Kirishima sat at the back of the bus, watching the rain pour down the other side of the window.
This was their first day back since the Sports Festival.

I haven't seen Y/n since the award ceremony

He quietly thought back to her face, her expression very different than usual. She had been very lively ever since they had grown closer as a class and she had gotten over Bakugo and Todoroki's words on the first day.
She was now the first person anyone would call if they were feeling down. There was something about her, that just made everyone happy.

And to think I was worried about her not fitting in after what happened at the Quirk Apprehension Test

"EIJIRO WE'RE GETTING OFF" Y/n shouted from the doors. She had spotted her friend a while ago, but due to the rain, the bus was more full than usual and it was impossible for her to reach him.
Kirishima looked over at the girl, waving her hand vigorously, making sure he could see her.

Did she just use my first name?

Kirishima blushed, repeating the sound of her saying his first name over and over in his head as he followed Y/n off the bus.
He opened up his umbrella and felt two cold hands clasp on to his arm.
He looked over at the girl next to him and started laughing as they walked.

Y/n gave him a sheepish grin.

"Yes I forgot my umbrella"

"How do you forget your umbrella when it's been raining since last night. Did you not look out of the window this morning?" he asked.

At least she seemed back to normal.

"I was in a rush and didn't think while leaving, I nearly missed the bus" she explained, walking side by side with the red head.

"Izuku!" Y/n greeted as they passed by the boy with the green hair. Kirishima waved at him, his toothy grin accompanying his greeting.

"Hey Y/n, how are you?" he asked, his gaze traveling down to her hands and then back up at her face.

"Good as new, as if I had never been grilled by Todoroki Shoto" she smiled.
Y/n grabbed both their arms and dragged them to school, excited to be back.

--

Aizawa stood at the front of the class, papers in hand.

"Alright students, today, we will be doing something that will come in handy in the near future" he explained, his tired eyes going from one face to another.

"You'll be choosing your hero names" their teacher said, followed by a chorus of shouts and whistles from the class.

"However, I am not classified for these kind of things so I called in some help" was the last thing Aizawa said before curling up in to his sleeping bag.
The door to the entrance opened, revealing Midnight in the frame.

"And that's where I come in" she winked. She moved to the front of the class and smiled.

"Alright I want some cute, simple names which capture your essence as a hero" she beamed. Y/n looked over at Izuku and laughed at his thinking face. She knew he probably had no idea what to go for.

Not that I really thought about it

"You have 15 minutes and then we will start presenting with who's ready" the pro hero said, starting the timer.

Y/n put her head down, her pen in hand as she thought.

What could go well with me as a hero?

She turned towards the class, seeing people write down name after name. Everyone seemed determined to find the perfect name and rightly so. As Midnight said, these names usually describe the kind of hero the person is or at least the general vibe that they give off.

Y/n analyzed herself in her head.

Who am I? What do others know me as?

Her first thought went to the nickname her mother had given her, but she soon crossed it out as it seemed too personal and she preferred keeping it for herself.
Her gaze slowly wandered to the ash blonde boy a few desks away. He was currently gripping his pen so tightly Y/n was surprised it just didn't combust then and there.

"What do you want Spidey?"

"OI SPIDEY DO YOU WANT ME TO TEAR OUT YOUR VOCAL CHORDS"

"Let's go Spidey" Kirishima grinned.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL HER YOU FREAK"

"Hey look it's your boyfriend Spidey"

Spidey huh?

Y/n repeated Bakugo's nickname for her over and over in her head, a small smile playing on her lips. It was sweet, it gave a cute ring to a quirk that could quite easily be mixed up for something bad. It was like putting a veil of innocence over something that others might see as scary.

She held the tip of the pen on the board in front of her and wrote.

--

"Bakugo are you ready?" Midnight asked, motioning for him to move forward. He got up from his seat and proudly slammed his name on the table.

"King Explosion Murder" he stated, a scary grin across his face. Y/n sweatdropped as most of the class did and laughed at Bakugo's confused face when Midnight sent him back to his desk without accepting his hero name.

"L/n? Do you have a name?"

Y/n nodded, getting up from her place amd smiling brightly at her class. Her gaze wandered over to Bakugo as she showed her board.

"The Capture Hero: Spidey" she said, her cheeks turning a few shades of pink darker as she could feel all of the attention on her.

"THAT'S NOT FAIR" Bakugo shouted, standing up. Everyone turned to him confused.

"You're giving everyone permission to call you that and that's MY nickname for you dumbass" he grumbled, crossing his arms. Y/n stared at him blankly before bursting out laughing.

"What are you laughing at idiot?" he glared. She walked over and placed her hand on his head, ruffling his hair lightly.

"I'll always be Spidey for you, for others, only when they need me" she smiled. Bakugo sat back down in his seat, grumbling mostly at himself.

"I like it L/n" Midnight said, clasping her hands together and getting excited.

"Similar vibe to Froppy, so cute" she beamed. Everyone agreed energetically, Kirishima being the lead of the Spidey chants.

