(A/N: I'm low-key changing how this internship worked)
Hawks was pretty chill when I first met him... Basically the whole day Hawks talks to us about how his agency works, basically being the rescue and clean up team. But the whole time I could only think of how Hawks is currently the number three slotted pro hero, so I can only imagine how busy he is. It definitely sparks interest in me that he'd be willing to take on not one but two students. What about us caught his attention? Well I can see why he'd go for Tokoyami, his quirk is pretty cool... But why was he so interested in me? Why did he reach out to both of us? Is that even allowed?
After internships are over we return back to our normal classes, the students all talking about about their internships. I didn't learn a lot during the internship; We didn't see much of him during the whole thing aside from him telling us he only really wanted information on L.O.V. (I knew it was too good to be true...) at the end of the first day. We told him about it, but we never got any actual training... After we told him about the USJ incident Tokoyami and I both agreed to just terminate the internship since neither of us were getting anywhere with it. The only good thing that came out of it being that Tokoyami now was more bolder in talking to me but for the most part still kept his distance... Tokoyami deserved better than that introduction to a higher up pro hero, hopefully if Hawks ever does take on an intern under his wing again, he'll actually take it seriously.
I had encouraged Takoyami when he was doubting himself as a hero and even offering to train with him and dark shadow whenever he'd like and in return he decided I was a person worthy of his trust. Tokoyami and I both mutually agreed to not speak of our internship with Hawks, so the other students never got any answers about what it was like. I was glad to hear the others enjoyed theirs for the most part though.
Izuku: So.... Ezearah, you interned with Hawks didn't you? What was it like??
I just continued with my drawing in my sketchbook.
Izuku: C'mon please tell us, Tokoyami refused to tell us anything... So give us something....
I continue to draw until my sketchbook is snatched away. It was Bakugo who stole it.
Bakugou: I was forced to tell about my intern experience, so tell us about yours already to make them shut up.
I huff out a breath, my ears flattening at the thought of our experience. Obviously I wasn't going to tell them he used us and joked that it was because we all share a common ground that we have animal features... I clench my jaw before answering them.
Ezearah: He was too busy for us... So we didn't get to learn anything and had to end the internship before it even started.... Are you happy now?
I look up at them, them seeing the disappointment in my eyes.
Bakugo: Then what was the point in asking you?
I look down and mess with my fingers, I felt Tokoyami's eyes on me as well and I know he feels the same as I do right now.
Ezearah: I don't know and I really didn't care to ask him... I don't want to talk about this anymore, so please just drop it...
My sketchbook is put back onto my desk and the others drop the subject. I keep my eyes down on my sketches and class work during the rest of class. At lunch Tokoyami comes to find me, pulling me aside for a second before we go to eat.
Tokoyami: I'm sorry, they kept bugging you about it.. I don't really like lying about it, but I appreciate you finally giving them an answer so they would drop it. So... Thank you.
I nod, us going our separate ways and eating lunch. I sat by myself today, eating quickly before going outside for the rest of lunch. I was sitting under a tree when someone came to sit next to me, I look up from my sketchbook to see Shinso munching on a sandwich.
Shinso: You don't mind do you? It's really loud today... Neito was picking fights with your class again... That Bakugo kid was yelling at him...
I shrug and continue with my sketches. We sat in silence for awhile.
Shinso: That sketch you're working on looks good... That's the cat that lives by the small store not far from here right?
I nod at his question, sketching out the last few details before signing my signature and pulling it out of the book as the bell rings and he's standing up. I stand up and hand it to him, he's surprised but takes it.
Ezearah: You can have it, since I could tell you liked it so much... Think of it as an apology for not speaking to you..
I say before walking away, he quickly catches up to me.
Shinso: Wait. Can we... Eat lunch like this again tomorrow?
I look at his eyes, his face was neutral but his eyes express what he was genuine. I nod.
Ezearah: I'll grab my lunch and meet you under this tree again.. Don't be late or I'll go back inside.
He nods both of us walking to our respective classes.
Aizawa: Ezearah, a word please.
Aizawa: I noticed your reaction to Todoroki's flames, as well as your own... I'd like to pair you up together to help you overcome that... You and Todoroki both need to train your flames if you plan to use them in the future...
Ezearah: With all due respect... I don't plan to use them again...
Aizawa: Ezearah. There may be a time where you might have to if you want to successfully defeat villains... As Midoriya told Todoroki these are your flames not whoever made you dislike them... Make them yours.
I look down at the floor with a sigh.
Aizawa: I'll pair you with Todoroki today.
Ezearah: What about Denki? He usually partners with me...
Aizawa: I've taken that into account and paired him with one of the other students don't worry. Now go find Todoroki, he's waiting for you.
I nod, going to find the dual haired boy. He looks at me with an unreadable expression.
Ezearah: I should warn you, I don't use my fire like ever... *clears my throat* My past involves bad memories with fire... With your lack of using your fire side, I'm guessing you too?
He glares at me but it softens and he nods.
