S. That was his name. Probably one of the few things he did know. He knew to protect Eri. He knew words of building's and foods and environments he didn't think he knew. He knew his vocal cords were damaged, limiting his speech to basic sounds. He knew he had two quirks, Fire and Blaster; the latter let him make cool dragonish heads that could blast a laser from its mouth.

Nothing of his friends or family. Nothing of the school Eri said he went to. Nothing of the world he came from. Nothing about humans or monsters.

He knew he had to survive.

He and Eri were on the move nearly constantly. They moved on the rooftops and through alleyways. He stole clothes from clothing lines to blend in better. He moved with a limp when unsupported, so he stole a cane to help.

Food was not easy to come by. The market that sold fruits and vegetables in wooden crates outside was their primary food source. He would send out mouse-like blasters to steal two of everything and bring it to their current hideaway and protect it from animals.

S practically stayed hungry everyday. The little bits of fruit and vegetable did very little to curb his hunger. Especially since he had to practice his fire quirk every day. He saw a man cooking food with fire from his mouth, so S figured doing so with his hands would make the food more nutritious for Eri. He was getting better and better at cooking their food, at least he thought so.

Eri - "Where are we going today?"

He shrugged his shoulders. Where were they going to go? They've been in their current alleyway for too long. They definitely had to move today, but where?

Eri - "I heard from some of the locals there was a homeless shelter nearby."

S tensed up then held his side in pain. A homeless shelter would be fine for the night while he thought of new places to go. He nodded with a stiff neck and let her climb on his back. S climbed up the fire escapes to travel by rooftop (far easier that crowded sidewalks, even with his cane.)

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Mister - "Hello young man, is this your daughter or your sister?"

A volunteer with black hair and eyes at the shelter spotted and greeted a pair of youths. The older looked to be sixteen, but very skinny and a bit on the short side. He was wearing a thin white button down, a pair of too big khaki cargo shorts held up with a scarf. And a ratty old wooden cane holding most of his weight. The small one, a girl with long white hair, was wearing a cute pink and purple unicorn nightgown with a thick blue hoodie, her hair was messily tied into a ponytail. Neither of them wore shoes.

Eri - "He can't speak. Um, yes he's my father."

Mister - "Alright, we have food in the main room, we have some volunteer nurses and physicians in the room to the left and to the right we have showers with a good selection of clothing and blankets as well as a drop off for dirty clothes that'll be taken to the laundromat. The rooms next to the medical staff have all the cots and futons and hammocks as well as plenty of toys."

Eri - "Okay, thank you mister."

Mister - "Before you both go to the showers, I need your names to put on the registry."

Eri - "Um...my name is -"

S stopped her and drew an E and an S on her palm.

Eri - "Okay, my name is E and father's name is S."

Mister - "Hmm, okay. Head over to the showers and I'll have some ready for you."

Eri - "Wait! Father has to eat a lot of food because of his quirk. Is that okay?"

Mister - "Not an issue E. The volunteer in charge of food has a superspeed quirk and makes food really fast. I'll let her know to put a big pot of curry on and some sandwiches. Boy showers to the left, girls to the right, toilets are down the middle, unisex."

Eri walked toward the bathrooms with his hand tightly gripped in her own hand. S had to nudge her into the female showers; he knew he wasn't allowed in there. His shower was unbelievably relaxing and if not for Eri calling him, he would've stayed under there for probably the rest of the night. A towel was wrapped around his waist before getting out of the shower.

Eri was wearing a cute light blue shirt with white sleeves and a tabby cat on the front, a pair of navy pants with pink paw prints, and a pair of pink slippers. He smiled at her and pointed to a table in the main room adorned with a big pot and plates of sandwiches.

Eri - "I don't want to be alone..."

His smile quickly faded and he panicked a bit.

Mister - "Hey E! Let's go wait for your dad at the table."

