Chapter Text
Previously...
"Daisuke" the man hums, watching your eyes flutter closed, but your finger brush across your kitten's soft fur
"I really want to kill your mother," you say
"we will" he responds
Daisuke is kind enough to take you home since you are in no state to drive. High as a kite, that is. Usually, you wouldn't care. But since last night's announcement, there were more than a couple of eyes on you now. You understood that completely
One would think if you're trying to do something bad, which you are, why would you want to be seen? Surely it's going to be more difficult to get away with murder (literally) when everyone is watching you. Constantly
well yes but no.
you're just hiding in plain sight. Because someone who's being watched won't do anything that they will be caught for? Right? Exactly. That's the point. Let them think that. It doesn't change your plans
you're always careful, looking over your shoulder, staying a step ahead, and planning for the worst. It's nothing new to you, you've already been doing that.
not only can you benefit from this in a way that hides you completely behind the beautiful picture of a symbol of hope. But you can access things you wouldn't before.
You've already got Hawks in your arsenal. It won't be too long before it's the Commission, now your in. You can infiltrate it like a parasite, slowly sucking the life out of it until you consume them whole, absorbing the hope out of them.
what comes next... you still don't know. You hope you're not around long enough to see if you're going, to be honest
Getting back into your apartment made you realise how much you've missed it. The silence, not complete silence of course. But just being on your own, with your cat, enjoying the view from the sky rise. The simple things
it doesn't last long, the peace and tranquillity. Enjoying the buzz of being on cloud nine. You have less than an hour to get ready and start preparing for dinner.
Hosting for the teachers of Yuuie. Sure. It's been a week. But it felt like much longer, like the journey with them has been going on for more than the measly month and a half it had been.
it is different from this time though. They aren't technically your teachers like how they will technically not be your carers anymore. Another benefit of being a full-fledged hero
you're signed to the Commission now. No longer a student. Technically a guardian yourself for the brats that were in your class. Which makes you a colleague. But what's better than that? You're own agency, is that what your thinking, because you would be right.
as a 'partner' of the number 2 pro hero, you'll no doubt fly up the ranks. You already have the money, fame will come easy. So will the power. After all, it's 50/50 between Genesis and Hawks, right?
it's just the cherry on top. The extra boost that sits you just above them.
From student to master, you've become the superior. Not the subordinate.
Being 18 has allowed you to sign that contract in the first place, which inherently allows you to be emancipated from them. It took long enough. Being someone's 'child' feels weird. And not the kind you will ever come to like either.
Once you've had yet another hot shower, to rub away any scent that Izuku had imbedded into you, inside and out, you walked around with a towel wrapped around your body. Guss waited patiently on the bed, dozing off until you came in. He followed you downstairs so you could give him some food while you chose an outfit
everything had to be perfect. This opportunity won't necessarily come around again, not any time soon. You thought the best way to play this out would be with somewhat formal attire. One, because this 'get together' will most likely consist of questions about your new status, there's no doubt that one people (Aizawa ) won't believe you're prepared for such a role, to them you're a child and therefore they treat you like you are one. Others such as Nezu will probably want to tighten your leash, after all, he's Commission property too and has probably been tasked with overwatching you more closely, so you're going to have to show him how prepared you really are. Then there's All might, the 'Symbol of peace' or what's left of one, he knows you are not mentally stable enough to be a hero, you wouldn't be surprised if he tries to get your license revoked.
you need to show them that they are wrong, despite most of them being right. Hence the formal attire, appear like an adult and they will be fooled into seeing one.
Then there's Keigo. The way his eyes brighten suddenly when you are in his vision, dressed up or not, is not hard to miss. But last night, with you, dressed up like a whole five-course meal. He couldn't keep his hands to himself, self restraint didn't occur to him in the slightest.
That's how you're going to sell it to them. It will be much more believable, his love for you, the changes you'll go through to be 'accepted' by him. One would think he's saved you from your ways. All you have to do is play nice and accept the role of a doting 'girlfriend' and 'co-worker'. Keigo can do the rest.
after all. Nezu did want you to get new friends, ones that weren't a bad influence as he said. Aizawa wanted you to stop dating, but he'll surely compromise a bit more if the person you were dating was the soon-to-be Number 2 in the charts. Nemuri will be happy for you no matter what, you'll just have to be sure she doesn't get caught in the crossfire anymore. She doesn't deserve the treatment she gets from Nezu because of your actions
so, in conclusion to the result of this explanation, you've decided to dress in a summery red dress. Not too revealing, since you needed Keigo to be alive and not dead at the hands of Aizawa. It wasn't too short in the sense to flaunt off your body- no that's something a teenager would do, not an adult. Yet it wasn't long enough to seem as if you've become a new person overnight.
the sleeves started just at the end of your collar bone, hanging onto your shoulder with a minimal amount of short puffed sleeves. The dress itself was flowing, the ends swaying with each turn you took, causing it to slightly come up and reveal your upper thighs. Keigo loved those.
