MHA/BNHA react to For The Want of A Nail by Clouds part 2

Interning with Gunhead was everything she hoped it would be. Ochaco's whole body was sore, but she'd managed to throw Shinso just as often as he'd thrown her and even managed to hold her own against some of the other interns as well. The only downside was the One for All had been much more active now that she was in a combat situation for some reason, but she was getting pretty good at controlling it, so it wasn't a problem. Overall, she was satisfied, exhausted and ready to go to sleep.

After taking a shower, she dried her hair and went to the shared kitchen to get herself a cup of tea. She was so tired that she didn't even register Shinso sitting at the table until he spoke up, "Alright, you've been off all day. What's up?"

"Huh?" Ochaco looked up and smiled. "Oh... I'm just tired, I guess."

Aizawa: Not true.

Shinso raised an eyebrow, "I am the king of insomnia, I know that's %$@#."

(everyone snorted)

Ochaco sighed, "I... I guess I'm just feeling insecure? I mean, I just... are you gonna judge me if I say something kinda bad?"

"Only if it makes you a villain." Shinso deadpanned. "In which case, I will not hesitate to hand you over to the police, or worse, to Izuku and Mei."

(everyone laughed)

Ochaco laughed tiredly and slumped down in the chair beside him, "it doesn't make me a villain... just a bad person, i'm pretty sure."

"Alright?" Shinso looked at her oddly. "I shouldn't be recording this for posterity, right? Cinnamon roll admits to being a murderer would definitely be a viral headline."

Iida: Shinso!

Ochaco shoved him and he laughed, "Alright, but seriously, I'm not gonna judge you. What's on your mind?"

"I..." Ochaco screwed her eyes shut and just spewed the word out as fast as she could to get it over with, "I only became a hero for the money!"

When Shinso didn't respond after a long moment, Ochaco slowly peeked her eyes open, just to see him staring at her, looking... neutral. Of all the times when he just had to decide to confuse her! She was so angry that she almost lost her grip on One for All, but managed to reign it at the last minute.

Midoriya: Uraraka you should really start using it soon...

"Well?" She huffed. "Aren't you gonna say anything?"

"My primary motivation is spite, Uraraka." Shinso rolled his eyes. "I am literally the worst person on earth to be able to judge your heroic motivations."

"Wait... what?" Ochaco looked at him in shock. "Your motivation is spite?!"

Shinso: And pettiness.

Shinso shrugged, "Pretty much. Well, that and pettiness."

"Huh..." She sat back. "Seriously?"

"Yep." He said. "Turns out, after enough times of being told I'll be a villain, I wanted to prove everyone wrong."

Dabi: Yeah that's a pretty good motivator to be honest.

Toga: So Spinner does he count as a true hero?

Spinner: ...Well he's being a good person and saving people so...

"Oh." Ochaco nodded. "I guess that makes sense. I mean, it's still better than just wanting to be rich."

"Debatable." Shinso grinned. "But if you're feeling insecure, you should talk to Mei-chan. She's an inventor because she's insane, obviously, but she's also planning on owning a company and being filthy rich. I don't know, it seems to work for her, so why not for you, right?"