Ezearah: I'm glad that someone gets it.. Being scared of a part of you, I mean.
Todoroki: Yeah... Same...
Ezearah: So uhm... If I flinch, don't take it personally... I'm not actually scared of you... Only the flames...
Ezearah: My uh... Childhood friend was engulfed in flames... My parents in their final moments were as well... So I usually try to just avoid anything that reminds me of the memories, but I guess Aizawa isn't going to allow it this time... So just bare with me here...
His frown grows at the information I tell him but he just nods in understanding.
Ezearah: Let's get started I guess...
He nods once more, getting into position and I do the same. We switch off between flames and our secondary elements so that it was fair between us. At one point the class stopped to watch our training, holding their breaths as elements were used as well as physical attacks. Our training ends in a draw, both of us pausing to get some water.
Aizawa: Nice training today. Now leave. The training session is over so get moving.
We all go change and finish with our school day. As we are leaving someone catches my wrist, I look behind me to see Kirishima.
Ezearah: Oh hey, what's up?
Kiri: Are you and Bakugo not friends anymore? You two haven't been talking or hanging out... What's going on?
Ezearah: Honestly... I'm not sure anymore... I thought it was just that he was scared of me but even after I apologized for scaring him he's still ignoring me and I've just been respecting his space...
Kiri: So you want to still be friends with him?
Ezearah: Of course I do... But if he doesn't want to I guess I'll have to respect it and leave him be...
Kiri: I'll talk to him, don't worry.
Ezearah: You don't have to do that, he might just get mad at the both of us-
Kirishima is already running away towards Bakugo by the time I finish talking, I huff out a breath of annoyance that he ignored me. Denki appears next to me, startling me.
Denki: Hehe, oops sorry... I wanted to ask if you'd like to maybe hang out with me and study?
Ezearah: You want to study... With me?
He nods enthusiastically.
Denki: You're one of the smartest in the class so I thought you might be pretty fun to study with. Plus Bakugo is in a bad mood today and I choose life thanks *laughs but then rubs his neck* It's fine if you don't want to...
Ezearah: No, no... I just thought you'd go study with Jiro or Mina since you're closer to them is all, usually I see you hanginf out with them.. *smiles a little* We can study together, if you'd like. Where would you like to go?
Denki: How about the cafe near by? I heard it's a great study spot. *Smiles*
Ezearah: Sure, why not. Shall we?
He nods and we walk together to the cafe, sitting at a table across from each other for a bit.
Ezearah: I'm pretty thirsty so I think I am going to go get something, do you want anything? My treat.
Denki: Oh uhm, surprise me! Get what ever you think I'd like..
I nod going to order us each a drink and a snack. Before coming back with two drinks and snacks. I gave him his cup and a bag with goodies in it. He looks at me curiously.
Ezearah: I got you a boba tea and a some lemon bars? I personally like the lemon bars here and thought you might too? If you don't like them, you don't have to force yourself to eat them I won't be offended. I promise. The boba tea I got you is good... Try it...
He nods, taking a sip of it. His eyes widen in surprise before closing in delight.
Denki: This is amazing! It tastes kinda like electricity! What is the name of this?? I gotta order this again...
I smile a little, telling him the name of the drink. He writes it down in his notes so that he can remember it for later.
Denki: Wait... How much did these cost you?? I wanna pay you back...
Ezearah: Not much. Besides, I said it was my treat, don't worry about it.
Denki pouts. I smile, my tail swaying slightly behind me in amusement.
Ezearah: You're so cute when you pout like that...
His eyes widen and he blushes, I let out an amused laugh and open up my text book to the page I need.
I just smirk at his flustered mumbling. My ear flicking with a mischievous flair.
Denki: You just... I... You...
I look up at him, smiling softly.
Ezearah: Don't hurt yourself, sparky...
Denki's face reddens more at my playful teasing tone and I playfully roll my eyes as he slams open his book to hide his red face behind it. Cute. Once his face isn't as red he actually opens his notebook to take notes on what he's needing. A few minutes later he's getting frustrated with something.
Denki: How do you solve this? Why is this so hard?
I look up at him after hearing his angry muttering at his notes.
Ezearah: Would you like some help?
He nods, I get up from my seat across from him to sit in the seat next to him.
He shows it to me, I look it over then look at his notes.
Ezearah: Mm... I see what happened... You wrote the wrong problem, silly.. *my tone is gentle and he can tell I wasn't mocking him* it should be this one here... You combined these two.. It's okay though, I do the same thing sometimes...
He nods, writing the correct one this time and trying to solve it.
Denki: Does this look right to you?
Ezearah: Looks correct to me, good job.
I give him a reassuring smile and he smiles back. I move back to my seat, occasionally getting up to help him with his notes and homework until it starts getting dark.
Ezearah: We should get going, it's getting dark... Here let me walk you home. I can see very well at night time.
