"You morons-!" Gran Torino roughly scolded; "-you could have gotten yourselves killed! Do you have any idea how bad things could have gone!? Did you even think before you jumped into that fight!?"
"Yes." Shoto stalely nodded.
"Gran-" Midoriya started but was cut off.
"Did you even think about what dragging (y/n) into this battle would mean for her!?"
"What?"
"You four don't have your hero licenses, you don't even have permits yet and you jumped into a fight! (y/n) was just released from prison, did you stop and think before sending her that message!?"
"What does that-"
"It is not a secret that some of the police force feel (y/n) should be in prison, thanks to UA and the chief that didn't happen, she was released but-"
"You're not saying she could be arrested again!?"
"What for-?" Shoto questioned, "-if she is to be arrested for that fight, so should we three-"
"Oh-!" Gran Torino growled; "-I could lecture you three for hours! But before I do you all have a visitor."
The door opened just then to see the chief of police walking in with you by his side.
"Wha-!?" Midoriya gasped, the three young heroes struggled to raise to their feet.
"No please-" The chief waved, "-stay seated, woof."
'Woof!?' Midoriya's mouth dropped open.
"So, you're the four UA students who brought down the hero killer?" Shoto watched as you walked to the open bed and slowly took a seat, still holding onto your side.
"We are." Shoto nodded.
"Stain has a few serious injuries; third degree burns and several broken bones. He is currently in the hospital under strict guard, woof."
"Sir-" Midoriya spoke up once the police chief stopped speaking, looking away from your tired face.
"-it is against the law for uncertified people to use their quirks to cause injury." The chief kept saying. "Whether you were up against the Hero Killer or not, none of you had the authority to harm the villain."
"But-"
"That means the four of you and your supervisors are sure to receive harsh punishment for this gross abuse of your power." The chief explained, "(y/n) it took a great deal of effort to release you from the prison you were sent too, I placed a lot of faith into you and here you are jumping into-"
"Now wait a minute-" Shoto stood. "If it wasn't for Ida stepping in, Native would-be dead right now. And if not for (y/n) all five of us would have been killed last night. Are you saying we should have stood by and watch people die!?"
"Hey-" Midoriya tried to calm Shoto, but was brushed off.
"So, it's ok to break the law as long as it goes your way?" The chief questioned.
"Isn't it not a hero's job to save people!?" Shoto countered.
"This is why you're not a pro-hero yet. It's obvious UA hasn't been teaching your four near enough-"
"You damn mutt-!" Shoto spat,
"Stop kid-" Gran Torino called.
"Shoto-" You called, using his first name. Shoto turned to you, you casually popped a whopper into your mouth. "-let him finish."
"What-?" Shoto deeply frowned, why weren't you furious right now?
"What I said is the official stance of the police department." The chief said, "But any form of punishment would only be necessary if this went public. I have already spoken with (y/n) about this and she agreed to keep this quite."
"What?" Shoto turned to you, "How-!?"
"If this goes public-" You replied, "-I go back to jail."
"What!?" Midoriya gasped, "But it wasn't just you-"
"If the truth gets out about my history with Stain, that will give Eizo Tanuma the bastard who wants me in jail enough ammo to pull the trigger to get me locked up for good." You explain. "Not to mention the punishment you three would receive."
"We could say Endeavor saved the day." The Chief stepped in. "The burn marks will support the story completely, and we could pretend you four weren't involved. This would mean no one would know about you or what you did to save the city, (y/n) would remain free to attend UA High, the choice is yours."
"Well..." Midoriya breathed, looking from the floor to you.
"Personally, I know where I stand-" The chief grinned, "-I don't want to damage any young careers, not for a mistake like this."
"I'm sorry-" The three young heroes apologized.
"I know it's not fair-" The chief sighed. "-you don't get to enjoy any of the frame or praise you would have gotten, but allow me, the Chief of Police...to thank you." The chief bowed.
"You know-" Shoto rolled his miss match eyes, "-you could have started with that."
----
After the night with Stain, the next week flew by in a flash and you were back at school. To say you were in trouble was an understatement, All Might was livid with you. He understood where you were coming from, but still believes you should have remained inside the hotel and contacted a pro-hero.
You breathed walking into school still feeling All Might's intense glare on your back.
A few days ago, you sat down with All Might and agreed to the adoption. It was another emotional night; All Might was in tears causing you to be in tears. You have yet to tell anyone yet...you weren't sure how to. The number one hero of all time wants to become your father...how do you bring that up into a conversation?
"Where are we going to meet after school?"
"Your office." You sighed, feeling like you had been under a microscope since All Might flew into the hospital where you and the other three UA students were being treated.
