AN: the events of this chapter take place during the two day time jump of the last chapter.

Warning: one of the characters has a panic attack during this chapter.

Aizawa wakes with a tongue licking his cheek. This in itself was not unusual. Unfortunately, it's not one of his cats. Thankfully this time it isn't Hizashi either. He opens one eye just to have to immediately close it again as a small fuzzy creature covers his face in slobber. He pushes the creature away as he sits up. He manages to find his way to the bathroom without opening his eyes, even with the creature seemingly trying to trip him. After he washes his face he is able to properly look at the fuzz ball at his feet.

"Hizashi," he growls under his breath. The dog, no puppy, just stares up at him from the floor, it's tongue hanging out of its mouth. Aizawa doesn't know much about dogs, but even he can tell that this one is at least part Dalmatian. He sighs, already wishing he could go back to sleep, and picks up the puppy. This causes excitement in the little dog as it starts to wag its tail. "Let's go find my husband. He'll be sleeping with you for the next week."

Flash!

Eri pulls her hands off the plant as the camera momentarily blinds her. She glares at Hizashi for ruining her concentration. He couldn't help it though. She just looks so cute when she's concentrating, her eyebrows scrunched together and her tongue sticking out just the slightest bit.

"I'm trying," she says, frustrated, "to fix this before Mr. Aizawa gets up."

"Too late."

Aizawa has three cats that are officially his. Garf, the young orange cat with white splotches he adopted just a few months ago. Present Cat, the old grey cat that meows loudly whenever he wants attention. Night, the black cat with white ears. He also leaves food out for all the neighborhood strays and knows each one by sight. He does not recognize any of the kittens currently in his living room.

Aizawa stands in the doorway looking at the chaos. Two small balls of fluff hang from the curtains, one white and one black. A vase, several photos, and other knick knacks lay on the floor. The culprit, a short hair, sits on the shelf above. Present Cat is meowing loudly at a blue kitten on the counter that looks like they had just pounced on a box of cereal. Garf is playing with one whose fur is shifting colors. One kitten sits covered in dirt surrounded by knocked over, broken, and dug up potted plants. One such plant is in front of Eri, who's looking at her hands in her lap. Hizashi is kneeling in front of her. His body has gone rigid and he has his face turned away from Aizawa. Night sits atop the tallest cat tree and slowly swishes her tail. She wears a very amused expression.

Aizawa walks over to the kitchen, still holding the puppy. He pulls out several bowls and fills them with cat food. Then he starts making coffee. The only sounds are the coffee machine and Present Cat's meowing. Aizawa just watches the coffee drip into the carafe. Finally the machine buzzes. He picks up the carafe and takes several gulps. He turns to the two other humans in the room.

"Explain."

Hizashi can't sit still. He is fidgeting with his hands, shifting his weight, chewing on his lip, and his eyes keep darting around the room from the ruined curtains, the broken plants, the cats surrounding the food dishes, the Dalmatian puppy in Shouta's lap. He gulps nervously and chances a glance at Shouta's face. Thankfully Shouta isn't looking at Hizashi. Instead he is looking at the camera, clicking through the pictures that Hizashi had taken earlier, and drinking his coffee.

Shouta sets the empty carafe on the floor next to him locks eyes with Hizashi. A shiver runs up Hizashi's spine and he looks away again, focusing on the orange bean bag his angry husband sits on.

"Now. Explain." Shouta's voice is cold.

"Okay, well it started early this morning when we got a call about Eri's mom," Hizashi starts nervously.

Eri stares at her hands. She can't bring herself to look at Aizawa. She knows Hizashi is talking but she doesn't really hear what he is saying. It's all just white noise to her. She knows she's in trouble. I broke the rules. I'm only supposed to use my quirk when Mr. Aizawa is there, only supposed to practice on plants, but I used it on the cats. Hizashi said it would be okay but it wasn't because I don't have full control of my quirk. What if I had lost control and hadn't been able to shut it off. Then Hizashi would've grabbed me to stop me but it would've made things worse because it would've affected him and I wouldn't have been able to stop and he would've disappeared. Aizawa knew what could go wrong, that's why he set the rules in the first place and now he's mad and he hates me because I'm a monster and he's going to make me leave and send me back to the bird people who are going to hurt me and-

"ERI!"

The shout brings her out of her spiraling thoughts. She tries to focus on the person in front of her but it's hard through the tears she only now notices. Still she is able to recognize Hizashi with his bright hair. He is flailing his arms around her like he wants to touch her but is afraid to.

Of course he's afraid of me! I'm a monster that makes people vanish because I can't control my quirk and anyone who gets close to me gets hurts-!

Eri suddenly jerks back from the unexpected touch. She focuses on her surroundings again. Now Aizawa sits in front of her with his hand outstretched. A wave of fear hits her and she looks around frantically for Hizashi. Her breathing becomes more rapid when she can't find him.

No no no! He didn't even touch me! I couldn't have! But he's not here so I must have, and Mr. Aizawa wasn't able to stop it and now he'll disappear too and I'll be alone and-

"Eri, look at me." Aizawa's calm voice brings he back to the present. She jerks her head back towards him and red eyes meet black.

He's not using his quirk! Why isn't he using his quirk?! Doesn't he know I'm dangerous?! What if Itook it away like Chisaki said I could do?! No no I have to get away!

"Eri, breathe." The words make her focus again. She notices that she had backed away from Aizawa. She also notices that her breathing has grown rapid and shallow. "It's going to be okay, Eri. Just focus on breathing okay? In and out. In and out." He demonstrates as he says it. Eri tries to do mimic him.

She focuses on his voice and soothing tone. Eventually she gets her breathing under control. She realizes that her face is a mess of tears and snot. Using her sleeves, she cleans her face as best she can. When she looks back up, Aizawa is smiling, and Hizashi is looking at her from behind him. A wave of relief sweeps through her and she launches herself at the two men to hug them.

A couple hours later, Hizashi and Aizawa are cleaning up the living room. Eri is taking a nap and the kittens have joined her.

"So why didn't you wake me to go with you?" Aizawa asks, breaking the silence.

"You needed your sleep," Hizashi says.

"That's never stopped you from waking me before," Aizawa reasons.

"You've never put off assigning a class rep this long either," Hizashi counters. "Plus I thought I could handle it on my own. I was just supposed to meet the woman and explain the situation. The only reason I took ERi was because I thought she would want to see her mom. I had no clue the woman would be so nasty."

"Well she's never going to be near Eri again," Aizawa states matter of factly. Not if I have anything to say about it, he thinks.

AN: Sorry this chapter took me so long! its not beta read either so if you see any mistakes please let me know!