Moonlight's Hero // Aizawa Shouta x reader

8| Promises

Days passed.
Moonlight was getting more attention by day.
The next training lesson didn't come until in a few days.

And to say the least, I'm very confused. I haven't met any of the other teachers.
Only eraser and midnight.

The reason could be that I barely made it to class everyday or that I never went to the teacher's lounge in my breaks, but I'm not sure.

But today was the day I stayed at school later than usual and made my way to the teacher's lounge.

I pushed the door open and saw Midnight talking to someone I haven't met yet. With a glance around the room I saw Aizawa being annoyed at the guy that didn't seem to shut his mouth.

Aizawa glanced into my direction as he heard the door open.
"Evening L/n."

"Good evening, everyone." I said and everyone's attention was on me. "I don't think that I met everyone here yet."
With a small smile I introduced myself and so did the others.

Hizashi Yamada, who I recognized as Present Mic.
Yagi Toshinori, who I didn't know at all.
After that midnight and toshinori left and it was just the three of us.

"L/n. Y/n L/n. I'm sure I heard that name somewhere." Mic started thinking aloud as I sat down at the same table he and Aizawa were sitting.

"She dropped out of UA when we were in our last year. Maybe you heard of that?" Aizawa said lazily.

Mic his eyes widened as he stared at me. With a calm, quiet and slow voice he talked.
"The Y/n L/n that dropped out of UA? That kid that witnessed the death of her parents, two famous pro heroes? The one that was put into an orphanage and had to visit the psychiatrist because of the trauma?"

My throat clogged and my eyes widened. No-one was supposed to know. Everyone should have forgotten about that already!

"What are you talking about?" Aizawa asked confused. I don't blame him since I lied about my past.
"She dropped out because she couldn't concentrate thanks to her quirk. Her quirk kept her awake or she would sleep for a week after using it."

Yamada looked at him with something in his eyes that I couldn't pinpoint.
"This had nothing to do with her quirk. After her parents death she couldn't sleep a wink thanks to the trauma. This lead to a shut down of her system that made her sleep for a week. Seriously, Shouta, what are you talking about?"

Both of them turned to me, to ask me about what was true but they froze.

My face was as pale as chalk. My head hung lower as my eyes blankly stared at the table. I mumbled incoherent sentences under my breath while scratching my arm through my jacket.

"He knows.... why does he know..... no-one was supposed to remember..... I was living a new life.... I've lied to everyone.... they find out, they'll hate me.... this was supposed to stay in the past.... no... no..." I mumbled as both teachers looked at me with shock and worry.

"L/n snap out of it." Aizawa shook my shoulders but it didn't help.

"Forgive me." Yamada whispered before slapping me across the face.

I stopped everything I was doing as my head whipped to the side.
"Ah. Thanks." I now said with a calm voice as I turned my head back to the two that were looking at me.

Color was filling my face again as I continued to stare at the table. Both of them didn't say anything.
"I guess I'll never be able to leave my past behind, huh." I chuckled softly.
"Sorry Aizawa. For lying to you and the students."

Silence.

I looked up at them and they just stared. The stinging in my cheek started and I touched it.

"I guess I'll just talk since it doesn't look like you two will speak..." a short silence before I continued.
"Yes I'm the Y/n L/n. My parents, famous heroes were brutally killed by villains right before my eyes as I started UA. I didn't have any relatives so I was put into an orphanage. I was getting treatment because of the trauma that I was left with that day.
I couldn't sleep thanks to that. Everytime I close my eyes I see myself. Uselessly seeing how my parents are killed. So I stopped sleeping. I lost appetite. My body was at its limit when the sports festival came around. I collapsed and was sleeping for a week with machines attached to my body. I couldn't take it anymore and I hated the thought of heroes so I dropped out of UA. My quirk never had anything to do with it, it was just a lie so I could run away from my own past."
I looked at my hand and saw blood. Yamada had to slap me quite hard or was it because of his rings?
"As I left the orphanage I acted as if everything was alright again. As if I found a way to live with all of this. I lied to everyone, especially to myself. I got used to sleepless nights. I always went to the hospital when I knew I would pass out anytime so I wouldn't have to suffer alone in my apartment.
Every night I found myself regretting for dropping out and started training. I thought, that if my dream of becoming a pro hero was completely shattered, I could become a teacher at UA and help the kids reach their dreams.
I hate my past. I was running from it, hiding it, lying about it.
But I guess your demons come haunt you anyway."

I finished and looked at their faces.
Yamada had tears in his eyes and Aizawa was looking heartbroken.

"Well, this monologue and the silence sure make me feel comfortable." I added and sighed.

"I'm sorry.... If I had... kept my mouth shut... it wouldn't have come to this..." present mic said quietly but I shook my head.

"It's fine. I'm sure it would've happened sooner or later. I just wasn't prepared for it." I gave him the best smile I could muster up right now.

"Sorry for... slapping you... you're bleeding." He grabbed a tissue and started patting the blood away from my cheek.

"If you hadn't I would have- ah, let's not talk about that." I said, savoring the feeling of the gentle pat on my cheek.
I glanced at Aizawa, he was clearly at a loss of words.
"Once again, sorry for lying."

"Uh no..." he snapped out of his daze. "I can understand why you did that."

Silence was between us.
"Okay, Y/n's therapy session is over. What happened in this room, stays in this room. Except for herpes, you won't get rid of that if you got that in this room."
I gave them a big smile, trying to lift up the mood a bit.
They both gave me a small smile and a chuckle. This was all I needed.

"I don't want anyone else to find out, so, can this stay between us three? Like a small secret?" I grinned. "I feel bad about lying to the kids but I don't want them to know the truth."

Both of them nodded.

"Good. This means we're best friends now and best friends don't break promises." I stuck out my pinky and the older men chuckled at my childishness before locking their pinky with mine.
"Best friends also means first name basis. If I catch one of you call me L/n and not Y/n, you're getting a beating."

Mic grinned. "Same goes for you, young lady. Hizashi is the only name you're allowed to call me now."

"It's Shouta for you as well." Eraser smiled lightly at me.

"Yay. Best friends." I pumped my fist in the air.
They chuckled softly and the atmosphere change to a mellow, comfortable silence.

I'm pretty sure that at the pace that this is going they'll find out my other secrets too. And I met Hizashi only today!

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A/n: there it is, the tragic past. Although I feel like I rushed it, sigh