Violet | Shinso x OC/Reader

48 - Hero Name

-Y/n POV-

"If you had a hero name, what would it be?" This question was so sudden that it caught you off-guard as you walked with Chikuchi down the hallway. It was lunch time, and she had to go to the bathroom, so she asked that you accompany her. Today was the day that the hero course students were taking their hero licensing exam and you had wished everyone luck before they left that morning. You wanted more than anything to go with them... If not to take the exam, then to at least cheer them on from the sidelines. But you'd already missed a week's worth of work during the training camp, and you couldn't afford to skip any more school.

"A hero name?"

"Yeah! I know you want to be one, so what would you want to be called?" Chikuchi questioned.

You smile a bit as you remembered all of the times in your childhood when you would think about what you'd want your hero name to be. "I've actually thought about this before... I think I'd like to be called 'Trickster'."

She clapped her hands as you both passed by Ms. Midnight's classroom. "That's such a perfect name for you!"

"Yeah. But I'm not in the hero course, so it doesn't really matter... Besides, I don't even have a hero costume."

Not even two seconds later, you heard Ms. Midnight call out from behind you. "Did I hear someone say 'hero costume'?"

"Ah, great... Here we go."

"You go ahead, I'll meet up with you at lunch." You say goodbye to Chikuchi and she gives you a look that says 'Good luck'. You turn around to find Midnight standing outside of her classroom, hands on her hips, in her signature bustless corset, leotard and garter belt.

"Please come in, L/n!" She indicates for you to follow her into the classroom. Once inside, she gets straight to business. "So, you want a hero costume, do you?"

"I mean, it would be cool to have one... But I'm not a hero course student, so I can't request it."

"That's not necessarily true." She gives you a wink and proceeds to pull out a sketchpad and a pencil from the podium at the front of the classroom. She then began to draw a simple female figure. Midnight was the Modern Hero Art History teacher at UA, so it was no surprise that she had some artistic skill in her. "I can make one for you if you request it!"

You try to be as polite as possible; Knowing Midnight and her sense of fashion, you were a little bit reluctant to have her be the one designing it for you. "Oh, you don't have to do that, Ms. Midnight! Really!"

"Don't be silly, I insist!"

"But... why would you want to take the time to do this for me?" You didn't understand. Why would she want to give you this sort of special treatment?

She sighed before putting the pencil down and looking you in the eyes. "L/n, you're one of my best students... I know how much you aspire to be a hero, and I admire your strength – both willfully and physically. I heard about how you helped save multiple students at the hero training camp, despite not being in the hero course. I even heard that you took on one of the villains yourself! L/n... if anyone deserves a hero costume, it's you!"

You took in what she'd just said. Here was a pro who wholeheartedly believed in your dream of becoming a hero. You knew that Aizawa also supported your dream, but to hear it from a second pro hero made it seem like more of a possibility. She gave you a smile. "So what do you say? Wanna look like the hero that you are?"

You thought about it for another second. "... Okay."

She jumped with glee and clapped her hands. "Yes! Oh, this makes me so happy!" She picked the pencil back up and put it to the paper. "First thing's first... What's your hero name?"