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“Well fuck,” you hissed when all your groceries found their way to the floor. "Cheap fucking bags, why does this place hate me so much!”
It hadn’t been long since you moved to Japan from America, it was a big leap for a person such as yourself. You were somewhat introverted and didn’t like to tread too far from what was familiar to you, so why were you now countries away?
Well - it was a shitty and scary situation you were in, having to completely uproot your life over a psycho ex-boyfriend.
A few months before moving, you witnessed something you weren’t supposed to at the hands of the man you spent the last 3 years with. Apparently in those three years this man didn’t find the time to tell you he was part of one of Americas biggest villain groups. He used your love for him to make you feel guilty about it yourself, drilling it into your head that if you were to even think about going to the police he would take you with him ’dead or alive’.
You had completely cut off your family for this guy and now you were left with no one, no one to run to, no home to go to, just him.
Little did he know, you had your own secrets, like a massive amount of money saved up in a bank from your father passing away and even though you were cut off from your family they couldn’t do a thing about cutting off the money that was yours legally. Your ex had no idea about this and also didn’t know you were secretly planning to escape from his clutches, far away to a place he’d never even think to find you. Far away to a place full of heroes that could possibly protect you. And you took that chance a week ago, able to slip out in the middle of the night while he was ‘doing a job’ and ran for your life, running towards a new life.
So yeah, that how you ended up in Japan.
You were able to find a decent apartment located close to a police station, so you felt safe. Only being here for a few days you had yet to met any of the building tenants. Whoever lived next to you was either really quiet or wasn’t home that often. It bummed you out to be honest.
You had this vision of becoming close friends with whoever shared a wall with you at least, but you weren’t going to take that step in knocking on their door and introducing yourself, that was way out of your comfort zone. If they came to you, that was another story!
After staring at the strangers door, you finally picked up all the groceries that fell from your bags and proceeded to enter your new home.
“I really need to look for a job,” you scolded yourself, emptying the bags onto the counter and putting the items up.
You couldn’t live off of that saved up money for the rest of your life, it was time for you to grow up and put yourself out there. Like it or not, Japan was going to make an adult out of you!
After changing into some more comfortable clothes you went back to the kitchen to grab the box of Pocky you bought but growled in frustration as you weren’t able to locate them, “I know I bought some, didn’t I?”
Shrugging your shoulders you opted for some chips and grabbed your laptop and sat on the couch.
For a few minutes you sat there and thought, trying to figure out what kind of job would suit you and your skills. Like anyone else you were good with computers, familiar with different business programs and could type well.
A desk job. Simple and easy.
Typing in your job search multiple options appeared, apparently this place was popping with employment opportunities but one of the tabs caught your eye. ’Endeavor Hero Agency: Seeking Helper’.
“Hero agency huh? Sounds … safe. I wonder if I need a quirk though.”
You clicked on the link and read over the duties and requirements. The job seemed simple, normal clerical duties such a paper and computer work, scheduling appearances for the various heroes, getting them whatever they needed like running their costumes back and forth for repairs or replacements or getting them food, keeping the place clean, just pretty much a helping hand. And to top if off, having a quirk wasn’t a requirement.
You smiled and for once had a glimmer of hope for this new country, so you submitted your resume and continued to look and apply for other jobs, crossing your fingers you’d get a call back from any of them. After a few more minutes of that and surfing the web you decided to take a bath.
Closing your laptop, you stripped your clothes on the walk to the bathroom and talked to yourself, “Maybe I should get a dog since I can’t seem to make friends!”
“Huh?”
As Shouto walked up the stairs to his apartment he spotted a box of Pocky on the corner of one of the steps. He picked it up and shrugged his shoulders, unlocked his door and walked into his home. The hero sighed and rubbed the back of his neck as he dropped the treat onto his counter before proceeding towards his bathroom and stripped down as he turned on his tub. Looking in the mirror he could see a few new bruises he acquired from a villain that day.
“Sorry bastard, caught me off guard,” he mumbled to himself and lowered down into the tub.
His head laid on the cold stone, eyes fluttering shut and body stretching out the length of the tub as much as it could, his knees poking out of the warm water.
Finally he sighed, tired muscles relaxing and soaking in the heat.
“Nobody does it better, makes me feel sad for the rest. Nobody does it half as good as you, baby, you’re the best.”
Shouto’s eyes opened, neck craning to looked around the room for the soft voice that was singing and filling the air.
“I wasn’t lookin’ but somehow you found me, it tried to hide from your love light. But like heaven above me, the spy who loved me is keepin’ all my secrets safe tonight.”
The voice kept singing, it sounded so close but he couldn’t pinpoint where it was coming from. His two-toned eyes then looked up and saw a vent high on the wall behind the tub, garnering more interest, Shouto listened closer and could hear water moving as well.
The hero wondered why he heard water before realizing that the layouts of the apartments must be perfectly mirrored, meaning his and his neighbors bathrooms and bedrooms were right on the other side of the wall. Todoroki was aware someone finally moved into the apartment next to him but with his work schedule, he had yet to met the new tenant.
It wasn’t like he was trying to avoid the person, he truly was just never home during the day unless he was off and the past week he had been working more hours than usual since his father was out of town, leaving him to take over the agency until his return. From the sound of the voice, obviously there was a girl on the other side of the wall taking a bath at the same time as him, it made him blush the tiniest bit but it passed quickly. He was more enamored by her voice that was escaping into his bathroom. It was so soft and sweet, making him curious as to what the girl looked like and who she was.
Most people would probably be annoyed with this situation but he wasn’t, Todoroki actually enjoyed it and wouldn’t be mad if it kept happening. Leaning back into the position he was in before, he closed his eyes again and smiled as the voice lulled him.
“The way that you hold me, whenever you hold me, there’s some kind of magic inside you that keeps me from runnin’ but just keep it comin’. How’d you learn to do the things you do?”
Morning came and with it a loud, obnoxious ringing.
“Why,” you groaned from under your covers, hand searching the bed for the phone.
“Hello?” your groggy voice answered.
“Good morning, is this (Y/N L/N),” a stoic and monotone voice asked, the voice was extremely attractive and made your thoughts a little hazy.
You confirmed what they asked with little to no interest but immediately shot up into a seated position as they continued.
“Oh uh – of course, yes! Yes sir I’m free today, what time? That sounds great, thank you very much, I’ll see you then!”
You hung up the phone and starred at it, a smile plastered on your face.
The Endeavor Agency had just contacted you and asked for an interview that day at one in the afternoon, making you beyond psyched. Head turning, you looked around your room and at the clock, it was only eleven.
“I should probably see how far away this place is!"
Pulling up the address and the maps app, your eyes widened and your body flew from the bed.
"Fuck me, this place is almost thirty minutes away, not counting the time it’s gonna take me to catch a train in this godforsaken city and I’m not even dressed yet!”
Wasting no more time, you bolted from bed and ran to the bathroom to violently brush your teeth as you brushed your hair and put on the smallest amount of makeup. Meanwhile your mind raced, trying to figure out what to wear.
Searching through the few clothes you had, you finally found something and rushed to get dressed. After a few minutes you looked in the mirror and smiled, wearing a thin white long-sleeved button up blouse that showed a decent amount of cleavage tucked into a navy blue high-waisted skirt and some matching flats, the only jewelry you wore was a single necklace with a jeweled pendant.
Feeling a surge of confidence, you smiled wide at yourself and hummed.
“Man, I’m cute as fuck! This Todoroki dude is bound to hire me!”