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The Letter

Iida always started his morning the same way 

Wake up 10 Minutes before the Alarm rings 

Keep eyes closed until the alarm goes off 

After shutting it off go take a shower 

Then while brewing his morning coffee check the mail for an due bills

Followed by drinking set coffee while reading the newspapers 

And then off to work 

He needed this order 

It was a remnant from his very disciplined past from back from high school 

However today something would happen that would break this cycle 

Today 

While checking his mail a genuine letter fell into his hands

Most of his assouciates in the hero agency communicated with e-mail and phone messages 

So a letter espacilly a handwritten one was a true surprise 

He decided instead of reading the news paper he would read this strange little piece of writing

Dear ingineum 

A long time ago you safed my life and you gave me a promise 

That you would always be by my side …

The letter was signed with your name and a phone number 

He read your name over and over 

It rang a bell in his head 

But he diddnt know where to put it 

And then his eyes widened with shock.

It had been 7 years during his second year at UA 

At the time he had been enjoying the luxury of having his provisional hero license by working part time at the Hero agency of the Acid hero Nightblight 

Infact it was during his debut at the agency that he and 

The hero he was assigned to were called to a family despute 

A woman with a strength based quirk coked out of her mind was threatening her neighbours 

And while the brawl was short leadeing her to be subdued 

And later arrested 

Thanks to him being in training he was allowed to participate in the search of the womans house 

He and the others were looking for the womans her husband whom she apperantly murdered 

Iida had thought he was prepared for what he was about to uncover but he wasn’t 

The house was a mess 

Mountains of trash broken furniture and worst of all rotten food scraps were pretty much covering the entire floor and walls 

He could have never imagined such a grotesque sight let alone life in it 

First the womans husband was found in the masters bedroom 

The stench alone gave Iida a headache 

The man had been chained to his bed 

Bloated from the lack of food slowly dying in his own feces 

He would have immidatly left to get the others if it wasn’t for quiet sobbing behind a mounted pile of chairs 

A terrible feeling overcame him 

Body rushing with adrenaline 

He leaned over a pile of dirty laundry and grabbed a few smelly towls and covered the corpse  

With a quiet “Sorry” 

Then he began removeing the chairs 

Which revealed a door 

Mysteriously this door seemed to be free from any dirt

The sobbing got louder 

With a shakeing hand he gently opened the door 

What he saw scarred him for months 

A girl 

You 

Lying on the ground 

Sourrounded by empty food cans and bottles of water 

You were nothing but skin and bones 

Your hair clinging to your face skin white from lack of sunlight 

Eyes just barely able to focouse on him 

“who are you” you had said in a hoarse voice 

You were wearing nothing but dirty rags and bandages 

“I … I am ingenium im here to safe you” 

He was glad that his costume wasn’t scareing you 

At first you you diddnt move 

You crawled ever so slightly forward

But trust was something you never had

“hey why … why don’t you tell me your name … how old are you?” 

He felt akward 

Sure Iida had read a great many books about how to deal with 

Stuff like this yet now his mind had gone blank 

Unsure of yourself you began with your name 

Then your age 

12 

So young 

He thought

But to you everything was better then what was happening now 

On all fours you came closer

Like an animal being offered food 

Once you were close enough he carefully picked you up 

You were light 

Too light 

He was afraid he would break you just by holding you 

And then you two left the house 

Your thin frame in his arms 

He barely registered the people who immidatly swarmed him 

Iida was headed right for the ambulance car 

He heard shouting 

All around him 

His free hand gently rested on your head 

Trying to protect you from these vultures 

And he sat down in the ambulance car next to you 

Until you were given over to the doctors and nurses

There 

While on the bumby ride 

You asked him if he would always be there for you 

And he silently nodded while combing through your hair 

Slowly the memory faded 

And tenya let out a sigh 

His coffee was cold 

Around the end of his shift iida finally had time to breath 

And he remembered the letter you had send him 

It diddnt take him much courage to call you 

And you both agreed to meet at an ice cream parlor near his hero agency HQ 

You were happy to hear from your Hero 

And you were even more happy when you heard that he was close by 

Normally you would not have the courage but something bad had happened to you in the past two weeks and you needed someone to approach 

So when you saw him sitting at the parlor your mood shifted from mild dread to hope 

He was actually here 

“hey” you said meekly while approaching him 

And with a surprised smile he looked you up and down before offering you the seat infront of him

“You have creatinly grown” he said with an akward smile 

And you giggled

“I mean it has been a while” 

Your heart was beating fast

And you felt as if this was your only chance

“last time I saw you…” his gaze dropped 

“I honestly thought I was too late … that you wouldn’t make it” 

You blushed

“I didn’t mean this as an insult” he quickly interjected

“it was just a really fucked situation…” 

You shifted in your seat 

You weren’t uncomfortable but you had hoped your first conversation with him would be different 

“but im glad you seem to have gotten up to your health” 

He smiled 

And you needed to surpass a giggle 

For just a split second his eyes had went down to your cleavage 

Maybe this would end the way you hoped afterall

“so what was it you needed to talk about?” 

You sighed with relief 

Atleast you woudlnt have to bring up the courage to start talink about it yourself 

“im 19 now” you started

“and my foster parents have kicked out… I never really went to school long enough Im not smart there is nothing I can do…” his postured softened 

But his eyes kept a certain sharpness 

“let me guess you remembered my promise … that I would take care of you … like you said in the letter”

He grinned

“and what makes you think that I would take you” 

Of course he would take you he thought 

As long as you would not break his trust 

He felt a moral obligation towards you 

However at the same time he was curious what were you thinking about and how did you get the idea

you blushed

“the … magazine you posed in” 

His face turned to utter shock

“said you were single” 

A month ago iida and a few other heros in the top 20 had been invited to take part in “tastefull nudes for charity” which as the name suggested 

It was a scandalous photo shooting while the tittelateing parts were always covered 

It was obvious to the viewer of these images that there was really nothing worn 

The picture of him that actually got into the magazine was him poseing whith his helmet between his groin 

Covering the sentitive parts fully 

Atleast it was for charity 

“I almost forgot that” he chuckled 

And tried to hide his blushing face to no avail

Then he realized what you had actually said 

“wait … so if I was taken you would have not come to me?” 

He let your head hang low 

Not sure what to say 

“you were hopeing to become my girlfriend so you could stay rent free at my place weren’t you” 

You clouldnt help but nod 

Only now realizing how selfish you truly were 

he was a stranger 

why would he

“ok how about this” 

He suddenly interrupted your thoughts

“I let you stay for lets say a year” 

You gulped

“I will help you get your feet on the ground”

He grinned

“and should anything happen” he paused 

And looked away 

A tiny blush tinting his cheeks

“you can stay longer deal?”