One by one, everyone made their way up to the teacher's desk and showed their hero name, some more creative than others.

"Shoto" Todoroki demonstrated his board.

"Are you ok with that?" Midnight asked, receiving a nod from the boy. Todoroki moved once again to go back to his desk. As he went by Y/n's, she tapped his arm and mouthed 'boring' at him followed by sticking her tongue out at him. He gave her a small smile before returning his attention back to the front of the class.

Once everyone was done, Aizawa rose from his sleeping bag once again.

"Ok, now that you have your hero names, the next part of today, will be you choosing where you do your internship"

"WAIT" Kaminari shouted, getting up.

"Did you say INTERNSHIP?" Kirishima joined in, looking over at his blonde friend, who was just as excited as he was.

"Yes, some of you have received offers after the Sports Festival. Those who haven't received any offers, get to choose from a list of 40 agencies who accept students to go and internship" Aizawa explained. He then opened up a page with names and numbers next to them.

"These are the people who were offered internships"

Shoto Todoroki: 4,123
Katsuki Bakugo: 3,556
Y/n L/n: 576
Fumikage Tokoyami: 360
Tenya Iida: 301
Denki Kaminari: 272
Eijiro Kirishima: 68
Ochaco Uraraka: 20
Hanta Sero: 14

Y/n stared blankly at the screen.

To go from no one wanting me to use my quirk and not wanting me around, to have this many internship offers...

Everyone jumped around in their seats, daydreaming about the offers they had received. Aizawa gave out the files with the offers to the students interested. Y/n placed hers on her desk, not bothering to look and walked over to Izuku.

"Hey"

"Hey Y/n" Izuku smiled. He was doing a decent job at hiding his frustration in not receiving any offers, but Y/n knew it was bothering him.

"When you are able to control your quirk Izuku, that's when you'll surpass us all. Let us have our moment of glory until we have a chance" she winked, trying to cheer him up. Izuku gave off a small laugh, leaning his head on her shoulder, closing his eyes and breathing in deeply.

"If I'm getting to the top, I'm taking you with me" he smiled.
Y/n nodded at his words, a fake proud expression on her face.

"I would hope so, that's the least you could do after not reaching out for 6 years"

"Hey! You didn't either" Izuku complained. Y/n laughed, patting his head.

"Oh you are too precious for this ugly world" she breathed.

--

The phone in her hand rang patiently, waiting for the person on the other side of the line to pick up.

"Hey Izuku" Y/n said, once he had finally picked up.

"What is it Y/n?"

"I have a question and I needed the biggest hero nerd I could find" she said. Izuku laughed softly.

"Well I think you found him, what's up?"

Y/n looked over her list of offers once again, making sure she didn't get the name wrong.

"I got an offer from a certain Gran Torino. I've never heard of him before though" she said. She waited patiently for her best friend to say something, but the other side of the line was silent for a few seconds more than expected.

"Hello?" she asked.

"Sorry, I was going to tell you tomorrow, but All Might called me in his office before I left school. I got an offer too" he said. Y/n smiled at herself, holding her phone closer to her ear.

"I'm so glad to hear Izuku, from who?"

"Gran Torino"

Another brief silence fell between them, before Y/n broke it.

"He put in an offer for both of us? Who is he?"

"Apparently he was All Might's homeroom teacher for a year" Izuku shrugged. Y/n nodded at herself.

"Ok well, I understand why he would want you, but what have I got to do with this?" she wondered "but hey, you said we'd be aiming for the top together, so let's go".

"No wait, you don't have to go with me, I'm sure you received way better offers from famous pro heroes, haven't you?" Izuku panicked not wanting her to feel obligated to go with him.

"You know me Izuku, always making stupid and rushed decisions" she laughed "plus, who says this guy isn't a hundred times better than everyone else I received an offer from. Just because they're famous or high up in ranking, does not mean they are a great hero, just look at Aizawa sensei, he is amazing but he doesn't shove it in everyone's faces" Y/n explained.

To be honest, I want to be with someone and I want to protect Izuku, he's being more reckless than he ever was. I just hope this goes well and it's not all a huge mistake

"...Fine" Izuku finally replied. He had thought about her answer for a bit, before giving in and accepting her decision of going together.

It might be nice to have some time with her away from the others

Both Izuku and Y/n said their goodbyes before hanging up. Y/n moved back to her desk, placing the list of agencies and names back on the table, sitting down. She looked over the writings once again, contemplating her decision, but finally coming to the conclusion that this was probably the best path to take.
She took her red pen and slowly circled Gran Torino's name. She then moved on to crossing out the rest of the names she didn't accept the offers from.
She stopped over one agency and sighed, not knowing what to think about it. She placed the tip of the pen on one side of the name and slowly crossed out the #2 pro hero's agency.

And there we are, I know that Gran Torino takes in Izuku specifically because he is All Might's successor, but I promise you it will make sense. Ok byee <3 ~Ali