why are you like this? (Shinsou Hitoshi x reader)

the interview

I walked back to my living room to see my dad, uncle yamada, aunt nemuri and Toshinori sitting around the living room.

"You feeling better kid?" My dad asked sounding worried. I felt bad, my dad has been worried about me a lot lately and that made me feel bad.

"Yeah, what are you guys talking about?" I asked leaning onto the wall. "Well, we were talking about how we can sue the new station for slander as this will most likely damage the reputation of the school and you of course." Yamada said leaning back on the couch.

"Won't that make them think that I am just as bad as they potray me?" I questioned. "It could but really what other effective option do we have?" Nemuri asked.

"I could always do the interview..." I said hesitantly. I could feel my blood run cold, they'll say it's a stupid idea.

"Why should you do that?"

"Well, dad, um," my throat tightened a bit, "If I do the interview they'll see that I'm not only like every other hero but I'm also not afraid of the opinions of others and isn't that what you raised me to not be afraid of? It wouldn't be rational to just not go to the interview." I said, for most of my mini speech I looked my dad dead in the eyes but after I said rational, when I saw his eyes widened slightly, I looked down and started twiddling my thumbs.

"You know.... That's not a bad point Shouta." My uncle said. "Yeah, I may have raised her well but she isn't confident, couldn't even look me in the eyes." My dad said. He was right, of course, I'm not the most confident person.

"I can fake being confidence, you could say I'm confident." I said looking back up at my dad.

"But seeming confident will do nothing when it compares to the real deal." My aunt said.

"But what about Tamaki Amajiki, he's not confident and he's going to be a great hero one day." I said referring to a 3 year student that I knew they had all met.

"But he's not being accused of villainy. " my uncle said. "Yes but many people find it endearing to see a hero that's just like them. And-" I was interrupted by the ringing of my phone.

"Sorry." I said as I looked at the caller id. It was Momo, I didn't expect her to be awake at this hour.

"Hello?" I asked as I answered the call. "Hi L/n-chan! I think I just saw you on tv, have you heard the news?" She asked me. "Yeah, that was me." I said hoping that she wouldn't freak out, the last thing I need is for my fellow classmates to be afraid of me.

"Oh! I'm so sorry to hear that! I just wanted to call to tell you that I don't think of you as a monster, did I wake you up? Goodness, I'm so sorry to disturb you at this hour I just wanted to voice my support for you and I'm sure that you'll come out of this triumphant." She said as she rambled a bit. My eyes filled up with tears a little bit.

"Thank you Momo, that's very thoughtful of you. I'll see you at school on monday." I replied quietly. We said our farewells and hung up the phone.

"I also have the support of Momo and possibly my other classmates." I said firmly.

"Friendship will not make this problem go away Y/n." My dad said. "No, but it will help prove that I'm not a villain like the news says I am." I said looking into my dad's eyes again. He smiled a bit.

"You really think you can handle those vultures?" My dad asked, he quirked an eyebrow. I nodded not breaking eye contact.

"Alright then, when they call and give you a place for an interview then we will support it." My dad said as he stood up and walked over to me.