#//Bc Ei initially thinks the man dislikes him; so it's totally okay to think of him as a dad

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Any older male mentors or dads of Kiri's friends have guaranteed been accidentally referred to as his dad by him if he's fond enough of them

#hc #//An obvious one but STILL #//He's tentative about ACTUALLY calling them such; bc the last dad he had? #//Was a disappointment; so he's worried he kight jinx himself and they'll leave; end up hating him; or both if he really goes for it #//Aizawa; he thinks the man already dislikes him; so that's a perfect parental figure candidate right there; far as he's concerned #//Fat Gum; he'd do it ONLY once he's sure the man REALLY approves of him and thus not likely to grow to dislike him as much #//He'd be fucken DEVASTATED if he ever did something to make the man upset with him as is; but that would just GUT him #//Masaru absolutely got called dad more often than not after Ei gets comfortable with him #//Mitsuki gets the mom treatment right away; but he had to warm up to Masaru some to get over the awkwardness then go for it #//Mans straight up just claimed Kacchan's parents as his own after enough visits to Casa Bakugou #//And then with Kit's verse; Kai gets the dad treatment same as Aizawa #//Bc Ei initially thinks the man dislikes him; so it's totally okay to think of him as a dad #//Up until he accidentally calls him that alone and has a Panic thinking he'd tick the guy off more #//It gets better tho #//Wait; Kit's verse also means he might accidentally associate Enji as a dad too nfbfb #//Bc of Touya #//ANYWHO; I veered off course #//Kid's just so desperate for a proper family; he tends to family-code people he knows a LOT in his 1-early 2nd year of UA #//Then switches it up bc by then; he's got what he wanted in the form of the Gum fam #//mentally refers to all the chosen ones as fam; bc if he said it aloud on accident he would DIE of embarrassment #//more regarding those he views as parental figures anyways; friends/folks closer to his age are easier to get used to thinking of as such #//And once one gets family-zoned; he ain't changing his mind about it so easily. not without enough prompting to #//Oops; veered off the post topic again jfbfb #//Just know; he's ABSOLUTELY slipped up and called heroes he knows and admires 'Dad' at least once #//That's the tldr djfnf