Of Earth and Fist(Male Reader x Mirko)

Mi Corazón

Y/N POV

The crowd of reporters went silent for a brief moment before Rumi turned my face towards hers and pressed her lips against mine once again.

The crowd erupts into murmurs with hundreds of camera shutters and flashes go off, but Rumi doesn't break the kiss at all. I feel her lips curl into a soft smile before we break our kiss

"I love you" she whispers only loud enough for me to hear

I gaze at her in awe, a large blush creeping onto my face at how affectionate she was being.

"RUMI! RUMI! MS MIRKO!" the crowd exclaims

Rumi picks out one of the reporters at random

"Hi, my name is Tarepo Osekkaina of The Japanese Hero Network. How long have the two of you been dating?" the reporter asks

"Uhhh" Rumi says as she thinks for a second, "We're coming up on 8 months"

"And how has this affected your ability to be a hero?" Tarepo asks

"Not at all" Rumi says, "I'd actually say it's helped me be a better hero. On one hand, I want to put my best foot forward in all the things i do, and with Y/N by my side, it motivates me even more to do so"

I blushed madly at her words

"But on the other hand, I can't let him get ahead of me as a hero. Call it friendly competition" Rumi laughs

She gets asked a couple other questions about our relationship. Most of her answers really embellished me and made me blush. We obviously knew how much we loved each other, but hearing her put it into words in public definitely caught me off guard. She was basically saying "This is my boyfriend, and I love him." It gave me a weird feeling in my gut, not necessarily a bad feeling, but...weird

"I think that's enough for now" Rumi says as she stands up, "Thank you all for coming out"

The reporters erupted again and began asking her a cacophony of random questions, but she didn't answer them. She grabbed my hand, intertwined our fingers, and we walked out of the conference room. I was still in awe and still had a blush on my face

"You look like you've seen a ghost" Rumi chuckles as we walk down the empty halls of the arena

"I just...i don't know..." i stutter, "You seemed pretty firm about keeping us...a secret"

"Yeah, well, i don't care anymore" she says, "It was honestly a pain in the ass to keep it a secret for so long. So many online articles talking about rumors, co workers asking me if i was seeing anybody, it got to the point where it was more of a hassle to keep it a secret. Plus you looked disappointed when i said that i wanted to keep it a secret before the press conference"

I blush. I guess i hadn't hid my disappointment that well

"I didn't want you to reveal that on my account" i say

"Oh cmon. Give me more credit than that" Rumi smirks, "I don't do anything i don't want to. I don't feel obligated to do anything on anyone else behalf"

"If you say so" i say

"Besides, the news and media company's only really give a shit about drama when it comes to heroes" Rumi sighs annoyingly, "There are some legitimate news networks that do good work and for the most part, they are what people really see, but unless it's a big mission like Kamino, actual hero work is barely reported on. Our relationship was bound to be leaked eventually. Better to come right out and say it"

"Yeah, but aren't you worried about how this is gonna affect your job as a hero" I ask

Rumi stops in her tracks before turning to me and interlacing her fingers as she wraps her arms around my neck