Passing Euphoria (Aizawa Shouta x Reader) (Commissioned Series)

Ch.17

"Oh really?" You hummed and smiled as she started to write her name in various pen colors over and over again. "Do you usually play hide-and-seek with, Midoriya-kun?"

Eri shook her head. "Lemillion-kun usually plays with me... but he was busy and so he told Deku-kun to find me!" Eri exclaimed happily.

You blinked for a moment and looked at the clock. The first years had ten more minutes of lunch left... and Eri was up here with you. You felt your heart drop, knowing exactly how Midoriya must be feeling right now... as he was the type to often get overwhelmed, especially if he was flustered or think he did something wrong.

Thinking he lost Eri... would for sure be something that would cause him to sweat bullets.

You held Eri as you stood up. She was placed onto your shoulders and you thanked All Might for always having been an inspiration for why you often before and still today would practice weight lifting. As picking up a small six-year-old was rather hard, but not when you were a strong woman thanks to the constant weight lifting sessions!

"Let's go and find Midoriya-kun." You told Eri. "I think he might be getting worried he won't find you before his lunch break ends."

Eri nodded to you, though you couldn't see it. But from how she didn't say anything in disappointment, you had a feeling she was excited to see the boy who was like a protective big brother to her before he had to go back to his classes.

You carried Eri down a few flights and luckily found Midoriya with five minutes to spare. The boy, of course, looked freaked out and was waving his hands around in a panic. Before him was Aizawa who looked to be getting exhausted from just hearing Midoriya talk. Lucky for Aizawa and for Midoriya's heart, you walked into view of them both and thus canceled out any sort of heart attack about to occur.

"Eri-chan!" Midoriya called, rushing up to you and bowing frantically. "Thank you so much, (Last Name)-sensei and I'm so so sorry for bothering you! I hope Eri-chan didn't bother you during your own lunch break or if you were doing something important! Oh! IF she did I'll take full responsibility-"

"Midoriya-kun. Midoriya-kun." You chuckled warily at him. "It's okay. No harm. No foul. It was nice to have Eri stop by. It was a good surprise."

You placed Eri down onto the ground and Midoriya hugged the girl tightly, no doubt telling her that the next time they played hide and seek... it would be in a much smaller area and not the entire main building of UA.

A few large groups of first-years started on their way back to class, letting you know that their lunch break bell was about to ring and thus tell them they had only a few minutes to return to class for their afternoon lessons.

"You can head back, Midoriya." Aizawa told the green-haired boy. "I'll bring Eri back and will be in class in a few minutes. Please make sure Iida and Yaoyorozu know I expect them to hold the class down until I return."

Midoriya nodded at his homeroom teacher and waved goodbye to you and Eri before he went off to class. He seemed to have spied a few of his friends and joined them on their way back to class. The smile on his face returned as Uraraka said something that he found humorous. And like that, Midoriya was gone and left only the three of you.

"I don't mind having her hang out with me this afternoon." You told Aizawa and he nodded at you.

"If you are fine with that." He looked down at Eri. "Are you okay with that, Eri?"

She bounced up and down. "Yes! Yes please!"

You nodded and looked back up at Aizawa. "Sounds like a plan!"

"Sounds like it." Aizawa paused a moment before he continued speaking to you. "Speaking of plans, I haven't forgotten about what he talked about. I apologize for the wait."

You shook your head " You have nothing to apologize for. I know we both have a lot of people depending on us. So, let's plan our exciting day out when both our lives calm down a bit more. If they ever do."

You laughed and Aizawa allowed a soft smirk to appear on his lips.

"Sounds fine to me. Thank you for understanding."

"It's not any trouble or hard to understand at all. It could have just as easily been me who got super swamped with work and helping out my own 'problem children' so suddenly." You smirked, using the way Aizawa would often lovingly refer to some of his students as.

He chuckled himself but stopped when Eri tugged at his hands. She had wide and glimmering eyes and looked between both you and Aizawa. An aura of bubbly excitement was seen by the both of you that radiated from the little albino girl.

"You two are going to have a day out! Where are you going?" Eri asked curiously.

Her face dropped for a moment and she looked unsure of herself. She squeezed Aizawa's hand and he nodded at her, telling the girl silently that it was okay to speak about what was on her mind to him and yourself. Eri inhaled and then looked back up at the pair of you.

"C-Can I come too?" She asked nervously. "I went to the aquarium with you before... and I want to go to the zoo with you both. If that's okay..."

You blinked and then crouched down to be at Eri's level. She looked at you with her big red eyes and you smiled sweetly at her. Eri felt Aizawa squeezing her hand and she knew it was okay and that she didn't upset either of them by asking them what she had.

"The zoo, huh?" You nodded to her. "Did Mirio-kun tell you about the zoo?"

Eri nodded eagerly. "He did! He said there are so many animals and that you can see bunnies and emt them!!"

"Do you like bunnies, Eri-chan?" You asked her and Eri nodded.

"Deku-kun likes bunnies! When he has his hero costume hood up... he looks like a bunny!" Eri explained to you. "I've never seen or pet a real bunny though. I've only seen them in books or on TV. So... I want to see a real bunny and see if they are as soft as they look."

"Well then... I guess Aizawa and I will have to take you to the zoo to see and pet those bunnies than, huh?" You told Eri and watched as her eyes lit up and a huge smile crossed over her features.

"R-really?!" Her excited voice made your heart squeeze tightly.

"I'm fine with it if Aizawa is." You told her and Eri looked at Aizawa.

"I'm fine with it. We'll just need to pick a day to go." Aizawa agreed and then looked at you. "And I hope that this is okay. I'm sure it isn't what you were thinking of what we'd be doing for a date."

You shook your head. "I'm actually fine with this. I had a ton of fun with you both at the aquarium before... so the zoo sounds like a great sequel!"

"It sounds like a plan then." Aizawa told you as he gently pushed Eri towards you. "I'll let you know what days over the next few weekends I am free and we can plan something. Eri, be on your best behavior and do everything, (Last Name) asks you to do, right?"

"I will!" Eri told him and traded his hand for yours. "I'm going to be really helpful to her!"

"Good. I'll come get you after music club." Aizawa nodded to her and then to you. "I'll see you then as well. Hopefully we can pick a date before we leave today."

"I'd really like that." You spoke as Aizawa turned and started to walk away.

The bell rang and you started on your way back to your office with Eri in tow. The smile on your face didn't fade for the rest of the day and Eri's too, was present by the time classes ended and Aizawa arrived to get her later that day.

The excitement was already seen on the both of you, and Aizawa couldn't help but admit to himself that he too... was excited about this zoo trip.