.A. for the time being. I already got permission from her sister."

Izuku smiles and nods. As I sigh, "And I also got her to allow Eri to go to the school festival."

"Woah, really?" Both Izuku and Mirio say simultaneously. I nod. "That's awesome!" Mirio blurts out with a proud smiles.

"Sir? The nurse will take it to them shortly." The receptionist called out to me. I looked at her and nodded, thanking her.

"Huh? What is she talking about?" Izuku questions.

"I just got the girls a few coloring pages. I didn't bring any games with me today, so they weren't able to play those." He nods and looks around, not knowing what to say.

"I have to get back to the two. Im in the middle of something with Kemuri." I say, turning around.

"Oh! Can we come? We haven't seen Eri in a bit."

I turn to look at them. "I don't know. Kemuri isn't acquainted with you guys. I'm not sure how she'll feel if you guys just showed up."

"I see, we understand then.." Mirio says, a smiles still on his face but disappointed in his words.

I sigh before thinking, 'How would she feel around them? I don't want to scare her. She just started letting me get close.' I turn around at the two. "Fine. You can come. BUT, you have to stay outside until i talk to Kemuri about it. If she doesn't want to see you guys, you're leaving. Got it?"

The two boys nod as they give me a smile. I close my eyes and roll them as I turn back around and start walking back to Kemuri's room. The two boys follow close behind me, not knowing where her room is.

We arrive at the room as I knock at the door. "It's Aizawa. I'm coming in." I slowly open the door, the two next to me.

In front of me was Eri behind Kemuri, brushing her hair while Kemuri keeps her eyes closed, hands relaxed on her lap. She opens her eyes when she heard the the open and looks at me.

A small smile appears on my face as I walk closer to the girls, closing the door but leaving it slightly cracked open.

"I see Eri's helping you." She nods as Eri walks over to me, handing the brush back.

"I want to keep doing it, but my arm is getting tired." I nod at her and gently take the brush from her. I sit back down behind Kemuri as I begin to brush her hair, Eri sitting back down on the bed across from Kemuri.

"I have a question to ask you, Kemuri." The girl hums in response. "You remember the two boys with Eri the other day? Mr. Deku and Lemillion, as Eri calls them?" She nods her head back at me. "Well, They've been wondering if they can see Eri."

The girl's expression was unnoticeable, as I was behind her, but I could see Eri was staring at her. "They're the ones who saved me!" She said, a blank face but happiness in her voice. Kemuri pats her head, signaling that she's acknowledging what she said.

The girl just stays still for a few moments before pointing down and making a circle. "Here? Yes, unless you'd rather not see them." The girl puts her arm down and goes motionless again. I see her take a deep breath before nodding.

Eri looks up at her with a blank face, but gratefulness in her eyes. "Thank you, Kemuri!" She hums in response and nods.

I brush out the strand I'm on before getting up. "Then I'll go inform that of that now. They're waiting outside." Kemuri nods as she fiddles with the pen in her hand.

I walk to the door before opening it and walking out, closing the door behind me. The two boys stood next to the door, waiting for their answer. I sigh and nod at the two. "Yes, she said you can come in. But if you do even one thing that makes her feel unsafe, you aren't coming back in. Am I understood?" The two nod aggressively as I pinch my nose bridge. 'They better not do anything stupid.'

I knock on the door again, telling the girls it's me and walking in. "Alright, they're here. They said they wouldn't do anything bad, but if they did, I promise I'm here to stop them. I trust these two very much, and so does Eri." Kemuri nods at me as she looks towards the door, waiting for it to open.

A soft knock is hit on the door as it opens, Mirio and Izuku walking in.

"Hello, I'm Mirio Togata, but Eri calls me Lemillion if you want to aswell." He says to Kemuri before looking at Eri and smiling as he waved at her. Eri waved back as she turned her body to them.

"And I'm Izuku Midoriya, but Eri calls me Mr. Deku, which is my hero name! I'm guessing that's because it's the first name I told her, or because she heard others calling me it, or because-"

"That's quite enough, Midorya." I say, stopping his rambling nonsense.

He smiles and nervously laughs. "Yeah, sorry.."

I sigh and shake my head before looking at Kemuri, who I see staring blankly up at Midoriya.

~Y/n POV~

'His eyes. His hair. His rambling. His laugh. He seems so familiar, yet I can't tell where I know him from..'