My Hero Academia: Aspirations

Chapter 26

Aspirations
Chapter 26

You heard some excited chatter as you sat nearby your office. In front of you was a sweet kale and seaweed salad as well as a couple chicken skewers - basically your lunch. Though you had to bundle up to protect yourself from the chill in the air, you'd decided to eat outside between sessions. The cold air was crisp and there was a certain beauty to the world. It was like the world was taking a breathe; or like it was in between heartbeats. Whatever it was you reveled in it. With a blanket on the picnic seat underneath you of course.

As you picked at your salad, you looked up towards U.A. Nezu had of course done his best to get you an office building as close to the school as possible but it was still a bit of a walk away. A short walk of course.

"What's he doing here?" You heard someone ask as you nibbled on a rapidly cooling skewer.

"I don't know. He was here a couple days ago. He left with Endeavor."

When you raised your eyes up to see what all the fuss was about, it didn't take you long to figure it out. No wonder people were talking. Hawks was actually walking on the sidewalk, smiling and giving small waves to the people (mostly students) brave enough to start the interaction. Though you didn't know all the heroes like some students did, those scarlet wings were pretty unmistakable. The rest of his hero costume was bland by comparison.

Huh.

What was the avian hero doing outside of his normal haunts?

The first time you'd seen him, Hawks had been coming to find Endeavor for another team up. Now he just seemed to be out and about. Though if you had to guess, he was probably headed to U.A.

What you didn't expect was for him to tilt his head up slightly. If you didn't know any better you'd say he was sniffing the air. After a moment you saw him turn his head; as you continued to nibble on your meal you mentally remarked how the open expression on his face was kind of cute. The sudden smile on his face as he lifted up one of his arms to wave in your direction was, however, confusing. You watched in surprise as he jogged right over, wings ruffling behind him as though annoyed his feet were doing all the work.

"Hey kid, you're that cute doctor Endeavor visited right?"

You sat down a skewer. Which you noticed that Hawks seemed to track before looking back at your face. "I'm not a doctor."

He smiled and chuckled. "Right, I remember. Not enough lines on your face for that. So if you're not a doctor, what do you do kid?"

"Also not a kid," you grumbled to yourself before taking in a breath to answer him. "I'm hero support, I suppose you could say."

Hawks eyes widened as he took a seat across from you. He leaned his elbow on the table and then his head in his hands. Apparently whatever you just said had his full attention. You did your best to remain still. Somehow squirming in your seat, even under a look as intense as the current number 2's, felt like it would contradict your claim to not be a child.

"I didn't know he was interviewing for more side kicks!" Hawks remarked with a smile.

"...I'm not a side kick," you replied slowly, a little confused how he could have mistaken you for a hero.

As far as you were aware, you didn't have that certain panache or confidence that even a sidekick would need to do their job. Especially not one looking to work for the number 1's agency.

Hawks tilted his head even as he continued to rest it in his hands. You watched as the easy going smile faded as he continued to stare at you.

"Okay. I'm curious —- you aren't looking to be a sidekick and you don't look like the kind of girl to weird a wrench...so what kind of support are we talking here?"