He nods and we walk together to his house. Once I see him go inside safely, I go to Tsu's house since I was still staying there and had told her I was studying with Denki. I had informed her that I might be a bit late so she told me to text when I got there. She lets me in, locking the door once I'm in and we go to bed for the night after eating dinner. The next morning as I'm walking to school I hear someone run up to walk next to me, I look next to me to see Denki a bit out of breath.
Denki: Hope you don't mind, I saw you and decided to join you...
Ezearah: I don't mind, did you sleep well?
Ezearah: Yeah, had a weird dream though...
Ezearah: I'm not sure, it just gave me this weird feeling...
Denki: Do you remember anything you seen?
Ezearah: Mmm... Not really... Just the feeling...
He nods, we approach the school and I suddenly feel a strong pull on my arm.
Denki: I see an angry Blasty coming towards us, let's hurry inside....
Denki pulls me inside by my arm quickly, he was practically running while dragging me behind him as an angry Bakugo was yelling at us to stop running from him. Denki pulled me into a room and shut the door quickly, making us basically hug the wall and covering my mouth with his hand as there was stomping past the door, I look at him confused. Once the stomping gets quieter he sighs in relief, releasing my mouth.
Denki: That was a close one...
Ezearah: You do realize we still have class with him don't you? So whatever you're running from him for it is kinda of pointless since we have class with him...
Denki: Oh... Right... He's going to kill me...
His face reddens by the second, especially when he notices how close we are.
Denki: Ehe.... N-No reason... Let's uh... Go to the classroom now... Yeah... Let's do that... There should be enough people to stop him from doing anything ehehehe...
He nervously pulls me to the classroom, letting go of my arm before gently shoving me inside first and sneaking past me quickly to his seat. I sit at my desk but see Bakugo towering over me shortly after.
Katsuki: You were on a date with Denki?!
Then I realize I seen him and Kirishima pass by the window.
Ezearah: You're seriously mad because him and I were together? We were studying.
Ezearah: Why does it bother you so much that I was with Denki?
His face gets angrier then sad.
Katsuki: Cause you are my friend... You are suppose to hang out with me...
Ezearah: He's my friend too... Besides you were ignoring me so I was respecting your space...
Katsuki: Yeah? Well you could have at least tried talking to me...
Ezearah: Whenever I did you'd just ignore me... So don't be mad at Denki for wanting to hang out with me or me wanting to hang out with him... You could have talked to me too...
He frowns this time and sits at his desk when Aizawa tells him to. I follow along with the lesson but my ears twitch when I hear Jiro whispering angrily at Denki. My ears picking up the words "You idiot, you're not supposed to hang out with her. She's Bakugou's girlfriend." My ears twitching again when Aizawa tells them both to be quiet. Bakugou's girlfriend? Since when? I was not made aware of this, nor did I agree to it...
Ezearah: May I be excused for a second? I need to get something from recovery girl...
Aizawa nods and I quickly leave to her office. When she sees me she greets me politely before asking what I need. I explain to her that I need more pills to calm my dragon since I'm running out, I then explain how I made them originally but I need them to be a bit stronger. She says she needs one to remake it but will see what she can do, so I give her one to research. She asks if I need anything else and I nod, asking for an ice pack cause I hurt myself during the training the day before so my muscles hurt. She hands me one before she sends me back to class, me coming back in quietly and sitting down like nothing happened. Aizawa hands me the assignment before climbing in his sleeping bag and taking a nap.
As I'm doing my assignment I heard some conversations behind me. Some about the assignment and some random things but there are also a few about Bakugo and I's supposed relationship with each other. Most seem to be under the impression we are dating or something similar. I hear Kirishima telling them to stop talking about us behind our backs and that I could probably hear them anyway. They for the most part grow quiet. Lunch time comes around and I'm the first one out the door and grabbing lunch to sit under the tree again, wanting to avoid anymore confrontations from my classmates. I see Shinso sit next to me once more.
Shinso: Sorry, the line was long today...
I nod in agreement, eating my lunch.
Shinso: Is something bothering you?
Ezearah: My classmates are making rumors about me and another student in there apparently... Having these fox ears make it hard not to hear them gossiping about it... I had a fight with that person this morning so I guess why that's why it's happening...
Shinso: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Are you two just friends or something?
Ezearah: I thought we were friends but they're a bit difficult to understand sometimes...
He nods in understanding.
Ezearah: How are you today?
Ezearah: What is usual for you?
Shinso: Right, we're not in the same classes... I'm alright, just getting reminded I have a villainous quirk.
Ezearah: Cause you have a brainwashing one, right?
Ezearah: I've heard a bit about it but it doesn't seem villainous unless you use it like that in my opinion... It could be quite helpful if you are a hero... I'm not sure about all the details but I'm sure you could become a great hero with it...
Shinso: You really think so?
Ezearah: Of course. As long as you use it for good, I don't see why not... I mean if you think about it all quirks could be used for evil... But as long as you thrive to be good and use it for good things and not evil things it's really up to you at that point and what you wish to succeed with it... If you want to become a hero, use your powers to help people and do good by the gift you were given... I'll support you.
Shinso: Thank you... That means more than you think..
