Finding Me (Todoroki x Reader)

Chapter 35

"Close your mouth, Shoto. You'll be catching flies, soon."

Immediately, he closed his mouth and shook his head, causing me to laugh even more. Once I'd settled, I found his gaze back on me, his eyes squinted with amusement of his own.

"Nice name, Nova..." he chuckled, causing me to turn my head away from him. My embarrassment was so intense, that I could only imagine how red I was.

"Yeah, yeah..." I mumbled, fiddling with my tie, avoiding eye contact at all costs. "It was the only good thing I could think of in the heat of the moment. For some reason... that particular memory stood out to me, and it just made sense to me. So, thank you..."

I allowed myself a quick glance at the red and white-haired boy sitting next to me, and saw that the amusement on his face had melted into something else; he seemed more serious - sincere, really - as he nodded his head in a final confirmation. Turning back to the front, he quietly said, "You're welcome, Y/N."

For some reason, it made my heart flutter wildly inside of my chest.

Before I could answer - or even comprehend what had just transpired between us - a scuffle drew my attention back to the front, to see Mr. Aizawa finally awake, again. He stood at the podium in front of us, a few papers in his hand.

'I wonder what those are for? '

"Now that everyone's decided on their hero names," he croaked out, his voice still hoarse from his nap, "we can go back to talking about your upcoming internships. They'll last for one week. As for who you'll be working with, those of you who are on the board will choose from among your offers. Everyone else will have a different list."

Mr. Aizawa raised up one of the papers in his hands, displaying a huge list of - I assumed - hero agencies that our class would choose from. 'That is such a long list! '

"You'll have a lot to think about,' he continued. "There are around forty agencies from across the country who have agreed to take on interns from your class. Each agency has a different specialty that its heroes focus on. Keep that in mind."

"Imagine that you were Thirteen," Midnight chimed in. "You'd want to choose a place that focusses on rescuing people, not fighting villains. Understand?"

'I guess that makes sense...' I mulled it over in my mind, trying to let all of the information sink into my half asleep brain.

"Think carefully before you decide," Mr. AIzawa finished, his warning tone definitely not going unnoticed by any one of us.

"Yes sir!"

A piece of paper was placed in front of me, and I quickly started scanning all of the names that I saw before me. My eyes widened with the amount of hero agencies I saw, all mixing and melting together before my very eyes.

"There's so many..." I breathed out, eyes frantically going between the top and bottom of the sheet. "How am I supposed to pick just one? Each agency seems really good..."

"Turn in your choices before the weekend," our homeroom teacher muttered, leaving with a waving Midnight out the door as the lunch bell rang, sleeping bag in tow.

"We've only got two days?!" Sero exclaimed, expressing everyone's sudden anxiety.

"Yeah, so you should start now. You're dismissed," was the only response we received from the erasing hero. "Oh, and please be out of those horrendous cheer uniforms, Kaminari and Mineta, by the time I get back. Or it's cleaning duties for a whole week."

Everyone laughed at that, watching as the two wailing boys sprinted out of the room to get changed.

"Hey, Shoto," I turned to see what my friend was doing. "Have you decided on a hero agency yet? You got tonnes of offers, so there must be some extremely good agencies after you."