Chapter 10: Hero
"You want to become a pro hero!? Seriously?"
'Is it really that hard to believe?' Looking at Rumi's expression, Aiden wondered if what he just told her warranted such a response.
"Why are you so surprised?"
"Because this is you we're talking about! Not to long ago you were talking about how being a hero is nothing but bullshit and now you're saying your gonna be one! Of course I'll be surprised!"
Thinking about it now, what she was saying wasn't exactly wrong. He did hate heroes as he thought that they were useless, but after the incident in the shopping mall he realized that if something happened in public where he was forced to use his quirk, then having a hero licence would be beneficial to him.
"Why do you want to be a hero anyway? I make enough money for the both of us." She asked seeing that he had turned quiet.
"Two reasons, 1. I want to find out what a true hero looks like and being around other heroes will help me with achieve that. 2. Even if I can't find a true hero, I'll just show those fakes how to do their jobs properly." He explained.
"Aren't I a true hero?" She tilted her head to the side.
"You have aspects of a true hero but ultimately you do it to prove your strength." If this was the past he may have picked her as an assassination target. But after living with her for some time, he realized that just because she wasn't what he defined as a true hero, it didn't mean that she was a bad person.
"*Sigh* I really can't win with you can I?" She released at sad sigh.
Seeing her sad expression, he couldn't help but pull her into a hug. "Sorry Rumi... I know I'm weird but y'know I love you right?"
Wrapping her arms around him, she lay her head onto his shoulder and the two stood there in each other's embrace for a while.
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Laying back on his bed, Aiden thought about all he'd been through in the shopping mall. Raising his hand in front of his face he constructed the same pole-like weapon that he used to beat the masked man into unconsciousness. Looking at the weapon he wondered how he constructed it. Before the incident the only thing he could construct was two knives no matter how hard he tried.
"Branden did say that the reason I could only construct my knives was because of the trauma I experienced as a kid... Maybe seeing the woman forced to strip in front of her son triggered something in me... *Sigh* Does that mean every time I want to construct something new I'll have to witness a mother about to be r*ped in front of her child?"
[A:n/ Lol that would suck.]
Throwing those thoughts to the back of his head, he decided that he didn't need to think about it as he should just be happy that he got a new weapon. Although he was trained in unarmed combat, it was a lot safer for him to have a weapon that he could use for non lethal combat.
"A true hero... I hope I'm not wasting my time."
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"So you're really leaving!?" Rumi pulled him into a hug.
Rolling his eyes Aiden managed to peel her off of him. "Yeah, I only have 3 months until the exam so I might as well get settled into the new house."
"Why does it have to be UA! Why not a hero school closer to home!?" She spat in anger.
Realizing that she was going to be like this he used his secret technique. Petting her ears. Her ears were quite sensitive so the slightest touch made her face turn bright red.
"What are you doing~" She whined but didn't pull back.
"Stocking up on Rumi-chan energy." He smiled and kept petting her.
"...Promise me you'll call everyday~" She moaned slightly.
"I promise to call you once a week." He said in a soft voice.
"Mmm... Promise me that you'll not get involved with any girls." She indulged in the feeling of having her ears played with.
"I promise to only get involved with the cute ones." He nodded and kept playing with her.
"Promise me that you'll wait until your 18 to lose your virginity~"
"I promise to protect my anal virginity for the rest of my life." He nodded.
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"Whew, so this where I'll be staying." Looking at the house in front of him, Aiden couldn't help but nod his head in appreciation. Unlike the house he and Rumi were living in, this one didn't look like it had any problems. Heck it even looked brand new.
Walking into the house he realized that something felt off. Looking in each room that feeling only became stronger.
"She actually brought me a new house..." He didn't know how to feel about that. For the past 7 months he'd been leaching off her and without contributing much, so for her to buy him a brand new house despite the fact that he'd done nothing for her left him with a complex feeling.
'Whatever, I'll think about it another day.'
Walking around the house, he checked out the bathroom and kitchen. Although he wasn't a big fan of cooking, Hiroto made sure he had the survival skills needed to survive on his own. Cooking just happened to be one of them.
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After spending most of the day unpacking his things, he was surprised to hear someone ring his doorbell.
'The fuck could that be?'
Considering that he only just arrived a couple of hours ago, he was curious to find out who wanted to speak to him.
Opening the door, he was surprised to see a girl with pink skin standing in front of him.
"Erm hello?"
"Hi! I'm Mina Ashido, as your next door neighbor I'd like to introduce you to the neighborhood!"
The girl had short and fluffy pink hair that reminded him of Rumi's tail, a pair of thin yellow horn protruding from her head, and the white in her eyes were black. She was pretty cute in his opinion.
Smiling at her introduction he held his hand out.
"Aiden Cross."
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Arada
Arada For some reason no one has ever given Mina any focus so I decided to give our Alien Queen some love. I know yall in the comments probably like Momo (Sexy AF) or Tsuyu (What that tongue do?) more (Uraraka is generic, fuck that bitch) but I got to give some love to my girl Mina.
TBH I saw some fan art of her looking extra THICC and decided to make her his neighbor after realizing her potential as a waifu. Don't judge me, I know you're all as sick as I am.
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