I Don't Run An Orphanage!

chapter 4

What you want to be.

"So what do you all want to be when you grow up? Izuku asked.

The four children, who were previously coloring, looked up at Izuku.

"I wanna be the queen of the world!" Kiba said immediately.

"Well…" Izuku didn't want to tell her that that was impossible, she'll figure that out eventually.

He knew what it was like to have your dreams crushed after all.

"That might take a while so you should probably find a job you can do in the meantime," Izuku responded.

Kiba frowned before adopting a thinking position, with her head resting on her fist and her face scrunched up. "Hmmm."

The other kids all seemed to be thinking hard about this as well.

"I never really thought about it," Fu said.

"Me neither," Kei added.

"Well, what do you all want to do?" Izuku saw Kiba about to say something. "Besides ruling the world."

Kiba pouted.

"I wanna eat," Fu answered simply.

"I want to display my power for people to worship!" Kiba answered.

"I wanna...I don't know." Kei shrugged.

Eri stayed silent, thinking about the question thoroughly.

"Ummm." Izuku thought about their responses. Unfortunately, Fu's request would be difficult to find an answer for. His taste bugs were muted meaning that he could only ever taste things that had a very strong flavor, meaning he likely wouldn't find much success as a chef or a food critic.

However, Kiba's request did bring something to mind. Something that he was trying very deliberately not to think about.

"Well, you could be a pro hero Kiba," Izuku suggested wincing slightly. "Pro heroes get to use their quirks to help people and fight villains, and they can get very popular to the point where people basically worship them."

Kiba thought about it, her eyes widened more and more each second. Then she smiled. "Yes...Yes! That is a magnificent idea, caretaker! I shall become the number one pro hero! And then when the world witness's my power, they shall bow down and worship me! AHAHAHA!"

"Well, at least she has a plan now," Fu said. "I guess I'll do that too."

"Eh!? But didn't you want to do something with food?!" Izuku was surprised at how fast he went along with it.

"I can barely taste anything I doubt I'd seriously be able to get a food-related job," Fu said. "Plus as long as I eat a lot of food I'm practically unkillable so taking a dangerous job is ok I guess."

This kid is so...self aware. Izuku thought.

"I know you two can, Zom-be heroes!" Kei said. "And maybe I could be...a snake person!"

Everyone gave her confused looks.

"Dear sister, you are already a snake person. In fact, you are a snakes person. As in plural." Kiba said.