As soon as I started flying I reached the gates of UA. Thinking back on the reaction Rumi had when seeing me awake was nice.
There's also the fact that we had slept together. I think that if I don't ask her on a proper date in the next few days she will crush my head into the front door.
As I enter the gates I could sense some gazes peering into my back. There were a few people taking photos with their phones and whispering to each other.
Even with all of my time spent as a famous hero. It still felt off to be recognized on the streets and talked about in hushed voices.
Oh well, I had to talk to the principal now. Staying here and pondering won't help me with anything.
Walking through the empty hallways at UA felt weird. I was so used to this place being packed full of students that I had forgotten how large the corridors actually are.
In a classroom, I could feel a few unfortunate souls studying for their summer exams. Three of the people there were really familiar to me. It must be the unfortunate big 3.
Looking through the window and watching them study with tears in their eyes was a bit satisfying. The fact that Mirio noticed me and the mocking grin on my face only made things funnier.
Tamaki was just slumped on his chair, looking on as Mirio dug his fingers into his table a bit and gritted his teeth.
This also caught Nejire's attention, she had a huge smile on her face as she waved her hand excitedly in my direction.
At this point, even Present Mic noticed that someone was disrupting his class. Looking at the door he just said.
"Allan, please stop laughing at them!" That was my cue to leave.
Mic and the others realized that I was a big part of the reason why their students flunked a few classes. They couldn't really punish me either, not like I was being paid at UA.
A month back I had officially become a combat instructor. Having my own classes without the need of supervision from other staff(besides medical). The title gave me some leeway in how I handled students.
As I reached the end of the hallway I could feel that the teachers were in a meeting. Nezu was probably explaining something to them. The room seemed a bit gloomy, I put on my game face and prepared for action.
But I was never one to take these meetings seriously, loudly opening the door and saying in a rapid voice.
"Hello everybody!! Did you miss me?" The teachers just stared at me, with Snipe clearing his throat and Aizawa just staring at me with his dead eyes.
Midnight seemed the only person excited to see me, well she was always excited, not in a good way usually.
Nezu was the first to respond.
"Allan! So nice of you to drop by your place of work from time to time." Straight to taking jabs at my 4 days of sleep huh?
"I wish you didn't come back..." Aizawa grumbled in a low voice.
"Nice to see you too sleep bag." I wasn't one to ignore such disrespect, at least not from him.
Lunch Rush also said. "I wondered why you stopped dropping by." I looked at him with stars in my eyes. No joke, I made my eyes shine.
"I also missed your food, Teacher!" This seemed to annoy Lunch Rush a bit.
He was the only person besides Nezu that I used an honorific with. I claimed he was my teacher because I spent a lot of time at the canteen.
At some point, I wanted to learn how to cook. He never agreed to teach me anything, all he did was smash my head with a pan every time I got too close to his kitchen.
"Guys we were talking about something important..." Toshinori said, somewhat exasperated at how quick I turned the gloomy atmosphere in the room into a confusing one.
Toshi seemed a bit guilty when seeing me. Seriously, how did this guy ever manage to hide his identity from anyone?
After looking for a while at the room filled with chatter Nezu decided to interrupt us.
"I'm sure you are somewhat aware of what transpired during your sleep..." I just nodded, the situation was weird, I could see some of the teachers looking down a bit.
No one was pleased with the recent events. On one hand, I had gained a lot of fans. On the other, I now was one of the most hated heroes.
"We think the outburst might not have been natural... Some tabloids show signs of tampering, a few studios even received donations before publishing negative articles about you and Endeavor."
Figured as much, the media wouldn't brazenly choose to paint heroes badly in that situation. Even when we killed a few Villains on the bridge it wouldn't have been so bad.
What made things worse was me not bothering to save the villains from their certain demise. People just assume I had energy to spare for some reason.
I guess trying to appear strong in front of the masses afterwards wasn't such a great idea after all.
"Do we know who made these donations?" This was no longer about my public opinion, someone was trying to undermine heroes in general. Unfortunately for him the dirt only stuck to me and the Nr.2 hero.
But even that was enough to make people question other heroes. I might have a hunch as to who was responsible for this.
"All of them were anonymous. We are currently trying to find out who might've had ulterior motives."
After a few more questions the meeting was over. Nezu turned to me and said.
"You should go to the police to get your tracking device removed. It's part of your reward for protecting the people on that bridge."
That news put a smile on my face. They didn't need to worry about me becoming a villain anymore. I was the Nr.3 Hero now. I managed to push Hawks into the fourth place, I'm sure he was disappointed about that.
But I also took his title of youngest hero to reach top 10. Heck, I might be the youngest pro hero in the entire world. Don't fact check me on that though.
For now, I have more important things to do. Like planning my date with Rumi.
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Heyy, I haven't died yet. (unfortunately)
Hope u enjoyed today's chap.
I have to study now. [if I manage to find the motivation(which is unlikely)]
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