Days later

*it was a normal day for out green couple, tsuyu had gloves on while she was doing the dishes, izuku was reading the newspaper his fingers tips were all covered with band-aids which tsuyu was mildly curious as for the reason but she kept quiet as she trusted izuku to tell her eventually, while next to him Eri was doing homework, izuku glanced at his daughter with a small smile thinking at the events that brought her to his home*

Flashback

*We see the three of them drinking tea at Momo's mansion.*

Izuku: So what's this all about?

Momo:it's...about Eri

*The room got a little less casual as Izuku slowly put his cup down. He felt Tsuyu's hand on his leg for a bit of support, which he appreciated as he looked at Momo.*

Izuku:what about her?

Momo: I might have scared her when I told her you were in the hospital. She wants to live with you.

Izuku:i see....

Tsuyu:first and foremost she's not going to live with us permanently for a number of reasons the main one is your her mother you have as much right to see her and live with her as izuku and me so stop with the sad face you're not going to lose her Kero

*as few involuntary tears fell from Momo's face as she took a breath of relief she didn't know she was holding, momo loves her daughter more then anything and would do anything for her even if it meant doing something heartbreaking like Eri living with izuku and not her*

Izuku: Not to mention the minor stuff like her friends are here; we don't really have a room for her and would need time to make one or at least get a bed in the library/game room.

Tsuyu:i think she might like the second option 14 years old, and they get to sleep in a fully fleshed-out game room. Who wouldn't want that? Kero

*Both Izuku and Momo raised their hands, making Tsuyu roll her eyes.*

Tsuyu:you two don't count and you know it you're the exception Kero

Izuku:hey mom didn't have money for game systems and all that and with bakugo....being bakugo all i had was books from the library

Momo:my family wanted me to be well educated giving my quirk so they also didn't get me a game system

Tsuyu:which means your as bad as Zuku is playing he couldn't even get pass the tutorial stage

*Tsuyu and momo giggled while izuku grew a blush and coughed annoyed*

Izuku:i still say you didn't give me the right instructions

Tsuyu: Hey, I told you, move by move, you're just bad, Kero.

Izuku:ANYWAY and the main reason is school how long does it take her to get from here to UA?

Momo:like 20 to 30 minutes depending traffic

Izuku:yeah where me and tsuyu lives is more like 2 to 4 hours

*Momo almost did a spit take looking at the two*

Izuku:we live on the edge of the city for a reason momo that far away made it hard for people to find us

Momo: yeah i understand still it's.... surprising but back to the main topic Eri really wants to start being with you more

Izuku: couldn't help but noticed you said "you" instead of the "two of you"

Momo winced at that, giving Tsuyu a sympathetic look.

Momo:yeah she's....not crazy about you she hasn't said anything but i can see she's struggling

Tsuyu:i saw it to and that's fine she just needs time to get used to me, but as for what Eri wants how about we go a little smaller and a bit more realistic, we pick her up on Friday and she stays until Sunday night Kero

Momo: That sounds wonderful. I'll have to move some things around, but I can do that way better than the idea I had in mind.

Izuku:oh? And what was you're idea?

Momo:......

*Momo mumbled something blushing in embarrassment*

Tsuyu:Kero?

Momo:i.....i thought you two could move in here .....

*Momo said even more red feeling like a 7 year old in her answer her once polyamorous plan long gone when kyoka told her in so many ways why that would just not work with the 3 of them as momo would always feel like second best and that wouldn't be fair for her*

Izutsuyu:.....

Momo: It was just a suggestion!!

Izuku:yeah....no offense mo, while you have been able to claw your way in to our live in the role of a friend us living here....