S had to restrain himself from pulling Eri away from the man. Eri was guided to the table; he quickly ran through the clothes to figure out what he could wear. A dark blue turtleneck, white sweatpants, and black sneakers with black socks. He also had a blanket, a small blue coat, and a slightly bigger pink coat. He hobbled over to the table where Eri was sitting next to the black haired volunteer.

She was staring at the empty bowl in front of her with hesitation. He smiled sadly and patted her head. He took her bowl and filled it with a healthy amount of curry and a sandwich on the plate next to her.

Eri - "Thank you, father."

S waited to serve himself until she'd eaten two sandwiches and a bowl and a half of curry. She fell asleep against him as he mowed down on his food. Twelve sandwiches and three bowls later he was patting his stomach. He winced and checked the burn on the side of his stomach. It was tender, blistering, and a nasty reddish-purple color.

Mister - "Dear lord, S you should head over the medical staff. I'll take E to the bedrooms."

S tensed, it hurt so much, but he couldn't help it. He nodded stiffly but had a tiny blaster hide in her hair before she was taken away. He limped away to the med-staff.

Female Nurse - "Hello young man, what ails you today?"

S froze, then remembered and lifted his shirt to show off the nasty burn.

Her smile dropped as soon as she laid eyes on it.

Female Nurse - "Alright, let's apply this burn cream."

She applied a cream and left it alone for a minute. She smeared a green goo over white bandages.

Female Nurse - "Alright. I have non-stick bandages with aloe vera. I'll apply these now; please lift your shirt a little higher."

He hissed with the aloe came into contact with his skin. He nodded his appreciation with a hesitant smile and thumbs up.

Female nurse - "Can you not speak?"

S shook his head and held his throat.

Female Nurse - "I have a book on sign language. I'm not very good with hand eye coordination, so if you want it..."

She held out a thicker book. His eyes sparkled as he took it. The smell of old paper with a musty hard cover made him excited to read it. He received a bag of water bottles, extra bandages, a little tube of the burn cream and a small bottle of aloe vera.

He read the introduction back to the bedrooms. Halfway there, distress signals came from his blaster. He started hobbling faster to the room where Eri sat up on the bed. A scraggy black haired man with yellow goggles tried talking to her with the black haired volunteer. The tiny blaster grew in size of a small horse, complete with long legs, its body's bones being thicker with yellow and red swirling mass between the bones.

S had the blaster grab Eri and bring her to him quickly. S, with difficulty, climbed on the blaster's back. He made eye contact with the scraggy hair man with a nasty scowl.

"Sans?"

Eri's eyes seemed to flash with recognition. S though was confused and it must've shown on his face. The man took a careful step forward. S had his blaster break through a window and run into the forest. As soon as they were a few kilometers away, he dematerialized the blaster and hid under an upturned root with Eri under his arm.

"They have to be here somewhere. Sans! Where are you?! It's me, Aizawa!"

S refused to move for anything. After an hour or so, a scouting blaster relayed that the man left the forest. He felt Eri slump against his uninjured side and at first glance, she was sleeping. He covered her with most of his body to keep her warm and he went to sleep right after her.

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Sans - "hey eri. how was our day?"

Eri - "We visited a homeless shelter and had really really nice showers and yummy food. A man called Aizawa chased us out to the woods. We hid under some roots and went to bed there."

Sans - "sorry eri. if my mind and soul can reconnect properly, i'd be able to bring you home."

Eri - "I don't mind. Being away from people is kinda nice. Until we are forced to go to the heroes or until you're phys...fiza..."

Sans - "physical?"

Eri - "Yeah, until your physical body remembers we'll be okay by ourselves. One more thing." 

She took in a big, shaky breath.

Eri- "You - I...you were called my father and I didn't deny it. I hope you're not upset with me."

Sans's skeletal grin grew soft and baby blue and pink hues filled the darkness around them.

Sans - "how could i ever be upset with you? if you see me that way, i don't mind in the slightest. i've always wanted a big family anyway."

Eri - "Then...can I call you dad?"

Sans - "yes of course you can! i'd be honored for you to be my first child."

Eri - "Thank you...Dad."

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