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“D-dad?” Shouta pauses.
It’s been a long time since Izuku stuttered around him. They’ve gotten so comfortable in their little family that Shouta hardly has to worry about his son being nervous to tell him something.
“What’s going on kiddo?” Izuku slowly sits on the couch beside him, and looks over Shouta’s work.
He’s in the middle of looking over an assignment for his sons class. Shouta gets the feeling that Izuku isn’t quite ready to talk, so he goes back to grading Kaminari’s essay. He’s pleasantly surprised with how well it’s written.
His students have improved so much since the start of the year. He’d like to think that it’s because of him, but Shouta knows they have frequent study sessions in the common room.
Many of those don’t stay as study sessions, but there are some days that his kids don’t get distracted and actual learning happens.
“Does UA have any councellors other than Hound Dog?” Now with an understanding of why Izuku is so nervous, Shouta puts down his papers to give him his full attention.
“We have a few designated for the older grades. Generally, students don’t do stuff like Work Studies until they hit second year, so they don’t see a lot before then.” They’d probably see his class though, since they’ve been through so much.
“So they w-won’t see me then? I guess I could just talk to Hound Dog.” Izuku looks disappointed at the news.
“I don’t see why they wouldn’t.” His son is silent.
“What’s going on Izuku? I can set you up an appointment if you’d like.” Shouta would like that to.
He’s been wanting to suggest therapy to Izuku, but he didn’t want to push him too far. But he knows things have been getting worse for him lately, so he can’t help the pleased feeling that Izuku is seeking this out himself.
“W-well, you know my nightmares have been getting worse. After everything that’s happened, I think I should take to someone. I was hoping to start before Work Studies did.”
“We’re discussing those in class tomorrow, so I might not be able to get an appointment for you in time. But I’ll see what I can do.”
“Thanks dad!” Izuku leans forward and proceeds to squeeze the life out of Shouta for a few seconds before letting go.
“If you don’t mind my asking, why don’t you want to go to Hound Dog?” Izuku doesn’t even hesitate before telling him.
“I know a few of my classmates go to him, and that he helps them, which is great! But when I saw him after Kamino we didn’t really click, so I didn’t go back.” That explains it.
Izuku’s reasoning back then had been vague, but he and Hizashi never pushed him about it out of fear that they would push him away.
“Thank you for telling me. I’ll let you know about your appointment once I get it set.” Shouta stands, and with a quick hair ruffle for Izuku he leaves the room.
He has a call to make.
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Izuku forgets all about his discussion with his dad the next day.
The Big 3 demonstration is amazing! Okay, so it’s mostly the Toogata Mirio demonstration, but still.
His quirk use is amazing. Izuku can’t imagine what he would’ve been able to do with One For All, if All Might had chosen him to be his successor as intended.
If Mirio-senpai’s fight wasn’t enough, the big three decided to stick around afterwards, and watch them train for the rest of the period.
Izuku can see how nervous some of his classmates are.
But Izuku can also see who their Senpai are keeping an eye on. Nejire-senpai is watching Uraraka and Asui spar, hardly looking anywhere else. Tamaki-senpai takes his time looking over each of his classmates, but his eyes keep getting drawn back to Kirishima, and the way he easily takes Kacchan’s explosions.
As for Mirio-senpai, Izuku keeps accidentally making eye contact.
He’s still paying attention to his spar, but every now and then his focus drifts to where the Big 3 stand next to his dad.
By the end of the class, Izuku has no clue who won his fight. All he knows is that Mirio-senpai is approaching him, and he’s a weird combination of anxious and excited.
“So. You’re the kid Sir told me to keep an eye out for.” Izuku swallows, a little lost for words. He knew that, but it’s another thing entirely to hear it from someone else.
“Y-yes.” A wide smile breaks out on Mirio-senpai’s face.
“Awesome! You know, Sir is never interested in new students! When he asked me to bring you by, I didn’t know what to think. You must be amazing Kouhai!” His face heats up.
“W-well I don’t know about th-that.”
“Nonsense! I look forward to working with you! I’m going to Nighteye Agency tomorrow, so I thought maybe you could tag along.” Izuku stares wide eyed at Mirio-senpai.
He thought he’d have to wait a while before actually going to his agency. Is that even allowed without a teacher? Maybe one escorts Mirio-senpai every week. Or maybe, him being a third year is enough protection for them.
“Are you s-sure?”
“Of course! So what do you say?” Izuku nods eagerly.
“Perfect! I’ll pick you up from your dorms after classes tomorrow.” He gives Izuku a goofy grin, then goes back to the rest of his trio.
“What was that about?” He jumps when Toshi speaks from right behind him.
“He was offering to take me to his internship!” He turns around and smiles at the look of excitement on his boyfriends face.
“That’s amazing Zu! Which agency is he at?”
“Sir Nighteye’s.” Izuku does his best to keep a normal pace as they make their way back to the changing rooms.
“Wait. I thought you were staying away from All night related heroes?”
“I was. But Nighteye hasn’t been connected to him for a while, and he’s pretty cool on his own.”
“That’s good. When are you going?”
“Tomorrow? I’ll have to talk to my dads tonight about it first.” Maybe one of them will escort them or something.
Or maybe someone from the agency comes and picks them up? His dads will probably know, so he’ll just ask them when he talks to them tonight.
Izuku grabs Hitoshi’s hand as they leave the changing room. He’s still getting used to displaying that they’re together so openly, but it’s nice.
“Hey can you help me with English? I really don’t get some of Mic-sensei’s questions.” Toshi speaks up as they’re nearing the dorms.
“Sure! Do you want to do it at my dads place? Then if we get stuck my dad will just get annoyed and help us.” Toshi laughs loudly, and follows Izuku as he makes his way to the elevator and hits the button for the top floor.