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It continued for weeks, Hizashi searching the channels during the breaks in his show before finally tuning into the elusive R.019 and listening to Deku ramble about fights he saw that day and the heroes he liked. The Voice Hero found that he rather enjoyed listening to the little listener gush over the heroes and their quirks, especially when Deku would analyze the fight and how the hero could have better used their quirks. Sometimes it made him wonder if the kid had an Analysist quirk or something, which made him think of how dangerous it could be if the villains found Deku or heard some of the analysists the kid did.
The blond frowned as he leaned back in the comfy chair he was sitting in, kicking his sneaker-clad feet up on his desk while absentmindedly listening with half an ear to the songs playing in the background. Noting that in two songs he would be on air again to do his Positivity Hotline segment- a segment he did near the middle of his show where callers could call in and he would do his best to cheer them up. He had a few regulars that called in, mostly middle schoolers, and he was glad that he could at least help them in some way..even if he couldn’t be there in person to drive their bullies and problems away. Shouta liked to fondly call this segment Having Your Own Personal Cheerleader, given how emotionally invested Hizashi was with his Callers and how it was like he was their personal cheerleader wishing them luck and reminding them that they matter to the world. Though, Eraser was thankful in the drop of suicidal kids since Mic started the segment all those years ago, after talking a Caller out of jumping while on air.
Hizashi blinks and shakes his head pulling his mind out of the past, before regretfully turning down the little radio on his desk so he could start his on-air segment. Not noticing as he talked with his Callers and cheered them up, how Deku was rather silent or how the analyst chuckled, saying softly, “This is why you are my favorite hero.”
Mic did notice when the segment finished how the radio was only spitting white noise, sighing softly, “Aw, I missed the end of his show. Must have had to sign off early.”
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Later, early Saturday morning after his show ends, Mic sighed as he turned off the little radio on his desk, “Well, looks like it’s time to head out.” The tall blond got up, stretching to work out the kinks from sitting in one place before grabbing his jacket and heading out of his recording booth, waving at his intern on his way out, “Morning, Asawa!”
The tired college student yawned from where she was working on her laptop at the receptionist desk, before looking up, “Oh finished already? Man, how long was I working?” Before she yawned loudly again asking, “Hey, Mic?”
He blinked as he turned to her while slipping on his jacket, “Yeah, listener?”
“Why do you listen to static during your breaks?” The younger asked, before blinking at the confusion written all over the Voice Hero’s face, “You know on your desk radio? I’ve noticed that you are always listening to static like its the latest new album or something when I bring you coffee.”
“You mean you don’t hear the kid on channel R.019?” He asked confused at his intern's question, surely she heard him, “His show plays around the same time mine does. It’s called Watch and Analyze…”
Hizashi frowns as Asawa simply shakes her head, “No, sir, all I’ve ever heard is static.”
“Odd...I had the radio loud enough you should have been able to hear his voice...sure the channel is a bit staticky, but-” “Hey don’t dwell on it, I probably wasn’t paying attention fully is all,” She waved away his muttering, “We both probably simply need some sleep. See you next Friday.”
The blond nodded absentmindedly heading out, as he thought over all the times he had the radio playing during his breaks, the odd looks Asawa and some of his other interns would shot him during breaks, some of Deku’s behavior during the times Hizashi spoke out loud during a rant. Something wasn’t adding up and it was bugging the Voice Hero now that Asawa pointed out that all she heard was static. It continued to bug him even as he arrived at home and laid down beside his sleeping partner, uncharacteristically quiet.
Why couldn’t Asawa hear Deku’s show?