You styled your hair, so it didn't seem like you had just gotten out of bed and applied a minimal amount of makeup to brighten your features and not show that you were currently coming down from your high.
Luckily your fridge was stocked with food, as you decided to cook. It was a little plan inside of a plan, something you will come back to later. But for now, you just have to listen for the key you and give Nemuri to unlock the door and let herself and her co-workers inside
which will be in approximately
three
two
one
*click*
"y/n!" she calls from the end of the hallways, quickly slipping off her shoes and running, "in the kitchen," you say loud enough to be heard from the front door. Within a second Nemuri is sliding around the corner, breathing heavily before leaping with her arms open. She pulls you into a hug, cradling your head and stuffing her face into your hair
"why didn't you call me? You were injured and in the hospital" she says worriedly, pulling back and taking your face into her hands "you hate the hospital" she whispers leaning in and resting her forehead against yours "you didn't have to be alone" she sighs and you pat her back as sincerely as possible
"I'm fine, see. No harm done" you pull away and swirl around motioning to your body, with no scrapes cuts or leftover pieces of blood-red stone. You've consumed enough energy from others in the past two days to heal yourself
Nemuri frowns lightly before putting on a brave smile, her eyes filter across the kitchen to see the arrangement of ingredients and tools you were starting to use to cook the meal, "you're cooking for us?" He asked stepping closer to get a closer look, you followed her to her side and reply "it's a special occasion Afterall" she looks at you at her side and nods enthusiastically
the sounds of more voices joins the room and you turn to look over your shoulder, "hello" you wave slightly forcing a soft smile. A few eyes open in surprise at the simple gesture and you refrain from a smirk, "dinner's going to take a while so get yourselves comfortable in the meantime" you tell them, gesturing it the lounging area where a new marble coffee table had been
As they nod and begin to walk away you turn around fully, "oh before I forget" you pause watching them as they turn to face you "there's someone else coming, they're running a little late" you say tilting your head down, forcing a gentle blush on your cheeks
Aizawa steps forward closer to the island "who" he asks, voice stern and brow twitching "I think it's best to wait until they get here okay" you reply gently, turning back around and dicing some vegetables.
the teachers all looked at one another and then back to you as you stood there in your own world, looking like a woman ordering a meal for her family at the end of the day.
one they are all settled they sit in silence for to minute or two. No one knowing what to say or do, you'd completely thrown them through a loop this time. Before arriving they all had to mentally prepare themselves for your attitude and cold behaviour. On the contrary, they were... welcomed? You were being civil- and nice! You even let Nemuri hug you AND touch your face. From what they were seeing, you didn't look like someone who killed a bunch of Nomu mercilessly three nights ago. You didn't ooze your usually anger and attitude, it was as if you hadn't almost beaten one of the most feared criminals half to death. Like you hadn't been in hospital for internal injuries.
no. Not one bit. You looked like... they can't even describe it, despite it
being on the tip of their tounges
"she's... different" Toshinori was the first to speak, he couldn't handle the silence any longer, he peers over his shoulder and looks at you as you continue to cook, even humming a tune to yourself that no one could recognise from any song
"Perhaps now she shoulders the responsibility of being a hero she's trying to change, it's wack" Hizashi replies, shrugging his shoulders. Nezu seems to perk up slightly, as if to pat himself on the back, a reward for being right "change is a good thing. Without any outside influences it seems that she's accepted our help", everyone somewhat nods gives a not commit all gesture as they decide to leave it there for now knowing their superior will bring it back up later with you over dinner.
Your ears sharpen in on their conversation. You can't help but smirk this time as you continue to hum to yourself. It's not like you were doing it loud enough for a hidden feather to hear so that the owner of a said feather would be compelled to rush back home to his mate. It's not like your humming indicated that you were calling out to him, telling him you were preparing s meal and that he should return home to you as quickly as possible
It was less than 5 minutes before the doorbell rang through your apartment. The teacher's heads popped up and peered over at you in the kitchen. You placed down the knife you were using to cut vegetables and quickly washed your hands and dried them off the towel.