You stood at your locker after parting with All Might.
"(Y/n)!" Midoriya waved walking beside Shoto.
"Hey." You turned to them.
"Good to see you!" Midoriya smiled, "How are you feeling?"
"Like I got hit by a truck." You joked, "You guys?"
"Nothing we won't recover from." Shoto answered, ever since the fight against Stain the three of you texted each other nonstop.
"How's Ida?" You asked picking up your bag.
"Still in the hospital." Midoriya muttered, "He won't be at school until his arms recover a bit more."
"I see." You nodded as the bell sang, but instead of hurrying to class you stopped walking.
"(y/n)?"
"Can..." You breathed looking up from the floor. "...can I ask you two for a favor?"
"Of course." Midoriya blinked glancing at Shoto, "Anything."
"I know we have been banned from talking about the fight but just in case can you...not mention to anyone the relationship between me and Stain?"
"Well yeah-" Midoriya said, "-but why?"
"I just...it's not something I am proud of." You answered,
"None of that-" Shoto reached out, softly touching your shoulder. "-is your fault. You know that right?"
"Yeah." Midoriya agreed, "You had no control over what happened to you."
"I know." You nodded, "I just..." You sighed, "...I don't like some pieces of myself and that happens to be one of them."
"Well-" Midoriya studied you for a moment, "-I like all of you!" He brightly grinned.
"Yeah." Shoto weakly smiled, "Your pretty great the way you are."
"I-" You blushed, looking anywhere but them.
"Get to class!" A teacher called.
"Ri-Right!" Midoriya stuttered as the three of you quickly spun on your heel working your way to class.
"What happened to you!?" Ochaco gasped once the three of you walked into the classroom.
"Hey!" Midoriya awkwardly laughed under Ochaco's gaze. "I-I'm fine!"
"What happened!?"
"Oh, you know-!" Midoriya smiled, "-training and stuff."
"You look like a sad mummy." Sero commented.
You glazed right past Midoriya hoping to keep the attention off you, but Mina was already two steps ahead of you.
"Wait-!" Mina stood from her desk, quickly making her way to stand in front of you. You ignored her and plopped down behind Bakugo. "-what the hell is this!?" Mina reached under your chin and lifted your head, revealing the red line running across your neck. The place Stain held his knife to your throat.
Bakugo turned around, annoyed by the loud pink girl in his ear but froze seeing the mark on your neck.
"What the fuck is that from!?" He demanded to know glaring into your eyes.
"Oh...you know..." You muttered trailing off looking to Shoto or Midoriya to save you. Bakugo noticed this odd action, narrowing his eyes onto you even more. He put two and two together, something had happened and you three were all involved. "...how did your-"
"You're not changing the subject on me!" Mina lectured, "What the hell happened to your neck!?"
"Nothing." You waved her hand away from you.
"That doesn't look like nothing!" Mina pointed, "That looks like someone tried cutting your throat open!"
Shoto and Midoriya both flinched, memories of you being held by stain flood their thoughts.
Bakugo glared, noticing their stiff body language.
"You sound crazy." You played off.
"But-"
"I got stupid and hurt myself-" You waved your hand. "-I was inside a hotel most of the week we were off."
"But..."
"I'm okay-" You smiled, "-promise!"
"Hm..." Mina wasn't buying what you were selling but chose to drop the conversation for now until the two of you were alone.
The school day wrapped up smoothly after that, your classmates dropped the conversation of why you and two others were bandaged up. At lunch you sat with Shoto, and Midoriya while Mina went on and about how her internship went.
You waved goodbye to Mina and Shoto as you and Midoriya walked to All Might's office together, ready for another ear full of him.
"We could run." You whispered as you and Midoriya followed All Might into his large house.
"I don't think we will make it very far." Midoriya whispered back.
"What are you two talking about!?" All Might turned causing the two of you to jump.
"N-Nothing!" Midoriya nervously laughed, causing you to shake your head. "Wh-Why would you say that!?"
"You're a terrible liar!" You groaned.
"I'm sorry!" Midoriya cried.
"Ugh!" You through your head back.
"You two are grounded!" All Might turns once the front door closes shut. "I-I don't even care I have no rights to ground you Midoriya, I should call your mother-!"
"Wh-What!?" Midoriya jumps, "Pl-Please don't-!" He threw his hands up pleading, "-she will freak out and-"
"As she should!" All Might lectured, "You two were reckless and could have gotten yourselves killed."
"But we didn't." You replied.
"But you could have!"
"But we didn't." You repeated.
"But you could have!" All Might expressed.
"But...we didn't." You muffled back a laugh seeing All Might's eye twitch in annoyance.