Tsuyu:is never gonna happened

Izuku:yeah.....it has nothing to do with you it's more to the point of this place being to close to people we don't want to deal with not to mention i would have to move my shop and that's not happening the deal i have with the landlord is too good to pass up

*After that the conversation became a bit more casual neither of the 3 noticed Eri hidding behind a wall with a small smile as she heard everything*

Back to the present

*Izuku heard the ding of the washing machine and got up*

Tsuyu:don't use the dryer the fixer still hasn't come yet you're gonna need to put them on the strings out back

Izuku:got it

*Izuku leave and tsuyu didn't miss Eri following izuku, tsuyu giggled as a picture of a mama duck izuku and baby duck Eri came in to mind*

With izuku and Eri

*We see them putting the clothes out to dry when Izuku stops and looks at Eri.*

Izuku: Alright, spill it.

Eri:huh?

Izuku:Eri honey i love you but you have a terrible poker face so just say it so that it doesn't eat you up inside

Eri: It's just... it's really bad you're not going to like my question...

*Eri mumbled looking away from him she felt izuku's hand on her shoulder as he kneeled down in front of her*

Izuku: you're my daughter Eri i promise i won't be mad please don't feel afraid to come do me when you need something

Eri: it's just....why do you love tsuyu...

Izuku:..... You know a man by the name zachry K. Douglas once wrote "the broken will always be able to love harder then most. Once you have been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines" that's what Tsuyu is for me I was in the darkest moments of my life in that jail i had specks of light around me like my mentor for the first 2 years, my mother, aunty and uncle when they found me but that wasn't enough. But then Tsuyu was there she was the biggest light i had while I was walking in the darkness if it wasn't for her? Well baby i would be a villain no 2 ways about it.

*Eri gasped then gave an awkward laugh thinking izuku was joking, izuku glanced at Eri and with that glance Eri could tell he was telling the truth so she got quiet*

Izuku: i would've taken AFO's offer and taken his quirk and gotten revenge on everybody that betrayed me, on my former classmates and teachers i wouldn't have stopped until they were all dead

*It got quiet for a bit as they both knew Eri would be in that kill list but they left it unsaid*

(*The author looking at everyone who wanted izuku to go down that path and take AFO*)

Izuku:if it wasn't for tsuyu i wouldn't have all this, no peaceful life, no annoying friends, no....well love in my life i would be a lonely miserable soul that got lost tsuyu found me and gave me the light i needed to stay on the path of good that's why I love tsuyu so much she saved me from going on a path i wouldn't be able to come back from and i feel like i did something similar to her. So i hope you can give her a chance honey

*Izuku kissed Eri's little horn like he did when she was young and got up and kept putting the clothes to dry. Eri just kept looking at him; she needed that she needed that light too. She so wanted her father to be that light. All she would have to do was open her mouth and admit it, admit what she's been doing, admit what's been happening with her, admit she needs help. She opened her mouth, but words wouldn't come out. Fear started to set inside her heart as she just couldn't muster up the courage to ask for help, not from his mother, not from Aunty Kyoka, and not from her own father. Eri just... didn't feel important.

Eri"everyone has there own problems they don't need my useless problems to deal with my issues are nothing compared to what they all have..."

*Eri thought as she rubbed her arm the feeling of wanting to use the box cutter started to itched through her body as it was slowly getting harder to control the urge but Eri was confident that she was in complete control of that situation so why worry about it. As Eri shook her head her mouth opened and another question came out instead of what she really needed to say, what came out of her made izuku stop what he was doing and look at her*

Eri:so you don't love mother?

Izuku:.....Eri honey that's a very complicated question but I'll explain it as best i can you see in life we only every fall in love with 3 people each for a specific reason you have you're first love normally comes at a young age you probably call it quits or break up over childish or silly things as you mature and you get older, you look back and on it and think that it wasn't even love, when it actually was it was love for what you knew love to be.

Eri:who was your first love dad?