Quickly you reached over to the wall to where the intercom and security system had been placed and pressed a metallic button that made a little bleeping noise followed by the click of the front door as it automatically unlocked
Carefully you made sure your hair was in place and walked to the edge of
the open kitchen. The sound of quick footsteps came from the hallway, getting louder as they approached the kitchen
When Keigo makes his appearance around the corner he can't help but smile in awe at the sight of you. He's still dressed in his hero attire but has a duffel bag of clothes over his shoulder, he hadn't had the time to go home and get dressed since he rushed here after hearing your humming
His large hand takes your cheek gently and he leans down "you look beautiful" he says, still smiling as he closes the gap capturing your soft lips against his. Your arms wrap around his neck and pull him closer as you ignored the eyes of the viewers in the lounging room.
Keigo's other hand falls to the waist of your dress and squeezes the flesh, his wings puff up behind his back. A sign that he's finding it difficult to pull away from your addicting lips.
he sighs heavily like a weight has been lifted from his shoulder as he pulls away, and you look up at him, arms still around his neck "how was work" you say gently, scratching his head softly as you run your hands through his windswept hair "nothing like this" he kissed you again, still smiling. Only this time he lifts you slightly off your feet with both arms wrapped around your waist, pulling your body into his
"ahem" Aizawa is standing at the edge of the kitchen by the island, his arms crossed against his chest. A few more members of staff were by his side, some still confused but none as angry as him.
Keigo blushes and puts you down, you take his hand into yours and squeeze it, making him look down "go get dressed and come help me cook okay" you smile up at him and he nods, quickly rushing upstairs to your room to change
As your left with the staff they all stare in silence "dinner won't be long, we can talk about everything later" you brush them off and go back to cooking, leaving them standing and staring at your back
they're still standing there, stuck in their places when a nicely dressed Keigo comes flying down the stairs, literally. Some of his feathers fly about and begin to cut the meat and put them in witht the rest of the food. Getting to work quickly while he comes up to you, trying not to make eye contact with the teachers
You turn to look at him and notice him hiding something behind his back, you tilt your head slightly and he blushed "I got this for you" he says before manoeuvring the object behind his back. He holds a beautiful ceramic vase that held even more beautiful flowers. You don't bother asking him how he knew you needed a new one.
you already knew.
you force a gasp and reach out to them, taking them slowly whilst looking at them "thank you Keigo, it's beautiful" you reached up and kiss him on the cheek innocently before putting them down on the island gently, after admiring them for a small second you finally turn back around to kiss him one more time. Just for the extra reaction.
Keigo was shocked at first by your boldness, his eyes widening for a split second before closing, his head leaning into your kiss. Once again he was lost in your touch
he only pulls away when he smells the food, "ah" he looks to the side "the food is done" he smiles down at you, "I'll set the table" you tell him, manoeuvring away from him as he moves to plate the food
"take a seat" you gesture to the large table, and the teachers finally move, using your quirk plates begin to fly past them before gently settling on the placemats. The knives, forks and chopsticks all fly into your hand.
The soft tune you had been humming makes a return as you place down the utensils. By the time you are done setting everyone's place, the tune coming to an end, Keigo appears with a large plate of food. The smell of it lit up the room and filled it with the warmth of a loving home
You find yourself a seat, but before you manage to pull it out for yourself, Keigo is already behind you pulling it out with one hand, whilst his other gently takes your hand and guides you into your seat, a small thank you slip from your lips, a small humming vibration leaves his chest as he smiles. He pushes your chair in and takes his seat beside you
"there's plenty for everyone, but I won't mind cooking more" you told everyone, looking at each and every one of them Keigo last
but no one moved. Not even an inch. Not even to speak. Only their eyes, darting to and from yourself and Keigo
"Oh.." you look to your 'boyfriend', and he gulps silently "Keigo and I- we have something to tell you", your hand moves under the table, finding its place on his thigh. Instinctively he jumps a fraction, the muscles in his leg tensing up and his wings lifting behind him a fraction of an inch.
Before you can open your mouth to explain a fist slams on the table
"enough!" Aizawa stand up, both hand on the table as he leans over, you raise an eyebrow- well you didn't expect that for sure
"sir-" Keigo sits forward slightly but Aizawa gets there before him "I don't want to hear it. What the actual FUCK is going on" he yells, eye flashing red before Hizashi's hand pulls him back into his seat
"Keigo and I are dating," you tell them
No one speaks, and the room falls silent with the news
Keigo looks to you expectantly no very one else follows. You can already see the frown he's resisting. This must have been important to him. From his point of view, he was meeting your family. And evidently, they didn't like him. What does that mean? How will you guys get past it? Can you still be his mate if they don't approve?
His chest being to lift and fall quicker as his heart pounds in his chest. The corner of his lip twitches as he looks from you to the table infront of him.