"Grounded!" All Might waved his arms, you stood there just staring at him. "Acknowledge me!"
"Ok." You shrugged, "I am grounded."
"Ok then." All Might huffed.
"What's for dinner?"
"Ah!" All Might glared at you not in the mood to deal with your sarcasm.
"Ok-" You nodded turning to Midoriya who was shaking in his shoes. "-I guess we are gonna starve." You smirked seeing All Might's unambiguous frown. "Fine." You sighed, "I'll cook...is Midoriya staying for dinner?"
"You are grounded!"
"So Midoriya has to starve!?"
"He will not starve."
"You don't know that." You reply.
"I-I can just go..." Midoriya muttered only to be ignored.
"He is not you-" All Might stated, "-he will not starve to death in two hours."
"So, is he staying for dinner?" You asked again.
"I already gave you your answer!"
"I need to know how much food to prep!" You defended.
"Ugh!" All Might rubbed his face seeing you were in one of your instigating moods. "Fine! But dinner better be my favorite since I had to deal with all this extra crap!" All Might called causing you to smile.
"Maybe!" You called back walking away. "Depends on what I feel like making."
"(y/n)!" All Might snapped, he really enjoyed your new cooking skills.
"Come on." You said pulling Midoriya to the kitchen.
"You and All Might sure have a... different kind of relationship." Midoriya noted.
"How so?" You wondered, turning the stove on.
"Well..." Midoriya pulled his lips together not sure if he was about to cross the line. "...uh...n-never mind!" Midoriya rubbed the back of his neck. "So, what are we making?"
"All Might's favorite-" You answered, "-since his stomach is all wrecked, he can't eat anything too heavy."
"Oh." Midoriya nodded, appreciating you take All Might's diet restricts into consideration when cooking for the two of you.
The meal prep was silent with tension from a fired up hero still lingering in the air.
"Oh-!" An idea popped into Midoriya's head. He pulled his phone from his pants pocket after a moment music filled the kitchen. You looked up and over,
"I-I thought music would be nice..." Midoriya blushed avoiding eye contact.
"It is." You flashed a smile, causing Midoriya to blush deeper.
"Gr-Great!" He cleared his voice turning back to the green onion and began chopping.
After a few minutes, Midoriya's heart stopped pounding finally settling down inside his chest, he casually turned his head wondering what else he could chop up, but he froze, his lips parted as his eyes widened.
You slowly rocked your hips to the beat of the sound and bopped your head.
"What?" You laughed looking over.
"Y-You-"
"I know this song." You shrugged, "Mina plays it a lot."
"O-Oh." Midoriya blinked, "I-It's a good song." You laughed at his face, turning back to the pot in front of you, you began to sing and dance feeling comfortable enough with Midoriya to peak out of your shell.
Midoriya opened his camera and held his phone out, laughing as he recorded the two of you singing the song as you casually danced to the beat. You turned to him singing the chorus, not even noticing the phone watching you.
The two of you wrapped up dinner, serving it to All Might who seemed to relax after a while of chatting and watching you and Midoriya goof off. He smiled to himself, happy to see the two of you bonding with each other. All Might offered to watch a movie with the two of you after cleaning up the kitchen and dining room table.
You and Midoriya hopped on the couch, both calling out two different movies you wanted to watch.
"Rock, papers, scissors!" He declared the way to pick the winner, making you laugh.
"Deal."
"Ready?"
"One."
"Two."
"Three!"
"Yes!" You cheered holding your arms in the air. "Victory!"
"You cheated!" Midoriya laughed.
"Who the hell cheats at that game?"
"Language." All Might called walking into the room.
"Sorry-" You said, turning to Midoriya, "-whom the hell cheats-"
"No!" All Might groaned, "Don't swear!"
"Why?"
"We have had this conversation."
"And I still don't understand it." You smirked at this annoyed face.
"Watch the movie!" All Might waved to the TV as he flicked the light off.
Within a half hour you were sleeping on the couch, cuddled up peacefully inside a warm blanket. Midoriya smiled at your relaxed face, he reached out brushing loose strands out of your face. His heart pattered as he gazed at you, his eyes widened realizing how fast his heart was racing.
He quickly retracted his hand staring at you. No, he couldn't! He couldn't have feelings for you! The two of you just became good friends he didn't want to do anything to ruin that!
Buzzing in his pocket distracted him from his racing thoughts.
It was Class 1-A's group chat, the chat was blowing up demanding why none of them were invited over!
Midoriya forgot he posted that video of the two of you in the kitchen.
The green haired mop smiled, snapping a picture of you before sending it to everyone saying: 'Sorry! The host is fast asleep!'
Midoriya smiled, happy he could be the one here with you...