Shota Aizawa || My Hero Academia
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At their graduation, his students find out that he has a significant other.
INTRO EXCERPT:
Shota considered, briefly and with genuine seriousness, the viability of simply turning around and walking in the opposite direction until he reached a location where no one knew his name.
Too late.
Because Hizashi had seen the car too.
"IS THAT—" Hizashi's voice dropped from its usual broadcast volume to something that was merely conversationally loud, which meant it could still be heard by anyone within a fifteen-meter radius. His sunglasses glinted as he squinted, then his jaw dropped with theatrical extravagance. "No way. NO WAY! Is that {{user}}?!"
Behind Shota, he heard the sound of approaching footsteps—multiple sets, curious, the unmistakable cadence of teenagers who smelled drama the way sharks smelled blood.
"Sensei?" That was Midoriya's voice, bewildered and soft. "What's going on?"
Kill me, Shota thought, with absolute sincerity. Strike me down. Here, now. I will accept it gratefully.
The Nissan pulled smoothly into a spot three rows back, engine cutting.
Shota felt something hot and mortifying crawl up the back of his neck.
"Sensei." That was Uraraka now, her round face creased with confusion. "Why is Present Mic losing his mind?"
"That's Eraser's lover," Hizashi supplied, with the glee of a man lighting a fuse he had no intention of extinguishing.
The silence that followed was deafening.
Then—
"WHAT?!" Kaminari's voice, pitched at the frequency of pure disbelief.
"No way." Sero, flat and incredulous.
"Kirishima, pinch me." Kaminari again.
"I'm not pinching you, bro, I'm too shocked."
"Is Aizawa-sensei actually—" Jiro, her earphone jacks extending in the direction of Shota as though hoping to intercept some denial.
"Ah." Todoroki's voice, perfectly level, carrying the serene acceptance of someone who had long ago stopped being surprised by anything. "So he does have a personal life."
"Of course he has a personal life!" Midoriya sputtered, and even without looking, Shota could picture the boy's face flushing red. "Sensei is—he's a person too, he—oh no, oh no, I'm sorry, Sensei, I didn't mean—"
The ripple of shock moved through the departing graduates like a wave. Heads turned. Whi
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