"We don't think that's suitable. You're a hero now. Not a teenager. It's time to grow up and focus on your new career L/n" Nezu says nonchalantly as he plates his food. He didn't even have the respect to say that to your face and look you in the fucking eye
They've just insulted him. And you.
You won't let them get away with it
It took all of your power not to rip the head commissioner a new one when she did it, and that's because she has the power to dispose of you, and you need her, and to be on her good side. So you let her treat Hawks like a doormat. but she won't any longer. You won't allow it
So don't think for a single moment that you're going to let them do the
same. No one
NO ONE.
Treats your property like shit.
No one but you
Keigo feels your hand squeeze his leg once, before sliding down and into his own hand. Your finger interlace with his and you pull both your hands into your lap. He feels the warmth of your body envelope him, a small shock runs through his body. His eyes snap up to your face, only to be met with an expression to be feared.
Your eyes were trained across the table staring at Toshinori this time. Your gaze scorned him, shutting him up instantly before he could even think of scolding you for your attitude or disrespecting elders.
"Keigo makes me happy, he's helped me over the course of this week one hundred times more than you could have ever" you spoke directly to Aizawa first before glancing over to Nezu who seemed to want to give a penny for his thought but refrained against it
"do you know, how much pain I've been in for the past 3 days? Re-growing organs aren't easy you know. Without any pain mediation too. Can you imagine that? having to feel every single cell, muscle fibre, and fat molecule re-grow and heal itself. Huh? Do you?" No one replied of course, because they didn't know what it was like. Surprisingly you weren't shouting like you usually would have, if they want mature, then they're going to get it. You won't show them the anger you should have if you were a normal girl being told they can't date someone. Only you are you, so you won't let them see how grateful you are for the opportunity they have given to you on a golden platter. They don't deserve it.
Stay calm, and take a deep breath. Don't let your emotions show. Don't laugh. Don't smile either.
"and where were you? My carers? The people who are supposed to look over me? Well, you weren't at the hospital, you didn't come to check on me... didn't see if I took something else for the pain? Did you? Did you? No" you frowned, pinching your brows together as if you were actually hurt by this.
"but Keigo did. He's been there for me, he listens to me, and he's cared for me more in the last week than you have in two months" you look to Keigo, showing him your gratitude and squeezing his hand
"He's checked my wounds, mental and physical. He's held me while I try to sleep. He kept me from getting into trouble, he's even gotten me this amazing fuckin job" Nezu seems to look at you now, that stupid Little rat face of his.
"You wanted me to be a hero, but all you've done is hold me back and shit on me for trying to heal myself" you're ranting at this point and you're not even sure where it's all coming from, surely it's not all coming out of your ass
"y/n-" Aizawa's tone is regretful "no. You don't get to interrupt me. Or tell me what to do. You say make better friends, so I did, I even befriended their moms, I've saved their lives AND yours. You tell me to get a better influence, but who better than someone who's one of the most kind, caring and handsome of them all? I've done what you've asked, I've tried to change and I have" you take a deep breath standing up, slipping Keigo's hand from yours for dramatic effect
"why isn't that enough for you guys," you say quietly, turning away and walking upstairs in silence, leaving everyone at the table to think of your words
As your door shuts you walk to your mirror and stare at the person looking back at you. They're weak, tears threatening from their eyes. They're ugly, too kind and caring. They're stupid, trusting and submissive.
You wipe your face with the palm of your hand, starting from your forehead downwards.
This time when you look in the mirror you only see yourself. Smirking right back.
Keigo's eyes watch as you walk away from the table, his eyebrows pinching together as he sees you make your way up the stairs. Nemuri jumps out of her seat and jogs to the stairs before running up them after you. When he hears the door to your shut he finally looks away from where you were
He sighs, standing up "for heroes you sure don't know how to save someone from themselves," he says distastefully looking down on them with slitted eyes.
he didn't see heroes or teachers. Heck, he couldn't even see the people who were supposed to take care of you and help you grow. All he saw were statues. And they were blocking him from his mate. They were weighing you down, holding you back and drowning you
He reached over the table plating plenty of food. he knows you don't like to miss meals. The bird part of him knew that his mate was upset and hungry too.
"She couldn't sleep this morning because she was stressing over tonight. So enjoy the food" his words seemed to hit the nail right on the heal, sealing their guilt.
Keigo walked away from the table without another word or a glance, leaving them to think of what you said. It replayed in their heads like a broken record. Keigo was right. You were trying to change you were growing as a person. a better person. Right?
Tonight turned out just as perfect as you wanted it, everything was coming together.
You're growing stronger
Gaining more allies
Getting more power.
you were the better person. You're above them. You're better than them.
they could see it now... something they knew they should fear