Izuku:don't laugh but if I look back on it it would have to be Katsuki bakugo

*A small snort came from Eri and izuku in mock anger flicked her forehead*

Izuku:shut it I was a dumb kid I thought his quirk was amazing and i wanted to be close to him even if he did bully me even when he took things way to far I'm partly to blame since i never spoke up. Anyway let's continue. The second love

*Izuku sighed as he got a more serious expression if Eri wasn't there he would be smoking to calm his nerves but he needed to do this, to say this to her for eri to understand*

Izuku: That's the hard one. The second love is the one you get hurt in. The second love is the one where you learn how to trust a person, and it teaches you lessons surrounding lies, betrayal, and damage. This is where you get your strength; this is where you grow. It makes you carefully cautious; it introduces you to real pain. It also teaches you how to set boundaries and why those boundaries of protection are needed. And honey, as much as this is going to hurt you, Momo Yaoyorozu was my second love.

*Eri flinched and hugged herself looking down making izuku sigh he didn't want to hurt his daughter but this was something she needed to hear*

Izuku: I loved Momo. Yes, but all she did in the end was hurt me in ways... I'll never really get over it completely. Everyone in that school broke my body, but you're mother? She broke my heart and soul, leaving me with hatred and bitterness. Over time, I tried to get rid of it, but some of it still remains: the resentment, the betrayal, the anger, the bitterness. All of it, I still have a small part of it inside me. I don't think that part will ever go away; it's just a part of my skin. Is this making sense, sweethearts?

Eri, I kind of wish it didn't...

Eri mumbled sadly. Izuku hugged her, and she returned the hug, sniffling lightly in his chest.

Izuku: Sorry honey, I wish I could tell you what you want to hear, but I can't. I'm not going to give you false hope, nor will I lie to you.

Zuku rubbed her back as Eri composed herself. She separated from Zuku a bit and looked at him.

Eri: What's the third love?

Izuku: the third love, are you sure?

Eri: please....

Izuku: "Falling in Love The 3rd Time: The Love That Lasts And the third is the love we never see coming. The one that usually looks all wrong for us and that destroys any lingering ideals we clung to about what love is supposed to be. This is the kind of love that comes so easily that it doesn't seem possible. It's the kind where the connection can't be explained and knocks us off our feet because we never planned for it. For me? That was when I first saw Tsuyu again. It was 2 years after I was in jail. You should've seen me, honey. I was at my peak psychically.

Eri giggled as Izuku did a flexing pose, making his small, chubby belly jiggle. Izuku has long since stopped doing extreme exercises except for his back, now having a small dad bod.

Izuku: And there she was... The one person who wasn't family that believed in me was simply more than I or any writer could ever put into words what I felt that day. Back to the explanation: This is the love where we come together with someone, and it just fits—there aren't any ideal expectations about how each person should be acting, nor is there pressure to become someone other than we are. We are simply accepted for who we are already, and it shakes our core. With your mother, I always had an underline of fear: "What if I say the wrong thing?" "What if today is the day I speak up against her father?" "What if I'm not good enough for her?" I could go on, but you get my point: I was always worried about X or Y. With tsuyu? Never, not once, have I felt like that with her. I can truly be myself with her. I've learned to stop my negative emotions; I stop hating myself.

Eri: I get it...

*Izuku coughed, rubbing the back of his neck with an awkward smile.*

Izuku: Sorry about that, honey. But I can tell you this: what Tsuyu and I have, It isn't what we imagined our love would look like, nor does it abide by the rules that we had hoped to play it safe by. But still, it shatters our preconceived notions and shows us that love doesn't have to be how we thought in order to be true. This is the love that keeps knocking on our door, regardless of how long it takes us to answer. It's the love that just feels right. Tsuyu is the woman I love with all my heart.

Tsuyu, and Izuku is the man I love with all of my kero.

*Izuku and Eri looked at the door and saw Tsuyu in a Sunday dress with a hat on.*

*She was holding a tray with cups and a pitcher of lemonade as she walked to them. She gave Izuku a kiss on the cheek as he took his glass and poured him some. They started having such a loving banter; both didn't see Eri flinching, feeling uncomfortable, and hating herself for feeling uncomfortable.*

They love each other, they love each other, and they're happy. Why can't I be happy for them? Why don't I like seeing Miss Tsuyu with my dad? What's wrong with me? I'm just a horrible person.

Tsuyu:eri Kero?