Finding Me (Todoroki x Reader)

Chapter 35

"I will be the Energy Hero: Nova!"

I smiled proudly at my peers, scanning the silent crowd for any reactions. However, the only reaction I was looking for was sitting right at the back, staring with wide eyes back at me. My E/C eyes locked with Shoto's stunned heterochromatic ones, never breaking contact once. My proud smile softened a little, seeing Shoto's eyes retract to normal size knowingly, and a smile of his own sprouted upon his lips.

"Wow, Y/N! That's such cool name!" My attention was drawn away from the heterochromatic boy, and towards an excitable Mina closer to me.

I blushed at her praise. "T-Thanks, but I must admit, I didn't come up with the name myself."

"Oh really?" Midnight asked, her arms folded expectantly. "Are you - like Kirishima - paying homage to someone?"

I shook my head, a faint blush still staining my cheeks. "Not exactly, but I decided on this name because someone once told me that my power reminded them of a supernova."

Intrigued murmurs rumbled throughout the room, those of agreement, and those of confusion. However, my gaze fell back upon Shoto at the back, whose soft, encouraging smile had broadened a little at my explanation. Probably thinking back to the moment he had said those words to me.

"When I heard that," I continued, my heart rate picking up with elation, "it made me feel powerful. It made me feel like... I could do anything! And, thinking about it now, supernova's are bright and extinguish darkness, and that's what I want to do. I want to be a pillar of light and hope for those shrouded in the darkness.

"So, I will don the name Nova, and I will become that beacon of light when I become a hero."

My excited and proud attitude quickly vanished at the sight of my stunned classmates; even Midnight was at a loss for words, it seemed.

I sweat dropped. 'I went overboard again, didn't I? '

I bowed deeply, rubbing the back of my head as an embarrassed blush rushed up my neck to my cheeks.

"B-But I still have much to learn," I tried to lighten the mood of the room, waving my hands around awkwardly in the air. "This i-is just what I aim to be, is all..."

A sudden screech of a chair resounded throughout the room, as Toru stood up, stunning everyone.

"That's such a cool name, Y/N," the invisible girl exclaimed, her uniform jumping about in an enthusiastic manner. "It suits you and your power so well!"

"She's right," Ojiro said from beside her. "Your big attacks in the Sports Festival definitely felt like something from out of this world. Supernova is definitely one of the things I think of when your quirk comes to mind, L/N."

"Especially in your fight against Todoroki!" I swung my head to the other side of the room, eyeing Ochaco as she looked at me with sparkling eyes. "You just all of a sudden exploded with a blinding light, and it blew us all away!"

The joy I felt building inside of me at my classmates approval made me all jittery, and a buzzing sensation raced through my body. The elated smile I had couldn't be torn from my face, whatsoever.

I suddenly felt a hand grip my shoulders, and turned to see that it was Midnight. I was taken aback at the gentle expression upon her usually sinister face, blinking a few times to see if I was dreaming, at all.

"That's a very good name, L/N," she said gesturing for me to return to me seat with her other hand. "I'm sure you'll become the hero you want to be if you just keep believing."

I nodded gratefully, finally making my way through the many seats and desks to mine, waiting for me at the very back. As I sat down in my seat, I could feel an intense stare drilling into the side of my head from my right side, and I knew exactly who the perpetrator was. Turning to face my icy-hot friend, I couldn't help an amused chuckle from escaping my lips.